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TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Aug 23, 2012, 12:41:41 AM8/23/12
to
"Just as fast-food executives have capitalized on reward circuitry in
our brains, savvy Internet entrepreneurs could influence our every
action"
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/internet-compulsion-disorder-should-we-include-it-in-the-dsm/249905/
Yes, yes, I'm a junkie. My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
what it is to live without the Internet, unable to shop, visit sex
sites, launch revolution or whatever. And I'm assuming we are not the
silly types that chat on Facebook. We do have a life, or at least try
to. This is like the story of the chicken and the egg. Who was first,
the Internet or the monkey in the cage?
I'm not against the Internet. The issue is having a balance, which we
obviosly miss. Here in the boondocks there's absolutely nothing to do,
so you turn to the Internet, alcohol or something not to go insane.
You lose your sleep and need a pill of some kind.
The Internet is a drug and should be regulated. Kidding, I'm for
liberalizing drugs, even those which are banned. The real issue is the
monkey in the cage.
Grab a bike or a pair of shoes and roam free. Nobody should keep us in
the cage and lock it up too.
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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
our brains, savvy Internet entrepreneurs could influence our every
action"
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/internet-compulsion-disorder-should-we-include-it-in-the-dsm/249905/
Yes, yes, I'm a junkie. My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
what it is to live without the Internet, unable to shop, visit sex
sites, launch revolution or whatever. And I'm assuming we are not the
silly types that chat on Facebook. We do have a life, or at least try
to. This is like the story of the chicken and the egg. Who was first,
the Internet or the monkey in the cage?
I'm not against the Internet. The issue is having a balance, which we
obviosly miss. Here in the boondocks there's absolutely nothing to do,
so you turn to the Internet, alcohol or something not to go insane.
You lose your sleep and need a pill of some kind.
The Internet is a drug and should be regulated. Kidding, I'm for
liberalizing drugs, even those which are banned. The real issue is the
monkey in the cage.
Grab a bike or a pair of shoes and roam free. Nobody should keep us in
the cage and lock it up too.
-----------------------------------------------------------
http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Aug 23, 2012, 10:43:00 AM8/23/12
to
OOn Aug 23, 9:58 am, unhooked <being@.... --- -- .> wrote:
>
> When our electricity goes out
> and, suddenly, without warning, I am unable
> to do whatever rituals that have become habitual,
> for me this is a great freedom. Liberation. A true
> revolution as things revolve around electricity.
>
> This freedom of habit, for me, is greatly appreciated.
> No lights. No hum of the fridge. No television. No computer.
Oh common, doesn't your meat and food go bad when the power is out? Or
are you vegetarian and live off your garden? If you are, then I bow to
the master.
I meant the laptop was out, but not my tablets and they don't run on
solar power. Wait, they can run on solar power! I saw the solar
charger on Amazon.
>
> It's too bad that you missed the boat on this one, imo.
> You had a perfect opportunity to experience Nirvana
> if only until the power was returned to you.
>
> Well, perhaps next time
> you may find
> samadhi
> and be released
> from your cage for a spell.
> You have the keys to the lock within.
> Perhaps some day you will find it, and use it.
> Nobody else can do it except you.
>
> You might try a combination
> of psycho-therapy and medications.
> Sometimes some people need both.
>
> As well as a spiritual inclination
> which might be m'ore of a
> gift than the others.
>
> - in the present
Oh no, you are not saying that, do you? The only Nirvana here is
inside the YOGA RETREAT. They got everything in there, but you must be
in there. It costs you money, but hey we live in a capitalist society!
Who shares his ultimate secrets for living happy if not the
TibetanMonkey?
Sure we need space and people to be happy (mostly the space) and
that's what the revolution is all about. You may not have Nirvana but
you will have a banana and place for walking, hiking and biking.
> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> > My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
> >was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
> >what it is to live without the Internet ...
> > My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
> >was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
>
> When our electricity goes out
> and, suddenly, without warning, I am unable
> to do whatever rituals that have become habitual,
> for me this is a great freedom. Liberation. A true
> revolution as things revolve around electricity.
>
> This freedom of habit, for me, is greatly appreciated.
> No lights. No hum of the fridge. No television. No computer.
Oh common, doesn't your meat and food go bad when the power is out? Or
are you vegetarian and live off your garden? If you are, then I bow to
the master.
I meant the laptop was out, but not my tablets and they don't run on
solar power. Wait, they can run on solar power! I saw the solar
charger on Amazon.
>
> It's too bad that you missed the boat on this one, imo.
> You had a perfect opportunity to experience Nirvana
> if only until the power was returned to you.
>
> Well, perhaps next time
> you may find
> samadhi
> and be released
> from your cage for a spell.
>
> >Grab a bike or a pair of shoes and roam free.
> >Nobody should keep us in the cage and lock it up too.
>
> The only one keeping you in the cage is you.
