1.The government should be in position to help its people. I dont know if you if you just choose to be blissfully aware but besides lackadasical layabouts, wastes of space and drug addicts. There are people who genuinely are unable to make it on their own due to geography, health reasons, or social standing.. and the government should protect them.
2. Taxes should not be viewed as punishment but as a method of providing funds for social programs that (should) benefit everyone. Due to poor management and ignorance however the money very seldom sees proper use. Not all people who are successful are hard workers, nay there are many people who get paid a ridiculous amount of money to do absolutely nothing so how do you judge really?
3. Agreed, the government will set up a program in good faith and then fail to properly weed out those who would abuse them. I know plenty of people on social welfare who dont need it they are just lazy.
4.Wrong, rights are man made as are laws If God exists he gave up on humanity long ago now all we can do is depend on one another and ultimately I think if there is a God that is his/her very point...and we are failing miserably.
5. Morality does not come from God it is a developed concept unique to every individual, which is why some can be stone cold killers, some can kill when given justification that the action is right or just (soldiers) and for the record killing is never 'right' no matter how many stars on a mans collar, but sometimes is necessary (defending your family or your immediate territory) and others can not kill at all for any reason. The bible is a system of control to keep the populace in line..fear vs reward... be good go to heaven and prosper, do not heed the word and burn in hell eternal.. the raw message there is fear vs reward and the bible is very much a man manipulated concept and no one needs a book to fill themselves with righteousness... that is a choice.
6. God if one exists, granted you life and free will.. a contravention to the system of laws and rights and red tape that world governments use to enshroud their people..and do not be arrogant God granted the USA nothing.. that is like saying God granted parts of Africa unending poverty and denied them the same freedoms that the US has, bullshit, the USA is granted its rights by man.. no holy man or miracle.
7. hate everyone equally, especially ignorant people who believe that they can fix everything through violence or by converting people to dead religions.. Man once upon a time worshipped rocks.. and now a couple of ages later we are still worshipping the sky... It is MAN... We will survive or perish based on the decisions of MAN if your waiting for a bearded prophet or immaculate son to step in and intervene you will be a long time waiting.
I dread hearing things like 'capped' and 'pay per useage' especially since I am so pleased with my provider and plan at the moment. Day or night no matter the hour I can get a 16gb file in maybe 20 minutes. I can download a whole series in a hour and my speeds online in terms of hosting capability and latency on FPS is unparalelled. I can honestly say the money im paying now for internet is worth every penny. I never have to worry about high traffic times or if i do my internet provider seems to be unphased by its current load. Good for Harper.
I agree with some of your comment. I do believe that Facebook will eventually burn out just like My Space did when, like you say, a better alternative came along. No one really thought anyone would dethrone My Space or AOL but they are just whispers now where once they were everything social media and the internet represented. Like I said though I originally created it for family and just added people as they came because I didnt care, much like I do not care who deletes me off their friends let alone want to seek out a application which makes finding out possible, That sort of anonymous action seems suitable rather than have to explain or justify to someone why? Who wants to explain to aunt June that you removed her because your tired of seeing her status about her heavy period, or having to block the whole Farmville army lol? I have a much easier medium to keep in contact with people than Facebook it is called pick up a damn phone or the novel idea of meeting someone for a coffee.
There is a habit lots of people on Facebook have where they have a Gotta' Catch em All - Pokemon sorta mentality where they HAVE to have the largest number of friends possible. When I visit my facebook page I just add everyone who asks just because I dont care. I have close to 900 'friends' and the majority of them are people I will never associate with or have no association with they just added me through another friend. I dont really care who deletes me or adds me.. and I think its a sad commentary on somone who goes out of their way to search people who have removed them from their lists. Facebook is just getting ridiculous anyway I cant wait for it to burn out just like My Space.
Totalling like 1/3 of the population of the planet or some other crazy number, facebook currency could end up rivalling the US dollar lol probably not but that WOULD be hilarious.
There are several forms of the english language which are completly unique but still remain english. I remember the form of speach Pikeys use understandable to only a small population. Then there is my grandfather he lived his whole life in Newfoundland, for those who may not know this is a Canadian province. Native newfoundlanders contort the english language into something that few people from the Canada let alone the world can understand as well. The common line between these are that they are limited in scope to the region where they are used. The language of the internet is limited only to the people who use it, there is no regional boundary not one of measureable scope anyway. The only way to not be exposed to it is to not be on the internet.
