@rayleigh225@SinhaleseSavage Yeah the retarded Embolo dive causing “rigged for Arg” online spasms really showed that it’s been pointless to argue the whole time.
the whole "rigged for Argentina" online discourse is a great case study on how the general population is frighteningly easy to manipulate with simple propaganda. and how it's especially effective on the less educated, or "casuals"/"larpers"
The world wants me to die.
My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days.
Many were saddened.
However, joy dominated the commentary.
People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, there’s that. There is a special place in people’s hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that person’s presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves.
But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, you’ll see that pattern:
“he deserved it.”
I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture.
This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality.
Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority.
This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution.
People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. It’s a shield of self preservation.
For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe.
I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus.
This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, it’s the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years.
Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged.
What’s different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable.
What if I didn’t deserve it?
And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?
@bryan_johnson@JasonSilva Only the religious fanatics are happy about this, because your pursuits are threatening the very core of their outdated beliefs. If you succeed, you may end religion as a whole, worldwide, and they are very scared of that.
@Centrifuzija Ja, in? A so zdej banke krive, ker so ljudje butasti, finančno nepismeni, socialistično zablojeni, ker je besedica "kapital" ideološko osovražena?
@slozeleznice@alja_brglez Zanimivo. Tako na Omio kot na Trainline mi enostavno najde povezavo med Beljakom in Varšavo (čez Češko), takoj ko pa vstopno postajo spremenim na Ljubljano pa sistem ne pokaže nobene povezave več. Izgleda da je izziv skupen le najslabšim železniškim družbam v EU, DB in SŽ.