I had this question asked to me by someone at work today, and I really didn't know how to answer it. I kind of thought about it a bit, and never really did come up with any kind of good answer. Thought I'd pose the same question here:
If you could be anonymous and do anything, out of character, that you wanted, what would it be?
A hard to answer question...
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Re: A hard to answer question...
Depends... is this still based in the realm of possibility or is this more fantasy?GhaleonOne wrote: If you could be anonymous and do anything, out of character, that you wanted, what would it be?
Fantasy, then I would love to live in the mountains, practicing Martial Arts, use my life energy as a weapon, etc etc. Pretty much DBZ stuff
Real Life: Then I would probably confess my love to people, then go around practicing vigilantism. Ah...
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I don't think I quite understand the question. Are we talking about things we would do in our real lives if they had no ramifications? Or things we would do if we had unlimited resources? Or both?
If it's a matter of having unlimited resources, I've always wanted to produce avant garde theater. There's a lot of gifted writers and performers whose work goes unnoticed because it's not commercial enough to get funding.
As for stuff I'd do if I didn't have to worry about getting caught... well, I'll just say that it involves a bathtub, a bottle of chocolate syrup, and Matthew McConaughey. I'll leave it at that.
If it's a matter of having unlimited resources, I've always wanted to produce avant garde theater. There's a lot of gifted writers and performers whose work goes unnoticed because it's not commercial enough to get funding.
As for stuff I'd do if I didn't have to worry about getting caught... well, I'll just say that it involves a bathtub, a bottle of chocolate syrup, and Matthew McConaughey. I'll leave it at that.
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Re: A hard to answer question...
I'd post on 4Chan.GhaleonOne wrote:If you could be anonymous and do anything, out of character, that you wanted, what would it be?
Oh wait! KF
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Ooooh, there are a lot of things, not only because the consequences outweigh the benefits on a lot of them, but because there are just some things where the person who did the action is focused on too much. For instance, I do 90% of my charity work anonymously or in someone else's name.
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Well, if I'm anonymous, then I don't have to worry about others judging me, good or ill. Okay. And if it's out of character, it means I don't have to worry over the things I'd normally worry about. That one's a difficult one, but...
I would go on a crusade for authors I like that're still alive. I would show up at their house and offer to have any drink they want with them. Cranberry juice, rotgut, whatever. And I wouldn't ask them one thing about what they wrote. We could drink in total silence, or go prancing through the night in Bacchanal frenzies, or anything in between. At the end of it, I wouldn't ask for an autograph or anything, but mark them off my list and go on.
I would go on a crusade for authors I like that're still alive. I would show up at their house and offer to have any drink they want with them. Cranberry juice, rotgut, whatever. And I wouldn't ask them one thing about what they wrote. We could drink in total silence, or go prancing through the night in Bacchanal frenzies, or anything in between. At the end of it, I wouldn't ask for an autograph or anything, but mark them off my list and go on.
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"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time
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That gives me an idea!Sonic# wrote:I would go on a crusade for authors I like that're still alive. I would show up at their house and offer to have any drink they want with them. Cranberry juice, rotgut, whatever. And I wouldn't ask them one thing about what they wrote. We could drink in total silence, or go prancing through the night in Bacchanal frenzies, or anything in between. At the end of it, I wouldn't ask for an autograph or anything, but mark them off my list and go on.
If I were anonymous, I would take Mark Twain's advice: I'd find Jane Austen's grave, dig her up, and beat her over the head with her own shin-bone. KF
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Anonimity does not change my purpose for living, it just makes it harder to do becuase I will realize that I am accountable to no other person, and that is a far too great and equally disturbing pretext.
They said that on Saturday evening Arsenius used to turn his back to the setting sun and stretch out his hands towards heaven and pray until, at dawn on Sunday, the rising sun lit up his face, and then he sat down again.
I'd help!Kizyr wrote:That gives me an idea!Sonic# wrote:I would go on a crusade for authors I like that're still alive. I would show up at their house and offer to have any drink they want with them. Cranberry juice, rotgut, whatever. And I wouldn't ask them one thing about what they wrote. We could drink in total silence, or go prancing through the night in Bacchanal frenzies, or anything in between. At the end of it, I wouldn't ask for an autograph or anything, but mark them off my list and go on.
If I were anonymous, I would take Mark Twain's advice: I'd find Jane Austen's grave, dig her up, and beat her over the head with her own shin-bone. KF
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There is an essential flaw in your plan.Jenner wrote:I would rape Mickey, Phyco, Asmodean and Kizyr etc, then win the Purity Race.
That reminds me!Kizyr wrote:That gives me an idea!
If I were anonymous, I would take Mark Twain's advice: I'd find Jane Austen's grave, dig her up, and beat her over the head with her own shin-bone. KF
Here's an author I'd like to visit.
Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died.
May this be a fantasy for you. Though I rather like Jane Austen's writings...
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"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time
"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time
I think that's the point....Sonic# wrote:There is an essential flaw in your plan.Jenner wrote:I would rape Mickey, Phyco, Asmodean and Kizyr etc, then win the Purity Race.
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just one thing?
oh my gosh.
ok, i want to hack the voting booths for the presidential elections for the rest of my life. i would research the candidates thoroughly and put someone intelligent and committed to the people in the white house.
i also want to hack the senate's voting. they make my brain bleed.
as an aside from the politics i know i shouldn't have dragged in here (sorry, but it's really the only thing i'd want out of anonymity)--why have the last couple posts i've read of benevolent ghaleon's consisted of smiley faces or "lol"s?
oh my gosh.
ok, i want to hack the voting booths for the presidential elections for the rest of my life. i would research the candidates thoroughly and put someone intelligent and committed to the people in the white house.
i also want to hack the senate's voting. they make my brain bleed.
as an aside from the politics i know i shouldn't have dragged in here (sorry, but it's really the only thing i'd want out of anonymity)--why have the last couple posts i've read of benevolent ghaleon's consisted of smiley faces or "lol"s?
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