At last, another person who can grasp these ideas.
I was very disappointed when I saw that you had only one other flash entry. This is simply an ingenious work into which many hours of thought obviously went. I intend to use every one of the 4096 characters I am allotted to adequately respond to this one of a kind piece.
First I wish to address the "talentless hacks" that have reviewed your work. I could have been entertained for days by the sheer stupidity, immaturity, and utter lack of an ability to string two coherent thoughts together by some of the reviewers. I find it baffling how a person could tell you that they have, "Eaten shit better than this movie." Even if said person had actually consumed feces, why would they then claim to have done so? This is one of the finest submissions to New Grounds, so why do people insist on flaming it? This is probably about as unanswerable a question as the one you pose to the viewer.
Now I will address the topic at hand. I must commend you on this superb piece. If it isn't the most intellectual 13.5 minutes I've ever heard, it's close to it. As one of the most intelligent people I have come across, I believe you will be able to relate to my contributions to your discussion.
I will begin with your discussion on fate. My view of fate is that events are indeed preordained. Surely we have choices in life though? Indeed, I believe we do, but that we have already made the choices and that the consequences following are set. I believe that if two people with the exact DNA and the exact same life experiences will react to the same situation the same way no matter how many times it were to happen. But does this not make life pointless? Perhaps it does, but does that not depends on one’s point of view? I believe that the point of life is to make your own mark on the world as you see fit, however small that mark may be. If one thinks life is pointless and decides to kill oneself, that’s one’s choice, and it is one that’s already been made, it just hasn’t happened yet. Of course there are always those “talentless hacks” that decide that they know more about life than everyone else and flame you for expressing your opinions. These are the people whose lives are truly pointless. That is my view of fate, put in relatively simple terms that even the jerks that flamed this movie should be able to understand. However, there are some who cannot grasp the fact that the meaning of life is only what you interpret it to be, and that that interpretation is the only correct one. What of these people, how can you explain the meaning of existence to them? Is it even possible to explain to someone their own beliefs? The truth is you cannot. In fact, their insisting on being fed an interpretation of the purpose of existence is their choice, which brings us back to where I began. It’s this kind of person that invented deities so they could have a purpose invented for them and they could feel secure about themselves.
The irony of all this is how do we even know that we even exist at all? Purpose does not matter if we do not exist. Is there any concrete proof? The answer is no, as anything we perceive as concrete cannot be proven to be so. But in the end it is our desire to explain our own purpose that makes us human, assuming we do exist at all. This desire to explain the unexplainable, to understand things not understandable, this is what makes us different from any other living beings. One is only intelligent if one realizes that meaning is really perception and that for everyone it is different. Also, one must realize that are indeed insignificant as individuals. To put this in perspective, imaging how heavy 6 billion feathers are compared to the weight of a single feather.
As my allotted space is nearly used, let me once more commend you. You are a symbol of the inquisitive nature of humans. I must also add that you have an impeccable grasp of the English language and the pronunciation of its words. Please e-mail me your thoughts at doke_un@yahoo.com. Keep up the good work.
