To start off, I apologize that my entries aren't as professional as the rest of yours seem to be. This one's just food for thought. On the other hand, if you DO have answers for some of these, I really would like to know. I don't ask questions that I don't want to know answers to.
Have you seen the infomercial where a rather slim Carnie Wilson "interviews" two sisters about their book of household remedies? If this book is so great that it can cure things from bad breath to cloudy toenails, why does one sister have teeth like indian corn?
Has anybody put serious thought and research into making a cleaner, more efficient, and overall better fuel for existing vehicles?
After some good sex (yes, it does happen), I can't do the whole cuddle thing immediately afterwards because I get terribly thirsty and NEED a drink. Does that happen to anyone else?
What ever happened to living your life based on respect and honor?
Is no one going to take Apophis seriously?
How does a self-centered dimwit like Tyra Banks get a talk show? I doubt she can even put a sentence together coherently without cue cards and a script. Sure, she's hot, and tv loves hot chicks, but she's a fucking MODEL! That alone was her job! That was fine, until she got to open her mouth in a non-seductive way to make herself look like a good person. Look, we have no reason to think she's a baby-eating, dog-torturing, crank-fiending bulemic. Giving racists a stern talking to or throwing a makeover at suicidal girls does NOTHING. Can we vote her off the air?
Why does this feel yellow?
It's not religion in general I loathe. It used to be about respecting the planet and our ability to sustain the things we care about, using general words like "gods" to describe what we saw. When Constantine changed Christianity (along with countless others to older religions in previous millenia) to be about paying homage to a deity through the profit of the few and slavery of the masses, they personified forces of nature and used it to claim ownership of the world, using it at every chance as an excuse for their destructive, illogical, and completely fucked up actions.... They're bringing life on Earth to an end, and there aren't enough of us (in general AND in charge) to put a stop to them. Drastic measures must be taken, but everyone's afraid. EVERYONE. Religion is also used as an excuse for genocide. In fact, as far as I know, it's been the ONLY reason for EVERY genocide that's ever occured in human history. Also, there have been a virtually limitless number of belief systems in the past that ceased to exist, so why should we believe that today's systems include a right one?
Does this smell sarcastic to you?
Why does no one revolt in this country? Are we afraid of something? What do we have to lose? Freedom? Yeah, right.
In this space, I was going to put up an idea I had to make something cool, but I don't want anybody stealing said idea. Just letting you know it would've gone here.
How come you can buy 400 sheets of paper for less than $3, but if you throw in two binded pieces of cardboard to either side, you can charge $40 for half as much?
Who will be the next person to change the world? It better not be someone who's still a child or yet to be born. They're fucked. We need it SOON.
The major problem with democracy: Whoever said the majority is right? Or even usually right? A good slice of Earth's population are utter morons and, thanks to politics, they get to choose how the world is led. No one ever said "the majority knows best." Except me, just now. Majorities know what they're told, and for the most part, do not independently learn their facts from intelligent sources.
Why does this taste like rabies?
If trees need to absorb so much light, how come more trees don't have fucking MONSTROUS leaves?
How is it that only expensive things (like houses, children, and cars) need constant, costly maintainence?
Do you need a new brain filter installed? Do you experience things that seem like near-daily epiphanies? Perfect statements that could end any arguement once and for all? Beautiful works of art that would last centuries in the collective consciousness? You can't express them, can you? They just end up coming out as half-hearted attempts at mediocre doodles or incomprehensible babble, right? We need more ways to free the ideas locked up inside us all. Then the world may finally have a chance to be a beautiful place.
brain filter
Had this same conversation yesterday and came to the conclusion that, to get the ideas 'out', even Jimi Hendrix had to practice a lot. Not sure what the cumulative effect of daily epiphanies without release, would be. Maybe the collective uncouncious bottles them up like a volcano. Or maybe the unmanifest ideas wander around clothing themselves in other bits of cast off thoughts and live in a kind of orphanage in the mind, but more like the Island of Dr Moreau, with an 80's theme tune.
I am just in awe of being here...
Read Hegel or de Lubicz and then write those questions without the F word. Now go sit in the big chair for making our day.
I laughed 'til I was blue in the face.
and now - the news
In this spirit, first a news report, and then a few answers.
News item 1:
Today on US TV, George Stephanopoulos asked someone (David Axelrod, a part of the Obama campaign) what the Democratic party would do if it rains during their open-air convention in Denver next week.
Axelrod replied that there would be nothing but sunshine (presumable at night too), and the only problem was the Bush administration.
There were other such canned responses to the question of weather in Denver next week. These were not on TV, but I present them here, gathered from exclusive sources:
- Republicans:
Obama is not ready to be president.
- Chinese:
Tibet is part of China.
- Palestinian:
This is all because of Israeli occupation.
Item 2:
Doping at the Olympic Games. Specifically this is about the equestrian event, when 4 horses were found to be under the influence of performance enhancing drugs.
The German horse involved has admitted that he was acting on his own, and takes full responsibility.
A few answers:
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Has anybody put serious thought and research into making a cleaner, more efficient, and overall better fuel for existing vehicles?
Actually yes. Hydrogen fuel, fuel cells, better batteries. Many people are serious about this, and much money is being invested.
Is no one going to take Apophis seriously?
No, someone is. Some people are taking the near earth object seriously, such as NASA.
Unless you are talking about the ancient god Apophis, then yes, nobody takes him seriously any more.
How does a self-centered dimwit like Tyra Banks get a talk show? ...
I don't think she is particularly good looking.
Does this smell sarcastic to you?
Yes.
Why does no one revolt in this country? Are we afraid of something? What do we have to lose? Freedom? Yeah, right.
Which country?
In this space, I was going to put up an idea I had to make something cool, but I don't want anybody stealing said idea. Just letting you know it would've gone here.
Me too.
How come you can buy 400 sheets of paper for less than $3, but if you throw in two binded pieces of cardboard to either side, you can charge $40 for half as much?
Actually at my local office supply store, you can get the pre-punched paper for $4, and the binding materials for another $4 or so. Then you can make a few empty books for $8 and give them away for x-mas. Chances are, the recipients will never read the books anyway.
Why does this taste like rabies?
I never had rabies, nor have I eaten an animal that has rabies. So I don't know. Similarly, some people say that american beer tastes like piss. How do they know?
If trees need to absorb so much light, how come more trees don't have fucking MONSTROUS leaves?
That's easy. Trees need to absorb a lot of CO2, and there is very little of it in the air. So they need a lot of surface area - a lot of little leaves. Also, the really big leaves on the outside of the tree would block the light to the inside of the tree. More surface area is better.
How is it that only expensive things (like houses, children, and cars) need constant, costly maintainence?
Because complicated systems require more maintenance than simple systems. Especially biological systems like children.
Do you need a new brain filter installed?
No, my brain filter seems to be ok :)
Perfect statements that could end any arguement once and for all?
How would we have fun then?
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It is not how fast you go
it is when you get there.