What movie/book best describes the human condition

Opti · 06-18-2003

I can't leave this thread alone

Someone will have to nominate The Celestine Prophecies. I remember thinking at 15 years old that it must be full of shit because no two people seemed to agree on exactly what it meant. I later found that it describes group consciousness, a theory that closely matches what I had already felt was a fact for me for some time. It's comforting when I see so many 15 year old boys today are just as pig ignorant as I was :P

This isn't a book or movie but it fits this thread. has anyone ever played the board game Diplomacy? If you can face finding out just how ruthless you Really are deep down.. get 7 seven good friends together for a game of this baby.. it looks too simple and only takes 1 minute to learn how to play but it is psychologically spine tingling with the right group of people.. Ant, Nick, Brad, JoeE, Aga, ScottPB type match would be cool... but games with a group like Mike, Colin, Ed, Serge, Billy, Buff, Forest are traditionally the ones that people remember..

Could be seen as a Lord of the Flies simulation too I just realised.

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06-18-2003	#1
Opti Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,205	I can't leave this thread alone Someone will have to nominate The Celestine Prophecies. I remember thinking at 15 years old that it must be full of shit because no two people seemed to agree on exactly what it meant. I later found that it describes group consciousness, a theory that closely matches what I had already felt was a fact for me for some time. It's comforting when I see so many 15 year old boys today are just as pig ignorant as I was :P This isn't a book or movie but it fits this thread. has anyone ever played the board game Diplomacy? If you can face finding out just how ruthless you Really are deep down.. get 7 seven good friends together for a game of this baby.. it looks too simple and only takes 1 minute to learn how to play but it is psychologically spine tingling with the right group of people.. Ant, Nick, Brad, JoeE, Aga, ScottPB type match would be cool... but games with a group like Mike, Colin, Ed, Serge, Billy, Buff, Forest are traditionally the ones that people remember.. Could be seen as a Lord of the Flies simulation too I just realised.