I’m always frustrated by individuals who claim that it isn’t in them to deliberately cause harm (to someone): it’s not part of their personality, they would never do that, they’re not capable, it’s against their nature, or it doesn’t exist within them.
If you’re a human, this is profoundly false.
Every human being is capable of deliberately causing harm given the right input: circumstances, feelings, justifications, thoughts, beliefs, etc. We choose not to deliberately cause harm (that’s the deliberate part) because it repulses us, disappoints us, we don’t believe in it, etc.
The key here is that it is a choice. It’s always a choice. Always. It’s profound when people consistently choose not to do it for whatever reason they have, perhaps their entire life. That’s profound, and that profundity is stripped away when you’re ‘incapable’ of choosing to do the ‘right’ thing.
And, you are capable of deliberately hurting people. Stop it. You are. The sooner you admit it to yourself, the sooner you can have true moral accountability and recognize your choices, because it is a choice. It’s always a choice.
For those still on the fence I present some interesting juxtapositions you might want to ponder:
You’re not capable of murdering someone, but, you are capable of shooting someone in self-defense?
You’re not capable of deliberate harm, but, you are capable of doing things, intentional or not, that clearly ‘harms’ someone and then never owning it, but instead ending the relationship on that note because they’re ‘toxic’?
Is it possible you’re incapable of deliberate harm because that would mean that sometimes the damage you might cause wasn’t an accident, and you can’t be the victim of various circumstances that forced that accident to happen?
Really think about it. Is it better if it’s always accidental because that means you’re a good person by ‘nature’ even though there aren’t ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people? Or is it better that you made a choice and can admit a mistake, whether the damage you caused was intentional or not?
I’m ‘that guy.’ Everything’s a choice. Everything you do while fully conscious is a choice. You don’t ‘have’ to do anything, even live. Some of us have been known to lie down and starve ourselves to death.
On a side note: I used to think this of myself a couple decades ago. I thought I couldn’t hurt anyone and that was at once both a weakness and some kind of moral strength, but it wasn’t. It was just avoidance of the reality that I must stand behind my choices and be responsible for them.
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“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”
― Ayn Rand
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People Think That A Liar Gains A Victory
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“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that …
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… person’s view requires to be faked. The man who lies to the world is the world’s slave from then on. There are no white lies. There is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.”
— Ayn Rand
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You Are Capable Of Deliberate Cruelty
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I’m always frustrated by individuals who claim that it isn’t in them to deliberately cause harm (to someone): it’s not part of their personality, they would never do that, they’re not capable, it’s against their nature, or it doesn’t exist within them.
If you’re a human, this is profoundly false.
Every human being is capable of deliberately causing harm given the right input: circumstances, feelings, justifications, thoughts, beliefs, etc. We choose not to deliberately cause harm (that’s the deliberate part) because it repulses us, disappoints us, we don’t believe in it, etc.
The key here is that it is a choice. It’s always a choice. Always. It’s profound when people consistently choose not to do it for whatever reason they have, perhaps their entire life. That’s profound, and that profundity is stripped away when you’re ‘incapable’ of choosing to do the ‘right’ thing.
And, you are capable of deliberately hurting people. Stop it. You are. The sooner you admit it to yourself, the sooner you can have true moral accountability and recognize your choices, because it is a choice. It’s always a choice.
For those still on the fence I present some interesting juxtapositions you might want to ponder:
You’re not capable of murdering someone, but, you are capable of shooting someone in self-defense?
You’re not capable of deliberate harm, but, you are capable of doing things, intentional or not, that clearly ‘harms’ someone and then never owning it, but instead ending the relationship on that note because they’re ‘toxic’?
Is it possible you’re incapable of deliberate harm because that would mean that sometimes the damage you might cause wasn’t an accident, and you can’t be the victim of various circumstances that forced that accident to happen?
Really think about it. Is it better if it’s always accidental because that means you’re a good person by ‘nature’ even though there aren’t ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people? Or is it better that you made a choice and can admit a mistake, whether the damage you caused was intentional or not?
I’m ‘that guy.’ Everything’s a choice. Everything you do while fully conscious is a choice. You don’t ‘have’ to do anything, even live. Some of us have been known to lie down and starve ourselves to death.
On a side note: I used to think this of myself a couple decades ago. I thought I couldn’t hurt anyone and that was at once both a weakness and some kind of moral strength, but it wasn’t. It was just avoidance of the reality that I must stand behind my choices and be responsible for them.
