Flirting

I don’t give a rats ass about flirting and don’t have any desire to consciously or intentionally do it. Though, when it happens TO me, I’m not going to be an uptight prick. Of course I’ll be friendly; I'm not going to put up a shield and reject her. There’s nothing WRONG with flirting. It’s not bad at all. It’s just, to me, essentially…POINTLESS. Empty. Because…..We live in a society which is currently, and has been and will be for a long time, re-balancing itself sexually in this condition of Post-Feminism from the Post-Feminist Movement which occurred through the 70s. The PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED expression of women’s sexuality has been so casually accepted nowadays, that flirting is for many women(and men too obviously), the default mode(therefore meaningless). Sex to many people is equivalent to SHAKING HANDS. Yeah, and if that’s the MOST “INTIMATE” expression of sexual energy and sexual connection, then just look how much LESS “weight” there is now to be noted with FLIRTATION which LONG PRECEDES sex. So, while YES indeed it is possible that people will flirt WITH MEANING-i.e., a woman is flirting with a guy or vice versa not just for the uplifting feeling- the release of oxytocin and dopamine in the brain. Sexual expression of any degree is so goddamn casual, that if a woman is talking to me, smiling, laughing, doing flirtatious “moves” and making affectionate/flirtatious physical gestures to me, talking about sexual things or making sexual jokes, or for all I care starts masterbating in front of me…why would I care to make any consensus of the previous when we live in a society where sex is as casual and simple (though not to ME personally) as SHAKING HANDS? I STILL won’t make much of it. I’ll change my consensus and take her genuinely and seriously if she has the emotional maturity to look at me and ask me if I’m in a relationship, what my “type” is, if she’s my “type”, and what my relationship preferences are. As for the rest of you, outside my personal previously listed insights. Next, there’s RELATIVITY: is a person flirting with someone who is 700 lbs. overweight with three teeth and cross-eyed because the OTHER option is a person who’s 5 additional lbs. overweight with three teeth and cross-eyed? UNLESS…the “flirt-er” doesn’t settle for RELATIVITY and only partakes in flirting when it’s a completely, whole-hearted desire for someone. And lastly, in accord with that Relativity, is the “flirt-er” simply trying to VALIDATE themselves to fill in a void hidden under the Ego- the False Self, the domain of insecurities- thereby trying to get a reciprocated flirtatious reaction to appease to their strictly momentary, psychological “safety-blanket” covering the voids.

Therapists

Therapists CAN be helpful.....if you happen to have the blessing of finding a decent one.

I've seen different therapists throughout my life. Didn't get a damn thing out of ANY of it.

Depends on the therapy though. Psychology and Psychotherapy are NOT going to TRULY help you.

A LOT of psychologists end up studying it in the first place because THEY are the fucked up ones, and that only segways into thme making a career out of it. I expressed this to a professional psychotherapist and she said I was absolutely correct. Plus, most forms of therapy omit the one most CRUCIAL the process: the SOUL. Realize the psychology is the study of the mind; the very domain of the FALSE SELF. Why would you want to spend time learning an instruction manual(psychology) for something that wants you to be miserable anyway? A lot of therapists HAVE therapists. Ironic.

Psychologists go to school to study knowledge presented to them. It's not THEIR personal wisdom. So in a sense, you're paying to talk to a talking library. Knowledge isn't always wisdom.

VISUAL FX

Why are people so impressed with CGI?

Okay, it can look cool.

But it eliminates layers of realism which deflate the "magic" of movies.

I might as well just be sitting at home playing X-Box or Nintendo(neither of which I will ever spend money on).

I went to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes a while back. The first scene shows the monkey figuring out a logistical puzzle in record time. Then, one of the scientists watching, asks another, "Hey! Are you seeing this!? This ape completed the test in record time! Can you believe it!?".

Umm.

YES, I CAN BELIEVE IT. Why? Because it's a FUCKING COMPUTER GENERATED MONKEY. A COMPUTER GENERATED MONKEY CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK THE SCRIPT SAYS. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. Find the monkey who can pull off the stunt or don't shoot the damn scene. It's NOT AMAZING, because it's NOT REAL. OKAY? OKAY.