Ok. I've done this particular thread on all the forums I've been on. I ask a daily question and you discuss. A lot of the times the question then gets moved into its own thread. Some will be of a serious nature while others are just to shoot the breeze. Hope you enjoy!
What is the truest thing that you know?
(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
(More fun): democracy contains the seeds of its own destruction, which are now almost fully grown.
Gravity, there may be some disreputable gravity out there that's been twisted by extreme circumstances, but I haven't met any.
Quote from: OldGit on July 18, 2011, 09:47:20 AM
(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
That may no longer be absolutly true if one considers continued existence at a cellular level to be still alive. There was a lady (name escapes me ATM) who had cancerous cells removed sometime in the '60s(?). They went on to become the progenator line for cancer resrach cells. They are still around and I recall a figure of 50,000 tons have existed thus making her probably the heaviest organism ever to have existed. The clone line is likely to be used as long as there is cancer research. So this rather extends the time that a person could be considered 'alive', although I suppose that at some point the last clone cell will die, so your statement is basically correct.
Quote from: Tank on July 18, 2011, 11:35:05 AM
Quote from: OldGit on July 18, 2011, 09:47:20 AM
(Serious, obvious, totally boring): we will all die.
That may no longer be absolutly true if one considers continued existence at a cellular level to be still alive. There was a lady (name escapes me ATM) who had cancerous cells removed sometime in the '60s(?). They went on to become the progenator line for cancer resrach cells. They are still around and I recall a figure of 50,000 tons have existed thus making her probably the heaviest organism ever to have existed. The clone line is likely to be used as long as there is cancer research. So this rather extends the time that a person could be considered 'alive', although I suppose that at some point the last clone cell will die, so your statement is basically correct.
OH NO HE DIDN'T!!!! SNAP!!!
That moni mon seith, soth hit ys ... Alle we shule deye, thah us like ylle.
The truest thing I know is that the truest thing I know may some time be proven completely and utterly false.
The truest thing I know is that there is no truth.
At least I think that's true.
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
I don't see any spiritual experiences as anything other than subjective experiences, and not anything supernatural or unreachable by science. So no.
My qualia and subjective experiences won't be apparent in a brain scanner of any kind for some time I think, but I think that eventually even those could be better explained by science.
My wife always seems to know when I'm looking at other women, even if I'm wearing sunglasses and doing my best to appear to look in a different direction and use my peripheral vision.
She also seems to know when I smoke a cigarette, even if I'm 9 time zones away.
So as you can see... I won't be thinking that I'll be able to get away with cheating on her. I'll just keep it in my pants.
Quote from: Medusa on July 19, 2011, 07:32:02 AM
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
Oh yes, absolutely. It was truly a spiritual experience for me when I finally came to grips with the fact that the tide comes in, and the tide goes out - and you (and science) can't explain that!
Quote from: fester30 on July 19, 2011, 11:50:06 AM
My wife always seems to know when I'm looking at other women, even if I'm wearing sunglasses and doing my best to appear to look in a different direction and use my peripheral vision.
Yes but you don't need to resort to the supernatural to explain this.
It's the drool, it's a dead give away.
I came close the first time I tasted Hobgoblin (English bitter beer by Wychwoods).
Quote from: Medusa on July 19, 2011, 07:32:02 AM
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
No, not as yet, in 44 years....
Quote from: Medusa on July 19, 2011, 07:32:02 AM
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
Sure... Having had a bit too much of them, I threw the spirits up on the carpet though. A terrible mess... I'm pretty sure scientists found the cause though... But there and then... Truly unexplainable. ???
Can you have faith and reason?
Quote from: Medusa on July 21, 2011, 04:41:50 AM
Can you have faith and reason?
Yes. You just need to be good at compartmentalising your world view. It is also rather important how one defines faith and what one has faith in. For a faithful YEC (Young Earth Creationist) reason has to be banished. One can't reasonably contend that the Earth is 6,000('ish) years old and accept the Greenland ice core samples (GRIP (http://www.esf.org/activities/research-networking-programmes/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences-lesc/completed-esf-research-networking-programmes-in-life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/greenland-icecore-project-grip/more-information.html)) show ages in excess of 200,000 years. The YEC faith position and a reasonable view based on observed evidence are mutually exclusive.
However the Catholic church happily accept that humans et al are the product of evolution, they just fudge the issue with the ''vital spark' introduced by God at some point. As such their faith position is not compromised by observed reality.
Quote from: Medusa on July 21, 2011, 04:41:50 AM
Can you have faith and reason?
That depends on your definition of faith. Some define it specifically in the realm of believing in things that don't exist. Some would say that if they believe in their child's ability to learn math, then they have faith their child will pass a test. I have faith that some day more than half of the human race will be non-religious. I think that's reasonable.
Just listen.
Quote from: Medusa on July 21, 2011, 04:41:50 AM
Can you have faith and reason?
Absolutely. People have their faith, and come up with reasons for for having said faith.
I wish more people of faith would use more reason.
They do, but as Tank said, they keep reason and faith separated by a mental barrier.
I have known several physicists and mathematicians who managed to be evangelical christians, including one who converted as a freshman. He was said to be one of the ablest in his year at Oxford. I also recently met a physics lecturer of my age, who seems to have been a christian all his life.
Often, such people claim that science has opened their minds to the marvels of god's creation. Like most atheists, I am totally unable to understand how they can do it.
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
*and behave! ;)
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 01:31:51 AM
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
*and behave! ;)
Too much evidence for it to be a hoax.
Evidence is not important to a great number of people. :-\
Quote from: roy1967 on July 22, 2011, 03:45:53 AM
Evidence is not important to a great number of people. :-\
Yes it is, it's what people I hate try to use to stop me hating them.
It just makes me hate them more, superior bastards with their facts and figures.
What gets me is when these nazi apologists claim "it wasn't 6 million, it was only about 300,000". Whaat?
Only 300,000, so that's OK then. Nothing to worry about.
Anyway, it's not true - the personal belongings found at Auschwitz alone point to over a million.
BTW I found this site (http://www.rense.com/general62/meth.htm) which is just the kind of stuff I was talking about. I see the author is with IHR.org (http://ihr.org), a very nasty site.
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 01:31:51 AM
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
*and behave! ;)
I think you're just shit disturbing for the sake of it.
Medusa, I would like to see your own answers to the questions you are posing if you don't mind. Obviously not immediately when you ask them as I expect you don't want to bias the response. But simply asking questions smacks of the behaviour of theists that come here looking for flaws in atheist arguments for their own purposes. I'm sure you don't want to keep giving that impression. Please engage in the discussions you start.
I have to say I with Tank what is the point of this if you do not participate in the dialog...reading through this seems like a path to no where with all respect intended
I am very new and think you could stimulate interesting dialog with a thread like this
But so far this makes no sense
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2011, 10:22:45 AM
Medusa, I would like to see your own answers to the questions you are posing if you don't mind. Obviously not immediately when you ask them as I expect you don't want to bias the response. But simply asking questions smacks of the behaviour of theists that come here looking for flaws in atheist arguments for their own purposes. I'm sure you don't want to keep giving that impression. Please engage in the discussions you start.
Jesus. You are weary and leery of new poeple. Like I said in the first post..I do this on every forum I am on. The questions come from here (just to ease your mind Tank)
http://5000questionsur.livejournal.com/?skip=40
I like to ask very random questions. You get the same questions I post in other places. Sometimes it's simply what's your fave food. Sometimes it's really tough questions. I was going to be a bit more random with the questions. Then I saw this got moved to philosophy and figured I should keep it to those type of questions?
And yes when I ask I don't want to bias the response. I am also known to just ask and forget to answer before the next one comes up. It's that simple. No ulterior motive. Calm down. I apologize I didn't answer my two questions. I will do so now. For future reference I will post my answer after a few have answered as to engage and not distort or lead the responses.
What is the truest thing that you know?
The truest thing I know is that when you are in a hurry every single light you come on will always be red.
*serious answer*
No one knows what happens when you die. So I don't think about something I have absolutely no control of.
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
Not a single one.
(oddly when I asked my boyfriend this, I was sure to get some great spiritual answer. He answered the same way. Which sort of threw me for a loop. But my Pagan friends seemed to have had those experiences. )
Can you have faith and reason?
Yes you can. But you have to be careful that your faith does not taint how you go about gathering your reason. And alot of times people tend to think they are the same thing or not really understand the difference.
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
I also agree with do the numbers matter way of thinking. And that they may need medication and/or to crack a book.
2704. Are all persons exactly equal?
(from survey section 29)
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:19:31 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2011, 10:22:45 AM
Medusa, I would like to see your own answers to the questions you are posing if you don't mind. Obviously not immediately when you ask them as I expect you don't want to bias the response. But simply asking questions smacks of the behaviour of theists that come here looking for flaws in atheist arguments for their own purposes. I'm sure you don't want to keep giving that impression. Please engage in the discussions you start.
Jesus. You are weary and leery of new poeple. Like I said in the first post..I do this on every forum I am on. The questions come from here (just to ease your mind Tank)
http://5000questionsur.livejournal.com/?skip=40
I like to ask very random questions. You get the same questions I post in other places. Sometimes it's simply what's your fave food. Sometimes it's really tough questions. I was going to be a bit more random with the questions. Then I saw this got moved to philosophy and figured I should keep it to those type of questions?
And yes when I ask I don't want to bias the response. I am also known to just ask and forget to answer before the next one comes up. It's that simple. No ulterior motive. Calm down. I apologize I didn't answer my two questions. I will do so now. For future reference I will post my answer after a few have answered as to engage and not distort or lead the responses.
Sorry to have been a bit of an arsehole. It was deliberate in the sense that my questions were intended to see how you reacted to the questions and not the content of the answers themselves. Appologies for putting you on the spot, I won't be doing it again. ;D
Hey new people coming in. Especially someone like me. I get the protective nature you got going on. I like it. :)
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:26:49 PM
2704. Are all persons exactly equal?
(from survey section 29)
IMO no two people, including identical twins, are exactly equal, physically or mentally. This would be based on the view that we are all a unique combination of genes, embryological development and later on memes and experience. Even identical twins have divergent experiences such as who gets fed first. While one is fed one has to wait, so although in the scheme of things the difference is small it is a difference none-the-less. As time passes the divergences accumulate. So even two nominally identical individuals really are not truly identical.
However if one takes the question in a legal sense of should people be considered equal in terms of the treatment they should receive in a societal setting I would say they would be nominally equal with adjustments for physical and mental capabilities.
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:26:49 PM
2704. Are all persons exactly equal?
By all objective measurements? No; some people stronger, some people are smarter... etc. I'm also pretty sure there is no balancing between mind and body because some really smart people are also really strong and some really stupid people are also really weak. But I don't think that really counts or is important. And that's just crossing over from objective things into subjective things (who says one cannot value a lower IQ over a higher IQ?). I'd just leave it at: we don't currently have the means to determine whether people are equal or not.
