October 2010
1 post
Protip
Going to church may not be such a bad idea after all. A friend of mines brother in law just made a multi million dollar business deal through someone he met at church. Somehow I don’t think he is alone in this. Consider the following
>Solid Christian values have been at the heart of the traditional Western family unit for centuries, therefore it is logical that the church will attract...
September 2010
3 posts
I'd really like to talk to you
But I have no idea what to say…..? The recurring conundrum of my life. *sigh*
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A New Perspective
It pretty much an accepted concept that people are in control of their own destiny. Decisions and choices are enforced completely arbitrarily by the individuals own will, it is totally up to them to decide the direction in which they want to take. Such an attitude is likely to incite a certain amount of frustration when undesirable choices are made. A teacher who sees a good student go off track,...
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Some Lifehacks
- For a week only watch ABC/sky news/national geographic/ discovery channel. Do this regularly and you will be more intelligent
- If you are unhappy with something, rather than accept it complain and resist until you get your own way. Chances are if you return something to a shop and demand to see the manager, you will get your refund despite what it says on the receipt.
- Learn to view other...
August 2010
7 posts
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Oh My God
While being a very strong advocate for atheism, I am starting to understand the reasoning behind religion. Although for many people the idea of God is completely irrational, irrelevant and unjustifiable, I even have to admit that without religion a very large void would be left in the world. I would like to start by saying that I personally cannot believe an intelligent, objective and rational...
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Thinking of Deleting Facebook
positives -> liberate myself from the many self richteous bitches who post constant updates -> do something constructive other than stare at a computer screen -> aren’t tempted to abuse someone when they make a status update about how they hate their life so much
negatives -> can’t stalk certain people -> …so much time what to do? what do?
I
Dewd
-> Accidentally fart next to girl I like -> Was obviously me (pretty embarrassing) -> Forget about it and go to school next day -> Christian Living teacher talks about how rude and repulsive farting in public is my face -___-
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I'd just like to point out
That the supposed threat of “terrorism” isn’t nearly as prevalent as the media would have you believe. In the last 10 years, there have been several acts of international terrorism that have killed Australians, (9/11, bali bombings, London bombs etc). All of these were certainly tragedies, however I think as far as an average Australian goes there are far more pertinent problems...
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A possible solution to Overpopulation
I was watching Dick Smith’s documentary the other night about ‘overpopulation’ and how Australia and the world are digging a very deep hole in terms of exponential population growth that the earth’s resources cannot sustain. As an incentive, he is offering a million dollars cash to a person under 30 who comes up with the best original solution to this dilemma. I think I may...
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Did you know...
That the way we subconsciously determine who we think is attractive and who is not is based on the principle of assessing a potential partners physical characteristics in terms of their genes for the purpose of procreation? In other words, we find people ‘hot’ based on the quality of children they would produce. If, like many people I have relayed this mind blowing concept to you...
July 2010
5 posts
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Something that has recently struck me
With the federal election coming up, politics has become a conversation staple of late and something quite disconcerting has been brought to my attention. Quite a large number of people have absolutely no concept of what they are talking about. Sure, you could say people have no idea what they are talking about a lot of the time but the issue here is that these are the people who are voting for...
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What are these Muslims on about
The next time I hear the words “feminist” and “muslim” in the same sentence I think I’m going to shoot myself. These muslims who are trying to say that wearing the hijab, burka or whatever is done completely out of their own will are kidding themselves. Any person that would willingly choose to drape themself in what looks like a black tablecloth would only do so...
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White Guilt
I’m extremely over what I’ve heard to be described as “white guilt”. Yes, I acknowledge that atrocities have been committed against the aborigines, jews, native americans and virtually every race that isn’t white anglo saxon, but I think it’s worth noting that me and my generation weren’t in any form of existence while those acts were comitted. That is not...
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Things That Annoy Me
1. Waiters at restaurants who insist on putting your napkin on your lap for you. Unless you are a quadraplegic, I don’t really see why they insist on doing this . It might’ve been courteous 50 years ago but right now having a waiter lean over you and place a napkin over your upper thighs is just awkward.
2. People who take extreme care while unwrapping a gift. I fail to see the...
June 2010
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Self Esteem?
It has come to my attention people really value their self esteem and self worth above all else. This precedence can be found in the many different ways people attain their wants and needs. For example, some people measure their worth as a human being based on a test score while for others it’s proportional to how much physical action they can extort out of the opposite sex. Each to their own.
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May 2010
4 posts
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Are There Good and Bad People?
This question appears extremely simplistic to the average person, but after being recently introduced to an alternative viewpoint, I’m starting to question this everyday maxim.
Firstly, the actual meaning of the words good and bad require clarification. In this instance, a definition is not adequate as any person’s practical application of either of these terms is not consistent with...
