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Old 10-26-2004, 02:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Write what you're thinking

Hope this hasn't already been done...

I'm taking a philosophy class and we're studying the nature of thinking. I ran across an exercise that says to try writing for sixty seconds as fast as you can on whatever comes to your mind without censoring any thought. In that way you will be able to externalize some of your thinking.

I'm dying to see some of the things that will come up when folks do that, so I wanted to try it here first. Give it a whirl!
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Old 10-26-2004, 02:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm watching Family Guy its quite funny, I'm kinda preocupied with a situation involving my current girlfriend and a previous one, the TV in the background is quite irritating, my cellphone has finished charging, the speed of my internet connection is getting increasingly lame, while writing about my thought made me think about the presumption that a man is always thinking about sex which in turn lead me to do so, So Far So Good is in my head, I can't seem to think about what to make on my next blog article.

Of course how much that can be on your mind in a period of 60 seconds is <warning lame pun ahead, author holds no responsibility for ireperable damage to your psyche>mind boggling so in the period of glancing at my cell phone tons of things had to be overlooked to single out this single process.
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Old 10-26-2004, 03:54 AM   #3 (permalink)
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OK, i'm willing to give this a go, typing, lookng at the screen, already wondering how long it's been, not too bad, a quick glance at my watch says it's 30 seconds, oops 40 seconds no, so not too tricky at all really. Quite disapointed that's all there's time for really...
 
Old 10-26-2004, 05:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 10-26-2004, 06:26 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I just watched one of those little helecopter seeds fall from a tree in my yard....and stick in the ground. I have decided this is the ultimate proof of evolution, as there is no freakin' way these little things could have been thought up by any God....only trial and error could come up with this.
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Old 10-26-2004, 07:15 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I love those helicopter seeds, they are inspiring. You can make paper helicopters that do the same, I let one go from the 7th floor of a hotel in Mallorca and it lazily spun down, right into the tanned ass crack of a fat guy leaning forward on his deckchair. That must have been the funniest thing i ever saw, he leapt up and spun around as fast as the paper blades...
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Old 10-26-2004, 07:24 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Im sitting here listening to Neal Boortz talk about those missing explosives that seems to be such a hot topic in the politics forum right now and quite enjoying the kerry bashing on it. Other than that....Im really wishing I could go home cause I've caught Dave's cold and my head feels like its full of molassas and I cant stop coughing. Snuggling up in bed sure would be nice right now.
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Old 10-26-2004, 07:32 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I'm thinking of the worst oral sex I've ever recieved, were I felt like jumping up and screaming, "Jesus fucking Christ!!! Do I need to teach a FIND THE CLITORIS Class?????" But said, "No, no, no. Just stop!" -- I was just reading the 'Rudest thing you've ever said after sex' Thread.

I have to pee...
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Old 10-26-2004, 08:34 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I'm thinking about how I wouldn't mind taking pinkie's class as a refresher course. Of course this leads me to think about all my sexual trysts in the past and how those happend and ended up. Now I'm thinking about what cd I'd like to play next as the current one is starting to get on my nerves and how I'd really love to find someone to work for me that actually knows what the hell they are doing.
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Old 10-26-2004, 09:35 AM   #10 (permalink)
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my ten month old niece got out of the hospital last night after dealing with croup.....my brother was looking forward to taking her trick or treating saturday in her cat ears.....my cat is sitting on the desk behind me purring like a helicopter....he's so content....my husband said that when he was getting ready to leave this morning the cat kept rolling around on the floor belly-up....he did this all over the house like he wanted to show off something on his belly.....we may get another kitten....will this mess up my cat's life???....will they get along...will they fight.....should I get a male? female?...he just cooed when I kissed his ear.....do cats love people?...why hasn't Roger called about the car....I need to call the dentist.....it's nice outside today...we should take a long walk this afternoon.....it is so irritating when someone calls to tell you that they are just now running a check that was written two months ago that your husband forgot about.....i told him he would be punished for this......i'm hungry...i think i'll go outside....
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Old 10-26-2004, 09:43 AM   #11 (permalink)
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... my neck is itchy.

I don't know whether I have a quiet mind, or I just can't recognize the majority of my thoughts, but that's what I came up with.
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Old 10-26-2004, 10:15 AM   #12 (permalink)
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i wish this girl would shut up no one cares what you're saying. hopefully my car will get out of the shop today, i'm tired of paying for stupid crap to fix the darn thing. she's still talking, no one is caring. gosh, 15 minutes till class starts. i really do like class i just don't like going at a scheduled time.

