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If you play Dear Prudence backwards you hear Colin is a dead mang miss him miss him miss him!

5/10

Frozen nation of tea

Just as Yossarian has been PERSECUTED and BANISHED by the cold game, he has also been the victim of BANISHMENT from a tease.

To be honest Yossarian does not really like philosophical works if that is there sole objective. Essays and manifestos and such, it does nothing for the soul. Stories on the other hand are quite different, and some of the most interesting schools of thought articulate their philosophies through literature rather than through the rather dogmatic thesis. So with regards to Sartre, I would advise you to read The Age of Reason... it's like a fictional companion piece to Being and Nothingness but it makes its point rather clearer. It is a difficult book to read however it has some truly beautiful characters, Ivich being my personal favourite. My understanding is that it's just one volume of an unfinished series of novels (he got as far as the third) through which the characters and themes are kept consistent, however it's the only one of the three I've read so I can't really comment on 'the work' as a whole. I can tell you however that it's a really rewarding and worthwhile read... took me a long time to finish it but I'm glad I got round to it in the end. It's semi-autobiographical... that is, the main character Mathieu is loosely based on Sartre and is voicing his views and philosophies... not complete fiction. In fact Mathieu is a socialist philosophy teacher... In much the same way that Dostoevsky (a great and unwitting influence on existential schools of thought) invariably employs writers as his protagonists. They 'write what they know', as it were.

I used to study History, but then I realised that it was set in the past and that no matter how much I understood it, I could never effect or change it. So I changed to Religious Studies. Yossarian too would rather pop pills than read the Tao Te Ching. Subsequently, he feels the wisest of paths is study of the Tao Te Ching under the influence of a variety of pills. Tomorrow Yossarian is going to go and see his doctor and see if he can get his filthy hands on some Valium... Yossarian has enough ecstasy to combat his manic episodes but it really isn't convenient or mild enough to take on a regular basis... certainly doesn't help Yossarian sleep either. :lol:

My country looks exactly as cool

With 4.5 grams of psilocybin cubensis

If you play Fitter Happier backwards you hear Colin is a dead mang, miss him miss him miss him!

I'm an alias of Balack Obama, who is sadly missing in action.

Lots and lots and LOTS of snow. In fact Yossarian is going to go get some fish and chips and stock up on juice before he is SNOWED IN.

Theres no such thing as depression, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, dyslexia, OCD, and so on. Such 'disorders' seek to identify a chemical blueprint of how a human being should be in a natural state, and exclude all of those exhibiting behavior deemed irrational by the masses as being abnormal. Yossarian feels inclined to state that - in the cold hard light of reality - no such blueprint exists, and therefore diagnosing ordinary conditions of the human experience (IE, chronic sadness = DEPRESSION, chronic confusion/fear for oneself = ANXIETY) acts not only to limit the diagnosed 'victims' but also stigmatizes them to their friends and family. Self-limitation is a product of Language x culture x repetition... We can unlearn just as we can learn. I recommend your friend consult the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. It will have more to teach here than any doctor of words... his life is not wholesome, not centered in the Tao. Just as Christians are the vultures around death and despair, psychiatrists are to emotions what lawyers are to accidents - unproductive parasites.

Porn does nothing for Yossarian but depress him. Even the really softcore, tender loving porn... and as for the really disturbing and kinky porn, Yossarian likes it, but he wishes he didn't. Yossarian would be much happier as an asexual being, as he once was.

I found the idea to be in direct conflict with some of his other views, particularly the notion that we are 'condemned to be free', as it were. After all, the ONLY unfree act in our lifetimes, the only forced-choice... is birth. After that we are responsible for everything. And the idea that our actions can unconsciously effect those of our peers seems to imply that they are somehow less free... Ultimately Sartre was laying down a blueprint for society - What is acceptable for a man, his entitlement, he judges based on his consciousness, which affords him the ability to compare and contrast. But that world view has a horrific aftertaste; that we cannot change. And obviously we're free to change at any time - man can undergo great spiritual transformations at any time! This renders all judgement - and all thoughts of influence - redundant in the face of the bigger picture.

4/10

I prefer front, AMIRITEGUYSCMON?!?!? :laugh3:

2/10 My worst today. :cry:

BANG BANG BANG AND BLAME ITS NOT MY THING SO LET IT GO

Whats CRAZY, my good sir, is the fact that... 1) You're from Uruguay, I'm from London, and we communicate freely on a message board all the same. 2) More than 50% of American families GENUINELY believe in a monotheistic/creator God and say grace before meal times 3) Catholics GENUINELY BELIEVE in transubstantiation 4) Chris Martin once wrote; "Those who are dead are not dead, they're just living in my head", and you fools are STILL gullible enough to wolf down his records 5) The new tallest building in the worlds height cannot truly be confirmed because of the extent to which it 'sways'. These things are crazy. Yossarian is most certainly not.

It's like an organism but it doesn't last as long

Yossarian finds no hope in it, which he supposes may be the point. Absurdism certainly has a lot in common with existentialism, both of which are quite miserable philosophies by which to live your life. But Yossarian would like to quote (para-phrase) from an Alan Watts lecture, if he may, in response to your question...

Lest we forget. :(

After a long days spent writing about EXISTENTIAL LITERATURE, Yossarian needs a shower and a glass of milk. :D But Yossarian also wants to smoke some sacred herbs, and because Yossarian returned to university early, Yossarian has no one to toke with. His entire building is completely empty (No joke! Three floors, 8 rooms per floor, and as far as I'm aware I'm still the only person here) and his SOUL is feeling DEVOID OF COMPANY. :veryangry2: Yossarian wants YOU, people of the COLD GAME, to ask him questions about the nature of your existence, which Yossarian will answer shortly like the kind-hearted sage that he is. :D

I'd like to revise my previous score to a 6/10

7/10