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Banning The Burka
There has been alot of talk in the media lately about “banning the burka”, amidst claims that it isolates the islamic population as well as the recurring arguement that it poses a security threat. The burka has become a common sight in virtually every western country, infiltrating our schools, hospitals and shopping centres to the point where we are now completely desensitized to...
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My most treasured childhood memory
It is the morning of my first day of grade 2 and the anticipation of another school year is evident in my freshly cut hair and assiduously polished black shoes. The teacher marks the role over a constant murmer of excited chatter, symptomatic of two months of holiday stories to catch up on. Everything is fine, up until now. Bursting theatrically through the doorway, the young and unshaven deputy...
April 2010
4 posts
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Judging a person by their appearence
I’m currently attempting to gage just how much we judge people based solely on appearences. It’s a badly kept secret that good looking people’s attractiveness tends to correspond with popularity, something that is ubiquitous in almost every society. Think of the kids at school who were not held in very high esteem, now you can’t honestly tell me that they were very...
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Monogamy
It’s quite bizarre that humans (at least the civilised ones so minus Africa) have reached a stage where it is a societal expectation to be monogamous if you are in a relationship. No other animal does it as assiduously as we do and from a survival persepective it inhibits our procreation, so why has it become the standard for what is expected? We seem to struggle with it and alot of people...
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The Internet
I’ve been doing some thinking about how psychologically the computer differs from real life. I think a pretty accurate way of describing it is that the computer and internet are treated merely as an extension of ones senses and inner thoughts. This sounds abstract although it really isn’t that far away from the truth. Thoughts, are not something that most people treat with the same...
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I think my generation would do well to
Expand their vocabulary beyong the 20-25 words that embody their every conversation. This is particularly evident when girls are talking about a guy they don’t like. Please, by all means insult a person but the words creep, stalker, weirdo etc. are extremely overused. Just because a guy messages you on facebook, or txts you, doesn’t mean he is a stalker. How about instead you actually...
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Cross Country
Today at school we had cross country which was interesting. Something like long distance running is an extremely effective way of conspicusouly exposing the kid of attitude people have. When I look at the people who run 40m and then start walking before they are even sweating, I think it tells you more about the person than simply that they are lazy. Sure, they are apathetic towards exercise but...
March 2010
16 posts
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Expectations
I actually have come to the conclusion that people in general (in particular teenagers) are NO where near as original as they would like to believe they are. Actually, I very rarely see any originality in the actions of my peers that I couldn’t have witnessed watching Neighbours. Research shows that not only teenagers but kids form strong ideas within their minds about what certain types of...
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Today when I was watching TV I was thinking...
I find it a bit ironic that people like Madonna, Lady GaGa, Beyonce are described as feminist icons. We are told that they are sexy, confident blah blah, but really, how does sexualizing yourself to the point where your music video is banned from tv justify the title “feminist icon”. I think you’ll find that being sexually provocative is no where near as “cutting...
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IF you post personal information on facebook via a...
You are quite simply retarded. For all of you who are a bit slow, facebook is designed for you to invade other peoples privacy in every sense possible. I’m not blaming facebook, it’s the risk you take when you sign up for it. Surely you must be aware that when you write on your best friends wall “i fucking hate *insert name* they are so such a fucking bitch”, it appears on...
I laughed so hard
Moments you’ll never forget from high school. Freshmen year, theatre 1, there was this kid who was beyond obsessed with velociraptors. Like, he made specific sounds which related to moods of raptors, non-stop drew them ever waking moment, and sometimes would act like one. Every single class, we had to make up our own little short and perform it for the class, and every single time,...
I love this show
I’ve been watching the entire series in order and am currently up to season 4. The day I watch the last one will be the saddest day of my life
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exams
Today we had our first 2 hour maths exam in the big hall with everyone in it all at once. I always find tests and how the older you get the more like a military operation they become quite intriguing. Why do people care so much? So they can get a letter on a piece of paper that tells them they put in enough hours study and learnt their parabolas? Don’t get me wrong, I think school is...
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Body Language
There is nothing perhaps more invigorating that I experience on a daily basis than awkwardness. It used to make me want to bang my head against a table but I’ve gotten to the stage now where I almost thrive on it. I’m not sure exactly wat has prompted this but I’m strangely amused by how two or more people can be talking about one thing, yet it is painfully obvious everyone is...
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Scientology?
While I find it absurd that a sane, level headed person would believe in any religion at all it is absolutely beyond me why someone would devote their life to a cult founded in 1952 by a science fiction writer. You don’t need to be a genius to connect the dots as to why the concept of Scientology is insulting on not only an ethical level but an intellectual one. First you are brainwashed...
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Ironic?
The earth has existed for billions of years and has always been sustainable. In the relatively tiny space of 300 years we have done irreversible damage to the environment. I think the problem is we are intelligent enough to create technology however we lack the discipline and emotional intelligence to use it responsibly or unselfishly, and as a result we have enough bombs to destroy the planet...
