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Loco   Canada. Aug 26 2017 02:24. Posts 20963

I mean certainties that are based on error and illusion, or at least don't account for the possibility of error and illusion with all knowledge. Which is the case for most of the things human beings are certain about. Certainties that lead to doing ignoble things, in the name of a truth, but also just personal belief systems that are based on prejudice and error and which prevent someone from growing intellectually. Certainties that lead one to think in a loop, to search for nothing else but what confirms one's own views.

By distractions, I'm talking about things we use specifically to avoid doing what we know we should be doing. I'm not thinking everything that isn't 'work' per se is a distraction. I'm not including leisure activities that enrich us and foster a sense of peace within us. They are not distractions, they are part of being a functional, healthy human being. Human beings are playful creatures, they are not machines.

We all have a causa sui project. In Becker, this has to do with immortality projects, but I'm not really using it in that way. More in a Spinozian sense, an idea of becoming. We thrive when we do things that align with the vision of who we wish we were. For people with low intellect, it generally suffices to simply become what was expected of them from their culture and their parents. Their becoming is intrisically linked to what it is they do. Others who are more self-aware and who avoided the typical cultural imprinting have no such luck and are left to figure it all out for themselves. What they do (for survival) generally has nothing to do with who they want to become, in today's world. It's just a means to an end. That makes life helllish.

There's also a constant struggle with the herd instinct. Even when the herd isn't present, and you are on your own, they are still there. We don't want to think thoughts that will prevent us from co-existing with 'normal' people for very long, by fear of how alienated we would feel in social situations and how we would be treated. So, distractions is what we find ourselves attracted towards to protect our psyches, but also potentially our bodily integrity. People have always reacted with hostility and violence towards those who stood out. It's programmed into us, for self-preservation purposes, not to do so. We constantly limit ourselves unconsciously for people who do not have a single care for us, but for whom we are competition. We don't want to go too far by fear that there is no going back, and by fear that it's preferable to be blue pilled if we have to live in this world. I think that's why we distract ourselves so much, but it's also because we've been sold the materialistic-consumerist narrative, and we're bombarded and manipulated for profit constantly. That's why it has never been more important to read than it is today.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 26/08/2017 02:30

RiKD    United States. Aug 27 2017 17:52. Posts 8442

I do agree that if I don't change in some ways my opportunities do not change even if that change is seeking opportunities better or more fervently. Anymore, I just don't know if the word fervently and me really go together all that well which means I am going to be lacking in that area when it comes to survival. Enthusiastic and passionate go hand and hand with causa sui projects that as you said it is more difficult to find lacking in typical cultural imprinting. It is what we do for typically 40 hours a week, I have to talk about it with strangers I have just met, I guess vocation will always be a large part of who we are even if we do not like that fact (which can make life hellish).

Posting on LP could be considered distraction but I do not see how that can be the case if it is helping me work through who I want to be. Facebook is distraction for sure. I should really look to get off that thing but I am attached. The messaging function and keeping in touch with people and the occasional stimulating times on facebook make it seem worth it.Twitter, most of the time YouTube, these are definitely distractions.

The idea that "God" is looking out for us and watching over us and giving us nothing we can't handle and that "His" will is the best (and only) will for us is quite a certainty. That is the first one that came to mind. That delusion probably makes their lives easier in some ways but it has to be a very strong delusion. As far as becoming who they want to be it is hard not to just become a Jesus freak going down that road. There are worse things I suppose.

I think we crave distraction like the crack head craves crack. My brother bought a house that is too big for his family. That is subjective but I mean him and my mom were talking about lamps and tables for like 30 min. He feels he has to fill up the space in the house and he is having a difficult time doing that but it is also distraction. What kind of lamp? What kind of table? There are millions of lamps and tables. What one represents me? Represents the room? What combination will give it the feel I want? What will my friends think? I think he bought the large house because that is what him and his wife thought they wanted to be. Both of them are very much culturally imprinted and I think part of their causa sui project was simply to make a lot of money at something more or less respectable, buy a large home with a white picket fence, and have a child. I don't think I would ever hang out with my brother if he weren't my brother simply because I would never see him. He would be back home ordering take out, taking care of the kid, and watching a movie. I would be making something for myself, hanging out on LP, and watching a film. It is probably a bit pretentious to make a distinction between movie and film but if he is watching some comic book movie and I am watching 2001: Space Odyssey I will make that distinction.

