So, I've only been using this account for about nine days, and I went from 30 views to now 150 views. That's goals in life. Though, my other account has 2,153 views. Yup. I'm sitting proudly, swinging my feet. You know why? Because it's not the view count that is impressive. It's the fact that there is nothing on my profile. Okay, I'm getting tired now.
i'm quite proud of not being emotionally dependent on money or popularity. if you make pictures or words or noises that interest other people, this is not about yourself, it is about what you create, and that is what is important, not ourselves as one person, but showing people what is beyond the box of familiarity, that exploitation doesn't want them to realize there is even a box there.
I don't think I want to be popular because I feel like the more people that know you the more gossip that is created. And the more under the microscope that person is. Whether the gossip is true or untrue, it always becomes a mockery for other people to exploit. I read an opinion once, that stated if someone post a nude picture of themselves other people have the right to do or say whatever they want with it. But, I disagree. That photo still belongs to the person who made it. That body belongs to them. You can't just do or say whatever you want. I understand that people have opinions. And I know that's going to happen. But, you can't just do and say whatever you want. And I feel like when it comes to people who are really popular, that's what other people do to them. But, with great popularity... comes people who actually like the popular person. And I think the popular person can somewhat control their overall reputation by acting the way that they want people to see them as. For example, if someone wants to be seen as a good person, they do good things. Therefore, their reputation will be overall good, regardless of that minority that doesn't like them for whatever reason. As for money, I don't know... I need money. So, I can't say with wholeheardness that I don't depend on it. Lol! So, people create things for other people?
You think if I make another thread with the word slut in it I will get more views? And here I thought I was getting views because of my intellect.
I was only vaguely aware that there was even a views feature in the profile. I'ma check it out. Anyway aoab, you do tend to post prolifically when you are active here, and you come across as quite the character, so I am sure that folks are fascinated by you and want to know more about you personally or see your other posts.
One way or another aoabaizing, we are happy you chose to be here and entertain us with your wit and your charm Have a happy day!
people create things because creating things is what makes us "people" creating = sapience exploring = sentience "But, with great popularity... comes people who actually like the popular person. And I think the popular person can somewhat control their overall reputation by acting the way that they want people to see them as. For example, if someone wants to be seen as a good person, they do good things. Therefore, their reputation will be overall good, regardless of that minority that doesn't like them for whatever reason." this is a great fantasy. popularity is a flower that blooms and then fades. and when popularity moves on, as its fickleness always does, the formerly popular are often more hated then then those never heard of. it is a sad thing that so many people are that way. it is an illness of the dominant culture, that time and nature and diversity, sometimes heal, until the next wave of conquest comes along. people love and hate the illusions they have about each other, whether of public figures, or individuals in their own lives. no one ever really knows anyone other then them selves. only that image of each person other then themselves they have in their own mind. material need and dependence is a separate thing from emotional/spiritual need and dependence, or at least it can be. and it is, i believe, healthier for the mind, to separate them and keep them separated.
"However: What can a respectable man talk about with the greatest of pleasure? Answer: About himself. And so I am going to talk about myself." Notes From The Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
I know we have had our differences aoabai but I feel like clinging to them would just be petty. I do find you to be an interesting person and you did tempt me to check out your profile. You were right, there isn't anything there. I say post a picture of yourself! Fuck 'em! But I understand that might be an unnecessary pain in the ass for you.
I disagree with your opinions on every level....you also often come off rude and imply you are being insulted when no insult exists.....hidig behind ''I feel'' isn't helping you people who support white supremacy also say ''I feel'' in their dumbass posts....so what is the difference between me telling them they are full of shit and me telling you that you are full of shit?
respectability has an aspect of being in the eye of the beholder too. or perhaps also the 'eye' of the dominant culture. or even one of the defining aspects that identify a culture. self no, there is no respectability earned there. pleasure is respectable when it is not at the expense of the (loss of) pleasure of others. not that asceticism is inherently 'respectable either, but one can admire the self discipline it expresses. (a self discipline more respectably applied to the kind of world we all participate in creating, that we each experience individually, create by the statistics of how we live in it) the price of freedom is consideration. no amount of killing and dying, however self sacrificial, can or does create an ounce of freedom, without consideration, and that nearly universal, for others. (not just one 'race' or one species or even one planet)
pride is something i've always been a bit distrustful of. it tends to lead one into carelessness, and carelessness tends to get one into trouble. that doesn't exactly make it evil, exactly. buuuuut, just not exactly logical or a very good idea. it feels wonderful of course, especially if its well earned.
