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Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:07 pm

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm I don't care what your answer is.

Then why did you ask the question?
And worse yet - if you "don't care" then why were you dissatisfied with my answer?

Because he wants to have the answers.

I gave him my answer. He didn't like it.

I am not sure he knows what he wants.

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:07 pm

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm I don't care what your answer is.

Then why did you ask the question?
And worse yet - if you "don't care" then why were you dissatisfied with my answer?

Because he wants to have the answers.

How are you, LW?

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:08 pm

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:07 pm

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:37 pm

Then why did you ask the question?
And worse yet - if you "don't care" then why were you dissatisfied with my answer?

Because he wants to have the answers.

I gave him my answer. He didn't like it.

I am not sure he knows what he wants.

Are you a moron? In response to your need to know, I told you I don't care about your answer to, Who Am I?

Too much mirroring will lose you the plot.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:11 pm How are you, LW?

More answers you are seeking?

I'm very fine.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:12 pm

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:08 pm

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:07 pm
Because he wants to have the answers.

I gave him my answer. He didn't like it.

I am not sure he knows what he wants.

Are you a moron? In response to your need to know, I told you I don't care about your answer to, Who Am I?

Too much mirroring will lose you the plot.

But I care to get at the reason for you asking a question you don't expect answered.

You could say it's my need to verify that you are capable of introspection.

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:08 pm I gave him my answer. He didn't like it.

I am not sure he knows what he wants.

He wants the answers that will make him feel something. Perhaps that special glow of "knowing"... of being better... of feeling sane.

It's hard to let go of such a need. Ego is constantly demanding "Who am I?".

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:20 pm He wants the answers that will make him feel something. Perhaps that special glow of "knowing"... of being better... of feeling sane.

Of all the things I've lost - I miss my mind the most. Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?!?

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:15 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:11 pm How are you, LW?

More answers you are seeking?

I'm very fine.

I'm fine too. Thank you for asking.

I was going to try out the most important question but I figured just saying “How?” to people could be misinterpreted in this PC climate and someone might think I’m imitating a TV native American aboriginal, a mouthful that may, or may not, be the proper PC label these days.

So I asked “How are you?”

Like you, everyone said fine, and some asked me how I am.

And of course I said I’m fine, too.

The question doesn’t seem very important.

Do you think I'm using the question the wrong way?

You may be fine, but you're impolite if you're referencing me in the third person what with me being here and all, which you seem to be.

Were you raised in a barn?

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:06 pm So I asked “How are you?”

Like you, everyone said fine, and some asked me how I am.

And of course I said I’m fine, too.

The question doesn’t seem very important.

Do you think I'm using the question the wrong way?

Now I am with you.

“How are you?” It is a perfectly genuine question.

How do I answer "How are you?" is a more pertinent question and brings me back on point.

Fine. 42. Rosy. Peachy. I have a wart on my ass. Heart rate is 78BPM at the 95th percentile.

Lacewing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:20 pm

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:08 pm I gave him my answer. He didn't like it.

I am not sure he knows what he wants.

He wants the answers that will make him feel something. Perhaps that special glow of "knowing"... of being better... of feeling sane.

It's hard to let go of such a need. Ego is constantly demanding "Who am I?".

I never ask that question.

I am not a seeker.

TimeSeeker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:10 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:06 pm So I asked “How are you?”

Like you, everyone said fine, and some asked me how I am.

And of course I said I’m fine, too.

The question doesn’t seem very important.

Do you think I'm using the question the wrong way?

Now I am with you.

“How are you?” It is a perfectly genuine question.

How do I answer "How are you" is a more pertinent question.

Is the most important question?

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:11 pm I never ask that question.

I am not a seeker.

But you do ask questions and so... you seek something.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:11 pm Is the most important question?

Define important. Define question.

Oh and. Define "define".

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:06 pm I was going to try out the most important question but I figured just saying “How?” to people could be misinterpreted in this PC climate and someone might think I’m imitating a TV native American aboriginal, a mouthful that may, or may not, be the proper PC label these days.

So I asked “How are you?”

Like you, everyone said fine, and some asked me how I am.

And of course I said I’m fine, too.

The question doesn’t seem very important.

Do you think I'm using the question the wrong way?

Ah, I see. You are asking "How is it that I am (i.e. have come to be)", correct?

So, very honestly, I am not interested in such a question, myself. All I know is that I am here. In that way, I belong and I am a part of what is.

Walker wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:06 pmyou're impolite if you're referencing me in the third person what with me being here and all

YOU want to school me on being polite?

[quote=TimeSeeker=Define important. Define question.

Oh and. Define "define".[/quote]
You're the one who said how? is the most important question.

You should have answered those for yourself, before you answered with how.

You can decide if the answers to those questions vary from, how are you?

Is how are you the most important question?

Or is it simply just, How?