Serdar Kaya (DerinSular) - Aphorisms

Her ne kadar “beni tanıyan Türklerin birçoğu ya beni aşırı şekilde seviyor ya da aşırı şekilde sevmiyor” demişse de bu sayfada belirttiği görüşlerine baktığımda, kendimi birçok yönden kendisine benzettiğim gibi, özellikle “faves” sayfasında yazdığı film ve müzik zevki yönünden çok da benzetemediğimi görüyorum (Bazı filmler, 24, House ve listedeki grupların “soft” müzikleri dışında). Bunlar bir yana, özellikle bazılarına aşağıda değindiğim görüşlerinin yanı sıra, neredeyse sayfadaki görüşlerinin tümüne katılıyorum. Bunlar, blogu olan DerinSular‘da yazdığı yazılar için de büyük ölçüde geçerli. Takip etmenizi “şiddet içermeyen bir şiddetle” öneririm.

• Life is about trying to understand what life is about.
• I try hard to always mean what I say, and say what I mean, and I expect others to do the same. I don’t like indirect expressions.
• I prefer sincerity over politeness.
• How you think, what you think you know, and what you do define you as a person.
• I like chocolate.
• I prefer tea over coffee - Turkish tea that is. Earl grey tea is also just as good
• Neither theism nor atheism is an answer to the question of existence. Both convictions open doors to new questions. In other words, they designate a starting point rather than a finish line.
• The concept of ‘inquiry’ inspires me more than the concept of ‘freedom.’ Without the former, the latter does not mean much.
• I try hard to surround myself with people I respect, but I have difficulty in doing that since they don’t seem to be that many in number. With similar concerns in mind, I try to stay away from those who live their lives without any particular passions or ideals. Although I know that this sounds elitist, I do not think that this is the case. It is just that I don’t take seriously the hand-to-mouth existence of those who do not take their own lives seriously in the first place.
• I don’t own a wristwatch. I believe it’s impractical to carry one on your wrist all the time when you can just look at your cell phone [or any other electronic device]
• I don’t have any moral objections to the death penalty.
• If you swear a lot, we will probably not get along too well.
• There are billions of people in the world, yet most people can count their true friends on one hand - that is, if they are lucky. What is even sadder is that most of them don’t even really question that, and just keep living on as lonely people among other lonely people.
• I despise and dislike liars. I never lie - unless people ask me (1) questions about things that are none of their businesses, or (2) whether they pronounce my name correctly.
• I don’t understand how people can get really excited only because it is a certain day in the calendar. Anniversaries, birthdays, weekdays or Sundays do not matter to me at all.
• I do not have any tattoos on my body, and probably never will. Human perceptions change in time, and I don’t like the idea of doing irreversible things to my body.
• I despise people who spend a lot of money on clothing, jewellery and et cetera. If people cared less about how impressive they look, they would look more impressive to me. The best t-shirt, for example, is a basic one with plain color.
• I don’t like gossips and gossiping.