New no, but certainly more prevalent than something like pig latin. The big difference is that this effect is global the advent of the internet has brought social groups from all nationalities into a common pool. The people who reside in this pool, regardless of age, use a common form of textspeak which is far more legitimate as a language than something like pig latin. Unlike pig latin I see this language used every day by a extremely varied group of people. I personally just see this form of communication becoming more dominant as time passes.
That |337 speak very well could become the language of the future, and why not? More people are socializing now in the cyber environment in many cultures than they are in the real world. More and more people are meeting their life partners through sites like Lava Life rather than in bars or grocery stores. Internet abbreviations like lol and lmao and brb are as common as the word "the" or if you rather the common misstep "teh". No longer are people limited to finding a hometown girl/boy they can find love a continent away on the other side of the world. Now, because of this social movement there is required a global language and what better than geek speak to connect everyone on a global scale. I have friends from all over the world and there is not one of them that doesnt recognize internet abbreviations like lol and brb. The more sophisticated alpha-numeric way of speaking I find more popular around the cracker/hacker crowd, people who type everything 1n w4y5 much |1k3 7h15 50m3 g37 |\/|0r3 cr3471\/3.. If you pay attention though the masses, young or old, which populate cyberspace really do speak a language all their own. Me my kids my parents and their parents all understand this language at its base form. I will say, because I work in a field which requires me pouring over notes from all my employees that a fair percentage type out letters making a lot of the same changes to the english language as they do when txt'n or blogging. It is also not uncommon for me to occasionally see a 'lol' in a formal business email!
Man.. I remember when I was much younger playing Final Fantasy, the original and walking for hours around the castle fighting goddamn unicorns grinding the shit out of it to get the levels to make the game less frustrating and difficult... guess what... IT DIDNT HAPPEN lol.. Then came Final Fantasy III(VI) and this game endeared me to the franchise it was both challenging, had engaging characters and a sweet plot and then came Final Fantasy Tactics (for me) and I played the shit out of that for like 200 hours, and the difficulty curve on that went from challenging to getting T.G Cid (Orlandu) and Agrias (Holy Knight)and blowing through everything.. then Final Fantasy VII again, challenging but not nearly as retarded as the original. Anything after VII though just seemed to drop in challenge, increase in beautiful design and increase in completely unneeded complexity. I hated XII but XIII I genuinely enjoyed the combat system was quick and adaptive and was the first combat system I really enjoyed since VII.. As with most genres nowadays.. they cant seem to get the challenge, visuals, mechanics, plot formulae down. I agree with a previous post though a HD version of VII would sell millions especially with additional content and a graphics engine overhaul.
As the next generation emerges in maturity they are firing final blows at a dead concept, the Pope is a patriarch of a dying institution. People are no longer sheep, but the shepherds and if they are going to believe in anything it will be one another not a ancient, hipocritical framework of fearmongering and rules. People will not forget God but they are, in terms of the people in my life that I have grown up with, losing all faith in the Church and its leaders. I dont believe the Church has ever done anything in the name of God but used his name to further their own goals and ambitions. Bill Gates on the otherhand came up from nothing, revolutionized information technology, brought modern computing into the home, made it accessible to just about everyone, has donated ridiculous amounts of money in furthering the progress of humanity medically and scientifically.. He is a man to be admired, he is also a man to be feared as is any man or institution with too much power...just look at the government.
lol heaven forbid you have a negative outlook on something posted here if your not preaching rainbows or falling in line your a troll. To me a troll would be someone who fires out a comment for the sole purpose of inciting a argument. My post is my honest take on a population who worships social icons and places their health on some kind of imaginary pedestal over more common people. How the hell is that a troll? That question is rhetorical btw.
I could be a bad person.. I think the way I think. I dont put much stock into why to be honest. I certainly dont wish suffering on anyone. I simply hate how some people are devalued just because of their social status. Again, just the way of the world but it doesnt mean I have to like it. It comes into line with other things which are just 'the way things are' like sports stars and celebrities getting paid collectively hundreds of billions of dollars when the rest of the world is falling to rot around them? See what I am saying? People will fire back with all kinds of logical and economic reasons why this is the way it is... it doesnt change the fact that the world really is slowly falling apart as the human race just continues to pour resources into anything and everything that doesnt really matter. I doubt I explained that very well and for that I am sorry.
