CP3S

doubleofive said:

 

I think I did with 3PX. Besides, I don't have any Gold, just been using the Mrs for Netflixing.

 

This is truly sad, my Gold is expired too; it feels like the good ol' days are over...

It feels like the end of Star Trek: Nemesis with Data dead, Riker taking command of his own ship, and Picard left all alone in the same place he has always been; everyone moving on and going their own ways. Here is me Goldless, Xhonzi still being exactly the same as he has always been, and 005 using his wife's account to Netflix.

I miss the days of being young with all of us splitscreening each other for hours at a time.

Shhhhhh, don't remind anyone.

darth_ender said:

However, the best answer I've heard, which came from a black member of the Church BTW, is that God allowed an additional challenge to strengthen his people.

That is the best answer you've ever heard? That doesn't even make any sense. Which portion of his people was he strengthening with that? The African American Mormons? Hadn't they been through enough? You could honestly use the "strengthening his people" rebuttal for just about any crappy policy any religion ever had. So, prophet Brigham Young, due to prejudices his social climate created within him... had a prophecy from God telling him to ban African Americans from being leaders in the church? Shouldn't prophecies from God be slightly more universal and less influenced by current prejudices?

In other words, he would have allowed whatever legal, fiscal, and social ramifications come upon the Church, but he felt God commanded that polygamy end.  And since it was always taught to be an exception instead of a rule, this should not be interpreted as a matter of convenience to anyone.

Why does it being an exception to the rule make it less of a convenience? The church condoned polygamy, polygamy becomes illegal, and hey, guess what, while God's laws are more important than federal law, it turns out God is changing his views on polygamy to match those of the US government. Not a matter of convenience, just God keeping up with the times, I suppose. If polygamy would have remained something supported by the church for the next long while, I assume the notion that it was because God was strengthening his people would be a valid.

I was just thinking, when I was a kid and thought about death, the idea of never getting to see episodes 1, 2, and 3 horrified me. Now there is nothing I feel I'd be missing out on if I were to kick it. Maybe I need to start reproducing.

 njoop[! mutha fucka!

FE or OT?

21B

Your mom or Finks?

darth_ender said:

CP3S said:

TV's Frink said:

But the fact (?) that Jesus turned water into wine does make me wonder (again) why alcohol has to be off-limits.  How is this reconciled?

Sadly he seemed content with this and we moved on to other topics. Surprisingly, I've heard the "Clearly it was non-alcoholic wine" on several other occasions. Leads me to believe people will contort their brain to believe anything, no matter how unlikely, as long as it supports what their religion teaches.  Never mind that in a time when refrigeration didn't exist non-alcoholic wine (grape juice?) would spoil in no time flat, clearly wine was non-alcoholic in those days.

 

I am under the impression that you are religious, so you should understand this.

I am not. But I do respect religion, for the most part. I also have an extreme interest in religions, and like to study them.

BloodnoseThePirate said:

CP3S said:

Just started watching Breaking Bad earlier this evening, already on episode 3. I kind of like it.

Stick with it dude. It's probably my favorite show of all time.

Oh, I am going to. I am watching the last episode of season one now. I rarely find a show interesting enough to me to serve as more than just background noise, and Breaking Bad so far is holding my attention quite well.

timdiggerm said:

CP3S said:

I grew up in city that had a large enough Mormon population that we had a massive temple in the middle of it. If you were white and middle-class in that town, there was a very high chance you were Mormon. I once had an elderly woman approach me in the toy section at some department store when I was six or seven and tell me what an adorable young man I was, then asked if I was LDS. When I told her "no" her response was to look away, say "That's ashame." and not say another word to me. Creepy to start with, that just made it creepier.

My guess? She has a granddaughter and was looking for a nice, young, handsome LDS guy for her. Mormons can't marry non-Mormons, so she wasn't interested in your meeting her granddaughter anymore.

