The Virtue Of Silliness

[TruthSeeker]

Is it useful at all? Whassup with being silly? Wassup with laughing, getting drunk and merry? Does it destroy your brain cells or makes you live longer?

Discuss. :blink: :mellow: :P :wacko:

[TruthSeeker]

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:silly: :naughty: :baeh: :bye:

[scameter]

Betrand Russel said that, due to the extreme silliness of humanity, whatever is popular is usually the least truthful. :D I agree. I think silliness, goofiness, laughing, giggling, kidding, and comedy are what truly make life bearable, and without it, life wouldn't be bearable. There have been times when I have been having an obsession and would start laughing horribly at it; without laughter, I would find myself in a deeper depression than I always am. :P

[Thomas Knierim]

Please do not start topics in the 'Formal Debate' forum if you don't intend it to be a formal debate.

Thank you!

[Smurf]

Spike Milligan once said:

"When logic and reasoning fail you, sometimes nonsense can help."

[scameter]

:D I agree entirely! Here's one: "The sensical solution to nonsensicality is a sensical approach to a nonsensical sensicality of nonsensicalness." -Me B) :P

[TruthSeeker]

Please do not start topics in the 'Formal Debate' forum if you don't intend it to be a formal debate.

Thank you!
Ahhhhh... I actually intended it to be a formal debate...!! :o

I mean... I have a whole phiosophy based on the absurd. Silliness can also be formal!!
What a paradox! :lol:
True, though... B)

[TruthSeeker]

It's not my fault they are being silly! :hahaha: ^

[TruthSeeker]

Hey Thomas,

Since you are being so serious, why don't you pitch in and comment on the thread's subject!? LOL! :lol: :rofl:

[scameter]

:uhoh:

[TruthSeeker]

What is wrong in commenting on sillyness? :huh:

[TruthSeeker]

scameter: :uhoh:

Oh yeah. I'm sooooo inconvinient sometimes... :D

But that's what the thread is about.
I'm not saying seriousness is bad and wrong. I've been a very serious person for years. When aI was a child I was an extremely silly kid. When I grew up, I wanted to discover the world, so I turned into myself, becoming introspective and then discovering many things. Now that I'm wise, I rather be silly again. Why? Because it's fun and life is not forever.

Even the Bible agrees with me! :lol:
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine,But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?searc...olewordsonly=no (http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=joy%20heart&version1=49&searchtype=all&limit=none&wholewordsonly=no)

I don't mind Thomas being serious (and nobody can deny he was serious there). But I would also enjoy him to join the discussion, specially because he was being serious!

So I can always respectfully invite him into a conversation. I just need to remember how to do that.... :rofl:

[scameter]

I agree psyche.

Oh yeah. I'm sooooo inconvinient sometimes...

Oh?

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

Balance.

[Smurf]

:lol: I love your quote Scam!

[scameter]

B)

[TruthSeeker]

Balance
Yeah right! As if you were balanced! LOL! :lol: ;) :D

[scameter]

Yeah right! As if you were balanced! LOL!

"If only" would suit better there, than "as if". :)

[TruthSeeker]

Pardonnez moi...
English is my second language.... ;)

[scameter]

:unsure: :D

[TruthSeeker]

:wacko: :alcoholic: :star: :naughty: :baeh:

[WilliamMckeehan]

being silly, hyper, and laughing ur head off pretty much means u are happy. so that means you are enjoying life. as long as you dont hurt other animals in the process and i mean all animals not just humans. then it is the best thing there can be.

[scameter]

I agree. :)

[Smurf]

Very True Will

I haven't seen you in ages!! good to see you :thumbsup:

[TruthSeeker]

Yes, William. Stay around... we need people like you...

' Houden van is laten gaan'
Huuuumm... what does that mean...? :unsure:
Is that German?

[scameter]

Yes, please do come around more often Will, I've missed you. :)

[lenin32]

Everyone needs to be silly once in a while. :blink: :blink: :blink:

[MidnightSun]

"Forrest Gump" ever saw this movie? A nice example of virtue of silliness i think.

[lenin32]

Its the most epic movie possible. A mentally retarted man, living and participating in the most volitile years of American history. Its almost enough to make me cry.....................
:( :( :(

[Scythe]

Yeah I agree, silliness has a time and a place, but when the time is right it’s one of the best things about being human. Other creatures on earth cannot experience all the pleasures of mirth as we do, what could be bad about that?

However I do feel that seriousness also plays an important part of life, as long as both are in balance then everyone should get silly sometimes.

I can't say Forrest Gump was such an emotional film for me though Lenin :unsure:

[scameter]

I agree, except for the Gump part. :P

[buzzlightyear1982]

I agree with Scythe, the movie explored it's share of "demons" but on the emotional scale it was a zero for me. Most likely because of the happy ending. I find that most great movies are spoiled by the drectors ned to supply happiness for all the charactors. If only they would leave the issue/issues unresolved than it would leave the imagination open for the view and increase the movie goers enjoyment of the movie B)