')It was an eventful year.... got my first car.
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When I was sixteen, When You were sixteen
Re: When I was sixteen, When You were sixteen
by Aaron » Sat 23 Sep 2006, 21:09:34
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')It was an eventful year.... got my first car.
Cool. My first car was a Corvair. I was driving to swimming practice after school and the engine fell out! The whole freaking engine landed on the street. Seems the Corvair had one bolt holding the engine in. After that I drove a VW bug around for my High School years. What was your first car?')It was an eventful year.... got my first car.
and the year was 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival was singing Looking Out My Back Door, the girls wore patulli oil and floral blouses, and we saw Woodstock at the drive in movie theater (that was before the engine fell out of the Corvair.) Guys were getting killed in Viet Nam. Best act at Woodstock: Santana.
A Jeep Renegade... with the hard top. (Put that car through hell)
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Re: When I was sixteen, When You were sixteen
by Matrim » Sat 23 Sep 2006, 22:04:31
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')aybe we all gravitate to an "end of the world" forum because we hate this world.
I don't know about all of us........ but certainly me. I've always been disgusted by this place and all of its meaningless decadence. Most people think i'm a pessimist because of this, not me though. I'd only be a pessimist if I actually believed this could all just keep going, that would be truly horrifying. The only glimmer of hope I see for both humanity and the world that brought us into being is the possiblilty that we might get to start fresh: that this all might come crashing down. It is honestly unbelievable to me that anyone could think its for the best that we continue on the course we're on, and i'm not just talking about peak oil. Our entire way of life is fundamentally flawed from the very basis of our core belief systems all the way across the board. Some how we've convinced ourselves that the problem is human nature and that it is not the things we do that are flawed but indeed ourselves that are somehow tainted or corrupt. In other words, it's not something wrong with the system it's something wrong with me. The problem with this line of thinking is that it never prompts us to examine the way we do things, we just go on assuming that the way we live is the way we were meant to live. We just keep fucking up because there's something wrong with us. The other problem that arises from this line of thought is that since we believe that the way we live is the way all people were meant to live and that the problem is an inherent flaw in all of humanity not in the system, we tend to force people who do not live the way we live to either change their ways or die. I mean after all if they're not living the way people were meant to live and are inherently flawed, why they're even worse off than us. In other words we're actually doing them a favor by destroying their way of life and assimilating the reamainder.........
Damn it PMS you always get me going, I suppose the point of all that is that I believe it would be impossible to change the ideas that shape us without bringing all this down, and that if we continue to look at the world the way we do we'll be fucked with or without peak oil. The sooner it comes down the better chance we have of reshaping the foundations of our society.
Hmmm maybe I should write something on topic.....
When I was 16, everything that my life had been based around up to that point was rapidly unraveling around me. My family, my religious beliefs, my schooling, my friends, all would be lost or at least changed irreversibly in a couple short years. At the time it seemed as though the almighty God I had so fervently believed in had decided he really didn't like me much. 8 years later with my beliefs concerning the gods changed in such fundamental ways I can't help but believe that it was all for the best for when I think of where I might be now had I continued down the road that once seemed so predetermined, I literally feel sickened.
Funny how things change. Ain't life grand
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smoke 2 joints in the afternoon it makes me feel alright
I smoke 2 joints in time of peace and 2 in time of war
I smoke 2 joints before I smoke 2 joints and then I smoke 2 more - sublime
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Re: When I was sixteen, When You were sixteen
by Terran » Sun 24 Sep 2006, 15:55:36
It was only three years ago when I was sixteen years old. I was in high school, I considered myself an "enlightened" individual, not because I was an overacheiver, but because I had a head start in critical thinking. I was aware of things that are happaning around the world, and starting to grasp the big picture. I didn't take part in what everyone else did, because it never interest me. I despise the mainstream conformist high school culture with a passion. I'm so glad those days are over.
I don't think much has changed in the last three years, except for the fact I biologically aged 3 years. I'm now in college, which is much better than high school, I'm able to relate with people now, unlike three years ago, and I pretty much have a goal in life.
I don't think much has changed in the last three years, except for the fact I biologically aged 3 years. I'm now in college, which is much better than high school, I'm able to relate with people now, unlike three years ago, and I pretty much have a goal in life.
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