Category: WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER
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Where does it end when you measure your self-worth by your net-worth? What is enough for such a person? I reckon almost all human beings would appreciate financial security; a clean and safe place to live and enough money to afford decent food. I can already see a rift appearing between individuals and what they…
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“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile from them, and you’ll have their shoes” Jack Handy I remember one of my first philosophy lectures. A simple story about keeping your promise hit a raw nerve with me. It went something like this: You promised your boss…
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The Abrahamic religions all advocate The Golden Rule in some form or other. “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto to”. In simplest terms: if you wouldn’t like to be on the receiving end, don’t dish it out; or “don’t knowingly act like a cunt”. From Hinduism to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism…
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Unemployed twenty somethings living in Social Housing flashing expensive jewellery and brand clothing on social media; sitting home all day playing on their thousand plus dollar gaming system on a massive flat screen TV – bit weird. The bling more than the electronics I suppose, but it all begs the question “how can you afford…
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The idea of arriving in your twilight years and realising you wasted your life is a horrible thought indeed. “I should have had more sexual escapades” “I should have been faithful to that wonderful husband or wife” “All that time spent making money, I should have: Most people stay busy, entertained or numb in a…
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“We’re all gunna die!” someone screams in a crowded supermarket. People’s ears prick up and they start attentively scanning their surroundings. “We’re all doomed!” comes the voice again. Some people feel that spike of adrenaline and become hypervigilant, causing them to hit the deck or rush for the exit. A few ignore it or laugh…
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First was nothingness…I can only assume, and then we’re born – Pow! ‘Welcome to the world’. No say in the matter whatsoever – How rude! There I was blissfully unaware of anything at all and now I’m here covered in blood and slime, having to breathe on my own – this is bullshit. Ouch, they…
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In terms of the way we behave and interact with each other, religion cannot be ruled out. It plays a role in almost everyone’s life whether they consider themselves religious or not. In its simplest form it appears to be a three-way split: Religious, Atheist or agnostic, so I suppose I’ll attempt to break it…
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I have had a deep-seated contempt for advertising going back a long time and it is only the logistics of compartmentalising and organising my thoughts that have led to this being post #71. I find it irritating and terrifying just how inundated we are with this perpetual persuasion. It is fucking everywhere we turn and…
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