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techstepgenr8tion
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06 Mar 2011, 12:18 am

ROFL, no!

This:

naturalplastic wrote:
Absolutely.

Everyone in the human race is brainwashed, except me, and anyone who agrees with me.

That just goes without saying!


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Philologos: I think he's taking a stab at brainwashing people ;).

Seems like brow-beating and being able to come off like the bigger self-righteous a***hole of any conversation is quite a convincing and powerful tool toward controlling people (and no doubt he's joking but - somewhat right at the same time). Brow-beating and self-exaltation is strong stuff toward convincing people that your superior to them and that they should lift you up.


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06 Mar 2011, 12:45 am

It's the medium. I suspected that, but no matter how many Smily Wileys you insert [are WE supposed to be sure what the expressions depicted imply?] ambiguities remain.

And in this case I decided to roll with it, especially because I believe this is the first time I included in my izibongo my great grandfather. By all accounts a jerk, but at least the profession of journalist turned preacher fits my verbal fetish better than my other great grandfathers, one farmer, one inn-keeper, and one accountant.

The preacher and the innkeeper are the most interesting careerwise. The innkeeper made the serious mistake of going in as a partner with his brother who, I am told, consumed more than his fair share of the establishment's liquor.



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06 Mar 2011, 1:40 am

Well, if I gave you the chance to vent about family at least some good came of it.


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06 Mar 2011, 4:12 am

MCalavera wrote:
Are we all brainwashed to a certain extent? Or is it just a select "few" who adhere to religious/cultic views?

And if not brainwashed, but influenced, then what's the difference exactly?


You mean we have values and opinions?

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06 Mar 2011, 10:24 am

Some may deny your value or mine, but ain't nobody going to claim we got us no opinions.