______ ______ ______________ | | | | \ | \ / \ / ____ \ ______| | |________| | / \ | |____ | ________ | ( {} ) | _____) /~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | \____/ | |______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | |~~~~~~~ / \ / \ / | ~~~~~~~~~| | | | |______| |______| /_____________| | | | | | | | | ...Hogs of Entropy Text Files Present... | | | | | | | | "About Nothin'" | | | | | | | | | | | | By: Spiff | | | | | | \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is there random? No. Random is just a word people use when they don't know why something happned or they don't want to believe that it happened for a reason. Random violence? Random crime? It's not random. That guy that walks up to the top of that tower with a shotgun, he's part of everyone's definition of random. He's not random, nothing about him is random, he has a definite plan. Talk to his friends; he probably has a pattern of past problems or mental instability. Why's he doing that? To be honest, I don't know, but he has a reason. Maybe his wife left him, maybe he lost his job, maybe he's just a psycho, that doesn't matter. The point is there is a reason. People will tell you it's random because they don't want to believe that anything could possibly cause someone to take human lives. They don't want to believe that someone from their society, someone so close to them, even if only by species, could commit such an act. I mean, would you? Turn on the news, any channel, any time. The top story will be death, pain, suffering, human misery, even on the slowest of slow days. Gee, I feel great to be a human, we are so much more advanced than other animals. I don't remember the last time I heard of a rabbit killing another rabbit. But, that's okay, it's not because of humanity, or society, it's RANDOM. People use the word random too frequently. If they don't know why something happens, they'll call it random. I think that has something to do with human conceit. If people don't know about something, they will usually automatically discount its existence. They call it random. People don't know for sure that there is a god, so, he's doesn't exist. He might.. if he did, I wonder, would he be random? If not, why would he be there? But anyway, I can't really blame anyone for their conceit. They've been conditioned as a race towards this since the beginning of history. Since anyone could remember, humanity's the way to go. We're the best; we're the greatest; we know it all. Even the bible would tell you that man is the pinnacle of creation. It even says the god made humans last (save the best for last?) and made him the steward of the earth. So look, if we don't know it, there can't be a reason, because if there was, we'd already know it! Right? I mean.. why wouldn't we? And they call it random. Maybe calling the unknown random makes it easier to deal with? After all, if people fear anything, it's the unknown. Death - I'm afraid to die, why? Because there's no way to know what will happen next. One of the hardest things for a guy to do is to ask a girl out, sure, they're smooth, they'll say it's no big deal, but, no matter what, they have no idea what she is going to say until she says it. This whole fear of the unknown is built into our existence, our culture. "Curiosity killed the cat." (M0RpHeUs). Remember that? Kids are taught at an early age to avoid the unknown, and that it only brings... badness (is that word? Well, it is now...). I think that most people who tend to use random are idealists. Maybe that's why my man m0gel is such a strong pusher of random. I don't know what he views himself as, but I see him as an idealist. For most events that are labeled random, the only possible reason would be so dark, that they'd rather try to hide it's existence. People don't murder their families because human beings suck, it's just random. I think it's easier to be a part of humanity that way. I tend to see myself as a realist right now - maybe someday i'll advance to be an idealist...I'd like that, but anyway (is the the most incoherent thing you've ever read?) So, since I'm a realist, I'll make a really broad generalization and say that most realists would probably say okay look, it's not random, that kid killed his family for some reason, but I really couldn't tell you. And I guess cynics would probably say that it's not random, but the reason that kid killed his family is because man is inherently evil. Wouldn't that just suck. Sometimes, I wonder how anyone can be a cynic, if they realize they're cynics, and how they live with themselves. I can barely stand most people as it is, but if I thought there was an inner evil in every person, and their natural instinct was to kill me, i'd go insane. Sometimes, I'd rather just be an alien. (spiff goes back on topic --->) So, it's almost the end, but is there random? If there is, it's only a word that people use to explain the unexplainable. So, just use unexplainable, c'mon, do it for me. Random shouldn't be used as it is, to mean that there is no explanation. Why is the sky blue? Classic question. There is an answer, I remember asking that back in grade school and the teacher had an answer. I forget just why it's blue.. so, I couldn't explain it to you, but i'm not about to call the color of the sky random. The next time you don't know the answer, resist the urge to say random. Random exists because mommies and little puppies die. If there was a reason, people would be pissed off. 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