| | death is the ultimate cure to life; or at least a healthy, looming threat of it. i can think of no activity that in having death as a possible outcome/consequence would not enhance. even after the fact; if it was made known to the contestants of a game, after the game ended, that the penalty for losing was to be death, that game would immediately become more exciting as the losers realize that they are going to die for losing, and the winner would also feel exhilaration to learn of his close brush with death. it’s kind of like adding spiciness to an otherwise bland food. no matter what i eat these days, it seems capable of tasting better if only made spicy, even if i eat tobasco after chewing on the spiciless food awhile. the interesting parallel is that there is actually a method for measuring the spiciness, (amount of capsaicin), in peppers called the Scoville scale. peppers exceeding 100,000 scoville heats units tend to burn through paper, esophageal tissue, and stomach linings. this can translate into certain death for people who haven’t a high enough tolerance to capsaicin-rich foods, and yes, unlike with other spicy substances like piperine (black pepper) and gingerol (ginger), the body builds long-lasting selective desensitization to the pain and discomfort of capsaicinoids. i believe this explains, to a fine point, the literalness behind the expression “spice up your life,” which gets increasingly spicier as it nears death. gambling is based upon this concept. no matter how wealthy the gambler is, the appropriate stakes he bets must make financial ruination possible in order to achieve the “rush” of gambling. which is why play-gambling never works and why some very wealthy people have lost it all at a casino. and also why some of these people commit suicide- it is due to the fact that the wealth that was risked, and lost, was pretty much equivalent to life and death, obviously, haha. even Christopher Columbus’ mission to find motherfucking India, was for the sake of spices; and for this, his crew sailed off the edge of the planet. how much plainer can it be? when death comes a visiting and offers to play a game of your choice for your soul, say “chili pepper-eating contest to the death, Death! and side bet my life savings on me winning.” on the same note, monopoly should be played with real money, and the water balloons in a water balloon fight should be replaced with grenades. |
| | Posted 11/13/2005 6:09 PM - 37 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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