The Ghost and Gonzo show

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058912]And, some admin on the Bullshido Facebook page, I presume Matt Lowry, has turned off my ability to comment on the Bullshido Facebook page,

because I called him out for being an Aikido practitioner who tells his high school students that he is a martial arts fighter,

and asked him if he wanted a lesson in classical mechanics by his own consent.

What a bunch of pusssies the admins across the collective Bullshido channels have turned into.

Bullshido, you have lost your way.

Ban me here too, if you like.

I, and the Gracie Challenge that I practiced, predated you for ten years with fists, and lost teeth, and blood.

I like the idea of you, but I reserve the right to still be an Elder Evil.[/QUOTE]
People are getting tired of your constant shit-stirring and even if you are right about specific things no one really cares anymore because your involvement is a net negative.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058917]People are getting tired of your constant shit-stirring and even if you are right about specific things no one really cares anymore because your involvement is a net negative.[/QUOTE]

Use to not be a problem around these parts when did everyone get so fucking soft?

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058917]People are getting tired of your constant shit-stirring and even if you are right about specific things no one really cares anymore because your involvement is a net negative.[/QUOTE]
Net negative to who, little Ghost?

Those who are made uncomfortable by uncomfortable truths?

We shall see.

Surely your contribution in my absence, should I choose to be silent,

shall exceed my own.

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058920]Net negative to who, little Ghost?

Those who are made uncomfortable by uncomfortable truths?

We shall see.

Surely your contribution in my absence, should I choose to be silent,

shall exceed my own.[/QUOTE]

You’re a smug miserable bastard that seems to revel in tearing other people down. You get off to making people that you know have it worse than you feel miserable. The fact that you have so little shame makes me question your integrity as a man and a person.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058922]You’re a smug miserable bastard that seems to revel in tearing other people down. You get off to making people that you know have it worse than you feel miserable. The fact that you have so little shame makes me question your integrity as a man and a person.[/QUOTE]
No silly, I spend a shit load of my time and money lifting people up.

But they have to be working as hard as I do on their behalf,

within the limits of their circumstance, to get positive momentum

for me to make continued investment in them.

You do not understand, because you are still getting your own mind together.

You will see better, when you are able to get your own air mask on.

I have seen the good Dr. Offer to help those that are willing to help themselves.
That is pretty congruent with his conservative political bent.
I haven’t really seen him “tear people down” or at least not any more so than any active member on here when they have a stance they take on a subject.

I am not a fan of the mans politics but I don’t question his integrity.
In fact he seems to hold himself to a standard.

[QUOTE=goodlun;3058924]I have seen the good Dr. Offer to help those that are willing to help themselves.
That is pretty congruent with his conservative political bent.
I haven’t really seen him “tear people down” or at least not any more so than any active member on here when they have a stance they take on a subject.

I am not a fan of the mans politics but I don’t question his integrity.
In fact he seems to hold himself to a standard.[/QUOTE]
I have my own code.

I do not say that is right, or moral.

I am in the dark of Plato’s cave with the rest of you.

But within my code, I am consistent, and therefore vulnerable, and easy to beat, in that regard.

Everything being rock-paper-scissors.

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058923]No silly, I spend a shit load of my time and money lifting people up.

But they have to be working as hard as I do on their behalf,

within the limits of their circumstance, to get positive momentum

for me to make continued investment in them.

You do not understand, because you are still getting your own mind together.

You will see better, when you are able to get your own air mask on.[/QUOTE]

Your alledged charitable contributions do not excuse your shitty behavior. You freely cross what many people consider to be hard lines of tolerable human interaction and you feel comfortable doing so because the gen X neocon echo chamber here encourages it. You’re an utter bastard of a person and the human race will be better off when you permanently move into an 8x3 plot of dirt.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058928]Your alledged charitable contributions do not excuse your shitty behavior. You freely cross what many people consider to be hard lines of tolerable human interaction and you feel comfortable doing so because the gen X neocon echo chamber here encourages it. You’re an utter bastard of a person and the human race will be better off when you permanently move into an 8x3 plot of dirt.[/QUOTE]

So I am on the polar opposite end of the spectrum from his beliefs yet he has never crossed a line with me. Maybe you should look at the concept of it taking two people to tango?
You do know your equally a smarmy little know it all shit head right?

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058928]Your alledged charitable contributions do not excuse your shitty behavior. You freely cross what many people consider to be hard lines of tolerable human interaction and you feel comfortable doing so because the gen X neocon echo chamber here encourages it. You’re an utter bastard of a person and the human race will be better off when you permanently move into an 8x3 plot of dirt.[/QUOTE]
I shall die soon enough,

and you will get to see if you are right,

if you are clever enough to outlast a fairly shorter wick than your own.

But you are foolish I think,

to not make use of the resources my talents provide

while my wick still carries spark.

As always, the players in Plato’s cave shall proceed according to their own natures

and their own experience.

