The Internaut of GenZ

It was a quiet night. Evening classes had just finished and all the students had gone to the cafeteria for supper. Meals usually last for just half an hour. After that, everyone goes to their dormitories. Some go for extra classes while others go for a stroll. A bell was heard ringing in the distance. Dong Dong Dong!!!. That must have been the bell that means supper is over. Four figures emerged from the Praxisia block. They must have come through the Arihage block. They appeared to be carrying something. Books, most likely. They walked towards the Shrikea block, and into one of the dark classrooms. After a while, the lights were on. A few minutes later, an old man, probably a teacher, walked in with an old leather satchel. *** Alex switched on the light in the dark classroom. He walked towards his desk somewhere in the middle of the farthest column, near the blackboard. He flung his red backpack on the table and fell on a chair behind it, exhausted. His best f...

According to the Dalai Lama, “most of the conflicts we face are of our own making”. The conflicts between nations seem to be escalating in the 21st century. Perhaps this is because nations have lost the skill of communicating effectively, hence the conflicts are of our own making. In November 1847, a civil war broke out between some states that were loosely part of a confederacy. These states were called cantons. It developed when, in the name of protecting interests against a centralization of power, seven Catholic cantons formed an alliance in 1845 called the Sonderbundskrieg or Sonderbund, which in German, meant “separate alliance”. There was a 27-day civil war and it ended with the defeat of the Sonderbund. The result was the formation of Switzerland as a federal state. The Sonderbund was then declared unconstitutional and ordered to be dissolved by force. In 1848, the Swiss Federal Constitution was adopted which, historically was the third and now the current federal constitution ...

Part 1 needs to be read to understand Part 2. You can find Part 1 here: https://internautofgenz.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-reincarnation-theory.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imagine a world with 3 people. A, B, and C. If A is true souled, then B and C are simulated. A dies, goes to B. Then C and A are simulated. B dies goes to C. A and B are simulated. C dies, hits up A. A suicides. Time block ends. New time block, B is a true soul and on and on and on until that true soul has inhabited all A, B, and C. For better understanding: A dead. B dead C dead A suicides -----new time block----- You have to remember, this ties into fate and destiny. I use suicide to talk about self-termination. It could happen because of stress, crime, whatever, long as it happens. Introducing a new concept; One Timestream is defined as: ================== -----Time block 1----- A dead. B dead C dead A suicides -----Time block 2----- B dead. C dead A dead B su...

At the SPEAKout@ROM, August 6, 2010, Ahmed Al Ahmady presented a poem relating to the stereotypes of Muslims and the real meaning of Islam. He supported that religion is actually based on peace. He also reminds us that the media coverage on Muslims is not always accurate, and usually biased against them. The media has shown Muslims as terrorists and the public agrees without raising questions. There do exist many different groups of Muslims all over the world and each group has its own belief. They are not all bad. He says that after 9/11, even the Muslims are afraid and there has been a rise in hate crimes. He also suggests that instead of being divided, the Muslim community should come forward and say something especially when they know matters related to the terrorist activities. "Because if you look the other way, you're better off blind.". According to him, the Muslim community should have unity and feel secure just like the rest of humanity instead of being marked a...

I have been thinking again of two different topics and this post is a sort of a report on my thoughts of these two topics. I would love to hear your thoughts, either pro or con about the concerned topic. Discussion 1 The Harnessing of intrapersonal conflict to build a better understanding of the self (in terms of self esteem and confidence, etc) After some research on the topic of intrapersonal conflict, I have noticed that there are some cases where the inner monologue or "voice in your head" are in multiples. So someone may not have just one voice that they think in, but multiple voices that could have a conversation among themselves and result in the ultimate decision that person may choose. I believe that they call this polyphonic internal narration. These are not rare cases of people but they are not common cases either. I would say "uncommon" is a better suiting word. Regardless, the existence of such a case got me thinking. The most simplified basic way this ...

I was wondering upon how different religions have their stands on reincarnation, and if it were possible, how it would work and I reached an almost working theory. Who knows, maybe it's true. I could not find anything on the internet relating to my idea, so I wanted to post it here to hear your thoughts on it and if you may know of a similar theory that some human in the history of humanity probably already came up with:  Okay, sothis theory can also work to explain the “deja-vu” and definitions as well as explanations for time. However, it doesn’t solve the birth to death rate ratio problems.  Time flows in blocks. Each event in the block is cyclic. For example, if I die, I can be reborn as someone else, and all the life events can happen in the same way. Maybe, sometimes, decisions could be different, leading to different results, but the main events would be the same. Each time a person dies, their soul would be transferred to another body and the rotation will continue wit...

I was reading this book on the extent of the seemingly insignificant nonverbal behaviors influencing the perception of others and I thought it was interesting. I think that subconsciously, people pick up certain behavioral cues, without even knowing about people. This would lead to creating preconceived notions and "I don't know why, but I don't like him/her." Usually it's something small. For example, when you first meet a person and you don't see them smile, you may not think a big deal of it, but later on, the subconscious will hold on to it and you may eventually find yourself thinking of sadness or depression the next time you think of this person. It is said that we cannot be certain of the way that humans behave. I agree in the sense that one may not be able to completely determine the behavior of another in a social setting, but I was wondering if, by being more aware of body language and other nonverbal cues, could we control the cues that we subcon...