If I need to make decisions on the matter, I think it's better if I assume that all people are equal.
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:25:21 PM
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
Not a single one.
(oddly when I asked my boyfriend this, I was sure to get some great spiritual answer. He answered the same way. Which sort of threw me for a loop. But my Pagan friends seemed to have had those experiences. )
I have had unexplainable experiences but would not consider them to be of a spiritual nature. Just after I was first married I was walking up the path to the front door and my wife, who was walking behind me, asked me if we had got any post. I replied "No, we haven't had any post." She said "Pardon?" It turned out she thought the question, but didn't say it. There are uncountable times when I have started whistling or humming a tune only to have my wife say she was thinking the song. Thus if people poo-poo telepathy I don't jump on that bandwagon! The interesting thing is that these things happen when I am not thinking about it, when my mind is blank (or blanker than usual). This leads me to consider that as the process is apparently subconscious, thus when the likes of James Randi et. al. ask people to demonstrate telepathy in a scientific setting, i.e. consciously, they can't. The testing itself precludes the demonstration of the capability.
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:25:21 PM
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
I also agree with do the numbers matter way of thinking. And that they may need medication and/or to crack a book.
As you say it's not a numbers game as such, 1 would be too many. But what makes the Holocaust unique is the number involved. Thus IMO disputing the number involved is singularly disrespectful to the memory of the atrocity.
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:26:49 PM
2704. Are all persons exactly equal?
(from survey section 29)
Man, I had to ask a toughy. Part of me says of course yes! We are made up of the same dna across the board. We all have a right to be alive. The other part thinks that no, we are not. Some of us have advantages or disadvantages right from birth. The human part says yes, all equal. The Satanists says no, not all.
2633. What is one movie character you identify with and why?
303. What do you feel controlled by?
Quote from: Medusa on July 25, 2011, 06:44:16 PM
303. What do you feel controlled by?
The need to get a job!
Quote from: Medusa on July 24, 2011, 11:35:21 AM
2633. What is one movie character you identify with and why?
I've just scanned the top 250 movies at the IMDB http://www.imdb.com/chart/top and I didn't find any at all really. Except possibly Truman Burbank in The Truman Show :-\
I am controlled by my need to support myself. Everything I do is about that.
But also my Diabetes. It controls my day. When to eat. When to take meds. When to work out etc. It's a timed chemistry experiment each day to see if I can pass the day wth a B or better.
As for character in a movie. Can I say Medusa from Clash of the Titans? Seriously. Have you ever read her true story? It's sad. Hits home with me. :(
Chicken Little.
The sky will fall down one day you know.
Are there any holidays you participate in?
Quote from: Medusa on July 28, 2011, 01:24:35 AM
Are there any holidays you participate in?
Thanksgiving. I give thanks to the people in my life for being there for me and maintaining our relationships.
Christmas. Myself and my cousin are the only atheists in the family. I still love Christmas, but for different reasons than before. I love being around family and decorating a tree with lights. I just don't put up manger scenes or ornaments with crosses and wise men. I really enjoy the time with family, and aside from going to church when I was a kid and a few manger decorations, Christmas in my family never really did have much Christ in it, anyway, so I don't feel at all put off during the holiday with my family. I figure the winter solstice holiday was around before Christmas, and so I have more right to it than Christians do.
Quote from: fester30 on July 28, 2011, 02:26:38 AM
Quote from: Medusa on July 28, 2011, 01:24:35 AM
Are there any holidays you participate in?
Thanksgiving. I give thanks to the people in my life for being there for me and maintaining our relationships.
Christmas. Myself and my cousin are the only atheists in the family. I still love Christmas, but for different reasons than before. I love being around family and decorating a tree with lights. I just don't put up manger scenes or ornaments with crosses and wise men. I really enjoy the time with family, and aside from going to church when I was a kid and a few manger decorations, Christmas in my family never really did have much Christ in it, anyway, so I don't feel at all put off during the holiday with my family. I figure the winter solstice holiday was around before Christmas, and so I have more right to it than Christians do.
I'm sorta the same way. First, while working in retail I will celebrate whatever day you tell me I don't have to come in to work! Second I love Thanksgiving for the food. I won't lie. Turkey is my friend. I don't like 4th of July too much. Only because I like outside big shows. I do not like personal fireworks too much. Trauma as a child. I threw a sparkler up in the air with friends and it landed in my hair. Freaked me the hell out. Plus my neighbors would throw Mexican illegal fireworks and almost burned a tree down. I like Halloween (hello. I am a Satanist! It's my day to dress up, usually like a pumpkin, and have a great time) I celebrate Christmas with my mother. She's 77, mentally ill and Catholic. It's just fun for her. And her mind is like that of a child. I won't take the fun of opening presents away from her. I usually go late at night to Naples Island here and walk through the boat houses light up. I am in charge of gift exchanges at work. And that's the extent. I don't exchange gifts with anyone except my chosen name and my mother. I also celebrate my birthday for a whole week! It's the number one holiday for a Satanist. Seriously. Look it up! ;D
Oh I like Easter, day off and those yummy yellow peeps! I like St Patty's Day...wearing all green. And I love Valentine's Day. It took a while for my fiance to catch on to that one though. They don't have Valentine's day in Egypt. But he writes me a beautiful poem every year and sends me lovely e-cards. I like Memorial Day as well. Since my father was in WWII, it's a military family around here.
Quote from: Medusa on July 28, 2011, 01:24:35 AM
Are there any holidays you participate in?
Halloween, Christmas and sometimes Thanksgiving and the 4th of July... which is odd as Thanksgiving and the 4th of July are the least religious holidays.
Christmas, which is most often celebrated in a way which is more in line with Yule.
2440. Have you ever had surgery? For what?
Quote from: Medusa on July 29, 2011, 02:39:53 AM
2440. Have you ever had surgery? For what?
No, though I do have one filling if that counts.
I forget or I never managed to remember, but I think I've had the procedure described here.
Quote from: ThinkAnarchy on July 23, 2011, 12:11:13 AM
I mostly hold a grudge for them mutilating my penis without my consent. >:(
I won't count fillings either. I've only had one. When I had my heart attack I had a V Stent placed in my heart. I was sorta awake till the Benadryl drip kicked in. I only woke up to see the needle on the screen and feeling the 'pop' of the stent ending into my hip bone. I couldn't walk for a few weeks. And I had a bruise the size of a football on my inner thigh. It was like a hematoma formed under the skin. But the stent part was great. I was back at work throwing pallets of wood at Home Depot in about 2 weeks. But I can no longer ride on roller coasters. So it's Disneyland tea pot rides for me!
Quote from: Medusa on July 29, 2011, 02:39:53 AM
2440. Have you ever had surgery? For what?
I broke my left leg and had to have the knee pinned together. My diabetes caused cataracts in the lenses of both eyes so they had to be replaced. It was quite interesting watching one's eyes being taken apart from the inside under a local anesthetic, not anything like as unpleasant as I had expected.
OMFSM Tank - you're a diabetic too? So far my annual eye-checks have revealed no problems, but blindness is the complication I fear even more than death.
The only operation I ever had was the removal of all four wisdom teeth, but it was a pretty serious one done in hospital under a general anaesthetic. It took me a couple of months to recover.
Quote from: OldGit on July 29, 2011, 09:20:49 AM
OMFSM Tank - you're a diabetic too? So far my annual eye-checks have revealed no problems, but blindness is the complication I fear even more than death.
The only operation I ever had was the removal of all four wisdom teeth, but it was a pretty serious one done in hospital under a general anaesthetic. It took me a couple of months to recover.
Yep. Type 2 tablet controlled. Diagnosed in 2005. If I recall you're a type 1 insulin dependent? I'm not keen on the idea of going blind either :(
Fortunatly my wisdom teeth didn't give me any trouble.
No, I'm type 2 as well, but diagnosed 1994, so it's quite advanced now. I'm on a lot of insulin and Metformin.
Quote from: OldGit on July 29, 2011, 11:02:46 AM
No, I'm type 2 as well, but diagnosed 1994, so it's quite advanced now. I'm on a lot of insulin and Metformin.
Well I suppose we should both count our scientific blessings as we'd both be dead/dying 100 years ago. ;D
I had appendicitis when I was five, but other than that, no major surgeries.
I have had an Atrial Fibrillation problem for about 10 years or so. I had been in the hospital six different times. The fifth time, they couldn't slow it down, so I had a cardioversion (not really a surgery) where they put big magnetic pads on your back and chest, and shut you off, and turn you back on.
The sixth time, I had an Atrial Fibrillation Ablation done. Inserted a heart cath in my leg, up to my heart, and an electrophysiocardiologist cauterized some electrical spots in my heart. A 6 hour $50,000 operation. Haven't been back in the Hospital since though.
4012. When was the last time you did something and later asked yourself 'did I do the right thing?'?
About 2 months ago, when I made a life altering decision. Can't really say what it was though.
About a week back. An ex of a friend of mine (who I know he is trying to get back with), invited herself over to mine with a bottle of rum... which had predictable results.
Feel a bit shit about the whole thing. But she's sweet and I really like her.
I vacillate between thinking that either; I've stolen my friend's girl; or; I've let her chose for herself and it is wrong of me to think of her as 'belonging' to my friend.
I guess I'm not a particularly moral person...
Quote from: penfold on August 01, 2011, 10:36:49 AM
About a week back. An ex of a friend of mine (who I know he is trying to get back with), invited herself over to mine with a bottle of rum... which had predictable results.
Feel a bit shit about the whole thing. But she's sweet and I really like her.
I vacillate between thinking that either; I've stolen my friend's girl; or; I've let her chose for herself and it is wrong of me to think of her as 'belonging' to my friend.
I guess I'm not a particularly moral person...
No. An immoral person would have considered what they were going to do
before the event and then carried out the act anyway. You're just a bloke who got offered no-stings sex on a plate and couldn't get past possibly the billion years of evolutionary success that preceded you.
3am and the phone rings. Who is most likely to be calling you and for what?
Quote from: Medusa on August 02, 2011, 10:17:43 AM
3am and the phone rings. Who is most likely to be calling you and for what?
Secretary Hillary Clinton, and because I need to push THE BUTTON!
Quote from: Medusa on August 02, 2011, 10:17:43 AM
3am and the phone rings. Who is most likely to be calling you and for what?
My eldest daughter because my granddson isn't well (or at least she's worried he's not well).
Quote from: Tank on August 02, 2011, 01:15:20 PM
Quote from: Medusa on August 02, 2011, 10:17:43 AM
3am and the phone rings. Who is most likely to be calling you and for what?
My eldest daughter because my granddson isn't well (or at least she's worried he's not well).
