logo Sign In

Possessed

This user has been banned.

User Group
Banned Members
Join date
2-Jan-2009
Last activity
19-Oct-2018
Posts
9,447

Post History

Post
#699109
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

Microsoft is planning on killing Windows XP next week, and governments around the world are giving them gobs of money to keep supporting it for them.  Seriously, why kill it.  MANY important programs are still ran on windows xp.  (Security programs at government facilities, hospitals, schools, and many more are still using xp for a variety of reasons)

Post
#698521
Topic
Share your good news!
Time

I finished an instrumental cover of a melodic death metal song!

https://soundcloud.com/jacob-martin-28/jacob-martin-12-gauge-cover

Actually I've finished 10 of them, but that's the only one I've uploaded.  Most of you guys probably won't like it, but I thought I would share anyway just in case.  All the guitars are me.  The rest is programmed.

Post
#698520
Topic
Random Thoughts
Time

Bingowings said:

That's because you are very young and have you future ahead of you.

My future is behind me and I still can't figure out why or how a family of Star Trek aliens managed to become celebrities of some kind.

 I made that same joke on my facebook page with a fake poster that I made!


Nobody got it...

That's when I decided I need to make friends with people older than myself.

Post
#698065
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

darth_ender said:

I also work in a nursing home, and believe it or not, I'm on the dementia wing today.  I even have an Alzheimer's patient speaking to me off and on right now.  She often asks questions.  The thing to remember about reality is that none of us can be sure what it truly is.  Most of us agree on a similar reality, but all of us perceive the world in a unique way, and some construct a very different reality, often changing based on what limited information they receive or remember or perceive.  It can be good to reorient schizophrenics to reality if hallucinations are present, as it can help dispel them and their negative effects.  But a dementia patient is different.  They will not benefit from such reorientation in the same way.  First off, they are not hallucinating.  Their perceptions are not necessarily damaging.  Repeatedly hurting them with reminders of something sad like the loss of a loved one will have no benefit at all.  They will be sad to learn this, and then forget, thus never going through the grieving process and coping with the loss.  They simply are repeatedly shocked to learn of the loved one's death.  It is better to be as truthful as possible, but not divulge too much information.  Saying, "I don't know" or "They aren't here now" are good answers.  It might not hurt, considering your religious beliefs, to say that they will see them later.  If necessary, less truthful statements might be necessary.  Remember, you are not dealing with our reality.  You are dealing with someone with a fractured, unstable, changing reality.  You must address their situation in their reality, not in yours.

http://allnurses.com/geriatric-nurses-ltc/therapeutic-lying-dementia-754397.html

 Yes, I'm well aware of all that.  My questions were rhetorical, and I was bitching about the stress associated with choosing what to reply with, not that the choice was difficult in and of itself.

Post
#698052
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

Am I still allowed to bitch about something other than homosexuality?  Because I'm going to.

I work in a nursing home, which you may or may not know.  (and this may not exactly be bitching, but I don't know where else I should share it) And although a resident dying is obviously one of the most heartbreaking things to experience at work, another very saddening thing that happens every day is when a resident with severe Alzheimers or dementia asks for a loved one, or even worse a spouse, who has been dead, in some cases for a very long time.  It's heartbreaking, and incredibly difficult to respond to.  Do say the honest thing and  tell them the truth, and have to watch as they break into tears and relive the news over again (since they have forgotten)?  Do you lie and say they are fine?  Do you go somewhere in between and say you don't know where they are (technically true since we don't know what happens when we die) or that they aren't here right now? (also technically true)?  It's very hard and I hate dealing with this and feel so bad for them.  To be truthful causes deep pain, while giving the answer that will soothe them makes you a liar.

Post
#697907
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

That's right, 'hate the sin, love the sinner' is a MAN MADE saying.  It's NOT in the bible.

And personally, Jesus having come from God to spread this message to me even more makes the theory that god evolves with the universe believable.  Maybe he felt "guilty" about the things he'd said and had man do up to this point,  and so he sent jesus.  (Perhaps knowing nobody would accept the message any other way?)

But I also believe in a bigger picture where God and Jesus are but representations of other deity's, all real.  (Well, mostly real.  Perhaps. )

Post
#697670
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

I'm not taking sides or trying to be rude to anybody or say anybody is right or wrong for anything they've said, but I understood he was implying you should move to a country that was different than the one you currently live in, for your own good?  Not to move out of his country.  

(Again, not saying I think you should move or leave or anything, just saying I think that was what he meant.  I don't think he was saying move to another place to get away from him, but to help you out.  The grammar he chose to use makes this hard to tell though, maybe he was being rude, I don't know.  Hope I'm not offending you or anything, as I'm not trying to be rude or criticize)

Post
#697433
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
Time

I've always kind of believed God evolved with the rest of the world.  Yes, the actions of god in the old testament are quite revolting to us.  So were the actions of many of the people on the earth at that time.  I've always kind of thought that as the earth became more civilized, well God followed suite and changed with the world.


Or perhaps the world changed because God's attitude changed.


Or if you don't believe in God perhaps the stories we made up about god changed because the world changed.