Random thoughts
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MIND BLOWN. Thank you to you all for making me smile. Might I give this back ...
ChooChooCharlie
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Random decision making at the custom plate division of the DMV?
Saw this on walk today:
Hope those beefy bumpers aren't needed
Saw this on walk today:
Hope those beefy bumpers aren't needed
olysh pops
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It's a question I ask myself and share with you.
How can we understand those who want to wage war ? Whether it's a fratricidal war, a civil war or a war between nations ?
In my opinion, what leads to war is emotion. Passions, suffering, a thirst for revenge, profit, a sense of injustice, a feeling of omnipotence or sadism, but not reason.
I think we all "basically" want the opposite, i.e. to have friends, build a family, have a job and be able to take everyone on vacation from time to time.
Isn't war a loss of reason, a loss of civilization ? What do you think ?
How can we understand those who want to wage war ? Whether it's a fratricidal war, a civil war or a war between nations ?
In my opinion, what leads to war is emotion. Passions, suffering, a thirst for revenge, profit, a sense of injustice, a feeling of omnipotence or sadism, but not reason.
I think we all "basically" want the opposite, i.e. to have friends, build a family, have a job and be able to take everyone on vacation from time to time.
Isn't war a loss of reason, a loss of civilization ? What do you think ?
War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin' !
I believe that was the original title Tolstoy used for "War and Peace".
According to Jerry Seinfeld
olysh pops
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Thank you for this reference which I have never read.
I'm interested in Wikipedia's analysis: in his book 'War and Peace', Tolstoy explains that 'the true explanations of war are inaccessible to human understanding; they are the result of an incalculable number of causes'.
'Leo Tolstoy develops a fatalistic theory of history, in which free will is of minor importance and all events obey an inescapable historical determinism.'
Wow, this deterministic vision sounds pessimistic, I can't help but share it
I also like the exchanges between Einstein and Freud before the Second World War, when they saw world war approaching and wondered how to avoid it.
Why war? A letter from Albert Einstein to Sigmund Freud
Why war? A letter from Freud to Einstein
My hope is that goals common to mankind, such as the fight against global warming, 'oilocene', hunger, for education, for human development, law, science, research and economic progress, will unite us and prevent us from killing each other, as has so often happened in the difficult moments of our history.
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vapviking
Old & In the Way
Thank you for this reference which I have never read.
I'm interested in Wikipedia's analysis: in his book 'War and Peace', Tolstoy explains that 'the true explanations of war are inaccessible to human understanding; they are the result of an incalculable number of causes'.
'Leo Tolstoy develops a fatalistic theory of history, in which free will is of minor importance and all events obey an inescapable historical determinism.'
Wow, this deterministic vision sounds pessimistic, I can't help but share it
I also like the exchanges between Einstein and Freud before the Second World War, when they saw world war approaching and wondered how to avoid it.
Why war? A letter from Albert Einstein to Sigmund Freud
en.unesco.org
Why war? A letter from Freud to Einstein
en.unesco.org
My hope is that goals common to mankind, such as the fight against global warming, 'oilocene', hunger, for education, for human development, law, science, research and economic progress, will unite us and prevent us from killing each other, as has so often happened in the difficult moments of our history.
Here is the cite for @pakalolo's reference
florduh
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Since we're gonna live in a dystopian cyberpunk future anyway, we need more shit like this
....just gotta time that 100mg edible right
....just gotta time that 100mg edible right
) totally "settled down" in preparation for our second to be born... and still is if you exclude cannabis products, 
:
olysh pops
Well-Known Member
Yes I don't know and understand spoken English so badly that I won't understand more despite your efforts haha. thank you for pointing me to the reference.
vapviking
Old & In the Way
American television.
That guy made up the story he tells the girl about an original title for War and Peace.
She later creates a very awkward situation by repeating the story as fact.
Hilarity ensues.
American television!
I want to know who took that last photo, and more importantly, what the hell were they standing on?
Canna Chameleon
Muted by mods. Run off by rudeness.
Based on the lack of wind, and the still rotor, I’d say the guy who took the photo was standing on the tarmac.
The guy who photoshopped it however, was sitting in a desk chair
florduh
Well-Known Member
The new sequel to The Celebrity Apprentice looks pretty good!
vapviking
Old & In the Way
Maybe spot on for some folks.
But my life is not binary, my choices and variety of experience cover more than these options.
Being influenced by cannabis and enjoying life are not mutually exclusive.
Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
I didn't read it like that, I read it like this....: there's "Life" and "High Life", both paths can be enjoyed...
Canna Chameleon
Muted by mods. Run off by rudeness.
I think what @bhasma meant to say was that if you quit consuming and/or think cannabis is bad for you, don’t come preach about the bad effects to the folks in a weed forum …..
vapviking
Old & In the Way
If this is the interpretation, then I agree with your take on it.
But then he might as well have said, "Use cannabis and enjoy your life, or don't use it and enjoy your life."
Thanks for clarifying.
I was saying (my) life is not binary. I agree there is no partial use!
I thought your original sentence sounded binary, like, you can be high OR enjoy life, but not both.
But if I can be high and enjoy my lfe, sign me up!
