ArHI SS: RSVP: The End. 10/April [Complete] - Page 5

Aren't I making this thread a mess? LOL. Will not do that again. I promise.

Originally posted by: StripePurple

How many people came and stayed a certain time,

Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you

Like light behind windblown fog and sand,

Filtered and influenced by it, until no part

Remains that is surely you.

That's by John Ashberry. And that's my comment, really. I suspect I'll be leaving even more borrowed words here in the future, simply because I feel my own don't say enough. That's all. :)

Oh come on. Explain please. I seriously don't get this! :x

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Originally posted by: Polkadots78

Simplicity should be your middle name.. Its the perspective isn't it. All said and done the simple things in life are the ones that give lasting joy. I like your play on how the Arnav is in a potentially serious situation possibly effecting their livelihood, but his thoughts are far from morose. He has joy within him for small things like observing family interactions, idea of drinking coffee ..just because...

and the pieces of his world that he has distributed...what an absolutely balanced perspective!!!

Kudos!

Welcome back :-)

Yeah, its the perspective. Its simplistic because I can relate to it and real stuff is always simple, you know? Well its not something that's going to affect their livelihood but its a long term loss with a probable serious impact.

Arnav has come to a place where he rationalizes the situation and looks deeper than what's on surface. Happiness comes from acceptance rather than searching for something great.

Thanks :-)

Originally posted by: amaypranay

My Dear, GTH...your creation here is bringing out poetry after poetry! Even the CEO is becoming quite the poet...👏

I would like to say that the board room is sizzling with chemistry currently ..very charming that too!

in this mechanical corporate world where the norm is to find stress, there's an outlet I can see building which the VP of operations and the CEO will find very profitable!

CEO is a nice guy :-)

Chemistry? Not really. They are good friends if you see the subtext of their interaction. He isn't propositioning her but interacting on a peer level. Its fun to watch the way he displays his childish behavior which he wouldn't do had she not been his friend. :-)

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Originally posted by: vgedin

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This works wonders because irrespective of the mind behind the paper, the output is seemingly similar. In one perspective it looks like a collective consciousness at play while in another perspective, a higher mind is brought down to average while a below average mind is elevated.

So true - there is a good and a bad side to everything. An average mind with the ability to follow orders and the norms of the system is more employable than a mind that is perhaps more efficient but has issues with subservience. The system also often chalks out a circle of "normalcy" - everyone inside the system looks the same, and it is assumed that those outside the circle ought to envy the ones inside it.

Now how far all this helps to build a "better world" is questionable. Better - for whom ?

But, the fact that progress is an evolutionary trait intrinsic to the human kind is true. Which is why I find the very basis of Socialism unreal - it goes against the nature of man.

"Words don't compromise. Contexts do."

Oh you genie, genius! I am going to quote you on that one in future. It's the whole world of literary theory put into 5 words.

She wants him to blame herself and the mankind for what? For following instincts, or for being insincere with promises? Or the fact that their world often ceases to exist beyond themselves ?

Thank you for writing this stuff, seriously. I feel alive 😃

PS - I might come back with more :)

Normalization is a knee jerk reaction when an small company starts looking at itself like an large organization. Rationalization happens and averages out the collective intelligence. To achieve that, processes are required. Its standardizing a response and that's how nature works too. All the kinks are evened out with passing eras.

Social norms work exactly the same way. A person may stand out in the group for what he or she is. It need not always be at an intellectual level but the way they would react to the surrounding. Intelligence is only a part of reaction; there is nurture, biological imperative and inherent analytical ability.

While Arnav is pragmatic, Khushi is realistic. Her sentences are clipped and its like throwing a bucket of water at someone. It just splashes and its all over. Arnav is quite the opposite. He articulates in his own enigmatic fashion which affects Khushi; sub-textually, of course :-)

Or you can say that they are two pretentious people passing time during stress inducing times in their lives :=)

Originally posted by: janu6669

"...no one really knows what really "better" is. We simply roll with it. *shrugs*"

And once we feel we are better we thrive for the best...human nature...

That's what Khushi asks - what is "better"? Is my feeling better same as your feeling better? You might say conquering a deadly disease is better while I say going to the moon is better when there are millions dying of poverty? Is that all there is to it?

In a way you do have a point. Progress doesn't wait for definition. It just happens. Its more like "Oh, I did this and its done. Now lets do that next." That's how we move forward.

Wow...this is golden!