imperfetta:

#firstworldproblems

lisaashway:

And so this is basis for a lot of what I mean when I post about the ‘illuminati’.. although I’m not entirely sure of a new world order plotting to control every citizen, it’s fucking scary to realize that all the media we consume is run by such a confined group. Last night my friend was telling me how when he does a lot of drugs the idea of being connected to the internet/cellphone/television gives him a negative feeling. And its so true, because there is such a lack of control over what we are consuming..even though we feel like options are unlimited. We are plugged into society all the time through these same outlets like an addiction. It so easily shapes our thinking to a consensus about what is and isn’t socially acceptable..

Good line from this article:

“A limited number of actors in the cultural industry means a limited amount of viewpoints and ideas making their way to the general public. It also means that a single message can easily saturate all forms of media to generate consent (i.e. “there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”).”

ethanology:

youneedacat:

sherlocksflataffect:

crown-of-weeds:

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen.

more here

I know this stuff is still in its infancy, but I am so interested in this.

Especially for people who think in pictures, but aren’t so great with words.

Or me, with my fucked-up vision. I want y’all to see what I see.

I find this terrifying. I want my thoughts to be for me and me alone unless i choose to share them.

OTOH I would love to record my dreams provided I had total control over who could see them.

I’d record the really weird dreams. The ones that are impossible to explain because they lack all normal frames of reference. The ones that nobody believes me about because they expect dreams to be at least somewhat like the real world.

I’d record my nightmares. To explain to people the effects of what I’ve been put through by assholes. To explain to professionals “this is what your ‘treatments’ do to us”.

I’d record my very best dreams so I could play them over and over again. And show people how magical they are.

That said I have my doubts about whether this could work. One theory about dreams are that they are random pieces of information that the brain then puts into some kind of comprehensible order. So would this record the random crap or would it record what we see after the rest of our brains are through with it?

This is… fascinating and scary. I have always always wondered if someone would ever figure out how to do this. Although, as with anything, I worry about people using it for the wrong reasons…

gnargoyle:

Hardcore is my life, I’ll carry the name. 

I love you. I wish I could help you, but I can not. I do not know your specific situation. I do not know the words that will help make your life easier. Our lives are so different. Our situations are so different. We are so different. We are all born into this world with such a wide variety of opportunities and problems. We all have different role models and different views on the world, but it is certain that we all have our share of problems.

I wish I could help you with them. I wish I could make your life better. I may not be able to help you directly, but I wish to give you the way to start understanding. 

This is the way. This is the truth. This is the life.

Read the Word of God. Pick up a bible right now. Open it to any page.

Read.

In this life, there are so many distractions. There is an ocean of information in the world today. Most of it is completely irrelevant. The only thing that truly matters is your life, YOU. This includes God, your family, your friends, your problems, your opportunities, your brain. Do not fill your brain with an excess of irrelevant information. It’s so easy to do. Every person on this earth is overloaded with irrelevant information from time to time, just do not let it define you. Does it really matter that Snooki is pregnant? Does it have any relevance to YOU?

Every day we are bombarded with advertisements because people want to make money from us. Think about it. “Popular Culture” has taken a life all in itself. It has become a key money-maker in our society today. Do not feed into it. There are more important matters at hand. Your life, your love, your mark on this world. Think about your problems right now. Think of ways to make your life better. Learn how to love.

There are so many distractions in modern society today. We are so interested in other people. Facebook has made it so easy to be distracted. Facebook is a money-maker. Through the years, it has adapted to the weaknesses of human nature. We are a people that love to be easily gratified. Now, it’s so easy to be gratified by putting our hand on a piece of plastic, looking at a screen, and watching people’s every day irrelevant activity. Hundreds of millions of hours are wasted every day by people because big corporations understand how human nature works.

When we look through our Facebook, we are becoming instantly gratified. Even though that gratification is VERY small, we are still hooked, because it brings us pleasure. Would you rather look at a screen all day or have the time of your life hanging out with your friends and loved ones on a trip through the country? It takes more time and thought to plan a trip across the country as opposed to being instantly gratified with Facebook, but isn’t the payoff MUCH better?

Take the time to evaluate your life. The more effort you into something, the better it is. Put effort into your life.

I haven’t had a bad life by any means, but I have had problems just like anyone on this earth. I have found that by having a firm relationship with God, I am able to cope with anything. I’ve made mistakes, I’ll lived 21 years with them. I’m going to make more. I’m not perfect, I don’t try to be. I’m just me.

I strive for progression, and I urge you to do the same.

Read God’s word. It will help you understand your life. Have a relationship with God, He will help you through your problems. Do not be discouraged by other people, in any context. Do not worry about what people will think of you, their thoughts are irrelevant.

I love you, God loves you. 

Now please, love yourself.

mayho:

thank you based lin

TYBL

Ultimate based secret: “He gets famous for rapping about dumb stuff just to show how stupid people are. Then he raps about positivity because that’s the message he wants to get across to the fans he made.”