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"Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity."
― Jon Foreman
  • Listening to: the rain, every.....day....rain....
  • Reading: Finnish, Finnish, Finnish.
  • Watching: Red Dwarf and Father Ted
  • Playing: Torchlight II but not much time
  • Drinking: whiskey
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:iconall-my-darkness:
There is not enough server space on DA to say YES enough times.

Perfect summurization.
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:iconrabidmoon:
I thought so as well. :)
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*fraterchaos Oct 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I could probably write the longest reply ever given on a journal on dA in response, (agreeing of course) but in all honesty, at the moment, I'm just too tired to do so.

but its a very true statement nonetheless.
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:iconrabidmoon:
Hope you got some rest! (and I agree). :)
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*fraterchaos Oct 7, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
lol, well it really wasn't meant as that sort of tired... just tired of fighting those kinds of people... sometimes I think we are all doomed, and not because of any of the things most people would expect, just greed, greed is going to sink our ship...
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:iconrabidmoon:
Hm, noted on the rest thing but I think it still applies.

We can't change everything but we can change how much of it we let poison us while we're here, in this short life, which is both ugly and beautiful.

Maybe we are doomed but we don't have to read the script.

That "we're all doomed, but isn't this espresso delicious?" comment I make on my profile is about this. Find the beauty that is still here, appreciate it, revel in it. Know that it is fragile, and instead of letting it make you angry, let it make you grateful for the moment.

Believe me I know this is hard. I get so frustrated, but I've learned to unplug. Walk away, listen to something besides the talking heads. It's all just noise. Yes, I think we're going to fuck it all up, and I can scream and cry with the time I have here. I do feel sad, and frustrated with this species (of which I'm a part, whether I feel like it or not). But meanwhile life ticks by, and I have learned sometimes you just have to disengage.

Embrace what is amazing, try not to make it worse while you are here, and be glad that while you WERE here, so many things were still beautiful. Honour them not just by fighting for them, but celebrating them.

Life is short. Greed is awful but so is a life spent entranced by everything we dislike instead of focusing on everything that is good. I know it's hard. :)
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*fraterchaos Oct 8, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
very good advice, and I do try to see things that way... of course, like you said, it can be hard... and so often, there is somebody who wants to make it their business to force you to be aware of the ugliness too... I think that is what bothers me most, that so many people seem to delight in making others feel as bad as they do.

Yes, i suppose all one can do is to live day to day and try to enjoy what we can. It would be a better world if everyone did that.
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