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i feel like i'm suffering from information overload or something. i know a little too much about things i'd rather forget about. mostly it's about people, alittle about history, and alittle about myself.
sometimes i think about what it would be like to be someone else, living in almost destitution. like mongolian nomads, who live in the harsh mountains, gather food, hunting animals, raising kids, and tending to the land. simple.
sure there would be no starcraft, no television, no fast food. but i wouldn't even know about these things to miss them much.
the world is getting way too complicated. we, as in people who live in the industrialized world, depend on material possession for happiness. but that's only because we've been taught at a young age that the accumulation of material goods is the key to being happy. i don't think that's true.
i don't think being poor and homeless is that great either. but poor and homeless people in my society no that they're at bottom of the totem. they live without. they don't have material possessions and they are not plugged into the mainstream.
but how is that different from inuit people who live and hunt in near artic weather. i think an inuit hunter can be happier than an investment banker if he never has to believe that money and items are everything.
i worked as a migrant farmer in the summer. woke up at 5 am, rode in a 14 seat filled broken down van for 2 hours to and fro. got home 7:30 pm everyday. i picked weeds, fruits, sorted fruits, packed grapes. i worked on my hands and knees, muddied, aching, sometimes feeling like giving up, sometimes itching so bad i wanted to quit, other times i would feel fire in the throat for not packing enough water to drink. I'd get bug bites, injured, scratched, yelled at, cursed at, disrespected. all for 7 dollars an hour.
i worked like that for 10 hours each day, 6 days a week. and i loved it. if i could have done that for the rest of my life and have enough to pay rent and food and never have to go back to urbanized society i would have been elated. maybe one day.
 
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I know exactly what you mean...
Long story short
1) Im a Banker... aaaaaaaaagrrrrrrrrr just the tought of my work makes me crazy
2) BW and XboX gaming make me so stressed out but yet I cant get away from it
3) My GF-Fiance w/e,,, all about material stuff thats all she talks about all day long
4) I went back to Venezuela in '06 to visit.. my moms side of the family ( High Class super rich motherfuckers.. swimming in cash and shit) my dad's side of the family ( Lowest class possible.. live in houses with dirt floor and shit sometimes... I go visit them and they are all so sososososo happy all the time playing games and drinking and enjoying in the neighborhood after they get back from work etc) I go back to the high class part where everyone is wearing lacoste and have nice jobs and have all the money in the world to travel and do whatever the hell they want etc.. they are all strressed, naggy, angry about something or someone... I even had a friend suicide and he had it all etc... I dunno man.. Life is waaaaayy toooo complicated nowadays and Im feeling it... Im 21 with a kid, a fiance that sets waaaayyy tooo high standard for our age and my job is hella stressing.. and I sux at BW and it pisses me off 
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Why stop there? You might as well wish you don't get reincarnated at all. After all, nothing would bother you if you weren't alive.
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You have an excellent point... and that is prolly why I appreciate my life so much in the other hand
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On November 21 2008 18:10 Nytefish wrote:
Why stop there? You might as well wish you don't get reincarnated at all. After all, nothing would bother you if you weren't alive.
But wouldn't have the chance of being happy?
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I think everybody feels that way every once in a while. Sometimes I thought about being a shepherd too and then being able to cast psionic storm over flocks of sheep.
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On November 21 2008 19:16 skyglow1 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2008 18:10 Nytefish wrote:
Why stop there? You might as well wish you don't get reincarnated at all. After all, nothing would bother you if you weren't alive. But wouldn't have the chance of being happy?
But you wouldn't/couldn't care about that.
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gg_hertzz all of the research being done on "happiness" supports your observations.
I would have found you a few links to read but considering you are currently being overwhelmed with info, I just leave a 4/5 vote : )
and an I hear you.
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Mongolian nomad don't know the secret to have 300+ apm and can't beat progamers on Bnet.
Think again.
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Mongolian nomads can always smash your computer & then beat you up physically. gg irl.
Technology has given us many things but it's also taken away some of the pride of being human and alive. Gone are the days where you build your own home, hunt/plant/fish for food, and actively do things that control your life. Today, money has replaced most of your essential needs, food, shelter, etc. We don't build a house to live in now, we work for money to buy the house. The end result is similar but the pride of doing it is gone.
Before I ramble on, I'll leave you with a Buddhist saying: "suffering is caused by desire." And this link: http://anjamerret.com/?p=285
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On November 21 2008 19:18 meegrean wrote:
I think everybody feels that way every once in a while. Sometimes I thought about being a shepherd too and then being able to cast psionic storm over flocks of sheep.
okay. that made me laugh.
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finally a good blog. 
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