The English Language is filled with interesting words.
It has plenty of words that mean the same thing. Same, similar, identical, equal, equivalent, matching, alike. These words can cause tears and triumph. They can teach, and they can terrorize.
However, there are some words that people tend to find...offensive, vulgar, profane, blasphemous, dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, sinful, smutty, wicked. These words, are what I like to call, swear words.
There are loads of swear words; bitch, hell, bastard, ass, just to name a few, and words like these are very offensive to certain people. Other people, however, do not find these words, or any "swear words" offensive in any way.
George Carlin touched on the issue of foul language with his skit "7 Words You Can't Say On Television."
"I was thinking one night about the words you couldn't say on the public airwaves, the ones you definitely wouldn't say, ever, ... so I have to figure out which ones you couldn't and ever and it came down to seven but the list is open to amendment, and in fact, has been changed, by now, a lot of people pointed things out to me, and I noticed some myself. The original seven words were, shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Those are the ones that will curve your spine, grow hair on your hands and maybe, even bring us, God help us, peace without honor."
Try repeating this bit in a highschool and see how fast you get a detention, or worse.
The issue of swear words has even reached the supreme court...
The Supreme Court first confronted the issue of indecent (as opposed to obscene speech, which appeals to prurient interests) in the 1971 case of Cohen v California. Paul Cohen was convicted and sentenced to 30 days in jail for wearing in a courthouse corridor a jacket which, on its back, said "FUCK THE DRAFT" The Court reversed Cohen's conviction, finding his speech protected by the First Amendment. Writing for the Court, Justice Harlan noted that "one man's vulgarity is another man's lyric" and suggested that the First Amendment protects not just the intellectual content of speech, but the emotive content as well.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/indecentspeech.htm
Why are these words such a problem? How can words have such power to put a man in jail if they are used? How can people feel so strongly opposed to their use? One cannot simply be born with this opposition to swears. It is something drilled into the heads of individuals, most likely when the person is very young. Swear words have been taught to children to be the ultimate taboo. Plenty of children have had their mouths washed out with soap because of the slip of a swear. But why? How are they bad? What makes the word "fuck" worse than the word create? Doesn't it technically mean the same thing? "To fuck" is just another way to say "to make love." Creatures make love in order to create life. Ultimately it means the same thing. does it not? But in this world, it's the connotation that matters, not the denotation. I mean, gay means happy and fagot is a bundle of sticks, but no one cares about what things really mean. The connotation is key.
But I don't believe there is anything wrong with these words. Anyone who knows me knows that I use these "foul words" rather frequently. Why? Do I think it makes me cool? Do I think it'll make me more popular? No. I use these words because I believe that people shouldn't limit their vocabulary because of some up-tight people and their narrow-minded beliefs. I use all aspects of the English language, regardless of its connotation. We must open our minds and realize that we can not cross out the words that we find "bad." Or better yet, we cannot cross out words that other people say are bad.
This isn't North Korea.
We don't all just accept the social norm just because it's the "social norm."
We will not conform.
We will not be...sorry...getting off track.
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One can use these "swear words" without causing offense. The key is to realize that these words are not offensive to begin with. They are just words. They are only offensive if you, the listener, let yourself get offended by them. But why should you? Why should you get offended by what sound wave is produced by the vibration of some asshole's vocal chords? You shouldn't, regardless of if the words are "swears" or not, but I'll talk about that in a future post. There is no sense in taking offense to what people say. That's feeding the troll, and I resent it. Fucking trolls...
Language is a funny little devil. It's our primary form of communication, in yet in this day and age, we communicate more by staring at pixels and typing on keyboards. The world we live in...damn...
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
You people need to yell at me more
Jeez.
Yes, I hear your cries for a source of information on life that'll get you through your day-to-day.
Although..
I..
Am lazy.
An I can't ever remember to log on to this thing and type a new one.
You, my avid readers, must remind me more often.
Anyway.
What's been happening?
My next post is going to be about the English Language.
"Alex! You're not going to reveal your secret on how you've become so amazing at typing, language, grammar, and so-fourth, are you?"
No. Stop asking stupid questions. Idiot.
This up and coming post is about my secret favorite part about language...
Not adjectives
No, not even pronouns
My favorite type of language is what some people might call "foul, vulgar, rude, dirty, swearing, cursing, cussing, profane" language.
"But Alex, you have yet to use a single vulgar word in your entire blog! Why start now?"
