Plagiarism - The Evolution of Crap

Seems that my first crappy post got a lot more attention than I expected, thanks guys!

I did get a note that bugged me, it said I copied the dark knight’s ending…hmmm!

Yes, I innately draw inspiration from various sources and always refine them to represent my personality. So it got me a thinking, are any of our thoughts original?

Logically the answer is NO. If you were to think about it, and given that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and from a Christian perspective – homo sapiens have been walking around for 4.5 billion years minus 6 days. Hang on, Biblical scripts don’t support the Earth being 4.5 billion years so throw in some other religious beliefs. Let’s just leave it that the Earth is very, very old and has seen lots and lots of people come and go.

Every idea has been taken. Some good like the dude that saw a chicken crap an egg and said “hey let’s eat that” or the lady who said figured crying gets her what she wants. The man who figured out how to communicate via radio waves, ALL modern technology is based on this idea. Rad tech from the 80’s movies depicting present technology is now viable.



Wonder who get the royalties?

So I have been thinking hard, are there any more original ideas left? Think about it – what ground breaking new discovery can be made that hasn’t been thought of already? Bill and Steve developed two platforms from one technology, a technology that neither of them created. Yet they evolved the processor technology of someone else to dominate the IT markets. Granted Bill wins by fatality, but Steve has proven plagerism is just candycoating with style!

One Processor, Two Platforms, Choose Your Destiny 

While those thoughts are floating around, I was thinking of the masses that rely on other peoples crap to have a reason to exist. People are so gung-ho to follow new trends based on originals. Take Stallone’s Rocky franchise. What made is it such a success? Could it be Rocky represents the dreams of the long shots, the little people that (want to) identify with him? That is the key to public success. Brand identity, a true product that was sold to the people. Sell it while they'll still buy. And boy oh boy did they sell it and boy oh boy do people still buy! The Karate Kid, changed the boxing to karate and the crane pose was used in other shows in the 80’s and 90’s! More recently Real Steel was Rocky with robots. So who was the original underdog? Maybe when David fought Goliath…

One that I could not get through was Avatar or rather Pocahontas 3D

Well if all the ideas have been thought of, it’s fortunate we have Nakalchi Bandar (a hindi phrase for copy cats that the most beautoful girl from India taught me) who can evolve/ customize ideas. When you factor in how an idea is perceived and marketed to the audience and the audience sentiments at that time…society has a lot of enriching, evolved crap to feed off.

Why Your Thoughts Are Just As Crappy As Mine

Hmmm...ok... so I was asked to start a blog coz apparently humans find the crap I say/write to be interesting…so it got me thinking…why do muggles find the thoughts of other muggles interesting? Whether it’s reading a book, listening to music, following a political leader or watching a movie – humans follow the thoughts of others.

But what are these thoughts? What are we really following? Political leaders' whims, musician's emotions, the escape into a reality created by movie directors and games developer - these are all the thoughts created by other people that we gather.

Humans are like dung beetles, running around collecting the excrement (thoughts) of other humans' to form their own identity.

Thought/Crap gathered from The Beatles on Abbey Road

So why are certain people gifted with more enriching crap than others? Are we all not carbon based life forms, "prick us and we bleed, kill us and we die". So how can the thoughts/crap of others be more tantalizing than others? It comes down to a filtration system.

I believe “they” have implanted a filter between the brain and mouth of individuals to enslave humanity's thought process, which forces people to confirm to the social rules, the socials rules “they” created.

Fortunately my filter was not installed properly. I am an odd ball, a social outcast and generally awkward – So I am able to express my raw thoughts without caring what society or you think of me.

Through the centuries “they” have prevailed in oppressing the masses to submit to what “they” feel is socially acceptable by selecting people with faulty filters and moulding them as leaders to set social protocols.

Hitler and Mandela were radical leaders that steered the world to war and reconciliation, now perhaps Justin Beiber is at the helm. I wish could say that’s never going to happen but I learnt to never say never, like 300,762,652 other people have too. Like it or not we gather the thoughts of these people.

My brain is always thinking, I’m not special, everyone’s brain is always is thinking, just that most people hide it very well. Everyone has at least one voice in their head. People think that these are  your thoughts, people who think anything else are idiots. What does your voice say right now? It is “saying” this sentence right now.

Reading, listening, watching, tasting and touching requires a process. The process of thinking; and thinking excretes thoughts which are in your head right now! So in a way, I’m taking a dump in your head.

Rodin the Thinker, a sculpture made in 1902 to depict a man thinking, supports my excrement thought theory

Crap thoughts (not only thought had on the crapper) can be constipated (like when on the crapper) from heavy/stressful/problem thinking– leaving the mind in a sluggish state. On the other end of the scale thinking light/humorous/nothing and those thoughts is just gas. Maybe this is where the term airheads came from. More evidence to support my theory that all thoughts are just crap.

So what makes us think regular thoughts? Bran? No but if you thought that you were close, you were just missing an “i” in bran coz it’s your  bra”i”n that makes you think. Seriously, if you had to think about what makes you think, then you need to follow and gather more thoughts till you start thinking for yourself.

You either die a follower or you live long enough to see yourself become one of “them”. I can do both those things. Because I'm not a hero, not like Gandhi or a dictator like Hitler. I ridicule social norms and call out false pretences. That's what I can be. A Voice. Not a voice people deserve but the voice needed. Nothing less than a silent knight. Writing, talking, sharing crappy thoughts. For this, “They'll” ostracise me, you'll mock me, you'll condemn me, set the dogs on me, because that's what needs to happen. I can take it because I’m not your hero. I’m a vengeful guardian, a watchful protector. A Bat-Pool Blogger!

Gonna eat some bran coz my brain needs to keep regular if I’m to continue writing this crap.