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3l6su6qwfor2k
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I’m always frustrated by individuals who claim that it isn’t in them to deliberately cause harm (to someone): it’s not part of their personality, they would never do that, they’re not capable, it’s against their nature, or it doesn’t exist within them.
If you’re a human, this is profoundly false.
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3l6sub2mw6f25
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Every human being is capable of deliberately causing harm given the right input: circumstances, feelings, justifications, thoughts, beliefs, etc. We choose not to deliberately cause harm (that’s the deliberate part) because it repulses us, disappoints us, we don’t believe in it, etc.
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3l6sudkjs5f24
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The key here is that it is a choice. It’s always a choice. Always. It’s profound when people consistently choose not to do it for whatever reason they have, perhaps their entire life. That’s profound, and that profundity is stripped away when you’re ‘incapable’ of choosing to do the ‘right’ thing.
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3l6sufdvnw42e
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And, you are capable of deliberately hurting people. Stop it. You are. The sooner you admit it to yourself, the sooner you can have true moral accountability and recognize your choices, because it is a choice. It’s always a choice.
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3l6suhm3okc2y
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For those still on the fence I present some interesting juxtapositions you might want to ponder:
You’re not capable of murdering someone, but, you are capable of shooting someone in self-defense?
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3l6suisetno23
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You’re not capable of deliberate harm, but, you are capable of eating steak at a restaurant and generating profit for multiple companies?
You’re not capable of deliberate harm, but, you are capable of sniping back at bullies and trolls with insults?
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3l6sulmtorr23
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You’re not capable of deliberate harm, but, you are capable of doing things, intentional or not, that clearly ‘harms’ someone and then never owning it, but instead ending the relationship on that note because they’re ‘toxic’?
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3l6suppvorz23
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Is it possible you’re incapable of deliberate harm because that would mean that sometimes the damage you might cause wasn’t an accident, and you can’t be the victim of various circumstances that forced that accident to happen?
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3l6suru7hjc2p
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Really think about it. Is it better if it’s always accidental because that means you’re a good person by ‘nature’ even though there aren’t ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people? Or is it better that you made a choice and can admit a mistake, whether the damage you caused was intentional or not?
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3l6sutu7g6t2w
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I’m ‘that guy.’ Everything’s a choice. Everything you do while fully conscious is a choice. You don’t ‘have’ to do anything, even live. Some of us have been known to lie down and starve ourselves to death.
And your choices matter, always.
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On a side note: I used to think this of myself a couple decades ago. I thought I couldn’t hurt anyone and that was at once both a weakness and some kind of moral strength, but it wasn’t. It was just avoidance of the reality that I must stand behind my choices and be responsible for them.
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BlueSky – 3l6uqqehplv2b: #ManQuaFurry
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#ManQuaFurry
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The Stupid Zombie Project
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In high school, around 1998-1999, I cofounded The Clasheerian Order. TCO facilitated such masterpieces as Dark Side of the Light, and the debut of the original and the only true SZP. The release party was in my living room after the monthly meeting, and autographed copies immediately sold out.
For all you anti-intellectual, churlish, troglodytes hate-reading this, I’m talking about the Stupid Zombie Project, of course. On July 31, 2020, I pulled out an original copy with a case (there’s also the coveted compact disc version that is now a rare collector’s item).
Reminiscing on the life-altering release party that took place in the living room of my childhood home, now the famous Sisu Farms (sisu.farm). After the monthly TCO meeting, I popped it into my VHS/DVD combo player and converted it for posterity.
You can now view this historical archive footage without having to pay $5 below. We should all remember the groundbreaking communal project known as the original and the only true SZP: Stupid Zombie Project. I am available for the quite sought-after comment. Don’t hesitate to contact me: t.me/asherwolfstein
For the cinephiles: this was produced on that titanium laptop Apple released using iMovie in my dorm room at Cockerell Hall at the University of Colorado at Boulder in collaboration with my long-time friend Kelsey H, who lived three doors down. Several weeks after the premiere, I attempted suicide.
I was immediately banned from campus for allegedly threatening a student’s life (a false accusation put forth by a rich, spoiled pothead who received special treatment from the university while I had to suffer). That’s not even the beginning of the whole story about this video and where it came from, but that shall forever remain a pop culture mystery.
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3l6uuwhyips2p
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In high school, around 1998-1999, I cofounded The Clasheerian Order. TCO facilitated such masterpieces as Dark Side of the Light, and the debut of the original and the only true SZP. The release party was in my living room after the monthly meeting, and autographed copies immediately sold out.
