reality tv show ideas

the customs olympics:

send people to other countries and see how well they can adapt to each others’ cultures

warehouse wars:

fork lift operators go head to head in skills involving their vehicles

sherlock’s apprentice:

students of somatics (i.e. face reading, posture analysis, aura reading, et al) deduce character traits in people they meet for the first time.

 

(ideas available for licensing)

soapbox

when life shits on you, make great fertilizer of it. not throwing shit around is supposed to separate us from the animals.

theorem

 

the rewards of self-manifestation & individuation far outweigh the pain & suffering caused by their expression.

(this is sometimes counterintuitive)

soapbox

war is stupid.
agreeing to fight in a war is unwise.
warriors are never valued for their service.
when we look at them
we see the atrocities they have committed
in our name
and we begin denying our involvement.
usually we wave flags instead.

infinity loop:

 

i can’t fix you, only myself. if i quit trying to fix you, maybe i’ll fix me…& maybe you’ll fix yourself. (quit trying to fix me)

both and

ever notice how as the world gets smaller through technological communications, it’s at the same time getting bigger for every individual that’s participating in the conversation?

quagmire question again

why is it that most religions condemn suicide as a damnable act, but view martyrdom as an act of transcendence, when all too often martyrs are just glorified suicides?