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Talasonic
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Here is the meaning of life, the universe, explaining evrything.

Reality is random. Life's job is to combat randomness. It does this by realizing that randomness implies that nothing will happen 3 times in a row. When life does the same thing 3 times in a row, it dies. When life does the same thing 2 times in a row, it slowly degenerates. And when life never repeats itself, it has achieved perfection, and therefore all its dreams come true.

The only way for life to be perfect, that is, never repeating itself, is for all life to work together, recursively. The recursive algorithm is simply, Learning is fun. (Of course there are other ways of putting that, though, such as Expect the Unexpected.)

Do you understand?

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Talasonic
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Doesn't anyone want to bother thinking?
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So that's what they call it these days.
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Talasonic
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Hehe. Well, all I know is that, everything will come for you perfectly if we all work together. The individual is not the answer, and neither is society. True happiness only comes when you don't worry about anything, and count on others to catch you when you fall.
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Ah, but do you believe in the 4-sided day? That's TRUE reality.

-Bok

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kwsni
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huh. I thoguht it was 42.

Ni!

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quote:
True happiness only comes when you don't worry about anything, and count on others to catch you when you fall.
If happiness=laziness, I'm afraid I'll never reach true bliss.

And when you fall, what happens to the people who were counting on you to catch them? Seems like a domino-effect full of people on their asses. I think I'll stand up on my own. [Smile]

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Kama
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quote:
Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy
dude [Cool] Bokonon

*foma = lies, harmless untruths

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Sid Meier
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I say that happiness = family; and if you live a good long life barring deisseis (can't spell the word never had one). And of course if you don't try to oppress anyone from having their own happiness. This is only on an individual scale though.
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Kama
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you mean dessous?

[Embarrassed]

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AmryllisLorelei
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diseases?
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Sid Meier
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quote:
diseases?
CORRECT! [Party]
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Kama
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[Roll Eyes]
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Sid Meier
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[Hat]
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Soara
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you guys. listen. the answer is 42. discussion closed.
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Proteus
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This is getting all too much like justification for the orgy-porgy, the feelies and the centrifugal bumblepuppy!

Bring on the Soma!

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Damn! This thread was ripe for the Timecube reference, and Bok beat me to it!
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quote:
When life does the same thing 2 times in a row, it slowly degenerates.
Maybe if you give another Timecube reference...it will degenerate? [Dont Know]
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Thank god my cells never replicate the same way twice! I would just degenerate. What a hoser.

BC

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[ROFL]

So if I have sex twice, it will degenerate? Hardly.

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trance
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Ya know, I agree with Archer. There are alot of things in life that are repeated and do not degenerate. Infact, history tends to repeat itself continuously. Everything seems to go in a circle and repeat itself. I guess that is what the chinese ment by balance in the Yin and Yang. I do believe that by something being unique and only being done once without the need to be repeated must be perfect but perfection can also be identified many other ways as well. And I stand be my theory that nothing is perfect. The only perfect thing we can see or touch we killed. Now what does that say about us and perfection?!
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ArCHeR
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Perfection HAS to be repetitive. There's only one perfection. A perfect life would be nothing but endless bliss and pleasure, which is what I picture as heaven.
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Dangit, beaten to the TimeCube reference by at least two of you!!

[Wall Bash]

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trance
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LMAO [ROFL]
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