Bingowings

I’m going to park the advice car for a minute and just remark on how articulate and courageous Mike O has been typing about what must be a very emotionally frustrating and confusing situation. There are plenty of people who have feelings like this and experience difficult to explain obsessions and don’t talk to anyone about it. Many of which sadly find no other escape than suicide. That you have been so frank and open to advice may help someone else wandering onto your words. Thanks for doing that and to all those in distress on the ocean of the web may you all avoid the rocks and find a safe harbour.

Warbler said:

theist😒omeone who believes in God

agnostic: someone who neither believes in God or the existence of God

Atheist: someone who believes God doesn’t exist

That is how I understand the three to be.

There is also ignostic meaning someone who refuses to enter the debate without a clear definition of what they are asked to believe, not believe or be unsure about.

WRONG MILLENNIUM!!

I rather liked Supergirl. It was a bright sparkly sort of thing but it was much more digestible than Arrow this year.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Lord Haseo said:
What about places like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq?

Again, my Lord, we are not entirely discounting your statements but rather your penchant for over generalization.

Only slight in this case. The bulk of the region is Muslim and the penalty for stopping death.

TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

Besides, since my brillian thread over here was locked, I figure we deserve another, perhaps less sarcastic, look at religion.

You’re brillian is amazzing!

To err is to be human to perform a gun massacre on a trampoline is Divine.
https://youtu.be/lBu4TEO2X1A

When people enter these sorts of discussions there is usually an assumption that by God we all mean the same thing. There might be something like a God but that’s not the same as saying the hilarious monster in the Old Testament might have done all the things attributed to it or that it deserves worship.

Parade : Prince.

Moth3r said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5HX67WqUSY

The pinnacle of human civilisation, it’s downhill from this point on.

TV’s Frink said:

Why? There’s no definitive proof of any of those things.

Alien life is so mathematically probable that it might as well be proved.
A universe created by a literal interpretation of any religious story is so mathematically improbable that it might as be impossible.

I would argue for a large amount of wiggle room for a non-literal metaphorical interpretation of the various scriptures and religious books of the world.
Discovering that which unites them would certainly be a more constructive past-time than concentrating on trying to prop up the details of any individual credo.

There are understandable reasons why most seek a less prosaic explanation for why we are here and our place in the universe. Science is rarely described in beautiful or inspiring language. I loved Sagan for putting a bit of awe back into the sometimes dry non-religious creation stories of modern science.

When R2 is hooked to the Rebel computer and uploading the data tapes instead of showing us the tapes Artoo could watch one of the cutaways from the Holiday Special (the alien chef, Jefferson Starship etc) while he waits for the upload.

Alternatively there could be a progress bar.

I don’t believe the message of the Koran because I have morals. My morals. Other people have other morals.

Possessed said:

I want to get a super monkey ball poster and rub it all over my body.

I can arrange that… opps! that sounded very inappropriate.

One good treatment for an obsession is a different one. I don’t know if you have ever had an earworm (catchy tune you can’t shake) but if you listen to something similarly catchy it will overwrite your desire to listen catchy tune number 1.
Clearly watching Atheist videos is causing some of the fixation and anxiety, There are other similarly moreish video types (game walk throughs, unboxing videos etc) so the next time you get an urge to watch a theological video try watching something like that instead, and then another one. Are there any topics that you were fascinated by before your current religious debate fixation?

moviefreakedmind said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

LOL! That is so stupid, it’s funny.

Yeah it kind of is. I suspected it was just some insane trash she learned from her crazed friends, but apparently it’s an idea that’s really been making the rounds online. Either way, what a cunt! It’s a shame too, she was very nice back in the 1990s. Hopefully she’ll turn things around.

What is true is that Hitler flirted with indulging the more extreme end of Zionism to speed up his goal of emptying Europe of all trace of the thousands of years of Jewish cultural influence. A handful of UK politicians brought this up in reference to any criticism of Israeli policy being called anti-Semitic. Which was called anti-Semitic and now there is a root and branch purge of antisemitism in the Labour party. No Hitler blamed Jews for just about anything that irritated him and used the people as a whole as a rallying point to steal land, steal gold, cement support through shared hatred and he would of turned on any Zionist he had made a deal with just as he turned on Stalin. Also not a great fan of Jews.