Exactly the same! Son of #1 daughter.
4528. Would you rather ride a dragon or a unicorn?
Quote from: Medusa on August 08, 2011, 11:34:30 AM
4528. Would you rather ride a dragon or a unicorn?
Dragon, no question. Have you ever read any of the Dragon Riders of Pern books by Anne McCaffery? They are excellent fantasy adventures.
I have to have to have to pick the unicorn. I remember the first time I saw Legend and saw the white unicorn I fell in love with it. Then when I was in New York I had the amazing chance to view the Unicorn Tapestries
HERE (http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/hunt_unicorn_transcript.htm). A most wonderful of museums!
Quote from: Medusa on August 08, 2011, 11:34:30 AM
4528. Would you rather ride a dragon or a unicorn?
A dragon as long as it's comfy: flying would be cool and all, but I think having spikey scales digging into my bum cheeks would ruin the experience. Unless you're talking about a komodo, then I'd rather ride a unicorn, those komodos have a nasty mouth (their mouths are also filled with all sorts of bacteria).
Quote from: Medusa on August 08, 2011, 11:34:30 AM
4528. Would you rather ride a dragon or a unicorn?
Dragon, hands down. I have had an obsession with Dragons since I was a preteen. My next tattoo will be a dragon and I decorated my desk at work with dragons. (^_^)
Speaking as a dragon, you are all welcome to ride on my back any time.
...I'm hungry...
Dragon, hands down.
QuoteUnless you're talking about a komodo, then I'd rather ride a unicorn, those komodos have a nasty mouth (their mouths are also filled with all sorts of bacteria).
A fire breathing dragon (ahem...sci-fi liberties) shouldn't have that problem ;D Not to mention that bacteria-ridden mouth evolved because Komodos don't actually kill their prey (not too fast or agile) but poison them. A dragon is way too cool to need a poisonous mouth to catch its prey. 8)
Quote from: penfold on August 08, 2011, 10:37:51 PM
Speaking as a dragon, you are all welcome to ride on my back any time.
...I'm hungry...
O.o
I'd pick the unicorn, for the sake of irony. I could pretend that there hadn't been a choice, that it was the unicorn or nothing, and this would probably amuse my friends into doing favours for me for a while.
As soon as the joke got old I could saw the horn off, keep that for whatever magical properties it possesses, ditch the horse and get a motorbike.
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
Any cheap B horror/terror movie.
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
That would have to be a tie between all those "comedies", most of which end in Movie, that are made by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. I'm talking Epic Movie, Date Movie, Meet the Spartans, Vampires Suck etc...
They are all so god-awful they make me want to go on a homicidal rampage every time I'm just so bored that I give in and attempt to watch one. And I say attempt because I don't think I've ever been able to handle the self-torture of watching one all the way through. It hurts just thinking about them.
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
That's a good question, I tend to try and forget the bad ones! Nope, minds gone blank. Probably some crappy 70's SiFi.
Battlefield Earth. I actually saw it for free and still wanted my money back for the 40 minutes I spent my life watching it. I actually walked out of the movie. It was that bad.
I started watching Battlefield Earth but quit while I was ahead. It's films like that that get me wondering what the producers were thinking when they decided to make it.
Unfortunatly with films like Battlefield Earth I just get a feeling of morbid curiosity that makes me see it through to the end just to see if can get any worse, and of course it did! :-[
High on my list would be Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, which my parents made me sit through when I was about eight.
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
"The Happening" is the WORST movie I have ever seen. So many plot holes, didn't make sense, and the acting.... *shakes head* The actors actually aren't bad, but they just gave their worst performance in that movie.... I want that time of my life back and the movie I paid for the movie ticket.
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
That is a tough one. I watch a lot of bad movies intentionaly so I've seen quite a few. I think it's a close call between Paranormal Acitivity 2 (the sequel is much worse than even how bad the first one was) and Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter. Though maybe I disliked the latter just because the concept seems so hilarious in itself that it would be difficult to ruin and it seemd very much like they always fell short. The movies I think are the worst are ones that so bad that it's not even funny how bad they are, while most bad movies one can at least make fun of or just straight laugh at. Of course some movies from the sixties were pretty horrible to watch, like She-Devils on Wheels which seemed very much like a rip off of Faster Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! (except with motor bikes instead of cars).
I will agree that those Epic Movie type movies are painful to watch, even though I've seen them all the way through (well most of them, haven't seen the vampire one yet). My brothers and I have challenges to see who can find the absolute worst movie as well as a yearly tradition to watch the worst movies every new years.
Does time really heal all wounds?
Quote from: Medusa on August 16, 2011, 07:21:19 AM
Does time really heal all wounds?
No, they just become blurred and you learn to live with them because the alternative is worse.
Quote from: Medusa on August 16, 2011, 07:21:19 AM
Does time really heal all wounds?
No. No amount of time has ever allowed an amputee to grow back their limb, so there's one wound it can't heal.
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
I really have to pick only one?
I guess I would have to say...
Hmm... Shit, this is really difficult.
I guess I would have to say
White Chicks. I never watched all of it, but what I saw was absolutely terrible.
As to your last question, Mike answered it well already.
Quote from: Medusa on August 16, 2011, 07:21:19 AM
Does time really heal all wounds?
No. From personal experience, I know I'm damaged and somethings I have to live with for the rest of my life. There are somethings I probably will not get over and sometimes it should be that way. It will keep me from repeating the same mistakes.
Quote from: Medusa on August 16, 2011, 07:21:19 AM
Does time really heal all wounds?
I would have to know if some old wounds have been healed in order to answer this question ???
I guess you learn to live with them, but if that would mean being healed...I haven't a clue.
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
Quote from: Medusa on August 17, 2011, 06:42:44 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
One can love more than one person, I have 3 children and a wife and I love all of them.
Me too - wife, 2 kids, grandson; I love 'em all.
I think, though, that Meduse meant romantic/sexual love. In which case, definitely yes but I'm not giving details which could land me in deep poo. ;D
Quote from: OldGit on August 17, 2011, 08:47:26 AM
Me too - wife, 2 kids, grandson; I love 'em all.
I think, though, that Meduse meant romantic/sexual love. In which case, definitely yes but I'm not giving details which could land me in deep poo. ;D
Ditto ;D
Quote from: Medusa on August 17, 2011, 06:42:44 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
You can love more than one person at the same time; however, can you and your lovers handle a polygamous relationship is a different question (or an open-relationship). Some people can, some people can't.
Quote from: Munchkin Goddess on August 17, 2011, 06:41:36 PM
Quote from: Medusa on August 17, 2011, 06:42:44 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
You can love more than one person at the same time; however, can you and your lovers handle a polygamous relationship is a different question (or an open-relationship). Some people can, some people can't.
It's polyamory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory) (multiple intimate relationships), polygamy is a marriage which includes more than one partner. Polyamory is definitely fraught with emotional pitfalls when one or more people feel they are not getting their emotional or physical 'fair share' in a relationship.
Quote from: Tank on August 17, 2011, 08:37:07 PM
Quote from: Munchkin Goddess on August 17, 2011, 06:41:36 PM
Quote from: Medusa on August 17, 2011, 06:42:44 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
You can love more than one person at the same time; however, can you and your lovers handle a polygamous relationship is a different question (or an open-relationship). Some people can, some people can't.
It's polyamory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory) (multiple intimate relationships), polygamy is a marriage which includes more than one partner. Polyamory is definitely fraught with emotional pitfalls when one or more people feel they are not getting their emotional or physical 'fair share' in a relationship.
I wasn't sure if I was right, but I'm at work and didn't have time to look it up. Thank you for clearing that up.
Quote from: Medusa on July 18, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
Ok. I've done this particular thread on all the forums I've been on. I ask a daily question and you discuss. A lot of the times the question then gets moved into its own thread. Some will be of a serious nature while others are just to shoot the breeze. Hope you enjoy!
What is the truest thing that you know?
I can think
Quote from: Black36 on August 18, 2011, 02:59:52 AM
Quote from: Medusa on July 18, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
Ok. I've done this particular thread on all the forums I've been on. I ask a daily question and you discuss. A lot of the times the question then gets moved into its own thread. Some will be of a serious nature while others are just to shoot the breeze. Hope you enjoy!
What is the truest thing that you know?
I can think
Really? I have seen little or no evidence to support this assertion :D
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(You set them up and I'll knock them down!)
Quote from: Tank on August 18, 2011, 08:56:44 AM
Quote from: Black36 on August 18, 2011, 02:59:52 AM
Quote from: Medusa on July 18, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
Ok. I've done this particular thread on all the forums I've been on. I ask a daily question and you discuss. A lot of the times the question then gets moved into its own thread. Some will be of a serious nature while others are just to shoot the breeze. Hope you enjoy!
What is the truest thing that you know?
I can think
Really? I have seen little or no evidence to support this assertion :D
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(You set them up and I'll knock them down!)
That was funny. The reason I said this is because "I think, therefore I am," does not necessarily follow. "I think, therefore, I think," follows more directly, no?
I think that I think therefore I assume that I am ! ;D
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
To answer my own question. I think some people can indeed do this. But come on, being fair about things? If you do indeed plan to be committed to more than one person, I just don't think it's going to be 50/50 or 30/30/40. Someone is going to mean just a tad more than the other.
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:21:36 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
To answer my own question. I think some people can indeed do this. But come on, being fair about things? If you do indeed plan to be committed to more than one person, I just don't think it's going to be 50/50 or 30/30/40. Someone is going to mean just a tad more than the other.
Well as love can be unconditional it's not a question of 30/30/40 it's 100/100/100. One does not have a finite amount of love for any one person or group of people. However in a polyamourous relationship jealousy is the killer. If a person perceives they are on the 80% in a 100/100/80, then things go wrong. Also relationships change and it's rare for the initial flush of romantic infatuation to last for too long a time. Some people also love to be 'in love', it's a drug for them, a high they can't get enough of. They are emotional vampires; when the infatuation of the other person wears off they move on to another victim.
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Science, science, science!! There could never be enough science programmes on TV!!!
Quote from: Tank on August 22, 2011, 09:52:58 AM
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:21:36 AM
Is love a commitment to one person, or can you love more than one person at the same time?
To answer my own question. I think some people can indeed do this. But come on, being fair about things? If you do indeed plan to be committed to more than one person, I just don't think it's going to be 50/50 or 30/30/40. Someone is going to mean just a tad more than the other.
Well as love can be unconditional it's not a question of 30/30/40 it's 100/100/100. One does not have a finite amount of love for any one person or group of people. However in a polyamourous relationship jealousy is the killer. If a person perceives they are on the 80% in a 100/100/80, then things go wrong. Also relationships change and it's rare for the initial flush of romantic infatuation to last for too long a time. Some people also love to be 'in love', it's a drug for them, a high they can't get enough of. They are emotional vampires; when the infatuation of the other person wears off they move on to another victim.
