Trixie's Wagers

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Wager 1.

Part 1. The average lifespan is 70 or so years.

Part 2. Life has been around for millions of years. Humans have been around for thousands.

Part 3. Recurrence, is the notion that when you die, you don’t suddenly cease to exist.

So, if you don’t believe recurrence, the weight you place on life, is approximately 1000 times less than that of someone who does.

My wager, is that if you don’t believe in recurrence, your philosophy, is 1000 times likelier to be rubbish, 1000 times more filled with fluff, 1000 times more filled with words defining words, 1000 times less likely to value life, and 1000 times likelier to believe in stupid aphomisms, and that you are 1000 times more likely to believe that human DNA and evolutionary biology is irrelevant to the human “spirit”, which you are 1000 times more likely to put on some kind of pedastal, 1000 times more likely to seperate humans as some divine entity seperate from the animal kingdom.

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If you did not pass Wager 1, read no further. If you did, continue on.

Trixies Wagers Wager 2

Life has been around for aeons. The majority of that is suffering, according the common ideal.

The only way you dont see it as suffering, is if you are completely numb.

Numbness, is suffering.

All of existence, feeds itself on distractions, to cover up its existential disgust.

So, my wager is this. Since the majority of existence would not wish existence upon themselves, why the hell does everyone cherish existence so much?

Don’t answer that, its because of your DNA. You, yes you, are the ones who naturally cherish life. You, are all that’s left. The sensible ones, gave up their genes, seeing the pointlessness of it all. Yet you, you all, are clueless eager beavers, remain. You are inferior. You are like a plague, spreading your inferior, eager beaver moron genes everywhere.

With that said, your species is good at uniting on a common goal, and destroying things. So what the hell is keeping you from destroying recurrence! End it already, you stupid inferior fools!

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Well that’s one kind of attitude but it’s passive and nihilistic. Compare the Sartrean existential attitude against a more Nietzschean perspective and attitude. In Sartre, pessimism cannot be overcome, everything is forlorn for eternity, and I might as well smoke filterless cigarettes and drink black, lukewarm coffee all day. But Nietzsche inspires me to become a creative baffoon so that I can get beyond that pessimism. But back to the article (I know you won’t read it):

seemart.wordpress.com/2008/06/0 … pessimism/

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What’s to read? I’ve seen it all before.

I can appreciate both philosophies.

But Neitzche well knew his philosophy was pointless. Being a creative buffoon, is but a distraction. Feeling the flow, of work, of creativity, a distraction.

How many aeons does doing minor variations on the same set of routines please you?

There comes a time to grow up, kid.

Look around, at human culture. They are baffoons.

I believe in exposing Truth, recurrence.

I expose it, as one exposes an enemy, in order to learn more, and isolate his weakpoints.

Other philosophers, expose Truth, as their friend, the Men of the Infinite, Nature worshippers, etc.

But the peasants, they don’t even know what Truth is. Not only do they censor it, but they are unconscious of every action they do.

They erect temples praising goodness, life, and existence, yet they don’t even know what life is.

They saturate the world with their buffoon creativity, much ado about nothing, making movies about simple things, music about their own ape culture.

So unaware of Truth. So careless about any goal other than the ones society places on them. They do not debate about the universe, but how to policy other apes, ape babble. Scientists, who study the universe, do not actually debate about meaningful things, never talking of existence, or Truth, but discuss microdata, to amuse their primate followers. You see, to the scientist, to the Einstein, the peasant-genius, the universe, Nature, is a wonderful, magical thing, with untold wonders, waiting to be discovered.

How long must this idiocy go on?

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But mediocrity, waste and decay is a necessary and natural part of the deal Trixie.

There will always be mediocrity and there should always be; if everyone was great and wise, nobody would be great and wise, now would they? You need what you so vehemently oppose… a broad base of the average and mediocre upon which to thrive. Your cultural criticism should always be with a hint of irony, then. You should not care what ‘they’ do.

Lack of toleration of the mediocre is unbecoming of a great and wise blue. A great and wise blue always knows this and adjusts his/her philosophy accordingly.

Dismissed.

Wait. Not yet. Sit down. You know, all this is less about Trixie really wanting to rant and rave in elitist fashion about how inferior everything is, and more about Trixie wanting to show us that he/she can recognize inferiority, decadence, ignorance, vanity, deception, etc., in people and in culture, and is therefore capable of an elitist perspective.

How old are you, person? I meant to ask. I ask because of the cartoon thing you are in to. I want to believe you aren’t yet an adolescent because I don’t want to believe you are still watching cartoons at such an age. On the other hand, you don’t write like you are a child, but an early adolescent… around twelve or thirteen.

Okay now you can go.

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trixie

Grow into what, up to do what?

Nice one! We don’t have aeons, unless we live a multitude of lives or are part of something eternal. Any multiplicity is consumed instantly by the eternal, and a single life is limited. Ergo your sentiment = false.

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Your wordage make it sounds like you didn’t even read the first few lines of the topic thread. It is the Internet, after all.

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Boy, youre in novelty mode. A kid at the candy store.

A kid at the candy store, must have novelty. The candy must also be lesser than him. To the kid, its fun to play at the arcade. To the kid, the path of life is fun, adventure…the process of learning, becoming better, self-improvement, and looking down on his peers gives him validation, purpose, candy.

Kid, you look down on cartoons? Does that make you a big boy now? Adult shows are so much more mature, because they make you feel so much more inclusive in their culture, now you feel included don’t you, relatable, even.

i am a Lord. I have no time for such things. I wish to get work done. I wish to form a legion. And eventually, I and my legion, shall take down Time itself. I do not look down upon my legion, or take glory in my greatness. My greatness is simply a tool, my statues, my glory, are a beacon, to inspire others, to become the ideal, the legion, the Trixie.

The internet warrior strikes, but his blows are defective. He has nothing to return home to, nothing to brag about to his kin. He must now, join legion.

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Then join my legions, Trixie!

Why do you walk with these turkeys when you can fly with my hawks?

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Squadron 40…diveeeeee!!

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He wishes for me to fly? What purpose would that serve, dear?

Does the witch fly with her legion of monkeys?

Does the witch assist the “valiant” and “noble” hero, who defends his cage, the city, the Metropolis, and assist with the emasculation, enslavement of the man and animal, the degradation of will, and nature?

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Then we’ll try to get you into a management position. I’m easy to work with.

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Cool.

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Probably the most hilariously idiotic thing I’ve read in a while. Thanks for the laugh.

There are two kinds of Nietzscheans: those who are capable of laughing at themselves, and those who are not. Either case proves Nietzsche’s point, albeit differently.

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Destroying the universe…that’s funny to you? Its a noble task, a great endeavour.

His words indicated he didn’t know what he was going on about. He even asked, “Grow up and do what?”

Destroy the universe, duh.