Oh I do, Earth is hell or at least my definition of hell anyway. I just hate how much people fawn over celebrities Lindsay Lohan cant break a toe without it being in every paper coast to coast. 13 yr old gets shot in the face and it makes headlines in the city where it happened... its the way of the world, it doesnt mean I have to like it though.
I am sure when approached, Jobs when told "Hey man Duggan Coates is out sick, I think we should wish him well" would take the time out of earning billions to do just that. I really dont care if he is sick or not it doesnt impact me in the slightest. A billion people with less money than Jobs are suffering 10x as much.. some in unimaginable ways..you think about it too much and you might want to blow your head off. Steve Jobs is sick, boo hoo, kids are getting raped and killed in afghanistan lets wish them well too... ffs.
Of what this sort of thing did to Dreamcast. That system was bomb man, great games internet access comparable to PC for the time (I was introduced to mIRC that way through the DC browser to irc0.dreamcast.net.. I started my online experience that way too through Quake and Unreal Tournament.. but because the DC was largely unprotected and mind you Sony certainly didnt make the same mistake, but the result could be the same. Dreamcast eventually declined after piracy of all their titles ran rampant. The same could happen to PS3 but I think as well it could have the opposite effect and actually increase sales of the PS3 because of its open endedness atm.
In my opinion they do anyway, how can anyone admit the existence of God and then dismiss something as trivial as a ghost or a alien. That doesnt make any sense seems hipocritical even. Those who choose not to believe in at least the possibility of God are the same type of people who would burn ancient scientists for refuting the idea that the world was flat or that we revolved around the sun. Ignorant people in a ignorant, intolerant world and you can see that symbolically represented in the confines of this forum. Constantly the empirical scientific mind comes to blows with the lazy dreamer... I am a lazy dreamer, I enjoy believing there is stuff out there we do not yet have the capacity to understand. All through history what science thought it knew has consistently been disproven and replaced with newer theory. So it continues today and fifty years from now a lot of what we think we know as fact will once again be disproven. Scientists can wrap their minds around things like string theories, and infinite alternate realities, and dark matter, time travel, folding space to travel long distances... but the idea that a Ghost might exist... thats too far fetched. Intellect and the entire concept of what we know is laughable at best.
They are not true..? That because you stubbornly hold onto ignorance. There are no facts, there are only products of human perception. Things are the way they are because that is the way we perceive them. The only fact which is truth is that we do not know anything for sure. It is easy to say that because something is repeatedly tested that it is the truth. It is possible that it is true only because a underlying unknown is remaining constant. You change that unknown and you change the outcome of a otherwise predictable conclusion.. I am not surprised at peoples counter to my comments. I am obviously a minority when it comes to my ideology. I have taken philosophy, science and religious studies in university and my theories are a patchwork of everything I have taken from those studies.. In no way do I think I am right, that would indicate a absolute, I just believe my theory is as valid as any other.
Exactly! I know there are people who subscribe to similar ideologies like my own. I just dont believe in fact, humans are flawed, were easily lead and controlled by people we see as being superior in intellect we quickly buy into things which appear to make sense when explained logically. I submit that even people of apparent higher intellect are just as capable of being wrong as a fool. I could be wrong, I may be right.. I am not ignorant enough to say MY way is the right way, while constantly being confronted with... Your way is wrong because here are the FACTS. Facts are man made and imperfect and constantly disproven even if it takes a hundred years. So where is the solidarity in factual evidence?
Sceptic, you may be right you may be equally wrong. You come armed with science and fact and logic and sure it all looks good on paper, in books and journals and the like. I come armed with with a single idea that it is smart to question everything. All through history things which were accepted as being fact were opposed by people who sought another answer disproving the former and creating what would be new fact. The earth is square vs the earth is round. The sun rotates around the earth vs the earth rotates around the sun.. On a grander scale it is not at all a fantastic possibility that everything we know at this moment is not subject to the same scrutiny. Years from now something like telekinesis or precognition might not be fantastic, it may be proven using science and... as long as it then sits comfortably explained, and categorized and its rules and limitations are defined only then will it be accepted. Scientists will reach an impass when they realize that some things like time, may not have limitations.
