Perhaps...just one more step.
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ZeroG, you've confused me. You quoted my post saying it was dark. But it starts with "Take heart!" And continues to expound the virtues of empathy (which was expressed in your post). It wasn't anything personal.
My first post was a response. It countered the seeming lack of purpose posed in the start of the thread. I posed the idea that progress and standing are indeed rewards. And regardless of the desire to achieve these rewards, they exist and will continue. If you close your eyes, of course what you see is dark.
I ended with light in the darkness, for crying out loud.
Everyone on the internet should learn to apply Hanlon's razor. I'm not being mean, but perhaps I am missing your point?
My first post was a response. It countered the seeming lack of purpose posed in the start of the thread. I posed the idea that progress and standing are indeed rewards. And regardless of the desire to achieve these rewards, they exist and will continue. If you close your eyes, of course what you see is dark.
I ended with light in the darkness, for crying out loud.
Everyone on the internet should learn to apply Hanlon's razor. I'm not being mean, but perhaps I am missing your point?
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Let's keep in mind that my value of something does not come from power and reputation. Instead, of what's true behind everyone's action and intentions, which are, most of the time, rather selfish. Yes, including me, sadly.
Maybe I’m just taking the internet too seriously, but sometimes you get to know people on the web, you talk to them more than just visitor messaging them, it becomes a special friendship, a bond formed only on words, not on your looks, not on your stuff, not even how you act or how old you are, only words, just walls of text that forms relationships and impression with other persons.
You're not the only one, Zero. Very few people know me well or get to know me since I find I'm the usually the one coaching others. The only person I would give credit to would be Ingwer, who happened to form a bond with me in my more innocent days. And perhaps a bit of Keotsu. I don't trust anyone. This is the case with me in society and school too.
Nothing comes without a sacrifice. As you mention later on, the world is a gamble, and so is everything in you and I's life.
You seem like a very interesting person. Perhaps I'll like to talk to you more about such things later on sometime.
Regarding your argument, I remember this question from somewhere. "Is a struggle is necessary for progress?" It may not always be true. Some people have it easier than others simply because of the environment they're in. People who have a rich family may find it a less of a struggle to get a car than people who have a more poorer family. However, that's not the point. My point is WHY people struggle for such things. Is it even worth it?
I seem to find that the darkness is better than the light. In the light, we are blinded. Blinded by what, exactly?
Nothing more our own desires. Temptations. Those things that make us happy. In the light, we seen happiness.
And what exactly is happiness? It's what you feel when you get what you want, is it not? We're blinded by this.
In the darkness, we're forced to see the truth and reality. It hits us like nothing else. We've finally calmed down, our eyes opened, forced to see the what is really going on behind the scenes.
Despair is one of my favorite literature words. Why so? Because it's a word so full of emotion. It's one of the biggest things that drives a human. This word is also the driving point of many movies. Necessarily, I find that it has a more of a positive denotation for me than a negative one. Why exactly would I want to fill an abyss with light until it blinds me that I can no longer see when I will hit the bottom?
Moot statement. I believe I mentioned that.
At the point of Death, a lot of people are scared, however. Trust me. It's a major difference sitting in front of a computer simply typing than with a person holding a knife besides your throat.
I have nothing to do with your argument. Yes, there was no exact purpose in starting this thread. Perhaps I felt like debating. Perhaps not.
I don't necessarily find that true.
Closing your eyes may give you time to shut out your own desires...thus, when you open it again, you may see things in another light.
Hanlon's Razor? Care to explain? It would be useless to analyze it literally.
Amusing.
I hope you realize that literature works as a two-way sword. Even though it may seem not, sweet sounding words may hide the curses of a thousand. Such example of this would be the songs that the slaves sang during the Civil War period. Although the songs sounded happy, the slaves themselves were singing through sorrow from the bottom of their hearts.
I laughed.
Hanlon's razor states you should never attribute to malice what can just as easily be attributed to ignorance. I put it there to say I wasn't trying to insult him, but rather maybe I was mistaken. More generally though, on the internet people seem to be insulted personally when someone is wrong. It's my belief that if Hanlon's razor was applied to the internet (and politics) that the general discourse could be more civil.
As to the point of struggle, I'll refer everyone to Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus. It is a short essay about just that.
As to the point of struggle, I'll refer everyone to Albert Camus' Myth of Sisyphus. It is a short essay about just that.
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I'll look into that concept more.
And the essay if I have time.
Actually, speaking. Do you happen to major in some branch of philosophy or literature? You seem well-read into these topics.
Sure, if you'll come with me.
Naturally, I started this thread on account of my own opinions.
I believe you have your own too upon certain topics too so unless you have something else to say besides posting meaningless words, this is benefiting neither of us.