I binge watched some stuff on youtube today about spirituality, chakras, crystals, meditation, ascension, what the ancients knew, etc. and I've concluded that there's some neat stuff for idea mining if you're a fantasy writer and people of the new age doody might really dig it.
And I've also decided that if we're gonna call this spirituality thing something, I nominate two terms. My personal favorite is magic which may or may not be appropriate, and my second is "the force". I had other ideas like rubbish, nonsense, balderdash, hogwash, hooey, gobbledygook, poppycock, horse feathers, bogus, twaddle, bunk, folly, craziness, lunacy, bullshit, bollocks, malarkey, ignorance, superstition, and irresponsibility. I'm also good with mana.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Self-Preservation vs Selfishness and the Absurdity of Altruism: Humans are Selfish
I'm here to tell you that altruism is rubbish. Like the concept of perfection, altruism is an abstract and vaguely defined concept. Even narcissists give blood. Any behavior resembling altruism is in reality self-serving.
So what's the difference between behavior that is intended for self-preservation and behavior that is selfish? Let's say you're an emperor and your word is law. You could rule like Ultra King Arthur who's rule is just and right or you could rule as Nega-Caligula with hedonism and cruelty. With either option, consider what you give up and what you gain? I don't know about you, but my own personal harem is appealing, however, I think the group will not accept me.
The difference between selfishness and self-preservation is this: Behavior based on self-preservation involves sacrifices which serve to ensure our survival (ensuring our own survival not being selfish?) while selfish behavior is about refusing sacrifice and is effectively self-destructive. Of course, considering that we can make sacrifices for selfish reasons, for instance, endangering your life for the safety of an endangered loved one, I believe that the human machine is entirely selfish. That being the case, any negative connotations attached to the word should be reconsidered. Instead, you should consider each selfish action as one you like or one you don't.
By the way, Ultra King Arthur vs. Nega-Caligula. Mirite?
So what's the difference between behavior that is intended for self-preservation and behavior that is selfish? Let's say you're an emperor and your word is law. You could rule like Ultra King Arthur who's rule is just and right or you could rule as Nega-Caligula with hedonism and cruelty. With either option, consider what you give up and what you gain? I don't know about you, but my own personal harem is appealing, however, I think the group will not accept me.
The difference between selfishness and self-preservation is this: Behavior based on self-preservation involves sacrifices which serve to ensure our survival (ensuring our own survival not being selfish?) while selfish behavior is about refusing sacrifice and is effectively self-destructive. Of course, considering that we can make sacrifices for selfish reasons, for instance, endangering your life for the safety of an endangered loved one, I believe that the human machine is entirely selfish. That being the case, any negative connotations attached to the word should be reconsidered. Instead, you should consider each selfish action as one you like or one you don't.
By the way, Ultra King Arthur vs. Nega-Caligula. Mirite?
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Christian God Kills Unborn Children in Bible
Either the Christian god kills unborn children with the flood in the story of Noah's Arc, or the story of Noah's Arc is fiction because how could there not be at least one pregnant woman on the planet at any time? God aborted babies, Genesis 6:17.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Heavy Metal Sucks
I like various kinds of music. I like rock, jazz, pop, blues, rap, and symphonic/orchestral stuff. I really like music with intelligent, poetic lyrics and well composed music including a large number and variety of instruments and I prefer songs that are long and that don't sound repetitive. I recently discovered Power Metal, a genre of rock described as uplifting, symphonic metal - Sounds good! Fascinated, I needed to share my discovery with the world!
I was talking about Power Metal when some fucking guy says to me "Hey, listen to these guys. They're pretty upbeat too" and this fucker gives me the name of a Heavy Metal band. The band is called *sigh* 3 Inches of Blood. That's as cliched as it gets. He suggested three songs too, as if to complement my song suggestions. In retrospect I think he could have been fucking with me.
What do I hate about 3 Inches of Blood? First off, the singer has that high pitched, screechy rocker voice that sounds like he has a throat cold and he just breathed in some helium. Fuck that voice. That voice is balls. How was that voice ever taken seriously? Whenever I hear that voice I think of Dr. Rockso, the Rock and Roll Clown, and I think "fuck!"
Second, the music. When I picture what these guys look like when they play their instruments, I picture chaos itself. It sounds like the entire band is, without any coordination, thought, or knowledge of how to play, just tries to light their instruments on fire with friction!
