NON-SARCASTIC THREAD FULL OF POSITIVISM AND JOY

[olyclimber]

kewl mtn biking

 

[video:youtube]mYIKfEU8yl8

[olyclimber]

WHO ELSE FEELS ALARMINGLY HAPPY?

[olyclimber]

[video:youtube]9lp0IWv8QZY

 

makes me want to go get on a 5.12 climb. maybe i can do it?

[tvashtarkatena]

I just learned from another poster whose advice I should appreciate, respeck, even crave, that Alpinfox is an even bigger douchebag than myself.

 

That makes me happy.

[olyclimber]

If he is, then perhaps this other poster, you, then Alpinfox can make like Russian dolls and nest. I love it when things just fit together like that.

 

Here is to serendipity!

[tvashtarkatena]

Serendipity doo dah, dipitay day!

Wonderful feeling, comin' my way!

[tvashtarkatena]

Joy is a condiment:

it must be spread to be tasted.

[tvashtarkatena]

I just totally made that up! I couldn't have done it without giving myself permission to laugh, though.

[tvashtarkatena]

While it's true that I laugh at most of you, I do laugh with some of you at the rest of you.

[kevbone]

What is this thread about?

[olyclimber]

Hi Kev! Thanks for joining in the fun!

 

As per the wiki for positivism:

 

"Positivism is a philosophy which holds that the only authentic knowledge is that based on actual sense experience. Metaphysical speculation is avoided. Though the positivist approach has been a 'recurrent theme in the history of western thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day' [1] and appears in Ibn al-Haytham's 11th Century text Book of Optics,[2] the concept was first coined by Auguste Comte, widely considered the first modern sociologist,[3] in the middle of the 19th century. In the early 20th century, logical positivism—a stricter and more formal version of Comte's basic thesis—sprang up in Vienna and grew to become one of the dominant movements in American and British philosophy. The positivist view is sometimes referred to as a scientistic ideology, and is often shared by technocrats[4] who believe in the necessity of progress through scientific progress, and by naturalists, who argue that any method for gaining knowledge should be limited to natural, physical, and material approaches. In psychology, a positivistic approach is favoured by behaviourism."

 

You can read more about it here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism

[olyclimber]

and as for JOY...more info about that here:

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Joy+of&x=18&y=18

[prole]

[Bug]

Is that Tvash?

[Bug]

Oops.

Nope. No heleitosis.

[Alpinfox]

Congrats on breaking the 10k mark Tvash!

 

 

Consummate!

[tvashtarkatena]

JP4 breath? WTF?

[tvashtarkatena]

Congrats on breaking the 10k mark Tvash!

 

 

Consummate!

 

Ironically (or not), I was born in Las Vegas.

 

Let's go to Vegas together!

 

Observe the Bro-code!

[tvashtarkatena]

Not to be negative or anything, but if you climb, you'll die.

Edited April 15, 2009 by tvashtarkatena

[kevbone]

Congrats on breaking the 10k mark Tvash!

 

 

I am seeing some jealousy.

[tvashtarkatena]

I frequently leave notes with my friends enumerating all the little things they could change for the better. I do it because I care.

 

That's just the kind of guy I am.

[tvashtarkatena]

I left one in Rob's oven just the other day....

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Anyone want to climb Baker and post a TR?

[tvashtarkatena]

No, but I left a note for you at the trailhead.

[ivan]

i feel like that kid from american beauty - you know the wierd fucker w/ the video collection and the nazi dad - this thread is the most beautiful thing in the whole world!