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The Maturity Climb
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The Maturity Climb
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RIP GORE GOROTH
He was an hero. He will always be remembered.
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It's so true, everything in this pic. I've known some people where everything in the... I guess immature section, applied. It's sad, really. Some people act like that their entire lives, and die sad.
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Nice pic. Kinda reminds me of this one anti-school site I often visit, where there are all these guys who keeping saying things like "life is hopeless" and "all humans are stupid and deserve to die" without ever even considering the possibility of hope because it doesn't fit into their self-created narrative where they're the only ones smart enough to be above it all.
I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
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Very, very nice. It's kind of sad, that people still act that way. This should be common sense.
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Rebelnerd Wrote:Nice pic. Kinda reminds me of this one anti-school site I often visit, where there are all these guys who keeping saying things like "life is hopeless" and "all humans are stupid and deserve to die" without ever even considering the possibility of hope because it doesn't fit into their self-created narrative where they're the only ones smart enough to be above it all.
Was that some kind of stab rebelnerd?
I don't think all humans are stupid and I don't consider myself as some kind of god(I'm pretty stupid myself) but you can admit numbers could be trimmed down a bit.
Besides hope itself is a naive ideal that someone pulls out when they don't want to face the reality and want to create a more positive narrative for themselves.
But the trimming can wait as humanity provides me with alot of entertainment that makes everyday a treasure such as this.
kids throw rocks at car... get hit by car - LOL Instant Karma ![[Image: 205948_throwing_rocks_at_cars.jpg]](http://uselessjunk.com/thumb/205948_throwing_rocks_at_cars.jpg) http://uselessjunk.com/article_full.php?id=114827
Best thing about this... when you replay the video - they get hit every time!
Anyway cycles come and go and lives and conflicts repeat so its best to just get some enjoyment out of life in any way you can as the world will never be perfect and any problem that will come is doomed to come back.
Many parts of suffering come from us making life more complicated than its suppose to be.
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Blaming yourself for the world is a good and mature thing? Huh?
But yeah, I fully agree with Rebelnerd, people need to cheer up a little here every now and then.
Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.
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Faby Wrote:Blaming yourself for the world is a good and mature thing? Huh?
But yeah, I fully agree with Rebelnerd, people need to cheer up a little here every now and then.
There is a chinese saying that goes, "The outside world, is as the inside world." In other words, your perceptions are reality. Instead of just pointing the finger away from yourself, accept things for what they are, and accept the decisions you've made, and move on.
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The obsessed with status pink goat should be supercede by a green goat who makes his own style!
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HeartofShadows Wrote:Rebelnerd Wrote:Nice pic. Kinda reminds me of this one anti-school site I often visit, where there are all these guys who keeping saying things like "life is hopeless" and "all humans are stupid and deserve to die" without ever even considering the possibility of hope because it doesn't fit into their self-created narrative where they're the only ones smart enough to be above it all.
Was that some kind of stab rebelnerd?
Wait, what makes you think I was referring to this anti-school site? Getting a bit defensive, are we? 
I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
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I'm the green goat when out of school and the red goat when in school. Is this bad?
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I'm the yellow goat, mostly. Sometimes the green goat, other times, the red goat.
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Saved. I know a lot of people in the red, a few in the white, and one or two in the green. I'd say that I'm generally in the white, occasionally dipping into green and red.
Ayliana Wrote:Rebelnerd Wrote:Nice pic. Kinda reminds me of this one anti-school site I often visit, where there are all these guys who keeping saying things like "life is hopeless" and "all humans are stupid and deserve to die" without ever even considering the possibility of hope because it doesn't fit into their self-created narrative where they're the only ones smart enough to be above it all.
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I have a big bunch of red goats, few white, and several green.
Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.
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Rebelnerd Wrote:Wait, what makes you think I was referring to this anti-school site? Getting a bit defensive, are we?
You're a pretty funny guy.
If you have another anti school site with these kind of people could you give me a link?
These people sound like they would be fun to mess with.
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If you say you're a green goat then you're a red goat.
because the green goat feels he knows nothing
while the red goat feels he knows everything.
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Let's not forget that each color has more than one goat, and the further you get from the top of the mountain, the less mature you are and vice versa.
Either way, I can't get over the fact that you are all goats. That explains everything.
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Goat? Ha! 
I'm more of a behemoth than a goat.
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Reward: We let you live, and we give you a goat that can climb ladders.
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Epic win pic. *goes to repost in various places*
Mostly I'm one of those inbetween goats. Sometimes I can be green or red too. I know more red ones than green ones, but I do know a few inbetweeners too.
Quote:If you say you're a green goat then you're a red goat.
because the green goat feels he knows nothing
while the red goat feels he knows everything.
Kinda true actually.
But I think not always. I suppose it does seem a bit arrogant to say you're mature even if you actually are. But being overly concerned with seeming arrogant is no reason to avoid saying something that's true (as long as it actually is).
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