I thought I told you to stop asking stupid questions!
Yes. This is true, however I have decided it is time to relinquish my secrets, and set them free in the land of Internet, where it can roam free with its brethren, like 'M,' and 'Logic and Emotion.'
Soon* I will write this Blog about language, it will be profane, and it may hurt your ears, but it will also probably rock your m*$#@&f*!◊ing world. Look for that.
*By soon, I could mean tomorrow, I could mean next Thursday, I could mean in the year 2016. If you want to hear it, I'd suggest you tell me yourself.
"But Alex, Why don't you start this monumental blog post now, instead of writing all of this crap?"
Alas, because I'm lazy and do what I want. Sorry.
Sorry this post is so boring. Super awesome posts are hard to come by.
-Æ
Yes, I hear your cries for a source of information on life that'll get you through your day-to-day.
Although..
I..
Am lazy.
An I can't ever remember to log on to this thing and type a new one.
You, my avid readers, must remind me more often.
Anyway.
What's been happening?
My next post is going to be about the English Language.
"Alex! You're not going to reveal your secret on how you've become so amazing at typing, language, grammar, and so-fourth, are you?"
No. Stop asking stupid questions. Idiot.
This up and coming post is about my secret favorite part about language...
Not adjectives
No, not even pronouns
My favorite type of language is what some people might call "foul, vulgar, rude, dirty, swearing, cursing, cussing, profane" language.
"But Alex, you have yet to use a single vulgar word in your entire blog! Why start now?"
I thought I told you to stop asking stupid questions!
Yes. This is true, however I have decided it is time to relinquish my secrets, and set them free in the land of Internet, where it can roam free with its brethren, like 'M,' and 'Logic and Emotion.'
Soon* I will write this Blog about language, it will be profane, and it may hurt your ears, but it will also probably rock your m*$#@&f*!◊ing world. Look for that.
*By soon, I could mean tomorrow, I could mean next Thursday, I could mean in the year 2016. If you want to hear it, I'd suggest you tell me yourself.
"But Alex, Why don't you start this monumental blog post now, instead of writing all of this crap?"
Alas, because I'm lazy and do what I want. Sorry.
Sorry this post is so boring. Super awesome posts are hard to come by.
-Æ
Monday, February 8, 2010
Holy Crap I Still Have A Blog!
WHOA!
I totally forgot about this! I haven't posted in months!
Where was I?
Did I tell you I got an iPhone? Or that I dumped that annoying French girl? Or that I fell into a vortex that has lead me to the 5th dimension?
Well non of those things are important now. The important thing is that we move on and try to make our lives better. That's what everyone wants to do, right?
And it's not too hard, although it requires some thought and some effort you know.
It requires a slight to severe grasp on economics, and a slight to gentle grasp on reality.
It's getting increasingly easy to loose touch with reality in this day and age. We have lost our foresight and ability to comprehend our actions.
One might say that society is coming to a decline, if not already declining. However, these ware the same people that tend to start their sentences with "In my day" and "When I was your age." Therefore, their opinions matter not. One might take this concept and instead of saying that society is on a downward slope, and change it to the idea that society is evolving and changing in various sorts. The next question is, is this change for the better or for the worse?
In a world where there are no secrets but the identity of the questioner...
The Formspring thrives.
http://www.formspring.me/Aerlenbach
Wrap your mind around that one.
Crap...that means I have to go back and add another thing to that stupid list of things I have...
Anyway...
Where was I?
Oh yeah, society.
Human interaction is dramatically changing.
In my opinion, for the worse.
Holding a conversation with someone is like trying to balance a knife on your nose*
*Do not try at home
Kids these days don't know anything about anything.
They can't be taught because they only memorize what they need to know to pass the test, then forget it all in a month.
They're all texting and twittering eachother, so human interaction has reached a point where THIS IS CONSIDERED YELLING.
Ironically, here I sit with a computer in my lap, typing away, not uttering a word, verbalizing my thoughts into pixels on a screen, for the only reason that this is the only outlet I have.
And there you are, sitting, either at a desk, or on a couch, or on a bed like myself, reading the pointless rantings of some random 18-year-old kid that you either don't like, don't know at all, or are related to. (hi Alison) What could you be doing? Homework? Going outside for a change? maybe having friends over or talking on the phone to improve your conversational skills. But no, here you sit, reading. And here I sit, typing, for no other reason than that it's something to do.
