Posts by Anthony Rivera17

Richard Wright said:First off, I’m taking your entire response as a personal insult, though I suspect that was exactly your intention. What you wrote above isn't "work"—it's a ten-minute trip to the accounting department. And frankly, we have absolutely nothing to do with that process. That’s what your colleague in accounting is getting paid for—the one you probably have to bribe with a box of chocolates every other week just to keep her from taking her bad mood out on the rest of us.

Look, you clearly don't grasp how we actually operate here, which is why you just blurted out something so incredibly misguided. Either that, or you have absolutely no clue about the sheer number of variables that have to align perfectly just to get a loan approved—especially now that we're dealing with all the red tape from the SEC.
If you have nothing better to do with your life than stand in line just to be fed half-truths and total misinformation, then by all means, stay far away from us. Honestly, if you’re the type who thinks it’s perfectly fine to burn through your vacation days just to deal with some bank loan bullshit, you clearly don't belong here.
Look, let’s be real here. If you’ve lived your entire life without ever touching a line of credit—no car loans, no student debt, nothing—you might think you’re in a position of strength. But if you happen to be lucky enough to pull a decent salary at a top-tier firm like Goldman Sachs or Google, then yeah, sure. You can walk right into a major bank like Chase or Bank of America and they'll hand you a loan. It’s simple math for them.
It’s high time you realized that you have absolutely no idea if one of the other ten banks out there is offering a better rate on a loan. But hey, you think you’ve mastered everything just because you spent a few hours scrolling through the internet, right? You haven't actually lost a single full workday to this process. I'm talking about the real grind: making multiple trips across town, standing in line after line, waiting around for a personal banker to finally notice you, and then spending hours surfing web pages only to realize you have to start the whole damn loop over again once you finally pick which branches to visit. Real research takes sweat, not just clicks.
Back home in the States, you could have gotten that answer in ten minutes flat—and I’m talking completely free of charge. No strings attached, no bill at the end. Just straightforward information, provided without anyone asking for a dime.

The banks and their affiliates are footing the bill here. They have to. We aren't just some amateur operation; we’re professionals. We handle the easy wins—the clients with spotless credit histories—just as effectively as we tackle the absolute disasters. I’m talking about the people drowning in over ten different loans, desperately grabbing at straws just to stay afloat. We fix both, and the institutions pay for our expertise.
We act as external partners to the banks, essentially handing them polished, ready-to-go documentation that requires nothing more than a quick mechanical processing on their end. It’s a seamless workflow. The banks are happy, the clients are satisfied, and the proof is in the referrals—they keep sending people our way. Look, we’ve earned our living the right way. We work hard and play by the rules. But I find myself venting because I’m tired of being lumped in with those shady, fly-by-night operators who ignore every regulation in the book. It’s infuriating when superficial observers can't tell the difference between legitimate professionals and those illegals, and they toss us all into the same dirty bucket. That’s exactly why I felt the need to set the record straight.

You’ve probably never even dealt with a contractor before, because honestly, painting an apartment isn't rocket science.
Either you run your own little side hustle and handle all your own bookkeeping—because why would you pay someone else to do something you can easily manage yourself?—or you're just delusional. To be brutally honest, why are you pulling such a massive salary for a role that your clients could handle on their own? Or better yet, your boss could just find some sucker to do the exact same thing for $333 less.

Just as a quick side note—over in Austria, about 40% of bank loans are processed through specialized agencies...

Best,

Melissa Torres4 said:That PC of yours is cursed... if I were in your shoes, I’d probably call in a priest to splash some holy water on the motherboard and hope for the best.

silenthound39 said:Essentially, I’ve been hit by another string of inexplicable events, though this time they involve my computer...