Why not? The world is more interesting believing in shit like this.. same with aliens and ghost and the after life, god and jesus.. The world is just more colorful if you lose logic and adopt a ideology that anything we know may be wrong, and anything we dont know can certainly be possible. Most people are so trapped in the confines of logic and science that the magical or the fantastic are ludacris concepts that are best kept in comic books. For those of us able to step outside this ignorant box the world is a much more varied place full of wonder and mystery even more than science itself can offer a explanation to. Electrical activity shows we only use a small percentage of our brain at any given time and there are regions of the brain that medical science has no idea what they are for. It is not so far fetched to believe that the logical rules of this world cannot be bent or even broken. We are just to stubborn to let go of the linear and hard-angled concepts, the rules that allow us to explain and categorize everything in our life.. See the future, move objects with your mind, call on reseves of extraordinary strength in dire circumstances.. countless, countless claims of these fantastic feats are all over the internet and in papers and span generations and every country... so I guess everyone is a liar?
lol you would have to be ballsack crazy to toy with the brigands on 4chan. They will do their best to hunt the culprit down I imagine and likely drag his identity from one end of the internet to the other when they find them.
Aye, im not looking for supporters for child violence lol, but for a long time a spanking was the status quo all my friends had experienced one at some point and for my parents it was a regular things. Its like I say back in the day it wasnt uncommon for people to take nude photos of their kids in showers and baths or running around the house naked as a jaybird. My mom has tons of photos like that of me and my cousins. We were kids, mom and my family thought these things were cute! Id clock anyone who tried to say my parents had less than the best intentions while i was being raised. And really the majority of us grew up to be fine citizens and not violent miscreants, i choose not to spank my kids because now we live in a much different world.
I dont hit my kids either, but when i was growing up I deserved a spanking now and then. My father would try and rationalize with me but i was just a disruptive kid and I ALWAYS took dad seriously when he came at me for a spanking. Dad knew where to draw the line I was always clothed and it was more shock than pain... but I always flew straight for a while after that hahaha.
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1.The government should be in position to help its people. I dont know if you if you just choose to be blissfully aware but besides lackadasical layabouts, wastes of space and drug addicts. There are people who genuinely are unable to make it on their own due to geography, health reasons, or social standing.. and the government should protect them. 2. Taxes should not be viewed as punishment but as a method of providing funds for social programs that (should) benefit everyone. Due to poor management and ignorance however the money very seldom sees proper use. Not all people who are successful are hard workers, nay there are many people who get paid a ridiculous amount of money to do absolutely nothing so how do you judge really? 3. Agreed, the government will set up a program in good faith and then fail to properly weed out those who would abuse them. I know plenty of people on social welfare who dont need it they are just lazy. 4.Wrong, rights are man made as are laws If God exists he gave up on humanity long ago now all we can do is depend on one another and ultimately I think if there is a God that is his/her very point...and we are failing miserably. 5. Morality does not come from God it is a developed concept unique to every individual, which is why some can be stone cold killers, some can kill when given justification that the action is right or just (soldiers) and for the record killing is never 'right' no matter how many stars on a mans collar, but sometimes is necessary (defending your family or your immediate territory) and others can not kill at all for any reason. The bible is a system of control to keep the populace in line ..fear vs reward... be good go to heaven and prosper, do not heed the word and burn in hell eternal.. the raw message there is fear vs reward and the bible is very much a man manipulated concept and no one needs a book to fill themselves with righteousness... that is a choice.
6. God if one exists, granted you life and free will.. a contravention to the system of laws and rights and red tape that world governments use to enshroud their people..and do not be arrogant God granted the USA nothing.. that is like saying God granted parts of Africa unending poverty and denied them the same freedoms that the US has, bullshit, the USA is granted its rights by man.. no holy man or miracle.
7. hate everyone equally, especially ignorant people who believe that they can fix everything through violence or by converting people to dead religions.. Man once upon a time worshipped rocks.. and now a couple of ages later we are still worshipping the sky... It is MAN... We will survive or perish based on the decisions of MAN if your waiting for a bearded prophet or immaculate son to step in and intervene you will be a long time waiting.