Third, the lyrics. I read them. Oh my, I read them. It reads like they just wrote down a collection of sentence fragments which are related only by themes of Conan the Barbarian, blood, violence, and more Conan the Barbarian.
Fuck 3 Inches of Blood and fuck that guy!
I was talking about Power Metal when some fucking guy says to me "Hey, listen to these guys. They're pretty upbeat too" and this fucker gives me the name of a Heavy Metal band. The band is called *sigh* 3 Inches of Blood. That's as cliched as it gets. He suggested three songs too, as if to complement my song suggestions. In retrospect I think he could have been fucking with me.
What do I hate about 3 Inches of Blood? First off, the singer has that high pitched, screechy rocker voice that sounds like he has a throat cold and he just breathed in some helium. Fuck that voice. That voice is balls. How was that voice ever taken seriously? Whenever I hear that voice I think of Dr. Rockso, the Rock and Roll Clown, and I think "fuck!"
Second, the music. When I picture what these guys look like when they play their instruments, I picture chaos itself. It sounds like the entire band is, without any coordination, thought, or knowledge of how to play, just tries to light their instruments on fire with friction!
Third, the lyrics. I read them. Oh my, I read them. It reads like they just wrote down a collection of sentence fragments which are related only by themes of Conan the Barbarian, blood, violence, and more Conan the Barbarian.
Fuck 3 Inches of Blood and fuck that guy!
Movie Review: The Santa Clause
I remember being a kid and really liking this movie. If you think about it, the premise is a bit dark though. Santa Claus dies right in front of Tim Allen and his kid, and no one gives a shit. In fact, no one gives a shit ever in the whole movie that A MAN DIED. Not even the elves give a shit. The son cares for like 2 seconds, but he seems more excited than sad or mad or confused. Then he starts going through the man's personal belongings. Is that grave robbing? Is that violating the man's right to privacy? How about calling for help, shitheads! A man fell off your fucking two-story house!
Like I said, NO ONE CARES in this movie that a man died. Tim Allen and his kid go to the North Pole where none of the elves give a shit. Most of them are fucking excited about it, like getting a new puppy. The head elf is pissed off that he has to train somebody new, though. NO ONE CARES! They should have asked Tim Burton to direct this movie so they could have someone scratch a tally mark into the Santa Wall. It's not explicitly said, but I guess the elves are just used to losing endeared Santas. How the fuck does SANTA CLAUS die anyway?
Now, in the third movie, Tim Allen must find a wife or else the magic of Santa wears off. So I now have some questions that were also neglected by the first movie. Did the Santa who died in movie 1 have a wife or was he a new Santa, too? A Mrs. Claus is a part of the Santa Claus mythology. What happened to her? Does she die automatically just because shit befalls her husrband? That's a raw deal.
So Tim sleeps in Santa's bed. Is that a clean bed, because I assume that it's the regularly used bed of a married couple who fuck. What, Santa DOESN'T fuck? Everybody fucks. Get over it. My concern is that Tim is sleeping in an unwashed bed that two people have sex in. I think that's gross.
Those are the two biggest flaws in the movie that I can recall. I also recall no one taking him very seriously when his hair turns white in a month and he puts on a 100lbs. I mean, 100lbs in one month and naturally white hair in your 30s? And No one cares! They ask, but they just assume he's going crazy. It's a ridiculous idea which sets up the escalating conflict in the movie. They just assume the man is going insane with delusions that he is Santa Claus. Fuck.
So finally, Tim saves Christmas and FINALLY proves he's the real deal when he FINALLY shows people magic shit. Why didn't you show them your magic before? That situation was getting ugly, fast. Are you a dumbass? You need to play shit closer to the vest or show your magic. And those elves - the elves didn't help him with this? Was there no training? And the elves are completely agitated by Tim's concerns. "What? You didn't think you'd get old and fat overnight!? Stop wasting my time! Goddamn asshole!" They establish that the elves think Christmas is extremely important, so important that the slightest bad joke that Christmas is cancelled and the entire workshop gasps in unison and waits in painful silence to be shot. These people didn't even call the guy and let him know what to expect and not to worry! ARRGH!
So, in conclusion, no one values life, no one questions sudden extreme weight gain and aging and are even inclined to indignantly dismiss it as insanity, Mrs. Claus is bullshit, and the elves are basically crazy.
