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I thought of that, but I did way more drugs first semester, and I had all A's, aside from history. Classes are of equal difficulty, but yeah, I do tend to get lazy near the end of the year. I've gotten the "I hate giving smart kids mediocre grades" so many times this week. >_>

@UtF: I am not an anarchist because I want to live in a socialist society. That's the antithesis of anarchy. I just recognize that forcing people who disagree with me into this political structure is unjustifiable. Me allowing you to have your anarchy in say, Florida, doesn't affect my non-anarchy in Massachusetts. Though... eh, I see where you're coming from. I think of myself as much of a libertarian socialist than anything. If I change that to socialist anarchist on Facebook, I think people would get confused and have a fit. @Gvg: We have that now, lol. Is it working?

*edit* This is @Dawh. ^ What I've realized lately is that you can't force people to care. It's not their responsibility; it's the government's. If UtF wants nothing to do with it, I don't see why he can't leave. Imagine America set up not by arbitrary boundaries of ancient land agreements and geographical traits, but instead boundaries being political. I know it will be very complex and that there are an infinite number of combinations of laws that people can come up with, but it is a legitimate resolution to some of the most annoying issues. Imagine a country where all the conservatives like in Texas. All the cool kids in Michigan can have their drugs and their national healthcare, the less cool kids in Florida can just have their healthcare, and the kids in Texas can have their big suburban houses, their guns, and their religion. Obviously, there will be a limit on successions and regulations so people aren't creating new states every few seconds. I know one of the biggest problems will be the distribution of land. But.. I think this is the future. Rather than forcing people to agree, just put people that agree together. I know I'm completely oversimplifying this. Before replying with the problems, take a minute to think out the solutions. They exist. It won't be perfect... but it sure as hell is better than what we have now. I can't guarantee the happiness of everyone... but at least ~48% of people won't constantly be unhappy.

Stop playing victim for a second, I'm not pointing a gun at you. You do complain a lot. I gave no intimation of this being a good or a bad thing. It wasn't a question; it was a fact of this thread. In fact, it's good that you complain because it shows that you think about things and aren't afraid of voicing what you believe to be truths. You did hit my point, though, sort of. Complaining, especially via a forum, will get you nowhere. This isn't considered political activity. Since this method is ineffective, how, if not through voting, will you achieve your end - is what I wanted to know. Let's see how you addressed it. If something is less bad, then by definition, it is better. I get your analogy, though. However, let's take it further. Say we live in a terrible terrible world where the majority of people are split, approximately 50-50 between wanting to kill a hundred people, and wanting to kill ten people. Minority protests aside, it is apparent that spoiling your ballot or voting with the third party will do nothing. Would you still not vote if you could make a difference between an additional ninety lives being lost? I agree: neither outcome is desirable, but one is definitely preferable. Likewise, if it came down to it, I'm sure you'd prefer being shot in the arm or leg as opposed to a fatal wound to the head. I'll accept that we can't get what we want through voting. I, and dawh (as far as I know) are incredibly liberal and ridiculously pacifistic. I assume by violence you mean restrictions on your freedoms. If you recall our old thread, you'll realize this isn't my desire. I'm completely open to a sort of globalized secession where people are free to move within boundaries in the world set up to meet their political desires. I hate that our political system makes us choose between ourselves and society, because I realize people have arbitrary preferences and neither are "right". I prefer a structured and socialized democracy, but I completely get that people like you don't. I have absolutely no desire to force you into doing something you want to do. That's why I'm trying to help. I want you to have an effective method to get what you want, but I don't think what you've outlined will get you anywhere. The impact you'll have on your friends and family, if you can persuade them, is minimum. Bear with me for a few words, because I think I have something that might help you, as much as I disagree with most of your views. It starts with voting. People hate change, so you have to ease them into it. Go with the lesser of the two evils. Kill ten people instead of a hundred, and maybe in the next election, the choice will be between twenty and five. If society retrogresses a bit and votes for the twenty, over time, you can work the numbers down. It's similar to drugs. I'm a massive proponent of decriminalization and in most instances legalization of all drugs. If people see a ballot grouping heroin, cocaine, and marijuana with a yes or no vote for legalization, given our current drug laws, there's no chance in hell it'd get passed. Start with the easy stuff. Get weed legalized, throw the "If we can have weed, why can't we have LSD too?" and people will just go with it because it isn't this scary startling change. Does that make sense? Get off the internet. You're not convincing anyone that you need to convince. If you feel so strongly about this stuff, become a lobbyist and find like minded people to rally with. You exist. Take it slowly, but realize it's possible. ...Like.. also. You sound really conservative. I don't know why you think you're in the minority, lol. Well, socially liberal, but definitely a fiscal conservative. Welcome to the middle. *edit* I apologize if I'm repeating anything anyone else has said. I don't have time to read this thread in it's entirety at the moment. =/

