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The Anti-"Match Thread" Thread | Imaginary vs Nonexistent | Fictitious Stadium | February 30, -2015

Nostalgic said:
So you have had the taka tak/kata kat!

I've shared this joke in some other thread too, but it bears repeating.

This tourist goes to see the bullfights in a small Spanish town. The tradition in that town is that the bulls that have died in the fighting are carved up, and cooked and served in the restaurants in town. This guy always gets the Mountain Oysters.

One day, they are tastier than ever before. Smaller, therefore crunchier on the outside. He insists on complementing the chef. When the chef arrives, he asks what the secret was. The chef says, "Senor, sometimes the bull wins."
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You didn't answer my question
 
I was walking in the streets of Liverpool and I asked random strangers that where is Goodison Park(don't know Goodison).A person told that it was nearby and I was going there suddenly a beautiful women passed and dropped her purse and I took it and returned it to her.When I returned it to her,she kissed me(obviously on cheek) and said that I deserved it and then.............I woke up.
 
Firebreaker said:
Is Aima a good name?
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Well, I consulted the stars, the numbers and the horoscope, and also had a word with my Qareen. The verdict is that it is a perfectly fine name.

You may be wrong for her though. So it's best you keep your distance.
 
I did it. I bought the meat.

I went first thing in the morning, so the only people there were the illegal Hispanic employees, and the legal Somali employees. I didn't encounter anyone from that country. The owner, who is from that country, was probably asleep after a week full of cathartic revelry. I did have a hard time getting the illegal and legal employees to understand my order.

In all, a throughly anticlimactic event. I'm almost disappointed. But at least there will be biryani for lunch.
 
blinding light said:
Endy, I've a sum total of two worthwhile things on my CV. I need to do dis :batman:
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Is it really worthwile if you do it to put it on a resume, one might wonder.



Aww those people seem the friendliest! :)

Still not the best path to take, endy :baelish
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You don't like the bohemian lifestyle, I assume? But, fine, I'll do something dumb like psychiatry and then try to live the adventures through other people's words.


I.. oh dear, you're right O_O

Actually, much worse..
They patch up and become best friends :uakmal

Nevertheless, t'was a pretty intense scene when they come face-to-face in the game. Complete with the cliched emotional bgm and cinematic, location setting, the works :)

I am honestly doubting the future of Pakistan cricket given what has transpired these recent days :(( Keep that shoda away from Kenshiiii... :heart:
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So, what you are saying is that my expectations are even more pessimist than that of a video game series famous for its love of violence? When did I become like this, BL? :(

We are not supposed to talk about that here. As far as we're concerned, cricket is just an insect.

Alchemy and me have a theory that Shehzad's antics and love for Afridi/Gayle is due to the lack of father figure. From that point of view, he is indeed shoda.
 
endymion248 said:
Is it really worthwile if you do it to put it on a resume, one might wonder.











You don't like the bohemian lifestyle, I assume? But, fine, I'll do something dumb like psychiatry and then try to live the adventures through other people's words.









So, what you are saying is that my expectations are even more pessimist than that of a video game series famous for its love of violence? When did I become like this, BL? :(



We are not supposed to talk about that here. As far as we're concerned, cricket is just an insect.



Alchemy and me have a theory that Shehzad's antics and love for Afridi/Gayle is due to the lack of father figure. From that point of view, he is indeed shoda.
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Well, I truly do appreciate the experience I get from my staff-level position. But there is a chance that I might not be ready to handle things at a higher level (which merely enhances the CV). So I applied for a promotion I may have been dreading, amongst other things :/

Stop framing it like that, endy. Can't you see I'm trying to silence my craziest desires for a life of alienating routine and hapless conformity? We're not the unique, beautiful snowflakes we thought we are, just numbers on a forgotten file.