Like I said, NO ONE CARES in this movie that a man died. Tim Allen and his kid go to the North Pole where none of the elves give a shit. Most of them are fucking excited about it, like getting a new puppy. The head elf is pissed off that he has to train somebody new, though. NO ONE CARES! They should have asked Tim Burton to direct this movie so they could have someone scratch a tally mark into the Santa Wall. It's not explicitly said, but I guess the elves are just used to losing endeared Santas. How the fuck does SANTA CLAUS die anyway?
Now, in the third movie, Tim Allen must find a wife or else the magic of Santa wears off. So I now have some questions that were also neglected by the first movie. Did the Santa who died in movie 1 have a wife or was he a new Santa, too? A Mrs. Claus is a part of the Santa Claus mythology. What happened to her? Does she die automatically just because shit befalls her husrband? That's a raw deal.
So Tim sleeps in Santa's bed. Is that a clean bed, because I assume that it's the regularly used bed of a married couple who fuck. What, Santa DOESN'T fuck? Everybody fucks. Get over it. My concern is that Tim is sleeping in an unwashed bed that two people have sex in. I think that's gross.
Those are the two biggest flaws in the movie that I can recall. I also recall no one taking him very seriously when his hair turns white in a month and he puts on a 100lbs. I mean, 100lbs in one month and naturally white hair in your 30s? And No one cares! They ask, but they just assume he's going crazy. It's a ridiculous idea which sets up the escalating conflict in the movie. They just assume the man is going insane with delusions that he is Santa Claus. Fuck.
So finally, Tim saves Christmas and FINALLY proves he's the real deal when he FINALLY shows people magic shit. Why didn't you show them your magic before? That situation was getting ugly, fast. Are you a dumbass? You need to play shit closer to the vest or show your magic. And those elves - the elves didn't help him with this? Was there no training? And the elves are completely agitated by Tim's concerns. "What? You didn't think you'd get old and fat overnight!? Stop wasting my time! Goddamn asshole!" They establish that the elves think Christmas is extremely important, so important that the slightest bad joke that Christmas is cancelled and the entire workshop gasps in unison and waits in painful silence to be shot. These people didn't even call the guy and let him know what to expect and not to worry! ARRGH!
So, in conclusion, no one values life, no one questions sudden extreme weight gain and aging and are even inclined to indignantly dismiss it as insanity, Mrs. Claus is bullshit, and the elves are basically crazy.
Friday, December 6, 2013
How to Become a Timelord
Everyone loves the B television show Doctor Who! Being a Time Lord seems really great. Have you ever wanted to be a Time Lord too? It's actually pretty simple. You can become a corny, intergalactic, time-traveling, super good guy in no time!
STEPS
One
Get a clock, watch, or etc., anything will do as long as you can use it to keep track of time as it is relevant to you. The best option is something portable and always keep it on you.
2*
Get a calender for whatever year is important to you so you can keep track of the date.
*Note: Some clocks keep track of the date now, so skip this step if you have one of them.
C
Congratulations! You are now a Time Lord!
TIPS
o If you have more than 1 clock, keep them synchronized so your knowledge of time will always be correct.
o Develop some new habits to always keep track of time, such as referring to your calender the same time each day and putting your watch on first thing in the morning.
WARNINGS
o If you travel to a new time zone, adjust your clock(s) accordingly right away!
o Sundials are bullshit.
MATERIALS
1 Clock
1 Calender
(optional) 1 Noisy Screwdriver and/or Flashlight with noisy Screwdriver taped on
SITATIONS
o The Bible
o The Quran
STEPS
One
Get a clock, watch, or etc., anything will do as long as you can use it to keep track of time as it is relevant to you. The best option is something portable and always keep it on you.
2*
Get a calender for whatever year is important to you so you can keep track of the date.
*Note: Some clocks keep track of the date now, so skip this step if you have one of them.
C
Congratulations! You are now a Time Lord!
TIPS
o If you have more than 1 clock, keep them synchronized so your knowledge of time will always be correct.
o Develop some new habits to always keep track of time, such as referring to your calender the same time each day and putting your watch on first thing in the morning.
WARNINGS
o If you travel to a new time zone, adjust your clock(s) accordingly right away!
o Sundials are bullshit.
MATERIALS
1 Clock
1 Calender
(optional) 1 Noisy Screwdriver and/or Flashlight with noisy Screwdriver taped on
SITATIONS
o The Bible
o The Quran
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