Because life goes on. It took me a while to come to terms with that. Whether I go to MIT or BU, I have little doubt I will be unhappy with my future. With this in mind, I have no problem with sacrificing academic intelligence to be more insightful in the fields of perception, sentimentality, aesthetics, and... almost everything else. I think that an altered state of consciousness is as essential and worthwhile experience in life as the random state of awareness you were born with. Aldous Huxley wrote a philosophical autobiography of sorts on his experience with the hallucinogenic drug mescalin. In it, he talks about the Mind at Large, where He talks about how evolution has favored a sort of "reducing valve" that filters out most things nonessential to survival. A lot of drugs temporarily remove this valve, and let the tripper experience a lot more than on is accustomed to, like the texture and intricate weaving of the wrinkles in your pants and the angles different objects in space make in relation to one another. He eventually examines some paintings, by Vermeer specifically, and notices that all these peculiarities that go unnoticed by the daily examiner of life are present in his work. The theory is that the genius notices all these things all the time, from musicians to scientists. Drug use, then, is a way for us to experience life the way other people do: by letting more get through the metaphorical reducing valve limiting our experience. Or maybe I'm just trying to justify bad decisions to myself. I think it's working, though. I am a known meh-er.

*wavehugs Peace* Hahaha... I swear to xkcd, I am only good (er, decent) at programming under some degree of intoxication. Unreality was trying to teach me to program for my '09 New Year's Resolution, and I'd screw up all the loops, math, and code in general when I was actually trying. +substances, and I wasn't so bad anymore. I can't remember if the same holds true for calculus*. ..This thread is making me wish I didn't have anymore exams this week. *In approximately a week, I like be enjoying a summer of math, drugs, life, and massages. asfdkskladfjaklsjdfaksljdflkajdk On a serious note... To an extent, I do regret a lot of my drug use. I can't tell if I have a thyroid problem (which is a possibility, because both my mom and aunt and had issues with that), but I've been really lethargic, and for lack of a better word, DUMB lately. I'd rather blame my body than the booze and smokes, but meh, let's be realistic. I went from all A's and a 4.8 GPA to... well, not sure yet, but here are the prospected grades: Phys - A or B (rather than confirmed A, like it should be) Eng - A French - A, or more likely, B APWH - lowwwww B Math - A or B (probably A, but we all failed a proofs test >_>) Stat - C or D Chem - B That's like.. maybe a 3.8-4.2? =/ Not to sound like I'm demonizing drugs, but.. Alcohol makes you dumb. Weed makes you lazy. Amphetamines make you think there's always an easy alternative. Combine usage of the three over several weeks, and I think you're f'ucked. =/ Goodbye MIT, lol. (Kidding. I'm still getting in. I'll cure cancer or do something equally rad.)

I've only skimmed the first two pages of this thread, so I don't know if opinions have been held the same for the continuation of the conversation, but UtF, let me ask you this: You complain a lot. How are you going to change anything by letting everyone else (the people that do vote) decide how the country is run?

This world is "ideal" how, exactly? Unreality, this is directed at you as well. @Peace: I'm going to echo what a few other people have said, but don't take amphetamines on a regular basis. Eventually, you won't be able to function as well as you were accustomed to off of them, and you risk giving yourself amphetamine induced psychosis, which is essentially schizophrenia. Parents have a tendency to over medicate their children, and a lot of doctors go with it. If you find your ADHD is a serious problem (you were diagnosed rather late, so I doubt it was *that* serious), increase your intake of vitamins and omegas especially. Do some yoga or daily concentration exercises. Use the pills only when you really have to, and hell, sell 'em if you want. Lol.. marijuana. It increases the brains ability to put up with meaingless s'hite while on it (homework, laundry, etc.), but there's definitely a agree of functionality that's lacking.

