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~~Cuthbert~~ · 08-19-2018, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Nelly is one of the best rappers ever, i really think this. hes dope asf

He is quite bad tbf.

**Goofle** · 08-20-2018, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Nelly is one of the best rappers ever, i really think this. hes dope asf

Wrong thread.

SmokeAndMirrors · 08-21-2018, 05:57 PM

The two most important scenes in Fight Club were the car crash scene, and the convenience store robbery scene.

Zhanteimi · 08-21-2018, 06:41 PM

Why?

SmokeAndMirrors · 08-21-2018, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

Why?

Because the car crash scene is meant to teach you that for as calculating and controlling we can be as humans that nature, us included within that nature, has a percentage of unpredictable chaos to it that is beyond our control.

The bank robbery scene with Raymond K Hessel is important because the punchline isn't what Tyler says to Raymond K Hessel, it's what he says to the Narrator after Hessel runs off. The fear of Death is what gives characteristic depth to life any actual, real meaning. Without fear of Death, you have fear of the unknown, fear of the unpredictable chaos, a fear that is chilling, but unfamiliar to the senses. However, a fear of Death is immediately known to the senses, and that is what creates the dynamic differences between how people react to the two different kinds of fear.

Society has lost both of these foundations. That is why everyone is shallow, has ulterior motives, and little to no cognitive awareness.

At the main plot twist of the story, once the Narrator discovers his predicament, then and only then is he suddenly for a split second afraid of himself. Yet when he is unaware, his is not afraid of the unknown, only of Death, because that is all his senses know at the time. A sort of cerebral transition seems to happen that makes him aware of what he was previously unaware of and that's when you can feel the weight of it as it all twists and comes together.

Neapolitan · 08-21-2018, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors

Because the car crash scene is meant to teach you that for as calculating and controlling we can be as humans that nature, us included within that nature, has a percentage of unpredictable chaos to it that is beyond our control.

The bank robbery scene with Raymond K Hessel is important because the punchline isn't what Tyler says to Raymond K Hessel, it's what he says to the Narrator after Hessel runs off. The fear of Death is what gives characteristic depth to life any actual, real meaning. Without fear of Death, you have fear of the unknown, fear of the unpredictable chaos, a fear that is chilling, but unfamiliar to the senses. However, a fear of Death is immediately known to the senses, and that is what creates the dynamic differences between how people react to the two different kinds of fear.

Society has lost both of these foundations. That is why everyone is shallow, has ulterior motives, and little to no cognitive awareness.

At the main plot twist of the story, once the Narrator discovers his predicament, then and only then is he suddenly for a split second afraid of himself. Yet when he is unaware, his is not afraid of the unknown, only of Death, because that is all his senses know at the time. A sort of cerebral transition seems to happen that makes him aware of what he was previously unaware of and that's when you can feel the weight of it as it all twists and comes together.

Sometimes I feel like a cog in the machine. Is that cognitive awareness?

SmokeAndMirrors · 08-21-2018, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Sometimes I feel like a cog in the machine. Is that cognitive awareness?

Thanks. I needed that laugh.

Zhanteimi · 08-21-2018, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors

Because the car crash scene is meant to teach you...

That's pretty heavy handed.

**Frownland** · 08-21-2018, 10:21 PM

Steak is really ****ing boring.

Zhanteimi · 08-21-2018, 10:25 PM

Japan is almost completely uninteresting. The culture is actually quite ugly, and the language is rather unimaginative.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Steak is really ***ing boring. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Japan is almost completely uninteresting. The culture is actually quite ugly, and the language is rather unimaginative. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic