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tcaudilllg
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:36 pm Post subject: The Meaning of Life |
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I have undergone a transformation recently. I was once afraid to make my opinions known when I felt that they would not be welcomed. I saw in me the potential to hurt others as they had hurt me, and I hated that. I feared that if I even tried any of it at all I would be overwhelmed, and either transformed into a monster or persecuted for my lifestyle. I've fought my demons to a standstill....
I've signed a treaty between my light side and my darkness. I'm no longer the INTJ "scientist" I was. I am the person who I always wanted to be, and the person I hated most. Me.
Since the transformation of my soul, I have changed my habits. I find it harder to program a ten page javascript program in the hopes that it will "revolutionize" the way people make web pages. I find myself reaching out to others in ways I've never before thought possible, and finding need to reread most that I have read before, to discern new understanding and meaning in the words. My longing for a significant other has failed; I feel significantly whole. I know from studying the works of Carl Jung as much as I have been able, that in time I will undergo new transformations. I will learn to feel, and value people and their ideas; I will learn to smell the sweet fragrances around me, and feel the brilliance of the world as I have not felt it since my childhood; and I will learn the meaning of my existence.
It is common theme among the older generations that they seek meaning for their lives, understanding if they have knowledge, and knowledge if they have understanding. ...I am aware that some have meaning well in hand already, and their scores on the mbti that Mandrake ruthlessly ridiculed (good going dude) reflect their union of wisdom and certainty. They tell me... when my conversation draws me to them... not to worry. To live, to enjoy life. What is it that these people know? What can genius tell me, that I must die to know it?
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Very interesting indeed. Not very sure what to say, except welcome new LordGalbalan.
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Ninkazu
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Ya, I went from annoying prick to asshole in a swift transformation too. Twas titled "becoming a teenager".
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XMark
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:49 am Post subject: |
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I think what we would all prefer is for the "new LordGalbalan" to stop talking pretentiously, using overly-complicated language. Whether it's intentional or not, you're sending out the message "I'm smarter than you" which can really irk some people, or at the very least confuse them. It's OKAY to talk normal!
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Mandrake
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:23 am Post subject: |
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or talk like a retarded half-wit, like me.
MANDRAKE SMASH! MANDRAK STRONG! MANDRAKE LIKE BOOBIES
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DrunkenCoder
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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I like pants.
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Adam
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tcaudilllg
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| XMark wrote: | | I think what we would all prefer is for the "new LordGalbalan" to stop talking pretentiously, using overly-complicated language. Whether it's intentional or not, you're sending out the message "I'm smarter than you" which can really irk some people, or at the very least confuse them. It's OKAY to talk normal! |
Well given that I'm asking for a very specific form of information, I'd think that I should be as precise in the asking as possible. I tend to forgo such ...aggrivations as conversing in context, when I think that I can. Simply dispell your own illusions of my pretension, and you just might piece together what it is I'm saying. :P
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XMark
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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You're doing it again!
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Happy
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I just skimmed through all that because I sensed it was a cock of shit. By the replies I've also skimmed through I see that my senory perceptions were correct. Congratulations, you managed to waste 3 minutes of my life.
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tcaudilllg
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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And three minutes well wasted! >:D Already it's all eating into your unconscious.... SOON IT WILL OWN JOO! Mua ha ha my plans are working from the shadows!
*runs and hides*
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bay
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Ninkazu wrote: | | Ya, I went from annoying prick to asshole in a swift transformation too. Twas titled "becoming a teenager". |
at least you're trying to be funny about it.
dick.
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biggerUniverse
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Hey! I like pants as well!
Yay, pants!
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Sirocco
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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The meaning of life according to me:
1. Make games that kick ass.
2. Don't end up being nominated for a Darwin Award.
3. Everything else is up for grabs.
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js71
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Sirocco wrote: | The meaning of life according to me:
1. Make games that kick ass.
2. Don't end up being nominated for a Darwin Award.
3. Everything else is up for grabs.
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Hmm, well put. At least that first one.
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