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[Max White]

Only the cool ones.

[Loud Whispers]

The existence of ACTA is making my stomach contents rise into my throat.

I've avoided posting in this thread to save my new replies being taken over, but bloody hell is ACTA depressing

[Criptfeind]

So my Grandfather died.

[Bauglir]

Blah really need to know whether or not I'm being claimed as a dependent this year (I've received so close to half my support from family this year that I can't tell one way or another, so I just have to ask what my mother's going with) before I can file taxes, and I need to do that before I can file FAFSA, and I need to do that before I can properly start bugging people for financial aid. But the house phone line is gone (expected, since they were considering getting rid of that since nobody uses except telemarketers and me, and I have cell phone numbers too), and my mother's not picking up her cell phone. Man I could be done by now, but I can't blame anybody but myself since I neglected to ask sometime in the past several months.

[Vector]

I'm pretty disappointed in how today went, somehow, and now I have to spend the rest of the evening coding.  I'm lonely and I feel like a tool.

[Lord Shonus]

That's really strange. When I checked this thread a few minute's ago, Bauglir's post was attributed to Vector, and Vector's post didn't even exist.

[Bauglir]

Welp. Can't ignore a sign like that. Let the mind-meld begi- Wait. I don't actually think those are possible. Also gross violations of privacy and personal sovereignty and all that, I guess. And great distance, if you want to get technical. Which seems like a silly thing to do about something fictional with ill-defined rules. Honestly, I don't know why you even brought this up, self.

[Rose]

RIP, 1gb stick of ram.

You will be missed.

[SalmonGod]

I'm pretty sure this is more wax than chocolate that I'm eating.

[MaximumZero]

Welp. Can't ignore a sign like that. Let the mind-meld begi- Wait. I don't actually think those are possible. Also gross violations of privacy and personal sovereignty and all that, I guess. And great distance, if you want to get technical. Which seems like a silly thing to do about something fictional with ill-defined rules. Honestly, I don't know why you even brought this up, self.

I'd be okay with mind melding with Vector, but I'd be afraid of dragging her down.

[Canalan]

I'm suddenly seized with the thought that nothing I ever do will make any impact on the world or those in it, save maybe by my progeny.  I feel like I could mean something, but every outside force wants me to mean nothing.  What can I do against the world?

[Vector]

I think that's your problem:

You're asking "what can I do against the world?" rather than "what can I do with the world?"

[kaenneth]

I'm suddenly seized with the thought that nothing I ever do will make any impact on the world or those in it, save maybe by my progeny.  I feel like I could mean something, but every outside force wants me to mean nothing.  What can I do against the world?

Like the poster on the wall down the hall says "Change the world or go home."

[kaijyuu]

I'm suddenly seized with the thought that nothing I ever do will make any impact on the world or those in it, save maybe by my progeny.  I feel like I could mean something, but every outside force wants me to mean nothing.  What can I do against the world?

Define "impact."


You could certainly go all nihilistic and point out that in a million years you'll be completely and utterly forgotten.... but fuck a million years from now. What impact you can make now? If you change at least one person's experience with life for the better, you've made a splash that's worth making. Plus, there's at least one person's life you can change for the better for absolute certain: Your own. Bonus points for helping out other people.

You don't need the high score on the universe's list of greatest achievements. You just need to place somewhere, which is anything above a score of 0. Then this little game of life we play was worth playing.


EDIT: Have my life philosophy, since I feel like typing it out.

Doubtless you've heard the old koan "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" If your answer to that is "yes, because it makes sound waves" then you've missed the point.
"Sound" is something we experience. Without the experience, the concept of sound does not exist. Those sound waves are meaningless since they never reached anything's ear to hear them. They might as well not of existed.

Think of anything you like or admire. Anything at all. Maybe there's a song you like. Maybe you think the stars in the sky are pretty, or the vastness of space is awe inspiring. What value would those things have if nothing ever experienced them? Answer: None. The song is pointless without someone hearing it, the stars beauty is wasted with no eyes to see it, and the vastness of space is overwhelming no one if no one's there to be overwhelmed. You give value to things by simply experiencing them, which in turn gives value to you.

If you ever feel small and insignificant compared to anything, understand that thing's significance would be lessened without you to be affected by it.

[ein]

Just kinda been having another bad week~
Just so fucking apathetic~