20 Aug 11
Originally posted by coquetteAs always, most things are best understood in context... considering the source.
Waiting for Grampy Bobby to weigh in.
Most mechanical knee-jerk rejoinders flow from the mouths of those unfortunate,
immature human beings still technically competent but emotionally insecure.
These unfortunate folks are usually more deserving of pity than scorn. Long way
around the old barn to simply suggest it's probably best to "forgive them" even
though they know precisely what they're doing but don't have a clue as to why.
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21 Aug 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou mean like footsoldiers?
As always, most things are best understood in context... considering the source.
Most mechanical knee-jerk rejoinders flow from the mouths of those unfortunate,
immature human beings still technically competent but emotionally insecure.
These unfortunate folks are usually more deserving of pity than scorn. Long way
around the old barn to sim ...[text shortened]... hey know precisely what they're doing but don't have a clue as to why.
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21 Aug 11
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Originally posted by shortcircuitLife and times of the lowly male ant... birth... few visits to the queen's abode... sperm spent... death by designed attrition... a casual wart on the arse of progress... in the way... unceremoniously hauled out of the colony... poof... gone... no estate... no will and final testament... no legacy... no epitaph... no chess rating... no thought... no posts preserved for posterity in binary concrete on some forum... nothing...zero... nada... finito... just an inconsequential sojurn without significance... a smidge of low end food chain life smudged out in the wink of an eye... not even the trace of a fragrant memory left behind.
good work if you can get it
Good work if you can get it. Right on...
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21 Aug 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThink about it...you get to die doing something you love.
Life and times of the lowly male ant... birth... few visits to the queen's abode... sperm spent... death by designed attrition... a casual wart on the arse of progress... in the way... unceremoniously hauled out of the colony... poof... gone... no estate... no will and final testament... no legacy... no epitaph... no chess rating... no thought... no p ...[text shortened]... ce of a fragrant memory left behind.
Good work if you can get it. Right on...
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21 Aug 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThis applies to all after the passage of 10^7 years, so it really does not matter.
Life and times of the lowly male ant... birth... few visits to the queen's abode... sperm spent... death by designed attrition... a casual wart on the arse of progress... in the way... unceremoniously hauled out of the colony... poof... gone... no estate... no will and final testament... no legacy... no epitaph... no chess rating... no thought... no p ...[text shortened]... ce of a fragrant memory left behind.
Good work if you can get it. Right on...
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21 Aug 11
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Originally posted by SoothfastThough skeptical of sweeping generalizations as a rule, I'm inclined to agree with your assertion with regard to the passage of time. Whether 70 seconds, 70 minutes or 70 days or weeks, months or years it's damn brief. Brevity so concise, so finite it's not even subject to being measured except as a blip on the temporal screen, miniscule in terms of the absolute scheme.
This applies to all after the passage of 10^7 years, so it really does not matter.
Looks like this: ETERNITY PAST)........................................[time/human history]........................................(ETERNITY FUTURE
Note: ETERNITY parenthesis is reversed to suggest that eternity is wrap-around. encompassing the entire page. No page could be constructed large enough to show even an approximation of eternity and time. Maybe a dot or speck of sand somewhere beyond earth and all known galaxies in a never ending universe might come a tad closer to providing a truer perspective.
Let's politely agree to disagree with your ipso facto conclusion that "it really does not matter". Matters greatly in my point of view, from the standpoint of quality of life and, more importantly, with reference to the ant's temporary vacuous life versus the human being's eternal soul. The soul with its self awareness, self determination, mentality, conscience and volition is the real you. When the body dies the soul and spirit instantly depart (at brain death, not cardio cessation) to a new address for all eternity.
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