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jfz9580m

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11. Yeah I gotta agree

Reply to live love laugh (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:03 AM

Aug 2

Last edited Sun Aug 3, 2025, 04:16 PM - Edit history (4)

And selfish/self-deceptive..it’s wearying to see the tail-chasing self-deceiving delusions..

I mean Carlin had a point:
https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2015/features/strange-bedfellows-misanthropy-humanism-the-many-faces-of-george-carlin

Carlin further explained his position: “I dislike and despise groups of people but I love individuals. Every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you’re really looking.”

The problem is it’s too damn time-consuming to sit around looking into the (dead) eyes of every creep and seeing the universe.
That would be all you do anymore, that too at the rate at which this prolifically reproducing species pops people out.

Which I think is what creeps like the social media creeps want.

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