> >Grab a bike or a pair of shoes and roam free.
> >Nobody should keep us in the cage and lock it up too.
>
> You have the keys to the lock within.
> Perhaps some day you will find it, and use it.
> Nobody else can do it except you.
>
> You might try a combination
> of psycho-therapy and medications.
> Sometimes some people need both.
>
> As well as a spiritual inclination
> which might be m'ore of a
> gift than the others.
>
> - in the present
Oh no, you are not saying that, do you? The only Nirvana here is
inside the YOGA RETREAT. They got everything in there, but you must be
in there. It costs you money, but hey we live in a capitalist society!
Who shares his ultimate secrets for living happy if not the
TibetanMonkey?
Sure we need space and people to be happy (mostly the space) and
that's what the revolution is all about. You may not have Nirvana but
you will have a banana and place for walking, hiking and biking.
TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Aug 23, 2012, 2:41:39 PM8/23/12
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On Aug 23, 1:36 pm, uhooked <being@.... --- -- .> wrote:
> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> TibetanMonkey wrote:
> > unhooked wrote:
> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
>
> >> > My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
> >> >was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
> >> >what it is to live without the Internet ...
>
> >> When our electricity goes out
> >> and, suddenly, without warning, I am unable
> >> to do whatever rituals that have become habitual,
> >> for me this is a great freedom. Liberation. A true
> >> revolution as things revolve around electricity.
>
> >> This freedom of habit, for me, is greatly appreciated.
> >> No lights. No hum of the fridge. No television. No computer.
>
> >Oh common, doesn't your meat and food go bad when the power is out?
>
> The local stores usually have ice.
> >> TibetanMonkey wrote:
>
> >> > My laptop was down for a couple of days, and I
> >> >was trying to type with one finger on my tablet. Impossible! Imagine
> >> >what it is to live without the Internet ...
>
> >> When our electricity goes out
> >> and, suddenly, without warning, I am unable
> >> to do whatever rituals that have become habitual,
> >> for me this is a great freedom. Liberation. A true
> >> revolution as things revolve around electricity.
>
> >> This freedom of habit, for me, is greatly appreciated.
> >> No lights. No hum of the fridge. No television. No computer.
>
> >Oh common, doesn't your meat and food go bad when the power is out?
>
> Personally however, I don't fret about perish
> able stuff in ways. Everything is impermanent
> in a profound found Way.
The local stores have solar chargers? That's very high tech. I guess
they practice my wisdom.
>
> Once you realize that, if Ever,
> you may dew. And then, if lucky, you may
> find yourself in less of your various predicaments.
>
> Your predicaments are predicated
> on your power, your lack of power, your lap
> and tops that spin.
>
> What happens to your lap
> once you stand up?
I'm careful to stand up. My laptop is secure on my lap. Would you get
up with a baby on your lap?
> > Or are you vegetarian and live off your garden?
>
> and continues to grow cucumbers, among various herbs,
> plus some other edibles.
Some of the wisest men claim to grow ganja in their garden and at
least they know what they smoke. I don't even know what I drink. I
just know it's Canadian whiskey, ie. whiskey handcrafted by happy
people in a socialist country.
> We do have bananas, in our fridge.
> They got placed there during the heat-wave.
>
> The bananas don't normally need a place
> for walking, hiking nor biking.
>
> - go figure
Yes, but they come handy. You must know not to place them in your
pocket though. Everything has a way, the right way and the wrong way.
But you learn by "trial and error." Evolution works like that. Who
hasn't had a banana smashed or rotten?
Some say a paper bag is best, others say hanging is the way to go,
while still others keep them in the fridge. But on the go, you better
know how to pack a banana. The important thing is that you take that
first step and learn along the way.
TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher
Aug 24, 2012, 9:13:49 PM8/24/12
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On Aug 24, 6:15 pm, walker <being@.... --- -- .> wrote:
> Monkey wrote:
> > Monkey wrote:
> >> Monkey wrote:
>
> >> > Wait, I thought my effort to put myself in the boondocks would be
> >> > appreciated. So I did of my effort to communicate with one finger.
>
> Index, middle, ring or little?
Index, telling the right way to go.
>
> >> Last night I went out after I wrote that (with all ten fingers) and
> >> this lady with kids in a large van was coming out the parking lot and
> >> couldn't wait for me to pass first. She blocked me and started making
> >> a phone call while I stood there, until I knocked on her window and
> >> she moved.
>
> Why didn't you go around?
I think it's a matter of "priorities" and pride. Pedestrians first,
cyclists second, last are the cars.
>
> >> We must teach drivers that pedestrians are not monkeys.
>
> You and your dog will be teachers of drivers?
Actually dogs enjoy more respect than cyclists and pedestrians around
here.
>
> >> I did look in
> >> the mirror to make sure I didn't look like Big Foot. Not without my
> >> monkey mask anyway. That's a project of mine: Going around in my
> >> monkey mask.
