# Who will we become? Who we were - Who we are- Who will we be **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624 "2015-09-18T01:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/101 "2015-09-18T22:31:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Did we really tell lies letting in the sunshine? > [@Colibri](#): > > I just wonder if you shouldn’t feel less concern about the deep unreal? What in the wild, wild, world of sports are you two on about?! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/102 "2015-09-18T22:36:28Z")
The wind in the willow’s playing, ‘Tea for two’ **The sky was yellow and the sun was blue** Strangers stopping, strangers just to shake their hand Everybody is playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band. The OPs problem here is he’s a poor bloke … it’s always the poor who decry the “system”. Of course he hates the money grubbers because the money grubbers done did grub all his money. I can assure everyone here that from the money grubbers point of view, everything is fine, everything is perfect; why, there’s no reason to change _anything_ right now (except massive increases in rental subsidies). It sucks being poor, and being middle-class sucks even more … suckers in the middle-class are getting hammered by taxes, fees and what-not; suckers. I think Gracie Slick said it best “I was wrong, being rich is _totally_ cool”. You’ll excuse me, please, I’ve an extra thousand dollars here that I don’t know what to do with … so I’m heading off to the nearest Indian Casino … make sure the poor lil’ children on the reservation have shoes and textbooks and iPhones … “Precipitate” … funny … **GIGO** , go ahead and consider that joke officially stolen … [smile] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/103 "2015-09-18T23:10:12Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant and clear. > > Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, colored in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. > > Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, craving penetrations offer links with the self instructors sharp and tender love as we took to the air a picture of distance. > > Yes. Tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, and you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/104 "2015-09-18T23:25:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Fercryinoutloud, crack a book! Or at least enter a few keystrokes into Wikipedia. The Neolithic Era started some twelve thousand years ago and lasted anywhere from 6000 to 8000 years. Actually, depending on where you are, the Neolithic didn’t end until a few hundred years ago, when the people of the New World first acquired metal tools, and may still be going in some remote parts. Northern Europe was still in it until less than 4000 years ago. Now, back to our Friday Festival of Psychedelia. They sure don’t write lyrics like those anymore! Everything today makes too much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/105 "2015-09-18T23:44:12Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Now, back to our Friday Festival of Psychedelia. They sure don’t write lyrics like those anymore! Everything today makes too much sense. Maybe the OP is Jon Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/106 "2015-09-18T23:52:56Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > What in the wild, wild, world of sports are you two on about?! If you remember the Sixties, you weren’t there. Obviously, neither I nor Qadgop were there. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/107 "2015-09-18T23:59:17Z")
In love pool eyes float feathers after the struggle. The hopes burst and shot joy all through the mind. Sorrow more distant than a star. Multi-color run down over your body. Then the liquid passing all into all. Love is hot, truth is molten. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/108 "2015-09-19T00:02:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you remember the Sixties, you weren’t there. I was 4 when the 60’s ended ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/109 "2015-09-19T00:53:25Z")
To summarize the originating post: \*The **OP’s** blood’s so mad feels like coagulating The **OP’s** sitting here just contemplatin’ The **OP** can’t twist the truth it knows no regulation Handful of senators don’t pass legislation And marches alone can’t bring integration When human respect is disintegratin’ This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’ \* _And we’re telling the **OP** Over and over and over again my friend Ah, we don’t believe_ We’re on the eve of destruction ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/110 "2015-09-19T00:56:12Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > AND YES I WROTE IT BORED Symmetry - that’s how I read it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/111 "2015-09-19T01:15:19Z")
All of these great minds gathered together makes me think I can finally get an answer to the biggest question of our time: Are we human, or are we dancer? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/112 "2015-09-19T01:21:58Z")
We are star dust. We are golden. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/113 "2015-09-19T01:35:03Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > All of these great minds gathered together makes me think I can finally get an answer to the biggest question of our time: Are we human, or are we dancer? Hold me closer, Tony Danza. Count the headlice on my hiney. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/114 "2015-09-19T01:39:59Z")
We are the world. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/115 "2015-09-19T01:51:50Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Hold me closer, Tony Danza. Count the headlice on my hiney. [Oh, baby, hoggify. All I need is my butt and I…Ohh hey hen, let’s say I want a tidal wave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLnuEpQ1yg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/116 "2015-09-19T01:56:13Z")
> [@sticksandstones](#): > > Do you work for the government or CNN because you broadcast bullsh!t with a straight face and grace? If you do Twitter, you could do worse than reading this guy: [Max Roser](https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser). He is a master of graphing data, and his focus is on societal changes throughout history. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/117 "2015-09-19T02:05:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Oh, baby, hoggify. All I need is my butt and I…Ohh hey hen, let’s say I want a tidal wave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLnuEpQ1yg) [ICEE Dems! Brown the runway!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU) (“Yellow Ledbetter” by Pearl Jam) ---
**Author:** ![sticksandstones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sticksandstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sticksandstones)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/118 "2015-09-19T11:55:54Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > “Brandish” is a verb, not an adjective. > > Yes, but, to be fair, you ARE a batshit insane loony person, so we have to take that into account. Yes mam, batshit is what popped outta my head when I spoke in the mirror to you. Cuz dats all I gots to says about dat one mister. Did I sound dumb there, ugh. ok - good. “Hey Doc, when’s my next lobotomy appointment to enhance my neurotransmitters for polluted information so I may inject it easier each night before bed.” - George Carlin’s type of insanity Chaos comes easy when we band together to accept it for tranquillity. Bring back the carbon scrubbing trees, so we still have a chance at having clean air. Nahh that’s silly - we want to keep cutting them down for industry standards to be met because there’s still more houses to be built with it or some shit like that. ---
**Author:** ![sticksandstones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sticksandstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sticksandstones)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/119 "2015-09-19T12:14:16Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > The OP sounds like Charlie Sheen using purple prose. At least at first. Sometimes writing is like a painting, you’re doing it to appreciate it yourself. And Then you realize it’s a purple prose approach, but you don’t give a shit because it ain’t all that bad if you give it a chance. I totally agree, I didn’t write that for anyone in particular at first, it was a personal note to myself. Those questions I asked in my original post, were ones I wanted answers to, but I couldn’t find them for obvious reasons. I came across this message board and posted my thoughts. And to my dismay, and shock, there was a line up of people waiting to bash my thoughts. Which than lead to a game of verbal exchange and observation of blanketed thought. Sometimes, yet again that word, we criticize because it comes easy. Write a list - on one side of that list \> write everything you love about your spouse and on the other side \> write everything you hate about them. If you don’t have a spouse write it about yourself… You will \>always\< find it easier and quicker to write what you hate, than what you love. It’s ingrained in our thoughts. It’s quite an outdated test, but the results are always the same, especially when you watch it live through a two way mirror while the person is doing it. They write with a furious pace on the hate side, and end up pen tapping on the desk while deep in thought to write what they love. Weird, right? ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-we-become-who-we-were-who-we-are-who-will-we-be/731624/120 "2015-09-19T12:43:09Z")
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