the happiness, excitement, and general contentedness thread

[dubkitty]

have you worked in the Holocaust yet?

[bob the r0bot]

have you worked in the Holocaust yet?

no, the holocaust is too impersonal to be truly depressing

[dubkitty]

use it as a metaphor.

[bob the r0bot]

use it as a metaphor.

for what?

[dubkitty]

life.

that relationship that broke up.

your job...Arbeit Macht Frei, dontchaknow.

the morning commute: get on the train.

the truth of human nature: as much as we like to think that we're Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Rembrandt, we're really Himmler, Heydrich, and Demjanjuk.

the ultimate symbol of the pointlessness of idealism...after all, the Nazis were idealists. ALL ideals require the breaking of eggs to make the proverbial omelet. and if that's not depressing enough for you, i give up.

[bigchiefbc]

use it as a metaphor.

for what?

Here's one way to use the holocaust as an analogy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugkOMZ0CJPs&t=0m47s

[dubkitty]

LOL

[bob the r0bot]

life.

that relationship that broke up.

your job...Arbeit Macht Frei, dontchaknow.

the morning commute: get on the train.

the truth of human nature: as much as we like to think that we're Shakespeare, Beethoven, and Rembrandt, we're really Himmler, Heydrich, and Demjanjuk.

the ultimate symbol of the pointlessness of idealism...after all, the Nazis were idealists. ALL ideals require the breaking of eggs to make the proverbial omelet. and if that's not depressing enough for you, i give up.

that's depressing in the "inescapable truth" sense. I'm going for a tragic comedy minus the comedy.

[dubkitty]

public humiliation combined with sexual dysfunction.

[bob the r0bot]

public humiliation combined with sexual dysfunction.

those are actually 2 of the themes that I plan to touch down on.

[dubkitty]

<i>Candide</i>-esque protagonist desperately in love with snooty cynical bitch who toys with him like catnip mouse. eventually leaves him in gutter right when a typical love story would have her melt and redeem him.

[dubkitty]

dark view of life? YEP, WE GOT 'EM.

[bob the r0bot]

<i>Candide</i>-esque protagonist desperately in love with snooty cynical bitch who toys with him like catnip mouse. eventually leaves him in gutter right when a typical love story would have her melt and redeem him.

That is actually really close

[dubkitty]

[dubkitty]

at some point he should get hit by a car and have to spend several months in a half-body cast. while there's all kinds of other shit going on. like when Walter Becker got hit by the taxi while Steely Dan was making the Gaucho album. when in doubt, throw in random accidents and badness. it worked for Forrest Gump.