Mystery No. 1. The shaking monitor

The situation is that, from time to time, the monitor shakes without any apparent cause or provocation, almost mimicking the sensation of a minor tremor... Despite my attempts to replicate the effect through various software commands, I haven't been able to simulate it...

silenthound39 said:Mystery No. 2. Music playing on its own

What happens is that I leave the PC running with all applications closed, head to the kitchen, and suddenly hear sound emanating from the desk... I return to find an audio file has opened itself...

If anyone has any insights or explanations, I would appreciate you sharing them...
Thanks

wiredmaker18 said:I don't think the issue is people using natural resources to get by—to an extent, that's just survival. The real problem is the sheer scale of it. We’re stripping everything bare because we can, driven by pure greed and backed by tech that lets us outpace nature's ability to recover. Take whale hunting, for example. They wouldn't be facing extinction if it weren't for human gluttony and the massive technological power that allows us to wipe out entire species just to pad some bottom line. It’s not about basic needs anymore; it’s about a complete lack of empathy for anything beyond our own immediate gratification. Honestly, if the last man on Earth found a single seed, he wouldn't plant it and wait for it to grow; he’d probably just eat it right then, paranoid that someone might try to steal it... Humans have way too much power and zero maturity. Technology is evolving at light speed while our collective consciousness is stuck in the mud. There's no fixing that. Then again, you have to give the damn species credit for a few things. We've built incredible stuff, created masterpieces, and shown moments of genuine grit. But let's be real, the world isn't going to shift overnight. Some people claim we'll run out of oil and finally pivot to renewables, or we'll kill off all the sharks and realize the ecosystem is broken, or eventually learn that totalitarianism is a dead end... Give me a break. It won't happen. Not now, maybe not ever. At the end of the day, we're just animals with better tools. We've paired advanced technology with minds that aren't ready to handle it, and that’s how we ended up here. It’s like handing a kid a handgun along with enough strength and know-how to strip it, lube it, and fire it. He’s got the technical skill, but he lacks the judgment to understand what that weapon actually does. It's a lethal combo, and there's nothing different about it on a global scale. It's not even "human nature"... it's just the massive gap between our technological progress and our wisdom, or lack thereof.

restlessbison4 said:swiftcobra15,

I want to go on a bit of a tangent regarding human needs, specifically looking at
human nature versus manufactured desires.

Everything you mentioned about these artificial needs is basically
something forced upon us just by being born into this world. It’s pretty self-evident.
But what’s truly bizarre is how people don't even stop to ask
why things are this way, or if they could actually be different. Honestly, people are
even willing to hurt others who disagree with them on these very topics,
even when those ideas threaten their own stability. Take religious wars, for instance.
Both sides have their faith, yet both religions essentially
place restrictions on the individual follower. Or you could look at any ideology—
communism, nationalism, all those other "-isms."
Maybe it’s just hardwired into our DNA to obey and follow someone "smarter"
than ourselves—someone who cooked up the rules and laid them down. How else can you explain
the fact that billions of people live almost identical lives? Is there even
an alternative out there?
When did this start? Maybe with the dawn of agriculture? Can we really "blame" farming
for steering civilization in this direction—where the resource holders or the owners of land and corporations
stand opposed to a workforce that, in reality, always works for someone else, never for themselves.
So, why did it happen? Was it for the sake of making life easier for the individual and the community?
Basically, the individual—the worker, someone who doesn't own the key resources—voluntarily
surrenders certain natural rights just so someone else, the owner, will grant them
access to resources, whether those are material or intangible (like the right to coexist
with other people).

I suppose there isn't much left to say about shamantrixx... The user says:
They say power acts as a corrupting force, but I’ve always found that perspective a bit shortsighted... the reality is far more cynical: power simply serves as a magnet for those who were already broken, drawing the corruptible toward it like moths to a flame. Those of us with even a shred of sanity tend to be motivated by much more meaningful pursuits than mere dominance...