Perhaps we should go for a jog?
-Æ
I totally forgot about this! I haven't posted in months!
Where was I?
Did I tell you I got an iPhone? Or that I dumped that annoying French girl? Or that I fell into a vortex that has lead me to the 5th dimension?
Well non of those things are important now. The important thing is that we move on and try to make our lives better. That's what everyone wants to do, right?
And it's not too hard, although it requires some thought and some effort you know.
It requires a slight to severe grasp on economics, and a slight to gentle grasp on reality.
It's getting increasingly easy to loose touch with reality in this day and age. We have lost our foresight and ability to comprehend our actions.
One might say that society is coming to a decline, if not already declining. However, these ware the same people that tend to start their sentences with "In my day" and "When I was your age." Therefore, their opinions matter not. One might take this concept and instead of saying that society is on a downward slope, and change it to the idea that society is evolving and changing in various sorts. The next question is, is this change for the better or for the worse?
In a world where there are no secrets but the identity of the questioner...
The Formspring thrives.
http://www.formspring.me/Aerlenbach
Wrap your mind around that one.
Crap...that means I have to go back and add another thing to that stupid list of things I have...
Anyway...
Where was I?
Oh yeah, society.
Human interaction is dramatically changing.
In my opinion, for the worse.
Holding a conversation with someone is like trying to balance a knife on your nose*
*Do not try at home
Kids these days don't know anything about anything.
They can't be taught because they only memorize what they need to know to pass the test, then forget it all in a month.
They're all texting and twittering eachother, so human interaction has reached a point where THIS IS CONSIDERED YELLING.
Ironically, here I sit with a computer in my lap, typing away, not uttering a word, verbalizing my thoughts into pixels on a screen, for the only reason that this is the only outlet I have.
And there you are, sitting, either at a desk, or on a couch, or on a bed like myself, reading the pointless rantings of some random 18-year-old kid that you either don't like, don't know at all, or are related to. (hi Alison) What could you be doing? Homework? Going outside for a change? maybe having friends over or talking on the phone to improve your conversational skills. But no, here you sit, reading. And here I sit, typing, for no other reason than that it's something to do.
Perhaps we should go for a jog?
-Æ
Thursday, December 31, 2009
(Insert Title Here)
This is the part when I start complaining about how crappy my life is, and how terrible things are for me.
This is the part when I talk about how another girl has played me for the fool.
This is the part when I start questioning the purpose of my life.
This is the part when I say "What's the point any more?"
This is the part when I start talking about how depressed I am.
This is the part when I complain about my teenage angst, the thing that infects countless others on this planet.
This is the part when I start asking "why is this happening to me?"
This is the part when I start begging for the reader's sympathy.
This is the part when I continue to talk about how depressed I am.
This is the part when I quote someone because I'm not smart enough to come up with original material.
This is the part when I start venting out all of my frustration because I have no other place to vent this very second.
This is the part when I say "I'm so sick of everyone's drama."
This is the part when I drown my sorrows in the lyrics of a song because I'm not clever enough to comprehend my own feelings, so I lean upon a song because of my emotional problems
This is the part when I start complaining about my pointless emotional problems...
It's amazing really, how the outcome of a single event can leave you on either an emotional high, or an emotional low. I'll let you guess on which one I'm on. These emotions cannot be trusted. Non of them do me any good. I feel I should be exempt from dealing with all the dumb stuff that every other human being on this planet has to go through, because I have the logical reasoning to break everything down into cause and effect, and other psychological reasoning. Too bad I'm trapped in the same dimension as the other 6.7 billion people on this doomed planet.
I thought I could change the rules and still thrive.
In order to succeed on this earth, you must abide by its rules.
I can't do anything without the all mighty dollar.
I can't get the all mighty dollar without the help of the evils of advertisement.
And then what? I become what I am trying to fight against. Corporate America. There is nothing worse.
How can I disrupt the established order without causing physical harm to anyone, and without long-term negative consequences? In short, how can I break the rules?
This is the part when I say something clever, and then stop typing
-Æ
This is the part when I talk about how another girl has played me for the fool.
This is the part when I start questioning the purpose of my life.
This is the part when I say "What's the point any more?"
This is the part when I start talking about how depressed I am.
This is the part when I complain about my teenage angst, the thing that infects countless others on this planet.
This is the part when I start asking "why is this happening to me?"
