Reality...

[Powman3]

Hey guys, haven't posted here for a while, but I'd like to discuss something with you all.

 

 

 

Has there ever been a time in your life where reality just slapped you in the face?

 

 

 

Like, you're living your life and then all of the sudden something huge and unexpected comes you way, be it something that happened to someone you know or even yourself, or an event in your life that just made you think "Wow, is this happening..." or "This can't be happening..." and all of the sudden, BAM! you realize that it's actually happening. If you don't understand, I can try to explain it in better detail.

 

 

 

Feel free to discuss, just something that popped into my mind.

 

 

 

If you want to know my situation, you can ask me and I'll tell you.

[AceBeam]

Well, a new topic has finally shown up in OT.

[Rebdragon]

I got lost in the woods for a day when I was 5.

 

 

 

'Nuf said.

 

 

 

Except, you know, AceBeam, what are you talking about...? There have been a lot of new topics mate.

[AceBeam]

Yes, but I've never seen one about this.

 

(By new, I meant the general idea of the topic)

[Da_Latios]

Yes. I once looked at myself in the mirror and realized; damn, I'm reversed in this thing.

 

 

 

On a serious note though; life is such an insignificant and mysterious thing. Nobody knows where it comes from, nobody knows where it goes. You cannot create it, yet you can take it away. Still, there is no shortage of it.

 

The past remains as it is, the future changes, but the present - there is no present. The present is both the future and the past, which you both change simultaneously.

 

We are insignificant on a universal scale, yes, but on a molecular level, we ARE the universe. The largest houses the smallest, and the smallest builds the largest.

 

Everything we witness is a miracle. Cells competing with each other for generations, creating life with the most specific attributes, splitting up, and again, competing to create new life. How I came to type this; my ancestors could have easily been killed. To many, it would have just been another death. But they survived for generations, and so did the inevitable genes which brought me here today.

 

The slightest of changes make the largest of impacts. A ripple which goes on forever, with a starting point but with no end. A ripple hits an object and creates another ripple.

 

But where did the first ripple come from?

 

We do not know how anything has come to be. Perhaps nothing is created. Perhaps nothing really exists.

[Zierro]

If you want to know my situation, you can ask me and I'll tell you.

 

 

 

So, what is your situation?

[Powman3]

Haha, Reb and Latios are funny. But as much as I love you guys for your humor, I'm trying to be a little serious here. But there's always room for humor. :D

 

 

 

As for you Zierro, my situation doesn't really concern me, it's just some things that I didn't know about a friend of mine. He wasn't telling me all the details of some events that occured, and then he did something without thinking and ended up paying the price for it.

[evil_mumm_ra]

yup, with my ex. not gonna go into details here, but it was the single most [cabbage]ty moment in my life. she still haunts my mind periodically.

[Tim]

I hate that "moment of reality"

 

 

 

I was training with a friend with some custom-made Kendo Sticks when we tried to bend the laws of physics... you "cannot" throw it and expect it to bounce hard enough or on the right angle to come back. -.-

 

 

 

...(Though I left a nice mark on his fore-head)

[Zierro]

Pretty vague examples. :|

 

 

 

I've had those reality moments when people I love try committing suicide. It makes me treasure the time I spend with people, but then again it bothers me because it's the ultimate form of giving up and quitting so in turn it makes me angry with them.

[i_love_burritos]

You know, this happens to me frequently. I often wonder, that if I leave this place, who will remember me ? Will I account for anything in the grand scheme ? I mean who really cares ?

 

Wouldn't it just be easier not existing, no conciousness, no nothing. I often wonder it would be like to have no worries, be lifeless, in fact I wouldn't really care if I died suddenly right now.

 

 

 

I'm not saying that I want to commit suicide, in fact I think thats a horrible idea. I'm just saying it doesn't really matter to me.

[Lateralus]

You know, this happens to me frequently. I often wonder, that if I leave this place, who will remember me ? Will I account for anything in the grand scheme ? I mean who really cares ?

 

Wouldn't it just be easier not existing, no conciousness, no nothing. I often wonder it would be like to have no worries, be lifeless, in fact I wouldn't really care if I died suddenly right now.

 

 

 

I'm not saying that I want to commit suicide, in fact I think thats a horrible idea. I'm just saying it doesn't really matter to me.

 

 

 

I'm with you. I swing between joyous wonder towards the beauty of life and the universe, and desperate hatred towards the constructs of society. Life is undoubtedly a wondrous thing, but actually living in the world of today is crushing. Your options are limited, your choices are restricted and most people will never realise their dreams. "Is this all there is?" is a something I ask myself on an almost daily basis.

[jemathonical]

Well snapped my ACL around 2 years ago now. Gonna get a reconstruction sometime this year.

 

But it hit me hard knowing I'll never be playing footy again - never representing the 1sts at all sucks. Just losing that part of your life you take for granted.