(written while checking my mail in a computer lab)
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Old 10-26-2004, 10:40 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I'm questioning my thinking.
That's how I think.
I find myself thinking about things - as if the brain were simply a random thought generator.
Immediately, I question the content, the process, and the nature of this type of thought.

When I do focused thinking on a particular subject I also continue the self-critical thinking process.

Thinking without self-critical thought is just dreaming.
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Old 10-26-2004, 10:44 AM   #14 (permalink)
 
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i am looking at the white rectangle with a beige outline within a larger white rectangle.
i am watching letters run across the interior white rectangle.

i am reading them and allowing the words to push me further into a recursive relation to what i am writing.

i am looking to the left of the monitor, where i can see the words philadelphia museum of art.

i am listening to maurizio pollini play 19th century classical piano music and am thinking about looking at the itunes display to see what it is and wondering why this kind of music irritates me.

i am reading the sentence: i am listening to maurizio pollini play 19th century classical piano music and am thinking about looking at the itunes display to see what it is and wondering why this kind of music irritates me.

i am reading the sentence: i am reading the sentence: i am listening to maurizio pollini play 19th century classical piano music and am thinking about looking at the itunes display to see what it is and wondering why this kind of music irritates me.

i am reading the sentence: i am reading the sentence: i am reading the sentence: i am listening to maurizio pollini play 19th century classical piano music and am thinking about looking at the itunes display to see what it is and wondering why this kind of music irritates me.
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Old 10-26-2004, 01:02 PM   #15 (permalink)
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why am i even spending time on the tf forums ? or even on other forums in the past ?
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Old 10-26-2004, 08:47 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Fuck its windy. Hope the clothes dry out there without blowing away. im glad im washing the sheets. My eye is itchy, maybe its pollen from this wind thats irritating me. Gota start work in 2hrs. Feel sad inside, um, and its not just cause of work, its just a general saddness. Gotta start applying myself properly. Application. Thats what its all about, isnt it? Im spread to thinly. Feel like a character out of a Ben Folds or bruce Springsteen song. Gotta keep an eye on the washing , dont want the undies blowing round the neighbourhood.
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Old 10-26-2004, 09:01 PM   #17 (permalink)
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i'm a fairly accomplished typist, but i could never write out as much as some have in sixty seconds.
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Old 10-30-2004, 02:08 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Perhaps it was Joyce who perfected this. But then, who wants to read his prose other than fools and me. Remember: words are not thought, unless you're a strong constructavist, which I hope you're not. Otherwise... I lose respect for you. Irateplatypus has donkeykong as an icon. Iconographic representation: the hilarity of it, imagine a new iconoclasm, wherein the fervent zealots smash images of Mario, Sonic, and others, reinstating a new blandness from the fractures and mo--
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Old 10-30-2004, 02:27 PM   #19 (permalink)
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What the hell am I going to think about for the next 60 seconds. It's going to have to be something witty that I can...

Hey look at the wind. Those trees are...

What the heck is my son doing to make all that noise I guess I...

I'm getting hungry. Dinner, Food. Wine. Umm, wine. Maybe I'll open a bottle of...

Oh ya, the 60 second thing must be up. Guess I'll start typing. What the hell was I just thinking about...
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Old 10-30-2004, 10:20 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Nothing matters. Not really. If I died, I would be dead and that is all. I think about things and I form opinions and I make decisions and I think everything is so important. Black or white, old or new, red or blue? It doesn't matter. A white guy can have as large a penis as a black guy. Am I white? you ask. It doesn't matter. Smart people make stupid mistakes. This is a neat experiment. I feel like I have sand between my toes but that's impossible. I am trying too hard to type exactly what I think, this is out of control
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Old 11-10-2004, 12:31 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I'm thinking about the fact that this is kind of a cool topic. I don't know why people always thing physics and math are all theory. If they are proven physically, shouldn't hat regard them as being mor ethan just a thought or theory?

Thought is kind of a fun subject. Fuck, about 30 thoughts zipped by my brain in the past 2 seconds. I don't know when to stop,k ecause i didn't look at the time. Blinking lights on the little monitors of my taskbar are bugging me. Why are they blinking? Stupid spyware.

Fuck, I have a project due on friday that I havent started. stupid school

I'm done



EDIT:

Out of thought!

