tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post5880369543034237842..comments2020-06-23T04:36:29.595-07:00Comments on Epiphany Now: A Revolutionary ActLuciddreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-33956891899674235812012-10-09T09:30:18.149-07:002012-10-09T09:30:18.149-07:00Johnny, thanks for the kind words.
As far as mo...Johnny, thanks for the kind words. <br /><br />As far as moving to another country, I would if it was feasible. I'd probably move to Mexico like Morris Berman and the late Joe Baegeant, but I have a wife, child, and another on the way. That is to say that it's not just up to me, plus I don't speak spanish...just English. We don't have the money it would take either. I mean unless we just took our asses and some clothing. <br /><br />For better or worse we have decided to make our stand here in Palookaville SC. I'm writing about it extensively now actually. 9 pages into the story. Think I'm gonna finish it before I start posting so that I can edit. The nature of this story is very personal and so I must give my wife an opportunity to edit what she doesn't want told. I tend to tell all with relation to my own life, and I always have. <br /><br />I'm honored to think that people enjoy reading what I write, and after reading the likes of Jason and WHD at "off the grid in Minneapolis," I feel like I don't square up to them where word smithing and experience is concerned. I know we are our own harshest critic, but I do believe people like you when they say that I have a way with words...I just can't see it in comparison to better writers. Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-59155735788946103752012-10-09T07:26:08.668-07:002012-10-09T07:26:08.668-07:00Luciddreams:
I've been enjoying your blog for...Luciddreams:<br /><br />I've been enjoying your blog for some time now since discovering it via Jason's blog. You seem like a sane man in a mad world. And you've got a great way with words. In addition to the present post, I really enjoyed (is that the right word?) your blog on humans becoming cyborgs. As for the present post, frankly, I'm amazed that you had a Facebook account to begin with and that you had to think for more than one second about deleting the account. FB exists online to datamine the f*ck out of you and the capital behind it is all right-wing evil f*ck capital. And you'd better believe that they'll play ball with Homeland Security as soon as Homeland Security starts asking them just who knows who. And then, of course, there are the aspects you mention: social networking is anything but social. Were we humans really born to sit on our asses all day long pecking like idiotic chickens into some keyboards and staring like lobotomized cows at digital images on a screen? Some may think that's a good life, but not me. I say F*CK THAT! I'm half angel and half animal. I have hair on by balls, my chest and a lot of other places. I like the feeling of dirt between my toes. I like to make love with real women. I like to camp alone in the woods and look at the sky. Let me make one thing clear: I have no FB account and never will. I have never and will never tweet. What, am I some kind of little bird? As for phones, I want mine to be as dumb as possible, and I'm thinking of giving them the heave as soon as I can. <br /><br />In reading your post, I cannot help but think you live in the wrong country. First, the sums you pay for connectivity are outrageous. My monthly phone and internet bill runs me less than US$100 a month and I could bring it down further if I wanted. And no employer tells me what phone I have to use. The only thing I really need is email, and I'm working on keeping that to a bare minimum. The numbers you quote for phones, plans and internet just remind me of how badly Americans get reamed by their government, I mean, corporatocracy. <br /><br />I know you're in the process of freeing yourself. May I suggest investigating some other country? There are plenty of places where you do not have to feel like a criminal for not participating in their digital rodeos and commercial extravaganzas. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11738866976212494128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-28438490476650835312011-08-29T12:21:57.366-07:002011-08-29T12:21:57.366-07:00That is great! Not sure I will pull the plug myse...That is great! Not sure I will pull the plug myself but I have noticed a decline in my time on FB. Does connect to my closer friends and family. The phone I agree with $70 times 12 months discounted at say 4% is $21,000 of debt removed from your 'balance' sheet. It is a reality today that many are paying hundreds of dollars a month for media/telecom. With our prepaid cell phones (no fixed plan), internet and one land line runs about $115 per month. But others I see with cable/sat TV, unlimited Cell/data, land lines can quickly rise to $300 month and beyond. Just recently saw a hand written letter - seem much more personal.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547577793713449958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-81254141986850422962011-08-27T20:43:54.864-07:002011-08-27T20:43:54.864-07:00thank you for the kind words mwk.
I'm working...thank you for the kind words mwk.<br /><br />I'm working on another blog which is sort of a summary of my view on the status of our global civilization now. I've thought about turning it into a book, but it's likely been written already. The idea is to write a convincing and brief essay targeted at the growth zombies. <br /><br />I understand that willful and delusional ignorance is what fuels the growth meme, and that it's a choice to believe in it. It's akin to having faith in a hallucinated hope that our extravagantly wasteful lifestyle will resume as it has been. It will not resume, it's over, and I feel compelled to convince as many zombies as I possibly can that the sooner we collectively wake up to this reality, the better for all. <br /><br />Thanks for reading.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-75794014501316079082011-08-27T18:23:12.785-07:002011-08-27T18:23:12.785-07:00I'm very happy to have found your blog. You&#...I'm very happy to have found your blog. You're a very good writer and we share a similar perspective on the world and the dominant culture that currently controls it. Like you, I also don't have many people in my 'real' life to discuss these issues with, so I enjoying seeing common themes that I'm thinking about showing up here, it helps remind me that I am not, in fact, the one who is insane.<br /><br />Keep up the good work!mwkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755201143409182883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-33654252393428281692011-08-25T18:13:57.803-07:002011-08-25T18:13:57.803-07:00Are you a member of the kunstlercast forum?
I&#...Are you a member of the kunstlercast forum? <br /><br />I've had some withdrawal symptoms myself...mostly second guessing myself. Got the new cell phone today, and even though it was one of the options they had available for not having internet, it's still designed for the internet. We got this particular phone because it's got the slide out keypad for easy texting. I didn't want to go back to the T3 or whatever it's called where you have to hit each button numerous times to get the right letter. <br /><br />It's sad how fast things have moved in the smart phone direction. The phone came with facebook, twitter, and myspace already loaded and it's a non-internet option from sprint? Needless to say it's going back tomorrow. The calender function doesn't work. It just gets hung up and freezes when you try to open it. <br /><br />At any rate, the point is that doing what I'm trying to do is becoming impossible. Society does not want to allow it. I can feel the resistance coming from thin air. Almost like I should be afraid of something for doing this...that's what it feels like. I'm not going back so hopefully they don't put me in a cage for what amounts to civil disobedience.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294159349473540264.post-82172009363197523592011-08-25T16:29:58.159-07:002011-08-25T16:29:58.159-07:00I totally agree with you! I actually just deleted ...I totally agree with you! I actually just deleted my FB page two weeks ago on the same premise. I had some minor withdrawal symptoms after quitting, and went back to my old Twitter account for news and interesting things, but I found that I enjoy the anonymity. I have also been sending my friends long emails and feel less crowding in my brain from checking FB constantly. <br /><br />I still feel too overly connected to the Internet in all the news sources I constantly check (kunstler.com included), and other social media like Tumblr, Twitter, etc. But I feel like I can pare down more and my mind will be better off and less crowded with meaningless information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com