I dread hearing things like 'capped' and 'pay per useage' especially since I am so pleased with my provider and plan at the moment. Day or night no matter the hour I can get a 16gb file in maybe 20 minutes. I can download a whole series in a hour and my speeds online in terms of hosting capability and latency on FPS is unparalelled. I can honestly say the money im paying now for internet is worth every penny. I never have to worry about high traffic times or if i do my internet provider seems to be unphased by its current load. Good for Harper.
I agree with some of your comment. I do believe that Facebook will eventually burn out just like My Space did when, like you say, a better alternative came along. No one really thought anyone would dethrone My Space or AOL but they are just whispers now where once they were everything social media and the internet represented. Like I said though I originally created it for family and just added people as they came because I didnt care, much like I do not care who deletes me off their friends let alone want to seek out a application which makes finding out possible, That sort of anonymous action seems suitable rather than have to explain or justify to someone why? Who wants to explain to aunt June that you removed her because your tired of seeing her status about her heavy period, or having to block the whole Farmville army lol? I have a much easier medium to keep in contact with people than Facebook it is called pick up a damn phone or the novel idea of meeting someone for a coffee.
There is a habit lots of people on Facebook have where they have a Gotta' Catch em All - Pokemon sorta mentality where they HAVE to have the largest number of friends possible. When I visit my facebook page I just add everyone who asks just because I dont care. I have close to 900 'friends' and the majority of them are people I will never associate with or have no association with they just added me through another friend. I dont really care who deletes me or adds me.. and I think its a sad commentary on somone who goes out of their way to search people who have removed them from their lists. Facebook is just getting ridiculous anyway I cant wait for it to burn out just like My Space.
Totalling like 1/3 of the population of the planet or some other crazy number, facebook currency could end up rivalling the US dollar lol probably not but that WOULD be hilarious.
There are several forms of the english language which are completly unique but still remain english. I remember the form of speach Pikeys use understandable to only a small population. Then there is my grandfather he lived his whole life in Newfoundland, for those who may not know this is a Canadian province. Native newfoundlanders contort the english language into something that few people from the Canada let alone the world can understand as well. The common line between these are that they are limited in scope to the region where they are used. The language of the internet is limited only to the people who use it, there is no regional boundary not one of measureable scope anyway. The only way to not be exposed to it is to not be on the internet.
New no, but certainly more prevalent than something like pig latin. The big difference is that this effect is global the advent of the internet has brought social groups from all nationalities into a common pool. The people who reside in this pool, regardless of age, use a common form of textspeak which is far more legitimate as a language than something like pig latin. Unlike pig latin I see this language used every day by a extremely varied group of people. I personally just see this form of communication becoming more dominant as time passes.
That |337 speak very well could become the language of the future, and why not? More people are socializing now in the cyber environment in many cultures than they are in the real world. More and more people are meeting their life partners through sites like Lava Life rather than in bars or grocery stores. Internet abbreviations like lol and lmao and brb are as common as the word "the" or if you rather the common misstep "teh". No longer are people limited to finding a hometown girl/boy they can find love a continent away on the other side of the world. Now, because of this social movement there is required a global language and what better than geek speak to connect everyone on a global scale. I have friends from all over the world and there is not one of them that doesnt recognize internet abbreviations like lol and brb. The more sophisticated alpha-numeric way of speaking I find more popular around the cracker/hacker crowd, people who type everything 1n w4y5 much |1k3 7h15 50m3 g37 |\/|0r3 cr3471\/3.. If you pay attention though the masses, young or old, which populate cyberspace really do speak a language all their own. Me my kids my parents and their parents all understand this language at its base form. I will say, because I work in a field which requires me pouring over notes from all my employees that a fair percentage type out letters making a lot of the same changes to the english language as they do when txt'n or blogging. It is also not uncommon for me to occasionally see a 'lol' in a formal business email!
Man.. I remember when I was much younger playing Final Fantasy, the original and walking for hours around the castle fighting goddamn unicorns grinding the shit out of it to get the levels to make the game less frustrating and difficult... guess what... IT DIDNT HAPPEN lol.. Then came Final Fantasy III(VI) and this game endeared me to the franchise it was both challenging, had engaging characters and a sweet plot and then came Final Fantasy Tactics (for me) and I played the shit out of that for like 200 hours, and the difficulty curve on that went from challenging to getting T.G Cid (Orlandu) and Agrias (Holy Knight)and blowing through everything.. then Final Fantasy VII again, challenging but not nearly as retarded as the original. Anything after VII though just seemed to drop in challenge, increase in beautiful design and increase in completely unneeded complexity. I hated XII but XIII I genuinely enjoyed the combat system was quick and adaptive and was the first combat system I really enjoyed since VII.. As with most genres nowadays.. they cant seem to get the challenge, visuals, mechanics, plot formulae down. I agree with a previous post though a HD version of VII would sell millions especially with additional content and a graphics engine overhaul.