This is the part when I start begging for the reader's sympathy.
This is the part when I continue to talk about how depressed I am.
This is the part when I quote someone because I'm not smart enough to come up with original material.
This is the part when I start venting out all of my frustration because I have no other place to vent this very second.
This is the part when I say "I'm so sick of everyone's drama."
This is the part when I drown my sorrows in the lyrics of a song because I'm not clever enough to comprehend my own feelings, so I lean upon a song because of my emotional problems
This is the part when I start complaining about my pointless emotional problems...
It's amazing really, how the outcome of a single event can leave you on either an emotional high, or an emotional low. I'll let you guess on which one I'm on. These emotions cannot be trusted. Non of them do me any good. I feel I should be exempt from dealing with all the dumb stuff that every other human being on this planet has to go through, because I have the logical reasoning to break everything down into cause and effect, and other psychological reasoning. Too bad I'm trapped in the same dimension as the other 6.7 billion people on this doomed planet.
I thought I could change the rules and still thrive.
In order to succeed on this earth, you must abide by its rules.
I can't do anything without the all mighty dollar.
I can't get the all mighty dollar without the help of the evils of advertisement.
And then what? I become what I am trying to fight against. Corporate America. There is nothing worse.
How can I disrupt the established order without causing physical harm to anyone, and without long-term negative consequences? In short, how can I break the rules?
This is the part when I say something clever, and then stop typing
-Æ
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Rules of the Road.
Just to let you know, this post is not really about the rules of the road, or about roads at all. It's not really about rules either, but whatever...
Apparently
Some people
Have read this
And said that it sucked
Oh wait, that's me
I just wanted to let some of my readers know some stuff about me and how I'm gonna run this show
-I update whenever I feel like it, so don't wake up early on the 3rd Wednesday of the month and say "OOH! That Alex kid wrote a NEW BLOG!" Because I probably didn't.
-Every time, in previous posts, when I said things like "I'll tell you later" and "I'll put that in another post," I was Lying! I vary rarely update things from previous posts on new posts, nor do I start up a subject that I already talked about (Rule subject to change under my discretion)
-From now on, I shall update previous posts on the post itself, that way you suckers gotta go back nd read em again to see if I changed anything. I already changed two of them, but I wont tell you which one of theM I changed.
-If you want to tell me how awesome I am, you can email me if you'd like, but that might be weird...
-What was I talking about again?
-I like comments, they make me feel loved. Show me some love.
-I encourage you all to share this blog with other people who have computers, internet connection, and know how to read.
-No, it is not too early to be writing a post about this. I already have 6 followers, I might as well be on TMZ!
-Don't judge me! Your Bible tells you not to!
-I don't know any good blogs to follow, so if anyone wants to send me a link (excluding the ones I already follow)
-The times
that I type
like this
means
that I've gone into a trans where I have to type up my thoughts as they appear in my head.
-What was I talking about again?
-I try and keep this blog clean, which is why there's little to no swearing, and I try to keep it grammatically correct, and sprelled correctly. So if you see a spelling or grammar error, let me know, so I can find out who the show-offs are on my blog.
-All of the stories I tell are 97% true!
-I like happy endingsm which is why I try to end my blog in a logical manner and not just leave you hanging mid-sente................................................................................................................................
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-Æ
Apparently
Some people
Have read this
And said that it sucked
Oh wait, that's me
I just wanted to let some of my readers know some stuff about me and how I'm gonna run this show
-I update whenever I feel like it, so don't wake up early on the 3rd Wednesday of the month and say "OOH! That Alex kid wrote a NEW BLOG!" Because I probably didn't.
-Every time, in previous posts, when I said things like "I'll tell you later" and "I'll put that in another post," I was Lying! I vary rarely update things from previous posts on new posts, nor do I start up a subject that I already talked about (Rule subject to change under my discretion)
-From now on, I shall update previous posts on the post itself, that way you suckers gotta go back nd read em again to see if I changed anything. I already changed two of them, but I wont tell you which one of theM I changed.
-If you want to tell me how awesome I am, you can email me if you'd like, but that might be weird...
-What was I talking about again?
-I like comments, they make me feel loved. Show me some love.
-I encourage you all to share this blog with other people who have computers, internet connection, and know how to read.
-No, it is not too early to be writing a post about this. I already have 6 followers, I might as well be on TMZ!
-Don't judge me! Your Bible tells you not to!
