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Well, out of all the nonsense invented over the millenia, there are some philosophical maxims that seem to hold true. Among them:
You only live once
Seems true. If there is reincarnation, it's not much use. If you are reborn, it will probably not be as something that enjoys riding a motorcycle or having sex with nice ladies.
Life is short.
True. You should carpe diem as much as possible, work hard, play hard, seize the weekend, don't sweat the small stuff, etc. So, the world is your oyster, and as long as you're not hurting anybody, might as well have fun. However you could also say that life is actually pretty long, and that eternity is now. You could also say life's a Buddha Loves You and then you die. Or at least, it is what it is, and there are no easy answers. I guess the main point is to try and enjoy life as much as possible, which I think is good advice.
Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever. -Tao Te Ching
Still not sure what this means exactly but it comes to mind a lot as an actor-waiter.
Love is the answer, love is the ultimate truth, have love and compassion for all living things, etc. see Dalai Llama, Buddha, Jesus, etc.
At a certain state of mind this is absolutely true. I have had clear visions of this myself while tripping balls in the woods, shortly before succumbing to the urge to squish a salamander. Ultimately I think love and compassion are the natural fallout from a truly aware being. However, if you live in a central urban area like I do, you could also say that proper boundaries are essential, you have to keep the riff-raff out, and good fences make good neighbors. Also that some people just don't get it. Basically total kindness is perhaps not the most realistic worldview. Maybe the proper balance would be to speak softly, and carry a big stick , treat people with respect, eat what you kill, don't beat puppies, and to know that the world in fact is composed of 3 different kinds of people: D---.'s, P-----.'s, and A-------'s (see Team America: World Police).
Well thats all for now. Any others come to mind?
Life is short, so I had lobster for dinner last night, and I'm having the leftovers for lunch today. :thumb:
D's, P's and A's
See, there's three kinds of people: D's, P's, and A's. P's think everyone can get along, and D's just want to F all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your A's, Chuck. And all the A's want to S all over everything! So, P's may get mad at D's once in a while, because P's get F'd by D's. But D's also F A's, Chuck. And if they didn't F the A's, you know what you'd get? You'd get your D and your P all covered in S!
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
when life bucks you off the bull, rope it and cut its throte, then have a nice steak dinner.
Ask yourself what you want, what you need and what you can get, to find contentment.
The world can be yours if you can accept it the way it is.
Ask yourself if a material possession is going to make you happy, and for how long, before you actually get it; and is it going to cause you more worry, if you do have it.
Finding out you don't need something, can be less burdensome, the revelation may even be elating! Travel light through life.
IT ≠ IQ ...Starwalt 1999
Hey Pandy! :kiss3:
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" -Friedrich Nietzsche
Hi starwalt! :kiss3:
I mean really wonderful. In teaching. Personal epiphanies. About life. About different perspectives .. help with different perspectives that you have. You know what I mean? Relationships to nature. Relationships with the self. With other people. With events." Keanu Reeves, a 36 year old actor, spoke these words while discussing the "wonderful experiences" he's had with drugs.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
anonymous Daddy, why doesn't my magnet pick up this floppy disk?
Forbidden fruit creates many jams
I is a college student.
I've always said...
Face your demons lest you live without contempt of their existance.
I think I made it up when I was ten...screws with stoners real good.
many many years ago when I was a very young darkroom apprentice my boss came up with a piece of philosophy that I have found to be true.
80% of all people you meet are OK, this goes for just about everything there seems to be an 80% rule in life.
10% are going to be your friends, up to half of them will be realy good friends you can rely on for life.
The remaining 10% are b*ST*RDS, roughly half of them are real absolute B......s and the trick in life is to enjoy your friends and never ever let the B......s get you down or get the better of you.
There are other great philosophical questions that can never be answered like "Are unicorns hollow?" "Is there really a china teapot in orbit between Earth and Mars?"
but I would not spend too much time worrying about them, LIFE IS TOO SHORT! go for a ride!!!
Oh! and Pascal's Wager is bunkum.
Keanu Reeves is cool, I dont care what you say. :flipoff:
Vin Diesel is cooler.
Sean Connery would kick both their asses.
Sean connery is getting a bit old for kicking arses..... Matt Damon (as Jason Bourne) would give them both a fuggin` good hiding.
Quote from: pandy on February 22, 2007, 07:59:27 PM
Vin Diesel is cooler.
I heard he likes dudes? is that true?
Quote from: pandy on February 22, 2007, 09:31:50 PM
Quote from: Susuki_Jah on February 22, 2007, 09:31:19 PM
Quote from: pandy on February 22, 2007, 07:59:27 PM
Vin Diesel is cooler.
I heard he likes dudes? is that true?
