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3839 No.182999   [Reply]

Ok, this is all wacky and such, but here's a real mind-twister.

Imagine: You are living through distorted illusion created by your own mentality. Although unaware, you are in a state of coma or something related and cannot physically function with out machines. Your mind, however, overpowers the impairment and continues to function, leaving you mentally damaged. As a defense mechanism, you create an alternate universe, similar or completely unrelated, to the one you inhabit to convince yourself you are living a normal life. Everything you know of and acknowledge as real is simply a product of your imagination. You don't dare challenge such a theory because you cannot tell if it's true or not. So, you create an pseudo-life to fill in for the one you once led. Everything you see, hear, feel, think, and do is something you unknowingly developed yourself. How can you truly disprove this? ;]

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>> No.184835  

>>184833

scratch that this is my story, gtfo?

>> No.184836  

>>184833

scratch that this is my story, gtfo?

>> No.184879  

>>182999

if what you say is true then... fuck



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171135 No.153297   [Reply]

what would it feel like to stop existing?

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>> No.181991  

>>177959
pain is an illusion, just a signal in your brain

>> No.183115  

>>153297
Simple; you don't.

Thing is, you never stop existing. When you die, you decompose and the atoms that made up your body return to the earth. The earth is part of the unaware universe, which, when IS all, knows all. Therefore you can only stop existing when the universe ceases to exist, and since the universe is pure energy that took on the form of matter, you will never. Ever. Stop existing.

god i need to cut down on the pot.

>> No.184281  

>>183115
why not at all friendly stoner

also pain is only in the mind and not existing would effectively be nonexistence



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No.26970   [Reply]

<<<what do you think /b/?

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>> No.35471  

>>35468

inb4 the IM FROM THE MATRIX guy misinterprets that article and thinks you're agreeing with him.

>> No.183352  

>>26970
i had similar thoughts couple of (tens of) hours ago.This one is 1st idea on this board i liked so far (newfagging here for 20minutes or so). Also because of not being tl;dr

>> No.184218  

wanna talk science? Here we go:

P. Berger, T. Luckmann (1991): "The Social Construction of Reality"; Penguin Books, London.
J. D. Faubion (ed.) (2002): "Michel Foucault: Essential Works of Foucault 1954-1984"; Penguin Books, London.

lrn2socialsciences



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36933 No.183215   [Reply]

So guys, I've been thinking. Nothing is the absence of value, yes? But in order to have nothing, NOTHING at all, wouldn't that be something in itself? In the end, this probably doesn't matter, but it still is an interesting concept.

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>> No.183360  

>>183215

read about the triple veil of the negative
http://anonym.to/?http://www.tarotica.com/naples.html

>> No.183835  

I think the spelling of No Thing speaks for itself

>> No.184211  

I have thought about the exact same thing... (boring live I guess)

My answer would be: The existence of nothing (or rather "nothingness") would be the opposite of existence and therefore non-existence. So, the existence of nothingness is the only thing that does not exist.
Get it? - Me neither.



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21648 No.182471   [Reply]

The opposite of me does not exist, because I exist and the opposite of existing is not existing. Pic sorta related.

>> No.183296  

lol there is no absolute opposite of you.. just because you are not perfect, therefore you have some contradictions inside you.



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59266 No.180811   [Reply]

There's no god, no angels, no demons. There's no mystical force that pays back evil doers. Karma is a sanskrit word that basically means cause and effect. Souls don't exist. When we die, we dissipate. There's no heaven, no hell, no reincarnation. We rot and then we're eaten by bugs. Am I forgetting anything?

pic not the least bit fucking related. (but the Thunderbolts are cool)

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>> No.181691  

>>180811
Omnipotent troll is omnipotent.

>> No.183052  

Philosophy means 'the love of wisdom'.

You just stated a bunch of debatable postulates ... what should we do as a result? What would be a wise lifetyle?

>> No.183257  

>>183052
Obey the laws of the circumstances. Think before you act. Say less than necessary. Try not to fuck anything up, unless that's your particular goal, then by all means do so.



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38158 No.169259   [Reply]

What does it mean for something to exist?

My opinion is that which is in experience exists.

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>> No.180158  

I believe existence is to be all that is, as if each person is the only actual being, living in a realistic simulation created by their own mind, and death occurs when the projector breaks. Simplistic, but it doesn't take up all of my energy and focus thinking about it, so I'm good with it.

>> No.181003  

Something exists if everyone, if every human that is, can agree to define what it is.

If 99% of humans say a chair is a chair, and that it is there, then it exists, because we have defined what it is. From that moment on, it exists.

The 1% who disagree are people who have a TOTALLY different perception from the average human being, say, someone diagnosed with schizophrenia or psychosis, and thus cannot be reliable to identify whether a thing exists or not.

