In Which I am Bothered by the Whole Insanity Deal

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AuthorTopic: In Which I am Bothered by the Whole Insanity Deal
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Okay, so the sanity/door thing is pretty age-old. People have questioned the running joke itself, but not the assumption that visitors here are insane.

This has bugged me since I first read the sanity/door reference. It's all very well that you say that you are all insane, but is that an empty statement?

I've seen the ominous glow in the eyes of insane people. I know what people who have lost their ability to care about anything and to control anything look like. Most of you guys, although I don't often see your faces, don't have a hint of that creepy glow in your posts.

I know this will come up if this topic survives, so I'll go ahead and post this:

insanity–adjective

1. not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is mentally deranged: insane actions; an insane asylum.

3.utterly senseless: an insane plan.

Statistic topics do NOT reflect insanity. Script-like fan fiction does NOT reflect insanity. Slartanalyses do NOT reflect insanity.

I didn't say that none of you are insane. The goes-without-saying conclusion that all of us, however, are insane, is ridiculous. How could an insane person find the peace of mind to post heaps of coherent if silly stuff on a message board when insanity would cause them to exert all of their self control trying to keep themselves from smashing their monitor (or at least from posting INcoherent drek on it)?

If the insanity thing is completely and utterly a joke, you can tell me. That won't prevent it from being a nonsensical and weird joke in my mind.

If you argue against this rant, I may defend it. I may not. But I really want to get my opinion and thoughts out somewhere, and this seems an appropriate place. Do with this topic what you will.

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"Insanity" isn't an adjective.

Regardless, I think this post proves that you are insane. ;)

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We've just left our sanity elsewhere.
But wouldn't are minds be blank then?

I wonder if absence of sanity inspired the song Across the Universe.

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quote:
Originally written by Rhapsody of Fire :P :

This has bugged me since I first read the sanity/door reference. It's all very well that you say that you are all insane, but is that an empty statement?
Now although not everyone here is crazy, I know a few people (myself included) that this board deems INSANE!

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Most of you guys, although I don't often see your faces, don't have a hint of that creepy glow in your posts.
You're not looking close enough.

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If the insanity thing is completely and utterly a joke, you can tell me. That won't prevent it from being a nonsensical and weird joke in my mind.
What do you mean JOKE?

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If you argue against this rant, I may defend it. I may not..
Well then I may or may not post this post. But the simple fact that you're reading it means that I did post so there. :P :cool:

[ Saturday, March 24, 2007 19:11: Message edited by: Arch-Mage Solberg ]

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You are too narrow minded in what you consider insane behavior. Obsessive compulsive behavior is quite common among several members who have to post complete lists and analyses of recent games.

Synergy has made lists of every major item in Avernum 4 and Geneforge 4. We have the ego maniacal ET working on recruiting a following amongst the weaker minded. Don't forget all the fanatics trying to get into Dikiyoba's latest episode.

I see very little signs of sanity.
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Hmm, I may resemble the remark, but would it help any if I explained that I make my lists when beta testing a game, so I can maximize strategy and enjoyment during repeated playings? Eh, didn't think so, but I thought it was worth a shot.

-S-

P.S. Wait till you see my Nethergate list. :D

P.P.S. It's the fluffy turtle part, not the insanity part, that I find disturbing. It just makes no sense at all, and it makes my brain get all :confused:

[ Saturday, March 24, 2007 23:12: Message edited by: Synergy ]

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This is a milder form of insanity, which outs itself in the occasional outburst of originality/weirdness, as well as the utter devotion to either projects that are totally useless on a larger scale (Statistics), and to memes that reference only other memes.

If you think these things aren't insane, you must be posting from the asylum. :P

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Yeah, well, what can I say. You have insane people, and you have insane people, the latter being what you refer too. As already has been said, and I will now say it again (just because), the former "insane" is just a sin "not totally normal, but not completely deranged." Think of thew saying "you are insane." Does that mean that person is insane? No, generally not. That person is completely normal, he is only doing something that makes him insane because of that. Now be straight with me: although it doesn't count as insane, me sayign that we are all ruled by the Almight Chicken Gods isn't completely normal, now is it.

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Originally written by Lenar:

Do not provoke the turtles.
They do not like being provoked.

All I have to say to the turtles is:
Ryūhazan("Dragon-Breaking-Cleave")!!!

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The fluffy turtles are no mere Adamantaimai. Be warned!

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I watched that for longer than I care to mention...

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Yipe. That is slightly disturbing.

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I kept saying "fluffy turtles" in a stupid voice.

But as for being disturbing, you haven't met me in real life :P

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It's not the sort of insanity that lands you in a mental hospital, or causes you to drink shampoo, or hang yourself in the hallway...
It's just the insanity that makes the fit between you and the rest of the world a bit uncomfortable.
Anyway, it's less intimidating than "Abandon hope all ye who enter here".

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You can be insane and be capable of real love,understanding and other aptitudes.
Insanity is close to genius in way.
You don't understand that labels are a projection that define an idea or an understanding.
Though i can be wrong.

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There is perhaps no absolute point of distinction between sanity and insanity. However, to his credit, a man of questionably sound mind like Edgar Allen Poe could write well, and therefore is remembered fondly.

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There are two ways to determine if you are truly insane. Try and get SSI on a walk in basis, try to do something which will bring people with straightjackets to carry you away to the mental asylum. I bet none of you are truly capable of doing this in a convincing way. I am not. Mental asylums are boring.

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Archmage alex what do mean by showing us this picture?
Is it that sanity is not real?
that we live in a crazy world?

You know how does it feel when you become violent when you don't want to, i define this act as insanity,but every one of us knows how dose that feel so we are mad.
Or completely lost.

[ Monday, March 26, 2007 06:04: Message edited by: upon mars ]

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