And yes, endy. Your time away from PP has changed you. But I'll be there, friend, to bring you back to the light.. :baelish

:))) That's a funny one - but I think you're giving way too much credit to Shahzad over that. He's Afridi's concubine, nothing more :baelish
 
Just realized I know enough about economics to get a good grade at A-levels, even though I have never academically studied it at any level.

Is this thread the new topic-less thread?
 
Mamoon said:
Just realized I know enough about economics to get a good grade at A-levels, even though I have never academically studied it at any level.

Is this thread the new topic-less thread?
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No, it's the other one. Come on, you promised to sign-up (because you thought 96notout would join too).
 
blinding light said:
Well, I truly do appreciate the experience I get from my staff-level position. But there is a chance that I might not be ready to handle things at a higher level (which merely enhances the CV). So I applied for a promotion I may have been dreading, amongst other things :/
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But you applied for it which means that you did want to find out whether the dread is founded or not.

Stop framing it like that, endy. Can't you see I'm trying to silence my craziest desires for a life of alienating routine and hapless conformity? We're not the unique, beautiful snowflakes we thought we are, just numbers on a forgotten file.
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We are all unique snowflakes and that's precisely the problem, there are so many unique snowflakes that nobody cares about the beauty of the other particular ones. This is why we strive so much, on the one hand, to find people to whom our singularity is truly important and on the other convince ourselves that we could potentially get the entire world to recognize it. However, as you age, the number of possibilities to reach these goals shrink more and more. This is when the idea of comformity seems almost comforting. I think that people who actually manage to get recognized as ''special little snowflakes'' tend to be more depressed than the average for the same reason; they realize that they have the weight of expectations to answer the ''now what?'' question that inevitably pops up once you reach the goal of many.

And yes, endy. Your time away from PP has changed you. But I'll be there, friend, to bring you back to the light.. :baelish
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It's too late for me. I have seen things and I have been places from where nobody can truly come back.

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:))) That's a funny one - but I think you're giving way too much credit to Shahzad over that. He's Afridi's concubine, nothing more :baelish
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Concubines can have paternal love issues too. He's just waiting for that special someone who will say ''daddy's home''.
 
I am talking about bl. From now on, I wll only use (occasionally) the dignified and thoughtful smiley -> :inti
 
Mamoon said:
I am talking about bl. From now on, I wll only use (occasionally) the dignified and thoughtful smiley -> :inti
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Oh, I thought you were talking about 96 since you were going to sign-up initially before she said she was busy.

How was your trip in spain btw? Where did you go?
 
There is no such thing as a dignified smiley. They are supposed to be expressive by definition. If a smiley is dignified then you don't really need it to express your point in the first place.
 
It was pretty good. Went to Malaga, Cordoba, Granada and Marbella.
 
But the Intikhab smiley expresses thoughtfulness and dignity, which is what makes it unique compared to other smileys.
 
Yes, we went there to reclaim what we lost during the Fall of Granada. :inti

Posts can be misinterpreted, which is :inti can come handy. I am actually ashamed of using all those cheesy smilies, wish could delete all those posts.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes, we went there to reclaim what we lost during the Fall of Granada. :inti

Posts can be misinterpreted, which is :inti can come handy. I am actually ashamed of using all those cheesy smilies, wish could delete all those posts.
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The Fall of Granada truly hurt us a lot. Our civilization in Spain was the jewel of medieval history.

I bet that's not the only reason you wish you could delete all those posts...
 
Mamoon said:
Just realized I know enough about economics to get a good grade at A-levels, even though I have never academically studied it at any level.

Is this thread the new topic-less thread?
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Based on what ?
 
endymion248 said:
But you applied for it which means that you did want to find out whether the dread is founded or not.



We are all unique snowflakes and that's precisely the problem, there are so many unique snowflakes that nobody cares about the beauty of the other particular ones. This is why we strive so much, on the one hand, to find people to whom our singularity is truly important and on the other convince ourselves that we could potentially get the entire world to recognize it. However, as you age, the number of possibilities to reach these goals shrink more and more. This is when the idea of comformity seems almost comforting. I think that people who actually manage to get recognized as ''special little snowflakes'' tend to be more depressed than the average for the same reason; they realize that they have the weight of expectations to answer the ''now what?'' question that inevitably pops up once you reach the goal of many.



