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Who or what controls this illusion? | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1316209  United States05/07/2011 01:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 934291 United States05/07/2011 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1369837 United States05/07/2011 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1299003  Canada05/07/2011 01:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1369837Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... Not weird, real good observation actually, this is how the game is played. BRAVO! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1369837 United States05/07/2011 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1369837Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... Not weird, real good observation actually, this is how the game is played. BRAVO! you know...I have always asked...but never have I said May I. I'm going to try this in a new perspective.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1325291  Finland05/07/2011 02:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, you are on the right track. Everything has already been decided. I personally noticed this at an early age when i was abusing Butane(yes its stupid, but a real eye-opener). Everytime the substance started to kick in there was this "Deja-vu" about an other time using the substance. 2 "highs" were always connected thus you could say i could see the future. Tried fighting the "destiny" but always ended up angry that the illusion had played me all along. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1374116 United States05/07/2011 02:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1373871 United Kingdom05/07/2011 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Anonymous Coward 934291 Another "opium" or trick of the mind. |
| Aleilius User ID: 1371542 United States05/07/2011 03:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1369837Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... Now this is an interesting response. So I'm probably gonna have to let this finish playing out. How tedious! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1349539 United States05/07/2011 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yah, it's pretty messed up from a humans point of view. it's taken me a long time to stop raging against the machine. ET's are involved. i had to determine if all of them were evil. they aren't. so i will go along with the bs hoping to understand later. guess they gotta do what they gotta do.. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1369837Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... Not weird, real good observation actually, this is how the game is played. BRAVO! There are no guarantees this is "how the game is played" They're all theories until they are not! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1373791 United States05/07/2011 03:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Objective, Rules, and General GameplayOne player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns asking "Mother/Father, may I ____?" and makes a movement suggestion. For example, one might ask, "Mother/Father, may I take five steps forward?" The mother/father either replies "Yes, you may" or "No, you may not do that, but you may _____ instead" and inserts his/her own suggestion. The players usually move closer to the mother/father but are sometimes led farther away. Even if the mother/father makes an unfavorable suggestion, the child must still perform it. The first of the children to reach the location of the mother/father wins the game. That child then becomes the mother/father himself, the original mother/father becomes a child, and a new round begins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1369837Weird....I don't know why this just came to mind...but it did... Not weird, real good observation actually, this is how the game is played. BRAVO! you know...I have always asked...but never have I said May I. I'm going to try this in a new perspective. No point asking when it's scripted! "May I" doesn't change the script! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1325291 Finland05/07/2011 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| TagMySwag User ID: 1291631  Netherlands05/07/2011 03:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1373871 United Kingdom05/07/2011 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What pisses me off is the fact that I'm not "in the driver's seat". That there is some robotic or sick and twisted fuck of a being controlling the script and my scenes. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1316209The "I" (or ego) is not in the driver's seat, it's the unconscious that's really running things...... maybe. |
| Awakened User ID: 1374157 United States05/07/2011 03:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah I said fuck it, I'm not messing around anymore, I'm ready to give my life. I will no longer contribute to the evil system. I no longer pay or file income taxes or contribute in any way that I can avoid. The time has come to crash the system and if it won't crash then I'm ready to die. It's time to stop being fearful slaves and time to become gods. What the believer believes the prover proves. Robert Anton Wilson Nothing is plainer than that the sympathy with war is a juvenile and temporary status. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1373791 United States05/07/2011 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1373791What is it that you think is illusory? Is your hand real? Does your heart beat? OP is saying that free will on a larger scale is an illusion. Societal level? Individual? Atomic? What does it mean for free will to exist on a small scale but not larger? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, you are on the right track. Everything has already been decided. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1325291I personally noticed this at an early age when i was abusing Butane(yes its stupid, but a real eye-opener). Everytime the substance started to kick in there was this "Deja-vu" about an other time using the substance. 2 "highs" were always connected thus you could say i could see the future. Tried fighting the "destiny" but always ended up angry that the illusion had played me all along. It's a tedious exercise playing this scripted role... Maybe I can defeat the programming? I can see exactly what is coming most of the time and when I hear scripted shit out of characters around me I roll my eyes now..it's so predictable I think of a skunk and 'lo and behold I see a skunk when I go out walking I want some severe tornadoes and a couple hours later the tornado alarms go off Fine and dandy with the small stuff like the skunk but with the stuff that really matters it's becoming tedious. Yeah kewl that I think a street needs streetlights and then suddenly they are putting up streetlights but really I'd love to just fast forward... |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A not unreasonable perspective based on my experiences. The challenge is that with our ordinarily quite limited abilities it may well be impossible to ever comprehend what is truly going on and who is really "in charge", if "anyone". Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1374116Yeah... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1305582 Canada05/07/2011 04:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1316209 United States05/07/2011 04:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yah, it's pretty messed up from a humans point of view. it's taken me a long time to stop raging against the machine. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1349539ET's are involved. i had to determine if all of them were evil. they aren't. so i will go along with the bs hoping to understand later. guess they gotta do what they gotta do.. It's a possibility. Never met an ET so I don't know if they're in the storyline. Still believe a bigger ME is creating this illusion I believe bigger ME is robotic in nature and just "pooping out" scenes. Bigger ME is really little ME experiencing limitations. Could be ET's but since I've never met one I wouldn't know. |
