A Little Experiment

[Abacab-Godking]

Let's try a little experiment. Turn around and look at someone near you -- a loved one, a friend, a co-worker, a stranger -- it doesn't really matter. Now, as you look at this person, consider this: he or she is completely unique, never-before-in-the-history-of-the-universe-has-there-been-anyone-exactly-like-this-person...person. Reflect on the fact that you are gazing at an impossibly complex and totally original work of art which will never be duplicated. I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. We so easily lose sight of how truly magnificent we are. Which is something to keep in mind if you choose to look a ta stranger for this exercise. Even though he's looking back at you with grinning, spittle-covered lips that are a miraculous construct of living tissue -- even through perverse thoughts of what he'd like to do to you are racing through a meat-based computer that no Pentium chip will ever approximate, he is a masterpiece. If he were hanging in a museum, a security guard would most likely tell you, "Don't touch."

[Pyrion]

It's true what you write here. But: The same applies to anything that you see where you are. Look at the pencil on your desk. It is absolutely unique. No other pencil will ever be absolutely the same. It is a work of art.

One moment after you found out that everyone and everything is special, you realize that nobody and nothing is.

[Abacab-Godking]

One moment after you found out that everyone and everything is special, you realize that nobody and nothing is.

You'll have to elaborate your philosophy in attempts for me to enjoy your 'impossibly complex and totally original work of art which will never be duplicated' that is you.

Unless you are trying to postulate that we are all chemical accidents in a dead and meaningless universe.

[Ennewi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0yuqpk00Ts

[Gadwen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZM-HaXS3wE

[myriverse]

It's true what you write here. But: The same applies to anything that you see where you are. Look at the pencil on your desk. It is absolutely unique. No other pencil will ever be absolutely the same. It is a work of art.

One moment after you found out that everyone and everything is special, you realize that nobody and nothing is.
Nah. Everything is still special. But being special isn't necessarily all that great. For instance, that pile of shit your dog left you last night is completely unique in all the universe. That nail in your now deflated tire is completely unique as were the circumstances that conspired to drive it into your particular tire were a miracle. That jet and train that just crashed were amazingly unique before, during, and after their calamities.

[Cecily]

And we like to call people REALLY fascinated by how special everything autistic. Be thankful the world isn't that interesting.

[FoxxHound]

fap

[Halfelfbard]

Personality tests. Where alot alike.

[Briscoe]

You could have just said we aren't like bosons or fermions and saved a lot of typing.

[myriverse]

And we like to call people REALLY fascinated by how special everything autistic. Be thankful the world isn't that interesting.
Pretty sure that's the opposite. People with autism tend to be fascinated with very, very few things.

[Nocte]

Unless you are trying to postulate that we are all chemical accidents in a dead and meaningless universe.

Do you have a serious argument against this idea?

[Hasbinbad]

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[Cecily]

Pretty sure that's the opposite. People with autism tend to be fascinated with very, very few things.

Yeah I'm sure I'm way off the mark with a clinical definition. I'm just thinking of the kids that I've done volunteer work with who get this complete zenned out, zeroed in focus on a shiny object or toy. Most people's brains can filter out stimuli and keep the mundane pretty mundane. I'm just glad I can walk out my door without getting a profound sense of awe from looking at the door knob.

[Abacab-Godking]

Yeah I'm sure I'm way off the mark with a clinical definition. I'm just thinking of the kids that I've done volunteer work with who get this complete zenned out, zeroed in focus on a shiny object or toy. Most people's brains can filter out stimuli and keep the mundane pretty mundane. I'm just glad I can walk out my door without getting a profound sense of awe from looking at the door knob.

but you get a profound sense of awe from the mundane pixels you haven't looted on an ancient dead game revived by corrupt contributors that get their profound sense of awe from what little power they have over a very small population.

talk about "zenned" out and "zeroed" in focus on a shiny object, toy, or in this case "game."

proves my point - thank you.

[Hasbinbad]

ITT: Apathetic philistines think they can grasp the infinite complexity of life with the perceptions gleaned by the naked eye.

[Reapin]

Everything is the same. At the atomic level we are built by the same exact building blocks. The only difference is how they are lumped together. You need to move beyond your senses and use your mind.

[Cecily]

but you get a profound sense of awe from the mundane pixels you haven't looted on an ancient dead game revived by corrupt contributors that get their profound sense of awe from what little power they have over a very small population.

talk about "zenned" out and "zeroed" in focus on a shiny object, toy, or in this case "game."

proves my point - thank you.

No I don't like this game very much.

[Reapin]

if thinking everything is the same helps you sleep at night by all means.

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.

No need to think it. it is the reality we live in.

[Cecily]

I don't like the forum game very much either. EQ is kinda like a time machine for me. I can't imagine a better to fast forward a year you really don't want to experience.

You're probably a very nice person IRL.

[Reapin]

I don't like the forum game very much either. EQ is kinda like a time machine for me. I can't imagine a better to fast forward a year you really don't want to experience.

You're probably a very nice person IRL.

Or transport yourself to a time when your ass was half the size it is now.

[Cecily]

I actually wish my butt was bigger lol.

[Malice_Mizer]

Yeah big asses are definitely IN right now, Reapin.

Where have you been?

Fortunes are made and lost on the size of a butt.

[Reapin]

I stab kittens in real life.

So in reapins world it doesn't matter because it's all the same to them.

That is a different topic entirely.

[Reapin]

There are healthy big asses then their are big asses made by Pizza hut.

[Reapin]

there

[Cecily]

it's lonely being the only person with intelligence on this forum

I'd say more like someone who's mad that no one is sharing in his the world is so beautiful delusion he just got from smoking his first joint.

[Cecily]

Pure genious right thar.

[Cecily]

Just because it solves all of your problems doesn't mean it'll work for anyone else.

[Sidelle]

Pretty sure that's the opposite. People with autism tend to be fascinated with very, very few things.

What is that supposed to mean?

Do you know any autistic people? My son is 11 and has autism. He is facinated by so many things I would never think twice about. He is verbal but expresses himself best through his drawings of how he sees the world. I really have an appreciation for how he is now, even though there are some very difficult times and I worry about his future, there is something beautiful about it.

[Sidelle]

Didn't mean to get all serious there. Forgive me. I'm a mom...

[Cecily]

My best guess is the areas of special interest people with asperger's have?

[Reapin]

My best guess is the areas of special interest people with asperger's have?

They are actively recruited for programing jobs.

Teach your boy code he will retire in comfort.

[Sidelle]

He's really into lights of any kind. Ceiling tiles. Geometric shapes and 3D anything, and stuff with intricate patterns. And people. I swear his drawings of people remind me of Picasso.

He's been drawing things in 3D since he was 3 or 4 and no one taught him how. He just started doing it. He is a cool kid. :)

[abacab-godking2]

Your autistic child is a hell ridden soul trapped in the consciousness of what you refer to as your offspring. The fate of this soul is forever doomed to autism right here in this universe that no one truly understands and will suffer throughout the burdened lifetime. No one will hear this soul scream and cry out in torment as its punishment is saw fit in accordance to the universe itself. Heaven and hell exist right here in our perceptions that ring true.

Your child is a devil baby.