Brenda got the promotion! She doesn't even work. She just gossips all day with the boss. She just pawns off her work onto us and I've been working overtime and the boss won't even look at me!! We've all been there, either in school, or our workplace. We have seen this happen. Entire movies and TV shows have been made on this situation. Well, in this post, we look at my theory of why this happens and once you know why it happens, you'll know what to do about it.  Reddit user u/ghkuuk said in his post on the subreddit r/Showerthoughts, "Being proactive is rarely rewarded, because if your actions avoid a tragedy, there is no tragedy to prove your actions were warranted."   Employees that are consistent in their work / duties are constantly overlooked. This is so common in workplaces to see. The other place this is common in is places of study like schools and universities among students. Teachers tend to focus on students who do badly in school and never seem...

Today I learned about Wolfgang Engels. He is  a former East German soldier. In late April 1963, the man stole a military tank from his base while the crew was at lunch and drove it right through the Berlin wall to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin. The East Berlin populace was so used to seeing tanks out on the streets that they actually stopped traffic to let the guy pass. The tank got stuck halfway through the wall and he got out, under heavy fire and successfully made the escape. He got his freedom, but his mother (a devout communist) disowned him. He became a biology teacher, retired and now works as a Docent at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The badassery of it. The sheer idea that "Tank. Wall. Let's do it" and then actually doing it. Damn. There were other folks who beat the Berlin wall as well.  In May 1963, Austrian Heinz Meixner drove a convertible right under the checkpoint gate. He realized the car is just short enough to make it, so he removed th...

According to our beloved leader of the free world, "America wants to be open, and Americans want to be open”. As of writing this post, The United States of America is now in Phase 1 of reopening from the quarantine lock down. The U.S. does not have enough equipment, funding or the required people to conduct mass testing yet the populace has found itself starting to reopen. As the White House website www.whitehouse.gov says, they came upon the three-phased approach after listening to public health experts. Even though the guidelines make sense if one thinks about it, let's talk about what is happening and what should be happening. The guidelines proposed by the Trump Administration say for an individual: - When in public, social distancing should be a thing at its maximum. Settings where there's more than 10 folks and precautionary measures are not in place, avoid them. - Don't travel anywhere unless you absolutely need to. - Whenever possible, keep working f...

With the "Hello Internet" post I made a couple days ago, I talked about people being quarantined in their homes due to the corona virus. Recently, however, there is a new threat that has arrived on our shores of human civilization; the Asian Murder Hornet . The 2020 Apocalypse just got a bit more wrecked, if that were possible. These hornets arrived into the U-S-of-A from Japan, and scientists worry for the decline of the honey bee population. I know, I know, why do honeybees and hornets matter? There is a gosh darn quarantine going on and corona and toilet paper scarcity. Well, it matters. Murder Hornets are called murder hornets 'coz that's precisely what they do. They see a honeybee hive, move in, kill off every honeybee by brutally decapitating heads with their extra long stingers (that can puncture a bee suit and gives off venom that has been described as hot metal being poured onto skin by the way) and pillaging the honey hive for themselves. Oh and did I menti...

Is it possible to be with a small group of people for an hour almost everyday, and know next to nothing about each other? Even in prison, criminals spend a lot of time with other criminals and make friends. Humans are social creatures, aren’t they? So why is it that I have spent at least an hour on my bus transport every work day for almost two years and know not much about the same regular passengers? From my house to school, which is in the main town. Even when you see them on the road, you feel excited and anxious, “Hey, I know you!” But do you, really? Most passengers plug in their headphones and listen to music to distract their brains from thoughts. These are also the same people who want change and advancement in society. This lady I sit next to in the bus, I finally broke the ice and we had a nice conversation. I learnt her name, what she does for a living (health statistician) and how many kids she goes home to. Before today I didn’t even know health statistics was a thing. Wh...

Life. What is it? That is a philosophical question. It’s probably the oldest question in history. But does it have an answer? Of course it does. It’s been, what, a thousand years of humankind? Of course someone would’ve answered it by now. And people have, they’ve answered and created careers out of it. Entire lives based on that question. There was Diogenes, a beggar kind of guy who eventually became one of the founding members of a branch in Greek philosophy. This dude existed around the time of Alexander the Great and Plato and Socrates. There’s a story about him; One day Diogenes is out in the beach just chilling when Alexander the Great approaches him and asks “I have a huge empire, it is the greatest, tell me what you want and I will bring it to you!” Diogenes replies with annoyance on his face “Get out of my sunlight.” Alexander, being a proud dude, says “if I wasn’t Alexander, I’d be Diogenes.” To this, Diogenes replies “if I wasn’t Diogenes, I’d be Diogenes”. Diog...

What’s up?  And the internet replied, “ Quarantine “. On January 11, 2020, China announced to the world the first death from the COVID-19 virus. Since then, a lot has happened. Jobs vanished, economies were brought to their knees, currencies dropped and beloved stars were lost to history. Hundreds died and thousands were infected. Many businesses went out of order. Yet, the human race trudged on. Almost every country on the planet locked its borders down. Issued out a curfew and enforced it with aggressive passion. The largest pandemic of the 21st century had impacted thousands of lives in every country, in every continent. People were made to stay in their homes. A single word gained more popularity than Einstein ever had. That word:  Quarantine . Musicians and artists took to the internet to reach their fans and showcase their art. Charities shot up in support of the unfortunate victims to the corona-virus. Social Media had never seen such large usage rates before....