[MD] John Carl v2.0a (the morOnist build)

[gav]

i liked reading that

it's like a dance don't you think?
bit like that hindu concept - lila.
got to stay on those self-aware toes, lest we fall back onto our reactive arses...


--- On Fri, 5/2/10, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com>
> Subject: [MD] John Carl v2.0a (the morOnist build)
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Received: Friday, 5 February, 2010, 11:22 AM
> I agree completely.
> 
> That the most fundamental of this particular OS install
> into the new and
> improved John Carl Avatar.    "I agree
> completely."
> 
> It could be irritating and get old really fast, especially
> if meant
> sarcastically or ironically or trying to get all "one over"
> on y'all.
>  That'd be just plain rude.  So I think a little
> explanation should clear
> things up.
> 
> First of all.  The necessity of the rebuild.  The
> old personality just
> wasn't working out all that well.   I mean,
> my wife loves me and my kids
> think I'm a god.  So I have no basic complaints but
> really, on any sort of
> social scale I'm way below the bottom.  Even low-life
> white-trash scum have
> friends on a saturday night, have an idea how they fit into
> their world and
> have mommas that love 'em mostly.
> 
> And I felt bad, with my communications on this list,
> somehow.  It was all
> critical, negative and fighting.  And I felt bad in
> retrospect about my
> response to Mary.    It's not really my fault
> that my system goes into a
> freeze/glitch whenever I encounter the "L" word.  Its
> just a bug.  But a bug
> that oughta be fixed, dammit.  So I rebooted.
> 
> And I think I like this new version.  It's making
> sense to me.  The truth
> is, I do agree completely.  Everybody has their little
> slice of the truth,
> and for them it's all there is and all they've got. 
> To counter it or
> disagree with their reality is just plain rude.  I
> wouldn't want it done to
> me, why am I always doing it to other people?
> 
> And cackling away it all the while!
> 
> What an asshole I've been.
> 
> So... John Carl 2.0a at your service.
> 
> Now... as to what I mean by "the moronIst rebuild" is sorta
> a *reductio
> advert boozium* kinda deal - Like Pirsig using the absense
> of Quality to
> prove it's existence.  One of those logical
> thinga-ma-bobs.  Only more
> inspired by alcohol than intellectual excellence.  I
> will completely assume,
> for this personality, that the mOronist position is the
> absolute bedrock of
> truth, the metaphysical foundation of the world is
> meaninglessness.  Krimel
> is my teacher.  When I make mistakes, (as it's easy to
> do when you're
> running an un-de-bugged install) he can correct me and
> extract whatever
> meaning or value I inadvertently snuck in there.  And
> if he's busy, maybe
> y'all who are familiar enough with his cosmological
> position can step in and
> sub.
> 
> Anyway, if the world makes more sense to me running this
> adaptation, then I
> oughta adopt it.  Honestly and legit.  Right now
> the controlling me is a
> little skeptical, but I'm willing to give it a run and see
> how it does.
> 
> Now.  The main differeneces of this new OS, seems to
> me to be the strong
> affirmative propertys.  No more negativity! 
>   I'm not gonna disagree with
> anybody ever again, except maybe my wife.  And
> Platt.  Probably Ham.   But
> that's it.  No more disagreement at all, ever.
> Disagreement accomplishes
> nothing that you want it to, and lots of things you don't
> want it to.  What
> good is it?  Toss it out.  mOroniSts are
> pragmatic with the hand they are
> dealt.  Since nothing really matters, we oughta
> accumulate the most brownie
> points we can while we are here.
> 
> Now, intellectual honesty must be maintained.  I
> cannot agree with falsity
> or lies.  But every person states truth as they see
> it, from their
> perspective.  And I can agree with them that they do
> in fact see things in
> that way that they do.  So there is truth in every one
> and there is room for
> agreement every where.    The big issue of course
> is whether this is a good
> thing or not.  And that's why I've had to specify the
> MorOnisT build here,
> because it really doesn't make any difference what is
> really true, in the
> end.  All that matters is one's social popularity,
> pragmatically
> manipulated.  And people love to be affirmed. 
> That's the one constant pull
> of existence is having one's metaphysical and egoistical
> platform validated.
>   It seems a simple enough service to provide. 
> Why have I been denying it
> all these years?    If it doesn't work out, then
> maybe I'll try the
> personality without the MoRonisT add-on.  Although
> it'd be hard to figure
> some things out, It'd be fun to try.
> 
> Other features of this personality are its advancement in
> the area of
> Loyalty.   My recent conversations with Ham
> led me to realize that my
> personality had room for improvement and I should consider
> the possibilities
> beyond existentialism.  I became convinced from my
> roycean readings that I
> needed Loyalty as a major component of my
> personality.  And sometime ago,
> I'd declared a prediliction for "the low road".  Over
> and against "the high
> road".  And yet, even though I declared for the low, I
> was messin' around
> with the high and mighty!  Getting all involved in
> intellectual speculations
> way outta my league and way over my head.
> 
> No more.
> 
> The 2.0a version of John Carl is going to stick to his
> road, be loyal to his
> path, and not interfere nor hinder the progress of those on
> the higher
> paths.  And I said then what I say now, it might be a
> different way, but we
> have the same goal.  I'm rootin' you fellas on. Go
> academic acceptance of
> Robert M. Pirsig!  Yay team!  Wish I could be of
> some assistance, but
> obviously I can't.
> 
> I'm a low-roader from way back and I've got my old man's
> stubborness in me
> when it comes to running my own ship.  He'd always say
> "there's my way or
> the highway".
> 
> I didn't like the highway then and I don't like it
> now.  I'm sticking with
> the way that is "my'.
> 
> Just like you all.
> 
> And doing  a damn fine job too.  each and every
> one.
> 
> love, love, love
> 
> JC2.0va
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