Lawrence Robinson5 said:

Edward Flores4 said:One of the biggest misconceptions out there—and honestly, it’s baked into how most people view existence—is this idea that we are separate, physical beings who need to "tame" nature and bend it to our will. Because our biological "operating system" is so incredibly sophisticated, we fall into this trap of thinking we’re somehow detached from the planet. A tree doesn't wake up thinking it exists independently of the Earth... and we really start to realize how silly that sounds the moment we try to leave the planet without hauling a little piece of home along with us in a pressurized tin can. But in our day-to-day lives, we just don't see it. We chop down forests to make paper for campaign posters, then print money to buy more land covered in trees. Most people think this is a brilliant way to live because, hey, they get a paycheck at the end of it, but all I want to know is when and to whom the Earth sold its territory—because right now, I'm being forced to pay rent just for the privilege of existing on it.

The whole concept of having an "ego" is just as destructive. When we spend our energy trying to coordinate or suppress something that isn't even fundamentally real... well, it's basically a life sentence with a guaranteed failure rate.

"Culture is man's defense mechanism against nature," says Erich Fromm.

I truly believe that's the common thread tying all of this together.

Gerald Flores3 said:The whole issue basically stems from how we teach kids today. We just dump a mountain of info and random ideas on them, but we totally fail at actually making them care, you know? Like, nobody’s actually being taught to dig deeper or find that genuine hunger for knowledge through their own curiosity.
With people like that, philosophy doesn't even mean a love for wisdom or truth anymore. It’s pretty much a foreign concept. But honestly, that’s exactly what we need right now—something to help clear up all the nonsense and misconceptions floating around.

bluebison70 said:A person is all three of those things... and they have these actual NEEDS, otherwise they wouldn't survive. A human being isn't just some abstract concept. I guess if we try to think about a person while stripping away their material possessions, their social structures, and their spiritual institutions, then what's left... it isn't really a human anymore.

Richard Walker79 said:The truth is, enlightenment is already right here, but it's buried under layers of mental garbage that need clearing out.
And how many people are actually willing to let go of the junk they've tied their entire identity to?
Not many. Very few. It sounds so incredibly simple, yet that very simplicity makes it nearly impossible for most.
My advice to everyone? Try deprogramming yourselves through conscious meditation and focused concentration.

Christian Jackson8 said:Weimar Germany actually managed to hit its targets through hyperinflation—it was done with purpose. They essentially succeeded in paying off those massive war reparations incredibly fast. Their whole goal was to drag the nation out of the debt trap left over from WWI as quickly and cheaply as possible. Basically, they leaned into hyperinflation intentionally to meet very specific objectives.

Of course, whenever you try to force a massive economic pivot like that, things get pretty painful (look at Thatcher's era, for example). That’s why most methods used by central banks and governments during a crisis tend to focus on stretching out the recovery instead of fixing it all at once... just to lower the intensity.

On the flip side, you could argue whether Hitler was a direct result of hyperinflation or if he was more a consequence of the impossible situation the country faced after the Great War—where hyperinflation was really the only way out. In fact, that entire mess is one of the foundational reasons why Marshall's plan was even created later on.

And what about an American version of that? It's precisely because of that kind of figure that we need to soften the blow of the current crisis as much as possible. There isn't some magic trick to stop the US from losing its spot as the world's sole superpower, which unfortunately drags down their economy, living standards, national pride, and everything else along with it. Thinking we can just avoid this is pure self-deception (just like thinking this is all solely due to the real estate credit bubble)... The dollar's inflation is actually a calculated byproduct of an America trying to stay competitive while desperately clinging to its current status. After trying everything else, there’s really no reason why Europe, China, or anyone else would step in to stop that slide. They might try to cushion it, sure, but stop it? Not a chance. It's their right to secure their own standing in global politics and economics.

To me, LaRouche's arguments almost sound like the blueprint for American fascism (mixed with a bit of that old-school "rob the rich" mentality). It starts with the idea that if the US loses its current status, the whole world goes down with it. So, according to that logic, the US would have to do whatever it takes to save its standing, regardless of how bad that might be for everyone else...

cosmicpuma15 said:LaRouche might have a few decent ideas here and there, but let's be honest—the guy is a total nutcase...

