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Old 06-16-2013, 10:35 PM   #19
Mysteris
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Default Re: Sloth and Oblivion in the modern day

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Originally Posted by robkelk View Post
All things that have form will break. Nothing is eternal. The world is transitory and impermanent; help it along its way.

Modern things that strengthen the word of Oblivion (some with a little prodding):
  • The reliance on digital media, which we know has a short lifespan compared to the printed word but we use anyway
  • The "epidemic" (because people are living longer) of Alzheimer's
  • The phenomenon of "hooking up" instead of dating, sending even short-term interpersonal relationships into the dustbin of history (this one takes some spin-doctoring, but it isn't a really huge stretch)
This I like! Nihlism but with a user-friendly packaging. I like the idea of people choosing oblivion out of convienence and a sense of never being able to catch up with all the things that need doing. So they cheat. They take shortcuts. And a little bit of themselves gets dissolved every time they do. Not even hard to package, for a media-savvy modern sort.
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