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Why are we are...?
so obsessed with sex? Is this a new cultural thing that my generation is responsible for? People would probably answer this with “pfft speak for yourself you’re a 16 year old boy” but it has recently come to my attention that sex is the focal point of human existence. I can’t see why I haven’t noticed this earlier but sex is entrenched in music, tv, movies, news,...
Communism
We’ve been learning about communism in Modern History lately, and to be quite honest I think on a conceptual level it’s retarded. How is it natural for everyone to be of equal status and have “shared ownership” of everything. It completely contravenes natural selection and human behaviour, do you think in the animal kingdown there’s a head lion who makes sure everyone...
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Do people actually change?
I think it’s fair to say that everyone gets pissed off at their friends at some point and from experience the worst fights I’ve had have involved friends not enemies. Why is it worse if a friend does something to annoy you rather than just a neutral person? Is it because you have built trust with them, you thought they were better? When I look at my grade I see so many people who used...
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Karma?
I’m struggling to decide whether I believe in karma or not. Usually I’d take the scientific side and say it isn’t proven but there does seem to be plenty of coincidences in life that make me think it is possible. It’s probably easier to think that it’s not real because at least that way I’m not accountable for my actions although maybe that type of attitude is...
Internet censorship?
Kevin Rudd you are a tool, why on earth would you pay over 40 million dollars to get a filter that slows the internet down yet a 12 year old can bypass it within minutes? You aren’t gonna stop kiddie porn you fool you’re just gonna annoy everyone by slowing down the internet by up to 70%. Do something useful instead of handing out laptops and speed up the internet like you said you...
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School sometimes
Why is it that people at private schools feel that they have this god given right to be superior to everyone else? I find it funny how so many of the more urr academically challenged students all believe they will go to uni to become some sort of professional. The big ones I can think of at the moment are archetects, lawyers, property developers, forensic police and of course doctors. I could tell...
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Fashion?
This might sound cynical but is paying thousands of dollars for a dress or handbag not a massive waste of money? I realise you may consider it art but what justifies a price tag of a small car when all it really is is material sewed together. I’m not saying don’t worry about what you look like, I’m just thinking that maybe your regular slave labour produced t-shirt isn’t...
February 2010
8 posts
What went wrong?
From what I’ve seen music has suffered a massive decline over the past decade. Each generation or decade seems to have had some sort of defining act of movement, whether it be grunge, glam, punk etc. Ever since about the 50’s onwards music has moved forward progressively, always changing and evolving. This was good in the sense that it kept music fresh and helped define the pop...
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Today I was thinking
Why are there so many fat people? I’m obviously not the first to think about this however overweight people are so ubiquitous in our society, I personally find it sickening. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that human’s aren’t designed to sit at a desk all day, order food from restaurants and drive cars eveywhere and since the modern world allows us to do all these...
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Religion
Had a big arguement with my mum over religion today, she’s not very impressed that I’ve decided I’m an aetheist. The main problem I have with religion is that through history it has led to the manipulation and brainwashing of entire countries, far from the “love thy neighbour” approach the bible talks about and seems to have no real evidence as to what it is...
Tonight
Tonight I had the pleasure of attending the Year 11 information evening. I don’t really dread these functions as much as most people, I really get a kick out of seeing how kids often look like a smaller, less fat/bald version of their parents. One thing that always strikes me about teachers such as Mr Wright, Robbo etc. is how they talk about school as if it were an episode of the OC. The...
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My Epiphany
I had somewhat of an epiphany today. Most of the time you spend at school you aren’t actually effectively learning anything, and it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. Every class has one, the “is it on the test kid”. No matter what the teacher mentions, their hand will always be the first up and instead of some sort of valid contribution, it will always be the same...
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Smoking
I don’t get why sooo many kids my age and even younger in some cases start smoking. I have some sympathy if your trying to kick your 20 year old addiction however the deadshits who think its cool to light up outside your local train station, there’s something wrong with you. From what I can tell it tastes like arse and just makes me think your scum, we’ll see how important your...
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Today was Monday which means we have a shorter lunch time due to assembly. Assembly was far more traumatic than usual and now I’m scared of driving so thanks Reeves. After spending half the day struggling to stay awake I’ve had somewhat of an epiphany, I probably need more sleep so I guess that means putting an end to the 1am episodes of Seinfeld that have become a nightly ritual....
I went to a university experience day the other day to find out more about what it means to be a “journalist”. Overall the day encouraged me to follow it as a career path rather than discourage me however it seems as though I need to start being “proactive” if I’m going to get a job in the industry. One of the things the journalism professor insisted that we should do...
December 2009
3 posts
Slow down
I’m kinda sad really now that I realise all of my education from this point onwards has a direct impact on my future, I think I really will miss lessons spent screwing around and making the teachers life hell. In retrospect I probably should’ve made the most of the carefree bliss of early childhood, it really is all downhill from here.
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories
-Plato”
