Affirmations!

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:43 pm

"I will love all others as I love myself. With lots of lube and midget porn."

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:44 pm

"It's not how you play the game, but how badly you get to humiliate the idiot you're playing against."

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:18 pm

"I lovingly and joyfully share my tools for success with others. I love to help to empower others whenever the opportunity arises – as long as I get my 60% cut."

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:41 am

"The human body consists of:
65% Oxygen
18% Carbon
10% Hydrogen
3% Nitrogen
1.5% Calcium
1% Phosphorous
0.35% Potassium
0.25% Sulfur
0.15% Sodium
0.15% Chlorine
0.05% Magnesium
0.0004% Iron
0.00004% Iodine
Which costs about $1.00 if it were recycled.
You just have to learn to put up with the funny looks you get when dropping off a corpse at the recycling plant."

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:43 am

"Everybody needs love. Some people simply pay more for it than others."

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:47 am

"It wasn't you, it was me. You were just the bitch that caused me to do it."

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:52 am

THEY KEEP SAYING satire is dead because reality is always weirder -- and they keep proving it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:54 am

Good morning, citizens. Here is what you are supposed to believe today.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:49 am

abeerinthemorning wrote:Good morning, citizens. Here is what you are supposed to believe today.

NO! Don't listen to what THEY say!

THEY are here to eat your children. I can prove it, just don't question my proofs. THEY are always evil, THEY have never done anything for anyone.

<i>What? THEY are gone? Oh...</i>

The new THEY are here to eat your children. Follow our emotions, WE are always right! If YOU don't agree with all that WE say, then YOU are THEY!

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:52 am

When the revolution comes, it will be brought by leaders that promise to eliminate the traffic problems.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:08 pm

Post replay 100! Wheeee!

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:44 pm

"With the cosmic tools of love, light and joy, through positive intent, and a credit card I AM able to create the body that I desire now – as soon as I finish inflating this party doll."
http://www.rotten.com/library/sex/mastu ... sex-dolls/

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:01 am

"Leave some trace."

- CC

snowveil · Post by **snowveil** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:28 am

"The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real..."
-Hunter Thompson

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:30 am

Some seriously SICK MoFos here.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:29 pm

"I love every part of me, and I am grateful for all of my lessons offered. I AM ready to move forward into a loving relationship with myself, with spirit and all others – as soon as I finish this double Long Island Ice tea."

Bambi of Finland · Post by **Bambi of Finland** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:32 pm

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in!

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:27 pm

"I am now willing to remove all clutter from my inner-adult. This activity opens up new and sacred space, which I intend to fill with love, joy and as many whores as my bank account will allow."

Phydeau · Post by **Phydeau** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:23 am

The common denominator in all your failed relationships is you.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:22 am

"I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing WITH the other people that are laughing at you."

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:14 am

Your contribution is valued.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:26 am

Yes, you are just as funny when you're sober.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:53 pm

"I AM aware that the tools for a happy, prosperous and healthy life are being loving, joyful and positive in thought, word, action and emotion. Other tools include a Smith and Wesson 9mm semi-auto with a full clip, a can of gasoline, a few matches and a bottle of Wild Turkey."

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:58 pm

"I now choose to forgive all others and myself for any negative experience I have ever had, or ever will have. All of my experiences are simply stepping stones back to my ‘C’ student social worker cum therapist who refuses to call me back when I’m in crisis, doesn’t take my fucking checks, files her nails while I’m spilling my guts and nods her head like one of those fucking dashboard dogs every time I utter a fucking word. Fuck her!"

And fuck you too Badger. You sick bastard.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:47 pm

And fuck you too Badger. You sick bastard.

Yeah, well, at least Bob will talk to me in a fucking bar.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:20 am

Thank you world for beautiful males with gorgeous long manes, may one special one become my closest friend.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 4:52 pm

"The universe provides for everything that I need to achieve my dreams and goals – except cash, good credit, a business plan, and a wife that refuses to let up on the alimony."

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 1:08 am

Communities are built on the recognition of the unique abilities of every member. Commerce and the public service sector define us on the basis of deficiency and need.

PJ · Post by PJ » Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:53 am

abeerinthemorning wrote:...Commerce and the public service sector define us on the basis of deficiency and need.

Not at all. Actual "needs" are few and make up only a tiny fraction of the economy. The production, promotion, and acquisition of stuff that nobody really requires makes up the overwhelming bulk of most people's livlihood.

Most of what you actually need has for some time been produced as a commodity, and has been dropping in price (in honest constant dollars) for generations.

Manipulation of insecure people's desires is where the big money is. To take one simple example, tennis shoes used to be what you bought your kids because they cost ten bucks a pair. Nowadays many modern public school kids think they'll be social outcasts if they're not wearing $150+ tennis shoes. This is a triumph of salesmanship more than anything else. (But it's a triumph of profitability too since those $150 shoes cost less than ten bucks to produce in Asia.)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 11:58 am

PJ wrote:
abeerinthemorning wrote:...Commerce and the public service sector define us on the basis of deficiency and need.

Not at all. Actual "needs" are few and make up only a tiny fraction of the economy. The production, promotion, and acquisition of stuff that nobody really requires makes up the overwhelming bulk of most people's livlihood.

Most of what you actually need has for some time been produced as a commodity, and has been dropping in price (in honest constant dollars) for generations.

Manipulation of insecure people's desires is where the big money is. To take one simple example, tennis shoes used to be what you bought your kids because they cost ten bucks a pair. Nowadays many modern public school kids think they'll be social outcasts if they're not wearing $150+ tennis shoes. This is a triumph of salesmanship more than anything else. (But it's a triumph of profitability too since those $150 shoes cost less than ten bucks to produce in Asia.)

But the success of commerce has been to use that salemanship to manipulate people's needs till they go for the wrong things. A 99 cent burger at McDonalds instead of an $8 salad from the whole foods market, or a three dollar salad from the produce stand, for example. All of which I am guilty of.

Even with the dropping price of needs, they're still hard to come by in a lot of different situations. When I lived in a ghetto, the supermarkets were more expensive then in the nice neighborhoods. And millions of people still starve when we've got ten times the food we need to feed everbody. According to a lot of commerce and society, those hungry people are deficient in money, or a desirable geographical location, or an effective government.

It's not just insecure people who go for this. It can include anyone who gets bombarded daily with the messages that the people with a purpose put down on them. We all have a need for food, but commerce succeeds in convincing us that we don't have time to sit down and eat, or time to make a salad, or enough money for a healthy diet, or are somehow too deficient to get by unless we make this accomodation to the opinions of the many.

That's a great part about the lack of commerce at Burning Man. That you can step away from those messages. That's something I like about here too. People here aren't trying to sell a particular kind of groupthink.