They should do a cartoon series where Princess Adora holds aloft her sword of power and exclaims, “By the power of Greyskull… I HAVE THE POWER!” She then becomes a muscular man able to open enchanted pickle jars and assemble flat packed furnishing. They could call it She-Man.

I think Ben would probably monitor Imperial movements and keep an eye out for any other Jedi or Sith visitor in the hope of protecting Luke.

Something like the comic where Maul turns up at the Lars farm makes sense (just not Maul).
We need to get the impression that Owen doesn’t like Ben and has a good reason for his resentment.

You can imagine him meditating in his house or monitoring communications chatter and discovering some threat or Rebel in distress and getting discretely involved but in a manner that makes Owen worried for Luke’s safety.

Ben is also very nostalgic for the Republic so it might be cool to make the film a bitter sweet film where there is a successful resolution to whatever plot comes his way but it reminds him of the world he has lost.

My next door neighbours have two kids. I kind of expected the boy to be interested in Star Wars as he loves cryptid and dinosaurs but it never clicked with him. His sister who just turned six saw TFA and is obsessed with it as I was with the first film around the same age.
Much of that is down to Rey and BB8.

There were a few line changes too if I remember correctly?

thejediknighthusezni said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

thejediknighthusezni said:

They could create a fem 005 or a homosexual 0069 and bring in 007 as a supporting character, as Marvel brings other characters to support the individual hero films. A fem 00 might work if done well. Jolie and Johannsen have paved the way. I doubt I’d see a homosexual 00 if it’s primarily a pandering, identity politics gimmick. It would have to have VERY much to recommend it otherwise.
A homosexual Bond or Captain America would be a homo-militant attack on iconic figures of British and American masculinity.
I’m still recovering from being told we MUST believe allowing every pervy bi-sexual cross-dresser to prance into any Girl’s Locker Room is the most glorious idea ever conceived, or else we’re pure evil and deserve to SUFFER AND DIE!!!

Yay, the prodigal conspiracy theorist returns.

I wish you and Darth Id would just get into it and cancel each other out.

 Conspiracy FACTS, my friend, conspiracy FACTS.

I don’t think anyone should suffer or die.
I do think your idea for female, gay or of non-European origin double O agents that aren’t Bond getting spin off movies is a brilliant idea though.
Bond is a pastey faced toff, male heterosexual. His entitled position informs everything he does. His colleques could and should be a diverse bunch.
Spies need to be from a broad group of people in order to remain undetected.

I have no experience with the health systems of other countries but while there tends to be a strong demand and wait for talking therapy in my country, seeing a GP and getting assistance with symptoms (and anxiety attacks are physical symptoms involving chemical releases which prompt physical responses) shouldn’t take long. There may be voluntary mentoring/befriending services in your area too. These will not be able to give you clinical assistance but they would give you a human being who has no history with you, who is willing to sit and listen while you externalise your situation. There is nothing worse than being caught in a feedback loop of obsessional observance of behaviour and your emotional response to it. There may be specialist volunteer organisations that work specifically with the sort of symptoms you are manifesting. You may be facing a duel stigma of mental health problems and worrying about accessing ‘charity’. My response to the later if you feel that would be to commit yourself to assisting the organisations that help you once you get back on your feet. Anxiety is a recognised medical situation so you should be able to apply for financial assistance while you get to grips with that aspect of what is happening to you from insurance companies. If you don’t feel up to looking up these things online we could do that for you if we have an idea of the general geographical area you live in.

Mike O said:

Why the hell can’t I make this any better? I takes all of my energy to get up in the morning. Why is this so hard? God, I have to go to work in five minutes. It’s so fucking hard.

It’s hard because you aren’t well. If you broke your leg it would hurt so much you couldn’t easily get about and do day to day things. If you went to the hospital they might reset the bone and put it in a plaster cast and give you pain relief but it would still be a long time before you could run about. Similarly your brain and body are not currently working optimally. You could and should seek medical assistance but you must be patient with the treatment (pun intended). It will take a while to reach optimal use. At the moment you are at the trying to get around on an untreated broken leg stage.

I saw a clip of the trench run on the BBC science and technology show Tomorrow’s World early in 1977. It was about the motion control cameras used in this weird unheard of up and coming science fiction film. There was a man in a suit of gold armour and a monkey and an airplane traveling down a metal canyon. I was hooked.

Baby Boomer Harvest 😦

I would like to watch the films in order of density.