Douglas Allen79 said:The Inevitable Hyperinflationary Explosion
January 22, 2008

LaRouche Warns of Imminent Hyperinflationary Blowout
The frantic efforts currently being deployed to rescue the financial system—typified by the Federal Reserve’s panicked three-quarter percentage point interest rate cut and the stimulus plans put forth by Bush and Paulson—are not merely destined to fail; they are certain to backfire spectacularly and very soon, warns economist Lyndon LaRouche. The financial system has already effectively collapsed, and any attempt to resuscitate trillions of dollars in worthless financial paper is not only futile but will lead to the total destruction of any nation foolish enough to attempt it, LaRouche asserted.

The global financial system, and the United States in particular, is entering a period comparable to that of Weimar Germany in the autumn of 1923, though the current crisis is unfolding on a far more massive scale. While the devastation wrought by uncontrolled hyperinflation in Weimar Germany was largely confined to its own borders, today's crisis is global in scope. No national system will emerge unscathed from its consequences, and some nations may not even survive the year, he warned.

Under the crushing weight of the Treaty of Versailles signed at the close of World War I, Germany was hit with war reparations so immense that the nation was rendered incapable of basic functioning. In a desperate bid to meet these obligations, Germany began printing money, attempting to cover both its indemnity payments and domestic economic needs at the cost of completely annihilating the value of its currency. This monetary stimulation escalated to such unprecedented heights that it birthed a new term, "hyperinflation," to distinguish its soul-crushing horror from mere inflation.

As the German economy began its death spiral, the government sought a remedy through the continuous printing of money as a stimulant, causing the value of the Reichsmark to plummet. Between 1913 and 1915, the exchange rate stood at 4 Reichsmarks to the dollar, sliding to 6 to 1 in 1917 and 1918. The situation deteriorated sharply thereafter, falling from 20 to 1 against the dollar in 1919, to 63 to 1 in 1920, and 105 to 1 in 1921. Then, the floor fell away entirely, skyrocketing to 1,866 to 1 in 1922 and reaching a staggering 535 billion to 1 in 1923. During this same window, according to the German Bureau of Statistics, the cost-of-living index surged from 100 in 1913 to 1,019 in 1920, and finally to a mind-boggling 657 billion by November 23, 1923.

The world is now approaching a similar state of hyperinflationary disintegration due to analogous circumstances. The actions taken by the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and other central banks and governments—their stubborn determination to breathe life back into this decaying financial system and their blind refusal to face reality—is essentially the writing of a new classical tragedy. Driven by fear, these modern-day Hamlets choose to destroy everything they hold dear rather than shake their faith in a failed monetary policy.

The nations of Europe, constrained by the Maastricht treaties, have effectively surrendered their ability to respond to this crisis, leaving the United States to shoulder the powers and responsibilities mandated by its Constitution to lead the rescue of both itself and the entire world. Rather than continuing these absurd attempts to stimulate a corpse, the United States government must exercise its sovereign authority and place its own financial system into a controlled bankruptcy, thereby setting a vital precedent and creating the necessary conditions for other nations to follow suit. The crucial first step would be the legislative adoption of LaRouche's proposal, the 'Homeowners and Bank Protection Act,' which would establish the essential firewalls needed to protect public interests and critical economic infrastructure, ensuring the economy keeps running while damages are sorted out based on importance and legitimacy.

Real, serious hyperinflation begins
January 22, 2008 (LPAC)

Following a review of the week's developments, Lyndon LaRouche has announced the launch of a new educational campaign. This initiative will focus on a single, central theme: hyperinflation.

The historical blueprint for our current predicament was drafted just under five generations ago in pre-war Germany. Hemmed in by French and British armies, the German government found itself coerced by the crushing demands of the Treaty of Versailles, forced to pay reparations that were mathematically designed to be impossible to settle. It was a brutal ultimatum: pay up, or face annihilation.

