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mircea_popescu: i guess every man gets
to make
that choice for himself.
mircea_popescu: and i dunno who in
their right mind would raise
their children
there, either.
ThickAsThieves: well chasing
the dragon is chasing a high
that cannot be physiologically achieved anymore
mircea_popescu: radan nobody is arguing
that
the us isn't miserable. most of all not
thinking people living
there
BingoBoingo: It
thought chasing
the dragon was about people racing horses in
their veins
ThickAsThieves: such
that you begin
to feel it's
the world, when really it's your body
radan: as is, for some reason,
the modern custom.
ThickAsThieves: my point more lies in
that alcohol causes a creeping depression
radan: doing "work" solely of
the intellectual flavor
radan: and ensure an existence for
their children
BingoBoingo: ThickAsThieves: I actually rather enjoy
the hangovers
radan: people are happy when
they can work
to feed
themselves and
their families
radan: going back
to my point
BingoBoingo: radan: A good portion of
the neighboring country here was functionally in
the other part of
the US in
the 1860's
radan: the white people
there act like africans here
radan: I spent some
time in Indiana
ThickAsThieves: alcohol is a mistress
that way BingoBoingo, "The love I sell you in
the evening, by
the morning won't exist"
radan: everything north of
the Mason Dixon line and west of
Texas
radan: "the Mardi Gras
thing"
radan: are not found where people have work
to do, real work.
BingoBoingo: radan: Have you ever
tried
the Mardi Gras
thing? I've found
that SoCo Hurricaines make
the misery go away.
radan: depression, mental ilness, and
the concomitant host of modern evils
Ghaleon: the native , aboriginal peoples are closest
to God
radan: and
those weird as fuck little
tribesmen in Africa
Ghaleon: felt with
the army, sea, nuns and a bunch of dudes carrying heavy weapons shoed up usually.... pretty much bandits.. but i felt
their pain
radan: but
there are still happy people in Afghanistan and
Thibet and Borneo
Ghaleon: orleans was scary as hell during and after katrina...
the racism
there is so dense..
radan: but I really don't
think I would be unhappy in a
traditional lifestyle
radan: well, obviously one leads
to
the other
LorenzoMoney: no wonder your ancestors were stupid enough
to give up
their paganism for
the idiocy of catholicism
radan: I
tell
them it's a great city
to live in
radan: and, all
things considered, I'm glad
they did
radan: dr. popescu, my parents did
take me here.
radan: but
that isn't considered corruption here
Ghaleon: lose
the
tan when dealing with
them :/ if ya know what I mean
radan: and of course
there's
the jewish nepotism you'll find anywhere
Ghaleon: new orleans cops were scary..
the DEA helped me rebuild a school for some nuns.. but first
they wanted
to beat me lol
radan: you begin
to notice a
trend among
them
radan: well, when you look at
the people doing
the corruption
BingoBoingo: Ghaleon: Corruption isn't always a bad
thing
Ghaleon: good folks
there.. city is corrupt
tho.. sin city...
ozbot: SEC investigation of Bitcoin-based stock sale could lead
to broader regulation
radan: where I can work on my goal full
time.
radan: and finally return
to Europe
BingoBoingo: radan: What part of
the States are you most familiar with?
radan: work for a few years in
the oil industry
radan: my plan is
to graduate with a degree in petroleum engineering
mircea_popescu: well i imagine your parents just
took you
there as an object
radan: some days I really feel like getting
the fuck out of here
radan: what am I doing in
the United States
radan: not
the entire vast sum of humanity
radan: never mind
that altruism refers
to helping out one's own
radan: and
those bastards have
the audacity
to call it altruism
radan: unless you're a minority you're expected
to
treat everyone equally
radan: of course it's
tricky in
the West
radan: is
to follow
the same prerogative
that has guided his ancestors since
the dawn of life
radan: the natural
thing for a man
to do
radan: seeing as how all of modern life and culture and all
that are dust
LordPutin: should you shave your balls for
the first date?
radan: going back
to
the society bit
ozbot: Urban Dictionary: sex and
the city
radan: it's just normal, here. I can't really
think of an alternativfe
radan: it's just normal, here. I can't really
think of an alternativfe
radan: and schedule stuff
to do I gues
radan: it's not anything like
the movies portray it, lol
BingoBoingo: American culture is mostly distorted versions of other cultures kind of assembled after a long game of
telephone
radan: I follow
the customs of
this country
radan: what is American culture,
though
mircea_popescu: reculturation is
the process called marriage for women, where an individual moves from one culture
to another.
mircea_popescu: aculturation is
the process
throuygh which one becomes a part of a culture.
radan: I
think
the combined force of 15 million merchants and half a billion shabbos goyim is invulnerable
to a single
teenager, yes
mircea_popescu: besides,
the best fucks i ever had were with people who weren't particularly genetically close
to me.
mircea_popescu: if you really believe
that it'd seem your failure
to reculturate is insanity.
mircea_popescu: mkay. so saying "any interaction I have with
this society can only benefit
them
to our detriment" is not only problematic seeing how you're away studying, but moreover a restatement of "x is invulnerable"
radan: where
the people are mixed beyond all belief
radan: and anyway I study in
the United States
radan: I'm Bulgarian, but nationality's a social construct. when I say "my people" I'm using it as a shorthand for people genetically close
to me
chetty: radan
there are many ways
to buck
the system, hang around here for a bit
nubbins`: gone again, gotta
track down sausage casings
radan: any interaction I have with
this society can only benefit
them
to our detriment
radan: the current system of governance and finance, media and education, is dominated by a people hostile
to my own