A wealthy man dies, and goes to his afterlife. He arrives in a beautiful world, where a kind-looking man is waiting for him in an impeccable dress suit ( Read more... )

So, I have some problems with our political process (wow, big surprise, I bet you didn't know that!). Here's my take on what's essentially wrong with the process of getting elected in any large democratic country today:

The essential problem of a politician is to get the majority of people who vote to vote for them. These voters rarely have any ( Read more... )

This was originally part a message I wrote to somebody, but I thought that some other people might appreciate it, so I'm re-posting it here with some minor edits. When people make decisions, they do so mostly based on their experience and education. If we grew up in a society that taught us violence as the primary solution, then most people would ( Read more... )

This post is emo.
It expresses my feelings.
Now love me, LJ.

:-)

-Max

I'm guessing that in an insane asylum, the inmates can tell that the other inmates are crazy, because they're not all crazy in the same way. But I bet if they all had the exact same (or similar enough) problems, they would be unable to tell that anybody was crazy--their problems would be so common that the problems themselves would define "normal ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about this subject for a while, and I mentioned some of my thoughts on it to my mom, who encouraged me to put them down in a blog.

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I was never really a "child," so when people "act like children," I don't understand it.

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People ask me that all the time! "What are you laughing about?"

Life! Life is funny!

Isn't life funny? :-D Hahahahaha. :-D

I mean, honest-to-god, just crack-up funny. It's so ridiculous. :-)

-Max

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I don't like school ( Read more... )