Anonymous ID: 0ef3c6 Aug. 24, 2018, 2:42 p.m. No.2726175   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>2725697 (PB)

 

combining the perceptual inputs of many minds to form a more accurate and comprehensive model of reality.

 

Couldn't do that without every anon's ideas.

 

Thank you for being and American.

Anonymous ID: 0ef3c6 Aug. 24, 2018, 4:04 p.m. No.2726926   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Uruk of the Walls

 

Way back when,

when men were still a novelty,

and what towns there were

were smaller than a ball park,

smaller, often, than a pitch and putt

and no one sentimentalized the out of doors;

when every man was a man of few words

because there were only a few,

and those so open ended and adaptable

that to pin them down required great force

and weighted presentation,

so there was no such thing as a meaningless gesture

and people watched each other โ€”

but there were still, believe me, many secrets

and no one was any the wiser โ€“

many years ago and far away

in the ungenerous badlands of a distant country

were the hot sun addled what the cold night froze

and things were rough all over,

there stood what seemed to its inhabitants

a very splendid city.

It boasted walls, fine walls, made out of stone,

and terrible tall,

and monuments, lots of monuments -

and most remarkably a gigantic king.

The city's name was Uruk, or Uruk of the Walls,

and the king was called King Gilgamesh.

King Gilgamesh had a passion for marvels โ€“

and since king Gilgamesh was something of a marvel himself,

the men of Uruk were at pains to keep him comfortable.

For King Gilgamesh was governed by only his passions

and the city of Uruk

only by king Gilgamesh.

The story of Gilgamesh whom gods called cousin and men called king, is part of our story, with Enkindu, the wild man, who ran with animals until tamed by a whore, and scorpions, more whores of course and the monster Humbaba and Ishtar, the goddess of passion and ancient Utnapishtim

who could remember days before the flood. But it's mainly the story of Gilgamesh

who made a friend,

lost him, then got scared.

It is the oldest story.