With all due respect to Scylla, Mnementh; if this is one of the better things you have read, you need to do more reading. I’m sure Scylla didn’t rip this off and it is unworthy to think he did; if you can’t cite proof, keep quiet. And how many Grade 10 manic-depressives is Scylla likely to know anyway? I trust Robert Fulghum will sleep soundly tonight.
hmmmmhummhummmhuuummaaaa hummmaa hummm
::cuttin and pasting both scylla’s piece and that of the good doctor, doing a double take on the post number of the good doctor and just breaking out all over in smiles at how appropriate/apropos/fuckin pl;) it is to such a ‘light-bringer’ post…::
hmmmmhmmhmmmhummhumm…
make that ‘was appropriate’- he hadda go and post again…
i hate ruined beauty…
have you really checked them? All?
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Maybe. It’s possible. I concede it could be true. But, you ain’t no snowflake.
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Really, well then by process of elimination that would make you the worst person in the world.
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What makes you think you’re equal? I got news for you. You’re not. It’s a lie. Even if you were, what makes you think equal is special? Seems to me that equal is pretty much not special by definition. All Qtips are equal, that don’t make them special.
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Umm. well, no. While I agree with you that that’s nice, it wouldn’t actually be inherent worth since you just acquired it by helping somebody, would it? It would be acquired worth, jeez.
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Thanks for letting me know that up front. Glad we got thayt cleared up. I was worried you might be.
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Yeah, Boo-fucking hoo.
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Not true either. If they are, in all ways measurably superior, than they are undeniably better. The basic value proposition of economics is that better is worth more. Quality is how worth is measured, you fool.
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Ashes? I thought you were a doctor? Oh, you’re just being metaphorical. The truth is you came from a nice safe warm place, and you were forcefully ejected, most likely kicking and screaming your fool little head off. Most likely you will go the same way.
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Skin cancer.
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Because it could happen now!
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And this somehow mitigates the dying part in what way?
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I don’t understand. Are you thankful everyday that you were born meaning once on that one day that you actually were born, or simply every day for that one day. It is important that you be clear about these things.
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Why? Does he hate you too?
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You reckon wrong. What about all those people that we’ve established are better than you that are looking at you fearfully, and thinking up ways of trying to keep you down? You better watch out for them. There out there, you know.
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Because they are out to get you, you fool! Run! Get moving!!
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You’d be lucky to get it.
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I noticed that too.
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It is.
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You’re guessing. I thought they taught you better than that in medical school. It could betray you tomorrow. Your heart could stop right now, your brain could seize, you could get an epileptic fit and choke on your tongue. You could forget to breathe. In short, you could bite the green weenie at anytime. Don’t fool yourself. You are already in sudden death overtime.
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Oh great, a lingering death. Whoopee. Thanks a bunch.
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And they might still get you anyway. Don’t let down your guard. Build stronger. Be wary.
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Yeah, sure, just like those helpful e.coli that can suddenly turn malignant and become flesh eating! Don’t trust them. They aren’t really helping you. They’re helping themselves. They are profoundly self-interested and have no intention of doing you any favors.
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**Lots of people want my stuff, it is human nature to want what you see others enjoying. It is human nature to get more stuff than you need, even though you know you don’t need so much stuff. There are limits to how badly someone wants MY dirty underwear.
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There are no limits.
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Or maybe they’ll cut your throat and then take it and life will still go on. Just not yours.
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I’m not giving mine up. I’m tough and wary and have no illusions. I’m pure of mind and sound of body. I’ll be ready as I can, and with a little luck they’ll go after a chump instead. Be sure and stand in front of me.
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Don’t be vulnerable unless you’re setting a trap to test loyalty.
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No, it’s not what it means. maybe it means you can fly beneath the radar and escape the notice of the malevolent powers before they squash you like a bug, though.
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You’ll need to keep fixing those things all the time. They are prone to breackage.
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Damn straight.
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If you make it, you won’t have a choice.
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It won’t, and if it is I doubt you’ll be able to hear.
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Nope. We covered this.
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Luck of the draw.
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Unless you suffer instead.
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I intend to fight. As another said; “Old age should burn and rage, at close of day. Rage rage against the dying of the light” DT knew what he was talking about, and those dumb-ass Roller Coaster guards got a big surprise coming when they try to haul my ass off the ride!!
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Where? I didn’t see them. You lie.
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I hope that’s not all it was. It’s not supposed to be fun, for chrissakes.
