If no-one knows I'm here, do I exist?

scarletpeaches · Feb 8, 2007

Discuss.

TsukiRyoko · Feb 8, 2007

Does a tree truly fall if no one is there to see it?

MidnightMuse · Feb 8, 2007

If a man speaks in the woods and no woman is there to hear him, is he still gonna put his foot in it?

SpookyWriter · Feb 8, 2007

If a tick is without a ticker to tickle does that mean the tick is ticked off?

alleycat · Feb 8, 2007

Did someone post something? The thread is empty.

C.bronco · Feb 8, 2007

A wise man once said, "One can't hear the tree fall in the forest if he has a bird in his hand." Or was it "a chicken in every pot." Close enough.

scarletpeaches · Feb 8, 2007

KTC said:
You're hot for Jesus. You exist eternal.

Sshhh! You promised you wouldn't tell!

JoeEkaitis · Feb 8, 2007

I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world? So close - the infinitesimal and the infinite. But suddenly, I knew they were really the two ends of the same concept. The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet - like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heavens. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spread across the night. And in that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thought in terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed upon nature. That existence begins and ends in man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero.

I still exist!

From The Incredible Shrinking Man

TsukiRyoko · Feb 8, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
If a tick is without a ticker to tickle does that mean the tick is ticked off?

Aww, Jon's ticklish.

TsukiRyoko · Feb 8, 2007

KTC said:
You're hot for Jesus. You exist eternal.

If the portraits aren't candy coating him, he is pretty squeezable. :Shrug:

scarletpeaches · Feb 8, 2007

KTC said:
Who am I? Jesus? Your secret is safe with me, Mary.

Well, I remember when you briefly masqueraded as JTC, Jesus the Christ. And if I'm Mary, that means I'm your mother, and YOU'RE GROUNDED!

TsukiRyoko · Feb 8, 2007

JoeEkaitis said:
I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world? So close - the infinitesimal and the infinite. But suddenly, I knew they were really the two ends of the same concept. The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet - like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heavens. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spread across the night. And in that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thought in terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed upon nature. That existence begins and ends in man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero.

I still exist!

From The Incredible Shrinking Man

...Are you implying that I have erectile disfunction?

scarletpeaches · Feb 8, 2007

You can get viagra for that, you know. Or to use its generic name, mycoxafloppin.

C.bronco · Feb 8, 2007

I think, therefore, I hear a Who.

TsukiRyoko · Feb 8, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
You can get viagra for that, you know. Or to use its generic name, mycoxafloppin.

Mycoxafloppin? I could have sworn the generic brand was Adickyzdown. So much for my medical knowledge....

Birol · Feb 8, 2007

Don't run away now, Scarlet. The LitCrit discussion is just reaching the "pardon me, but isn't that your brain leaking out your ear" stage. This is when the fun really begins.

NeuroFizz · Feb 8, 2007

Look in the mirror with the lights out. Your answer is in there. Somewhere.

SpookyWriter · Feb 8, 2007

NeuroFizz said:
Look in the mirror with the lights out. Your answer is in there. Somewhere.

Or, as I have recently learned, try using the toilet in the dark. You'll either discover a new trick or a trickle.

whistlelock · Feb 8, 2007

If you are not an autonomous self aware being; then probably no you don't exist if no one knows you're there.

C.bronco · Feb 8, 2007

Did you just call me an automaton? Nevermind. As the proverb goes,
"Do not put a plank in your brother's eye if you have placed an order for Floam."

Tiger · Feb 8, 2007

If a widget gets flopsided in the woods, can it still bazzfazz the shimstock?

Angelinity · Feb 8, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
If no-one knows I'm here, do I exist?

would you know you were there? then you exist.

C.bronco · Feb 8, 2007

"If a widget gets flopsided in the woods, can it still bazzfazz the shimstock?"
I'm not sure, but it reminds me that the widget is perhaps the most vital indicator of "The Duality of Man," which, as we all know, is a key determining factor in existence.

Akuma · Feb 8, 2007

Angelinity said:
would you know you were there? then you exist.

How could she be so sure she exists? Perhaps you are all a part of my imagination.
Or I am a part of yours, and my understanding of concepts and emotions are vastly insignificant to the only person who exists, who is you.
But how can you be so sure you are real?

Perhaps this post is meant to address that part of your consciousness, but who is to say that you aren't a figment too, and the figments are left to mingle with each other since nothing really takes place except the one person that does exist?

But if that one person never sees this discussion, then did it really happen?

:crazy:

Tiger · Feb 8, 2007

C.bronco said:
"If a widget gets flopsided in the woods, can it still bazzfazz the shimstock?"
I'm not sure, but it reminds me that the widget is perhaps the most vital indicator of "The Duality of Man," which, as we all know, is a key determining factor in existence.

"pfffffff..... [cough-cough]... wow!"

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