Taomeow Posted August 6 Heard this continuation of Zhuangzi's dream.* ...So then the Japanese patrol captured Zhuangzi and interrogated him. Why are you planting explosives all over our military trains routes and derailing our trains, they asked. And he's, like, I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm a butterfly, I don't interfere in your military affairs. -- And what did the interrogators do? -- What could they do, they put him in front of the firing squad and woke him up. -- And then what happened? -- What could happen? He's flying somewhere out there, visiting this flower, then that flower... *from an accomplished martial artist who thinks he's a taoist -- but far as I can tell, the only taoist thing about him is his zhuangzesque sense of the absurd. Which is good enough for me -- better than what many others who think of themselves as taoists have to show to justify the self-identification. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanity Check Posted August 7 Completely unrelated. But your post reminded me of something. In 2008. Former Government Accountability Office Comptroller David Walker helped distribute a documentary entitled I.O.U.S.A. He embarked on a nation wide tour of fiscal responsibility encouraging americans to do their due diligence. Get their facts straight on the deficit. State budgets. Finance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Walker_(U.S._Comptroller_General) I spammed this type of info far and wide across the internet. To some, this could resemble me "derailing trains". But no. No one listened. No one took me seriously. If I derailed any trains. If anyone listened to what I said or took me seriously. They would have figured all this shit out 15+ years ago. If they listened to Jesus, they would have figured it all out approximately 2,000 years ago. Some say progress is a burden carried by good men to be proactive and diligent. But no. Rather progress relies on those who historically strive day and night to live under a rock, to see and hear no evil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted August 7 Ummmmm ..... Errrrmmmm ..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted Sunday at 03:24 PM I heard this when it first came out and somehow chanced on it again today, so I decided to share it with any lucky bastard who missed it back then. O Fortuna! This octopus... Let's give him boots... Send him to North Korea... Our perceptions co-create reality. Here's the real Latin lyrics for comparison... Of course the misheard ones are nothing like that -- they don't sound anything like that -- but if you're listening to the misheard version while looking at the English phonetic counterpart on the screen, you hear the English version quite distinctly... O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis semper crescis aut decrescis vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem. Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu volubilis status malus vana salus semper dissolubilis Obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris. Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite quod per sortem sternit fortem mecum omnes plangite 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Monday at 12:35 AM that made my day ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