I really don't like this as much as I figured I would.

I don't really think in thoughts like that. I forced myself to think in words. Normally I just visualize or something. I don't know how to explain it. However, I don't see this as being how I truely think!

I had to describe what I was thinking, as I was thinking, and think about how to describe what I was thinking. I didn't like it. It felt like I was writing a paper or something.

Stupid thoughts.

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Old 11-10-2004, 01:20 AM   #22 (permalink)
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this isnt going to work... i have to write in several languages, as my thinking "happens" in several languages, if you dont count image analyzis (imagination).
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Old 11-11-2004, 03:21 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Most of you wrote about your feelings, I'd rather write about whatever picture enters in my head:

A fast growing tree, A dragon, An earthworm, A bouncy ball, The sky, The sun, The moon, A rock, money, A hand gripper, A stripper, A burning house, Hamburger, Penis, A hippie, A swimming pool.
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Old 11-11-2004, 04:07 PM   #24 (permalink)
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My brother is such a bastard. I can't believe he would act like a five year old over this. Can't he see how it's hurting me and the rest of my family? He's just pissed because my mom and dad are on my side and not his. He needs to chill the fuck out and realize that I'm his only sister and if he doesn't get his shit together then I wont be there anymore.

Edit - these are feelings, but also I am having a really mean converstaion with him in my head right now and I'm screaming everything I just type right in his face. Then I hit him really hard across the face with my closed left fist.
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Old 11-11-2004, 04:22 PM   #25 (permalink)
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I'm not entirely sure what to make of this topic. I just realized that my brain can go a hell of a lot faster than my fingers. There should be more coming out, and I feel like no matter what I type, it still won't capture what is going on in my head. I keep glancing at the computer clock, wondering if I even remember what time I started. I think it's time for a nap. I generally dislike philosophy. Most philosophy or psychology majors are total freaks.
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Old 11-13-2004, 02:54 AM   #26 (permalink)
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funny thread, I shoudl contribute. hmm this is my second post here, the last was more intelligent...
I'm really too drunk to write anything focused, it doesn't matter though because it's friday, I'm using too many commas. Period.
vodka swig...

I just found this forum and find it infinitely interesting. I could waste my life typing pointless posts. Would that be pointless? Is life pointles? Haha. Maybe I should major in philosophy instead of engineering. Then I'd have no job but know why.

Well I guess 60 seconds has passed long ago.
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Old 11-13-2004, 09:28 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Hmm, why not.

Got mail today, telling me I have an appt with my new child support govt' person to get child support from my wife. I have to bring a picture of the mom, which is weird because it is probably going to be a picture I took... didn't realize what that picture would be used for in happier times...
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:15 AM   #28 (permalink)
 
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i am thinking about how folk who posted below me have thought about thinking about writing and writing at the same time.

i am reading the sentence: i am thinking about how folk who posted below me have thought about thinking about writing and writing at the same time.

i am thinking about whether i should paste or type.

i am considering the logical connections between "i am thinking about whether i should paste or type." and "i am reading the sentence: i am thinking about how folk who posted below me have thought about thinking about writing and writing at the same time."

i am considering the logic of posting the problem contained in the sentences: i am considering the logical connections between "i am thinking about whether i should paste or type." and "i am reading the sentence: i am thinking about how folk who posted below me have thought about thinking about writing and writing at the same time."

i am considering the question of logical levels implied in: i am considering the logic of posting the problem contained in the sentences: i am considering the logical connections between "i am thinking about whether i should paste or type." and "i am reading the sentence: i am thinking about how folk who posted below me have thought about thinking about writing and writing at the same time."

i am wondering if this the level at which all of us who have posted here converge.

i am wondering why five seconds or so ago, i found the question of convergence to be interesting.

i am wondering why the telephone is ringing.

it has been ringing the whole time i have been writing here.
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Old 11-13-2004, 03:32 PM   #29 (permalink)
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People accent the way of life and culturally it seems we all diversify the spectrum of our inability to make any sense. Water is essentially the easiest most perceivable substance in any form or shape, it does consist of alot our mass. Man I got something stuck in my mouth, and whatever I ate, still has a lingering taste of goodness.



That was weird.
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Old 11-15-2004, 02:34 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Should I write something meaningful or just what I am really thinking, Oh wait that is what I am thinking. Maybe I should wait and read the other messages before.....times up
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