Owning Mahowny

Quote: aceofspades

Then why do it out loud?

Because it makes you think. You have to get all
your thoughts in a straight line before you post
them, and doing so often makes you discover
things you didn't know before. Time and again
you hear people say they wrote their autobiographies
for themselves, not for others. It forced them to
examine their lives.

Quote: Evenbob

Because it makes you think. You have to get all
your thoughts in a straight line before you post
them, and doing so often makes you discover
things you didn't know before. Time and again
you hear people say they wrote their autobiographies
for themselves, not for others. It forced them to
examine their lives.

Exactly this.

The reason I've subjected myself to the green name treatment was because I owed Wiz and had no other way to pay him. His site rocketed my professional career, and I felt I had to repay that.

I never would've guessed the other boundless treasures I've found in this community. I've learned a little about the world, sure. A bit about gaming, a mess about people. But what I've learned about myself surprises me daily, all from exactly what EB just posted.

Quote: Face

. But what I've learned about myself surprises me daily

I discovered it in the 90's, that I was
only posting for myself. It made posting
easier, and is why I have 15,000. For
decades I heard famous authors say
they wrote for themselves, and if they
liked it, that was enough.

*cough* *coughbs* *cough*

Quote: aceofspades

Then why do it out loud?

Possibly because of freezing?

Quote: Austin Powers

My God, Vanessa's got a fabulous body and I bet she shags like a minx. How do I tell them that because of the unfreezing process...I have no inner monologue? I hope I didn't say that out loud just now.

Quote: Alan Hanson

It’s called ‘inner’ monologue for a reason!

Quote: Wizard

I didn't know Django was a noun, but thought it was a character in Django Unchained. Paco?

1966 Italian Western starring Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941).


Franco Nero had a bit part in the 2012 film.

Fictional character's names often become nouns or adjectives if they have been around long enough.

Quote: Pacomartin

How do I tell them that because of the unfreezing process...I have no inner monologue?

Many people have no inner monologue. Ask
their opinion on something and they no
organized thoughts on it because they've
never thought about it. Posting on forums
helps you clarify your positions. It's why a
good psychologist will tell patients to keep
a diary. Keeping a diary is difficult if you're
not into self examination, that's the point
of it.

Quote: Evenbob

Many people have no inner monologue.

I was trying to be a little funny. Hence the Austin Powers quote,

Quote: Pacomartin

I was trying to be a little funny. Hence the Austin Powers quote

You mean Austin Powers isn't a real person?

Quote: Evenbob

But he wasn't sinning, he was gambling. There is
no such thing as sin anyway, and you can't prove
there is. It's cooked up nonsense to support a
religious agenda. It doesn't exist in the natural
universe.

While gambling itself is not objectively sinful the abuse of it is. Eating is not sinful, but if you eat 100 twinkes a day it is, or if you stuff yourself with food while people around you are starving it is sinful.

Since sin is the easiest thing in the world to prove you and I must have different concepts of sin. You mention that it doesn't exist in the natural universe and maybe this idea is your problem. I agree that a dog commits no sin when it goes to the bathroom inside or attacks the baby rabbit in the yard. A asteroid does not sin when it crashes into a planet. If we were just natural beings acting on instinct without free will then how could we define sin? Yet we are obviously supernatural beings with a soul and free will. We feel shame when we spend our rent money on gambling or steal other people's money. We feel bad not just physically, but spiritually when we eat three large stuffed crust pizzas. We are not mindless or slaves to our passions. Just because we feel like gambling, eating, or fighting we can override our emotions and use our reason to do what we know is right. This results in a deep seeded joy the opposite of when we sin.