haha! Well, I am new, love philosophy, just graduated highschool in Houston, TX and am usually called VERY cute. I have a strong belief in education–I am beginning my college education at Carelton in Minnesota next year with plans of eventually becoming a college professor. I like to talk philosophy, politics, current events, literature and science (though it is not my strong suit). My other interests include basketball,and music (singing and drums), which i participated in in highschool.
AVICENNA A.D., student, degree of philosophy in hand tomorrow! Tantalized by philosophy, politics, religion, sports (I’ll dunk on you and quote Nietzche in German), Physics of space, time, spacetime, stupid people, smart people, nothing in between.
Hello, all. I’m obviously new. I just graduated highschool about a month ago. Planning on majoring in philosophy in college and eventually teaching the subject.
I may start posting a lot, but chances are I’ll be a resident lurker.
[edit: You all are by far the most interesting, amusing, and intimidating group I have ever seen. o.o;]
hello from igor, thorry i havent introduced mythelf before i wathnt thure if ilp was the place for me. but after a few dayth of reading (or lurking ath itth called) i thought id stick around. anyone who readth Terry Pratchet will know why i write like thith…
but i can also write normally if im being serious. i came to ilovephilosophy.com by accident - it was the homepage on the second-hand computer i just bought. i chose igor because ironically or perhaps un-ironically i work as a professional mourner attached to a number of undertakers here in Milton Keynes. im not very well ecucated but have a somber disposition and plenty of time to think (for some reason less people seem to die during the summer months - must be the sunshine) i hope people will find my comments interesting.
I be the Sea Captain… Yar!
Yar, ye all be handsome petes, do ye dance on the pier for nickels?
Yar, I’m not attractive but tell me this then … do ye have any spare change?
holds out hand and shakes the hand of all the new members
In solid form I wade through a sea of lunacy…could ILP be the light at the end? Or just the beginning?
Hi all! I guess I’ve been a voyer here too long; time to throw my hat into the proverbial ring…step on it all you want, just give it back when you’re done…
greetingth adlerian and noetician, igor will talk about hith job:
to be a professional mourner is not all that hard - you must look reasonably good in a black suit, wear a quite jaunty top hat with a black-ribbon, and be of medium height - not too tall and not too short - im just under 6 foot - which is about right. duties involve walking in front of the hearse, helping the relatives of the deceased (with a gesture only if at all possible) and sometimes (becoming more frequent these days) lending a shoulder to the coffin - hence the height thing.
the important thing is not to speak unless absolutely necessary and to be expressionless. you must do nothing to involve yourself with the relatives or provoke any reaction. you are a robot - simply there to smooth the way. this gives me lots of time to think and to take my mind away from the job - a good thing because it is so hard not to wet my pants with laughter sometimes… this sounds bad but imagine if the whole of your job rotated around NOT laughing or even smiling. you would be doing the same - it stacks up in your head sometimes - the laughter - you push it down - it comes back even more hysterical than before - its horrible you think of all the people who would be horrified if you laughed… and that just make the whole thing funnier. i havent laughed yet - but its been a close shave sometimes.
thankyou fro your welcome i will try to live up to ilp’th high thtandardth
no expression at all? that sounds more like a professional mannequin rather than a “mourner”… did you have to get a degree in mortuary science to do that gig or is that just for the embalmers?