As the next generation emerges in maturity they are firing final blows at a dead concept, the Pope is a patriarch of a dying institution. People are no longer sheep, but the shepherds and if they are going to believe in anything it will be one another not a ancient, hipocritical framework of fearmongering and rules. People will not forget God but they are, in terms of the people in my life that I have grown up with, losing all faith in the Church and its leaders. I dont believe the Church has ever done anything in the name of God but used his name to further their own goals and ambitions. Bill Gates on the otherhand came up from nothing, revolutionized information technology, brought modern computing into the home, made it accessible to just about everyone, has donated ridiculous amounts of money in furthering the progress of humanity medically and scientifically.. He is a man to be admired, he is also a man to be feared as is any man or institution with too much power...just look at the government.
lol heaven forbid you have a negative outlook on something posted here if your not preaching rainbows or falling in line your a troll. To me a troll would be someone who fires out a comment for the sole purpose of inciting a argument. My post is my honest take on a population who worships social icons and places their health on some kind of imaginary pedestal over more common people. How the hell is that a troll? That question is rhetorical btw.
I could be a bad person.. I think the way I think. I dont put much stock into why to be honest. I certainly dont wish suffering on anyone. I simply hate how some people are devalued just because of their social status. Again, just the way of the world but it doesnt mean I have to like it. It comes into line with other things which are just 'the way things are' like sports stars and celebrities getting paid collectively hundreds of billions of dollars when the rest of the world is falling to rot around them? See what I am saying? People will fire back with all kinds of logical and economic reasons why this is the way it is... it doesnt change the fact that the world really is slowly falling apart as the human race just continues to pour resources into anything and everything that doesnt really matter. I doubt I explained that very well and for that I am sorry.
Oh I do, Earth is hell or at least my definition of hell anyway. I just hate how much people fawn over celebrities Lindsay Lohan cant break a toe without it being in every paper coast to coast. 13 yr old gets shot in the face and it makes headlines in the city where it happened... its the way of the world, it doesnt mean I have to like it though.
I am sure when approached, Jobs when told "Hey man Duggan Coates is out sick, I think we should wish him well" would take the time out of earning billions to do just that. I really dont care if he is sick or not it doesnt impact me in the slightest. A billion people with less money than Jobs are suffering 10x as much.. some in unimaginable ways..you think about it too much and you might want to blow your head off. Steve Jobs is sick, boo hoo, kids are getting raped and killed in afghanistan lets wish them well too... ffs.
Of what this sort of thing did to Dreamcast. That system was bomb man, great games internet access comparable to PC for the time (I was introduced to mIRC that way through the DC browser to irc0.dreamcast.net.. I started my online experience that way too through Quake and Unreal Tournament.. but because the DC was largely unprotected and mind you Sony certainly didnt make the same mistake, but the result could be the same. Dreamcast eventually declined after piracy of all their titles ran rampant. The same could happen to PS3 but I think as well it could have the opposite effect and actually increase sales of the PS3 because of its open endedness atm.
In my opinion they do anyway, how can anyone admit the existence of God and then dismiss something as trivial as a ghost or a alien. That doesnt make any sense seems hipocritical even. Those who choose not to believe in at least the possibility of God are the same type of people who would burn ancient scientists for refuting the idea that the world was flat or that we revolved around the sun. Ignorant people in a ignorant, intolerant world and you can see that symbolically represented in the confines of this forum. Constantly the empirical scientific mind comes to blows with the lazy dreamer... I am a lazy dreamer, I enjoy believing there is stuff out there we do not yet have the capacity to understand. All through history what science thought it knew has consistently been disproven and replaced with newer theory. So it continues today and fifty years from now a lot of what we think we know as fact will once again be disproven. Scientists can wrap their minds around things like string theories, and infinite alternate realities, and dark matter, time travel, folding space to travel long distances... but the idea that a Ghost might exist... thats too far fetched. Intellect and the entire concept of what we know is laughable at best.
