Is this world a good place?
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Is this world a good place?
I posted a topic about how the people of the Land would view this world, and got a little side tracked, so I'd just thought I'd post it here. Do you think this world is hell or heaven?
Exactly!
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
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I hate this planet--but not because I'm cynical. We just need a new one. I mean, honestly, the winters are just too damn cold for me. Our descendants better haul ass to a warmer planetoid. Screw monuments and traditions on this little rock! What's it matter if we're too busy freezing our arses off, eh? And we better leave this craphole soon, before God pulls his show-stopping "meteor trick"--like he did on the dinosaurs.
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#1 The National Football LeagueIs this world a good place?
#2 The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever & KW
#3 Moms
#4 Dogs
#5 Summer
#6 Ice Cream
#7 charity
#8 Nurses
#9 I get paid for digging in the dirt and finding things!
#10 Recognizing the villainous and immoral and doing something about it.
See the thread, Really really really ridiculously good things for more.
Yes I think all in all it is
"We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and remember:X never, ever, marks the spot."
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"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
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"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
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They are in no particular order
"We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and remember:X never, ever, marks the spot."
- Professor Henry Jones Jr.
"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
https://crowcanyon.org/
support your local archaeologist!
- Professor Henry Jones Jr.
"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
https://crowcanyon.org/
support your local archaeologist!
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I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.
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It's a complex and wonderful, beautiful and sometimes terrible, place. I don't really think "good" does it justice- too simple.
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yes its a fabulous place!
people are kinda weird but the world is awesomesauce!!
people are kinda weird but the world is awesomesauce!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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What a good topic!
I think the people who assume that the world is basically evil end up amazed by the good that comes to pass.
And people like me who (in "the way I feel" at least) expect it to be essentially good are constantly shocked and disappointed by reality.
Some of my older friends say "when you're young, everything is black-and-white but when you're older, you see lots of shades of gray." I think it's still black-and-white, just the dithering is really really fine. (computer graphics reference; if anyone doesn't get it, just yell at me.)
Also, I really like this from Kinslaughterer's list:
I think the people who assume that the world is basically evil end up amazed by the good that comes to pass.
And people like me who (in "the way I feel" at least) expect it to be essentially good are constantly shocked and disappointed by reality.
Some of my older friends say "when you're young, everything is black-and-white but when you're older, you see lots of shades of gray." I think it's still black-and-white, just the dithering is really really fine. (computer graphics reference; if anyone doesn't get it, just yell at me.)
Also, I really like this from Kinslaughterer's list:
#10 Recognizing the villainous and immoral and doing something about it.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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I would agree with that.Some of my older friends say "when you're young, everything is black-and-white but when you're older, you see lots of shades of gray." I think it's still black-and-white, just the dithering is really really fine. (computer graphics reference; if anyone doesn't get it, just yell at me.)
I would agree with that too. But, there may be times when you really don't have timme to do anything about it.#10 Recognizing the villainous and immoral and doing something about it.