Today, we in the United States find ourselves staring down an almost identical set of circumstances. However, this time there is no foreign invading force demanding the settlement of impossible financial debts to drive the dollar into hyperinflation. Instead, we are grappling with an internal adversary that has been woven into the very moral fabric of our nation over the last forty years—a profound moral decay that has allowed citizens to tolerate predatory financial pyramid schemes, the largest of which, mortgages and their derivatives, is now collapsing.

There remains one crucial historical distinction between these two instances of hyperinflation. We possess the American dollar. We carry the responsibility to overhaul our own cultural habits, to exercise the sovereign power granted by our federal Constitution, and to place the American dollar into a state of bankruptcy reorganization. We stand as the only nation on Earth endowed with such unique agency.

Some might ask, "Well, where is our Hitler?" Open your eyes, people! Between Bloomberg and Arnie "my father was a Nazi" Schwarzenegger, we are seeing our own Hitlerian potential manifest. A brand of corporatism reminiscent of Mussolini is knocking at our door, alongside draconian measures that feel hauntingly familiar.

So, when you consider the utter fools pushing these so-called "economic stimulus packages," I ask you to pause and reflect: Is a march toward a firing squad really the kind of stimulation I’m looking for?
www.larouchepub.com

Douglas Allen79 said:The Inevitable Hyperinflationary Explosion
January 22, 2008

LaRouche Warns of Imminent Hyperinflationary Blowout
The frantic efforts currently being deployed to rescue the financial system—typified by the Federal Reserve’s panicked three-quarter percentage point interest rate cut and the stimulus plans put forth by Bush and Paulson—are not merely destined to fail; they are certain to backfire spectacularly and very soon, warns economist Lyndon LaRouche. The financial system has already effectively collapsed, and any attempt to resuscitate trillions of dollars in worthless financial paper is not only futile but will lead to the total destruction of any nation foolish enough to attempt it, LaRouche asserted.

The global financial system, and the United States in particular, is entering a period comparable to that of Weimar Germany in the autumn of 1923, though the current crisis is unfolding on a far more massive scale. While the devastation wrought by uncontrolled hyperinflation in Weimar Germany was largely confined to its own borders, today's crisis is global in scope. No national system will emerge unscathed from its consequences, and some nations may not even survive the year, he warned.

Under the crushing weight of the Treaty of Versailles signed at the close of World War I, Germany was hit with war reparations so immense that the nation was rendered incapable of basic functioning. In a desperate bid to meet these obligations, Germany began printing money, attempting to cover both its indemnity payments and domestic economic needs at the cost of completely annihilating the value of its currency. This monetary stimulation escalated to such unprecedented heights that it birthed a new term, "hyperinflation," to distinguish its soul-crushing horror from mere inflation.

As the German economy began its death spiral, the government sought a remedy through the continuous printing of money as a stimulant, causing the value of the Reichsmark to plummet. Between 1913 and 1915, the exchange rate stood at 4 Reichsmarks to the dollar, sliding to 6 to 1 in 1917 and 1918. The situation deteriorated sharply thereafter, falling from 20 to 1 against the dollar in 1919, to 63 to 1 in 1920, and 105 to 1 in 1921. Then, the floor fell away entirely, skyrocketing to 1,866 to 1 in 1922 and reaching a staggering 535 billion to 1 in 1923. During this same window, according to the German Bureau of Statistics, the cost-of-living index surged from 100 in 1913 to 1,019 in 1920, and finally to a mind-boggling 657 billion by November 23, 1923.

The world is now approaching a similar state of hyperinflationary disintegration due to analogous circumstances. The actions taken by the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and other central banks and governments—their stubborn determination to breathe life back into this decaying financial system and their blind refusal to face reality—is essentially the writing of a new classical tragedy. Driven by fear, these modern-day Hamlets choose to destroy everything they hold dear rather than shake their faith in a failed monetary policy.