You missed it. The OP isn’t pessimistic it’s optimistic.
You forgot all about the animal inside you’s joyful roaring song of rage and pain that you were supposed to listen to. That was the most important part.
… and all your base are belong to us, too.
Um, Dr_Paprika, maybe I’ve misunderstood your post, but where did Mnem say that he thought Scylla ripped this off?
In his two posts in this thread he speaks nothing but praise for the OP and in no way says that it’s a rip off.
Don’t mince words with me, you pup. Your sliding like the Montreal Canadiens after they dump Roy becaue he had a little hissy fit. Just like your little pathetic and contradictory Carpe diem at the end of your rant doesn’t mitigate an ambivalent, fairly pessimistic OP.
You already told me I’m not a snowflake. See, you did it in the title of your thread, which you admit to ripping off, albeit not perhaps from Fight Club. I don’t know why you’re telling me again. I found two identical snowflakes as a child back in 1981. I’ll leave it to you to check the others, you’re the one who claims they’re unique in the first place.
Maybe I am the worst person in the world. After all, I think Q-tips are beautiful. Even sexy. Ravishing, perhaps. All of them, even the ones that don’t have enough cotton on the swabby part and so aren’t quite equal to the other Q-tips. If they weren’t special in some way, didn’t you just waste your $1.98 at Wal-Mart or whatever passes for culture near your farm? Beauty doesn’t come from being different, but from being beautiful. And beauty is deeper than skin cancer to the right beholder. And sometimes the guy measuring things and running the “Test Your Strength” fun fair kiosk (shudder) lies like you and your cheap living room shag.
Acquiring worth takes conscious effort. This effort has to come from somewhere, and without inherent worth would not be made.
I’ll admit people are out to get me. Fortunately, it’s the same people who were out to get Castro. They once tried to invade my house without much success. And they put a little nitroglycerin in my shaver, too. But it didn’t work, so I’ll just hang around for a bit longer.
Skin cancer? Just how fiercely do you think the sun shines up here in Canada? And look, if you want my dirty underwear that badly, the mail service in this country is fitful but they’ll get there eventually. We Canadians sent you fools The Barenaked Ladies and Paul Schaeffer and you ate them up like so many mouldy Circus peanuts. If that doesn’t prove worth isn’t measured by quality, I’ll be forced to send William Shatner to your house. Get two economists to agree on anything before you start running off at the mouth about things above your ken.
Are you sure about the pure of mind and sound of body? Sounds to me like someone bit the green weenie a long time ago. And the people out to get you never come from the front. Even you might see them if they did, and you’re wary and scary. They come from above.
Well, most of these are your words. How can you fall in love and not be vulnerable? I’ll bet you see your true sweetie every time you shave in the bathroom mirror, eh?
And I don’t care what roaring that son of a bitch is doing. I see a lot of pain, every day. It has intrinsic worth too, but has taught me to concentrate on the singing.
Did Dylan know what he was talking about? What good did all his rage and fighting do him? Think you got the wrong man; “you don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. And how could you miss the frigging signs?! You weren’t hatched, were you? I mean, they were painted in red in two foot letterswith a big clown standing beside them. Isn’t there a real reason you want to evade the roller coaster guards? Isn’t it true you thought you were too tall and snuck beneath the hand when you thought they weren’t looking? Well I got my ticket, pal, even if it’s already punched. And when they haul your sorry ass of the glory train I’ll be the one pronouncing you, chump. And if you die with you boots on, I’ll sell them to the Nurse’s Auxillary. If you don’t see the light dying and don’t rage, how does your death become less lingering? Because you could not stop for Death, he’ll kindly stop for you. And those of us above you on the evolutionary scale. Not better, but higher. And coming from above.
I must request clarification. What precisely are you calling me on? I like the post, I find it inspiring. It’s optimistic in my eyes; the urge to improve and make myself stronger has always been foremost in my mind, regardless of the circumstances. I dont know if the comment about ripping people off is directed at me, but if it is, I really dont see how you could have interpreted my comments that way… As for if he knows any grade 10 manic depressives, I dont see how it makes a difference, the base point (at least as far as I saw) is that no matter your circumstances, try and get something good out of it. (admittedly I dont know the conditions of being manic depressive, but I stand by my interpretation). I have no idea who Robert Fulghum is, so I’ll leave that one alone.
Again; Clarification please?
