should I be enjoying this

oh wow who even does that

This statement in the thread "uppers are immoderate and for destructive egotists, downers are the responsible choice of the nurturing selfless" = totally disagree.

Blanket statement if there is one, people can do both. I would say that the downers are less destructive overall, but I don't align with calling people who do uppers egotists.

IE. you could smoke pot everyday and yes it would seem more innocuous compared to cocaine, but I cannot imagine smoking pot daily for years (which I've done) makes one less of an egotist or more self caring.

expand yr pool of enjoyment

uh hello

http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=60&threadid=2955

caffeine is an upper guys c'mon

do I need a friggin coffee mug that says "destructive egoist" on it

the war against drugs really jacked with perceptions

*smokes a cig*

never enjoy anything it will just break your heart

xp to ross - yeah that was supposed to be a self-evidently absurd position i was ascribing to mordy

I think we can say with some certainty anything we like

As long as one exhibits a breeziness whilst doing so

i didn't say anything about egoism? xp

if anything i think the thrill of danger/excitement has something to do w/ a nullification of the self - losing oneself in something overwhelming - but generally speaking is irrelevant to this paradigm.

My apologies if I missed that ogmor

danger is cool because your brain makes adrenaline and endorphins duh

like "oh shit i'm gonna die" doesn't give you joy per se, but you get a blast of the brain chemicals

Don't forget the pop ev-bio explanations for stupid, dangerous, and otherwise nonadaptive behavior. This is probably a dated and discredited view, but cf. Desmond Morris.

Why do adolescent males do things that are risky and stupid? Because if you do something risky and stupid YET SURVIVE, a female will mate with you. At a subconscious level, she will perceive that your genes are strong, and she wants to have children who will be more likely to survive the Starving Times.

On the other hand, if you die doing the risky stupid thing, then the species was better off without you anyway.

This explains Tom Sawyer doing handstands in front of Becky Thatcher. But it also explains beer bongs, skateboarding, keg stands, Xtreeem sports, "Jackass," stage dives, freebase cocaine, and "Point Break."

Of course girls, women, and older men will do these things too. But that's more a matter of it being in the culture than a biological drive.

Don't forget the pop ev-bio explanations

why?

Earlobes are for pair bonding, everybody

Obviously, and it's no accident that they're a popular location for piercing. Piercing is, of course, a vestige of the "I did something dangerous but I survived, so please mate with me." So are rollercoasters.

Grand unification theories that explain everything - they're a helluva drug.

Intellectualizing the habit of gawking at cleavage was, for me in my youth, almost as exciting as cleavage itself.

Now I'm almost forty and it's clear: actual boobies are the only thing that matters

I think it's in Camille Paglia somewhere: cleavage is there to make you think of a butt. Just like lipstick is there to make you think of labia.

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link not working right

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I did, both versions

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