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  • Humility is achieved when one makes a concerted effort to not be a prick

    CJ

  • Useless Consultants

    Nothing is more frustrating than having to watch obscenely paid consultants talk absolute bullshit, watch the ignorant groupies gather around them trying to figure out the problem that was just created by said consultants in their efforts to articulate a solution, and then having to step in to restore sanity to the context of the discussion and to salvage what little value remains in the workshop while being paid a market related salary for a job description that is only a tenth of your scope of accountability.

    But, as is clearly evident on Tumblr and in real life, the laziness of those with authority and cheque books will always result in titles being respected, if not revered, more than real world wisdom because appreciating real world wisdom requires the establishment of an informed opinion on a subject. And then to add insult to injury, having to sit quietly trying to justify why logic is logical, and having to over exert yourself to get the illogical to be convinced that 1+1=2 not just because you say so, but simply because it does.

    The demise of this world will result from the intellectual laziness that is excessively camouflaged by the brain numbing acquisition of useless information through academic pursuits disguised as models against which free thinkers are supposedly developed.

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  • Those Wonderful Symbols of ‘Islam’

    The joy of symbols. So here we have a mosque with a paving design that incorporates the Jewish symbol which is the Star of David. To my knowledge, it is widely accepted that:

    1. The five pointed star is the star used by various Christian kings, including King Richard (if I’m not mistaken) who was being celebrated with his symbols adorning Istanbul alongside the crescent of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Army. 
    2. The six pointed star is the Jewish symbol for the Star of David
    3. The eight pointed star is the one used most prominently by Arabs as can be seen in the motif designs of middle eastern architecture

    Interesting that these facts have little to no impact on Muslims who adopt them blindly and defend them jealously. 

  • Question – To Blog or Reblog?

    runesofthedead replied to your post: runesofthedead answered your question: I think…

    Well I follow some prose blogs,I haven’t found any blog which doesn’t include reblogs yet but I’ll look through my dash and let you know 🙂 Also I have been meaning to ask do you have a degree in language? Your writing is so eloquent and refined.

    I really don’t mind the reblogs. It’s the chronic reblogger that tends to annoy me because that clutters up my dash to a point where I sometimes had to literally go through about 5 or 6 pages just to get to the content of the other blogs that I follow. 

    Thanks for the compliment, but to answer your question, I actually haven’t even finished high school, let alone completed any tertiary studies. So everything I know is largely based on life/work experience, and hardly anything through formal study. Hence my aversion to academics. 🙂

  • What’s your reason?

    The moon and star symbols were never used during the time of Rasulullah (SAW), nor during the time of the rightly guided caliphs thereafter, and not even for a few hundred years after the demise of Rasulullah (SAW). So what’s your excuse for using it? Because you found your forefathers doing so? Or because the corrupt house of Saud uses it to deface the two most sacred mosques?

    Does the fact that it stems directly from pagan worship have no effect on you? Or do you think that it’s ok to adopt such symbols and apply it differently, whilst being passionately vocal about other so-called innovations and subscribing to sects that never existed during the time of Rasulullah (SAW) or the chosen generations that followed?

    Are you actively contributing towards the double standards that plague the Ummah? Or is everything assumed to be ok because there’s so much worse that we could be doing? I find it weird that some can go around condemning others for grave worship of Muslim ‘saints’ and other sins while at the same time proudly using the pagan symbols to confirm their identity as a Muslim.

    Why is it that no one is willing to engage on this? Is this the proverbial elephant in the room for the Ummah? 

  • Question – To Blog or Reblog?

    seinedoll replied to your post: runesofthedead answered your question: I think…

    Maybe some of us don’t write because they can’t.

    :p 

    Look who’s talking!

    It’s not the writing style only that appeals to me. And I definitely don’t consider myself a writer. It’s just the insight that is offered into how someone may view the world so that I have an opportunity to either relate, or to obtain a fresh perspective. In a strange way, it affords me a connection with others that has been rare in my real life. So I guess it’s a selfish indulgence. Me wanting to connect with others in a way that isn’t normally possible given the social prejudices and constraints that prevent it otherwise. 

  • Question – To Blog or Reblog?

    runesofthedead answered your question: I think I’ve figured it out. The reason why so…

    Oh wow, same here, of course I could never express it like you.Perhaps you could try branching out by interacting w/bloggers such as yourself

    You know of others that are cynical and jaded like me? 🙂 Seriously though, in the time I’ve been on Tumblr, I haven’t really come across many bloggers that seem to share a similar interest to my own in personal expression. Most are pretty focused on specific fields of interest, but hardly anyone just writes about their life. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places, but the few that I have come across that share some similarities I already follow. 

    I guess my rant was about some people that I have unfollowed over recent months because they used to flood my dashboard with reblogs to the point that it made it difficult for me to catch up with the real and original content that I enjoy. I don’t mind reblogs from time to time, or even a daily dose of reblogs, but within reason. When it goes beyond 20 or 30 or more for a single blogger, then I tune out! 🙂