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3l6uy2xsx562b
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For all you anti-intellectual, churlish, troglodytes hate-reading this, I’m talking about the Stupid Zombie Project, of course. On July 31, 2020, I pulled out an original copy with a case (there’s also the coveted compact disc version that is now a rare collector’s item).
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Reminiscing on the life-altering release party that took place in the living room of my childhood home, now the famous Sisu Farms (sisu.farm). After the monthly TCO meeting, I popped it into my VHS/DVD combo player and converted it for posterity.
You can now view this historical archive footage …
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3l6uysgu6sq2u
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… without having to pay $5 below. We should all remember the groundbreaking communal project known as the original and the only true SZP: Stupid Zombie Project. I am available for the quite sought-after comment. Don’t hesitate to contact me: t.me/asherwolfstein
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#SZP #StupidZombieProject #TheClasheerianOrder #TCO #ReynoldsCorp #HighSchool #archives #ArchivalFootage #VHS #RecoveredMedia
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For the cinephiles: this was produced on that titanium laptop Apple released using iMovie in my dorm room at Cockerell Hall at the University of Colorado at Boulder in collaboration with my long-time friend Kelsey H, who lived three doors down. Several weeks after the premiere, I attempted suicide.
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3l6v5nons7u2k
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I was immediately banned from campus for allegedly threatening a student’s life (a false accusation put forth by a rich, spoiled pothead who received special treatment from the university while I had to suffer). That’s not even the beginning of …
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3l6v5nszqq42u
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… the whole story about this video and where it came from, but that shall forever remain a pop culture mystery.
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3l6uuwhyips2pDark Side of the Light
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That time Jack Malkovitch killed Bill Gates in order to produce an “American Tragedy” as per the title, Dark Side of the Light or An American Tragedy. This masterpiece was produced in 1999 using a camera and two VCRs, then released to critical acclaim to The Clasheerian Order public.
t’s almost verbatim a skit written by myself when I was 17 with a bit of help from the others in the group project for my Drama Class (shout out to Mrs. D!). If I accurately remember the course of events, it cemented A. C. Gmork Labyrinthian Kadran X. H. as an artistic genius who went on to create the hyper-intellectual audio compilation Ramblings of a Mathematical Madman, the poetic exploration of mental health known as Deskjet Nightmare, the now iconic stage play On Being Different, which was definitely ahead of its time and is more relevant today than it was in 2001, and the spin-off short story Perfect, which told the story of an unnamed entity as an epilogue to the stage play.
Thankfully, this incredible piece of history didn’t become a super obscure piece of lost media forever lost to the annals of Reddit, but instead was archived from the VHS tape (no fancy package this time, we weren’t that advanced yet) on July 27th, 2020 for your viewing pleasure.
Now you too can relive the thrills and chills for free! I give you… Dark Side of The Light or An American Tragedy
To note, the graphics were produced and integrated using a video device attached to a PowerMac 6500 (I believe). This was also how the dubbing was accomplished as well.
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3l6v3qjndfm2n
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That time Jack Malkovitch killed Bill Gates in order to produce an “American Tragedy” as per the title, Dark Side of the Light or An American Tragedy. This masterpiece was produced in 1999 using a camera and two VCRs, then released to critical acclaim to The Clasheerian Order public.
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It’s almost verbatim a skit written by myself when I was 17 with a bit of help from the others in the group project for my Drama Class (shout out to Mrs. D!). If I accurately remember the course of events, it cemented A. C. Gmork Labyrinthian Kadran X. H. as an artistic genius who went on to …
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3l6v3sai4r52e
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create the hyper-intellectual audio compilation Ramblings of a Mathematical Madman, the poetic exploration of mental health known as Deskjet Nightmare, the now iconic stage play On Being Different, which was definitely ahead of its time and is more …
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3l6v3xi4svx2k
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… relevant today than it was in 2001, and the spin-off short story Perfect, which told the story of an unnamed entity as an epilogue to the stage play.
Thankfully, this incredible piece of history didn’t become a super obscure piece of lost media forever lost to …
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3l6v3ykr6g42n
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… the annals of Reddit, but instead was archived from the VHS tape (no fancy package this time, we weren’t that advanced yet) on July 27th, 2020 for your viewing pleasure.
Now you too can relive the thrills and chills for free! I give you…
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Dark Side of The Light or An American Tragedy
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To note, the graphics were produced and integrated using a video device attached to a PowerMac 6500 (I believe). This was also how the dubbing was accomplished as well.
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This old indie game review written in the days of Jim Sterling and ZeroPunctuation (April 21, 2015) piqued my interest in terms of philosophy and gameplay narratives.
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