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familiarity breeds contempt

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how do you conquer familiarity with yourself?

― ethan, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eat your brain

― mike hanle y, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You mean you want to be more familiar with yourself or you want to rid yourself of this familiarity?

For the first I would suggest just spending lots of "quality" time by yourself. Find what you like, do what you like, don't see other people. Write lots of poetry. I dunno, something of that sort.

For the ladder I am thinking getting terribly drunk or just changing.

― kimera, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

actual real answer: NEW PEOPLE ethan, who will reach in and find unexplored dimensions to you

sorry that is a bit hippy but it is true nevertheless

― mark s, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Take large amounts of mind-altering drugs

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

thank you mark.

― ethan, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

personally, i don't find it a problem because i don't know myself much better than i know anyone else.

― di, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

which is to say, how can anyone be totally familiar with themselves anyway?

― di, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cry and cry and cry, and then you will get bored of crying and feeling sorry because you're bored with yourself and go do something interesting.

― Maria, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...
is contempt for others a healthy thing, or does it reflect badly on yourself?

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 27 July 2003 12:20 (twenty-three years ago)

''actual real answer: NEW PEOPLE ethan, who will reach in and find unexplored dimensions to you''

ILXOR to thread.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 27 July 2003 12:28 (twenty-three years ago)

contempt for others was the only thing keeping me going for a long time.

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 27 July 2003 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

No offense, but that's sad, Millar.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

it's also a lie

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 27 July 2003 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

But that's sad too!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 July 2003 17:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Millar is doing PsyOps on us, Ned.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Writing and travel, though probably not at the same time.

― Prude (Prude), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Millar is doing PsyOps on us, Ned.

MillarBot, maybe. Real Millar is out watching Korean gangster films.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 July 2003 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

what dev'lish hands doth programm'd the MillarBot?

― Tad (llamasfur), Sunday, 27 July 2003 20:20 (twenty-three years ago)

His alien masters from the planet Tharg-klot.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 July 2003 20:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I tried breeding contempt once, but couldn't get the emotions to mate.

― Matt (Matt), Sunday, 27 July 2003 20:26 (twenty-three years ago)

going back to the question, i think *contempt* breeds contempt.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Circular wanking! To the corner with you!

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 27 July 2003 23:44 (twenty-three years ago)

i like the corner.
ok.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

but actually it's not circular reasoning, it's a causal effect.
Dialectic if you will.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 28 July 2003 00:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I won't.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 28 July 2003 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)


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