It's too late for me. I have seen things and I have been places from where nobody can truly come back.

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Concubines can have paternal love issues too. He's just waiting for that special someone who will say ''daddy's home''.
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I absolutely do. The bonus to my CV is exactly that - a bonus :) What extra-curriculars are you interested in, endy?

I'm not giving up on you, fellow dark warrior. You shall rise from the ashes, and fly far above and higher than any mythological phoenix has ever dared to fly. You shall be the snowflake. It has been ordained, endymion.

Interesting... Tell me more about this alchemic-endymic theory :13:
 
blinding light said:
I absolutely do. The bonus to my CV is exactly that - a bonus :) What extra-curriculars are you interested in, endy?

I'm not giving up on you, fellow dark warrior. You shall rise from the ashes, and fly far above and higher than any mythological phoenix has ever dared to fly. You shall be the snowflake. It has been ordained, endymion.

Interesting... Tell me more about this alchemic-endymic theory :13:
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As far as CVable ECs are concerned, it's mostly a few internships at the hospital near my house and a bunch of tutoring assignments (both in the local high school and a biophysics class at my uni, also assisted in the biochem lab).
Oh God, I just realized you were right, I need to do things that would look good on my CV and show my (non-existent) leadership skills or I'll never get a job. When's the next flight to Botswana, we should create an orphanage or something...

The Snow that was promised?

We actually call it the endumo-alchemical theory. We will have more info after Big Al interviews Shehzad (still don't know whether he is pulling my leg or is actually interviewing him) but the basic point of it is that Shehzad was raised by a single mother after the untimely death of his father. However, this is a lie because Shehzad's father never died. Shehzad distinctly remembers his bearded pashtun father one day leaving to go play cricket outside and never coming back. This has created the dellusion in his mind that Afridi is his father and he strives to earn Afridi's validation. Afridi, being a man-child himself, expects immature antics from his friends so that's why Shehzad reinvented himself to be as puerile as Afridi wants him to be. He was well rewarded though since Afridi recently started calling him ''betha''.
 
^^^

It's "beta". Betha will mean sitting. Interesting theory. I guess can be applied to pretty much every friendly or even romantic relationship. They are all meant to fill voids left from previous unfulfilled associations.
 
saadibaba said:
^^^

It's "beta". Betha will mean sitting. Interesting theory. I guess can be applied to pretty much every friendly or even romantic relationship. They are all meant to fill voids left from previous unfulfilled associations.
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Apni takmeel kar raha hun mein
Warna tujh se to mujh ko pyaar nahein
 
saadibaba said:
^^^

It's "beta". Betha will mean sitting. Interesting theory. I guess can be applied to pretty much every friendly or even romantic relationship. They are all meant to fill voids left from previous unfulfilled associations.
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What if Afridi talks in Pink Urdu?

And relations rarely last because the void always fight back. L'appel du vide is the death of love.
 
saadibaba said:
Join the club. We need some young blood in our midst.

Aah Maktab Ka Jawan-e-Garam Khoon
Sahir-e-Afrang Ka Sayd-e-Zaboon
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You already lost me.

From context, I infer it means the young have passion and the old wisdom?
 
There was a time when Iqbal's shers about jawaans and junoon would be aimed at us. Now we aim them at the reckless youth of this era. Entire generations have passed from childhood to decrepitude, but not one has heeded the guy's exhortations.

Jawaanon ko peeron ka ustaad ker, FTW
 
endymion248 said:
You already lost me.

From context, I infer it means the young have passion and the old wisdom?
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It means the hot blooded (Muslim) youth in educational instituted have become the victims of westernization. Kind of similar to what OP was saying in that other thread only articulated in a more nuanced way.
 
