Rhelamos

Answer me this: Why would an author publish a book lamenting the 2012 apocalypse? Yeah you think about that for a while. And before anyone asks, why yes it absolutely does have something to do with this topic of conversation. Follow the thread my friends, follow the thread. (Pun)

Chemicals can be absorbed through the skin. I don't question the toxicity of anything. EVERYTHING is toxic. God, every second of life is a fight for survival. I question the thought that we're so bad off and can only expect terrible things in the future. We're bad off compared to what? To people in the past? Societies wherein if you weren't married and having kids by 20, you were missing the boat because you expected to live till

I call shenanigans. First of all, everything is killing us. The sun is killing us. Statistics are arbitrary. How are we going to compare any of this nonsense to people 300 years ago? 500 years? 1000 years? That's right, we can't. Leastways not accurately. It's like those fat loss commercials where they say "This increases body fat loss compared to that OTHER supplement we USED to sell by 20%!!" Hey, know what 20% of

And, just as with Deadliest Warrior, I shall be spending more of my time screaming obscenities at my television for airing something based on the rape of history.

So I stumbled across an old off-topic forum for Pirates of the Burning Sea that I used to be active in from '03 to '07 and boy, it brought back memories. They closed it down when the thing went live and thus ended a community that had thrived since '01. I met people from all over the world there, had some witty conversations, and ended it all with a fishy stick, same as when I began. That was a great group of folks. I realize, suddenly

Alright, someone who has more direct experience with this belief system or people that participate in it, I'd like you to explain its basic tenants to me because, honestly, I'm running into brick walls of rationality. I don't like to shout "bullshit" on anyone's beliefs, to each their own I say, but I do think people need to have at least some kind of reasonable framework upon which they are based. That in mind, I keep hitting snags in what I know of Wicca. <

As far as reused tech is concerned, it really isn't out there. The reason Tech from the old and new trilogies differs so much isn't because of advancement, it's because of cost-to-benefit comparisons. Moreover, it is clearly stated that star destroyers are based on ancient designs to cash in on the psychological impact of seeing one of the things. You can always use an old chassis and stick some new parts in it. Look at hotrod cars today if you want a good e

[quote]The Catholics truly belive in a giant burning hellscape. A literal place you will be tortured forEVER if you dont achive perfection in your imperfect life - and you laugh at people who think they need 'blood' to live? (I took some libertys with that).[/quote] I laugh equally at everybody. No less an interest in me to try to understand the nature of human beings. There's a moment for considering anything, even pregnant f

[quote who="ZebraFox" reply="32" id="2329514"]imho E.D. is worse in of itself than nearly every topic of the "articles" it hosts. I cant believe youre reading that drivel....[/quote] They are masters of reductio ad absurdum, drivel it is definitely not. I would advise you read behind the lines and not take everything at face value. I am honestly frightened by people that look at parody and take it at face value.&

[quote who="Aractain" reply="15" id="2327984"] Quoting Rhelamos, reply 11Must it really be a rule of the internet that if it exists there must be porn of it? Why? For whom is this fulfilling? Why? I'm not even saying this in the sense of looking down upon it, I am seriously curious as to how such a thing could be. Oh I just saw this while creeping around, I love this kind of a question! Get ready for the answer - its amazing! &nbs

[quote who="xthetenth" reply="12" id="2327922"] I must wonder... what secrets do the people all around us, people we think we know, hide? Ask the shadow. Only he knows what darkness lies in the hearts of men (and I bet he's gotten to know what darkness lies in the hearts of women in the intervening years). That and some of the pornography that seems necessary. Must it really be a rule of the internet that if it exists there must be porn of it? Why? For whom is this

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="10" id="2327862"] quoting post So I've been delving lately into the massive rabbit-hole that is Encyclopedia Dramatica (... Are people really, REALLY that insane? Seriously? Vampire people, furries, full quiver christians... PEDOBEAR?? I must wonder... what secrets do the people all around us, people we think we know, hide? Real Life for most people is usually boring, depressing or frustrating which i

[quote who="Whiskey144" reply="1" id="2327542"] quoting post I must wonder... what secrets do the people all around us, people we think we know, hide? You should not ask this question. VERY BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN! And all because someone will either be dumb enough or not really think of it as insane to tell you.[/quote] DO NOT WANT

So I've been delving lately into the massive rabbit-hole that is Encyclopedia Dramatica (I am unsure at the moment if I should praise or shoot the person responsible for the introduction) and I am aware that the site is a parody, but I really just have to ask the question... Are people really, REALLY that insane? Seriously? Vampire people, furries, full quiver christians... PEDOBEAR?? You know we all hav

Reading comprehension, dear people, is your friend. Anyone who willingly blinds themselves to opposing sides of an argument doesn't deserve to have an opinion. Half the posts here, so filled with righteous fury they are, do exactly that. Hypocrisy and zealotry... even on the interwebs it's still infuriating. You all just go on thinking you're "fighting the good fight", perhaps one day you'll realize that the world isn't black and white

Good idea: eating a curry dinner.

He's not crazy. He's playing with us. Have any of you read any of this? Pretentious or not, horribly formatted or not, he's done research (albeit on wikipedia, but research nonetheless). Some of the replies, in particular those of Fuzzy Logic, are also great. Cry for attention? Maybe. But isn't that what the interwebs is all about? How many of you have Myspace pages? Twitter? The hypocritical should kindly stfu then.

Wyrd, in short, is Fate. Yet it is not. Fate lies along similar lines to predestination, to a defined course of action that cannot be altered or shaped, that you in no way may effect. This is not Wyrd. Wyrd is a thread, woven from a billion threads, of yet a billion more. These smaller threads are our ancestors, their actions, their minds, our own actions, our own minds, and the actions and minds of those around us. Each becomes a separate line of this thread, woven together into

Wyrd Bið Ful Aræd

[quote who="[TAI]Elixir" reply="15" id="2313870"]I noticed noticed but is Captain Planet whereing a...TUBE TOP! [/quote] I actually think he's not wearing any clothes at all, they're just... part of his body. For sake of all our sanity, let's just say he's wearing full protective glassy body armour...

Bad Idea: taking your dog on a nice relaxing walk to the cat lady's house down the street

heeeere mullet mullet mullet....

Bad Idea: government downsizing to be replaced by chimps. Wait that might actually be a good idea...

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch." Missah Ben Franklin

[quote who="ManSh00ter" reply="10" id="2313400"] And now... the real question is, who would win; Superman or the Silver Surfer? *evil grin*[/quote] Freakazoid.