re: Has the OT ever discussed &#39;the call of the void?&#39;

Posted by craigbiggio

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:19 pm to BRgetthenet

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Everyday on the way to work:

"If I total my car, I don't have to go in today."

-me

Glad I'm not the only one who does this

Posted by Scruffy

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:22 pm to weagle99

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L’appel du vide - the thought to jump off the ledge you are standing on; wondering what would happen if you drove your car into another car or person; it is the thought of "I could kill someone so easily right now" when holding a knife, hammer, or what have you.

All the time.

Thought Scruffy was just insane.

Posted by Pectus

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:23 pm to mailman

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well i didn;t know it had a name. I've had the feeling forever, but it wasn't the idea of hurting someone. One of my earliest memories is of me standing near the edge of a mountain/cliff and wanting to jump. For that reason I don't go near edge of anything because i have a burning desire to fricking jump. I always have the desire to ramp my car into the wall or a ditch, pretty much everything you said.

Some think these inklings are where two universes diverge, and in the other one you do jump.

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Posted by weagle99

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:24 pm to Pectus

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Some think these inklings are where two universes diverge, and in the other one you do jump.

How do I know that any of this is real? Seriously.

Posted by Scruffy

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:31 pm to Pectus

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Some think these inklings are where two universes diverge, and in the other one you do jump.

Well, other Scruffy must be a mass murdering a-hole.

Posted by Pectus

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:31 pm to weagle99

You don't...for sure.

This could all be a simulation or hologram.

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:36 pm to weagle99

Man up. How about some Invictus here?

Posted by Boats n Hose

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:36 pm to Scruffy

I know this feel

Posted by Hammertime

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:41 pm to weagle99

I get the same shite, but it seems like my brain challenging me to do whatever it is. I could be on the 10th floor balcony at the beach and just hear my brain say, "jump mother fricker", or I could be standing at the register and hear my brain say, "hit that dude".

Pretty weird since I am extremely impulsive, but I don't think I have ever done anything like that sober

Posted by shutterspeed

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:42 pm to weagle99

I won't go near ledges because of this.

Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:47 pm to weagle99

I always get the urge to murder the OP when I read a thread

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Posted by Paige

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:50 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger

Man, I'm really confused by this thread. I thought the replies may help me understand the op but no

Is this a book or something?

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Posted by weagle99

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:50 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger

I don't even know who you are man.

Posted by Darth_Vader

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:57 pm to Carson123987

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i get that call all the time i get it every time i drive by a biker

Don't hate.

Posted by Scruffy

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:59 pm to Paige

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Man, I'm really confused by this thread. I thought the replies may help me understand the op but no Is this a book or something?

No, it is a thought or impulse you have in strange situations.

Have you ever been driving and the thought "I could swerve into traffic" or been on a balcony and thought "jump"?

It sounds insane and morbid, but it's kinda funny when Scruffy thinks about it.

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Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger

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Posted on 9/7/14 at 9:00 pm to Scruffy

You mean like opening a thread and imagining murdering the OP?

I have the biggest murder-boner right now