I heard you like dudes. Is it true? :flipoff:
no pandy you didnt hear that. :flipoff: expecially after you created a poll about me and MY GF lol. no im being serious though. I didnt think it to be true but all these people kept saying stuff about it. cause I think hes a good actor
I have no clue. I've never head anything about Vin being g-a-y. And...who says your gf isn't a boy? :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: pandy on February 22, 2007, 09:36:52 PM
I have no clue. I've never head anything about Vin being g-a-y. And...who says your gf isn't a boy? :icon_mrgreen:
God sais so pandy :laugh: and other parts of my body tell me that as well lol. :icon_razz:
Ok...we'll get this back on track (it's really no problem if you're g-a-y :icon_mrgreen:):
My advice to you is to get married:
Iif you find a good wife you'll be happy;
If not, you'll become a philosopher.
~Socrates
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so if vin diesel was ghey, would you stop liking him as an actor?
actually I would respect him more for having accomplished what he has while being ghey.
Vin Diesel is Bi.
vin diesel is 100% manlove.
1) I have never heard this before either
2) you are all as ghey as you think he is
3) you think he is really ghey or at least bi
4) can someone split the thread pls
I think this thread should be merged with the "cops and searching" thread.
~PANDY!! Wanna dollar?
Quote from: nightrider on February 23, 2007, 12:02:18 AM
so if vin diesel was ghey, would you stop liking him as an actor?
actually I would respect him more for having accomplished what he has while being ghey.
Personally, my feelings/thoughts toward him wouldn't change a bit if I found he's g-a-y, bi, straight, purple. I like his acting, and to me, one's sexual orientation is akin to hair colour or height...it is what it is.
I remember being a bit put out when I found out that George Michael is g-a-y, but not due to the fact that he's ghey. It was more due to the fact that he rose to fame as a sex symbol for teenage girls, and then he RESENTED that period of time in his life (I guess in his mind, he felt as though he'd sold out). Why resent what put you on top? Everyone goes through phases, and that was simply one phase for him. He could look at it as one of the chapters that's allowed him to go on and to express himself as he REALLY wants to as an artist, rather than choosing to bite the hands that put him on top (so to speak ;)).
Quote from: makenzie71 on February 23, 2007, 12:30:35 AM
I think this thread should be merged with the "cops and searching" thread.
~PANDY!! Wanna dollar?
A *DOLLAR*....my services are worth SERIOUSLY more than one dollah! :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:
I never said I had a problem with it. But it is a documented fact that Vin Diesel is bi.
I guess I don't read the gossip rags enough. :laugh:
Quote from: nightrider on February 23, 2007, 12:02:18 AM
so if vin diesel was ghey, would you stop liking him as an actor?
actually I would respect him more for having accomplished what he has while being ghey.
no i would still think hes a good actor but I would look at him and think *GROSS HE LIKES DUDES*
:o
the anal cavity was made for exit not entry :nono: O0
I'm not saying he is or he isn't and I don't care either way, but with pictures like this, he pretty much throws ambiguity out the window.
(http://socialitelife.com/images/vd032206_02.jpg)
:laugh:
Back to philosiphising...
If I have to hang off to go around a turn on the street, I am going too fast.
Nothing matters. <-- This little tidbit gave me the best year of my life...
...it was also when I started dating my wife.
The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate;
To have it make some difference
That you have lived, and lived well
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hey Again Pandy! :kiss3:
Here's some Starwalt Philosophy from way back... Haiku For The Heavens (http://jupiterspacestation.org/poem.html) ...
Walt Whitman is also on that page. <edited>
BTW - I heard that it's not Vin that's "alternate", but his brother.
Hi starwalt! :kiss3:
Our own starwalt..... a poet..... :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3:
I actually heard that it's Vin's poodle that's ghey.... :laugh:
"My theology is a muddle" - Darwin
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
re g@y by appearances: You can tell a lot by appearances but I would be hesitant to judge based on a picture or two. Or even give a sh!t. When I was younger, skinny, and had a shaved head, there were people who took me for g@y and would say as much via body language and behavior. Sometimes I heard comments. Usually meathead or corporate type guys. I have to say it was pretty depressing not to mention highly invasive, a form of hostile discrimination which was totally mistaken, and basically just pissed me off. For some people it triggers a real insecurity, like a crisis they have to deal with, and they have to go on the offensive about it to avoid feeling g@y themselves. All I have to say is, why the f do you care so much? I'll quote Moss (Al Pacino's character) from Glengarry Glen Ross: "You think you're qu&&r? I'm going to tell you something. We're all qu&&r."
Back to O&E Philosophical Meanderings (the garbage has been TF'd):
"Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."
