TEN YEARS OF NOTHING - not one fucking thing!

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DBoy wrote:If you think significant sociological change or a real shift in behaviour away from the trend is going to occur without a critical event then you are mistaken. Humans, by nature, do not change behaviour without cause. This theory, which I appear to developing as I type, can be understood at both micro and macro levels. An addictive gambler rarely quits before his/her addiction has a significant effect on his/her life. A marriage does not break up until it is beyond reasonable social comfort. We will not change our patterns of behaviors unless nature shoves us (and not just write us a kind note) – or when something like the economy or political system reaches that tipping point.

I highly doubt the next revolution of thought is going to benefit those in the first world. I highly doubt it is going to come without bloodshed. I highly doubt it will be televised (although it may appear on ipads).

For much of my life I believed the next point we would reach would be a metaphysical shift in consciousness. I genuinely thought that people would follow the line of wanting to help others and that globalization would present the opportunities for us to assist our fellow man in pulling themselves out of the shit. It ain’t gonna happen. The American dream has lead to a increased attention to the individual and focus on self preservation signaling the death of utilitarianism. How we gonna survive when we don’t act based on outcomes for all (and nature), only on outcomes for individuals.

My beliefs have changed. I think our ability to shift is non-existant. There is not enough weight in the believers and good to overcome the strength of current trend. The sooner the break the better in my opinion. But knowing the power of nature and the balance of the universe it will happen just when it needs to – that is the way. We just gotta hope we are spared.

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I never said that such a shift would occur without a major event.

It'll take a food crisis, people starving etc to be the catalyst for change.

It won't be pretty either.

But you know my feelings on this (hate people etc)....

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almax wrote:im hoping that a star on earth will solve our problems.
you think Kanye can do it?
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ghetto kitty wrote:
almax wrote:im hoping that a star on earth will solve our problems.
you think Kanye can do it?
ha, i mean a real star, and no, not Justin Bieber either :lol:

laser powered fusion, if they get this up and running, say goodbye the fossil fuels and say hello to next level amounts of energy with no pollution.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

they focus 192 lasers onto a small area the size of a pen lid and the temperature reaches over 100,000,000 degrees which they postulate will create a controlled nuclear fusion reaction and generate much more power than is used to run the lasers.
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C.I.A. wrote:But you know my feelings on this (hate people etc)....
scientists represent!

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C.I.A. wrote:
DBoy wrote:If you think significant sociological change or a real shift in behaviour away from the trend is going to occur without a critical event then you are mistaken. Humans, by nature, do not change behaviour without cause. This theory, which I appear to developing as I type, can be understood at both micro and macro levels. An addictive gambler rarely quits before his/her addiction has a significant effect on his/her life. A marriage does not break up until it is beyond reasonable social comfort. We will not change our patterns of behaviors unless nature shoves us (and not just write us a kind note) – or when something like the economy or political system reaches that tipping point.

I highly doubt the next revolution of thought is going to benefit those in the first world. I highly doubt it is going to come without bloodshed. I highly doubt it will be televised (although it may appear on ipads).

For much of my life I believed the next point we would reach would be a metaphysical shift in consciousness. I genuinely thought that people would follow the line of wanting to help others and that globalization would present the opportunities for us to assist our fellow man in pulling themselves out of the shit. It ain’t gonna happen. The American dream has lead to a increased attention to the individual and focus on self preservation signaling the death of utilitarianism. How we gonna survive when we don’t act based on outcomes for all (and nature), only on outcomes for individuals.

My beliefs have changed. I think our ability to shift is non-existant. There is not enough weight in the believers and good to overcome the strength of current trend. The sooner the break the better in my opinion. But knowing the power of nature and the balance of the universe it will happen just when it needs to – that is the way. We just gotta hope we are spared.

/end Sid flash back rant.
I never said that such a shift would occur without a major event.

It'll take a food crisis, people starving etc to be the catalyst for change.

It won't be pretty either.

But you know my feelings on this (hate people etc)....

:wink:
I dont think its particularly healthy to be wanting one either though. Saying its gonna take a disaster to sort us out is a pretty fatalistic attitude.

In the absence of a world-changing event which could never happen, its probably more important to work towards a future without one.

I know that you are CIA but this chat about crisis being a positive catalyst before its even happened seems pretty radical!
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Well at least the scientists and the lovers agree that we need something major to happen to facilitate this change!

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aliens?
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justin bieber?
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justin should be taken by the aliens, then we might see a tween revolution.
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Justin should be the target for the laser
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Now we are getting somewhere.
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justin bieber IS an alien!
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:lol: you guys are great.

