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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kamikaze on July 20, 2003, 10:55:13 pm

Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Kamikaze on July 20, 2003, 10:55:13 pm: I thought I'd post a topic once in a while and so made a vote out of a thought I had on IRC...

So, one day Mr. Uber intercepts you on your daily walk/computer-binge/wanking and offers you a new set of sparkly eyes, in two colours, and mentalities to suit.

He tells you one of them, the light orange, will offer you "Ultimate Sense and Emotion", the ability to view everyone with understanding, love and sympathy or alternately with with loath and complete malevolence. Your physical reality (senses/reactions) are bolstered to full.

The other blue set will give you "Complete Knowledge and Rationality", it'll enable you to see everything with complete analytical understanding, you won't care about it, but you will know it. You will also be able to depart from your physical sense and reactions in favor of a systematic rationality.

Do you accept either? Why?

(to put it simply, do you like your senses and emotions meddling with your rationality and your rationality destroying your emotional happy-land? Or do you want to flee with one of these ? )
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: an0n on July 20, 2003, 10:58:54 pm: Rationality.

Emotions are for the inferior people.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Sandwich on July 20, 2003, 11:15:47 pm: I've added the third, "remain as-is", option. Don't be mad... :nervous:

;)
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Kamikaze on July 20, 2003, 11:17:24 pm: can an admin add an option for "Screw him, I'll stay in the middle"?? <-- EDIT: nevermind, I see you were ahead :p

And an0n, I did a bit of revision on the emotion part since IRC so you may want to take a second look. You might be more willing to keep your attachment to human malevolence and enjoyyment than the "compassion" thing it was earlier. I thought that emotion in general is more in opposition with rationality, than compassion/love.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 20, 2003, 11:20:50 pm: Let me get this straight. I'm walking down an alleyway- or, yet worse, jacking off- and this guy comes up and offers me a set of eyeballs.

See, this is the point at which you're glad the concealed weapons laws are pretty lax.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: an0n on July 20, 2003, 11:23:32 pm: So I've now got the choice of being a Vulcan or a sex-fiend?

You honestly think I'd be swayed by physical pleasure? How shallow do you think I am?

Rationality all the goddamn way.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 20, 2003, 11:24:24 pm: I already am omniscient and objective. No trouble, even.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Kamikaze on July 20, 2003, 11:25:30 pm: You have concealed weapons with you when wanking? ;)
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: an0n on July 20, 2003, 11:26:12 pm: If he's wanking, it's not concealed.

*badum-bum-cha!*
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Sandwich on July 20, 2003, 11:27:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
Let me get this straight. I'm walking down an alleyway- or, yet worse, jacking off- and this guy comes up and offers me a set of eyeballs.

See, this is the point at which you're glad the concealed weapons laws are pretty lax.

ROFL!!! Sig materiel (not mine, though. :p)!
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Kamikaze on July 20, 2003, 11:30:11 pm: So he's like one of those new terminator guys with the screw-on plasma dick?

*fapfapfapfap... ZAP*
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: CP5670 on July 20, 2003, 11:32:36 pm: should be pretty obvious in my case... :D
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Post by: Stryke 9 on July 21, 2003, 12:15:01 am: Kami: Well, you can never be too safe. Semen burglars and all.
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Post by: Black Wolf on July 21, 2003, 12:50:14 am: I'd pull a Turnsky and ask for one of each :p
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Knight Templar on July 21, 2003, 12:51:05 am: I'd wear a patch over one eye so I could see at night! :D
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: J.F.K. on July 21, 2003, 05:16:54 am: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
I've added the third, "remain as-is", option. Don't be mad... :nervous:

;)

Cheers :)
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: karajorma on July 21, 2003, 07:04:14 am: But if the blue eyes offer you complete understanding you would know where the guy got the other set from and figure out how to have both :D
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: phreak on July 21, 2003, 08:43:37 am: I'd think that this guy is full of ****
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Post by: Nuclear1 on July 21, 2003, 11:00:06 am: I think, therefore I am Republican :p
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 21, 2003, 11:22:38 am: Which explains entirely why you're repeating a half-assed slogan someone else made in a thread where it has nothing at all to do with anything except that it happens to share one significant word with a previous post.

Pure genius. This goes a long way toward explaining why Bush is in office, as opposed to, say, someone not completely insane and a retard to boot.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: 01010 on July 21, 2003, 11:50:13 am: I like bush.

Oh wait, THAT Bush.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Kamikaze on July 21, 2003, 05:57:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
But if the blue eyes offer you complete understanding you would know where the guy got the other set from and figure out how to have both :D

Good point, but if you were omniscient or close to it would you care? Remember this separates you from human characteristics like greed, want, etc. :p

Wait, but Stryke... that doesn't explain it though! He can't possibly be republican, he doesn't think! Oh wait... that explains it too. ;)

take offense and I will laugh, you set yourself up for it :p
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Darkage on July 21, 2003, 06:56:42 pm: stuff..........
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Unknown Target on July 21, 2003, 07:23:24 pm: i chose to remain as I am. I am a human, and I can still improve myself.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 21, 2003, 10:09:50 pm: Until the creepy guy steals your eyeballs!!!
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: TheBeanSeller on July 22, 2003, 06:17:38 am: It's easy.

Take one of each.

Then shoot the bastard and sell the other two on.

Harsh but fair.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Martinus on July 22, 2003, 07:38:16 am: [color=66ff00]Welcome seller of beans. :nod:
Take a look around, you might just be amazed.
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Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Unknown Target on July 22, 2003, 11:08:53 am: ...I don't get it :D
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Post by: HotSnoJ on July 22, 2003, 06:13:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by nuclear1
I think, therefore I am Republican :p
G0 G0P!
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Thorn on July 22, 2003, 06:31:19 pm: Kill the fool and sell his stupid eyes on Ebay.....
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Nuclear1 on July 22, 2003, 07:03:58 pm: Wait, let me reword that:

"I think, therefore, I am not Stryke" :p
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 22, 2003, 09:46:24 pm: I don't need to think, I know.

Also, that's a negation, and hence a flawed argument in the context of Cartesian reasoning- when attempting to figure out everything from scratch, you can't define anything by what it's not, that's irrational.

So much for thinking, Brainiac.
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 22, 2003, 09:51:23 pm: You're just pulling stuff out of your arse now, Stryke
Title: Two stances to the world....
Post by: Top Gun on July 23, 2003, 10:52:57 am: I asskume the orange gives the perfect body, blue the perfect mind. If that's true I take the orange, I am not a dualist, the mind is purely material IMHO and thus part of ones physical body, so the orange will give all the benefits of the blue and more.