Open Minded

I got into a heated discussion today on religion. I'm not going to go into details, because I really don't want to explain why i'm right and everyone else is wrong.

But that's exactly what I want to talk about. The religion argument/discussion wasn't really what irked me, it was the fact that everyone there, myself included, wasn't really being open minded.

I will defend myself for a second and say that I was arguing for others to be open minded. But, if I can't be open minded about open minds, close minds, committed minds, and ignorant minds, then am I really being open minded?

To say then, being truly open minded would be to not force my own open minded views on anyway. To be open minded, I would just let everyone be their own mind, not because I don't care, but really, it's the best way for an open minded person to learn about other minds. Just sit back, listen, and (to beat it dead) be open minded.

Why should I try to convince other people to be open minded? Let them have their religion. Let them say it's right or wrong. Even though I was really irked by the unopenmindedness, is it really right to impose open mindedness on others?

The irony of this post is that for me to express my opinions of this topic is to be unopenminded about the multitude of different opinions.

Well, at least I opened my mind a little.

Philosophy

I've pretty much gone through life convinced that I see things differently than most people. You know, I just understand the way people work and the way people think, mind you, not on an individual level but as a society. I see things that other people don't. Not literally like ghosts and shit, but just in general on every argument causing argument you can think of.

And really, i'm not going to share any of my viewpoints with you today, because I understand them at a level that I can't even put into words. Not sure if i'm even conveying my point right now. Things just click for me. When they click, I understand, then I spend the next week, month or years figuring out how to word them in such a way to convey what I understand.

But anyway, that's not the point. You don't have to understand that part. Philosophy has taught me one thing though, and that is to question. So then, does me thinking that I see things differently from people mean that I really see things differently from people, or is it a part of being a human being to think that s/he thinks differently from other people? In other words, does everyone out there think they're better than everyone else?

So then, if thinking that you think differently from other people is just the thinking of all people, does thinking that what you thought about thinking differently from other people is not the proper way of thinking mean that you are above thinking like other people and now in fact do think differently?

Because if that's the case. I think i'm better than you.

Think about that.

Official Apathy

Valentine's Day is that one day of the year that 50% of America gets all mooshy over, and the other 50% wallow in misery and self hate. Usually I am the same way, all mooshy and trying to find something to do so I don't sit around and look pathetic.

But, this year, I really don't care! No really, it's actually pretty great. There's really only a couple things I want to do:

-Play Video Games
-Enjoy the last year of school with my friends
-Graduate without failing

To put it into perspective on how much i'd rather do those things, my car has been sitting in jersey with a flat tire for about 2 weeks now. I haven't even bothered to go home to fix the flat. I mean, granted I have another car, but that's something I usually wouldn't tolerate. It would bug the crap out of me.

Wow, what a useless post, there isn't even anything funny or amusing in here. Now that I think about it, this does just sound like a shitty justification for not going out on Valentine's Day.

Welp, with that said, is there any nice single girls out that want a date? I'm free all day and willing to pay.

Happy Valentine's Day

The case of winter headgear

I started noticing about six years ago. First it was a hat with one too many poofballs. Then it progressed to hats with earflaps longer then they should be. Then jester hats. Then jester hats with one too many poofballs. Then jester hats with too many poofballs and earflaps longer than they should be.

What the hell?

Now walking down the street, headgear is just totally retarded. There are people who literally just look like eskimos because the fake fur lining on the hood of their jacket is so rediculously poofy. Then there are the headbands that aren't exactly headbands, but hats that have the tops cut out of them, with earflaps that are longer than they should be.

About a week ago, I saw a full grown man wearing headgear that made him look like he was about to go on an expedition to Antartica. It was like a hat with extra long earflaps that folded over the chin and mouth for ninja-mode, with another set of flaps with some strings that he didn't tie, so they just hung down. Even with my creative imagination, I had no idea what they were for. Maybe they were used to strangle yourself after you figured out how rediculous you looked walking through the streets of Philly with it.

Of course, people still where the stupid jester caps, and the newer jester caps that have the gajillion orange and purple strings flying off the top of the head, like some walking fireworks mascot. And some of them have poofballs hanging off all one gajillion of those strings.

I mean, I guess I have no right to talk. My cap is suppose to fit roundly over my head, but for some reason, the way it's stitched, two points form at the top if I don't pull it down tightly. It makes me look like a retarded sanrio character. But in my defense, at least I try to wear just a regular plain cap. I don't understand the fashion statement involved. What are those people trying to say? News flash: It doesn't work as an attention seeker when everyone else does it too, idiot.

I have to go buy an outrageously flamboyant hat to replace my retarded mashimaru sanrio hat.