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Even though "Goku" has become a catchphrase on here, like many of SA's in-jokes, I don't get the joke. Is it merely a pop culture reference that is a joke because it is, in fact, not a joke. But here is something you might not know: Son Goku is the Japanese pronunciation of "Sun Wukong", which means "Ape Awakening to the Void". He was a character in the great Chinese picaresque novel "Journey to the West", where, with a monkey's bad habits, he steals the peaches of immortality in heaven, and is then punished by the Buddha by being put under a mountain for 500 years! Only when a monk on a religious pilgrimage rescues him does he gain his freedom and begin to learn the ways of Buddhism. His name refers to the believe that he will "Awaken" (gain enlightment) about "The Void". The character for "The Void" is rather tricky, since it can mean many things, and indeed, to explain it, I myself would have to "Awaken to the Void". In a later Chinese novel, "Dream of the Red Mansions", this short description is given, making reference to the well-known character of "Journey to the West" "Out of void, which is truth, comes form, which is illusion. Form engenders passion. Through passion, people come to an understanding of form, and from form, they awaken to the void". I think that it is not a coincidence that SA has chosen the idea of Sun Wukong, even indirectly, as a meme. SA is often carried away with form and passion, especially with its recent obsession with being "gay" and "cucking". I think that the use of the image of Goku is, on some subliminal level, a way that people wish to escape the trap of "form and passion" and instead, "Awaken to the Void".
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there's no joke, goku is just great
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Aug 23, 2014 06:16
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Talk about Gokus mad pubes.
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Aug 23, 2014 06:16
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Goku rules, he's cool
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Aug 23, 2014 06:16
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wasnt sun wukong invincible to or some shoit
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Aug 23, 2014 06:17
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Shions of Qud
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i'm goku
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Aug 23, 2014 06:18
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Priss In Plate posted:i'm goku wrong
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Aug 23, 2014 06:18
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Aug 23, 2014 06:19
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^The gently caress are those things? He defeated the Red Ribbon Army
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Aug 23, 2014 06:19
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verbal enema posted:wasnt sun wukong invincible to or some shoit Pretty much, except to the power of the Buddha. The point being that an entity could be invincible within the realms of causality, but they are still subject to causality itself. Only by "Awakening to the Void", to the non-existence of causal phenomena, could Monkey transcend his own invincibility.
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Aug 23, 2014 06:20
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 adam devine is a goon??
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Aug 23, 2014 06:22
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Aug 23, 2014 06:22
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Would. (If I was gay, which I am not).
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Aug 23, 2014 06:23
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i'm the blonde tuft of hair on the bladder master
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Aug 23, 2014 06:23
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Aug 23, 2014 06:26
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I'm going to assume those are just huge moobs instead of his arms tucked inside. I take more enjoyment from the image of it being a very fat double amputee. The pain he must endure trying to get to the tiny chip bits at the bottom of the bag...
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Aug 23, 2014 06:28
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just hanging in the woods wearing my khakis
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Aug 23, 2014 06:29
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No joke -- I have two Sun Wukong's in my puzzle and dragon account
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Aug 23, 2014 06:38
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I watched this religiously as a kid Monkey Magic 
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Aug 23, 2014 06:45
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he got talked into an arranged marriage as a child.
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Aug 23, 2014 06:46
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Watch and be Awakened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeOpTPeAtk "The Void" is the background.
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Aug 23, 2014 06:48
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Aug 23, 2014 09:54
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Aug 23, 2014 09:56
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best goku thread yet i mean it still sucks but its better than the others
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Aug 23, 2014 09:59
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Goku gay, so what. Goku I'm gay. Gayku cuck me with your spirit bomb
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Aug 23, 2014 09:59
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Goku is a deadbeat dad and a lot of sa posters grew up without a father, match made in heaven Vegeta crew fukk yall
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Aug 23, 2014 10:00
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Goku! Gokuuuuu!
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Aug 23, 2014 15:20
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the culminator posted:Vegeta crew fukk yall
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Aug 23, 2014 15:27
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glowing-fish posted:I think that the use of the image of Goku is, on some subliminal level, a way that people wish to escape the trap of "form and passion" and instead, "Awaken to the Void". I want you to awaken to my void, OP. Just straight up regaining consciousness when your alarm goes off and your eyes flutter open to reveal a gaping man pocket half an inch from the bridge of your nose, winking the knowing hello of an old friend.
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Aug 23, 2014 15:33
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pretty sure goku has a 1st grade education.
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Aug 23, 2014 15:40
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Aug 23, 2014 15:57
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i'm gayku
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Aug 23, 2014 16:08
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lmao spirit bomb the cops then gather the dragon balls to wish mike brown back to life
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Aug 23, 2014 16:58
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i got cucked by goku.... epic fail.... XD
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gokú
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Goku backhands Krillin hard enough to knock him to the ground--CRACK! The world reels as hot red pain sweeps over Krillin's bald head, but he stubbornly struggles to his feet. "Stay down!" Goku commands the mortal, driving a kick into Krillin's ribs--SMASH! The man falls back into a fetal position, groaning. When he tries to stand back up, he staggers, falls, and vomits. Greenish-yellow bile spoils the silken orange jumpsuit he wears. "Are you gonna stay down, bro?" Goku shouts at Krillin. Krillin paws at streaks of vomit. "Suck my dick, bro." "Shouldn't have said that poo poo, dude," Goku growls, slapping Krillin on the top of his head--SLAP! His head thumps like a gigantic watermelon, and his eardrums instantly burn and ache. A bright pink hand print remains on his shiny scalp. Fighting back the urge to dry heave, Krillin plants his hands in the dirt and props his body back up just in time to see Goku deliver a punch to his chest--WET CRUNCH! The hit lays him out flat against the ground. For several minutes, he cannot bring himself to breathe; it feels like every bone in his chest is broken and collapsed and crushed, and when he finally gasps for air, an overwhelming agony seizes his chest. Goku grabs at the crotch of his silken pants and tugs at the material; there is a distance in his eyes, as if his mind is a thousand light-years away. "I bet you want a taste of the true ultimate power, don't you, you little bald human being..." Then there is only heavy his mouth-breathing and the soft swish-swish of his pants being adjusted. Swish swish swish... Krillin's eyes flicker; he slowly rolls onto one side and props himself up, but Goku places a boot on his chest and pushes him back into the dirt. Swish swish swish... "Are you ready?" Goku breathes. Swish swish swish...
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Swish swish swish...
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