Is anyone else totally checked out yet?

[oldbadger]

And so technology is neither beneficial or harmful in itself but determined by its application?

....just so.
.... which applies to most tools, instruments, buildings etc etc....
..... Yesterday I was driving along our tiny overgrown rough-road when a sparrow-hawk came whizzing straight through all the undergrowth, hung the most amazing right-turn in front of me and then hacked it, flat out, down the road, snatching a sparrow in mid air and flying up and out of sight as it adjusted the catch for better aero-dynamics. Me? I thought...... 'Wowwww!' I expect the sparrow thought something else. Such is the World, life... and all.

It's cool that you guys are meeting each other in person. You'll have to let us know how it goes.

....will do......
He's got a pic of me, standing and looking like a total tw-t..... so he'll know me when he sees me. That hasn't put him off, so.....

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Seriously, there are so many people and so many images and a seemingly endless amount of information. And it all doesn't really amount to much.

Is anyone else completely overwhelmed but how much nonsense is taking place per square inch on a planet that means nothing other than occupying space in a universe that means nothing?

EDIT: Mod... change "check" to "checked" in the title. Thanks.

Actually thought of you, believe it or not, when being force-fed a Youtube video by my wife tonight. Was going to PM you a link, but ended up starting a separate thread, since it ended up being (to me at least) very interesting and a little profound.

Meh...I am not big at the life affirmation thing, but find 12 mins in your busy schedule and watch it. It's very relevant to this thread...

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/general-debates/168605-great-message-life.html#post3948060

 

[dust1n]

Definitely sensory overload, from the sounds of it with a mix of youthful idealistic expectations thrown in. You probably want to help fix a million things wrong and feel helpless in doing so, I take it? If you're a student on top of having lofty ideals, you definitely could use a break.

Close enough to accurate. I could use a break, but then I just feel bad for breaking instead of doing. Too much breaking might be me problem.

 

[dust1n]

Something I've always wanted to ask a select few on here...do you guys have useless, meaningless hobbies? Things that burn time and offer no apparent redeeming quality, apart from the fact that;

1) You enjoy them
2) You can't think about serious stuff whilst doing them

Recording and self-releasing albums and doing stand-up comedy.

Sometimes I need these more than others, but I need 'em. Without them, I'd be a on a one way trip to meltdown. (And this from someone most would call 'laidback'!)

No telling what I would have done not spending hours making terrible songs.

 

[dust1n]

It might be a fringe opinion of mine, but thoughts like yours in the OP, once they becomes the norm in a society, is the blast of horns that leads to revolt and violence.

It is that stage when words no longer have meaning, when diplomacy is completely self serving. Humans look around, especially the ones that are suffering more than they should be, and start to plan, start to see the violence in their mind, then look for like minded people, then it begins.

To what end though? Doesn't really matter, because the current state of affairs as you put it, is checked out, might as well be dead, zombies, so it doesn't matter what the end game of revolt really is. It will settle down eventually, but people will be alive again, at least the ones that survive.

Add the level of political disenfranchisement, and anxiety becomes really bad. I thought think you have much to worry about as long as there is food and television shows.

 

[dust1n]

Personally, I advise learning to cook and practicing it as a remedy. Lots of other activities where you can unquestionably benefit from your efforts would serve as well.

Thanks. I'm trying to do all my own cooking. I don't really find it relieving or enjoyable necessarily, but I feel way better about it than going out of eat.

 

[dust1n]

It is kind of strange. It puts me in a particularly weird position because older folk just expect me to know my **** and all my peers are surprised that I don't know the latest **** about you know who or you know what. It's no surprise that one of my best guy friends is like 30 yrs older than me.

I'm more conerned about the social nature of my generation, in which human relationships seem to actually develop and maintain via electronic device, while the human elements are sprinkled in between.

Case in point... very difficult to meet girls if they can't find you on the interwebs. Some sort of human interaction to lead to the formation of a relationship seems obscene to kids my age, because it seems that everyone understands the game is played differently now, so everyone just acts on that conception.

It's freaky.

 

[dust1n]

Actually thought of you, believe it or not, when being force-fed a Youtube video by my wife tonight. Was going to PM you a link, but ended up starting a separate thread, since it ended up being (to me at least) very interesting and a little profound.

Meh...I am not big at the life affirmation thing, but find 12 mins in your busy schedule and watch it. It's very relevant to this thread...

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/general-debates/168605-great-message-life.html#post3948060

I appreciate it. Worth the 12 minutes.

 

[dust1n]

This thread was moved to the same spot?

 

[LuisDantas]

This thread was moved to the same spot?

Yes, as part of the proccess of correcting its name.

 

[Buttercup]

Do you have any particular issue you'd like feedback or advice about, Dustin?

I'm sure all us big mouths would love to help out. Or, I should probably say, "I'd love to help out."

 

[Amechania]

Ultimately the question becomes "what would Monarch do?" Would he check out or flutter on?

 

[dust1n]

Yes, as part of the proccess of correcting its name.

Oh, that makes sense. Thanks.

 

[dust1n]

Do you have any particular issue you'd like feedback or advice about, Dustin?

I'm sure all us big mouths would love to help out. Or, I should probably say, "I'd love to help out."

Eh, nah. There isn't really much to say. Just day-to-day anxiety with shifting out the important things in a meaningless world to assist me in whatever it is I'm wanting to do, whenever I figure that part out.

I do appreciate the overly kind words though.

Ultimately the question becomes "what would Monarch do?" Would he check out or flutter on?

There really aren't enough females referencing Venture Bros. on this planet.