We are like gods
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Eggy Lippmann
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05-21-2004 12:57
It's amazing how someone relatively broke like me, and living in a relatively poor country, can have a quality of life that immensely surpasses that of an ancient king. I just ate a wonderful slice of passionfruit pie. But the thing is, we dont have that kind of fruit here. It came from the other side of the friggin world! From places that were unknown and mostly uninhabited a few centuries ago. Earlier today, I studied a wide variety of obscure mathematical topics on wikipedia for my test tomorrow. Imagine, as recently as 10 years ago, this would have been impossible as the web was still being invented. I dont have air conditioning, but if I did, I could magically change the temperature of my house without getting off this chair. I'm writing this text now, that will instantly be available to thousands of people all over the world. What would some primitive peasant from the middle ages say about this? It's sheer magic. We are wizards. Gods. Wielders of such an immense power that we have the ability to leave this very earth and travel to our surroundings. And yet, so limited that only the most immediate of our surroundings are within easy reach. Makes you wonder, if I were forwarded in time like that peasant, what 28th century miracles would I be able to witness? (No mind-altering chemicals were consumed prior to writing this message. Unless you count the passionfruit  ) |
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Loki Pico
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05-21-2004 13:04
From: someone I'm writing this text now, that will instantly be available to thousands of people all over the world. I think there are only about 100 people that are regulars in the SL Forums.  Question is, where will we be in 50 years? |
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Merwan Marker
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Re: We are like gods
05-21-2004 13:19
From: someone Originally posted by Eggy Lippmann
--- Re: We are like gods--- [/B] Then let's start acting like them!
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Cubey Terra
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Re: Re: We are like gods
05-21-2004 13:24
From: someone Originally posted by Merwan Marker
Then let's start acting like them! The ancient Greek gods were petty and vengeful. So really, we already do act like gods.
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Merwan Marker
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05-21-2004 13:32
Greeks are but one pantheon - there are others that we can emulate... Goddess of Respect God of Honesty Goddess of Gentle Truth God of Kindness Goddess of Beauty God of Silence Goddess of Laughter God of Joy Goddess of Dance God of Music Goddess of Nourishment God of Work *Stopping now* 
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Snark Serpentine
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05-21-2004 13:49
Originally posted by Merwan Marker...
Goddess of Respect - Arete
God of Honesty - Fides
Goddess of Gentle Truth - Alatheia
God of Kindness - Xenios
Goddess of Beauty - Aphrodite
God of Silence - Harpocrates
Goddess of Laughter - Baubo
God of Joy - Dionysos
Goddess of Dance - Terpsichore
God of Music - Apollo
Goddess of Nourishment - Demeter
God of Work - Hephaestus
Those Greeks knew their gods.
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Devlin Gallant
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05-21-2004 15:18
I want to be Morpheus, god of sleep.
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Salazar Jack
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05-21-2004 16:39
"There are a lot of perks to being the mother of a living god... free parking..."
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Pepper Monde
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05-21-2004 16:41
From: someone Makes you wonder, if I were forwarded in time like that peasant, what 28th century miracles would I be able to witness? Immortality! hahahahahahahhahahahahaha. . .then we'll truly be gods. hahahahhahahahahahahhahaha. . .
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Salazar Jack
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Re: We are like gods
05-21-2004 17:06
From: someone Originally posted by Eggy Lippmann
What would some primitive peasant from the middle ages say about this? It's sheer magic. We are wizards. Gods. Wielders of such an immense power that we have the ability to leave this very earth and travel to our surroundings. And yet, so limited that only the most immediate of our surroundings are within easy reach.
Makes you wonder, if I were forwarded in time like that peasant, what 28th century miracles would I be able to witness? Just yesterday I was making a photocopy and I had a mindflash of a medieval monk hunched over his desk, painstakingly hand lettering/copying a sacred book. I looked at the freshly photocopied sheet on the output tray and just shook my head in wonder. Salazar |
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Garoad Kuroda
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05-21-2004 21:43
Crap Eggy.... then where are all my followers?
I want some freakin followers to pray to me! Immediately!
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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
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Teeny Leviathan
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05-21-2004 23:31
From: someone Originally posted by Garoad Kuroda
Crap Eggy.... then where are all my followers?
I want some freakin followers to pray to me! Immediately! They would pray to you if you didn't live next to Sterculius . |
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Garoad Kuroda
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05-22-2004 20:50
From: someone Originally posted by Teeny Leviathan They would pray to you if you didn't live next to Sterculius . Well it's hard times in SL nowadays you know... have you tried to find a 4048m contiguous plot recently???
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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
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Ryen Jade
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05-22-2004 22:24
Can I be the god of kindness ? |
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Adam Zaius
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05-22-2004 22:47
From: someone Originally posted by Ryen Jade Can I be the god of kindness ? No, but you may be the God of Sarcasm or Irony... |
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Mickey Valentino
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05-23-2004 00:21
Bow to the gods of ARPANet
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Eggy Lippmann
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05-23-2004 02:35
From: someone Originally posted by Garoad Kuroda
Crap Eggy.... then where are all my followers?
I want some freakin followers to pray to me! Immediately! That's what dogs are for |
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Bhodi Silverman
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05-23-2004 11:22
My mother's official job title is "Queen of All She Surveys". (No, really, it is. Except on the Federal Grant Application, where it is not! <grin> I have therefore usurped for myself the title of "Princess of a Good Many Things".
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Tiger Crossing
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05-25-2004 13:19
If you want to be a god, then you need to come play Deus Via in northern Game Dev 3! I really need to finish that backstory post... I SO wish I hadn't lost it. I hate having to re-write prose. It never comes out as good.
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forestrock Flower
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05-25-2004 15:06
Yet despite our seemingly great advances, something as simple as leaving our planet escapes the means of the majority. And even then, those that have left must return shortly there after. We humans might as well be nothing more than a bacteria colony until we escape this petri dish and spread through the galaxy or further. I'm hoping we've at least colonized mars or Titan or some solar body by the 28th centrury. I think if we put our minds and hearts to it, we just might be able to accomplish one of those in 700 years. Oh, that and replace all utensils with sporks.... P.S. "...when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, 'Yes!'" - Winston, "Ghostbusters" |
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Devlin Gallant
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05-25-2004 22:53
The human race IS a virus, and now you are advocating that we infect the rest of the universe.
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forestrock Flower
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05-26-2004 10:43
From: someone Originally posted by Devlin Gallant
The human race IS a virus, and now you are advocating that we infect the rest of the universe. heh, the virus does not chose its nature, it is nature that choses the virus. |
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Devlin Gallant
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05-26-2004 11:48
How do you know that? Have you ever TALKED to a virus?
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forestrock Flower
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05-26-2004 15:45
From: someone Originally posted by Devlin Gallant
How do you know that? Have you ever TALKED to a virus? Given your statement that the human race is a virus and my assertion that I've talked to part of the human race, then yes. Though the nature of something isn't something wholy learned by talking to it, usually you just listen and it will tell you. |
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Eggy Lippmann
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05-26-2004 16:21
forestrock, i love you! we need to get together in game for a little chat |
