To be or not to be? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

absence_of_color · 01-28-2004, 12:17 PM

That is really the mother fucking question.

I choose to be.

Im not hiding, or even caring at this point.

Sorry for everyone else that doesnt have a clue.

The ones Im talking to know who they are. *rant over*

lurkette · 01-28-2004, 12:30 PM

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.

That includes "being" and "not being"

Maybe this belongs in Philosophy?

glasscutter43 · 01-28-2004, 12:35 PM

DOOBIE

absence_of_color · 01-28-2004, 12:52 PM

A doobie sounds awesome about right now.

lurkette, there is a time for everything, but sometimes, that time is delayed or prolonged by lack of sense or purpose?

Mr.Deflok · 01-28-2004, 12:56 PM

Arnold said it best in his redition of Hamlet
"To be, or not to be, not to be."

Nah, I choose to be, still got a lot of things in life I'd like to do, namely sleep with Kelly Monaco.

absence_of_color · 01-28-2004, 01:02 PM

Who the hell is Arnold? lol

cchris · 01-28-2004, 01:16 PM

Horseshack probably.

He,like me,answered what was the question?*

EruptiveDreamz · 01-28-2004, 02:03 PM

OooooOooooOooo Mr Kotter! Or something like that.. wasn't it? Now what was the question?

Cynthetiq · 01-28-2004, 02:11 PM

from descarte...I think therefore I am.

but when I'm not thinking I still am. So the only true answer is BE.

skier · 01-28-2004, 02:33 PM

i'll have to be. My body won't let me not be.

feelgood · 01-28-2004, 05:55 PM

Actually if you're talking about Hamlet's quote, it goes "To be or To be not"

Just FYI

Mr.Deflok · 01-28-2004, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by absence_of_color
Who the hell is Arnold? lol

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Honestly.

01-28-2004, 07:52 PM

Be Me. Not be someone else.

analog · 01-29-2004, 01:29 AM

I've got to be me, but i'm not to be outdone. Therefore, both.

PorscheBunny · 01-29-2004, 02:20 AM

Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1, lines 66-98:

Quote:

To be, or not to be: that is the question: _
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer _
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, _
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; _
No more; and, by a sleep to say we end _
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation _
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; _
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; _
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, _
Must give us pause. There’s the respect _
That makes calamity of so long life; _
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, _
The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, _
The insolence of office, and the spurns _
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make _
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, _
To grunt and sweat under a weary life, _
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn _
No traveller returns, puzzles the will, _
And makes us rather bear those ills we have _
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; _
And thus the native hue of resolution _
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, _
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry, _
And lose the name of action.

Iliftrocks · 01-29-2004, 06:35 AM

To be, there really is no choice...

Prince · 01-29-2004, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Deflok
Arnold said it best in his redition of Hamlet
"To be, or not to be, not to be."

Last Action Hero. Good movie.

absence_of_color · 01-29-2004, 06:59 PM

Thank you bunny!

My post actually had me wanting to read that again, but I was just way to lazy to look it up. I always loved the emotion and romance his writings makes me feel.

Makes me want to pin my hair up and wear this floor length, velvet renaissance dress that has been collecting dust in the back of my closet.

To the rest of you, be or be not. Whatever makes you happy.

viejo gringo · 01-29-2004, 07:51 PM

well said my lady lurkette, well said...

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01-28-2004, 12:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
absence_of_color Insane Location: in a golden garden of grey	To be or not to be? That is really the mother fucking question. I choose to be. Im not hiding, or even caring at this point. Sorry for everyone else that doesnt have a clue. The ones Im talking to know who they are. rant over __________________ ...absent of everything.

01-28-2004, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. That includes "being" and "not being" Maybe this belongs in Philosophy? __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

01-28-2004, 12:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
glasscutter43 Insane Location: Vancouver Island BC	DOOBIE __________________ Book 'em Danno

01-28-2004, 12:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
absence_of_color Insane Location: in a golden garden of grey	A doobie sounds awesome about right now. lurkette, there is a time for everything, but sometimes, that time is delayed or prolonged by lack of sense or purpose? __________________ ...absent of everything.

01-28-2004, 12:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mr.Deflok Blood + Fire Location: New Zealand	Arnold said it best in his redition of Hamlet "To be, or not to be, not to be." Nah, I choose to be, still got a lot of things in life I'd like to do, namely sleep with Kelly Monaco.

01-28-2004, 01:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
absence_of_color Insane Location: in a golden garden of grey	Who the hell is Arnold? lol __________________ ...absent of everything.

01-28-2004, 01:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	Horseshack probably. He,like me,answered what was the question?* __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

01-28-2004, 02:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
EruptiveDreamz Crazy Location: Good Ol' Iowa.. Home of The Hawkeyes	OooooOooooOooo Mr Kotter! Or something like that.. wasn't it? Now what was the question? __________________ Can you imagine Moses asking Congress to pass the ten commandments?

01-28-2004, 02:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	from descarte...I think therefore I am. but when I'm not thinking I still am. So the only true answer is BE. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

01-28-2004, 02:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	i'll have to be. My body won't let me not be. __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

01-28-2004, 05:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Actually if you're talking about Hamlet's quote, it goes "To be or To be not" Just FYI __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

01-28-2004, 07:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	Be Me. Not be someone else.

01-29-2004, 01:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
analog Banned	I've got to be me, but i'm not to be outdone. Therefore, both.

01-29-2004, 06:35 AM	#16 (permalink)
Iliftrocks Junkie Location: Near Raleigh, NC	To be, there really is no choice... __________________ bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."

01-29-2004, 07:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
viejo gringo Registered User Location: Deep South Texas	well said my lady lurkette, well said...

01-29-2004, 06:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
absence_of_color Insane Location: in a golden garden of grey	Thank you bunny! My post actually had me wanting to read that again, but I was just way to lazy to look it up. I always loved the emotion and romance his writings makes me feel. Makes me want to pin my hair up and wear this floor length, velvet renaissance dress that has been collecting dust in the back of my closet. To the rest of you, be or be not. Whatever makes you happy. __________________ ...absent of everything.