Really old text I wrote in 2003. Related to EarthBound.
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A Better Way of Life than Stoicism
by Talah Rama
Many people have spiritual problems these days. They try to fulfill the missing part in themselves by adopting a personality that doesn’t fit human nature. That’s right. . . I’m talking about the people who frequent the Club Stoic.
These people go there to act like intellectuals and to stare at a rock. Most of these people are not that bright. If you think you can survive just by drinking water and eating magic pastry, you are wrong. The human body needs all kind of food, just like the monkey’s body. That’s why I teach them to eat healthy food like a picnic lunch or hamburgers. If they are not happy with that, then out of the hole they go!
Anyway, magical substances and stoicism don’t even go together and that’s one of the reasons why I think that the Club Stoic is nothing but a way to steal people’s money, just like a cult. Stoicism is a state you chose to put your mind into. When you choose the stoic way of life, you are supposed to free your mind of all emotions like sadness, joy, hate, etc. You are just supposed to accept every event without feeling anything.
Now let me ask you something: what is the difference between human and animals (except my monkeys and some very cute crying puppies)? Humans have feelings and the Club Stoic wants to steal those human characteristics from you and change them into a craving for magical substances. But you have to hide that craving because you are not supposed to care about anything… Since they make you hide the craving from them, they’re making you and hypocrite. Since they know you’re lying and they don’t tell you that they know, they’re liars!
That’s why I propose to all you pseudo-stoics to join me in my cave where we could experience fine eating, meditation and psi teleporting! Think about it, I’m old! That means I can’t be wrong about the way we should live our life.
Thanks. Now I want to play EarthBound. o.o