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This is water!

[Statement about how I act that makes me sound like a hipster and douche bag but is actually true]

I've always thought this way... Had to learn at a young age so that I was able to deal with more than than the rat race. Family issues are rough. I had never really consciously thought about it though. The video put it eloquently and definitely said it in a way that I'd not have thought to. I appreciate you posting the video.
 
The guy speaking was brilliant.

[DOUBLEPOST=1368162949,1368162635][/DOUBLEPOST]“What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human [...] is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naïve and goo-prone and generally pathetic.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
 
Thanks for sharing this Thov. I enjoyed watching it.
As an unrelated, yet somewhat related, distant topic... I highly recommend reading: The Hidden Messages in Water by Dr. Masaru Emoto
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Considering we're mostly composed of water, it is fascinating to see how it reacts under different circumstances.
 
I think what I like about this guy is he found a way to express what is blatantly obviously the human condition or at least the American condition in a way that is like a fool from Shakespeare: in your Face, yet as a jest so you don't take it personally if you just don't get it, and laugh with everyone around you.

I have been trying to figure out how to get the message across that I portray in my writing since I began writing. It is scary to think that he was truly troubled though by depression and the like and ultimately killed himself. Sometimes knowledge, especially on his level, of what is good for people and what isn't, being able to read into people so well, holds a very heavy burden. He knew some shit man. He also liked to talk and write in stream of consciousness which is my favorite type of writing.

The unoriginal originality. Inspiring through the simple idea of “I think that too!”, “I struggle there too”, “I want that too”, “I love too”. I have said before, we are, regardless of our achievements or fame, still looking to talk to others and connect with those around us, because at the end of the day and during, consists of just that, interactions, meaningless in an otherwise meaningful “idea” that is society. Figuring out a medium in which people will enjoy reading my 10 page hieroglyphics will be a challenge however.
 
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