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By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:37:55 +0000

@A20-san: Well, I never said that such “expansion” was ever easy or without consequences, eh? Haha, if u ever saw “Noein”, a particle collider might eventually blow a hole through the center of our world, if not our parallel reality! Not much time for the luxury of sanity…

By: aprilius20

aprilius20 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:38:15 +0000

Yup, but such ‘expansion’ ultimately ends up imploding upon itself… you just return to your ‘pre-expansion’ borders, say, after disconnecting from the net or finishing that conversation. Something radical might work, I suppose, but by ‘violently breaking’ such things one often ends up broken as well, haha. Speaking of Einstein’s theories, I’m still hoping that the ‘Large Hadron Collider’ will throw something new into the mix^-^
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By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:00:43 +0000

@A20-man: Ah, that makes sense. Like learning to add before multiplying, or learning a few words of a new language before speaking it fluently. If one must be confined within one’s consciousness, then the solution is to expand one’s consciousness, right? Via internet, travel, conversation, art, etc. Unfortunately, it might be quicker to do so by violently breaking the rules and laws of society, religion and common sense. I mean, the Relativity and Quantum theories are quite a break from Newton’s common sense, aren’t they?

By: aprilius20

aprilius20 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:44:24 +0000

Haha, yup, you've drifted slightly North-East, but we're still on course, no worries. In fact that last bit seems rather like a theory I remember from Kara no Kyoukai- where humans need to be confined within their consciousness to remain human, or something like that. aprilius20´s last blog post > A bit of May and June, Screaming Utter Randomness

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:07:04 +0000

@A20-man: LOL, good point. But if there’s no “inside”, there’s no “outside” either. Just think of it as “spilling liquid” onto an infinite floor. There’s no point in drinking something off the floor, is there? LOL… Ahh, the only way that would work is if *everyone* becomes *famous*. Andy Warhol’s 15-minute comment, right? Then *nobody* would be *famous*… True, sanity is indeed a matter of social perception. As u narrow your pool of individual perceptions, your relative “sanity” would shift accordingly. Of course, that applies to your relative “brains” or “beauty” within a class, a school, a city, or the entire world. In terms of convenience, one’s “bubble of sanity” would probably be a one-hour radius (driving, biking, or walking). In that case, a farmer’s “sanity” in the middle of nowhere would be totally different from a city dweller’s “sanity”… Yeah, I think I’m drifting wayyy off course…

By: aprilius20

aprilius20 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:08:58 +0000

Haha, I wonder how you'd pour something inside it when there is no inside^^; But to become so famous that you become anonymous? That reminds me of the issue of branding, when brands become 'more than just a brand', like google, which is now a, what, verb? The opposite isn't much of an issue for me, though. The two pandora's boxes of the internet, 2chan or 4chan, demonstrate this concept pretty well. As for insanity/sanity, that sounds a lot like a matter of perception... back into the 'what is reality' argument, haha. For the sake of simplicity, let's divide reality into two- private and public. I suppose that for the former (sane to insane), you gradually ignore public reality', which would be something like the example in Chaos;Head: If everyone says your ice-cream is blue, it's blue, regardless of whether it's actually turquoise. So for 'sane to insane' you gradually go mad in your self-righteousness, believing in your sanity so much that you think everyone else is bonkers, and vice versa. I'm probably sounding rather incoherent at the moment, but I think I'll attribute that to lack of sleep and not having had breakfast yet. Better stop before it gets any worse, but you get my drift, I hope? aprilius20´s last blog post > A bit of May and June, Screaming Utter Randomness

By: xjaymanx

xjaymanx — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:48:13 +0000

@Coco-chan: Ahh, interesting. Didn’t know Japanese Dollfie collectors all referred to their dolls as “daughters”. Hmm, whether or not the connotation is different, as the Dollfie community continues to expand, should I begin to call my anime figures “daughters” too? Hehe, like I told Jenn-chan immediately above, if not “daughters”, couldn’t I call them “sisters” too?… Haha, yeah, recycled articles are always confusing. Referring to them as past articles is okay, but don’t need to automatically alter the date every year, lol… Ah, true, if u visit and know Melonpan more than the occasional visitor, you’d probably know it was a prank. But as I’ve noted before, with “doll daughters” and “figure drilling”, more and more shocking stuff is getting more and more acceptable. Which could be okay. Or not-so-okay, lol… Yup, I agree, the line between “doll” and “figure” definitely seems arbitrary, according to social norms and perceptions. So far, “clothing” and “dressing up” seem to be the sharpest distinction. But with these emerging Dollfies, the lines are being blurred again. I mean, materialistically speaking, there’s no difference at all. And that’s the point of my “Barbie” post, isn’t it?

@Lene-chan: Hahaha, r u sure you’re not taking a time-machine into the wrong direction? (Forward?)… Aww, thanx for catching up! Haha, roomies with Coco-chan and Mimi-chan! So tell the truth, who snored louder? Did Mimi-chan rant against “K-On” in her sleep again? LOL. Hey, what? Burning? Ohhh, I had to look it up. The theme song, lol. ^o^

P.S. Heyyy, u too? Now *your* cross-posting comments are confusing me! Haha, thanx! Although with her RSS comment feeds, Jenn-chan politely suggested that I didn’t have to go thru the cross-posting trouble anymore, lol. Awww. At least, u still don’t mind. Yet, lol… Wait. Just weeks to roam the otakusphere? Why just weeks? >_<;