⫸STICKY⫷ The Delphic Oracle- Know Thyself: P&S Social Ampitheatre of Doom

[Xorkoth]

What I meant was I wouldn't be happy with an idiot, unlike him.

I wouldn't be happy with an idiot either. I want someone who can challenge me and be my equal, and who is her own person. Far from all men are controlling/possessive/have a superiority complex. And certainly there are also women who have these traits. It's a thing that some humans have in their personalities.

 

[Noodle]

From what I've seen he tends to go for quite special women in practice, or like very spiritual/charismatic women, but he's not aware of that. I think he just wants to be able to play with someone and get his way. He's not exactly intellectual, so he wouldn't be looking for that, but he tends to out-smart people in human interaction and likes it that way. So I guess it's what works for him.

I think many different kinds of people enjoy that kind of game.

Funny thing about games. We play them habitually and without reason. Why? Only God knows.

 

[Ninae]

I think many different kinds of people enjoy that kind of game.

Funny thing about games. We play them habitually and without reason. Why? Only God knows.

When he was young he was like a gang-leader type and I think a big part of it was wanting to impress other men. So most of the time he would simply get "the best woman" (I had many aunts, and wasn't always happy when he exchanged someone I loved for a new one). He just said I might have inherited his physique but not his IQ, so that's how he sees it. But he's very quick-witted and you can't really compete with people like that.

 

[Ninae]

Are you celebrating our day today, Willow, (like other Norwegiophiles)?

 

[pharmakos]

 

[swilow]

The greatest god would not even need to exist to have influence.

But what is existence anyway?

Are you celebrating our day today, Willow, (like other Norwegiophiles)?

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know it was Norweigan Constitution Day today . But I've realised it now. I feel happy when I read about Norway, so thanks for existing northern landmass.

How accurate do you think this is Nin? (Fenriz of Darkthrone on Norweigan personality or bus stop etiquette)



:D

 

[HypGnosis]

The greatest god would not even need to exist to have influence.

Boom, nailed it.

But what is existence anyway?

Non-existence?
Well, it's just existence innit.....Ya know, it's just.......there, fuckin' everywhere, all around us.......I don't think you per se, put it there, or anybody else I can think of. I didn't fuckin' put it there, yet there it is.........fuck knows where it came from, it's just.....there. Ah well, best get on with it I suppose.

 

[herbavore]

Non-existence?
Well, it's just existence innit.....Ya know, it's just.......there, fuckin' everywhere, all around us.......I don't think you per se, put it there, or anybody else I can think of. I didn't fuckin' put it there, yet there it is.........fuck knows where it came from, it's just.....there. Ah well, best get on with it I suppose.

Haha! love this.

 

[swilow]

Hail lucifer indeed

 

[Ninae]

How accurate do you think this is Nin? (Fenriz of Darkthrone on Norweigan personality or bus stop etiquette)



:D

I'd have to say it's a very reserved and cold society. You don't go out and expect to just find people to talk to, to put it that way, we don't talk to people we don't know unless there's a fire (if not people are drunk). Other countries can be a bit different that way in that you can get talking to strangers in the shop or on the street, while we tend to see strangers as a nuisance.

 

[swilow]

^I can get behind that philiosophy. My experience in Norway was quite different, as I found most of the people to be friendly and approachable. Particularly around Oslo, people were very friendly to me. Even though I don't neccesarily look like an appealing and good boy

Thanks for the insight

 

[Ninae]

Did you go to Trondheim?

 

[swilow]

^I didn't unforunately, but it looks beautiful (on wiki).

I have a restless cat winding around me and rubbing herself all over me. I think she wants a nice pat....

 

[BornAgainYogi]

I've heard that when a group of people get together for no apparent reason a cliche cracking grandfather figure pops up to relief the anxiety and pressure.

 

[swilow]

^A group that is over 11 but under 32 will always manifest at least one individual who collects rollerskate wheels.