They are not true..? That because you stubbornly hold onto ignorance. There are no facts, there are only products of human perception. Things are the way they are because that is the way we perceive them. The only fact which is truth is that we do not know anything for sure. It is easy to say that because something is repeatedly tested that it is the truth. It is possible that it is true only because a underlying unknown is remaining constant. You change that unknown and you change the outcome of a otherwise predictable conclusion.. I am not surprised at peoples counter to my comments. I am obviously a minority when it comes to my ideology. I have taken philosophy, science and religious studies in university and my theories are a patchwork of everything I have taken from those studies.. In no way do I think I am right, that would indicate a absolute, I just believe my theory is as valid as any other.
Exactly! I know there are people who subscribe to similar ideologies like my own. I just dont believe in fact, humans are flawed, were easily lead and controlled by people we see as being superior in intellect we quickly buy into things which appear to make sense when explained logically. I submit that even people of apparent higher intellect are just as capable of being wrong as a fool. I could be wrong, I may be right.. I am not ignorant enough to say MY way is the right way, while constantly being confronted with... Your way is wrong because here are the FACTS. Facts are man made and imperfect and constantly disproven even if it takes a hundred years. So where is the solidarity in factual evidence?
Sceptic, you may be right you may be equally wrong. You come armed with science and fact and logic and sure it all looks good on paper, in books and journals and the like. I come armed with with a single idea that it is smart to question everything. All through history things which were accepted as being fact were opposed by people who sought another answer disproving the former and creating what would be new fact. The earth is square vs the earth is round. The sun rotates around the earth vs the earth rotates around the sun.. On a grander scale it is not at all a fantastic possibility that everything we know at this moment is not subject to the same scrutiny. Years from now something like telekinesis or precognition might not be fantastic, it may be proven using science and... as long as it then sits comfortably explained, and categorized and its rules and limitations are defined only then will it be accepted. Scientists will reach an impass when they realize that some things like time, may not have limitations.
Why not? The world is more interesting believing in shit like this.. same with aliens and ghost and the after life, god and jesus.. The world is just more colorful if you lose logic and adopt a ideology that anything we know may be wrong, and anything we dont know can certainly be possible. Most people are so trapped in the confines of logic and science that the magical or the fantastic are ludacris concepts that are best kept in comic books. For those of us able to step outside this ignorant box the world is a much more varied place full of wonder and mystery even more than science itself can offer a explanation to. Electrical activity shows we only use a small percentage of our brain at any given time and there are regions of the brain that medical science has no idea what they are for. It is not so far fetched to believe that the logical rules of this world cannot be bent or even broken. We are just to stubborn to let go of the linear and hard-angled concepts, the rules that allow us to explain and categorize everything in our life.. See the future, move objects with your mind, call on reseves of extraordinary strength in dire circumstances.. countless, countless claims of these fantastic feats are all over the internet and in papers and span generations and every country... so I guess everyone is a liar?
lol you would have to be ballsack crazy to toy with the brigands on 4chan. They will do their best to hunt the culprit down I imagine and likely drag his identity from one end of the internet to the other when they find them.
Oh completely, my kids are no angels but a timeout works well enough for me in most cases. When they get older though that will be another story lol.
Aye, im not looking for supporters for child violence lol, but for a long time a spanking was the status quo all my friends had experienced one at some point and for my parents it was a regular things. Its like I say back in the day it wasnt uncommon for people to take nude photos of their kids in showers and baths or running around the house naked as a jaybird. My mom has tons of photos like that of me and my cousins. We were kids, mom and my family thought these things were cute! Id clock anyone who tried to say my parents had less than the best intentions while i was being raised. And really the majority of us grew up to be fine citizens and not violent miscreants, i choose not to spank my kids because now we live in a much different world.
I dont hit my kids either, but when i was growing up I deserved a spanking now and then. My father would try and rationalize with me but i was just a disruptive kid and I ALWAYS took dad seriously when he came at me for a spanking. Dad knew where to draw the line I was always clothed and it was more shock than pain... but I always flew straight for a while after that hahaha.
Welcome our new alien Woodpecker overlords and submit to their authority fully... (alien woodpeckers i had NOTHING to do with any alien woodpecker hunting lasers)