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Postby eyesinthedark » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:54 am

I have no attachmets, no commitments, investments, nothing at stake and nothing to lose. If I were to die tomorrow, few would notice or care. I'm a spectator in life, I prefer to observe things from the sidelines, watching others make mistakes so I don't have to. I'm a minimalist, I have few friends, few belongings and possessions, and no prospects, nothing on the horizon. Some days I dream of killing myself or others, but the majority of the time, I feel nothing, no highs, no lows, and I like it this way. Most of my time I spend from behind a computer screen, writing or reading something. I enjoy analyzing people, places, playing around with words and ideas, I'm an idea, understanding life is sufficient for, I don't care to live it.
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Re: Apathy

Postby eyesinthedark » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:13 am

Whoever built the world, forgot to include a solid foundation, our lives are hung on nothing, just as the world is hung on nothing. There is no solidity in places and things, existence is fluid, dynamic, nothing is permanent and everything has a season, its time in the limelight, before it returns to the abyss, back from whence it came. There is no objective meaning or purpse, the world moves in ways completely indifferent to human flesh and sorrow, there is no magic, no logic, no heavenly father or mother, no psychic abilities, transcendental morality and teleology, all of the aforementioned are desparate, futile attempts to anthropomorphise a cruel, cold, callous and indifferent universe.
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Re: Apathy

Postby Stoic Guardian » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:16 am

How do you know?
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Re: Apathy

Postby Stoic Guardian » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:16 am

Maybe you should be an Author.
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Re: Apathy

Postby eyesinthedark » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:17 am

I don't, I am a retard.
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Re: Apathy

Postby Stoic Guardian » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:18 am

Well if you are, you're a retard with and interesting opinion.
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Re: Apathy

Postby fuse » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:30 am

eyesinthedark wrote:Whoever built the world, forgot to include a solid foundation, our lives are hung on nothing, just as the world is hung on nothing. There is no solidity in places and things, existence is fluid, dynamic, nothing is permanent and everything has a season, its time in the limelight, before it returns to the abyss, back from whence it came. There is no objective meaning or purpse, the world moves in ways completely indifferent to human flesh and sorrow, there is no magic, no logic, no heavenly father or mother, no psychic abilities, transcendental morality and teleology, all of the aforementioned are desparate, futile attempts to anthropomorphise a cruel, cold, callous and indifferent universe.

This is very poetic, in a darkly nihilistic kind of way. Like something I might have written awhile ago. You might be interested in a thread I'm currently running: meaning ex nihilo. Also, hey.
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Re: Apathy

Postby Moreno » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:35 am

eyesinthedark wrote:I have no attachmets, no commitments, investments, nothing at stake and nothing to lose. If I were to die tomorrow, few would notice or care. I'm a spectator in life, I prefer to observe things from the sidelines, watching others make mistakes so I don't have to. I'm a minimalist, I have few friends, few belongings and possessions, and no prospects, nothing on the horizon. Some days I dream of killing myself or others, but the majority of the time, I feel nothing, no highs, no lows, and I like it this way. Most of my time I spend from behind a computer screen, writing or reading something. I enjoy analyzing people, places, playing around with words and ideas, I'm an idea, understanding life is sufficient for, I don't care to live it.
Though, oddly, so many people enjoy, or think they do, a life like this. Some manage to carry this out in direct social interactions also.
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Re: Apathy

Postby Fixed Cross » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:58 pm

Whoever built the world, forgot to include a solid foundation, our lives are hung on nothing, just as the world is hung on nothing. There is no solidity in places and things, existence is fluid, dynamic, nothing is permanent and everything has a season, its time in the limelight, before it returns to the abyss, back from whence it came. There is no objective meaning or purpse, the world moves in ways completely indifferent to human flesh and sorrow, there is no magic, no logic, no heavenly father or mother, no psychic abilities, transcendental morality and teleology, all of the aforementioned are desparate, futile attempts to anthropomorphise a cruel, cold, callous and indifferent universe.

A counter-perspective, for what its worth: Whatever amounts to the universe is its solid foundation. Our lives are supported by it and support the furthering of whatever it is. Since there are no objects, there are only forces, and since a force can not be an object, it must be an action. An action originates in what we call a will, a passion, an aim. An aim requires a value. A value requires a standard. Thus the world is hung on standards, and all things, places and beings result from such standards. Absence of standards in a subject seals the subject off from the world, its necessities and possibilities, its ground, and disables the subject from perceiving the world otherwise than void, cold, empty and indifferent.
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Re: Apathy

Postby James L Walker » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:38 am

Total apathy is a very lonely life. I am more selective in my apathy in that I like my cake where I want to eat it too.

I am not satisfied with just being a observer.
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Re: Apathy

Postby Harley Quinn » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:45 am

James L Walker wrote:Total apathy is a very lonely life. I am more selective in my apathy in that I like my cake where I want to eat it too.

I am not satisfied with just being a observer.


Typo typo typo learn to type right!!!!!
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Re: Apathy

Postby Calrid » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:53 am

Harley Quinn wrote:
James L Walker wrote:Total apathy is a very lonely life. I am more selective in my apathy in that I like my cake where I want to eat it too.

I am not satisfied with just being a observer.


Typo typo typo learn to type right!!!!!


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