Oh I agree. I happen to be a die hard monogamist. I joke with my fiance all the time about this. Since I say I'm going to be the second wife behind camel (long running joke about him being a camel lover because he lives in Egypt). Thankfully both him and I are only in to one people lovin. I mean I can barely love him let alone another. Plus I'm fiercely possessive!
But..on the Pagan forum I frequent there are quite a few poly amorous people on there. And oddly so far only female. I can hear them explain their side all day long. And it's just like listening to crickets talk. Just doesn't compute for me. But it sure does for them.
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
A car show. For some reason, I've been wanting one lately.
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
I would model it after some Japanese game shows I have seen online where difficult challenges are greatly rewarded, but failure is horrible punishment. Look them up on youtube, hilarious.
To me, it would be an experiment on human nature, to most here in america, it would be a funny tv show.
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Science, mainly astronomy or any other interesting topic and maybe some history documentaries.
The idea of Xjeepguy goes in the right direction. What I would like to see is a TV-Show like "The Running Man" (based on Stephen King's novel and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie). It is a game show wherein convicted felons are given the chance to run to freedom but have to elude the stalkers; men who hunt them down and kill them in gruesome manners.
Quote from: Tom62 on August 23, 2011, 06:39:37 AM
The idea of Xjeepguy goes in the right direction. What I would like to see is a TV-Show like "The Running Man" (based on Stephen King's novel and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie). It is a game show wherein convicted felons are given the chance to run to freedom but have to elude the stalkers; men who hunt them down and kill them in gruesome manners.
Ooooh! :o
This is why I love you, Tom. This and that programming assignment you disempacted for me ;D
Quote from: Tank on August 22, 2011, 09:53:39 AM
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Science, science, science!! There could never be enough science programmes on TV!!!
Maybe I should do one on photography?
Quote from: Tom62 on August 23, 2011, 06:39:37 AM
The idea of Xjeepguy goes in the right direction. What I would like to see is a TV-Show like "The Running Man" (based on Stephen King's novel and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie). It is a game show wherein convicted felons are given the chance to run to freedom but have to elude the stalkers; men who hunt them down and kill them in gruesome manners.
Modern day Colosseum. Could be interesting ;D
Quote from: Tank on August 23, 2011, 07:30:52 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 22, 2011, 09:53:39 AM
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Science, science, science!! There could never be enough science programmes on TV!!!
Maybe I should do one on photography?
You may have already seen it but the BBC did a brilliant series called "The Genius of Photography" (http://www.bbcshop.com/drama+arts/the-genius-of-photography-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3014/). Could only find clips but give it a peek if you haven't already http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU5llVteuo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU5llVteuo).
What are you prejudice against?
What are you prejudice against?
Men wearing suits, politicians, managers and marketing people in particular.
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These things, their use seems so profligate.
If it's cold why not put more clothes on or go inside?
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:50:14 AM
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These things, their use seems so profligate.
If it's cold why not put more clothes on or go inside?
Omg I LOVE those things! If you are anywhere near the beach you will understand their purpose. I've eaten at restaurants on the pier and these have helped alot. Doesn't matter how warm a day is..once the sun sets by the water it's cold!
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
"men" who wear capris. I automatically dislike them.
And beggars. I always assume they're full of shit and refuse to give them anything.
Fair? Not sure. But since when does a prejudice have to be fair?
Quote from: Ihateyoumike on August 24, 2011, 07:13:33 AM
"men" who wear capris. I automatically dislike them.
At least they've got a name now, this has solved the short longs or long shorts conundrum.
Quote from: Crow on August 24, 2011, 12:40:39 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 23, 2011, 07:30:52 AM
Quote from: Tank on August 22, 2011, 09:53:39 AM
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Science, science, science!! There could never be enough science programmes on TV!!!
Maybe I should do one on photography?
You may have already seen it but the BBC did a brilliant series called "The Genius of Photography" (http://www.bbcshop.com/drama+arts/the-genius-of-photography-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3014/). Could only find clips but give it a peek if you haven't already http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU5llVteuo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU5llVteuo).
I did see a couple, but I shall look them up again ;D
What are you prejudice against?
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Nuff said! >:(
Quote from: Tank on August 24, 2011, 08:54:17 AM
What are you prejudice against?
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Nuff said! >:(
Woah, I was just gonna say that. I'd like to add man purse for $2000 Alec. What is DOUCHEE.
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Prejudiced people.
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Overly patriotic, narcissistically shallow and localised cultures in which people routinely boast of achievements that were not their own as if they were. Cultures with little substance. Basically the little guys acting as if they were the big boys when actually they've just started puberty. Glorified failure and all round creepiness. Not impressive in the least.
Those who perpetuate a disregard for the letter "d."
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 04:44:21 PM
Those who perpetuate a disregard for the letter "d."
Pudding does sound better with a coupla' ds. Asmodean too, come to think of it.
Thus, I'll second that.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 04:44:21 PM
Those who perpetuate a disregard for the letter "d."
Is that why you chose a name with two?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 04:40:09 PM
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Overly patriotic, narcissistically shallow and localised cultures in which people routinely boast of achievements that were not their own as if they were. Cultures with little substance. Basically the little guys acting as if they were the big boys when actually they've just started puberty. Glorified failure and all round creepiness. Not impressive in the least.
Could not have said it better myself.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
I never really felt a 'd' was missing in my life enough to bother to notice.
(I wouldn't count myself as being a
grammatical purist ;) I was never good friends with grammar, though I have become quite overly acquainted with the spell checker.)
Quote from: Xjeepguy on August 24, 2011, 06:13:42 PM
Could not have said it better myself.
I have a growing distaste for unfounded narcissism (cultural narcissism included), it is the root of all evils I think. I think if you're going to boast, you have to earn the right to boast. Then you can boast to your heart's content and freely :P
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
I never really felt a 'd' was missing in my life enough to bother to notice.
(I wouldn't count myself as being a grammatical purist ;) I was never good friends with grammar.)
I neither was!
Quote from: Tank on August 24, 2011, 07:12:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
I never really felt a 'd' was missing in my life enough to bother to notice.
(I wouldn't count myself as being a grammatical purist ;) I was never good friends with grammar.)
I neither was!
See there? What did I tell ya?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 08:39:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 24, 2011, 07:12:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
I never really felt a 'd' was missing in my life enough to bother to notice.
(I wouldn't count myself as being a grammatical purist ;) I was never good friends with grammar.)
I neither was!
See there? What did I tell ya?
Grammar is a very jealous friend, the better the relationship you have with grammar, the fewer friends you will have.
Quote from: Davin on August 24, 2011, 09:07:17 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 08:39:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on August 24, 2011, 07:12:45 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 24, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Is that why you chose a name with two?
QuoteWhat are you prejudice against?
Can't you descry a deficit in this line?
Doesn't this fragment fill you with a need for d?
I never really felt a 'd' was missing in my life enough to bother to notice.
(I wouldn't count myself as being a grammatical purist ;) I was never good friends with grammar.)
I neither was!
See there? What did I tell ya?
Grammar is a very jealous friend, the better the relationship you have with grammar, the fewer friends you will have.
It's a bit of a high maintenance friend for me, and I admit I never did give it its due importance. :(
QuoteI have a growing distaste for unfounded narcissism (cultural narcissism included), it is the root of all evils I think. I think if you're going to boast, you have to earn the right to boast. Then you can boast to your heart's content and freely
I call it the "alpha male" syndrome, although it affects females as well.
Quote from: Xjeepguy on August 25, 2011, 03:30:42 AM
QuoteI have a growing distaste for unfounded narcissism (cultural narcissism included), it is the root of all evils I think. I think if you're going to boast, you have to earn the right to boast. Then you can boast to your heart's content and freely
I call it the "alpha male" syndrome, although it affects females as well.
Yes. Though I meant it more as in the personality disorder or type. As far as I know, not all 'alpha males' or females are narcissistic in the ego-centered sense of the word. I would categorise some sorts of leader figures as such (in a broad sense and non pejorative sense)
Name your 3 top fave villains
*inspired by the doc I am watching on Netflix "Unforgettably Evil"
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)
CGB Spender (aka The Cigarette Smoking Man, X-Files)
Greg House (House M.D, not really a villain but then again...)
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Ghetto people. I don't care what race you are, but ignorant, uneducated, and loud, ghetto street kids really ruin my day. They are selfish, and have no respect for anyone. It grinds my gears. T_T;;
Count Orloff
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
The Borg Queen
Bambi
Snow White
Tony Blair
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
1: Kefka (final fantasy 6)
2: Wendy (rule of Rose)
3: Magus (chrono trigger)
Quote from: Asmodean on August 25, 2011, 09:41:45 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 25, 2011, 09:40:39 AM
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Ooh! Forgot about him
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Well don't do it again or we'll have to remove your heart plug.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 09:47:17 AM
1: Kefka (final fantasy 6)
Liked Sephiroth of seven better.
Please, Sephiroth is a stupid momma's boy who never actually accomplished anything. XP
Besides, Kefka had the laugh.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 12:19:00 PM
Please, Sephiroth is a stupid momma's boy who never actually accomplished anything. XP
Didn't really have a mother, that one.
Accomplished quite a bit too. Failed in the end, but nearly all fiction-villains do.
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
- The Borgias (Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood)
- The Eye, Mouth and...Mind? of Sauron
- Count Dracula (the fictional character, not restricted to any book or movie and not the guy who inspired him)
Truth, oh great lumpy one.
If I worship you, would you achieve high villian status? ;D
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 06:06:02 PM
Truth, oh great lumpy one.
If I worship you, would you achieve high villian status? ;D
Asmodean IS high villain. Named after one of the four princes of hell and whatnot 8)
Sweeeet *____*
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
1) GlaDOS (Portal)
2) The Reapers (Mass Effect)
3) Kefka (ffvii)
Quote from: Sweetdeath
Besides, Kefka had the laugh.
That laugh goes through me now and I haven't played the game since it was first released on the snes.
You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Yeah with Ozzie, im really starting to crave a bit of old school jrpg now just if i still had any of my old consoles.
How could I forget GlaDOS? ;D More of a villian in the first Portal though. The game is awesome, I played them both is a short span of time.
Quote from: Crow on August 25, 2011, 07:28:50 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Yeah with Ozzie, im really starting to crave a bit of old school jrpg now just if i still had any of my old consoles.
Same. I seriously want to go back on ebay to rebuy an SNES & Genesis.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 08:21:17 PM
Quote from: Crow on August 25, 2011, 07:28:50 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Yeah with Ozzie, im really starting to crave a bit of old school jrpg now just if i still had any of my old consoles.
