tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post9209796742770908727..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Dangerous Experiments- The Need to KnowCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-82635343399907974562008-06-30T18:10:00.000-07:002008-06-30T18:10:00.000-07:00Pushing the boundaries set up by society, you will...Pushing the boundaries set up by society, you will eventually find what works for you. Your ideals and lifestyle may not be what others seek or agree with but none the less, they are yours and if you can happily sustain those ideals, learn from any 'mistakes', then you move forward in life eventually. Imagine what it would be like to not be curious? Too many sit back and become stagnant. That bores me real quick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-50960323469226226462008-06-30T21:19:00.000-07:002008-06-30T21:19:00.000-07:00> It actually bothers me that I'll probably...> It actually bothers me that I'll probably be lieing there dying thinking 'Damn. Never DID look that up.'<br>That's what bothers my dad, I think; that he feels that way, and not one of us does. I never do wonder much; if I don't know something, I'll banish the thought from my mind.... not much curiosity, I guess... ;-)<br><br>> In my mind, even the days of the week are coloured- as are numbers.<br>Monday is red, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is green, Thursday is orange, Friday is yellow, Saturday is white, Sunday is pink.<br>That is SO, SO cooool! I've read about that (but forgot the name of it); where kids read by colour, too... it's a gift (and supposedly, makes one more artistic.. ;-))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-33517909342943408782008-06-30T23:40:00.000-07:002008-06-30T23:40:00.000-07:00(1) I first thought, "How can he keep beer hidden ...(1) I first thought, "How can he keep beer hidden from his parents? Does he have his own fridge?"<br><br>Then I remembered. You're British:-)<br><br>(2) I refuse to diagnose someone unless my life depends on it (and sometimes it does). Nevertheless, I will tell you that how you see the world, and how you learn, is something I've seen before. Of course, if you teach long enough, you see all sorts of learning styles. <br><br>It's interesting to me that you describe a desire to test the unconventional--to see how long you can get by without doing your homework, to see what it feels like to touch a hot iron, etc.. It's not that you decide to test things, but rather the direction that interests me here. <br><br>Do you sense a pattern? I certainly do.<br><br><br>(3) I envy you, in a way. At 46, I'm just beginning to ask questions that I realize I'll never live long enough to answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-57010630704240202122008-07-01T00:34:00.000-07:002008-07-01T00:34:00.000-07:00What the hell do you do? Just keep on asking quest...What the hell do you do? Just keep on asking questions and trying new things Crushed. I'm going to be 49 tomorrow, and I'm just getting started, I envy you too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-73868781530059695142008-07-01T14:25:00.000-07:002008-07-01T14:25:00.000-07:00You certainly have lived on the edge for a very lo...You certainly have lived on the edge for a very long time. I hope you never lose the desire to learn about new things and new experiences, although maybe not so self destructively. <br><br>The young are so careless of other people's feelings so I hope you have learned that lesson well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-45606406160746479702008-07-01T15:30:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:30:00.000-07:00"So there we are. Thirty.A magic number."*phew* Go...<i>"So there we are. Thirty.<br>A magic number."</i><br><br>*phew* Good, i still got some time to figure things out then :)<br><br>I think most of are lost trying to find their way, trying to figure out their place and function in whole big plan called life. The only way to figure out is to push the limits, to test the boundries, simply learning by living.<br><br>You could either sit down and try to figure out your life by planning, or you could go out and figure it out by living.<br><br>Some answer just leads to more questions. Sometimes I simply think its all about the journey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-4916688064860805562008-07-01T15:45:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:45:00.000-07:00It is funny how a certain story just becomes so sy...It is funny how a certain story just becomes so symbolic of everything in your life. The way you learned to speak just fits you so well. <br>And they say literary devices, like foreshadowing, are only for fiction...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-31326559840648938022008-07-02T11:39:00.000-07:002008-07-02T11:39:00.000-07:00Nunyaa- To be honest, I'm getting quite middle age...Nunyaa- To be honest, I'm getting quite middle aged now- watching the football in the pub over a few pints does it for me :)<br><br>But yes, I'm one of those people who HATES not knowing the answer.<br><br>I get bored easily, that's for sure.<br><br>Eve- Synaesthesia is the term.<br><br>I remember dates by remembering images too. When I look at history, I SEE a visual timeline, with events actually happening along it. <br><br>X-dell- I kept in a fairly obvious place, a big tin bin with a cover on it.<br><br>I think what amuses people is how I remember when things happened in my life. I use the Guiness Hit singles guide. I remember events by what music was in my head at the time.<br><br>Yes, there is a definite pattern, methinks.<br>I often say that we're the unlucky generation; the option of going to new frontiers isn't here for us, a hundred years ago I'd be off to Aus, i'm sure, a hundred and fifty years ago I'd be 'going west, my son', or off to India to carve my name in exotic lands. And conversely, our children/grandchildren will be off to colonise fesh worlds. I envy them, I really do.<br><br>Fusion- It can be tiring. And often you cone a cropper. But still, better to regret something you HAVE done, than something you haven't done.<br>There is calm at the eye of the storm, remember :)<br><br>jmb- I think taming those self-destructive urges has been the battle of life to date.<br>I was trying to explain to someone recently how ALL risks are kind of win-win situations. If you win, you win what you wanted. If you lose, you get to prove to yourself you could come back from the cock up you created.<br><br>Of course, the losing bit WILL cause you much strife, pain and hardship, but getting through that is its own reward.<br><br>I think what I want to do next is travel. Not done enough of that.<br><br>Crashie- Planning just isn't something I do much of. My life really has no plan whatsoever, just general fixtures. I tend to do most things off the cuff, even now.<br><br>Yes, I think it IS all about the journey.<br><br>Princess P- It makes you think certainly.<br>At school, I was always what you'd call an underacheiver- I mean, I was in the top sets for most things, but it was always held that I underperformed.<br><br>Having studied these things a bit more, I realise how inflexible these categorisations are, because I don't think I was academically intelligent in the way they usually treat these things. I really think I had difficulty with the stage by stage approach. I never understood science, for example, until I started to learn it's history, as in HOW these conclusions had been reached by empirical evidence and logicl deduction. I really did NEED to know HOW we knew these things, before I understood any of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-48161692168442571682008-07-02T15:14:00.000-07:002008-07-02T15:14:00.000-07:00Life is all about learning...It helps us to move a...Life is all about learning...<br><br>It helps us to move and grow!<br><br><i>Monday is red, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is green, Thursday is orange, Friday is yellow, Saturday is white, Sunday is pink.</i><br><br>I find that quite fascinating now in adult life. I have no memory of it but that is apparently how I was taught maths, times tables etc.<br>I have always had to work/struggle at maths. But I understand that colours explanation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com