Nostalgic said:
There was a time when Iqbal's shers about jawaans and junoon would be aimed at us. Now we aim them at the reckless youth of this era. Entire generations have passed from childhood to decrepitude, but not one has heeded the guy's exhortations.

Jawaanon ko peeron ka ustaad ker, FTW
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Saas bhi kabhi bahoo thi.....
 
saadibaba said:
It means the hot blooded (Muslim) youth in educational instituted have become the victims of westernization. Kind of similar to what OP was saying in that other thread only articulated in a more nuanced way.
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Had he ever played the Europa Universalis series Iqbal would know that westernization is a good thing.
 
The trouble with Iqbal is, it doesn't matter what your beliefs are, you can find something in his work to justify them. So communists, socialists, democrats, fascists, Islamists, or any combination of two or more of them, have quoted his poetry for their benefit.

In the wrong hands, that can be lethal. Zia used it to deadly effect in the 80s. My Urdu teacher in college related a story where the poet Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, who was a mentor of my teacher and had socialistic leanings, ended up on a committee to select Iqbal's couplets for PTV. All you young whippersnappers won't remember it, but back in the days, between TV programs, they would show Iqbal in his trademark pose, pencil poised on chin, and a couplet would appear, and a booming male voice would recite it. There was probably some dramatic music too.

Anyhow, they rejected all of Qasmi's suggestions. Instead they went for the hackneyed, overtly religious ones from Shikwa, Jawaab-e-Shikwa etc.

So, they rejected:

Aieen-e-nau se darna, tarz-e-kuhan pe arrna
Manzil yehi kathin hai, qaumon ki zindagi mein

Because it was pro-democracy. And they rejected:

Jiss khet se dehqan ko mayassir na ho roti
Uss khet key har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do

Because it was pro-communist, and they were waging a jihad next door against the communists. And they rejected:

Mein naakhush-o-bezaar hun marmar ki silon se
Meray liye mitti ka haram aik aur bana do

Because it was anti-Saudi, what with the cheesy and tasteless extensions they were doing to the holy sites.

Needless to say, Qasmi knew better than to suggest the couplets that were written in praise of Marx, Ataturk and (allegedly) Mirza Ghulam Ahmed.
 
endymion248 said:
Had he ever played the Europa Universalis series Iqbal would know that westernization is a good thing.
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Well he went to Cambridge and LMU in Munich so he would know a thing or two about the beneficial effects of western education. Taken out of context that one couplet sounds preachy but the whole poem like many of his poems is about identifying and connecting with the golden age of Islamic intellectualism and culture.
 
Nostalgic said:
The trouble with Iqbal is, it doesn't matter what your beliefs are, you can find something in his work to justify them. So communists, socialists, democrats, fascists, Islamists, or any combination of two or more of them, have quoted his poetry for their benefit.

In the wrong hands, that can be lethal. Zia used it to deadly effect in the 80s. My Urdu teacher in college related a story where the poet Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, who was a mentor of my teacher and had socialistic leanings, ended up on a committee to select Iqbal's couplets for PTV. All you young whippersnappers won't remember it, but back in the days, between TV programs, they would show Iqbal in his trademark pose, pencil poised on chin, and a couplet would appear, and a booming male voice would recite it. There was probably some dramatic music too.

Anyhow, they rejected all of Qasmi's suggestions. Instead they went for the hackneyed, overtly religious ones from Shikwa, Jawaab-e-Shikwa etc.

So, they rejected:

Aieen-e-nau se darna, tarz-e-kuhan pe arrna
Manzil yehi kathin hai, qaumon ki zindagi mein

Because it was pro-democracy. And they rejected:

Jiss khet se dehqan ko mayassir na ho roti
Uss khet key har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do

Because it was pro-communist, and they were waging a jihad next door against the communists. And they rejected:

Mein naakhush-o-bezaar hun marmar ki silon se
Meray liye mitti ka haram aik aur bana do

Because it was anti-Saudi, what with the cheesy and tasteless extensions they were doing to the holy sites.