[i_love_burritos]

You know, this happens to me frequently. I often wonder, that if I leave this place, who will remember me ? Will I account for anything in the grand scheme ? I mean who really cares ?

 

Wouldn't it just be easier not existing, no conciousness, no nothing. I often wonder it would be like to have no worries, be lifeless, in fact I wouldn't really care if I died suddenly right now.

 

 

 

I'm not saying that I want to commit suicide, in fact I think thats a horrible idea. I'm just saying it doesn't really matter to me.

 

 

 

I'm with you. I swing between joyous wonder towards the beauty of life and the universe, and desperate hatred towards the constructs of society. Life is undoubtedly a wondrous thing, but actually living in the world of today is crushing. Your options are limited, your choices are restricted and most people will never realise their dreams. "Is this all there is?" is a something I ask myself on an almost daily basis.

 

 

 

You and I have been reading too much Camus and Nietzsche. :)

 

Too bad I've got an critical essay dure tomorrow. -.-

[Perakp]

Your options are limited, your choices are restricted and most people will never realise their dreams. "Is this all there is?" is a something I ask myself on an almost daily basis.

 

The answer is yes.

 

 

 

The world as we know it is in this box. If you want to know what is outside the box, you have to take it in the box first, so you can examine it closer. Now that you've got it in the box, it isn't outside it anymore.

[MC_Kejml]

One of my moments was when I saw that Russia attacked Georgia. I was like holy [cabbage], I hope WW3 isn't going to happen.

[deathdrow]

If you want to know my situation, you can ask me and I'll tell you.

 

 

 

So, what is your situation?

 

You changed your avatar!

 

Thats just..no.

 

It'll create a wormhole or something. If you hurry the world won't end!

[mmmcannibalism]

You know, this happens to me frequently. I often wonder, that if I leave this place, who will remember me ? Will I account for anything in the grand scheme ? I mean who really cares ?

 

Wouldn't it just be easier not existing, no conciousness, no nothing. I often wonder it would be like to have no worries, be lifeless, in fact I wouldn't really care if I died suddenly right now.

 

 

 

I'm not saying that I want to commit suicide, in fact I think thats a horrible idea. I'm just saying it doesn't really matter to me.

 

 

 

That sounds so much like Hamlet's to be or not to be speech its kinda scary.

 

 

 

on topic

 

 

 

the georgia attack was one of those moments, 9/11 would be the other thing that comes to mind.

[Madmanpur3]

I try and make it a point to keep a concious mind toward the reality of things throughout my daily life, so reality doesn't really surprise me to be honest.

[Blueblazes]

 

 

 

Like, you're living your life and then all of the sudden something huge and unexpected comes you way, be it something that happened to someone you know or even yourself, or an event in your life that just made you think "Wow, is this happening..." or "This can't be happening..." and all of the sudden, BAM! you realize that it's actually happening.

 

9/11/01 was like that for me. Watching the events unfolding was surreal. It was like I was watching a movie but very real and frightening at the same time. It shook me in a way that changed me permanently, though for the good, I think.

[ThurinEthir]

Definitely that feeling of regret.

 

There's no going back. Damn it.

 

I probably play video games too much. No "New Game" or "Save/Load Game" buttons in real life. :(

[Powman3]

Yeah, 9/11 hit me hard, too...

 

 

 

For me it doesn't seem like it affected me because I live in California, but then watching U2's performance in Super Bowl XXXVI, I was like... Wow... It really did happen.

[Lenticular_J]

You know, this happens to me frequently. I often wonder, that if I leave this place, who will remember me ? Will I account for anything in the grand scheme ? I mean who really cares ?

 

Wouldn't it just be easier not existing, no conciousness, no nothing. I often wonder it would be like to have no worries, be lifeless, in fact I wouldn't really care if I died suddenly right now.

 

 

 

I'm not saying that I want to commit suicide, in fact I think thats a horrible idea. I'm just saying it doesn't really matter to me.

 

 

 

I'm with you. I swing between joyous wonder towards the beauty of life and the universe, and desperate hatred towards the constructs of society. Life is undoubtedly a wondrous thing, but actually living in the world of today is crushing. Your options are limited, your choices are restricted and most people will never realise their dreams. "Is this all there is?" is a something I ask myself on an almost daily basis.

 

Sometimes I think that. It sucks, though. So I try to just keep on going. But it's rough. There are just moments where everything comes crashing down. You just get that feeling of hopelessness deep down ... It's really hard.

 

 

 

But, then I notice all the good. I generally focus on that. The simple pleasures. The, bear necessities.

[Faux]

The death of someone really close to me. Felt like the world was collapsing and just wouldn't admit to myself that it is done.

[ElkNight]

Yup, only really happened once that I can remember at the moment.

 

I didnt really realize what happened for like a week after.

 

[hide=Might be disturbing]My old baseball coach of 3 years turned out to be a child molester. He raped like 2 kids on my team. He is in jail right now.[/hide]