tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post3950620532097699493..comments2023-04-15T08:14:53.058-07:00Comments on Joey Conservative's Corner: The Technik Assuring Future Vortical OblivionJoey Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521728886621816690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-85687425754685470272010-08-22T17:34:01.334-07:002010-08-22T17:34:01.334-07:00Great question. But what makes the emotions counte...Great question. <br>But what makes the emotions counterfeit?<br>Is it that there is usually no accountablity?<br>That there is no mundacity to balance out the intensity (positive or negative), which creates an "artificial" representation of the other person, or the experience itself?<br><br>I do agree that it is a tool to avoid engaging in face to face life, or more accurately, facing oneself.<br><br>It's tricky, though...when you can learn so much about yourself by engaging in the very activity that takes you away.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09524607431704119975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-21685510006851865972010-08-23T04:51:21.492-07:002010-08-23T04:51:21.492-07:00But what makes the emotions counterfeitStories, sc...<i>But what makes the emotions counterfeit</i><br><br>Stories, scripts, movies, blogs, on-line games about fictional events.<br><br><i>Is it that there is usually no accountablity?</i><br><br>Yep<br><br><i>It's tricky, though...when you can learn so much about yourself by engaging in the very activity that takes you away.</i><br><br>But if there are no consequences, are you really learning anything, for if there were, wouldn't you likely react/behave differently?Joe Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-42735994759755940392010-08-23T05:42:21.315-07:002010-08-23T05:42:21.315-07:00Oh, but there ARE consequences.Oh, but there ARE consequences.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09524607431704119975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-33460112672857794352010-08-23T08:44:51.050-07:002010-08-23T08:44:51.050-07:00In terms of addiction and learning the wrong lesso...In terms of addiction and learning the wrong lessons, I'd agree. It's what keeps the whirlwind spinning.Joe Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-82570937244804550732010-08-23T08:44:51.049-07:002010-08-23T08:44:51.049-07:00Lost opportunity, a consequence as well.Lost opportunity, a consequence as well.Joe Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-39204034725927477282010-08-23T14:32:31.181-07:002010-08-23T14:32:31.181-07:00It depends on how you define 'addiction'. ...It depends on how you define 'addiction'. <br>I'm reading "War of The Gods of Addiction" and it's pretty good. <br><br>I'd agree that obsession is a consequence.<br>And then you ask the question: Am I here by choice or compulsion? And that hurts.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09524607431704119975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-2743244557674601522010-08-23T16:59:02.841-07:002010-08-23T16:59:02.841-07:00We're a lot more "determined" than m...We're a lot more "determined" than most people imagine. Free will, is IMO, a "myth". There are very few people in the world with anything approximating a "free" will.Joe Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.com