Rich J Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Lately, however stupid it sounds I swear my life revolves around karma. Maybe not in the sense of My Name is Earl but more for every good thing it is balanced out by a bad. Even petty stuff seems to be balanced, take today; trying to go to Boardmasters gf is pretty certain of time off work, at the same time I want to go for a cycle cant find the keys for the house next door where it is. The moment I find the keys I get a text saying she cant get time off work for it. Just small things like that happen quite regularly to me. Anything good gets bummed out. Coincidence is bollocks. Does karma exist? Or at least happen to anyone else, in which case I guess it does exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Karma does not exist. Not much more I can say really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I hope so. A friend has been made homeless and had nowhere to stay for 2 weeks, he's not even a close friend but I took pity and took him in to my home. Ever since, he's taken the piss and been a lazy sod. If karma doesn't pay off, then the human race can go f**k itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I think you might be looking at it all in a slightly more short-term way than the way it's intended to be looked at... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Why would anyone think Karma is real? It's as retarded as religion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Shortage Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) I just mosey on through life, karma might be happening to me but I'm overly laid back, to the point when bad things rarely phase me enough for it to register, so it seems like my life's floating down easy street. Started talking to my ex the other day just out of the blue, so much bad shit in her life I can barely comprehend it or begin to imagine what it's like, was talking about how I don't get bothered by much and that I think her life's made me a little more appreciative of the good in my life that when something that would normally be bad happens to me, I'm just like, meh, could be worse. I don't think the thing in OP about Boardmasters/cycling is karma, it's more just shit luck. I thought karma was like, do bad things and you'll get a load of shit from the world, and do good things and good things happen to you, i.e. give money to a homeless man and win the lottery or some shit. Btw, you have an entire house for your bikes?! Edited July 26, 2011 by Dwarf Shortage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddbmxdude Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yeah I hope it does exist. Gave a bloke on the street £50 once, said he'd pay me back, didn't really believe him. Obviously I never heard from him again. My friends rip me to this day about it, quite rightly. Looking back it was a stupid thing to do. Whatever made him so desperate for money to ask a randomer on the street I'll never know, but I'd like to think somone else might do the same for me one day if I was in need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 In terms of the universe evening shiz out then it's clearly not right, but in the extent that if you treat people well they'll appreciate it and you'll have more people willing to do the same for you then it's just the way life goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Shortage Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yeah I hope it does exist. Gave a bloke on the street £50 once, said he'd pay me back, didn't really believe him. Is there more of a back story to this so I don't think you're insane, or are you just intensely flush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich J Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I think you might be looking at it all in a slightly more short-term way than the way it's intended to be looked at... Yeah I know how it is intended, and my example is not even close to karma as such, but I guess its the closest thing I could think of. There are other examples which I could think of that are alot closer to the definition I suppose of Karma. And Dwarf, na the house next door we are renovating and my bike is in there at the moment, though thats really all that is in there so at the moment yes my bike has a house of its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Why would anyone think Karma is real? It's as retarded as religion. I think in terms of it being a case of "If you treat people well, people will treat you better", for the most part there's some logic to it as it'll generally mean people will view you more favourably, and therefore the way they act towards you will be more favourable. In terms of the universe evening shiz out then it's clearly not right, but in the extent that if you treat people well they'll appreciate it and you'll have more people willing to do the same for you then it's just the way life goes! Ding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurMonkey Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 If you're good to people and you have a reputation for this then yeah it'll help. But if someone doesn't know you, or know of you, then it won't matter at all anyway. I agree, I try to be a good all round person and whatever. But I know that it won't stop me getting the shit kicked out of me by some random bell ends. But the idea of Karma is more one of a universal balance, not do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. It promotes the rule as being a good one, but it also says that the rule would bring you more good as well, when it clearly wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yea, being a good person and having good things happen is logical - it's no phenomena or universal force at work as far as I'm concerned. I've had a lot of bad luck, and I've had some pretty darn good luck. I just soldier through the hard shit and enjoy the f**k out of the good stuff. It's kind of an integral part of life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Agreed. I seriously doubt there's any kind of force evening things out - far too many historical case studies showing d'ckheads getting away with too much. As JD says, things often follow logic. If you're a tw't all the time, chances are someone will crack you in the face in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 +1 on that. Don't really believe in stuff like this. But treat people right and you are more likely to have good things happen to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Gibbs Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I belive in karma. I belive in alot of the ways of the Buddha. (anybody laughs ill kill you with my Shaolin death touch LOL!!) seriously though i belive in it as its never let me down so far!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 That's not a sound reason for believing in something. Karma is just superstition. It's just another comfort blanket, a reassurance that things will equal out. I'd write more but it'd probably be easier to wheel Rowlands out and let him have a go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 The problem is, when something happens, like just as you find your keys (good news) you get a text from the GF saying she can't get off work (bad news) you'll remember that because it was coincidental. However, every time bad news happens and good news follows a couple of hours later, it isn't a coincidental so you don't remember such event. So it seems like these things happen a lot, when it reality they don't. It's like people who think they're somewhat psychic because they 'just know' who's calling them on the phone before they answer, however when they hear the phone ring and think "that's my aunt" and pick it up and it's someone calling about a new phone plan, this get's ignored and forgotten. Selective memory. There's no karma. What about the murder who won the lotto 2 weeks after he got jail? What about babies who die at just a few days old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I hope so. A friend has been made homeless and had nowhere to stay for 2 weeks, he's not even a close friend but I took pity and took him in to my home. Ever since, he's taken the piss and been a lazy sod. If karma doesn't pay off, then the human race can go f**k itself. Just been given 2 months notice to leave. Karma can go F**K itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Tea Why Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I love karma, but I prefer Tikka Masala. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I love karma, but I prefer Tikka Masala. worst joke ever, but seriously, im a pretty big chobber, as far as im aware im without my share of bad shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 That's not a sound reason for believing in something. Karma is just superstition. It's just another comfort blanket, a reassurance that things will equal out. I'd write more but it'd probably be easier to wheel Rowlands out and let him have a go. I love you Ian Thornton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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