-I don't know any good blogs to follow, so if anyone wants to send me a link (excluding the ones I already follow)
-The times
that I type
like this
means
that I've gone into a trans where I have to type up my thoughts as they appear in my head.
-What was I talking about again?
-I try and keep this blog clean, which is why there's little to no swearing, and I try to keep it grammatically correct, and sprelled correctly. So if you see a spelling or grammar error, let me know, so I can find out who the show-offs are on my blog.
-All of the stories I tell are 97% true!
-I like happy endingsm which is why I try to end my blog in a logical manner and not just leave you hanging mid-sente................................................................................................................................
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-Æ
Thursday, December 10, 2009
New Email
So I changed my email address, because it was not sophisticated enough for someone who is now a legal adult. And now I am well on my way of being a complete and utter computer nerd. I now have a Google Wave account, two emails, one Gmail, and the other AIM mail, a facebook, twitter, AIM, Skype, myspace, youtube, evernote, a blog, and probably more.
Thank goodness we have all of these technologies to make our lives easier. Too bad we have to remember all of the different login information for eevverryy one of them. And if we keep the same password, it just takes one person with luck at stroking the keys, and they're in to EVERYTHING.
People put their whole lives on the computer. It's the 21st century. It's expected. Who actually keeps a journal any more? That's why we have these lovely blogs! No one wants to keep their thoughts to themselves any more! They have to update their status, and tweet it and blog about it with their friends, or perfect strangers! We NEED to know what someone thinks about the fact that we just got home from school! We NEED to know who "Likes" the fact that we just made a ham sandwich. I swear, it's impossible to try to keep things to yourself these days. Once you hit send, or save, or publish, it's out there. You might as well post it on the TV's in Time Square, because if someone wants to get into your stuff, they can. Easy.
Isn't that why we have all of this security for our information? Isn't that why we have to do those stupid CAPTCHA things every time we reload our page? No.It's not. You're stupid. Go away.
The internet...
A great invention, one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind. Right there next to the wheel and religious crusades. the only problem is that people are too addicted to it. I myself should be studying for a calculus test I have tomorrow, but instead I'm writing a dang blog!
And, of course, there's all the idiots on here.
Stupid people...
I could go on for DAYS about stupid people
I will one post...
But not today.
What was I talking about again?
Oh yeah! The internet!
I also hate how the government has yet to fully embrace the internet.
And by the government, I mean schools,
And by schools, I mean MY school.
Every day I have to work as if I'm living in the 70's, and the fastest computers fit into single rooms and couldn't out-compute my cellphone.
The tediousness of highschool...
Guh...
FOCUS
INTERNET
Infinite information at will of my command, or in the case of ME and my NEW iPHONE, infinite information in the palm of my hand.
My iPhone...
Wow...
It is the KING of all smartphones. All of you Blackberry people, or you Droid people, will never win out against the all-mighty iPhone. It is just too amazing.
It is the GOD of all phones.
If God was real, he'd have an iPhone...
Oops. did I just say that??
-Æ
Thank goodness we have all of these technologies to make our lives easier. Too bad we have to remember all of the different login information for eevverryy one of them. And if we keep the same password, it just takes one person with luck at stroking the keys, and they're in to EVERYTHING.
People put their whole lives on the computer. It's the 21st century. It's expected. Who actually keeps a journal any more? That's why we have these lovely blogs! No one wants to keep their thoughts to themselves any more! They have to update their status, and tweet it and blog about it with their friends, or perfect strangers! We NEED to know what someone thinks about the fact that we just got home from school! We NEED to know who "Likes" the fact that we just made a ham sandwich. I swear, it's impossible to try to keep things to yourself these days. Once you hit send, or save, or publish, it's out there. You might as well post it on the TV's in Time Square, because if someone wants to get into your stuff, they can. Easy.
Isn't that why we have all of this security for our information? Isn't that why we have to do those stupid CAPTCHA things every time we reload our page? No.It's not. You're stupid. Go away.
The internet...
A great invention, one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind. Right there next to the wheel and religious crusades. the only problem is that people are too addicted to it. I myself should be studying for a calculus test I have tomorrow, but instead I'm writing a dang blog!
And, of course, there's all the idiots on here.
Stupid people...
I could go on for DAYS about stupid people
I will one post...
But not today.
What was I talking about again?
Oh yeah! The internet!
I also hate how the government has yet to fully embrace the internet.
