Failte200 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:48 pm
Brother (or Sister! I dunno)! We should go drinking sometime! Except for the little problem of being on almost exactly opposite sides of the planet... Add to your list: I've never owned a gaming console, or a smartphone (not a gamer, and the whole smart-phone phenomenon happened since I came to this tropical, cell-phone-less paradise). Oh, and also, I don't drink - just never developed a taste for it. But other than that...
Oh, and I do listen to NPR. But only the news. As soon as the inevitable Obscure Music segment starts, I'm outta there.
Its brother, but i also do not drink.
On gaming, i have ceased my progression in gaming is the Playstation 3, the more realistic the games have become they have lost their 'video game' quality, my favorite games of the most recent generation of console are the Lego games, Lego star wars being the best, then Minecraft, Angry birds and all the old arcade games that i emulate using 'MAME', needless to say, i never play online and there are no war 'Games' in my home. If i lived on a Tropical island i might never play video games eiher, but here in west Ireland it is a pretty safe bet to be raining even during the summer. (Europe is baking in heat right now, and its pi**ing down here on west coast of Ireland)
The reason i dont listen to radio is to avoid the 'News', i find it all pointless, futile, nothing but bad stories and also a programmed script to get into the brain, i have not watched, listened to or read 'news' in a loooong time.
by Gps » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:15 am wrote:
I joined the yellow jackets in my country. (the Netherlands)
Stupid me was thinking we were gonna fight the elite and the banks.
Its a fact everybody can google, that in my country hospitals go broke, but we need to safe the banks with tax payers money.
This does not seem to be enough, for my fellow countryman to revolt though.
The word sheep comes to mind. Brainwashed by the main stream media and the tv.
The banks although they themself call it different, play with money, and when this goes wrong, we (the dutch) need to safe them, wtf ?
I ended up however in an endless left/right discussion, with people seeing the left or the right, as their enemy, instead of the common problem our governments not doing what is right for us.
There is some hope left, the yellow jackets over here are trying to start over.
If you do some research you will find out, that it does not matter if you life in europe or the UK or the US.
You get screwed the same way. They want you to work more hours for less pay.
In the eyes of the sheep though, this makes me a conspiracy nut.
Lets end this rant with some hip hop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk
What we need is awareness, we can't get careless.
One thing i learned many years ago from reading from various sources of guys who would be classified as 'Conspiracy theorists' was not to be afraid to say what you think and believe, even if you think that would bring you ridicule and people thinking about you as a 'Nut', that is the control, if you modify what you really think to fit into whats socially acceptable you have been manipulated.
You mentioned the word sheep above, think about what i have just pointed out and then compare it to sheep and you will see a glaringly obvious fact that is alarming once you realise it.
Sheep need a sheep dog to coral them into a sheep pen and keep them in line, the general public now keep each other in line if you are afraid to say what you really think and feel for fear of what other people will think of you.
There is no need even for a sheep dog anymore, we keep each other in line!!!
Here are a few recommendations to read, but i must warn you, it can change the way you see the world forever,
George Orwell - 1984
(Compare 1984 to today but replace big brother with the ubiquitous 'smartphone' and connectivity everywhere, everywhere you go there is a camera pointing at you, watching everything you do, in the novel 1984, Big brother was an overt presence of the government watching everything you did to ensure you followed the line, we know that would not be acceptable in society, and the ruling elite also know that overt control would end in revolt, so it has been crafted into a little black rectangular shaped object that people can’t leave home without.........'Smartphone', think about it, in 1984 Big brother monitored everything you did and gathered as much information on you as possible in order to figure out what makes you tick (Wont give away the story if you have not read it yet), today, we carry a handheld device that watches us, tracks us, listens to us, has our fingerprint, retina scan and then with Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram etc etc etc we input everything about ourselves, what we eat, where we go, who we know, what our fears are, what our likes are............follow me, READ 1984
Aldous Huxley - The Doors or perception
This I recommend simply because it is the most intelligent insight into the effects of hallucinogens on the human perspective on the world, it strips away any romanticism, does not pretend to be anything more than it is and is not trying to sell it to you as a life choice, it is an insight that is rational and fascinating into how we pass by everything daily than is actually astounding. (PS: This is where the band 'The Doors' got their name)
Theodore Kaczynski - Industrial Society and Its Future
Now before we proceed, I must straight away acknowledge that this is the Unabomber that was killing innocent people in America, I do not condone or agree with his actions whatsoever. But this paper that he wrote and was what he requested published in order for him to stop bombing is something that may change the way you see the world forever, it is not recommended to anyone that may lean towards depression or anxiety as an illness as from a psychological point of view this paper forces one to look inwards at what you think you believe and know in anything you do in life. This paper has the potential for you to recognise extreme futility is many areas of your own life that consumes your day to day activities. READ IT ONLY IF YOU ARE STRONG IN THE MIND AND NOT FRAGILE!