I wrote/proposed something intersting (to me) but I deleted it. I kind of regret it because I strung together some ideas that I've tried to for some time. I was thinking about how mammals (at least) appear to share a commonality of emotion. It seems to be expressed in differing grades of intensity but the root affectof emotions is similar, as perhaps the root evolutionary cause is. The major difference is how our emotions also have an intellectual component, so we can reason our way into and out of emotional states, and justify or question existing ones. I can't be sure, but it doesn't seem like non-humans do that. We humans are able to trace and assign complex motivations and sources for emotional states; we understand that they aren't exactly always clear and simple and as they seem. This gives rise to a sensation of depth and significance to otherwise simple reactions; can we be certain that we understand correctly any given situation? Is there something that we miss? Did our unconcious mind detect something our conscious mind did not?

Its just that I overthink most social interactions. It doesn't especially bother me, most of the time, but sometimes I just feel really confused, reading things into wording and phrasing and tone of voice that may not be present (but may be). Like my inherent search for hidden layers actually creates those layers. How can I know.

So I wish I was a dog or soemthing is what I'm trying to say.

 

[ForEverAfter]

You're moderating yourself now!

 

[Xorkoth]

I wrote/proposed something intersting (to me) but I deleted it. I kind of regret it because I strung together some ideas that I've tried to for some time. I was thinking about how mammals (at least) appear to share a commonality of emotion. It seems to be expressed in differing grades of intensity but the root affectof emotions is similar, as perhaps the root evolutionary cause is. The major difference is how our emotions also have an intellectual component, so we can reason our way into and out of emotional states, and justify or question existing ones. I can't be sure, but it doesn't seem like non-humans do that. We humans are able to trace and assign complex motivations and sources for emotional states; we understand that they aren't exactly always clear and simple and as they seem. This gives rise to a sensation of depth and significance to otherwise simple reactions; can we be certain that we understand correctly any given situation? Is there something that we miss? Did our unconcious mind detect something our conscious mind did not?

I wish you hadn't too! I've been thinking about this a lot recently. It seems clear to me that other mammals experience many of the same emotions as we do. It makes sense, because one of the things that really differentiates mammals from other animal groups is the developed limbic system. Mammals tend to care for their young (though not all of them do), whereas many other animal groups do not... I think this is probably where love originates, as a biological drive to protect each other, and particularly to protect offspring.

But like you said, as humans we have the additional (very important) layer of cognitive development where we are able to function contrary to our base emotional responses. This allows us to develop a much more complex range of emotions. For example, nostalgia... I have a hard time seeing the majority of mammals experiencing the complexities of nostalgia, but I could be wrong about that, I don't know what it's like to be anything but myself.

 

[swilow]

^Nice post. Got me thinking about how strange nostalgia is. The pain of memory. The pleasurable pain of memory. Or something.

You're moderating yourself now!

I can confirm that moderators cannot give themselves warning.

 

[pharmakos]

speaking of nostalgia. last thursday i visited the town i used to live in, for the first time in three years. lived there for seven years (from 19 to 26). i took a walk through the parks i used to always go through. the smell of the river filled me with such a strong feeling of nostalgia that it made me nauseous. almost felt like a psychedelic flashback.

 

[herbavore]

^Did you have really intense experiences there that are not necessarily repeating where you live now?

I moved a lot growing up. One of the places I lived was Switzerland. I recently had a 10 hour layover there and I took advantage of that and left the airport so that I could walk around in the early morning. I had not been back ever as an adult (lived there from 14-15 only) and the body/mind/soul memory was so strong that I pretty much walked around and cried. It wasn't at all sad but it was emotionally overwhelming.

On the subject of animals and feelings, it is not uncommon for animals to die from grief; they can also come back from illness that is induced by hopelessness when a loving connection to another animal or a human comes along to recharge their enjoyment in life. Since one of our difficulties as humans tends to be the thought-filter we experience our emotions through, I wonder what this is like for animals?