To your “boomer” point, I shall care not, when I am dead.

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058930]I shall die soon enough,

and you will get to see if you are right,

if you are clever enough to outlast a fairly shorter wick than your own.

But you are foolish I think,

to not make use of the resources my talents provide

while my wick still carries spark.

As always, the players in Plato’s cave shall proceed according to their own natures

and their own experience.

To your “boomer” point, I shall care not, when I am dead.[/QUOTE]

You’d fit better in a text by Aristophanes honestly.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058931]You’d fit better in a text by Aristophanes honestly.[/QUOTE]
I do not wish you to be penniless, but rich!

If you reject that,

then you are your own device,

your own tragedy,

and your own comedy.

In any case, I will draw upon something more modern:

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058928]… an 8x3 plot of dirt.[/QUOTE]

Jesus. You know that’s a pretty fucking awful and intolerable thing to say, right?

The truth is the world would be a better place if 99% of everyone over 17 dropped dead.

I know I’m not the man I wanted to be. Don’t judge regular strangers so harshly. Most people know their limitations, they just work around them or more likely live in a blind world where they only think they’re a good person. Inside though, they’re worse. We all are. Probably.

I’m a terrible author but I have been writing one awful novel or another for the last 20 years almost every night. Most of the time I fall asleep before I get two sentences in. I’m a loser that way but I learned a secret a long time ago. It’s OK to be a loser. Nobody gives a shit.

So have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up about awful shit like that.

[QUOTE=Dung Beatles;3058933]Jesus. You know that’s a pretty fucking awful and intolerable thing to say, right?

The truth is the world would be a better place if 99% of everyone over 17 dropped dead.

I know I’m not the man I wanted to be. Don’t judge regular strangers so harshly. Most people know their limitations, they just work around them or more likely live in a blind world where they only think they’re a good person. Inside though, they’re worse. We all are. Probably.

I’m a terrible author but I have been writing one awful novel or another for the last 20 years almost every night. Most of the time I fall asleep before I get two sentences in. I’m a loser that way but I learned a secret a long time ago. It’s OK to be a loser. Nobody gives a shit.

So have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up about awful shit like that.[/QUOTE]

He’s recently crossed so many lines that I flat out do not give a fuck. He behaves like empathy is beneath him and that being overly verbose whilst constantly referencing thesaurus.com makes him smart.

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058932]I do not wish you to be penniless, but rich!

If you reject that,

then you are your own device,

your own tragedy,

and your own comedy.

In any case, I will draw upon something more modern:

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.[/QUOTE]

I was specifically thinking of The Birds.

[QUOTE=Dung Beatles;3058933]Jesus. You know that’s a pretty fucking awful and intolerable thing to say, right?

The truth is the world would be a better place if 99% of everyone over 17 dropped dead.

I know I’m not the man I wanted to be. Don’t judge regular strangers so harshly. Most people know their limitations, they just work around them or more likely live in a blind world where they only think they’re a good person. Inside though, they’re worse. We all are. Probably.

I’m a terrible author but I have been writing one awful novel or another for the last 20 years almost every night. Most of the time I fall asleep before I get two sentences in. I’m a loser that way but I learned a secret a long time ago. It’s OK to be a loser. Nobody gives a shit.

So have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up about awful shit like that.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I don’t mind.

We all are guaranteed to die.

And I do not view death as any kind of negative.

Except in the cessation of our ability to provide resources to those who survive us.

Nor do I care to speculate about an after life.

I am content to transition the matter of my body and mind to more component parts,

and have them recycle, or degrade, or cease to matter entirely.

Dust to dust and all that.

I do not need a heaven,

I do not fear a hell,

and I do not believe any moment in time ever ceased, or for that matter ever did not exist,

to begin with.

We as faulty carbon units, just tend to perceive things in a linear order on a counting paradigm in 3 +1 dimensions.

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058934]He’s recently crossed so many lines that I flat out do not give a fuck. He behaves like empathy is beneath him and that being overly verbose whilst constantly referencing thesaurus.com makes him smart.[/QUOTE]

Isn’t it fun having a dramatic villain around though?

[QUOTE=ghost55;3058934]He’s recently crossed so many lines that I flat out do not give a fuck. He behaves like empathy is beneath him and that being overly verbose whilst constantly referencing thesaurus.com makes him smart.[/QUOTE]
How do you know I even exist, Ghost?

My goodness, you waste your time.

[QUOTE=Dung Beatles;3058937]Isn’t it fun having a dramatic villain around though?[/QUOTE]

Life isn’t a shitty pirate movie so no. It’s just tiresome and annoying. Besides real evil is generally pretty banal. That’s what makes it so sinister.

[QUOTE=Krampus;3058936]Oh, I don’t mind.[/QUOTE]

What the childish words from some random stranger on the internet didn’t just break you.
I can’t imagine why not…