Possessed

Many people note the same similarities from the Egyptian story of Horus, but further scrutiny shows that the similarities are very contrived and some not even there.

Anybody every seen Mushi-shi?  It's a great anime and it actually has a great dub.  The actors emote correctly and the english wording seems natural and everything!

He has mentioned that.

thejediknighthusezni said:

Post Praetorian said:

 

  ...While pot smoking might merely dull the mind and rob the spirit of motivation...

      I'm not sure the word "merely" quite works in that sentence.

      The destruction of human lives and human potential from this "victimless" neuro-active chemical has been nothing less than CATASTROPHIC.

     It isn't only the DEVASTATING dullness of mind and loss of motivation, it truly is a POWERFUL introduction and gateway to EVEN WORSE substances and behaviors.

     OTOH, It's a good thing the lords of media and popular culture are enthusiaticaly dedicated to helping create a society of sober, decent, and empowered individuals capable of recognizing intensely depraved, psycho control-freaks wanting to reduce the children zombified slaves. 8-l

 This post contains so much bullshit I don't even know where to begin.

Also pot definitely doesn't dull the spirit or mind.  Maybe low quality bud would, but high quality will absolutely not.

And "that incident" only really affected one of us.  What I'm upset with is having to babysit him.  I'm doing fine, and so is the other guy.

How many more times do I need to say the problem is just with the way the one friend is acting.  Not me, and not friend number 2, just him.  And you also realize I'm just talking about pot right?  Lmao.  And the problem was HE gets too drunk and fights.  Once again, not me or friend number two.  Just forget it.  I'll just keep wasting away on that marijuana, everybody knows it kills right.  haha.

And that would solve... what exactly?  I don't know what you read in that message, but me smoking pot didn't cause any of that.  My friends drinking caused it, not even mine. The problem wasn't even me it was my friend I wasn't even involved in the fight I was just trying to calm my friend down.  All quitting pot would do would be to take away that friends reason for using me, and so I'd be just as well off not answering his calls.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I just woke up from the strangest dream I have ever had.

I dreamed that Frank Miller had framed another comic book writer for his murder as an "April fools day joke" and when charges were pressed I was forced to hear every detail of the case because I was selected for Jury duty and then the defense used All Star Batman and Robin as proof that Miller was insane and shouldn't go to prison.

I swear this all happened in my dream.

My brain scares me some times.

Not as weird as the dream I had a few days ago where I ate a heart-shaped chocolate laced with LSD and suffered a bad acid trip. I mean, really -- experiencing hallucinations in a dream? Talk about totally redundant.

 Yeah that's like doing drugs while reading Alice in Wonderland, what is the point?

  Because drugs make you cool, haven't you heard?

I'm at a loss of what to do about one of my friends.  I'm sorry if this message ends up being disjointed and rambly, I'm way wasted more than I've been in a long time.  My friend that I've been friends with for years is now causing more upset than anything.  He only hits me up or responds to my calls anymore if he's out of things to get high on because he knows I'll have pot.  It didn't used to be that way.  Tonight me and about 7 or 8 people were having a mini beer pong party and all the sudden out of nowhere him and this other dude about come to blows over some stupid misunderstanding that I don't want to even get into right now.  My friend wasn't in the wrong and didn't really do anything, but we couldn't get him to understand that the other guy was just too drunk and wasn't thinking straight, he just took it personally and wanted blood.  Screaming at the top of his lungs after the other guy had left at 3 in the morning, we're lucky the cops didn't show up.  Me and my other friend (we kinda have a group of three muskateers you might say... the other guy is also my best friends and we are on much better terms and he doesn' tuse me and actually thinks rationally) spent all night trying to calm him down and basically babysit him.  He ended up turning on us and trying to fight us just for trying to stop him from doing anything stupid, so we left.  Me and my other friend are both at a loss for what to do.  We're tired of him using us, and we're tired of having to babysit him when he gets too drunk.  And because the fight wasn't originally his fault it is impossible to explain it to him when he's drunk because he knows he didn't start the fight and that's the only side of the argument he's even willing to consider.  We don't want to just let him go because we've all been friends for years.  The thing that complicates things is that me and the rational one drink and get high more than he does, so that takes away any vantage point we might have in trying to talk to him about it.  All he has to do is point out how fucked up we are (even though we don't fight or lose the ability to think straight like he does) and we've lost the argument.  So we're at a loss for what to do.  We're tired of being treated like shit.

Mrebo said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I thinking you are confusing remaining sinless with remaining ignorant.

I believe it was called "The Tree of KNOWLEDGE of Good and Evil", not "The Tree of Good and Evil".  He wanted us to not even know the difference between what is right and wrong.  So we would only be considered sinless because we didn't know any better=ignorant.

I'm no theologian, but I think not wanting us to not know evil is not the kind of ignorance we find a problem with in our now sin-filled world. Per the Bible, we were sinless beings in the beginning. To the extent that something was a sin, God was there to tell people (eg don't eat from that tree). Without the capacity to know sin, the thinking was that we wouldn't commit sin. The fault is in thinking God should not have created such limited beings as us, but rather we should all have been created as angels, aware of Good and Evil from the start. Maybe God wanted to try something different (perhaps seeing how angels could be problematic).

Also, some would say the Garden of Eden can be allegorical. That we were fully capable of knowing evil, but in so knowing, it only leads to more sin.

