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One evening, before I knew him as well as I know him now, before I fully understood when he was being sarcastic or pulling my leg, my friend, Chris Ottena, told me it was his opinion that The Mummy was the greatest film trilogy of all time. Now, I was pretty intoxicated, so there’s a [...]
We want nothing more than for the darkest parts of our minds to be validated. We beg for the justification of others. We need to believe our most horrific thoughts are based in sanity. The sick memory of grammar school embarrassments guides us to clump together in our irrational hate and fear. There are many who [...]
We’ve figured a way to make everything a lie by igniting a flicker of doubt with the proof of our ability to distort the truth. Our ability to lie has increased exponentially, and it is multiplied by the factor of our desire to be lied to. We will come to a point where we believe [...]
Value is dependent on perception, perceived value. If the average human is unable to perceive the value of, let’s say, intelligence, intelligence would then have no value. Worth is measured by popularity amongst the masses, not by any measurable benefit to mankind. If you want to understand the bigger issues, it would be telling to [...]
Of all the things in all the world I hope to never be, it’s a person who’s convinced they know things that we can only just believe. Of all of the species on the planet, we are the only one that attempts to convince itself that it knows things that it can only truly believe. [...]
Joseph D. Newcomer 