Scylla! Scylla! THE RYAN has co-opted your password and is apparently posting as you! Beat him to a pulp and re-carpe your identity!
I’d post further but I’m melting all over the keyboard. It’s hell to be a snowflake in the spring.
Jodi:
Yeah, I Ryanized him, allright. Thought that would put him down for the count. Clearly I underestimated him.
I think Dr. Paprika is one of them.
When people say it to me, it’s usually after they’ve gotten to know me some, and they modify it a little bit to something like carpe grande mal diem
It’s still imperative, but it’s not as nice as the original…
I really don’t want to hear about you “beating out sperm.” I’m sure that makes your life worth while, but it only serves to give me a disturbing image.
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I beat out sperm on a quasi-regular basis. I’m sorry you find that disturbing.
Everyone’s entitled to their own taste, Mnemeth. I have a lousy habit of saying everything I want to regarding an entire thread in a single post; and I wasn’t trying to imply you said Scylla had copied anything. I’m sure he hasn’t, unless someone can cite something otherwise apart from their drunken ramblings.
Optimistic thread? Life sucks and you suck and everything is going to hell in a handbasket and the whole world is out to get you so don’t trust anybody and fight like the dickens against everything that surrounds you and love them anyway and trust someone (even though I just said not to) since you have no choice and it won’t make any difference because your inner voice :rolleyes: roars and sings 'N Sync songs and mamboes like Perez Prado on Haldol. Just so much negativity you can include in a message, and I understand Scylla’s trying to be ironic in that clever way of his, before the positive pap at the end doesn’t equal the balance. But by all means, take out of it whatever you want.
(And it’s still not nearly as good as some of Scylla’s other stuff. Don’t be a chump. You’ve heard the same stuff written before in much more eloquent language, not least of all DT).
And of course I’m one of them! Didn’t britt imply as much? Didn’t I say so, myself. If I wasn’t, than why would I say I am?
Whoops. I thought my first post wasn’t implying Mnem made those claims. But I was wrong, and Mnem never did. Sorry for the confusion.
As for inor, what does the “light” post count have to do with anything except the amount of time you’ve been hanging out here? I pull my weight; slap the more experienced jugglers when they start dropping the balls to keep them on their toes. Take some advice from the OP… and don’t live life on your knees. You see more.
Didn’t you mean to say, “I’m sorry you’re disturbed”?
Man, too bad about that whole “quasi-regular basis” thing. Maybe some viagra would help.
I’m actually thinking of throwing myself out the window because when I was 16 I had a part as Suzi Snowflake in a school play. Since then, I’ve used the snow flake analogy to justify my existance. Now that I’ve found out I have no justification for my existance…well…even getting out BOB and doing my version of quasi sperm doesn’t seem that interesting.
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By quasi-regular, of course I meant that the stopwatch I usually use to beat every fourteen hours is broken and in the shop. So I’m sort of winging it. Thanks for the Viagra tip, though. And sorry to hear about Suzi Snowflake, but much sorrier to hear about BOB. Hope you haven’t used a magic marker to give him another eye and a mouth.
your post count was 666-
Light Bringer was one of Lucifers names- he got kicked out for trying to help humans- bring them knowledge.
Your post reminded me of what he did- bring hope.
I know Lucifer and Satan ain’t the same critter, exactly, but they are to lot’s of folks, so I thought the number thing was cool.
666=lucifer=Light Bringer= content of that post= to me, art.
And I like Scyllas too- I saw what he was saying.
And I liked the both sides of the coin in the contrast of the two of your’s posts. I thought they both were beautiful.
So simmer down doc…
Sorry. I really didn’t have a clue what you were getting at with parts of your message, and was completely swooshed by the Light Bringer thing. So I took to the opportunity to give you a whole bunch of unwarranted cheap shots, since, after all, this is the Pit. But I feel bad about it now. You’ve made me all misty eyed and stuff. So I hereby retract any comment you found particularly snarky. Hell, you’d be edgy too if “they” were feeding you saltpeter and Viagra (mycoxisphillin). I told you this hospital cafeteria sucked donkey wang.
Drunk? What are you talking about? I was just wondering if Tyler hadn’t taken over for a while.
I apologize. I thought “ripped off” sounded a little more Pit-like than “inspired by”. I didn’t mean to imply you weren’t orginal (how ironic).
Hell, I think it was a brilliant rant. Lighten up, snowflake.
I still like you-
I’d say not to worry, but that can be someting to worry about
