I wonder what it would be like if society as a whole just got rid of money as a thing. Not talking about digital currency, because… fuck that. I’m talking straight out barter system or something like it. I haven’t put enough thought into this to determine practicality, but what if we could eliminate money (greed) as a motivator and as a necessity for living?
Category: Random
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Where would you go on a shopping spree?
A book store, an art supply store, and/or the notebook aisle of an office supply store.
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When I was a kid, my mom would sometimes have me boil a whole chicken when she was planning to make chicken and dumplings. While filling the pot and adding spices, I would set the chicken up so that the wings were over the side of the pot, and it looked like he was chillin in a hot tub. That bothered my mother.
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What is it like to honestly not be thinking about anything? Does that actually happen?
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If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?
Well, I have a question before I answer this question. Two questions, actually. 1 – Do I retain my experiences and sense of self? And 2 – does it have to be present day?
I will assume that the answer to number 1 is yes. My answer would vary depending on the answer to number 2.
If #2 is yes…. This is a hard one. Do i choose someone that I am curious about? Or do I choose someone who I may be able to make a meaningful impact for/acting as? I don’t know that I would be someone else for a day given this criteria. I would need to think on this a bit more to answer.
If #2 is no, then I would be myself at a younger age and attempt to do things that would cause or even force certain behavior changes in her life. And yes, I realize the paradox that this could/would create, but I don’t care. I would do it just to give her a chance at something different; a chance to know what it is to value yourself. And if the fabric of space time unravels because of it? At least I tried.
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I wish that I knew that my dogs knew how much I love them. If I knew that they knew that, I would be so much more at peace.
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What if the answer really is 42?
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Violence really can be cathartic, but it does need to be controlled. Punching bag, scream into or punch a pillow, knife throwing, sparring, whatever… Shit that doesn’t seriously hurt someone. In that sense, violence can be healing.
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I read somewhere recently that there are more bacteria living in your gut than there are cells in your body. I don’t know if that’s actually true, but even if it’s not, we do have a symbiotic relationship with something that we generally think of as bad or gross or even dangerous. That’s kinda funny.
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Why is it that certain sounds have a visual component? When I hear certain noises in an MRI machine, for example, I see points behaving in particular ways depending on the sound. It’s interesting.
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 