Justin however, is not.
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he's gonna end up more fucked up than michael jackson

how much teenage poontang can one small boy handle?
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he is really small too.

whatever happened to that other small star, Aaron carter or whatever?

is he alien now?
or is he in pron?
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if Bieber had a message, or any kind of ideology he could be a useful NEW WORLD ORDER pwn

but his vacuous teeny pop is empty of anything other than autotune and homogenized rapping.

he wont change ANYTHING.
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The disappearance of Aaron Carter from our screens, hearts and minds ought to be the world changing event and catalyst we need for change.

surely.
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AW COME ON ALEX

the next Gen - we need them!

although he does need to be tied up, slapped around and left outside in a cage for a few months before he will com around i reckon.

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witty_pseudonym wrote:The disappearance of Aaron Carter from our screens, hearts and minds ought to be the world changing event and catalyst we need for change.

surely.
haha yes!
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wind-powered scarf knitting machine:

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semi pointless, but really purrty!
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pretty sure they dont have computers in lara or corio.
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The point is not always the point Bo. While the point may seem to be scarves – it is not. The point is more about the possibility of scarves by wind. What I am getting at it that the point is actually that things can be done by wind. Always think behind the point, cause often the point is disguised. This can also be known as reading between the lines. It is quite common in design shows. What is? Apparently pointless exercises that seem to have taken great feats and amounts of energy, that are in fact incredibly poignant exercises in exemplifying potential uses and features of future design. That’s what. What?
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fooishbar wrote:wind-powered scarf knitting machine:

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the future is here, and it's awesome.
that reminds me of the scene in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when they come out of warp speed and have turned into knitted people.

Its such an awesome scene!
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DBoy wrote:The point is not always the point Bo. While the point may seem to be scarves – it is not. The point is more about the possibility of scarves by wind. What I am getting at it that the point is actually that things can be done by wind. Always think behind the point, cause often the point is disguised. This can also be known as reading between the lines. It is quite common in design shows. What is? Apparently pointless exercises that seem to have taken great feats and amounts of energy, that are in fact incredibly poignant exercises in exemplifying potential uses and features of future design. That’s what. What?
thats why I said 'kinda'

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I still wanted to type that.

Coped it today. I'm going home to tell myself that not everyone things I'm a fwit.
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<3'ed reading all this just before I leave the office from a fucking shithouse day....

Thankyou guys

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almax wrote:
laser powered fusion, if they get this up and running, say goodbye the fossil fuels and say hello to next level amounts of energy with no pollution.
Not only is is clean but it neutralises radioactive waste. It is a bit of a miracle energy source really.

BUT...

At the current cost though it is unsustainable/too expensive
Scientists estimate that if they can get to the point where they can burn about five fuel pellets a second, a power plant could continuously generate up to a gigawatt of energy—about what the city of San Francisco is consuming at any given moment.
"Each one of these pellets costs between ten [thousand] and a hundred thousand dollars," Mauel said. To use the pellet method to generate nuclear fusion power, "they'll have to cost less than ten cents a piece."
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And how quickly can they get this up and running in our homes?
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ghetto kitty wrote:he is really small too.
:shock: :shock: :shock:

ORLY???!!!???
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16 mins to next train. And it's not late, that's just when it's coming. Where the fuk I the world do u have to wait 20 minutes between trains on major lines In a city of millions.
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:lol:

i could waste so much time on this.
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I already have...

I love the match ups... Funniest one yet was..

Picking your nose VS Joe Pesci

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lol...

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i liked Utopian Socialism vs. Crystal Pepsi
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Hatsudai wrote:
almax wrote:
laser powered fusion, if they get this up and running, say goodbye the fossil fuels and say hello to next level amounts of energy with no pollution.
Not only is is clean but it neutralises radioactive waste. It is a bit of a miracle energy source really.

BUT...

At the current cost though it is unsustainable/too expensive
Scientists estimate that if they can get to the point where they can burn about five fuel pellets a second, a power plant could continuously generate up to a gigawatt of energy—about what the city of San Francisco is consuming at any given moment.
"Each one of these pellets costs between ten [thousand] and a hundred thousand dollars," Mauel said. To use the pellet method to generate nuclear fusion power, "they'll have to cost less than ten cents a piece."
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Locked on to Stylin atm, Dam Funk interview

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Nickleback vs Pampers
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Yoyo. Great weekend with the fam. Starting to find a bit of a groove there...
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system wrote:
TESLA TESLA TESLA

that is all
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DBoy wrote:16 mins to next train. And it's not late, that's just when it's coming. Where the fuk I the world do u have to wait 20 minutes between trains on major lines In a city of millions.
Upfield line all day everyday...

the peak timetable is EXACTLEY the same as the Sunday timetable on my train line...

20mins between each service regardless of time or day.... And people wonder why i walk home to Coburg....
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is that why i see you walking around North Melbs still. I is on the tram checking out ya walking :wink: i thought you were still in Coburg, makes sense now.
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Lizkins wrote:is that why i see you walking around North Melbs still. I is on the tram checking out ya walking :wink: i thought you were still in Coburg, makes sense now.
LOL yeah sure is.....

I work on Abbotsford St..... so not a bad walk home.....
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pat cash just walked passed my window.
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That has to be my gheyest post ever.
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