I Have an Inkling That You’re All Full of Shit

[Sonart]

Sub, I'm so tired of all the partisan crap I could vomit! If I say I like Cheerios for breakfast someone will say it's because I'm a lefty.

LOL. No shit!

[Suburbanite]

UHHHHH, everyone knows Cheerios were invented by lefties. But really, people do judge me different for my age, I'm not making it up.
And I know how tall Sean is because he has told me how tall he is.

[m3talsmith]

Originally posted by Compugasm, Despite my age, I'm new to discussing current events. A month ago I was on another board talking about Gay marriage. In summary, I tolerate gays and such, but oppose the marriage and media antics surrounding it. After a week of pretty much everyone on the board calling me a racist, bigot, a conspiracy freak, I was pointed to this place for "heated debate". I know I'm none of those things. I'm wondering why big issues like Palestine or Isreal can't be solved and why I'm being blamed (rhetorical question, don't answer). So, despite my lack of debating skill, I'm finding reasons for being here, and the answers behind it. I think threads such as this one, and the "Polictics is Religion" reflect a growing consensus. We're wasting our time on petty bullshit (practical). The media is manipulating us (emotional). Politicans are screwing us (conspiracy). Maybe you all knew that, but I'm unliterate.

Welcome. This is much the same trail I started on 2 years ago. It led me here finally but it took a long time. I like it here because I can discuss my thoughts openly and I even learn things I never knew before.

[m3talsmith]

Originally posted by URnotmeRU, Hey Truth, I see the swarm is out today buzzing around your head again. Why don't you stay on for a while and tag team some of these yellow bellies? Remember, Truth, Mia thinks you have to prove all you say and believe all she says. Isn't the world of leftist ideology invigorating? I mean, look at her go!!

Damn! Aren't we vicious today URnot worth the words you... err I mean URnotmeRU .

[m3talsmith]

Quote by: URnotmeRU, Sure, youngster, I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

Hey Patrick, I'm 42, my birthday is today. Are you going to drink a pint in my honor? [/quote]
I'm 26, my birthday being the 6'th of this month. If you drink a pint for me make sure it's guiness or tettleys :).

[m3talsmith]

Originally posted by Mia,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mia,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-URnotmeRU, Hey Truth, I see the swarm is out today buzzing around your head again. Why don't you stay on for a while and tag team some of these yellow bellies? Remember, Truth, Mia thinks you have to prove all you say and believe all she says. Isn't the world of leftist ideology invigorating? I mean, look at her go!!

Where do you guys get the ability to make your arguments with invisible writing?

Would you care to make one we can see, UR?

I didn't write the etiquette, Sean did. Part of the etiquette is asking others to follow it as well.

Statements are to be proven or labeled as opinion per Sean, not me.[/b][/quote]
So be it, MIA.

[m3talsmith]

Originally posted by Sonart, Yes indeed. We're all full of shit Taoist - Shit happens. Buddhist - Shit happening is an illusion. Hindu - This shit has happened before. Moslem - It is the will of Allah that Shit happens. Confucian - Confucius say, "Shit happens." Zen - What is the sound of shit happening? Hare Krishna - Shit happens shit happens shit shit happens happens. Pagan - Shit is part of the Goddess. Scientology - Feces occurs. Stoic - So shit happens; I can take it. Calvinist - Shit happens because you don't work hard enough. Christian Scientist - If shit happens, pray and it will go away. Catholic - If shit happens, you deserve it. Jew - Why does this shit always happen to us? Protestant - Let shit happen to someone else. Atheist - Shit happens for no reason. Agnostic - Maybe shit happens, maybe it doesn't. Rastafarian - Let's smoke this shit (and see what happens).

LOL nice list.

Also Happy Birthday (even though I'm late) to you UR!

[Mia]

Originally posted by m3talsmith, So be it, MIA.

What does this mean?

[m3talsmith]

Originally posted by Mia,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mia,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-m3talsmith, So be it, MIA.

What does this mean?[/b][/quote]It's the literal translation of Amen. In otherwise I fully agree and let it stand at that.

[Scribbler1]

Originally posted by Compugasm, Cheerios are lefty. Conservatives eat Raisin Bran.

Conservatives NEED raisin BRAN!

[Suburbanite]

I wonder if there is a deep post modern meaning it what you just said Scrib or maybe it was just random.

[Scribbler1]

Originally posted by Suburbanite, I wonder if there is a deep post modern meaning it what you just said Scrib or maybe it was just random.

Well, you see, more fiber means...hell, it was a JOKE f'chrissake!(albeit a teeny little one).

[samsara15]

Yes, we are all full of shit. That's what being human is all about. We're wrong, ato varying degrees, about each and every subject we discuss.

[Suburbanite]

I'm not full of shit, I never lie. So I don't agree with that at all. I just think many of you guys are full of shit.

[Phil Free]

Bullsh*t, bullsh*t, bullsh*t. Maybe you're full of sh*t, but that doesn't mean we all are.

A quote from Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" (chapter 2, where Shevek and his friend Tirin had locked their friend Kadvag in a fake, but sure, prison for 36 hours to see what imprisonment was like):

Gibesh, who had been standing guard duty, came to Tirin and Shevek after dinner, looking uneasy. "I thought I heard Kad saying something in there. In a sort of funny voice." There was a pause. "We'll let him out," Shevek said. Tirin turned on him. "Com on, Shev, don't go mushy on us. Don't get altruistic! Let him finish it out and respect himself at the end of it." "Altruistic, hell. I want to respect myself," Shevek said...

We're not all incapable of empathising with others. Sure, if you've never been homeless, then you probably don't give a sh*t about the needs of the homeless (I have been homeless). If you've never had a father that had to work from picking jojoba beans and a mother who had to scrape by as a waitress or a roughly similar situation, then you probably don't sympathise with the working class (examples taken from my parents). If you've never had a sister who was deathly afraid of coming home and couldn't take care of a baby, then you probably wouldn't mind abortion clinics being staked out by snipers and bible thumpers (example - my sister). Etc, etc.

I'm with Rousseau on this one - many of us decide to take action because we have been where the suffering have been. And yet, not even this explains all things - I'm a vegetarian (freegan, actually) simply because I cringe at the sight of any suffering creature, and to not act in their defense makes me feel like sh*t. Sure, that's not exactly selfless - but I'm at least not doing it for the recognition.

And I'm an environmentalist - I can't honestly say what I get out of trying to stem the tide of environmental destruction besides the fact that if we don't stop it, our future generation and all the living creatures out there will suffer for our carelessness. I honestly can't pin down why I am an environmentalist - but something about it feels right. Sure, I'm gonna be dead before the real sh*t hits the fan, but I can't bring myself to just let that happen. It takes time out of my "oh-so-busy" schedule, but I do it. And it's 99% thankless work.

I don't think we're all full of sh*t. Just some of us...