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Nov 21, 2004 17:43

So, for a multiplicity of reasons, I have come to the realisation that I am just a complete failure. A sad fact of life. I wish I had a gun of some sort. That way, if I didn't shoot myself in the head I could at least shoot myself in the foot so the world would stop and let me off for a while ( Read more... )

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druiman November 21 2004, 08:21:01 UTC

I think you need to find the beauty in the details of our pathetic existence. Seriously. Not long until you're completely free from singing rehearsals, macrob and all that. Summer: Sit out in your backyard, read a book and notice the butterflies dancing within the dappled light that appears because of the broken shade in the trees. Smell the earth, feel the warmth of the sun, feel the soft breeze cooling you down. Not everything is rubbish. Just focus on the little things, it will make you feel a lot better in the long run.

Cheer up.
Alex

blurble_7 November 21 2004, 08:23:35 UTC

Ah, but my dear, that is all that ever keeps me sane. It is only the complete absence of human company that even actually cheers me up, and that says something depressing about humanity, I think.

druiman November 21 2004, 08:37:32 UTC

"and that says something depressing about humanity"

could always flip the table round. but that could be even worse.

blurble_7 November 21 2004, 08:46:34 UTC

Perhaps, but if I'm the depressing one for thinking that humans in general are totally deplorable and revolting, then I would rather be that way.

besa_me November 21 2004, 08:25:50 UTC

BEC STOP BEING SELF PITYING! it's pathetic and totally my job. YOU are BETTER than that. YOU are one of those few WORTHWHILE human beings. You are one of the best i've ever known...even if you do get a bit preachy sometimes..

blurble_7 November 22 2004, 10:15:25 UTC

:D Thanks, and of course you're right. Self pity (especially when misplaced, as for you) is an ugly thing.

miss_peanut November 21 2004, 08:56:08 UTC

I could get into moral objectivity and subjectivity, but I won't.
Don't judge humanity as a collective, judge the individuals. As much as you'll find that there are a lot of shitty individuals, you have yet to meet every human on the planet and make a supported judgement.
Don't judge one's actions as definitive of all else.
The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Deconstruct the ideal.
Just be.

blurble_7 November 21 2004, 09:09:00 UTC

Wankety wank wank, and you know it. The history of humanity is overwhelming evidence in support of the statement. The mind is willing but the flesh is weak? Every person knows that the only things they can be judged on is their actions, whether by other people or by some deity or another, they have the choice to act and their decision not to makes them more deplorable than bad judgement ever could.
And in any case, one can both judge humantity as a collective AND individuals. Humantity has shown itself to be worse than a waste of space by being overwhelmingly made up of ugly indivduals, but any individual can redeem themselves from being involved in that by choosing not to act in the normal manner of human beings.

jasroth November 22 2004, 08:08:07 UTC

hu·man·i·ty ( ... )

blurble_7 November 22 2004, 10:11:47 UTC

Humanity's belief that being humanity is good doesn't reflect the inherent goodness of humanity, only its absurd arrogance. In my experience, most people only try to do good things out of selfishness- they want to be seem as good or virtuous, even if only to themselves. And as for the Crusades, I don't think that's a very good example to use if you're trying to argue that 'they thought that they were doing a good, just, right thing'. The Crusades were just another selfish actions, if not only because of the motivating belief that they as Christians had more right to some part of the world than, say, the people living there, but also because of the powerful economic boost involved. The Crusaders didn't come back empty handed, pleased to have fought for God- they came back laden with stolen goods pilliaged off their victims, the rarity of which fetched a very high price in European markets of the day ( ... )

jasroth November 22 2004, 11:13:55 UTC

Remains a bleak and hopeless view of the universe. And you've fallen back on WIGPOC theory, twould appear. Are you honestly suggesting that most people commit good deeds for selfish reasons?

blurble_7 November 22 2004, 11:25:28 UTC

Yes, yes I am. I don't honestly believe anyone can do anything that isn't in some way selfish. And in any case, it isn't a hopeless view of the universe unless you consider the universe to consist solely of humans. I don't. I have a very positive view of the other (infinitely larger) part of the universe, for the most part.