Same. I seriously want to go back on ebay to rebuy an SNES & Genesis.
I kept mine, and they still work, but I still use 'em so I won't sell. Maybe I'm just trying to rub yer nose in my nerd collection...
Desktops are also good ways to play classic games if one gets a decent controller.
QuoteName your 3 top fave villains
- Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
- Morell from
A Room for Romeo Brass. (such an original and grotesque character)
- Lestat in
Interview with the Vampire. (He made a poor protagonist and narrator, I thought, but I liked him in his original, antagonistic role. He's kind of pathetic yet powerful, pitiable but also revolting, and that mixture made my skin crawl).
Quote from: Melmoth on August 26, 2011, 12:03:00 AM
- Morell from A Room for Romeo Brass. (such an original and grotesque character)
Such an amazing character and one of my favorite films.
^ Not enough people have seen it! Yet everyone who has invariably lists it as one of their favourites.
Quote from: Melmoth on August 26, 2011, 12:24:37 AM
^ Not enough people have seen it! Yet everyone who has invariably lists it as one of their favourites.
Yeah its fantastic and one of my dvd's that I always push on people to watch. Talking of villains and Shane Meadows, Mick from 'This is England 86' is probably one of the most vile characters I have ever witnessed in any form of media, I honestly wished I could have beaten that character.
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You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Yeah with Ozzie, im really starting to crave a bit of old school jrpg now just if i still had any of my old consoles.
Same. I seriously want to go back on ebay to rebuy an SNES & Genesis.
I kept mine, and they still work, but I still use 'em so I won't sell. Maybe I'm just trying to rub yer nose in my nerd collection...
Desktops are also good ways to play classic games if one gets a decent controller.
Nyaa, so mean. A lot of stuff was lost or left behind when I first moved. I purchased a lot of my old games on ebay over the last 5 or so years.
I definitely live in the 90's/early 2000's videogame wise, and I am not a fan of emulators. I don't mind spending the extra bucks for the real deal.
Quote from: Melmoth on August 26, 2011, 12:03:00 AM
QuoteName your 3 top fave villains
- Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
- Morell from A Room for Romeo Brass. (such an original and grotesque character)
- Lestat in Interview with the Vampire. (He made a poor protagonist and narrator, I thought, but I liked him in his original, antagonistic role. He's kind of pathetic yet powerful, pitiable but also revolting, and that mixture made my skin crawl).
Alan Rickman was awesome in Robinhood. <3
Ohman, Lestat de lioncourt was the ONLY role I liked Tom Cruise in. He is my fav vampire, aside from David in the book series, and I thpught he delivered such a great amount of insanity.
What makes Lestat scary is how powerful he is, but he is so immature and childish. Silly brat.
~Hannibal Lecter
~The Joker
~Wolverine (while he was being Weapon X with no memory and being very good at being so damn bad) :)
Quote from: SweetdeathOhman, Lestat de lioncourt was the ONLY role I liked Tom Cruise in.
I liked him in Magnolia as the sexist self-help guy. That's the only other thing I like him in. He's good at playing arrogant twats, I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n2IVF9a2IA
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Quote from: Crow on August 25, 2011, 07:28:50 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 25, 2011, 07:11:49 PM
You're awesome, Crow. I also agree with GlaDOS! My gf is obsessed with playing portal.
Did you notice they reused the midi for Kefka's laugh in chrono trigger?
Yeah with Ozzie, im really starting to crave a bit of old school jrpg now just if i still had any of my old consoles.
Same. I seriously want to go back on ebay to rebuy an SNES & Genesis.
I kept mine, and they still work, but I still use 'em so I won't sell. Maybe I'm just trying to rub yer nose in my nerd collection...
Desktops are also good ways to play classic games if one gets a decent controller.
Nyaa, so mean. A lot of stuff was lost or left behind when I first moved. I purchased a lot of my old games on ebay over the last 5 or so years.
I definitely live in the 90's/early 2000's videogame wise, and I am not a fan of emulators. I don't mind spending the extra bucks for the real deal.
Yeah I'm not a big fan of emulators either, they don't have the same tactile feel of turning on a console, putting in the disk or cartridge and sitting on the sofa.
That's also my favorite era of gaming but I think some of the best games have been made this generation, once you get past the incessant barrage of first person shooters that is.
I haven't played any REALLY good games in a while. I think my top 5 over the last few years are:
-Fragile dreams (wii)
-Persona 4 (ps2)
-Silent hill:shattered memories (ps2)
-Trauma team (wii)
-kingdom hearts: birth by sleep (PSP)
Actually, it's just not the same. I still love my ps2 and don't even own an xbox or ps3 or wii. I play at friend's houses. Final fantasy 13 was fun, but nothing original. Right now, i'm just playing .hack//mutation.
Edit: El shaddai: ascension of Metatron looks like fun crack! I do want play as I love crack games and angel mythology.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 26, 2011, 05:24:06 AM
I haven't played any REALLY good games in a while. I think my top 5 over the last few years are:
-Fragile dreams (wii)
-Persona 4 (ps2)
-Silent hill:shattered memories (ps2)
-Trauma team (wii)
-kingdom hearts: birth by sleep (PSP)
Actually, it's just not the same. I still love my ps2 and don't even own an xbox or ps3 or wii. I play at friend's houses. Final fantasy 13 was fun, but nothing original. Right now, i'm just playing .hack//mutation.
Edit: El shaddai: ascension of Metatron looks like fun crack! I do want play as I love crack games and angel mythology.
You may like Bayonetta as well, that is a insanely OTT game where you play as a witch who uses her hair to destroy the creatures of heaven, words can not describe how insane that game is.
Yeah the games this generation aren't the same in terms of character and creativity especially in comparison to the snes days and when you look at games such as final fantasy, but some of the games are brilliant such as: Red Dead Redemption, Bayonetta, Mirrors Edge, Portal 2, the Mass Effect series, Street Fighter 4, Forza 3, Patapon, Ninja Gaiden 2, Assassins Creed 2, Demon's Souls, Bastion and Batman Arkham Asylum to name a few that came to mind.
Oh, heard Bayonetta as good.
The best new games for this generation are the phoenix Wright series for DS. So much fun!
Name your top 3 fears
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
Being murdered (especially by stabbing)
Dying in a car accident (especially caused by a drunk driver)
Not being able to move forward from my past and accomplish my dreams.
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
- Stupidity and stupid people (too much of that)
- I fear for the safety of my loved ones (not enough of that)
- I've adquired a funny fear of fingers. Dactilophobia. Except this one isn't irrational.
Oh yeah, and mummies. There's something about their dryness that puts me off.
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
- I don't like walking into narrow caves. I even got stressed when I walked inside pyramids. I don't show it to people around me though. I'm usually the one calming others down.
- Losing loved ones.
- Fan girls of the current singer/actor.
QuoteName your top 3 fears
- House spiders. Can't be in the same room as one.
- Being packed into a crowd of people, like a music concert or something, where movement is restricted. Oddly, this idea makes me feel sick with panic, yet I'm not claustrophobic in any other situation.
- Overly familiar people. Cheery, hug-distributing, let's-be-best-friends-even-though-we've-just-met types. I don't really fear them, I suppose I just dislike and avoid them... but I couldn't think of anything else.
Well I have rational fears and irrational ones
The irrational ones:
1) I can't hang my feet over the edge of my bed. And every single night I get into my bed, I turn off the tv in the sitting position with my one foot on the floor. As soon as it is dark I panic and lift my foot up immediately off the floor and onto the bed.
2) Sometimes I fear that I have left the clothes steamer on, the a/c on, the running water on, enough so to cause me to pause in my thinking while driving to ponder if I did in fact leave any of these items on. I then do into automatic driving while I briefly replay my last moves ending with me getting in the car.
3) Clowns
Now for the rational ones:
1) of being homeless. Because I was once before and I live solely independent with my own support and not one single soul to fall back on if I don't take care of my shit. I hustle every day to get my shit taken care of.
2) Of losing my mind. Considering my mother is in a loony bin home, it's a good possibility. At one point my worst episode had me doing things I had no idea I was doing.
3) Dying from Diabetic complications
Oh I have to add a 4th. The fear of someone controlling me and not letting me just BE.
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
I only have one real fear and that is swimming in open water.
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Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
I only have one real fear and that is swimming in open water.
I still think there are sharks in the gym pool. I hate swimming alone. Even with all the lights on.
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 27, 2011, 10:54:50 PM
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Being a child of the 80s with no adult supervision. I saw all those R rated scurry movies. Lots of sharks in pools. I'm sure of it!
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Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 27, 2011, 10:54:50 PM
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Being a child of the 80s with no adult supervision. I saw all those R rated scurry movies. Lots of sharks in pools. I'm sure of it!
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Quote from: Tank on August 27, 2011, 11:16:31 PM
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 11:05:47 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 27, 2011, 10:54:50 PM
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Being a child of the 80s with no adult supervision. I saw all those R rated scurry movies. Lots of sharks in pools. I'm sure of it!
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Well ever watched The Creepshow? There was that oil monster in the lake. So I don't do lakes. Sharks get you in the ocean. And in the pool it's supposed to be...the serial killer dude. But somehow my mind has mixed everything up and made it sharks sharks everywhere! Except the shower. Which of course is a whole other type of monster in there. I don't go near the drain hole!
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 11:22:37 PM
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Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 11:05:47 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 27, 2011, 10:54:50 PM
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Being a child of the 80s with no adult supervision. I saw all those R rated scurry movies. Lots of sharks in pools. I'm sure of it!
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Well ever watched The Creepshow? There was that oil monster in the lake. So I don't do lakes. Sharks get you in the ocean. And in the pool it's supposed to be...the serial killer dude. But somehow my mind has mixed everything up and made it sharks sharks everywhere! Except the shower. Which of course is a whole other type of monster in there. I don't go near the drain hole!
I saw the original B&W King Kong when I was little and it scared the living crap out of me! But fortunatly the only real fear I have is heights, not flying, I love flying, but put me by a 20ft ledge and I do not like it at all.
I remember creep show! The lake blob freaked me out too.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 28, 2011, 12:09:40 AM
I remember creep show! The lake blob freaked me out too.
The one with the roaches coming out of the man in his room did me in. I was like
*TAPS OUT
I can't reveal my deepest fear lest I find myself in room 101 with a bunch of angry pink ponies.
I've said too much haven't I?
-Humiliation
-Spiders
-Poverty
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on August 28, 2011, 06:03:52 AM
I can't reveal my deepest fear lest I find myself in room 101 with a bunch of angry pink ponies.
I've said too much haven't I?
Yes, you have >D
Now that my mother-in-law is no longer with us:
1 that religion will take over here as it has in the USA
2 that the EU will last a lot longer
3 that Blair will die a natural death before he can be hanged (as did Ted Heath)
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 27, 2011, 10:54:50 PM
Because of the creatures of the deep?