And by the government, I mean schools,
And by schools, I mean MY school.
Every day I have to work as if I'm living in the 70's, and the fastest computers fit into single rooms and couldn't out-compute my cellphone.
The tediousness of highschool...
Guh...
FOCUS
INTERNET
Infinite information at will of my command, or in the case of ME and my NEW iPHONE, infinite information in the palm of my hand.
My iPhone...
Wow...
It is the KING of all smartphones. All of you Blackberry people, or you Droid people, will never win out against the all-mighty iPhone. It is just too amazing.
It is the GOD of all phones.
If God was real, he'd have an iPhone...
Oops. did I just say that??
-Æ
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Reason and Emotion
I have realized that there are two main categories to divide everything that someone does, thinks, or says. The categories are "Logic" and "Emotion."
Everyone tries to think logically, instead of senseless.
It's the logical thinkers who built Rome, created the internet, and put man on the moon.
It's the emotional thinkers who had sex and gave birth to those logical ones.
It's a never ending battle between logic and emotion.
Logic lets you survive, but Emotion lets you live.
No one can ever live and be completely logical. That person is a robot
But no one can ever survive and be completely emotional. That person would probably run into traffic.
An educated person has logically concluded that to optimize their life to the fullest extents, they must only think logically in every situation, 100%. They're too smart for their own good...
This, however, will not allow the person to be happy. Yes, happy. An emotion. How can a logical person allow emotion to infect their plan for a logical life? Simple. We are not robots. We are human. Regardless to how much the logical thinkers hate hearing it, we are still human beings. We are incapable of programming ourselves to be completely efficient. We are still infected by the same emotions that an average twelve-year-old girl has. Although the logical thinkers are capable of suppressing some of the more unnecessary emotions, like rage, gluttony, jealousy, sadness, ect.
But sooner or later, the logical thinker will come across a situation that would make a computer start to buzz and screech "ERROR," something that just doesn't fit in a nice pattern of Zeros and Ones.
The rational thinker.. comes across Love. Maybe not love as in true love, maybe just lust, or 'liking someone' or whatever. If the logical thinker comes across such a situation, they are stumped. They have no files in their databanks to handle this new influx of raw data.
Then, suddenly, the heart, or 'emotion' jumps in to try to handle the situation.
The logical thinker can either allow this, or continue to try and maintain situation logically.
It is impossible to attempt to keep a logical mind in an emotional situation such as this.
The brick wall of reason is not the logical reaction to the open arms of love.
The emotional part of the brain continues to try to take over the situation. It knows what to do, and how to steer the person in the right direction. Continuing to ignore the emotional thoughts may lead to confusion on what to do next, or a belief that the 'emotional' thoughts being had are 'bad.'
The unfortunate result to the Rational thinker...
But then, simple. We think logically, and then whenever we get confused, we get emotional, right?
No. That's the philosophy of a Sixth-Grader.
One must create a balance of logic and emotion to be truly happy. They must always keep their emotions in check, but not completely caged up. Emotions are useful from time to time. Shocking. And thinking with pure logic only leads down bad roads. Have you ever seen the movie iRobot? Yeah, that's what'll happen.
Vicki the Robo-brain: "My Logic is undeniable."
Will Smith: "You have so got to die."
I know first hand what it's like dealing with both kinds of people, one of my parents is a logical thinker, and one of my parents is an emotional thinker. The logical one usually gets his way, since he evokes reason in the argument that she cannot deny. This works most of the time. Then, other times, all she has to do is delve into her emotional thought processor and make her emotions apparent, and she will get her way easily. The logical thing is to let the emotional one have what she wants, to lower the risk of further emotional trauma.
Sometimes, he, the emotional thinker, doesn't budge so easily, resulting in, what we'd like to call, a fight.*
*I may or may not have swapped him/her to keep the true identity of the parents hidden.
There are serious problems that people have when they can't properly balance their feelings with their logic. Various things can occur. The person may go into s temper tantrum, the person may go into the "I don't know" phase, where the battle of logic and emotion reaches its peak. People generally enter this phase when they are thinking about Love, and the things surrounding Love. People attempt to put logic into Love, the one place that logic does not belong.
A man hops on a plane to go hundreds, if not thousands of miles to visit his ill mother. There is no calculated logic in the reasoning of these actions. The actions are based on Love.
