Member Questionnaire 1 (Ashton)
What is beauty? What is love?
Violence against ugliness by any means necessary or available.
What are your most important values?
Liberty, stoicism, awareness, inquisitiveness, creativity, beauty, passion, risk.
Do you have any sort of spiritual/religious beliefs, and why do you hold (or don't) those beliefs in the first place?
None whatsoever.
Opinion on war and militaries? What is power to you?
War is evolution. Power is the capacity to attain ends desired.
What have you had long conversations about? What are your interests? Why?
I only really care about art, philosophy, and opportunities to be reckless.
Interested in health/medicine as a conversation topic? Are you focused on your body?
Enjoy being fit and not eating trash. I run barefoot, do calisthenics & kettlebells, take supplemental multivitamins along w/ fish+flax oil.
What do you think of daily chores?
Things that should probably be done.
Books or films you liked? Recently read/watched or otherwise. Examples welcome.
Trainspotting, Fear&Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Man on Fire, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Salton Sea, Downfall, The Killing Fields, Terminator, Matrix, 5th Element, District 9, Chronicles of Riddick, Daybreakers, Waterworld, Dawn of the Dead, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Glory, Fallout (game), Myth (game).
What has made you cry? What has made you smile? Why?
Admiring one's will to live—yet knowing they're not going to make it.
Where do you feel: at one with the environment/a sense of belonging?
Night time.
What have people seen as your weaknesses? What do you dislike about yourself?
Lack of conscientiousness, generally not doing things I said I'd do (or conversely doing things I said I wouldn't).
What have people seen as your strengths? What do you like about yourself?
Candidness, knowledgeability, cleverness, determination, unflappability.
In what areas of your life would you like help?
None I can think of.
Ever feel stuck in a rut? If yes, describe the causes and your reaction to it.
Sure.
What qualities do you most like and dislike in other people? What types do you get along with?
Like: Intelligence, curiosity, spontaneity, sensitivity, aestheticism, audacity, self-possession.
Dislike: Boring egotism, provincialism.
How do you feel about romance/sex? What qualities do you want in a partner?
I like attractive females.
If you were to raise a child, what would be your main concerns, what measures would you take, and why?
Making sure the child isn't stupid.
A friend makes a claim that clashes with your current beliefs. What is your inward and outward reaction?
Tell them they're wrong, explicate why this is (if deemed worthy of the effort).
Describe your relationship to society. How do you see people as a whole? What do you consider a prevalent social problem? Name one.
Society is a meaningless abstraction. Thinking about social problems is itself a social problem.
How do you choose your friends and how do you behave around them?
I don't deliberately choose friends, they just happen.
How do you behave around strangers?
Environmentally variable; troll motherfuckers.
Originally Posted by Ashton
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