materialism
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- mikotondria30
Materialism is useful for getting new stuff, but let's be honest, stuff is still pretty archaic - a phone with a 2d display that uses electromagnetic equipment to haul data round the world at tiny bitrates ?.. I want fucking magic stuff with TeraWatts of power, shit that can cure injury and disease, a multi-verse in a box that I, and a billion other people, real or imaginary can enter seamlessly and perfectly and we can create infinitely complex worlds, travel the great spans of space, integrate our memories and intellect and abilities with whatever we can obtain or imagine, in peace, free, forever. And this only scratches the surface of what my real desire for materialism is. We long to master material things because we are material which is just beginning to energetically and holographically implode; our deepest darkest material wish is to transubstantiate matter into image, into boundless energy.
Fuck busting a nut to get a little box so that I can watch brain dead morons playing sport on the bus.
It's crap. I'm going to sleep for 500 years, and you fuckers better have sorted this out by the time I wake up.
- brains0
When did ukit become a troll?
- he really believes in the apple brand and liberal philosophy. its tied into his identity so its not a trolldeathboy
- Hey, I was just asking the question. How is that trolling?ukit
- You may find this thread more to your liking: http://www.qbn.com/t…ukit
- what that chimp rapes a frog is social gold.deathboy
- ali0
For some people, absolutely
- ali0
materialism=less freedom
- ukit0
Just seems like its being taken to a new level with these new electronics. Almost like toys for adults.
Maybe we're just entering a new era of consumerism where people feel more and more of an attachment to these things.
- lukus_W0
I agree with ali - materialism definitely reduces freedom. If you rely on something external to gain happiness - that happiness is permanently in a state where it can be taken away and lost.
Marketers learn to craft their images to fit our ideals more closely - we're individually treated more like kings and queens described in fables. Like these characters in children's books, wealth and servants don't bring happiness - they bring boredom and a hunger for something new.
I think the antidote is to create a lifestyle that's engaging. Make your own - build your own - grow your own. Don't throw it out - give it away, reuse it or resell it. Question - and if necessary, reject. In other words, make sure you don't fall into the trap of becoming a passive consumer.
If you're able to do this - no matter which cards you've been dealt -you'll do the best with what you have, and potentially remain happy.