I've wondered whether someone who has known little sin, having a good stable family, no psychological issues can compare to someone predisposed to alcoholism, with abusive parents, poverty, etc. Is the man exposed to, or more tempted by, sin better or worse for a lack of knowledge concerning sin? Is the man living a charmed life less worthy of saving simply because he hasn't been challenged? After contemplation, I think this is just the wrong way of looking at it. It has been said that all sins are equal. Thus the man who lives a charmed life will sin in at least small ways and must atone no less than the man who commits robbery to fuel an addiction. I don't think ignorance of sin is a problem...else we should all seek out sin in order to fight its temptation. And at times, that is awfully tempting.

 Sounds reasonable actually.

Consider me a satisfied customer.  Do you have any plans for doing this on ANH and ESB?  Doing those two would understandably be intimidating at the moment... but I could live with just having enhanced lasers and shiz to keep it in 1080P.

You love it.

I've had dreams about doing a lot of different drugs and feeling the effects of it in the dream actually.  I remember the dream I snorted coke and smoked meth... needless to say I didn't stay asleep for very long.

And no I'm not making that up.

Warbler said:

I thinking you are confusing remaining sinless with remaining ignorant.

I believe it was called "The Tree of KNOWLEDGE of Good and Evil", not "The Tree of Good and Evil".  He wanted us to not even know the difference between what is right and wrong.  So we would only be considered sinless because we didn't know any better=ignorant.

Danfun128 said:

TV's Frink said:

When I was in college, some 150 years ago, one of the guys on my floor used to run from room to room, spraying an aerosol can...

In other words, 1865. 

Mary Bellis said:

Metal spray cans were being tested as early as 1862. They were constructed from heavy steel and were too bulky to be commercially successful.

It's highly unlikely that a college student would have a spray can back then...

TV's Frink said:

...screaming "FUCK THE OZONE LAYER!!!"

...or spout profanity...or know what the ozone layer is...

 That wasn't a very fun response.

Mine downloaded.  And I"m still seeding, so who knows.

TV's Frink said:

skyjedi2005 said:

Neglify said:

Seriously people, whatever happened to the concept of "You have your beliefs, I have mine, no more needs to be said or debated." Mutual respect motherfuckers.

 Good luck with that in a completely  unmoderated forum.

I find off topic to be recklessly unmoderated, but i think that is what some people find fun about it.

Again it is Jay's site not mine, but i have never seen another place do this.  Everywhere else i have been online you need to be screened before posting and are banned immediately for troublemaking or trollery.

I think that the place is unsafe sometimes, it can become a free for all for bullies in the virtual world but none of this stuff is real. I hope it does not effect peoples real lives.

Unfortunately online posts do really hurt people.

Wonder why Frink never updates his classic lol moments in original trilogy history page.  I know this post will probably go up there.

 When I started the thread, I was stuck in a job that I hated and that required little time to do adequately.  It left me a lot of free time for things like that thread.  These days I have a more tasking job that I enjoy quite a bit more, so I don't bother.

Having said that, as an agnostic, I disagree with every single one of you mother[REDACTED]s, except for Neglify.

 You agree with me too then.  I'm not an atheist.  I recognize the possibility that God exists, and would even say that it's a good possibility.  I just don't respect him if he does, unless he's misconstrued in the bible, which I also recognize as a distinct possibility.  If God exists, then I DON'T blame him for the world's problems like alot of people do.  It's not his job to babysit us and stop us from messing up, if we can't keep from blowing each other up on our own then we get what we deserve.  The only thing I really don't like about God is his desire for us to have stayed ignorant like animals, but once again the possibility that that story has been twisted is also pretty fair.  And I also respect people's opinions that don't see it that way.

I may not subscribe to the same beliefs, but Jesus was a cool dude, that's for sure.  :)  (no sarcasm)

So, show of hands, is there anybody that likes imperialscum and wants him to stay?  I can't find people speaking anything but negatively towards him anywhere.  

I don't remember always not liking him.  There was just a certain point that came when I was like "Man, fuck this guy".  (Speaking to my cat, addressing him as man.)  He could say something that I believe myself, and I would start questioning if I believed it or not based upon him saying it.  Did he change somewhere or was I just not paying attention before?

The sad thing is I believe he has the potential to be funny/witty if he would just drop the false sense of superiority.

What the fuck is going on with this forum.

Ender if you leave Off-Topic I will personally poke my cat Gilligan in the face until he inevitably bites my finger.  Do you want that?

I'm only just beginning Xenocide.  Speaker for the Dead was amazing though.  I just have a worry that Xenocide will become overly convoluted. 

Darth Id said:

darth_ender said:

Darth Id said:

So your god doesn't get off on it, he just doesn't give a crap.

Awfully god-damned presumptuous to state so simplistic [sic] what Baal does or doesn't "bust a fat-ass nut" on.  However, it's sure as shit that you get off on shittin' all over other people's comforting delusions behind the anonymity of your "Back to Mono" pin.  You are a cunt-smacking bitch-licker, and filthy cur too!

Gotcha.  Whatevs.  Bored as heck now.

 FUUUUUUUUCK!

 Hey, I appreciate your censoring my inadvertent lapses into "gutter French," but maybe you should think of cleaning up your own sticky little typing fingers?

 Very clever.

This is what happens when you don't post for a couple days Frink.  See the havoc you've wrought, or rather allowed to be wrought?