You know that phrase "the heart wants what it wants"? Well that's translated into "My emotional processors have overridden the logical ones and have now exclaimed that they desire something that logically makes little to no sense." Roles off the tongue, yes?
The important thing to note is that if you reach a phase of continually repeating "I don't know" about something having to do with a boy or a girl or a man or a woman or whatever, the 'logical' thing to do, is to divert the logic receptors in your processor, and allow the emotion program to start controlling the situation.
THE Æ has SPOKEN!
Everyone tries to think logically, instead of senseless.
It's the logical thinkers who built Rome, created the internet, and put man on the moon.
It's the emotional thinkers who had sex and gave birth to those logical ones.
It's a never ending battle between logic and emotion.
Logic lets you survive, but Emotion lets you live.
No one can ever live and be completely logical. That person is a robot
But no one can ever survive and be completely emotional. That person would probably run into traffic.
An educated person has logically concluded that to optimize their life to the fullest extents, they must only think logically in every situation, 100%. They're too smart for their own good...
This, however, will not allow the person to be happy. Yes, happy. An emotion. How can a logical person allow emotion to infect their plan for a logical life? Simple. We are not robots. We are human. Regardless to how much the logical thinkers hate hearing it, we are still human beings. We are incapable of programming ourselves to be completely efficient. We are still infected by the same emotions that an average twelve-year-old girl has. Although the logical thinkers are capable of suppressing some of the more unnecessary emotions, like rage, gluttony, jealousy, sadness, ect.
But sooner or later, the logical thinker will come across a situation that would make a computer start to buzz and screech "ERROR," something that just doesn't fit in a nice pattern of Zeros and Ones.
The rational thinker.. comes across Love. Maybe not love as in true love, maybe just lust, or 'liking someone' or whatever. If the logical thinker comes across such a situation, they are stumped. They have no files in their databanks to handle this new influx of raw data.
Then, suddenly, the heart, or 'emotion' jumps in to try to handle the situation.
The logical thinker can either allow this, or continue to try and maintain situation logically.
It is impossible to attempt to keep a logical mind in an emotional situation such as this.
The brick wall of reason is not the logical reaction to the open arms of love.
The emotional part of the brain continues to try to take over the situation. It knows what to do, and how to steer the person in the right direction. Continuing to ignore the emotional thoughts may lead to confusion on what to do next, or a belief that the 'emotional' thoughts being had are 'bad.'
The unfortunate result to the Rational thinker...
But then, simple. We think logically, and then whenever we get confused, we get emotional, right?
No. That's the philosophy of a Sixth-Grader.
One must create a balance of logic and emotion to be truly happy. They must always keep their emotions in check, but not completely caged up. Emotions are useful from time to time. Shocking. And thinking with pure logic only leads down bad roads. Have you ever seen the movie iRobot? Yeah, that's what'll happen.
Vicki the Robo-brain: "My Logic is undeniable."
Will Smith: "You have so got to die."
I know first hand what it's like dealing with both kinds of people, one of my parents is a logical thinker, and one of my parents is an emotional thinker. The logical one usually gets his way, since he evokes reason in the argument that she cannot deny. This works most of the time. Then, other times, all she has to do is delve into her emotional thought processor and make her emotions apparent, and she will get her way easily. The logical thing is to let the emotional one have what she wants, to lower the risk of further emotional trauma.
Sometimes, he, the emotional thinker, doesn't budge so easily, resulting in, what we'd like to call, a fight.*
*I may or may not have swapped him/her to keep the true identity of the parents hidden.
There are serious problems that people have when they can't properly balance their feelings with their logic. Various things can occur. The person may go into s temper tantrum, the person may go into the "I don't know" phase, where the battle of logic and emotion reaches its peak. People generally enter this phase when they are thinking about Love, and the things surrounding Love. People attempt to put logic into Love, the one place that logic does not belong.
A man hops on a plane to go hundreds, if not thousands of miles to visit his ill mother. There is no calculated logic in the reasoning of these actions. The actions are based on Love.
You know that phrase "the heart wants what it wants"? Well that's translated into "My emotional processors have overridden the logical ones and have now exclaimed that they desire something that logically makes little to no sense." Roles off the tongue, yes?
The important thing to note is that if you reach a phase of continually repeating "I don't know" about something having to do with a boy or a girl or a man or a woman or whatever, the 'logical' thing to do, is to divert the logic receptors in your processor, and allow the emotion program to start controlling the situation.
THE Æ has SPOKEN!
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