The nations of Europe, constrained by the Maastricht treaties, have effectively surrendered their ability to respond to this crisis, leaving the United States to shoulder the powers and responsibilities mandated by its Constitution to lead the rescue of both itself and the entire world. Rather than continuing these absurd attempts to stimulate a corpse, the United States government must exercise its sovereign authority and place its own financial system into a controlled bankruptcy, thereby setting a vital precedent and creating the necessary conditions for other nations to follow suit. The crucial first step would be the legislative adoption of LaRouche's proposal, the 'Homeowners and Bank Protection Act,' which would establish the essential firewalls needed to protect public interests and critical economic infrastructure, ensuring the economy keeps running while damages are sorted out based on importance and legitimacy.

Real, serious hyperinflation begins
January 22, 2008 (LPAC)

Following a review of the week's developments, Lyndon LaRouche has announced the launch of a new educational campaign. This initiative will focus on a single, central theme: hyperinflation.

The historical blueprint for our current predicament was drafted just under five generations ago in pre-war Germany. Hemmed in by French and British armies, the German government found itself coerced by the crushing demands of the Treaty of Versailles, forced to pay reparations that were mathematically designed to be impossible to settle. It was a brutal ultimatum: pay up, or face annihilation.

Today, we in the United States find ourselves staring down an almost identical set of circumstances. However, this time there is no foreign invading force demanding the settlement of impossible financial debts to drive the dollar into hyperinflation. Instead, we are grappling with an internal adversary that has been woven into the very moral fabric of our nation over the last forty years—a profound moral decay that has allowed citizens to tolerate predatory financial pyramid schemes, the largest of which, mortgages and their derivatives, is now collapsing.

There remains one crucial historical distinction between these two instances of hyperinflation. We possess the American dollar. We carry the responsibility to overhaul our own cultural habits, to exercise the sovereign power granted by our federal Constitution, and to place the American dollar into a state of bankruptcy reorganization. We stand as the only nation on Earth endowed with such unique agency.

Some might ask, "Well, where is our Hitler?" Open your eyes, people! Between Bloomberg and Arnie "my father was a Nazi" Schwarzenegger, we are seeing our own Hitlerian potential manifest. A brand of corporatism reminiscent of Mussolini is knocking at our door, alongside draconian measures that feel hauntingly familiar.

So, when you consider the utter fools pushing these so-called "economic stimulus packages," I ask you to pause and reflect: Is a march toward a firing squad really the kind of stimulation I’m looking for?
www.larouchepub.com

Richard Walker79 said:FAREWELL TO OUR JIM

Our Master Ivan has finally left us,
a man who was truly a lost cause.
He peddled all sorts of strange mysticism,
cheating on every spiritual scale and balance.

He rubbed plenty of people the wrong way,
puffed up his ego until it hit the clouds.
But now he has finally fallen,
that wicked, fake guru.

He’ll be remembered for his malice and folly,
for his selfishness and his spite.
He made so many grand promises,
yet delivered so very little.

Our master clone is gone,
and the other masters won't even give him the time of day.
He was nothing more than a passing fad,
only relevant while the spiritual sales pitch lasted.

Where are all those other legendary masters now?
The one who created them is nowhere to be found.
They have all tumbled into the abyss,
shitting themselves in sheer disgrace.

I said long ago that they were all frauds,
posers, hypocrites, and fake spiritualists.
They refused to clear their minds of nonsense,
so in the end, they simply burned themselves out.

Richard Walker79 said:That is exactly what I was trying to convey by using those old, worn-out words: "emptying the mind."
Only when a person empties their mind using "certain methods" do they enter Samadhi or Zen (Samadhi is a state of an undisturbed, empty, pure mind, and it doesn't matter who or what enters it; don't get hung up on words and concepts by taking them literally or trying to grasp them with the intellect) and then nothing can touch them anymore because they transcend duality and all worldly connections.

