Esen

Are you every person?

take the question at face value

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What is everyone doing in my room?

the_marq

No, I'm the only person. The rest of you are only here for my amusment.

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The Truth:

Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to.

#3 in a series

YzermanS19

From Timothy Leary:

Am I every person? More than I'd like to admit. We're a lot less individual than we think. There is however, a certain level of variation that makes each of us unique.

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the light that burns twice as bright
burns half as long

and you have burned so very, very brightly

:::OshnSoul:::

lol, I like the way you put that. I look at people everyday and think "we're connected, you and I" and others I see don't realize that. That's a part of what makes us unique- we're on own individual paths....but that we are all connected somewhere in there

SinisterMotives

Jung frequently wrote about an "average run of experience" that every man goes through, which I take to mean that we are all the same in most fundamental respects. As regards Americans, consider that, despite superficial differences in our lifestyle choices, most people tend to strive for a collectively defined "American Dream". The fact that companies can build a huge chain of stores or restaurants or mass-produce products that become very profitable by satisfying most people's tastes seems to negate for the most part the idea that we are all unique individuals.

Manic_Skafe

I have no grounds for justifying my argument but I certainly feel as if we humans - and maybe more than just humans - perhaps everything down to the last molicule are all one conciousness. There's no way I could defend that but it's just a feeling I have.

I think that time has proven that regardless of whatever differences we think we have - when it comes down to brass tacks all of us humans are connected. Be it through our instincts or something more but we're connected.

- -

As a child I used to wonder things like, whether or not my existence is nothing more than a dream and so all these people - this universe and everything in it is nothing more than a figment of my imgination. Or perhaps I wasn't dreaming - I was just living out my version of my own existence however to another person - a person outside of what I view as reality, I might be in their universe but in a completely different role than....it's rather interesting if you think about it.

And who says all those years of being baby-sat by a television is bad for children?

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"Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

wonderwench

No. I am I.

whocarz

Agreed.

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If there exists anything mightier than destiny, then it is the courage to face destiny unflinchingly. -Geibel

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. -Marcus Aurelius

Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? -GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly

Xell101

There's not much that I could be pitted against that would result in my behavior being a model for humanity, and thus being 'everyman' as far as what I represent in concerned.

In for a general response. I think therefore I am, I am I.

Phage

Manic_Skafe, we may have similar experiences and instincts, but chances are every human will disagree with you on something and someone will disagree with anything you believe. This should clearly point to different consciousnesses; two people can experience the same event, but what sets them apart is their interpretation of the event.

I think you might be getting at the fact that we affect those around us, and because of that imprint ourselves a little on them. That may well be, but you can change someone's mind without becoming a part of them.

Manic_Skafe

It was far too late and I was going off on how we don't know everything that there is to know about humanity, our minds, and different states of conciousness.

This could be debated until we're both blue in the face so I'll say this much: I have yet to see anyone who has any conrete proofs on the matter but if you know anyone - point him/her out and I'll be more than happy to agree.

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"Porn is a zoo of exotic animals that becomes boring upon ownership." -Nersesian

ARTelevision

I prefer not to be every person.

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Xothan

Hear hear! Only, you got it a bit wrong...I'm the only person

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pinkie

YES... and no.

Sargeman

I don't know if I'm every person.... although if I was I would be having some serioust sexual relations with myself as the playboy playmates.......

but apparantly Chaka Khan is every woman and then later Whitney Houston became every woman too.

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...because there are no facts, there is no truth, just data to be manipulated. I can get you any results you like, what's it worth to you.....

sexymama

We may all have similar instincts; however we are all unique and special at the same time.

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If you can go deeply into lovemaking, the ego disappears. That is the beauty of lovemaking, that it is another source of a glimpse of god

It's not about being perfect; it's about developing some skill at managing imperfection.

ManWithAPlan

i sometimes think i am an anamaly factored in to piece together inevitable events to make history play out a given course.

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In the end we are but wisps

nanofever

Putting words into a gramatically correct sentence does not always create something coherent. The above quote is a great example of this fact (as are Mad Libs).

I'm going to answer no, but my answer is contingent upon how you answer my question.

Do bananas like driving tractors?


/not mocking, I just think a question like that without supporting context deserves a silly answer.

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I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect.

Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum:
"Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt."

tiberry

There are those that understand this - and there are those that faced with overwhelming evidence choose not to accept this - I for one, believe this to be true.

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My life's work is to bridge the gap between that which is perceived by the mind and that which is quantifiable by words and numbers.

braindamage351

Actually I'm fairly unique. I've traced it back to being really good at certain things and really awful at others. Basically, when it comes to things like sports, the dating scene, and things of that nature, I can't possibly win if I do it the way everyone else does. On top of that, because I'm practically infallible in a bunch of other areas, I have absolutely no patience. So I adapt and do everything in weird ways. It's a different approach to life.

RespectThat

Yea, maybe we are all Caesar, and Abe Lincoln, we are that little sperm on our hand, holding ourselves. but who are you when you die? are you you? maybe you are everyone. If you wanted to be someone else, who would be you? There is no "i" in team, no "i" in dead

MageB420666

Well, if you believe in the Gaeia theory (I got this from watching the Final Fantasy movie) Then we are all just little bits of a giant energy/ethereal field and there for we are all technically everyone. Kind of like the cells in your body, cell #1 is you and so is cell#2, so if they are both you then they must also be each other, I think.

I personally think it is about as likely to be true as any other theory.

But that does not mean that I believe in it. I wonder if it's even a real theory?

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Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn.

Ruse

Im not sure if Im every person... Ive had similar experiences with some, the same thoughts and ideas as others and I (have) share(d) a common sensation, life. If you look down a little lower, what makes you a person? Is it the cells, tissues and organs or is it the experiences that youve had on this stimulus called life? Our bodies are made of millions of cells, whos to say that Im not just a single cell in another larger being? Then again whos to say Im wrong if I say " I am I and I am you" ?

The whole world may be little bits and pieces of myself that I have yet to discover.

analog

I doubt anyone else could be me. It's a full-time job. I like that i'm me, and no one else is me.

livingfossil

To the extent that I have empathy, yes. So that's a no.

Seen L'auberge espagnole?

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Autochron

Hmm. Maybe I _am_ every person. Maybe the physical being that I am "now" (assuming linear time from my perspective) just doesn't realize (has "forgotten", for example) that he is also everybody else. Regrettably, everybody else forgot too

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I've been given the mushroom treatment -- kept in the dark and fed sh*t.

Stiltzkin

We're all just one big chunk of matter with nodes in it. We call those nodes "atoms"... or something like that.

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The most important thing in this world is love.

adysav

I think the best I can do is become an overweight schizophrenic and be 4 people.
Aside from that I think there's just me in here.