That sounds illegal to me. Cyberbullying is a crime, so you're within your rights to report it. However, there's a lot of misconception regarding the self-defense law. In short: if you injure or kill someone, no matter what the circumstances, you will be arrested and charged with a crime. The police will not make the assumption that you acted in self-defense. They will let the courts sort that out. Further, there are limitations on the force that can be used. The most important limit to the defense of self-defense is that the level of response must not exceed the threat. You can't shoot an unarmed man, for example. I'm iffy on internet laws, but it sounds like you want to write the equivalent for of a firewall for someone who doesn't want one. Unless you're this person's parent, I'm pretty sure unauthorized tampering is illegal. That said, I don't actually care what you do. If the bro's being a d'ick, f'uck with his internet.

Or maybe you guys should have just followed me. DID I survive, btw?

Branching off seemed to work wonderfully. ..Until Scout and Gregor caught up again. I don't think we moved after that.

Search party would be much appreciated. Unless I'm with you, then turn around haha.

I felt like there wasn't a lot of information to figure out who the murderer was. I nailed it, but that was mostly due to maurice holding Klein at knife-point pieced together with him wanting to get off the island mountain. I didn't like that the point of my role was to start lynches.. Doesn't seem like something a man of noodles would do. I did like that I could put my rope to a lot of other uses and was relatively free to break away and explore. I don't like that I still don't know if I'm alive/won.

Lmfao at the MM newsfeed. Yeah, I'm a cold-hearted druggie at heart. I was using the mountain to discover myself, and when you're aimlessly wandering in a frozen Skymoss-covered hell, well, that was to be expected.

Yeah, I had no goal either. I only got a background story after asking for one, and it was more or less the continuation of a joke unreality and I started earlier that day. As far as I know, I'm still alive *shrug*. I sent to "Go down" action ages ago. Brother Mandrake - From an early age you were beat brutally by your alcoholic father. Your mother was addicted to a hallucinogenic lichen called Skymoss imported from Bhutan, though it was super impure and cut with other drugs that were more addictive and destructive. Longing to escape from this dark household, you got caught up in gang life and eventually ended up serving various sentences and being in and out of jail, probation, etc. Finally, in your early twenties, after learning of your ex-girlfriend's pregnancy and then miscarriage, you ran away from it all and swore yourself into a monastery hoping to change your life and turn it all around. You managed to do so and have been living a life of noodliness every since

Yeah, so uh, 3 for 3 kids. (That being my official guess and all.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/obama-drug-legalization-debate_n_815074.html Skim the article and watch the video at the bottom. Obama has come a long way since this time last year. While he's still against legalization, he concedes it's a legitimate topic. It might not come before the end of his term, but *definitely* at some point over the next twenty years. *waits for our liberals to become less conservative*

[OOC] This game is dead. Sorry, but we haven't changed position for days, iunno what's left to discover, no one's talking, and.. I'm just kinda bored of it. =/[/OOC]

[OOCish] Nischal totally killed Brontson just to try to stop this expedition. [/OCC]

If everyone's on either side of the wall right now, I think we can talk in here?

John, I doubt it, and I don't have to respond to you. Your.. job? Oh, right. *releases Gregor* You guys don't like me calling the shots, but it's fine when a high lunatic does and withholds food from us? He's Nischal's responsibility now. I like the man, make sure he doesn't kill himself up here. Kirk, Addy, let's go.

How about groups like this: 1. Mandrake, Kirk, Admiral (so he can keep an eye on me ), Gregor (so he isn't with John) 2. Nischal, Doctor, Willem, John, Calcutta, Scout However, in my group, when I say move, you move. If you don't want to do that, join group two. Alternatively: 1. Mandrake, Kirk, Admiral 2. Nischal, Doc, Willy, Calcutta, Scout 3. John

I will release Gregor and take our share of rations (5 for me and Kirk) on the condition that that beast *points at the Savage* stays the hell away from me.