Get a grip

We're living in a world that seems to get worse every day. We're the 80's/90's generation, and we're raised believing that everything is designed to grow/get better. Now, when things aren't going our way, we're easily getting disillusioned. We create or believe conspiracy theories to elucidate our "not-so-perfect-world". Sure, previous generations messed things up for us. Some people got extremely wealthy by doing unethical things. But we're the generation who's job it is to make things right. So stop fantasising and get a grip.

You're not a victim. No more reptilians/illuminati talk. The future is ours.



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http://vimeo.com/44658040

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1. Give back to the community through meaningful and productive careers/philanthropy.
2. Treat people with respect even though much of the human population is ignorant and careless.
3. Stop raising spoiled ass children that grow up not knowing that the world is bigger than themselves.
4. Take part in your countries democratic processes.

In b4 someone sais voting is meaningless. For example I think if more people got off their asses in California, Prop 8 could have been turned down instead of passed through (A proposition in California that bans gay marriages). The votes for that proposition turned out basically a coinflip in slight favor of prop 8. Also other proposititions like the legalization of marijuana could have been passed etc. etc.

democracy is bs

freedom > democracy

Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be.

On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be.

don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before?

Yup. And like you I felt the same way, like something must be done right now kinda shit. This was when I was younger. But then I dont know what happened. It was prolly triggered by my GF leaving me. I stopped caring. I partied hard but that got old so travelled/backpacked around the country on and off for two years.

Then I realized, everything is ok in life. For the first time I felt genuinely happy in years. I never let that go.

But Im not saying stop doing what you're doing. By all means do it. That is your path to self discovery. Good luck.

Oh and it's a good thing you're doing all this now cos it would suck if you are at 'transitioning phase' at a later age which I've seen on some people I meet.

On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before?

i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique.

On June 30 2012 18:44 LikeASet wrote: 2. Treat people with respect even though much of the human population is ignorant and careless. 3. Stop raising spoiled ass children that grow up not knowing that the world is bigger than themselves.

This is what I live by. Maybe I should have studied well and tried a little harder to get number 1, which honestly I regret not doing.

How's it feel like being perpetually 16 years old OP?

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On June 30 2012 21:02 bigredhoss wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before? i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique.

Well they really are. The world keeps changing, and we need the younger generation to make everyone aware and to slow down. But yeah, this goes on and on as we go. Which is good. The human race needs to keep itself going forward.

On June 30 2012 21:05 Arirang wrote: How's it feel like being perpetually 16 years old OP?

You started thinking about stuff at 16? What did you do about it?

Oh yay, another one of those "it's time to wake up!" videos. While I don't want to flame OP just for being childish and naive, I'll just say that this kind of video makes me nauseous.

On June 30 2012 21:09 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 21:02 bigredhoss wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before? i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique. The human race needs to keep itself going forward.

Yeah, we need McDonald's and Wal-Mart stores on other planets, then we'll have something to be proud of.

On June 30 2012 20:53 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Then I realized, everything is ok in life. For the first time I felt genuinely happy in years. I never let that go.

That sounds great. Except it's a stupid subjective view of things when in reality life is not 'okay'; it's a killing machine. And if you want to see it at work just spend some time on http://www.worldometers.info/. By the time I've written this over 30 people died of starvation alone. But it's good to know that you're happy.

On June 30 2012 21:20 Loco wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 21:09 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote:   On June 30 2012 21:02 bigredhoss wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before? i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique. The human race needs to keep itself going forward. Yeah, we need more McDonald's and Wal-Mart stores on other planets, then we'll have something to be proud of.

I see what you're saying but what are you doing about it?

On June 30 2012 21:17 Loco wrote: Oh yay, another one of those "it's time to wake up!" videos. While I don't want to flame OP just for being childish and naive, I'll just say that this kind of video makes me nauseous.

I see you went through the same as OP but came out from it... differently.

On June 30 2012 21:09 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 21:02 bigredhoss wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before? i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique. Well they really are. The world keeps changing, and we need the younger generation to make everyone aware and to slow down. But yeah, this goes on and on as we go. Which is good. The human race needs to keep itself going forward.

i mean, i guess they're unique in the sense that evolution always creates more solutions along with more "problems" (or at least always has up to this point), but the stature of the problems (relative to our increasing abilities to deal with them) usually isn't unique in the context of history the way some people think it is.

Yup. It goes on and on and on. It's pretty normal. Everyone went through this way of thinking at some point in their lives, and hopefully come out as better people after it.

On June 30 2012 21:26 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Show nested quote + On June 30 2012 21:20 Loco wrote:   On June 30 2012 21:09 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote:   On June 30 2012 21:02 bigredhoss wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:36 FvL wrote:   On June 30 2012 20:08 BILAT_POWER!!! wrote: Lol. The earlier you get out of this 'phase' the happier in life you'll be. don't know which "phase" you're referring to, but I'm quite sure we're dealing with extraordinary circumstances. I guess you've seen it all before? i like the video and the message, but it's worth noting that it's a recurring theme in history for people of a given generation to view their era's issues as extraordinary and unique. The human race needs to keep itself going forward. Yeah, we need more McDonald's and Wal-Mart stores on other planets, then we'll have something to be proud of. I see what you're saying but what are you doing about it?

You clearly don't see what I'm saying if you ask me such a stupid question.

"By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing." Try to meditate on that.