You know what's scarier that thinking too much?
Thinking too little.
Yep, people like that are everywhere. Living zombies moving through life everyday the same way doing the same things. It's not just the seemingly dead and quiet people either. Even the noisy ones are that way out of force of habit, a need to satisfy their social cravings. These people learn nothing all day long, trapped within their own spheres, tricked into believing they are. This even spreads into the cyber-world of blogging, though I don't think something this obvious needs any stating.
There's something sickeningly scary about being on autopilot all day long. It means that you're doing things without much, if any thought. It means that all that joy, angst and anger you feel on a consistent basis surfaces pretty mcuh because of habit. It means that you're not finding new ways to attract attention and act cool, but that acting cool is part of your protocol because your system would overload if it tried to do anything remotely cerebral or different. It means that you're essentially a machine programmed to behave a certain way. It means that nothing short of a system overhaul is going to save you from this trap. The lucky ones are able to stop themselves early and carry out a virus scan. The unlucky ones also happen to be the stupid ones, the ironic part being that these people often have their noses too high in the air to give a hoot to what happens in the real world. Take a rock out from underneath that mountain, and the world collapses.
Such people would like to think that the rest of the world would be jealous of them. The only thing I feel for them, however, is pity.
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It's kind of odd that being the fan that I am, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about watching X-men. It just might have something to do with the fact that 3/4 of the movie's been spoilt already.
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It's also rather strange how some people tend to get more pissed at arguing and conflicting with people online than in real life. Such examples include losing DOTA games, petty online arguments, netstalking friendster profiles and getting outbidded on a yahoo! auction, among other things. For some reason, you don't feel to inclined to start a fight in real life because then you'd be doing so with a real person, in front of many real people, and a pair of real handcuffs on your wrists.
When it comes to computers, however, you take whatever indignance you'd have, multiply that by about 10. A computer is meant to be an inanimate object, nowhere near to achieving the greatness that humans have accomplished. Which is what makes losing to it so much more infuriating, even if you do know deep down that somewhere on the other end is another human smirking at your obvious inferiority. It also makes you that much more brave when you're hiding behind a screen ; After all, you can always disclaim responsibility, or get back through other means, such as spreading of viruses and whatnot. To make things even better, you'd have no risk of being hurt, theres no strings attached, and you avoid real life confrontations.
No wonder the government is taking internet surveillance so seriously ; It does, after all, bring out the aggression in all of us, even the cowards.
How utterly random.
Thinking too little.
Yep, people like that are everywhere. Living zombies moving through life everyday the same way doing the same things. It's not just the seemingly dead and quiet people either. Even the noisy ones are that way out of force of habit, a need to satisfy their social cravings. These people learn nothing all day long, trapped within their own spheres, tricked into believing they are. This even spreads into the cyber-world of blogging, though I don't think something this obvious needs any stating.
There's something sickeningly scary about being on autopilot all day long. It means that you're doing things without much, if any thought. It means that all that joy, angst and anger you feel on a consistent basis surfaces pretty mcuh because of habit. It means that you're not finding new ways to attract attention and act cool, but that acting cool is part of your protocol because your system would overload if it tried to do anything remotely cerebral or different. It means that you're essentially a machine programmed to behave a certain way. It means that nothing short of a system overhaul is going to save you from this trap. The lucky ones are able to stop themselves early and carry out a virus scan. The unlucky ones also happen to be the stupid ones, the ironic part being that these people often have their noses too high in the air to give a hoot to what happens in the real world. Take a rock out from underneath that mountain, and the world collapses.
Such people would like to think that the rest of the world would be jealous of them. The only thing I feel for them, however, is pity.
---
It's kind of odd that being the fan that I am, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about watching X-men. It just might have something to do with the fact that 3/4 of the movie's been spoilt already.
---
It's also rather strange how some people tend to get more pissed at arguing and conflicting with people online than in real life. Such examples include losing DOTA games, petty online arguments, netstalking friendster profiles and getting outbidded on a yahoo! auction, among other things. For some reason, you don't feel to inclined to start a fight in real life because then you'd be doing so with a real person, in front of many real people, and a pair of real handcuffs on your wrists.
When it comes to computers, however, you take whatever indignance you'd have, multiply that by about 10. A computer is meant to be an inanimate object, nowhere near to achieving the greatness that humans have accomplished. Which is what makes losing to it so much more infuriating, even if you do know deep down that somewhere on the other end is another human smirking at your obvious inferiority. It also makes you that much more brave when you're hiding behind a screen ; After all, you can always disclaim responsibility, or get back through other means, such as spreading of viruses and whatnot. To make things even better, you'd have no risk of being hurt, theres no strings attached, and you avoid real life confrontations.
No wonder the government is taking internet surveillance so seriously ; It does, after all, bring out the aggression in all of us, even the cowards.
How utterly random.
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