Nope, I happened to get swept out to sea and had to swim back to shore, ever since then I have had that fear.
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
The online game Minecraft. Also to HAF, as always.
Yeah...the internet makes any work very difficult at times.
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
Cracked.com
I check it every day now. Funny and somewhat informative, but a great time waster.
Also, zynga poker on my iPod.
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
HAF
Youtube (since 2004)
And Tumblr
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
HAF.
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AMName your top 3 fears
The only times I've been scared since I was a kid are in my night terrors, and those are more cheesy than scary after I'm awake.
The suspension of Habeas Corpus since the ratification of the unconstitutional PATRIOT Act.
The unwarranted spying on U.S. citizens by the U.S. government.
Religious politicians like Michelle Bachman, Ron Paul and Rick Perry.
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AMWhat are you currently addicted to on the internet?
The internet. No really joking: I can easily go without any one (or many things) on the internet, but I do not like going without the internet.
I'm sorry,ihateyoumike, but I can't stop laughing at your new avatar. I keep thinking it's talking to me.
"Hello, my name is jeebus. I am your saviour. I died for your sins ya know. What? You didn't ask me to ? too bad! What's that? You weren't born over 2,000 years ago? Too bad. Be saved or go to hell, where football and spray cheese doesn't exist."
Buhaha xD
Quote from: Sweetdeath on August 29, 2011, 06:49:09 PM
I'm sorry,ihateyoumike, but I can't stop laughing at your new avatar. I keep thinking it's talking to me.
"Hello, my name is jeebus. I am your saviour. I died for your sins ya know. What? You didn't ask me to ? too bad! What's that? You weren't born over 2,000 years ago? Too bad. Be saved or go to hell, where football and spray cheese doesn't exist."
Buhaha xD
Hah. It is a pretty funny one. I saw it somewhere online and just had to have it. He just looks so goofy.
Reddit. Since I've been stuck at home recovering, it's all I do. That and words with friends now on my fb page!
HAF
Schaakclub.net (online chess)
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
This place, in a very mild manner. I'm actually capable of going without the Internet for long periods of time and with very little emotional trauma as a result
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
- Zynga - Mafia Wars
- Netflix - Watch Instantly
- HAF
What is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
QuoteWhat is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
Small, orange cubes in a little heap. With sauce on them.
I can't remember what it was called or what it was made of but I got it at the Marina Hotel in Dartmouth, and it was delicious. Tasted sea-foody.
Hummus with pita bread at Two to Tango.
Artichoke/spinach warm dip at The Elephant Bar.
Chips and mild salsa at Chili's! THIS one is seriously addicting! I can't stop eating them. So warm and thin chips with a mild chunky salsa. I just got and get soup and salad (the chicken enchilada soup) and chips with salsa. Mmm mmm...
Quote from: Medusa on August 31, 2011, 02:09:29 AM
What is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
I actually don't order appetizrrs... Hm.
Once my friend did order the nachoes to share at T.G.I'S Friday. They were delicious.
Mozzarella cheese sticks... although I rarely ever order appetizers because restaurant meals are so friggin' big (over here at least).
Indonesian beef- or lamb Sateh
In an Indian restaurant, onion bhajis.
Quote from: Medusa on August 31, 2011, 02:09:29 AM
What is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
Depends on the restaurant, but I'd say chips and salsa hit the spot the most.
I've been busy getting ready for school and work, so I've missed a few.
Quote from: Medusa on August 22, 2011, 09:27:04 AM
If you had your own TV show, what kind of show would you make it?
Probably some kind of talk/debate show because I love to do both! My coolest friends are the ones I can debate with on a regular basis without any hard feelings.
Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Anyone under 21 because I made friends with an 18 year old (I was 23) and she caused so much drama in my life. She was into things I grew out of and, while she was intelligent and fun, she was also dramatic and selfish. I know not all 18-21 are like that, but my new rule is not to make "good" friends with anyone under 21. I just don't want to deal with the bullshit.
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
The Joker from Batman, Dark Link from Legend of Zelda, and Brim Stroker's Dracula.
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
1. The dark when I'm by myself.
2. Of heights, well I am short.
3. That I'll be alone, even with a crowd full of friends.
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
Yes, I would lose my mind if the internet failed at this point.
Quote from: Medusa on August 31, 2011, 02:09:29 AM
What is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
Either a blooming onion (The Outback) or french fries with bacon and cheese with ranch dressing to dip.
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
I wanna answer this because it's fun.
- Hannibal Lecter
- The Joker
- Darth Vader
Bonus: Skeletor
I should have mentioned Harry Waters from In Bruges in my villains list. Easily the funniest mockney gangster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4l6o2fuDs
Quote from: Medusa on August 29, 2011, 01:11:03 AM
What are you currently addicted to on the internet?
HAF
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RubermanPhotography)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/ruberman)
Deviantart (http://purerube.deviantart.com/)
Ruberman.com (http://ruberman.com)
Rubeitalloverme.com (http://rubeitalloverme.com/)
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37956369@N08/sets/)
Formspring (http://www.formspring.me/ruberman)
Myspace (http://myspace.com/ruberman.rodriguez)
Google (https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&cp=8&gs_id=3u&xhr=t&q=Ruberman+rodriguez&tok=blF_1qgUR35OF44FA1JuEQ&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=523&site=webhp&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=Ruberman&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a0e6748f4af1a896)
And anything else that helps me stalk my favorite artist's life....
(The dude in my picture.) ;)
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Obsession? Yes. Unhealthy? Most definitely. ;D Worth every ounce of trouble? You bet.
Quote from: Medusa on July 18, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
What is the truest thing that you know?
Ummmm.... The truest thing that I know is that I don't want to make the same mistakes when I get older that I'm making now.
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Quote from: Medusa on August 24, 2011, 05:05:06 AM
What are you prejudice against?
Anyone under 21 because I made friends with an 18 year old (I was 23) and she caused so much drama in my life. She was into things I grew out of and, while she was intelligent and fun, she was also dramatic and selfish. I know not all 18-21 are like that, but my new rule is not to make "good" friends with anyone under 21. I just don't want to deal with the bullshit.
As much as I want to disagree with this, being that I am 15, therefore qualifying me as being under 21, i'd have to agree, after having dealt with some much drama caused by kids my age, although most of them half half my intellect and are self-absorbed, shallow nitwits....
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
Hmmmm....
1. Going deaf (Since I am a musician, and constanly and doing something with music. The thought of never waking up to any random thing in my playlists anymore scares me more than anything.)
2. Sanity. Never completely knew what it was til they shipped me off to be with 'the normals'....
and 3. Asmo (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=793). He is quite scary, am I right?
Quote from: Melmoth on September 03, 2011, 11:38:13 AM
I should have mentioned Harry Waters from In Bruges in my villains list. Easily the funniest mockney gangster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4l6o2fuDs
I use his "you're an inanimate fucking object" insult all the time. Love that movie and character.
While Medusa no longer participates this is an interesting thread that some of our more recent members may enjoy.
This is a nice idea. Looking back there were a few good questions posed. Though I don't want to post a new question daily, maybe we can take turns among us every few days?
I'll post a question:
Do you think there is virtue in rejecting technology and living a simpler life?
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 08, 2012, 08:20:36 PM
Do you think there is virtue in rejecting technology and living a simpler life?
No. At the moment technology is in a phase of intrusion on its way too invisibility. If we abandon technology now we will have had all the pain of the industrial revolution only to abandon the fruits at the last minute.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 08, 2012, 08:20:36 PM
This is a nice idea. Looking back there were a few good questions posed. Though I don't want to post a new question daily, maybe we can take turns among us every few days?
I'll post a question:
Do you think there is virtue in rejecting technology and living a simpler life?
Not in rejecting it, but it wouldn't hurt to also have the skills to survive in case technology breaks down in your area. Being able to go out into the wilderness and survive off the land can be a valuable asset.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on May 08, 2012, 09:09:25 PM
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 08, 2012, 08:20:36 PM
Do you think there is virtue in rejecting technology and living a simpler life?
Not in rejecting it, but it wouldn't hurt to also have the skills to survive in case technology breaks down in your area. Being able to go out into the wilderness and survive off the land can be a valuable asset.
I would agree with Bruce...and add that technology, in this day, has degraded society in that we (myself included...and for the most part) cannot go out to dinner without our cellphones, but not just as in being connected, but that we cannot even hold conversations with those we choose to spend time with. Instead we bury our faces and therefore our attention into the phone and all our virtual world and negate our real world and our loved ones in our immediate vicinity.
I would be glad to have this aspect of technology taken from me as I am not always able to remove myself from it as much as I know I need to be...to my shame.
I disagree with it necessarilly being a negative trait. So we (myself EXcluded) don't leave the house without a phone and are completely lost without electricity. So what? We have access to phones and electricity. "Blaming" people and societies in general for not functioning well (or at all) outside their comfort zone... Well, it's sort of like blaming a sea lion for being clumsy on land.
I romaniticize "a simpler life" but in truth I freaking love my iPhone and am glad that I have it.
"virtue" implies a moral judgement. I see no inherent morality or immorality in technological advance - it's all what we do with it. And, really, poor cell phone etiquette probably won't lead to the downfall of society. Though it does drive me CRAZY when I'm having dinner/coffee with someone and they stare at their phone every two seconds. Part of the reason that I haven't gotten a smartphone yet is because I'm already addicted to the internet, and full access to it 24/7 would make it worse.
If I literally reject technology and stop taking my insulin, I will die most unpleasantly. So ...
Quote from: OldGit on May 09, 2012, 10:22:54 AM
If I literally reject technology and stop taking my insulin, I will die most unpleasantly. So ...
Surely you'd just pass out, go into a coma and die? I wouldn't call that particularly unpleasant. I ask out of curiosity as at the moment I'm not on insulin, but that is somewhere in my future.
One could go blind from not taking one's insulin, no? Or was it masturbation? ???
That's because most masturbators don't use insulin first.
Quote from: TankSurely you'd just pass out, go into a coma and die?
I think you can die of orrible things like kidney failure without your sugar being high enough to make you pass out. Also you can get gangrene and other nasties.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 09, 2012, 10:43:04 AM
One could go blind from not taking one's insulin, no? Or was it masturbation? ???
Yes, you can go blind from not masturbating. That's always been my excuse anyway.
See! You see?! That's what The Asmo has been saying for YEARS, but did any one listen?! >:(
^ No, cos they all went deaf from excessive masturbaton.
Ah..! Not a problem for Asmokin, what with them having no ears and all, but... Makes sense. 8)
Quote from: Asmodean on May 09, 2012, 10:43:04 AM
One could go blind from not taking one's insulin, no? Or was it masturbation? ???
You can go blind if you miss your daily masturbation?