Needless to say, Qasmi knew better than to suggest the couplets that were written in praise of Marx, Ataturk and (allegedly) Mirza Ghulam Ahmed.
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But isn't that a mark of a great poet whose words can be interpreted and be meaningful to people from different ideologies, with the propaganda part used by Zia set aside.
 
saadibaba said:
But isn't that a mark of a great poet whose words can be interpreted and be meaningful to people from different ideologies, with the propaganda part used by Zia set aside.
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But it's frustrating all the same. Even when you account for the fact that his poetry changed from before he went to Europe, to when he was in Europe, to when he returned home to the rapidly shifting political climate till his death, it seems like the poetry is all over the place. It seems like he's impossible to "get." He can't be pigeonholed into any ideology, he's just Iqbal. But what Iqbal is, I don't know and neither do those who claim to.

One thing his death in 1938 deprived us of was that he never got to witness WWII and Nazism in action. Iqbal was very much a Germanophile. He incorporated Nietzsche into his philosophy (the Shaheen and the Mard-e-Kaamil and khudi etc are all connected to the übermensch), he studied in Germany, even had a German nanny for his kids.
 
Nostalgic said:
But it's frustrating all the same. Even when you account for the fact that his poetry changed from before he went to Europe, to when he was in Europe, to when he returned home to the rapidly shifting political climate till his death, it seems like the poetry is all over the place. It seems like he's impossible to "get." He can't be pigeonholed into any ideology, he's just Iqbal. But what Iqbal is, I don't know and neither do those who claim to.

One thing his death in 1938 deprived us of was that he never got to witness WWII and Nazism in action. Iqbal was very much a Germanophile. He incorporated Nietzsche into his philosophy (the Shaheen and the Mard-e-Kaamil and khudi etc are all connected to the übermensch), he studied in Germany, even had a German nanny for his kids.
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But the ubermensch was never supposed to impose his will on others. He was supposed to be a symbol of individualism and self discipline, living life the way he wants to with great pride and dignity, elements of which can also be found in Islamic ideology with concepts like the uniqueness of Muslim personality, socialisation and accountability. In Islam the culture of collectivism is intertwined with individualism and at its core that is what Iqbal strived to promote. His opaqueness in my opinion has more to do with political motivations of various groups in trying to anoint him as their spiritual leader than his own muddled words.
 
saadibaba said:
His opaqueness in my opinion has more to do with political motivations of various groups in trying to anoint him as their spiritual leader than his own muddled words.
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Oh I don't doubt that it was all a very coherent, defined philosophy in his mind, one he had refined to perfection based on his experiences and his immense knowledge of both East and West. It's just that it's very hard to grasp fully for the reader. Everyone who has tried comes away with a different take on it, whether they approach it cynically to justify themselves, or if they approach it sincerely. Which is part of his greatness, like you said.

Personally I do what everyone else does: use it for my own vested interests. So,

Deen-e-mullah fi sabil Allah fasaad

;)
 
Nostalgic said:
Oh I don't doubt that it was all a very coherent, defined philosophy in his mind, one he had refined to perfection based on his experiences and his immense knowledge of both East and West. It's just that it's very hard to grasp fully for the reader. Everyone who has tried comes away with a different take on it, whether they approach it cynically to justify themselves, or if they approach it sincerely. Which is part of his greatness, like you said.

Personally I do what everyone else does: use it for my own vested interests. So,

Deen-e-mullah fi sabil Allah fasaad

;)
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Haha...same here.

Its not just him. You will hear them reinventing Jinnah in their own image as well. Considering how our academic syllabus has been violated by these mullah types ...the majority of Pakistan buys that image of them as if its the holy gospel.
 
