How would any living human being know for sure what it’s like to be dead? We can all speculate and opine, we can base our beliefs on teachings and inspirations from our respective higher powers for those of us who think that way, but even then, various versions exist as to what an afterlife entails, up to and including beliefs in a vast nothingness.
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There were many times from childhood and into my mid twenties that I used to speculate that “life” was really just a gigantic soundstage and that either all people were merely performers acting out their roles, or alternatively that I was a performer in someone else’s life drama, other times I was the only real person and all others were performers. Not all “people” are real, some are beings other than human, some are robotic. That explained why touching and personal space had such deeply set protocols among us; less likelihood of discovering the deception. I never did ascertain who controlled the marionette strings, it varied from a Higher Being to a theatrical entity to a race of beings to a research group to an unknown.
So elaborate were these visions that I believed sleep was a ruse to have enough time and privacy to change sets, change costumes, even change characters. Travel was also a ruse: the reason ships, trains and places planes are enclosed vessels and move in such ways that deny the opportunity to interact with the surroundings is so that sets could be changed. It was so intricate that temperature, smells, attire, languages, accents, scenery, etc all had to be recreated.
“Coincidences” were actually preplanned in many cases, a role player would “happen” along because it was written that way.
Lastly, memories were scripts that had been planted in our brains, but in order to create an entire lifetime of them, it was impossible for any person to remember everything in his or her past, which is why certain things remain in the forefront while others get lost. Not only the most important things remain as strong memories; which is why trivia is do fascinating to some people. Conversely, sometimes extremely important things get forgotten, mainly because of the sensory overload.
My extensive reading from a very young age of fantasy, fiction, science fiction, history, and my enthrallment with movies all have a lot to do with these lines of thinking.
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I thought “The Truman Show” was kind of boring. I guess that’s just because it didn’t live up to my expectations, so I was probably already a little cynical before seeing it or jaded or prejudiced against it. It came out at least a decade after the time period I referenced in my answer above, so I wasn’t receptive to its premise. I had read far too much classic literature and seen better films by then too.
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LOL, buddy, you and I are more alike every day that goes by! It’s getting to be an everyday thing!
Hey, wait . . .
But!
The End!
And I put so much effort into them, too. Captions on each one of them and everything. Grrrrrr.
Can any of you folks see the graphics?
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You know something, I didn’t remember that nuance of the movie until you mentioned it here, and I never put the two together, the prank TV shows, that is, until you made the connection here. You’re absolutely right! I don’t tune into those shoes shows either. Wait, do I now have to do another photo montage of how you and I are alike? (Referring to Welby’s montage, lol.)
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Kittigate 