>
> Wearing a monkey mask
> helps you teach drivers you are not a monkey?
>
> >I don't know if it was sufficiently clear, but when you go outside and
> >find unfriendly, rude, aggressive people, you feel like going home and
> >finding nice people on the Internet.
>
> When you say you,
> you mean you. Don't you?
Me and others, of course. No cursing or giving the finger on the
Internet.
>
> > At least they don't have the
> >means to make you feel like a monkey.
>
> Only you have the means and the ways
> to make yourself feel what you feel.
I'm OK with it. A monkey has a particular vantage point over the human
species. Of course, you must be impartial.
>
> If ever you take responsibility for that
> you may find yourself with an amazing
> source of the source of your feelings.
I can live with the fact that many people want to be a lion in the
jungle, but my humble ways don't let me be another species I don't
identify with. I'm talking about the lion as a symbol of power and
arrogance. I don't need a truck to be someone, for example.
>
> > Hey, nothing wrong with being a
> >monkey, just that they are no better than you.
>
> Then why try to teach drivers that you are not one?
It would sound intimidating to them --I think-- that they are dealing
with a man in a mask, having that same purpose as this other one...
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp35.jpg
>
> > You start wondering
> >where's the real people in this country, but that's why I'm going to
> >NYC.
>
> You might want to make a note to yourself
> to remind you that wherever you go
> there you are.
>
> If and when you are on top of the world,
> you might notice how nobody has the power
> to bring you down. No matter how rude or crude.
> No matter what is done intentionally or accidentally.
>
> You might also, in that state, take a look around
> to see what ship you are on.
>
> Even while sailing into the mouth of a Red Giant,
> there is plenty of time to dance and sing and enjoy
> what Earth has to offer.
>
> Have a good trip to the Big Apple.
Thank you. I was fearing the Black Hole and you fear the Red Giant.
It's a matter of perspective. ;)
> Monkey wrote:
> > Monkey wrote:
> >> Monkey wrote:
>
> >> > Wait, I thought my effort to put myself in the boondocks would be
> >> > appreciated. So I did of my effort to communicate with one finger.
>
> Index, middle, ring or little?
Index, telling the right way to go.
>
> >> Last night I went out after I wrote that (with all ten fingers) and
> >> this lady with kids in a large van was coming out the parking lot and
> >> couldn't wait for me to pass first. She blocked me and started making
> >> a phone call while I stood there, until I knocked on her window and
> >> she moved.
>
> Why didn't you go around?
I think it's a matter of "priorities" and pride. Pedestrians first,
cyclists second, last are the cars.
>
> >> We must teach drivers that pedestrians are not monkeys.
>
> You and your dog will be teachers of drivers?
Actually dogs enjoy more respect than cyclists and pedestrians around
here.
>
> >> I did look in
> >> the mirror to make sure I didn't look like Big Foot. Not without my
> >> monkey mask anyway. That's a project of mine: Going around in my
> >> monkey mask.
>
> Wearing a monkey mask
> helps you teach drivers you are not a monkey?
>
> >I don't know if it was sufficiently clear, but when you go outside and
> >find unfriendly, rude, aggressive people, you feel like going home and
> >finding nice people on the Internet.
>
> When you say you,
> you mean you. Don't you?
Me and others, of course. No cursing or giving the finger on the
Internet.
>
> > At least they don't have the
> >means to make you feel like a monkey.
>
> Only you have the means and the ways
> to make yourself feel what you feel.
I'm OK with it. A monkey has a particular vantage point over the human
species. Of course, you must be impartial.
>
> If ever you take responsibility for that
> you may find yourself with an amazing
> source of the source of your feelings.
I can live with the fact that many people want to be a lion in the
jungle, but my humble ways don't let me be another species I don't
identify with. I'm talking about the lion as a symbol of power and
arrogance. I don't need a truck to be someone, for example.
>
> > Hey, nothing wrong with being a
> >monkey, just that they are no better than you.
>
> Then why try to teach drivers that you are not one?
It would sound intimidating to them --I think-- that they are dealing
with a man in a mask, having that same purpose as this other one...
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/occupylry/bp35.jpg
>
> > You start wondering
> >where's the real people in this country, but that's why I'm going to
> >NYC.
>
> You might want to make a note to yourself
> to remind you that wherever you go
> there you are.
>
> If and when you are on top of the world,
> you might notice how nobody has the power
> to bring you down. No matter how rude or crude.
> No matter what is done intentionally or accidentally.
>
> You might also, in that state, take a look around
> to see what ship you are on.
>
> Even while sailing into the mouth of a Red Giant,
> there is plenty of time to dance and sing and enjoy
> what Earth has to offer.
>
> Have a good trip to the Big Apple.
Thank you. I was fearing the Black Hole and you fear the Red Giant.
It's a matter of perspective. ;)
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