>> No.183055  

I'd say, existence is that which, when you sense it, has meaning for you.

In a larger sense, existence is the aggregate of all sensory impressions and their cognitive correlates. It's what you sense and what you think of it.

What you do not sense cannot have any reality for you, neither can anything that you care nothing about.



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73466 No.173650   [Reply]

Two sexual deviancies, one perfectly acceptable, one socially outlawed.

Whether product of nature or nuture (mistreatment/abuse), with exception to the fact that exploiting children is wrong, does anyone know why pedophiles are demonised in such a way that homosexuals never will be?

Why send someone to prison just for being the victim of the fucked-up game of chance that determines your sexual preferences?

Seems to me an inherent flaw in our modern-day way of thinking.

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>> No.177958  

>>177803
unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful.

lrn2pentagram.fgt.

>> No.179196  

>>177958
o' fuck you, lol.
^.^ you don't want to answer the questions because you can't back up the opinion of them being two young with actual facts or logic.

>> No.183029  

i am a supporter of homosexuality 100 %, and would not want the direct persecution of any rights. However, although I do feel some-what bad for pedophiles because most of it is mentally dictated, I don't agree a sexual relationship between a grown man and a young child is appropriate. This is why. Children are unique in that they are constantly learning, adjusting, and discovering more about the world around them. Many of them begin discovering love at various ages, and many will identify or "clue-in" that they may be homosexual at a young age. However, as they are still mentally developing and not fully matured, the pure act of sex can have devastating effects on them. They shouldn't be having sex with any one as a child with any one of any gender or age to tell you the truth. The reason it is socially considered so inappropriate for a man or woman to engage in sexual intercourse with a child is because... THESE ARE ADULTS WHO SHOULD KNOW THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS IT CAN HAVE ON CHILDREN! Many of them, although obviously psychologically impaired in these matters, still know that what they are doing is wrong, even if they are driven by a desire they may never overcome. It takes pure will and determination to ignore a desire so strong, and I have sympathy for adult who struggle with pedophilia every day. But, it should not allow them to freely get away with damaging a child mentally with out punishment.

If you ask me, if people with pedophilia didnt feel so outcasted from society, you know if there was just a little bit of understanding or awareness, they would be more open to seeking help from this defect.



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13350 No.163697   [Reply]

hi i have come to ask you what happens when you die,

i guess from a scientific prespective since your brain shuts down you will experience a state of eternal nothingness forever

what are your thoughts on this assuming their is no god or afterlife

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>> No.181950  

>>181910

no god, just dissipation and rot. there's no hope.

>> No.181962  

>>181950
i said "understand", not meet or see; dissipation and rot are also part of god, im sorry you cant get it

peace

>> No.183000  

You know what I think?

In accordance to your scientific perspective, there would be no god, happiness, or eternal peace.

However, there would be nothing at all. therefore, no human emotions, thoughts, or feelings could negatively perceive this indescribable state. So, I guess it wouldn't really be so bad since you couldn't not enjoy it.



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No.12984   [Reply]

I have been dabbling in day trading the stock market the last couple of days (I doubled my money from 3k to 6k shit's so cash). Any ways I've been using the following investment strategies taught to me by Anonymous.

So first I consider a stock to be like any post. Some people will post some and if it's no good it just goes to page 10 (low volume trading).

Some other stocks are like the birth of a new meme. And people start buying them up fast (high volume). This requires some timing since you have to recognize for any given moment when a good meme has hit the market.

You jump in early and then watch as the stock goes xbox hueg (meaning goes up about 10%). Then you pay attention to shit poasters. The will come and start saging the stock.

When you see the sage wave come in a huge rush bail out (grab between 8% to 10% gains for the day). Then watch the sage rush crush the stock. Wait for it to be completely desimated and start bumping the thread when you see others bumping it a little (this is called market depth).

Finally when you graduate from just "THE BEST" and "SAGE" poasting jump into the shit poasting stance. You'll know it when you see and start shit poasting moar will join (this is called short selling). You need to be tricksy.

Don't fall into the whole commercial concept of investing. It's bullshit it's like poasting on WWP thinking that because a thread is kept for ever it's actually good. Use your /b/powers and just hop in from time to time find something to bump (you need to find it's intraday fluctuations) or to sage (you need to have bought some stocks when it was low). Never think the stock( thread) is going to be there the next day so do your shit quick and get the fuck out.

Enjoy the easiest money you've ever made.

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58539

PAPER PROFITS

YOU'LL BE FLEECED BY THE REST OF THE SHEEP.

>> No.181209  

1.taxation 7%
2.inflation 4%
3.US funny money value ?????
4.China Profits

>> No.181979  

>>99541
but im high all the time



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