Post Your Random Observations about the World, Actuality, and the Universe here:
I’ll start. I notice that when I give Attention to a group of women, I usually feel compelled to focus on the most “beautiful” one of the group. But if I’m talking to one of the “uglier” women, then the other women, no matter what, no matter how beautiful or ugly they are, they tend to want to “take” attention and praise away from “uglier” women. Beautiful women seem to demand, or need attention. And it doesn’t matter whether a guy is ugly or beautiful. It’s more a matter of plain Attention. Women feed off attention from men, even positive or negative attention is beneficial and good. For example, if an ugly girl is teased or “bullied” by a group of jocks, then she’ll still feel “good” about it even if she becomes depressed.
Because some attention (negative) is better than no attention at all??? I think that’s true. People generally want attention, and if desperate, will feed off negative attention just because it’s something. Something is better than nothing, sometimes.
So “beautiful” women are very highly demanding when it comes to Attention. They want all the focus, from everybody, on themselves. Even if they’re shy and don’t socialize much, it’s still true. Or maybe it’s especially true for the extremely rare of case of a shy and beautiful girl. A shy and beautiful girl is very rare, because most beautiful females are demoralized by others if they don’t socialize and “go out” much. A shy, beautiful girl is therefore a “loser” to most people, right? Probably.
I observe that so called “Christian”, like Evangelicals, Born-again Christians, and Mormons are the least likely “Christian” people. I mean, they don’t practice what they preach. Or maybe they do, but, what they preach is an obvious perversion of Christianity. I’m pretty sure Christ would have advocated an ascetic, minimalist lifestyle (sorry Evangelicals, you’re out) and preached Natural Monogamy, one Husband, one Wife (sorry Mormons, you’re out).
I think these types of people just want to “be Christian” and slack-off on their morals a little bit. It’s kind of like a Diabetic with a cookie jar. He “only wants one!!!” But before you know it, he eats the whole jar.
I observe that when stupid people are thrust into a conversation with two smart, intelligent people, that they try to destroy or “troll” the conversation. I think they do this, because smart people talking makes them feel stupid, ashamed, and guilty.
For example, I met this chick who knows about Linguistics. And so I started talking with her, and reinforcing how “cool” she is, for knowing about an intellectual topic. And others were around, and wanted to stop us talking…probably for our conversation making them feel “stupid”. And I really don’t talk to people often, because most people are brain dead. So I think, even if I find a very, very, very rare other person with a brain in the world, that others would try to sabotage our conversations.
In fact, I think this happens very often on online forums too. And “trolling” is just another term for a moron destroying a good or interesting discussion, argument, debate, whatever.
What would you say are Good lifestyles to observe, Dominic? If we observe a man striking his wife, and stepping onto her while she whimpers upon the ground, is this Good? Or if we see a man walking together with his wife in the park, holding hands, and these two look at each other with admiration and longing, is this Good?
I observe, along with Rusty’s observation, that people believe that “trolling” or “hating” are sufficient reasons to ignore somebody. I disagree with this thinking. For example, many times I’ve been accused of “hating women”. But even if this were true, and I do hate women, then would this somehow change my arguments and points? I don’t think it would. In fact, I know it would not change my points. Even if somebody is guided by hate, or Love, or any emotion, then this still does not invalidate their arguments. It may provide a bases for rationalization, and perhaps even legitimacy, but it’s still, always beside the point of the matter. And if somebody is “trolling” or “just joking around”, then again, this still does not invalidate arguments and points.
Rather I’d say it strengthens them. “Even a broken watch tells the time twice a day.” So if, say, a fool can repeat a Truth, then so what difference does it make?
A good lifestyle includes proper nutrition, regular exercise, productive work and sufficient recreation, in addition to worship and meditation- being careful never to stray too far from the truth of God in one’s ways.
I observe that women generally are attracted to outwardly powerful men, but not necessarily wise men who keep such a power hidden and unknown. I think, most people, men or women, don’t see the nature of wisdom, or care if those who are Wise happen to expose themselves. Because what is wisdom, if not powerful and intimidating? Imagine yourself in the presences of a wise individual, who “knows” more than you, or should we instead say, can know more than you. Isn’t this humiliating? I believe it must become so. That “higher intelligence”, higher than man, God, of course is very scary. Because it demonstrates a threat against the inferior, the “unintelligent”, based upon trust. So the lower intelligence is inherently forced to trust the higher intelligence, perhaps even against the nature of both parties.
Even the average man and common woman would never want to admit defeat before Wisdom, or Intelligence, or Cleverness, or Smartness. Even the vain have vainglorious aspirations of apprehension. So the wise would become even more intimidating. Rather than feel attracted to wisdom, the commoner is rather repelled by Him. Because the commoner would rather hold onto an empty drive, than a living and vibrant Dream, or the truly Divine nature of Wisdom.
In short, people generally cling to fantasy rather than confront those who “can know” more than they. And this is a very disturbing fact, of life, if you really, really think about it…
You must have read my mind about this, because what you describe is Good. The western spirit must have become decadent, because the western man and woman have forgotten to worship. And this maybe the worst type of perversion.
One must always aspire to new heights. What is life without a reaching toward the very nature of one’s deepest desires?
Desires can become meaningful. Desire it the foundation of “Possibly Creative Meaning”.
I Observe that those with the Good habits of living, That Godly Lifestyle of Vibrant Health, those who exercise, and manage the diet, and regularly socialize with compatriots, and meditate, and worship, and invest into the Communion, have a certain strength about their Soul.
This soul-strength provides more energy. And this maybe the only true route to what the otherwise decadent would call their, Happiness.
I observe that I have more observations than most people.
How many people have access to the internet, and to a philosophy forum, and to this thread? I would bet at least 100 out of the seven billion humans of the Earth. So does this crowd of 100, who visit this thread, have nothing to say? Do they have no sightings, no observations? Are they shy? Do they hate me, and will not post their Observations here out of spite? Would they rather have their own thread to observe life, than share in this thread? Is it a big deal, is this problematic?
I don’t see the point of withholding observations. And, it saddens me deeply to consider the possibility that, I am the only one Observing.
I cannot do this alone. Well, I cannot do this alone and feel uplifted by a communion of other wise men, and women, should they cast off the poisoned cloak of their enslaving humanism.
I’ve observed that posters play the troll card when they don’t like what someone has to say, which makes my job awkward because I am being asked to resolve a situation that isn’t actually there
