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gu88766

metaphorical quesion:

Jul 09, 2009 10:07

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horndogrob July 9 2009, 17:45:37 UTC

If we're talking about running or driving, we DO only judge by who gets there first. Other types of finish lines require different rules to judge them by. Winning is not always crossing a line. I know you don't mean a real race, or it wouldn't have been a metaphorical question. I can only assume you mean life in general, in which case, it's not a race after all. Crossing the finish line of life is kind of just dying, IF you're making a race out of it. You have to have a goal in mind.

hoponpop July 9 2009, 19:53:33 UTC

lol... life as a race to the afterlife.
i do think this says something about the parodixical root of this recent philosophical outpouring, at least as i've seen it. a core belief seems to be "when i win, i find peace," be that perhaps in death or some other form of repose. i still see this as an anxious foundation to live from.
and yet, within this paradox, is the desire to find an ongoing fulfillment from the finish line, an active role at the end of the race. is it then a race to the top? what is the prize that you're racing for?

*nahh* gu88766 July 10 2009, 05:03:19 UTC

i like the responses, tho

Re: *nahh* hoponpop July 10 2009, 19:20:45 UTC

i'm starting to think you deliberately set out to provoke confusion. the fact that you refuse to elaborate beyond vague admonitions seems to support this hypothesis.

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cmdrbean July 9 2009, 18:45:47 UTC

I thought it was a comment on racial prejudices vs having an objective view of each individual person's effectiveness.

Or am I totally off base?

*blahhh* gu88766 July 10 2009, 05:01:17 UTC

way off base. racial prejudice is like... way boring.

Re: *blahhh* cmdrbean July 10 2009, 14:12:03 UTC

Yea, I thought you were trying to spice it up by making it sound like something else. XD

*gnosh* gu88766 July 10 2009, 15:51:06 UTC

haha... spice it up hahah

hoponpop July 9 2009, 19:56:23 UTC

haha, i can see how you read that into it, i found that angle initially apparent myself.
but then, this is joshua we're talking about. he like's to cast his metaphoric net from as many angles as he can.

*atlas* gu88766 July 10 2009, 16:57:23 UTC

atlas is better than shrugging

;oiregnoregregiregerg

Re: *atlas* hoponpop July 10 2009, 19:18:51 UTC

oregano? is that the spice you're looking for?

Re: *atlas* horndogrob July 11 2009, 07:12:46 UTC

I think drunk is the spice he found.

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