Geez that's scary, have any brave scientists tested this?
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Do you think there is virtue in rejecting technology and living a simpler life?
I think it is a virtue to consume less, particularly things that have a high environmental or ethical cost.
Keeping warm inefficiently burning trees probably wouldn't be more virtuous than a high tech energy efficient solution.
If a person is memorised by shiny new technology, if they have something akin to an addiction it's a waste. I think it is a virtue to measure the worth of things and not be fooled by a desire for shiny things. A fancy phone may be nice but if the one you've got is fine and you're just a victim of marketing hype, that's kind of sad.
Quote from: Ali on May 08, 2012, 10:16:59 PM
I romaniticize "a simpler life" but in truth I freaking love my iPhone and am glad that I have it.
Yes who would want to go back to living in caves drawing silly pictures on the walls.
Quote from: En_Route on May 09, 2012, 12:20:26 PM
Quote from: Ali on May 08, 2012, 10:16:59 PM
I romaniticize "a simpler life" but in truth I freaking love my iPhone and am glad that I have it.
Yes who would want to go back to living in caves drawing silly pictures on the walls.
Instead, we cart our smartphones around, and draw pictures on the apps. :D
Quote from: Amicale on May 09, 2012, 02:06:43 PM
Instead, we cart our smartphones around, and draw pictures on the apps. :D
See? You see?! This be a sign that we be
evolved. Yup. :D
I suppose I ought to answer my own question!
Often times I've heard people say, "I'm giving up TV and radio etc." and do without and act like they are better than others who choose to keep them. I don't think giving up things such as that makes anyone more virtuous or better than anyone else.
I, for one, welcome lights, running water, tv, radio and electricity! Not to mention medical advanes and the spread of knowledge.
Here's a question for today:
If you had the chance to become a child again and get to do it all over...would you?
Hmm... Define "child".
Actually, no need. I would not.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 09, 2012, 08:31:36 PM
If you had the chance to become a child again and get to do it all over...would you?
Only if I could take back what I know now.
Heeelllllll no.
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2012, 08:50:38 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on May 09, 2012, 08:48:30 PM
Heeelllllll no.
Say that when you're 52!!!
Hahaha, fair enough. Though, I still think I'd probably want to redo from my 20s onward. Being able to drive/drink/have sex/earn money makes me too happy. ;D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on May 09, 2012, 09:02:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 09, 2012, 08:50:38 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on May 09, 2012, 08:48:30 PM
Heeelllllll no.
Say that when you're 52!!!
Hahaha, fair enough. Though, I still think I'd probably want to redo from my 20s onward. Being able to drive/drink/have sex/earn money makes me too happy. ;D
Can do all that at fourteen... Except only the sex and money part would be legal and only under certain circumstances in certain parts of the more civilised world.
I also wouldn't want to live under my parent's roof again, as much as I love them, so that'd put me back to 19.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 09, 2012, 08:31:36 PM
Here's a question for today:
If you had the chance to become a child again and get to do it all over...would you?
No. From about 30 on, maybe. But not from childhood.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 09, 2012, 08:31:36 PM
If you had the chance to become a child again and get to do it all over...would you?
If I could go back armed with the knowledge and information I have now, I might go back. Like everyone else on this planet, there have been a few things I've screwed up that I wish I could fix, if I were given the chance to. So if going back could mean I'd have the chance to correct anything that needed correcting, I'd suck it up and do it, yes. If going back meant going back without the knowledge and information I have now, just going back with a blank slate and winging it like I did the first time.... then there's no power on earth that could convince me to go. :P
My childhood wasn't bad. From birth to aged 11, it was pretty good. I have a lot of good memories of being a child. The rough part was from... eh... 12 to 17. I had to grow up too damned fast, way too young. So if I had to re-live that without being able to change it, no thanks!
No, definitely would not want to go back to being a child. My childhood was fine and all, but I much prefer adulthood. I don't even think that I'd want to redo my 20's. Sure, there are some things that I sometimes wish I had done differently, but then who knows how that would change my current life (like those old sci-fi stories where the time traveler steps on a bug in prehistoric times and comes back to a world where the Nazis won.)
Quote from: Medusa on July 18, 2011, 08:41:46 AM
What is the truest thing that you know?
the observer within and thus the limit
εν οιδα οτι ουδεν οιδα (I know that I know nothing)
Quote from: Medusa on July 19, 2011, 07:32:02 AM
Have you ever had a spiritual experience (an experience that cannot be explained by science)?
I have spiritual experiences that are fully explained by science.
do they not qualify?
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 01:31:51 AM
Some people believe the Holocaust was a hoax?. What do you think of this?
i think "pathetic"
Quote from: Medusa on July 22, 2011, 08:26:49 PM
2704. Are all persons exactly equal?
(from survey section 29)
yes and no, depending on the frame of examination
Quote from: Medusa on July 28, 2011, 01:24:35 AM
Are there any holidays you participate in?
all available ones and some more I invent on occasion
Quote from: Medusa on August 25, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Name your 3 top fave villains
1)ebola
2)HIV
3)ionising radiation
Quote from: Medusa on August 27, 2011, 03:51:46 AM
Name your top 3 fears
-the core concept of separation
-pain/suffering
-starvation/dehydration/suffocation
Quote from: Medusa on August 12, 2011, 05:37:47 AM
What is THE worst movie you have ever seen?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072752/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072752/)
the beast (1975)
its so bad that it actually becomes cult
usually half-bad utterly boring movies are the nastiest to bare, and there are many, many of them
I don't think any experience I have ever had can be definitively explained by science.
Quote from: Medusa on August 31, 2011, 02:09:29 AM
What is your favorite appetizer to order at a restaurant?
indian- poppadums with various chutneys, sag alloo
thai- chilli beef salad with coriander, prawns in batter with sweet chilli sauce
vietnam- summer rolls with fresh coriander, mint, chilli,various shreds in steamed rice paper
french-escargots a la bourgignon, deep fried frog legs, some fancy petite salade
chinese-steamed dumplings-dim sum
indonesian-satay chicken sticks
seafood- deep fried calamari rings, whitebait, raw oysters, barbecued octapus
african(ugandan)-burried antilope skin with some earthy spices I just do not know about
Quote from: En_Route on May 10, 2012, 08:56:10 PM
I don't think any experience I have ever had can be definitively explained by science.
Is this because you don't believe
subjective experience itself falls within the purview of scientific explanation?
As for redoing my childhood, definately no. And if I could go back to 20 and redo everything with the knowledge I'd have now, I'd have to say maybe. I'd certainly change a few things, starting with gong to an out of state college and finishing my degree. And I sure as hell wouldn't have married my first husband. However, I'm quite happy with Husband #2, so that part I wouldn't want to change. :)
Today's question:
Would you change your nationality if you could? If so, to what?
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 11, 2012, 07:28:13 PM
Would you change your nationality if you could? If so, to what?
Hmm. Before I answer, just to clarify, do you mean moving to another country as an adult and officially changing your nationality... or do you mean entirely adopting the culture of another nation personally and making it your own? I know it seems like the same thing, but I know many people who have moved here from their native culture, and while they are Canadian on paper and like the country, culturally they still consider themselves part of whichever country's culture they came from. So I guess I'm trying to ask what you mean by nationality -- what does it involve? :)
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 11, 2012, 07:28:13 PM
Would you change your nationality if you could? If so, to what?
HA HA HA HA HA
Absolutely
I may have done it in a way already, one suit is just too narrow, and some tailors really suck
Many consider Newfoundland its own nation (we have our own flag!) I feel like my culturally identity is the mostly tied to that place, and I don't think I'd want to change that. Globalization raises some interesting questions about the role of Nationalism, though. I'm not sure that it's as useful of a concept as it once was.
I would love to know what it is like to grow up in other countries. I suspect that no matter where I ever go, I will always mostly see the world through American eyes. I wish there was a way for me to truly know what it's like to be from a different culture. I don't know if that answers the question, exactly.
Quote from: Flanders & SwannIt's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 11, 2012, 07:28:13 PM
Would you change your nationality if you could? If so, to what?
No, I'm quite happy being an American from Texas. However, I did live overseas for 4 years (Great Britain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia), and have traveled extensively. I don't think a person can be well-rounded or well-grounded unless they have experienced life outside their native culture to some degree. Everyone needs to see things from the perspective of others for awhile, especially during their 20's, when your worldview is really solidifying.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 11, 2012, 07:28:13 PM
Would you change your nationality if you could? If so, to what?
Nope, even though I dislike many aspects of British culture those same dislikes are part of pretty much every other culture, and some have elements worse than those in the UK. Though I would like to live abroad for a few years.
Question for today: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries for evil deeds and Ennio Morricone's Chi Mai for everyday.
Quote from: Ali on May 12, 2012, 03:01:15 PM
Question for today: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA, DJ! ;D
Teddy Bear's Picnic for evil deeds.
Lou Reed's Perfect Day for general use.
Main Titles theme from Hammett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJEem_42gI)
Alternate:
Theme from Jeeves and Wooster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7ZrWOGIbIE)
Quote from: Ali on May 12, 2012, 03:01:15 PM
Question for today: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl
All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable
All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
All I ever wanted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMfV0sVQ_VU
Quote from: Ali on May 12, 2012, 03:01:15 PM
Question for today: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
Apocalyptic Love Song (For Hitchens) by Shelley Segal.
Lyrics:
One day the sun is going to die
For us it means no more sunsets
To the universe, just one less star in the sky
Almost all who ever lived, have already died
Countless stories of love and war and hope and pain
Now silent lay side by side
And yes I understand that my whole life is just a blink of an eye
in the history of the earth, as with each moment that goes by
but this moment that I'm with you
It feels like time has stood still
It feels somehow like it matters
And that it always will
In one billion years, the oceans will dry
While somehow life may continue
It will not be known to you and I
To think we are so important, is an obvious crime
We know that we are specks on a tiny dot
Hurtling through space and time
And yes I understand that my whole life is just a blink of an eye
in the history of the earth, as with each moment that goes by
but this moment that I'm with you
It feels like time has stood still
It feels somehow like it matters
And that it always will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6K5mQ_BR6g&feature=player_embedded
She wrote it for Christopher Hitchens, who she considered a hero of hers. I like it not because it's for him, but because it captures our position in space and time, and how as small and tiny as we are, we still matter to those who love us now, and they matter to us. That's awesome, to me.
ETA: Living After Faith podcast recently featured her in an interview. Delightful woman. :)
Theme song? I haven't a clue.