Oh well, I wanted to tie in my normie brother into normies on a broader spectrum and more on the herd instinct but I have to go. My brother is very much in with the herd but he is still a great guy I always have a good time with. Being on the outskirts we will attract other people on the outskirts as well. They are out there but we may not be as socially open as others. What I am saying is of course people not in the herd do exist and other people who are a bit caught up in the herd but are aware of it or who are good, fun people. We will always become closest with the ones not in the herd and unfortunately I think they are the most difficult to meet. For me it is others who go to AA but talk shit on AA, religion, culture that we seem to get that immediate bond that grows more over time. I do not know where to find it outside of those circles. LP is a great place for that but unfortunately we are all over the world.

 Last edit: 28/08/2017 16:45

RiKD    United States. Aug 28 2017 17:19. Posts 8442

You don't really expect hostility or violence do you? I mean going to a neo-Nazi rally as a black man in a "Fuck Nazis" t-shirt will get hostility and violence but going to a normie cocktail party as someone outside of the herd will not be so bad. Many normies are quite good at small talk and extracting something out that both parties have in common. The ones that aren't there is just some listening involved maybe some comments and moving on. People do get very offended if one does not say anything and comes and goes with out saying "hello" and "good bye." It is pretty horrible to get caught by that guy that can seemingly only talk about the weather, college football, and Christianity. He is in his element when meeting others like him but it has always been hard for me to keep it together when encountering someone like that. The worst that can happen is people can say, "Well, that guy was kind of weird and didn't seem to enjoy himself. We just won't invite him to the next one." I am not really ever going to end up going to something like that anyways but even a shitty bourgeoisie event like that there won't be any hostility or violence just misunderstandings and non-compatibility. Now, attending an event like that and not having other friends outside the herd to laugh and joke about it I may wish for a blue pill or I may just go further into isolation. There can always be that connection with the philosopher or the artist. To climb a mountain of imagination and invention with the skilled author is to dance in the stars. The familiar tingle of the spine is always welcome.

How brutal is it to just not have anything in common with someone and the lack of patience to maybe find out more? I find that there are certain traits in people where I almost immediately disqualify them to want to know anymore. I actually don't think there is anything wrong with that and I don't think I have really missed out because of that. I even have some of my vulgarian outfits that I am programmed and expected to wear at some of these bourgeoisie normie affiars. I don't have the balls or the status to wear jeans and a t-shirt. That is all part of the materialistic-consumerist bullshit as well. Most people are just trying to fit in and then there are the others that are trying to fit in but stick out in a way. It is all well and good to be unique but can you really be unique in a suit and tie? Actually, a guy wearing a purple tuxedo is very likely to be awesome. The fashion industry sucks and makes me want to vomit. Many industries do. I need people in my life that share these sentiments or else I am in trouble. I am back to that wishing for a blue pill or moving further into isolation but you are right in that reading is a great asset whether we are venturing into the herd or in seclusion in the mountains and anywhere in between. It is the great protector and nurturer of our minds.


Loco   Canada. Aug 30 2017 11:49. Posts 20963

You can keep the messaging feature of Facebook while not having a Facebook page. They're two separate things now. But you'll be surprised how few people actually keep in touch once you deactivate your page. I did it last March. Not one single person contacted me asking me about it since. I just had some discussion with my family about it and that's it. It's been 100% one of the best things I have ever done, and I'm never going to go back on it. I'd rather be completely isolated, miserable for a while and pushed towards action by necessity than dwell inside the illusion of having friends online through that shallow and narcissistic medium. To get around the "fear of missing out" psychological issue, as well as practical matters, I made a new Facebook profile but I didn't add anyone on it, in fact I put a warning that I'm not using Facebook in the intro box in case people try to add me. Problem solved.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 30/08/2017 12:01

 
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