On a lighter note, certain beer drinkers of my acquaintance were fond of (mis)quoting Iqbal:

Jissey bakhsha hai aab-e-joween tu nein
Ussey arq-e-angoor bhi ataa ker
 
So this is just another chat thread I presume?
 
Saqs said:
So this is just another chat thread I presume?
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This is an important question, one I've been looking to address since yesterday afternoon, when I began noticing a drift towards.... the C word, a drift that I hope isn't inexorable and one we can stop in its tracks through the force of our collective will.

The philosophy behind this thread is very noble indeed, articulated in my opening post. You don't explicitly mention the match, or the pitiable state of your team, but there it is, the elephant in the room. That naturally leads to allegory, and to superimposing lessons learnt from the match (whose existence you stridently deny) onto daily life. I've written some posts I'm very proud of, in that vein, in this thread.

From that point onwards, it takes a life of its own, until the next (denied) match. In all, it is cathartic, it fosters camaraderie, and it is an exercise in creativity.
 
Haroon786 said:
How old are you, AS papers are meant for 16-17 year old ?
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It doesn't matter, a person who hasn't studied any finance/economics related course at any academic level should not be able to do well in AS Economics exam.

It's either too easy or I'm too smart, or perhaps both.
 
On the topic of Iqbal - its interesting because I came across Nietzsche in my political philosophy course; Allama Iqbal apparently wrote his phD dissertation on Nietzsche.

The parable of a madman, the imagery he depicts is compelling indeed. The message does not resonate with me, but the manner of conveyance does. Perhaps that is what Nietzsche himself wanted..
 
blinding light said:
On the topic of Iqbal - its interesting because I came across Nietzsche in my political philosophy course; Allama Iqbal apparently wrote his phD dissertation on Nietzsche.

The parable of a madman, the imagery he depicts is compelling indeed. The message does not resonate with me, but the manner of conveyance does. Perhaps that is what Nietzsche himself wanted..
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I thought the dissertation was The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, or something along those lines. But I may be wrong.
 
Nostalgic said:
This is an important question, one I've been looking to address since yesterday afternoon, when I began noticing a drift towards.... the C word, a drift that I hope isn't inexorable and one we can stop in its tracks through the force of our collective will.

The philosophy behind this thread is very noble indeed, articulated in my opening post. You don't explicitly mention the match, or the pitiable state of your team, but there it is, the elephant in the room. That naturally leads to allegory, and to superimposing lessons learnt from the match (whose existence you stridently deny) onto daily life. I've written some posts I'm very proud of, in that vein, in this thread.

From that point onwards, it takes a life of its own, until the next (denied) match. In all, it is cathartic, it fosters camaraderie, and it is an exercise in creativity.
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There's something so...."meta" about this thread.

Does it really exist? As a result, will it ever be picked up by Mods? Is it all in the mind? Is it the dream you dare not speak of for fear that a whisper of it may mean its disappearance?
 
Saqs said:
There's something so...."meta" about this thread.

Does it really exist? As a result, will it ever be picked up by Mods? Is it all in the mind? Is it the dream you dare not speak of for fear that a whisper of it may mean its disappearance?
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The cause of the thread, or at least the cause of the bumping of the thread at perfectly random times is one we will continue to deny the existence of, like professional diplomats.

It isn't so much a dream as it is a nightmare. We wish we weren't here, we wish this thread didn't exist, or need to exist. But we are, and it does, and it needs to, so...
 
endymion248 said:
As far as CVable ECs are concerned, it's mostly a few internships at the hospital near my house and a bunch of tutoring assignments (both in the local high school and a biophysics class at my uni, also assisted in the biochem lab).
Oh God, I just realized you were right, I need to do things that would look good on my CV and show my (non-existent) leadership skills or I'll never get a job. When's the next flight to Botswana, we should create an orphanage or something...

The Snow that was promised?