Quote from: Ali on May 12, 2012, 03:01:15 PM
Question for today: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
Hawaii five-O theme
:)
Feist - I Feel It All
I feel it all I feel it all
I feel it all I feel it all
The wings are wide the wings are wide
Wild card inside wild card inside
Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun
I know more than I knew before
I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest I didn't stop
Did we fight or did we talk
Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hold the gun
I love you more
I love you more
I don't know what I knew before
But now I know I wanna win the war
No one likes to take a test
Sometimes you know more is less
Put your weight against the door
Kick drum on the basement floor
Stranded in a fog of words
Loved him like a winter bird
On my head the water pours
Gulf stream through the open door
Fly away
Fly away to what you want to make
I feel it all, I feel it all
I feel it all I feel it all
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside
Oh I'll be the one to break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll end it thought you started it
The truth lies
The truth lied
And lies divide
Lies divide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-iAS18rv68&ob=av2e (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-iAS18rv68&ob=av2e)
Best lines are "I love you more...I don't know what I knew before..." I feel like that all the time, like I don't even understand what I thought I knew before, and I don't care because I would rather be close to someone than be right.
John Cleese's Rhubarb Tart Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpIwbHrgQM).
Back in Black - AC/DC.
Every time I walk into a room filled with people, I want it to be mysteriously playing in the background.
I haven't heard this March Of The Sinister Ducks song for ages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJO2Tjp3hQ0
http://www.lyricstime.com/the-sinister-ducks-march-of-the-sinister-ducks-lyrics.html
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Everyone thinks they're such sweet little things
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Soft downy feathers and nice little wings
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
But there's a poison I'd like to administer,
You think they're cuddly but I think they're sinister.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
What are they doing at night in the park?
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Think of them waddling about in the dark.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Sneering and whispering and stealing your cars,
Reading pornography, smoking cigars.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Nasty and small undeserving of life.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
They smirk at your hairstyle and sleep with your wife.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Dressed in black jackets and horrible shoes,
Getting divorces and turning to booze.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Forcing old ladies to throw them some bread.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Who could deny they'd be better off dead?
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Look closer and you may recoil in surprise,
At web-footed fascists with mad little eyes.
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
Ducks, Ducks! Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack!
^^ That was so awesome that I read it aloud to my Husband. Except, one small criticism. It should be "Geese, geese, honk, honk." Geese are the true villains of the waterfowl world.
Quote from: AliGeese are the true villains of the waterfowl world.
Quite true. They are of Beelzebub and not to be trusted. They are rather tasty, though.
Another cheery ditty is Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY), even though it should really have been aimed at geese.
Quote from: OldGit on May 13, 2012, 06:29:54 PM
Quote from: AliGeese are the true villains of the waterfowl world.
Quite true. They are of Beelzebub and not to be trusted. They are rather tasty, though.
Another cheery ditty is Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY), even though it should really have been aimed at geese.
Took this in Toronto. Have a 'fun frames' option on my cell with a very useful mallet:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi47.tinypic.com%2Fvs0vpk.jpg&hash=efdba7f353f5c75efecf0cad3f80218e1961e904)
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
Reading, chatting to my wife, family and friends, walking my doggies, taking photographs, watching films and TV, looking after my grandson, writing stories (although I mostly do this on a PC as transcription is a ball ache).
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
for some this is deeply censored area, afterall pubescent children might be reading...
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
- Go for walks/bike rides
- Play with the little guy
- Chat with the hubby
- Tribal fusion dance lessons
- Yoga (when I'm not too lazy to do it)
I would LIKE to start oil painting again and have the time to start a novel I've been thinking about, but I don't know when that'll happen. :P I'll probably have to wait until after I finish my program. I have a chronic case of "I want to do everything yesterday" syndrome.
DJ, I have a bad case of that syndrome, too. :D
For me, I like to read, research history topics, play with/look after my daughter when I have her, draw cartoons (they're no good, they're just for my entertainment), learn the keyboard (ack, heh), go for bike rides, browse dollar stores/garage sales/used bookstores, chat with friends/family, take photos, watch movies, and go see fun cultural stuff like museums, festivals and events.
Wow, I missed a lot over the weekend! I'll try to catch up!
Changing my Nationality. I guess I mean that if you could go back and choose which Nationality to be born in to which would you choose? I would pick either Italian or Swiss as they are where my parents were from. But right now, I was born an American and I wish to stay an American.
As for my theme song, I don't really have one, but I have a favorite Aria. Nessun Dorma. I'd like that played at my funeral some day.
As for hobbies outside of this forum...I'm an avid Cross stitcher and stitch things up for friends, for myself and for charity. I also sing...I sing soprano in our local community chorus (I'd love to sing in a band though!). I also do beading and specialize in Chain Maille. But I will do pearl knotting and other kinds of beading. I also do some costuming and also do photography.
Sometimes I think I need more hours in the day...or just cut out sleep haha!
Oh, I should add I'm also involved on an ongoing basis to perfecting my American Sign Language. My husband is deaf and we communicate through sign.
I love going out with him too and we shop and see movies and such together. We are both Comic book geeks as well as Science Fiction nerds, haha.
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
Playing video games takes most of my time outside of the internet; other than that, I just hang out with my girlfriend.
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 14, 2012, 07:15:41 PM
Oh, I should add I'm also involved on an ongoing basis to perfecting my American Sign Language. My husband is deaf and we communicate through sign.
I love going out with him too and we shop and see movies and such together. We are both Comic book geeks as well as Science Fiction nerds, haha.
Beachdragon, it's awesome that you're working on your ASL! I bet you're a lot more fluent in it than I am, but I enjoy ASL, too. When I was younger, an old friend taught me quite a bit of it and I picked it up quickly (this is about 12 years ago) but after we fell out of touch, my skills grew very rusty. It is a LOT of fun. I basically just know the alphabet, how to say hello, ask someone how they are, answer fine, and give very simple directions -- you know, survival ASL. :D
Somewhere around here I have a few books on signing. Are there any books or sites that you really recommend?
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
Read, play with DeeDee using her feather toy, read, bake, play with DeeDee using the laser, read, go out with girlfriend, avoid thinking about work, read.
We used to take long walks in the lovely countryside round here, but I'm not fit enough now. We visit as many medieval and ancient sites and buildings as possible and take a lot of photographs. Diabetes has numbed my fingers to the point where I can no longer play my guitar, but we listen to a lot of music.
Nyah, urrghh .... Nurse! Quick! I've done it again. ;D
Amicale, try http://www.aslpro.com/ it's a really good resource! :)
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 15, 2012, 03:18:24 PM
Amicale, try http://www.aslpro.com/ it's a really good resource! :)
Ooooh, thank you! :)
I checked the main dictionary there and came across the word 'abort', as in to stop an action in general, not specifically the medical procedure. For those who don't know ASL, you hold your hand up perpendicular to your body, scoop something imaginary out of it, and toss it away. Very similar to how a friend who was fluent in ASL told me how to say the word 'bad'; how he explained it was to basically pretend to pull something away from your lips, and then to toss it away in front of you. When I looked up the word 'bad' though, they had a different representation for it.
Are there different contexts you can use words in, or have I been doing it wrong the entire time? (Sorry to pick your brain. Maybe I should take this to PM or start a new thread...)
Quote from: Amicale on May 14, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
Question of the day: when you're not online/on the computer at all, what do you do for fun offline? (hobbies, entertainment, etc.)
I usually like to go to the movies, but I spend most of my time either online or in school.
The problem is when am I not online. Even when I am out and about I'm usually still online unless I go to the countryside where there is no coverage. But lots of things really whatever takes my fancy.
Quote from: Amicale on May 15, 2012, 05:23:11 PM
Quote from: Beachdragon on May 15, 2012, 03:18:24 PM
Amicale, try http://www.aslpro.com/ it's a really good resource! :)
Ooooh, thank you! :)
I checked the main dictionary there and came across the word 'abort', as in to stop an action in general, not specifically the medical procedure. For those who don't know ASL, you hold your hand up perpendicular to your body, scoop something imaginary out of it, and toss it away. Very similar to how a friend who was fluent in ASL told me how to say the word 'bad'; how he explained it was to basically pretend to pull something away from your lips, and then to toss it away in front of you. When I looked up the word 'bad' though, they had a different representation for it.
Are there different contexts you can use words in, or have I been doing it wrong the entire time? (Sorry to pick your brain. Maybe I should take this to PM or start a new thread...)
Amicale, I do the sign for bad the same way only I don't involve the other hand. Just touch your hand to your chin as in the video and then move it downward, palm down. I can see why they have the one hand landing in another because that's how you end the word good as well. So it kind of is consistent.
Also for such things as abort and not wanting things, the signs are pretty lose. A lot of times I will just flick out my thumb as if I'm flicking, over my shoulder, something unwanted from it and that pretty much means, "get rid of" "Get it out of here". :)
Please feel free to PM me any time! :)
Besides the usual watching of movies, tv, going out with my wife, etc, I've started brewing beer a lot. It's time-consuming but lots of fun, with a great reward at the end if you don't screw it up!
Quote from: Firebird on May 17, 2012, 07:30:49 AM
Besides the usual watching of movies, tv, going out with my wife, etc, I've started brewing beer a lot. It's time-consuming but lots of fun, with a great reward at the end if you don't screw it up!
Nice! what kind of beer you brewing?
My latest one is a fake clone of Russian River's Pliny the Elder, because it's supposedly amazing and only available on the west coast, so I've never had it. Which also means I have no idea if it'll taste anything like it ;D It's an "Imperial IPA", which basically means a ton of hops, and also my first attempt at dry-hopping. The recipe I ended up using is actually not quite what I came into the brew store with, because they didn't have all the hop varieties the recipe called for, since it was pretty large and insane. But they helped me craft something that might be similar. I'll probably be bottling it tomorrow. I've also made a chocolate stout, belgian ale, coffee stout, and a couple of pre-packaged recipes just to figure out what I was doing. I love it, though it does take a lot of time and I end up with a lot of beer to drink/give away
I tend to my massive collection of bowler hats and modified rifles.
Gah! It's time for another question! I'd better get cracking!
When and if you go to a local carnival or fair, what is the first treat you buy for yourself?
As for myself, I usually aim for funnel cakes and or corn dogs.
The most poisonous-looking hot dog I can find, which I then eat while wondering why I'm at the fair in the first place.
Funnel cakes! *drool*
Quote from: Beachdragon on June 08, 2012, 08:07:38 PM
When and if you go to a local carnival or fair, what is the first treat you buy for yourself?
An icecream on the way out.
Don't know what they're like in Foreignland, but English funfairs are the pits. The food really isn't... food. It's really not a nice experience at all.
We do have a nice 'winter wonderland' fair in Hyde Park (London) every Xmas which is good fun and the food is passable because it's from Europe. I enjoy a nice flame-grilled bratwurst und bier. And they do a quality hot chocolate for a small mortgage.
Deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/funnel-cakes/
Quote from: Ali on June 08, 2012, 09:15:54 PM
Deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/funnel-cakes/
Like donuts, but healthier... :D