~Dr. Seuss
"My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me." - Stonewall Jackson
"Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."- Hebrews 11:1
"Through Faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."-Hebrews 11:3
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself"
~Sir Richard F. Burton
"a man without fear is a man without faith and a man without faith is easily unmade" Daredevil
"Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in ghey, fine colours, that are but skin-deep."-Mathew Henry
"Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable."-Mathew Henry
"Blood alone moves the wheels of history"-Martin Luther
"Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding."-Martin Luther
"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver." -Martin Luther
"Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!" -Martin Luther
"God is dead"
~Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead"
~God
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My cat's breath smells like cat food
-Ralph Wiggum
"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
- Union General William T. Sherman said this shortly before beginning his brutal March to the Sea.
"Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?"- General James Longstreet
"Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots - or traitors." - Sen. Stephen Douglas
"Everything is relative." - Me (And probably some other people.)
I never really understood the Zen koans. such as:
What is the sound of one hand clapping? I would say, there is no sound. But is that too easy?
If a tree falls in the forest and no one sees it, does it make a sound? I would say yes, right?
And stuff like, such and such monk said, I am finished eating, and then the zen master said, now go wash your bowl, then he was enlightened. Hm.
:laugh:
There are some cool lines in the Tao Te Ching, like where it talks about the 'old masters' or whatnot, they were "alert, like travelers crossing a dangerous stream" etc. Hm.
"Life is too short to think about pointless shaZam!..." - Me
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Why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open 24/7? :cookoo:
Quote from: pandy on February 26, 2007, 08:15:40 PM
Why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open 24/7? :cookoo:
I can answer this one... because the 7-11 employees dont really feel like working so they make a ghetto sign that sais "store closed at da moment, try gan lata"
this seriously happened to me. I walked to the 7-11 and saw this. you know what they were doing? eating food and listening to rap music super loud. awesome!
I tried opening the door and shook it real hard. scared the crap out of them walked away laughing.
moral of the story...
Give as much effort to your job as you would like employees to do for you as a customer.
Quote from: Susuki_Jah on February 26, 2007, 09:44:07 PM
Quote from: pandy on February 26, 2007, 08:15:40 PM
Why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open 24/7? :cookoo:
I can answer this one... because the 7-11 employees dont really feel like working so they make a ghetto sign that sais "store closed at da moment, try gan lata"
this seriously happened to me. I walked to the 7-11 and saw this. you know what they were doing? eating food and listening to rap music super loud. awesome!
I tried opening the door and shook it real hard. scared the crap out of them walked away laughing.
moral of the story...
Give as much effort to your job as you would like employees to do for you as a customer.
wait, I don't get it- so they were lazy black people? I mean your story was not the least bit transparent, so I really couldn't tell. :dunno_white:
Quote from: CasiUSA on February 26, 2007, 11:04:38 PM
Quote from: Susuki_Jah on February 26, 2007, 09:44:07 PM
Quote from: pandy on February 26, 2007, 08:15:40 PM
Why are there locks on the doors of stores that are open 24/7? :cookoo:
I can answer this one... because the 7-11 employees dont really feel like working so they make a ghetto sign that sais "store closed at da moment, try gan lata"
this seriously happened to me. I walked to the 7-11 and saw this. you know what they were doing? eating food and listening to rap music super loud. awesome!
I tried opening the door and shook it real hard. scared the crap out of them walked away laughing.
moral of the story...
Give as much effort to your job as you would like employees to do for you as a customer.
wait, I don't get it- so they were lazy black people? I mean your story was not the least bit transparent, so I really couldn't tell. :dunno_white:
dude they were black/white/hispanic you name it, they had the whole rainbow.
can we move on to the next qoute please. :flipoff:
again moral of the story "Give as much effort to your job as you would like employees to do for you as a customer. "
It is the acceptance that there are no rules that makes one's faith truely immeasurable.~Me, 2004
"there is no Truth greater than the truth that one can change"~me
"The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own."
~Eric Hoffer
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
~ Sir Winston Churchill
Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a swan, you're probably not going to find a swan that looks much better than the one you've got, so why not mate for life?
--Jack Handy
i thought i posted in here but i guess i'm just retarded.
My life's philosophy is tattooed on my left arm.
"The answer to life the universe and everything is to love blindly and live like theres no tomorrow"
it was inspired by Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, then i added the love blindly/no tomorrow part.
"i'd much rather be happy than right any day..." "Then are you?" "Ha, no, but thats where it all falls down i guess..." Slartibartfast in HGTTG
"music is your only friend in the end" jim morrison
"God is an illusion from which the faint of heart gain strength. Does he exist? Who knows. Does it matter? No. To those who need him, he does, to those that don't, let the believers believe what they wish."
"Everyone is f-ed up. Just because you don't think you are, doesn't mean no one else does."
whoa, deja vu.
"'cause when you're dead, you're f%$king dead." - Some movie I can't recall.