We actually call it the endumo-alchemical theory. We will have more info after Big Al interviews Shehzad (still don't know whether he is pulling my leg or is actually interviewing him) but the basic point of it is that Shehzad was raised by a single mother after the untimely death of his father. However, this is a lie because Shehzad's father never died. Shehzad distinctly remembers his bearded pashtun father one day leaving to go play cricket outside and never coming back. This has created the dellusion in his mind that Afridi is his father and he strives to earn Afridi's validation. Afridi, being a man-child himself, expects immature antics from his friends so that's why Shehzad reinvented himself to be as puerile as Afridi wants him to be. He was well rewarded though since Afridi recently started calling him ''betha''.
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C'mon, snowflake, don't give up on your hope and aspirations just like that :baelish

Wow, that is interesting.. Dare I say, it even makes a little sense.. :13: Tell me moar
 
blinding light said:
C'mon, snowflake, don't give up on your hope and aspirations just like that :baelish

Wow, that is interesting.. Dare I say, it even makes a little sense.. :13: Tell me moar
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But isn't it necessary for the snowflake's hopes and aspirations to do things all the other snowflakes are doing?

That's basically it. I'm wondering how his Twitter antics integrate into this though.
 
blinding light said:
Oh yeah, you're right! :O

Wonder where I got that from.. *stares into blankness*
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Maybe Iqbal came to you in your dreams and showed you the dissertation he always wanted to write but couldn't. I hope you remember it each word by heart.
 
A drunk Iqbal once murdered a man. Now that's something history books will not reveal.
 
Forgot to add that some say he murdered a woman, but I'd like to think it was a man because it makes him less guilty in my eyes.
 
My father in law is against my marriage because of my poor family background. So can any of the rich people here adopt me as their son? [MENTION=48620]Cpt. Rishwat[/MENTION] ? who else are the rich people here?
 
CricketCartoons said:
My father in law is against my marriage because of my poor family background. So can any of the rich people here adopt me as their son? [MENTION=48620]Cpt. Rishwat[/MENTION] ? who else are the rich people here?
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[MENTION=137262]Firebreaker[/MENTION] is an emirati sheikh.
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] owns a leopard.
 
I don't, but I would not call myself rich because my parents are. I was just born to them by chance.
 
I was born a rich.My grandfather have a huge oil business in Pakistan,Shama [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] might know about it
 
blinding light said:
No, it isn't and neither is it desireable. You're a special, special snowflake. And you don't deserve to have to do anything with the majority of us nameless, faceless ones.
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You're right, I am special, I'm not nameless, faceless, colourless, formless,... like the rest of those mere mortals. Thanks BL, I have got a new mirror motivational speech.

Incorporate me into your endumo-alchemical theory, and I'll help answer that question :baelish
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I'm interested to see your contribution to the luco-endumo-alchemical theory (LEA for the intimate).

I don't :eek: :O

I don't even remember half the bucket list of things I was supposed to do in my vacations! :facepalm:
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Haha, I know that feeling. I'm always supposed to catch all the non-bookwormish experiences the world has to offer after my exams but I just end being too exhausted for any of it.
 
Nostalgic said:
This is an important question, one I've been looking to address since yesterday afternoon, when I began noticing a drift towards.... the C word, a drift that I hope isn't inexorable and one we can stop in its tracks through the force of our collective will.

The philosophy behind this thread is very noble indeed, articulated in my opening post. You don't explicitly mention the match, or the pitiable state of your team, but there it is, the elephant in the room. That naturally leads to allegory, and to superimposing lessons learnt from the match (whose existence you stridently deny) onto daily life. I've written some posts I'm very proud of, in that vein, in this thread.

From that point onwards, it takes a life of its own, until the next (denied) match. In all, it is cathartic, it fosters camaraderie, and it is an exercise in creativity.
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What if one truly follows the lessons of the match and doesn't watch cricket anymore (thus not being able to actually teach other people lessons from what they learnt from the match)? Or is it only supposed to be anti-match as long as you are still passionate about the match?
 
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