I'd be interested in hearing thoughts about the "white and middle-class" bit, though.

You did catch the part where I mentioned I was six or seven years old at the time, right?

As for the white and middle-class bit, I am from a white middle-class family and grew up in white middle-class neighborhoods, there were actually Mormon church buildings scattered every so many miles throughout the neighborhoods. In fact, there was this really cool wooded area with a creek a short bike ride from the house I lived in while in elementary school. Several years ago I went back to where I grew up to visit family and decided to give the old creek a visit. I was kind of surprised to find the trees had been torn down, the creek and canals filled in, and a Mormon church building occupying the spot. 

I never saw Mormon churches scattered in the poorer lower class neighborhoods of my home town; and when I was a bit older I got my first job working on construction sites in some of the more ritzy parts of town, and noticed the lack of Mormon churches in those neighborhoods as well. That probably doesn't mean much and isn't much to go by, it just seemed like it was kind of a white middle-class thing (but maybe that is just organized religion in general). The Hispanics I worked with in construction were never Mormons, and I don't recall any of the upper-class white contractors I worked for being LDS either. But usually in school I seemed to be one of only three or four kids in my class who were not Mormon.

Can't wait to watch the new episode of The Walking Dead. I was thoroughly impressed with season one. Zombie movies seem to have stopped taking themselves seriously long ago, so it was really nice to see a series that hits the subject matter from a serious angle. Maybe it did get a bit too heavy handed in the drama department at times... but I felt it all worked well enough.

Just started watching Breaking Bad earlier this evening, already on episode 3. I kind of like it.

Bingowings said:

then I noticed a pattern to their shows of bringing out the worst advocates possible of things they don't agree with which they shouted down or demonstrated to be ridiculous and the most emotionally charged advocate for things they did agree with which they made out to be authorities on the subject.

This always annoyed me too. They did that because it was more entertaining to show us nutters and make fun of them, rather than have straight serious discussion. They frequently admitted to this on the show, which makes it forgivable to me. And they usually had some pretty nutty people on the side of the argument they were supporting as well. The show was entertaining, and while it was "as biased as fuck" as Penn freely described the show on the show, it provoked thought, which was essentially the whole point. Thought provoking entertainment in half-hour long snippets? I'll take that over anything else on TV any day. I am sorry it is gone.

I suppose I can appreciate what they are trying to do with this new show, but it feels too much like all the other dime-a-dozen crap that passes for educational television for the masses with a slight twist meant to, once again, provoke free thinking. Unfortunately, it is boring as crap, and the figure out the lie bit just isn't enough of a twist to set it apart from the other mindless "edutainment" that floods educational channels.

Finally got around to watching the first episode of Penn & Teller: Tell a Lie. :( Wow, extremely boring. Guess some people would find it entertaining, I just find it mind numbing. Really going to miss Bullshit!

Murry Sparkles said:

War Of The Worlds, the t.v. show based on the original movie, its so bad its unmissable.Anyone else remember this show?.

Yeah, I saw the first few episodes. Painfully bad.

Dude, Lalla Ward isn't with Hawkings. She is with Richard Dawkins.

Tyrphanax said: 

The British have been drinking it for literally a billion years and they're alright chaps, mostly. It's just such an inconsequential thing to me; I mean, is God really going to be THAT mad at you for having a nice, hot cup of tea on a cold day?

Look what a billion years of tea drinking has done to their teeth! Clearly God just wants his truly faithful in the Americas to keep their pretty smiles.

The confusing part is cold caffeinated beverages are okay, so it isn't about how unhealthy caffeine is, as Coca-Cola is perfectly acceptable, which has more caffeine than many teas. Well... I guess I have a personal antidote that indicates not all Mormons are okay with drinking Coca-Cola...

