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ur all a bunch of conformists (pg. 5)
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Repost. :o |
gtfo:( |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
gtfo:( |
Please? |
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| enferno |
my wife almost choked on my christmas ham . .
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| {b.s.e.} |
| worst thread ever. :wtf:? |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
threadstarter i assume by saying that we are all "conformists' then you must be a non-conformist. but by being a non-conformist, you are conforming to the ideologies on non-conformity. therefore you yourself are a conformist, conforming to all of the other "non-conformists." |
Technically, conformist is someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters).
Now, the thread starter is not keen to take part in the festivity, which is an established standard of conduct of conformists who celebrate christmas.
By conforming to the ideals of non-conformists, he is a non-conformist and not a conformist.
My 2 cents. |
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| {b.s.e.} |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Technically, conformist is someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters).
Now, the thread starter is not keen to take part in the festivity, which is an established standard of conduct of conformists who celebrate christmas.
By conforming to the ideals of non-conformists, he is a non-conformist and not a conformist.
My 2 cents. |
semantics aside, he's still a goof. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Minhaj
i hope u all choke on ur holiday ham (or turkey, pork pies etc.) |
Right, and you're NOT a conformist when you talk like some thug? And you're not even black, lol. Brown is close, but not close enough, fag. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jansa
I'd say the most ed up thing is, that when you tell people that it's a day of happiness, they actually feel happy. :wtf: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
I blame it all on social conditioning and poor quality of life.
We deceive ourselves into thinking that this particular day only, is a day of true happiness. |
We live in a post modern world, everything including reality itself is a social construct. Neurologically apparently synthesized happiness is no different to so-called "real" happiness so who gives a . Xmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, flying spaghetti monster day, whatever.. yay an excuse to get drunk and synthesize joy! quit being party poopers and start getting wasted! |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
We live in a post modern world, everything including reality itself is a social construct. Neurologically apparently synthesized happiness is no different to so-called "real" happiness so who gives a . Xmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, flying spaghetti monster day, whatever.. yay an excuse to get drunk and synthesize joy! quit being party poopers and start getting wasted! |
Ted Talks, eh ?
Freedom of choice is the enemy of synthesized happiness :toocool:
what you say is true. But what I said is not false either. It's actually quite relevant in the context of the conformists. |
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| Lilith |
| I managed to drink a third of my body weight in beer in the last 3 days and I'm prepared to vomit on conformists and filthy hippies alike. :( |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Ted Talks, eh ? |
Yeah I lost the link to the thread. Though I have always believed that emotions are synthesized and we have the capacity to choose them.. just seemed like common sense to me.
| quote: | | Freedom of choice is the enemy of synthesized happiness :toocool: |
I would say quite the opposite. If the dichotomy is between the paradigm of "real happiness" and synthesized happines" then the latter model is more in line with fre will. The idea of "real happiness" as something that, rather than choosing to feel on some level, just happens to you and is outside of your control is the enemy of free will.
The idea that all hapiness is synthesized means that once you are aware of that fact you can choose to feel it whenever you want.
People like Victor Frankl (sp?) and Mandella realised this when incarcerated. The one freedom that can't be taken away from you without your complicity is your freedom to choose how to react emotionally to any situation.
| quote: | | what you say is true. But what I said is not false either. It's actually quite relevant in the context of the conformists. |
What you say may be true for some, but I wouldn't count myself among them. I freely choose to synthesise happiness on this day :). In a world where every decision you make is affected by social conditioning, my decision to be happy is just as free as any other decision I can make. To my mind there is no sin in conformity so long as you don't deny the fact that you have made a choice. So long as you do not act in bad faith it's all good. |
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| DarkAngel |
| It's all over. :D |
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