Friday, November 24, 2006


That pretty much explains what I'll be doing to my notes sometime in the near future. Obviously I don't have the same gorgeous countenance, long flowing hair and ample boob job, neither am I able to cast blue lighting against myself at wil, I have an irrational fear of candles and I don't know Batman personally, but you get the idea.

That being said, the end of A levels(Ok, while I can still say it : HAHA S-paper people) wasn't so much a "YAYYYY omg teh As r 0v3r Eiiiii can eeuuuussseeee 4|| e b4d 3N9lIsH Eiiii wan now worx worx worx ^_^" but rather an "Eh? It's over?" as I clamour for further chances to redeem myself or face the dire consequences of retaking my A levels in a green uniform on a random off-shore island. (On a side note, aren't all islands off-shore? I mean, if an island wasn't off-shore it would be on-shore, which wouldn't make it an island.)

Needless to say, I see many dead directors producing movies for my subconscious at night. (Read: Nightmares.)

So what is it about humans that makes them like blowing stuff up and causing carnage? Deep down inside, most of us, at some point of time, have at some point wanted to make something explode that doesn't involve diet coke and mentos. Human civilisation, and for the most part, human success and endeavor has been fueled by the meticulous construction entailed in building society. The elaborate plans involved in technogical advances and construction of structures. By blowing things up, Man not only undermines his own progress but at the same time gives up time that could be better used. So why do this?

The first thing that we need to understand is that despite all the inspirational talk you hear, from people such as politicians, Oprah, Bono, Superman, Martin Yan and William Hung, Man does not operate as a race. They are split up into factions according to varying biases, for example territory, and each faction seeks to improve its own state. Oppotunity cost dictates that one can only improve on his position by using others as sacrificial lambs. So, in theory, by plunging people around you into a pigsty of faeces or a CD shop playing Kevin Federline(whichever is worse) you'd make your state comparatively better, and since the world is driven by people, comparison is all that matters. And if you're bigger, you'd have the means to wipe other out. If America controlled half the world, do you think they'd stop there? So, a superiority complex might make people do malicious things.

However, an inferiority complex, while being the complete opposite, would achieve the same effect. The thing about burning, explosions in general, is that when applied with enough reckless abandon, you get the same result. Burn a piece of paper, you get ashes. Burn a tree, you get ashes. Burn a CD, you get ashes.(Well, technically no, but not the point.)Burn an Iron Chef, you get ashes. Burn a house, you get ashes. Burn a stapler hard enough, you still get ash. The point is, destruction can show and remind us that ultimately, all of us are reduced to a very basic element(not in chemical terms kthx). This means that being inferior, you have less to lose from retaliation by blowing stuff up. Inferiority comlex also leads to suicidal tendencies, which would explain the net result as well.

So you say, wouldn't everyone being equal solve everything? Well, humans are selfish. They would continually look to improve their position, and those who don't are forced to as a result of being victimised if they don't. Which would then trigger off a chain of imbalance which would lead to stuff being blown up(I do believe that Iraq is just waiting to fire off their explosives.) And that is how the world shall end.

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Played some ball today! The more appealing option than awkwardly sauntering around vivo city pretending to be gay to explain being with 10 girls at once. However, the fact does remain that I'm only really good at ball when my team has the odd-numbered advantage(overkill) or when I'm really, really lucky. I mean, rabbit-foot-on-each-toe-and-horse-shoe-on-each-foot lucky. And my shooting skills still remain about as competent as Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight, post decapitation, trying to do an econs essay.

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