I grew up in city that had a large enough Mormon population that we had a massive temple in the middle of it. If you were white and middle-class in that town, there was a very high chance you were Mormon. I once had an elderly woman approach me in the toy section at some department store when I was six or seven and tell me what an adorable young man I was, then asked if I was LDS. When I told her "no" her response was to look away, say "That's ashame." and not say another word to me. Creepy to start with, that just made it creepier. All that to say, the Mormon population was very high. I was one of literally a very small number of kids in my entire school who were not LDS. So much so that I can recall my public school teachers often mentioning Mormon doctrines and teachings in the class room. So, as a result, just about ever friend I ever had as a kid was Mormon. Oh right, this is suppose to be about Coca-Cola...

... so, one time while I was in the fourth grade I had a friend over to my house, I offered him a Coke from the fridge, he crinkled his nose, looked at me funny, and in a slightly insulted tone asked, "Why are you offering me that? If you're going to drink that you might as well be doing drugs." I stared at him over the rim of my Coke can as I gently chugged away, blinked a few times, then pulling the can away from my mouth exclaimed, "Dude, your dad works for Pepsi!

"Yeah, so?"

"Doesn't that make him kind of like a drug dealer?"

Don't really remember his response. Something about it being okay since his dad doesn't drink the crap. So, at least back in the early nineties some Mormons took serious issue with any caffeinated beverage.

TV's Frink said:

But the fact (?) that Jesus turned water into wine does make me wonder (again) why alcohol has to be off-limits.  How is this reconciled?

Back when I was in university I once had this discussion with an acquaintance of mine. His response: "Do you really think they put alcohol in wine back then?"

After a few moments of feeling dumbfounded and not knowing how to proceed, I decided the simplest thing would be just to concede his point and end the discussion right there. My response: "No, I suppose you're right. Adding alcohol to our fermented beverages is a fairly modern practice, I believe."

Sadly he seemed content with this and we moved on to other topics. Surprisingly, I've heard the "Clearly it was non-alcoholic wine" on several other occasions. Leads me to believe people will contort their brain to believe anything, no matter how unlikely, as long as it supports what their religion teaches.  Never mind that in a time when refrigeration didn't exist non-alcoholic wine (grape juice?) would spoil in no time flat, clearly wine was non-alcoholic in those days.

greenpenguino said:

No need to be ashamed.

I find women wearing glasses attractive. No idea why.

Never said I was ashamed! I love me my scrubs and am proud of it! And it has the pleasant side effect of landing me women in the medical field... and they seem to know thing other women don't...

bkev said:

Please note that I am one of the few who loves all of Scrubs...

I love scrubs too! I think they are ridiculously sexy! But I certainly don't love all scrubs; I really only find the solid ones sexy, the ones with little patterns or cartoon characters on them do nothing for me. And of course the person wearing them has to have the right body type for them to be sexy, but that is pretty much a granted with every kind of clothing... I mean, obviously a 300 pound woman in some skimpy lingerie would be anything but easy on the eyes. Not sure why I find scrubs so sexy, my friends often make fun of me for it.

EFU said:

I'd try to get that post moved over here but I guess we're unmodded.

What gave you that impression?

darth_ender said:

Hope this is at least a good starting point for you.

Not really, but as far as cop outs go, I've seen worse. 

ray_afraid said:

CP3S said:

Let Me In

3 out of 4 Rubik's cubes

Have you seen the original? Much better than the dumb American version.

I watched the original the day before I watched the remake. There were a lot of things I liked better about Let the Right One in, after watching them back-to-back, I think the "dumb" American remake, Let Me In, is my preferred version. There were some painfully cheesy bits in the original that the remake lacked. I liked the portrayal of Eli much better in the original though.

Tyrphanax said:

The worst part of that is, I dunno what to do with them now. They're neat and all, but you build 'em once and that's kinda it for me, these days. They just go up on my shelf and collect dust.

Send them to Seanwookie?

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Tyrphanax said:

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Extremely hot women who are absolutely nuts or absolutely plain women who are extremely sane?