We should then add flashlights to the list of needs.
Fire.
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- Thread starter Salty Booger
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Fire.
Can you imagine living out your life of let's say, seventy years. all alone?
Yes, I can. I think there are levels of survival that one can accept.
That is why I said other than water, food, shelter, and clothing, I said, "less time".The first few years would be difficult.
I think that I could accept no clothes but not no friend.
I've watched 'Naked and Afraid' too often to be convinced that clothing is a need. Air, water, food, fire, shelter, definitely. Clothing is nice, but not really a need if the others are well met.
The need for other people seems to vary considerably from person to person.
The need for other people seems to vary considerably from person to person.
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Ok, ok... how about this?
In addition to the items above ( and apparently a bic lighter ) individuals need to defecate. It's a totally basic universal need. Yes?
Oh crap. I forgot about that.
Is this right? "clothing is a need...but not really a need".
Naked and Afraid can be convincing that clothing is not a need.
I think if I had no clothes, few could accept me as a friend!
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Some good news for you!
I've been told that posting on RF is clothing optional. We'll still be your friends regardless.
OK. But, in this world with the best of clothes, still, no real friend.
Some good news for you!
I've been told that posting on RF is clothing optional. We'll still be your friends regardless.
I knew there was an advantage somewhere!
Salty Booger
Royal Crown Cola (RC)
Life seems to be priority in existence. So purpose is preprogramed, is it not?
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Well, I thought so when I posted it. But now I'm not sure.
amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
I think that maybe your premise takes a complicated turn when you use the word 'individual.' An individual could truly seek or want anything, seeing that such a being has broken through the crust of integration. Is this entity so competitive that pursuits become zero sum goals? He defines purpose, does he chose not to have one, or has he sculpted idiosyncratic purpose to the finest detail? Maybe he only needs a dog, maybe he has no purpose. Maybe he needs to be at a party all the time, and pursue high offices
What a person needs is maturity, self respect or self love which then overflows onto other things that they perceive then to be positive. If I go into the specifics it sounds very negative like Economics, but overall its not actually depressing. I think each person has a tiny, powerful ingot of craving. That is the battery which runs our brains, and its energy has to be frustrated in many complicated ways in order to force us into being people. To keep it simple: You're playdough, and your desire is the Playdough Fun Factory which forces you through a plastic die into a very long fun shape.