Now, that state isn't something you achieve; it is always there, and it is our true nature. Everything else is just personalization, ego, ego trips—call it whatever you want. How do you reach that state? People suggest meditation, fasting, prayer, and so on...
But it's all nonsense; I've tried it all.
Samadhi arrives—or rather, it is revealed—only when a person clears their mind of programming, habits, customs, and cultural or national identities... You have to be like a small child.
That's why Jesus said in his mystical teaching: "Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

I don't need drugs, fasting, studying, or anything else; I've tried it all and seen that they can help, some more than others... So, how do you empty the mind? And what does "emptying the mind" actually mean?

We all enter this world fully enlightened, and truthfully, we remain so even now. The only real variable is how much an individual recognizes their true essence versus how much they’ve become lost in their ego-driven persona. There has to be a balance! Think of the ego as a tool—it's meant to be used, not discarded. You can't have one without the other. But you absolutely must stay aware of your fundamental nature; otherwise, everything feels like an uphill battle and we just end up running in circles.

I personally became aware of my immortal nature when I was only five years old. Even then, I knew I wasn't just this physical body or this little ego-personality.

As life goes on, however, the mind tends to get cluttered. That’s when you have to sit down and start clearing out the mental junk. I like to call it "mental decluttering."
Essentially, whether you were raised in a strict Christian household, grew up under socialist ideals, or were brought up in an atheist or Muslim environment—you have to toss that baggage aside!

After that, comes the practice of short mantras. I’m not talking about repeating a single word a hundred times like a parrot! It’s much simpler than that. You just state it clearly and firmly: I am not my body.
Try a new mantra: Who am I? Or perhaps: Am I truly my anger or my pain?

You can do this occasionally—maybe once a day or even once a week. Don't force it! Everything flows naturally once a person finally lets go. It becomes like an unstoppable avalanche.

For instance, I couldn't stop the "Who am I?" mantra even if I had wanted to! You’ll see—once it starts coming to you spontaneously, there’s no stopping it.

Douglas King9 said:...

or at least how to get the ball rolling on it...🤷

wiredmaker18 said:I could probably write a whole novel about my take on priests and organized religion in general, but I won't start a war or spit venom right now since it's not really the topic, though let it be known... To address the question of whether this girl was a hero: people love throwing around big words way too easily. Suddenly everyone is a hero, from pro athletes😕 to fallen firefighters who probably had to burn alive just to be celebrated as martyrs (again, stripping away the emotion, the reality is they were just doing their jobs and likely died because someone cut corners on their gear just to line their own pockets), so now some football player running around on grass is somehow on the same level as a person who died burning up while trying to save lives and nature from a disaster😕. This girl is simply a victim. Removing the sentimentality, it's just a web of tragic circumstances. I'm not even sure how much her family and friends care about the fact that she maintained her dignity, purity, honesty, and righteousness—and maybe saved some whales in the process—according to what the priest said. Of course the priest had to say something, but calling her a great woman, a hero, Joan of Arc... give me a break. She’s just a victim. Do you honestly think she was thinking about anything other than pure instinct, doing whatever it took to stay alive in those moments? For God's sake. When you're in that situation, you don't know which way is up. You have no clue what you're doing or what you should be doing. Thinking about preserving her "purity" in the way the church defines it, or fighting for "sacred" ideals, is somewhere around the 1,776th priority, somewhere between wondering what's for dinner and checking the New York Stock Exchange. You fight for survival. You react on instinct. You don't have time to think about anything at all. People just can't accept that some things in life are just senseless shit that hits you every once in a while. There's no grand reason for her death. A tragic accident. A life wasted. A victim. That's it.

Noah Sanchez7 said:I've done the exact same thing, or at least tried to get that genius onto paper, but there's no way to catch a thought in time.
It wasn't rare for me to write something down only to have no clue what it was about the next day. The only thing I ever realized was that I'd gone too hard the night before. 🙂