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Ramadan Roy Like Like ...Or you'll be wearing your ass for a hat. Renowned Otaku Level: 44 Posts: 754/816 EXP: 569705 For next: 41580 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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Originally posted by knuck Ok, you immature little fuck, we recognize you already. You can stop trying. I care when others die because I know what it's like to lose someone. And I'm sure the rest of you do too. In this world, a life is the most precious thing we are given. Human Nature? Nah, because it's will. You can choose to care. It's not involuntary. |
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knuck Hinox Banned until 19-58-5815: trolling, flaming, spamming, being a general fucktard... Level: 62 Posts: 1508/1818 EXP: 1894574 For next: 90112 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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Originally posted by Jin DoganShut up Osama. I don't like what you did back in 9/11. Also, don't flame. This is your first warning. (edited by knuck on 09-11-05 03:42 AM) |
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Kyoufu Kawa I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way. Level: 70  Posts: 2285/2481 EXP: 3008456 For next: 7355 Since: 03-19-04 From: Catgirl Central Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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| I won't care if Dogan gets banned for flaming. I will be rather shocked if he meets mister hitman shortly next week. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21  Posts: 153/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Hey, guess what? You can accept caring when other people die and still be the kind of selfish bastard you want everyone to think you are! It's easy! All you have to do is actually believe the statement I'm about to make! People care when other people die because they remember those people and know that if they hadn't died, those people could go on doing nice things for them. Unless of course you meant unknown people who die en masse... In which case, if you don't care, you're normal. Really. You'd have to actually WANT them all to die to be a bastard in that case. I myself am retired from bastardry, but I'm always willing to help another one along.  |
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Slay Level: 25 Posts: 304/339 EXP: 85592 For next: 4028 Since: 04-28-05 From: Threshold Between Heaven and Hell Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| (*notes the SamuraiX-bashing* This seems unnecessary. I like him. He's...odd.) I exist not as one person, but many people in a single body. Do not mistake this for dissociative identity disorder, for I attach no such labels to myself. Instead, I like to think that my identity exists not as a single whole, but as many fragments which can express themselves at various times, depending on circumstance and mood, among other factors. It should be noted that I do have a central, mitigating and dominating shell in which these fragments exist; I am always in control and never "forget myself." Despite that, often times, these fragments of my personality conflict in their viewpoints, opinions and emotional responses. Depending on which form I've taken, I might have one of several responses to hearing of a random death. Sometimes I would feel terribly disturbed, because I would imagine the person just being gone, and think of the terrible experience their loved ones must be going through. I infer all the hurt and sorrow and it affects me greatly. Other times, when I am feeling more at peace with the natural order of things, I think to myself that death is not something to be feared, not something to cry over. I do have sympathy for those left behind by this person, but I smile warmly, knowing they will eventually move on, content that death is not the end. On rare occasions, while my most negative fragment domineers, I might scoff or worse. I think to myself, "This random death is meaningless, in the grand scheme of things. It doesn't affect me unless the death is untimely and of someone who contributes to the arts." What scares me is not that this fragment exists within me, but that it might be the truest representation of who I am... |
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Zer0wned Cheep-cheep Level: 17  Posts: 88/181 EXP: 21472 For next: 3271 Since: 08-16-05 From: Hermosa Beach, CA Since last post: 30 days Last activity: 30 days |
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**disclaimer, all just theorizing, I have no definitive proof and little backup  **When people (namely those close to you) die, powerful emotions are brought out for several reasons: A sudden significant life change. This has a tendency to affect people that aren't used to change, or a certain type of change (someone could be used to moving, but a person that's with them is still a constant, if they were to be removed, it'd be more likely to induce some form of trauma). Mere self-preservation. It's like a fear/disgust of corpses. Something's dead. Something like me is dead. Oh, shit, is what killed him/her going to kill me too? (this is probably one of the more insignificant reasons, if one at all) Realization of one's own pending demise. If you know someone, it makes them seem more real, not so much like a random person you don't tend to consider. When they die, it brings that topic up a little more up front and clearly. Societal pressure. Seeing someone unnerved about the death of someone that was close to you, but not so much to them can seem fairly disrespectful to many people. I think overtime a sort of sympathy pain has become almost required in order to maintain respect among peers. Also, just seeing everybody else so sad tends to get to you (that's the main reason I get sad at funerals, seeing people I know cry makes me sad) Species... procreation? I'm looking for a word that's like anti-death... Anyway, this is the more hard-wired instinct to preserve one's own species (I think I found my anti-death word ). Someone earlier mentioned a scenario with an unkept kid over a man. I have no doubt that many (not all, of course) people will at least have some inner twitch to help the kid out. (i'll also like to add that most people would be more concerned with the living kid than the dead man, which I think aids my point in some way).@Slay- If you were to feel for every random, timely death, and care for the demise of your enemies genuinely, I would find you to be a very disturbing person. I find your "negative" view to be the most reasonable. |
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Jack Level: 7  Posts: 12/25 EXP: 946 For next: 502 Since: 09-06-05 Since last post: 33 days Last activity: 7 days |
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Originally posted by Koneko A single death is a tragedy, a milion deaths is a statistic, ya? |
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mcw Red Paratroopa Level: 17  Posts: 34/164 EXP: 22756 For next: 1987 Since: 07-08-05 From: don't you want my a/s too? Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by JackOriginally posted by Koneko Jack? ...or JOSEPH!? |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10454/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by knuckOriginally posted by Jin DoganShut up Osama. I don't like what you did back in 9/11. Memo to both Trunxy and knuck: QUIT IT. Seriously, neither of those comments was called for at all (one being a flame, the other being racist), so either contribute something to the thread or stop acting like children. Thank you. |
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SamuraiX Paratroopa Level: 19 Posts: 16/140 EXP: 32602 For next: 3175 Since: 10-11-04 From: ^___^ Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Koneko Wouldn't that assume that people are essentially good? |
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Valcion YOU WA SHOCK Level: 50  Posts: 1056/1139 EXP: 939607 For next: 7710 Since: 03-15-04 From: internets. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by RoninOriginally posted by Jovis SNAPE KILLED DUMBLEDORE. |
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kitty Come on babe, pet the pussy ;) Level: 70 Posts: 1964/2449 EXP: 2962406 For next: 53405 Since: 03-15-04 From: Scranton, PA, USA Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Originally posted by ValcionOMFG you just spoiled the ending to a book I'll never read, care about, and which I didn't already hear 500 times before! WHAR IS MAI BAN HAMMER? Some people care about other people in general. Others don't. I don't care about this thread or how it's proceeding. If you want a mature discussion about it, try a different forum (or maybe a different board altogether). kthxbai. |
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PeterGriffinTheMan Deddorokku Level: 29  Posts: 372/425 EXP: 137018 For next: 10867 Since: 03-02-05 Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Anime or cartoons don't have feelings about who there best friends or girlfriends being dead, because anime and cartoons are not real. Real life people who die is very real. Do I care if someone dies in a episode of an animated show? No. If real life when someone dies, it could be sad or not. Maybe people would feel sorry for them because they were very young or something else. Do I care if someone dies that I don't know? Possibly, but not really. Someone in my family that I know that died. Damn right I would give shit. | |||
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 5252/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by PeterGriffinTheMan Ah, ok. That's always good to know. Anyway, who re-opened this? |
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