Ever heard about ENTROPY??? Nothing is ever going to live forever in this universe. The best we're able to come up with is consuming/diffusing all energy before facing the inevitable.
I've always interpreted that mark of the beast thing rather simple: while kings fear those not totally dependant and obedient, merchants fear what can't be counted. So the mark would just be an extrapolation of that. Saying "oh, NOW that technology X is used with Y% of the population means that prophecy came true" is kinda silly IMHO... I mean hey, just look around you. Human society is becoming more dehumanized and cannibalistic every day, even religion turned into "going through the motions" for many, some kind of idol worship. When was the last time you heard a business guy say "just listen to your heart" or something? That's hippie bullshit, right? So there. These days we got to be "realistic", but this realism to me just seems like an orgy of blackness of the human soul. Which doesn't mean it won't get worse, of course.. I'm just saying we're already there, and have been for a long time.
Bullshit. Don't read sites you're not allowed to read from work/school/whatever, and if you do don't click links. If everybody posted everything with "safe for work" in mind, the internet would suck even harder than it already does rather quickly. <b>Don't outsource your fight against censorship to others.</b>
Nah, I do that too =D
That guy wasn't as much retarded as, uhm, I think he had a kinda harsh life from the snippets I gathered.. growing up in hospitals, being slapped around by his father who said he'd never amount to anything and who died recently.. I think he's just living out violent fantasies, and I can't blame him for those fantasies. And I think it's better he beats up hookers in GTA than hurting himself. I just feel that when it comes to violent games or movies, this side of it is totally swept under the rug. It's just a market, and I don't really see any attempts of producers to handle that more responsibly, to the contrary.
As far as silly shit goes - the world needs more of that. Way more. So keep racing, and keep that part of you alive under all circumstances =)
No haha! It was some action flick, and he made noises with his mouth then just like he did while playing SoulBlade or GTA. Something I remember from my own youth (who doesn't... "BANZAAAAAAAAI"), and which totally shocked me coming from a "grown up" heh:P
Still, maths and reality might or might not relate to each other.
A the surface of a sphere would be infinite to two dimensional beings. Of course those two dimensional beings would say "infinity doesn't exist", and they'd be both right and wrong. I know this doesn't make much sense haha... but still, maths is bound to human imagination, it's made up just like geometry. That's useful for many things, but at the end of the day it allows predictions at most, using it to say "you're wrong because that concept doesn't exist in math" is as much of a "point" as using religious arguments. The original poster didn't have any point except that, and I fail to see how that "still stands" haha =P
You cannot divide a number by infinity. Infinity does not exist.
But numbers do?? Numbers are made up, as is the concept of infity. Wether you "can" or not do things with that is irrelevant to reality.
First off, I never had a problem with gore in games and still don't, and I don't think it "hurt" me having seen it as a kid, either. I'm just not "into it" for the sake of it myself.
I have however seen a fair amount of people who no doubt enjoy the violence first and foremost and to lengths that can get fucking creepy. PERIOD. I just had such an encounter a few days ago, a 25 year old who kept attacking corpses lying on the ground in gta3:vc, making noises with his mouth. (later on I realized he does the same with movies heh!)
This is not the fault of the games, to the contrary, the game is a harmless way to signal you have issues.. but I'm sure these people would say the same thing, "I don't play it for the gore". If I had to guess at reasons for liking violent media, then this particular person seemed to be fascinated by the fact that others had "such sick ideas" (quoted), he even seemed to daydream of taking revenge on people who hurt him etc. and this stuff made him feel better about having such daydreams. Okay, really creepy extreme example of a person with issues - but those people play these games too, and of just making a buck off them and otherwise sweeping their underlying issues under the rug is what I can't stand. Pointing fingers would be counterproductive, I don't have any real suggestions or solutions - but don't ignore it.
Hehe, but I like Tekken and SB for the same reason! It's mostly a matter of timing and maybe sidestepping.. great fun in exactly the situation you mentioned haha - but still, against someone knowing all the moves you do NOT stand a chance with button bashing =P
It's even more fun when you play with lots of energy and it's about throwing each other out of the ring;)
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Ever heard about ENTROPY??? Nothing is ever going to live forever in this universe. The best we're able to come up with is consuming/diffusing all energy before facing the inevitable.
I've always interpreted that mark of the beast thing rather simple: while kings fear those not totally dependant and obedient, merchants fear what can't be counted. So the mark would just be an extrapolation of that. Saying "oh, NOW that technology X is used with Y% of the population means that prophecy came true" is kinda silly IMHO... I mean hey, just look around you. Human society is becoming more dehumanized and cannibalistic every day, even religion turned into "going through the motions" for many, some kind of idol worship. When was the last time you heard a business guy say "just listen to your heart" or something? That's hippie bullshit, right? So there. These days we got to be "realistic", but this realism to me just seems like an orgy of blackness of the human soul. Which doesn't mean it won't get worse, of course.. I'm just saying we're already there, and have been for a long time.
Dont post links like that
Bullshit. Don't read sites you're not allowed to read from work/school/whatever, and if you do don't click links. If everybody posted everything with "safe for work" in mind, the internet would suck even harder than it already does rather quickly. <b>Don't outsource your fight against censorship to others.</b>
Nah, I do that too =D That guy wasn't as much retarded as, uhm, I think he had a kinda harsh life from the snippets I gathered.. growing up in hospitals, being slapped around by his father who said he'd never amount to anything and who died recently.. I think he's just living out violent fantasies, and I can't blame him for those fantasies. And I think it's better he beats up hookers in GTA than hurting himself. I just feel that when it comes to violent games or movies, this side of it is totally swept under the rug. It's just a market, and I don't really see any attempts of producers to handle that more responsibly, to the contrary. As far as silly shit goes - the world needs more of that. Way more. So keep racing, and keep that part of you alive under all circumstances =)
No haha! It was some action flick, and he made noises with his mouth then just like he did while playing SoulBlade or GTA. Something I remember from my own youth (who doesn't... "BANZAAAAAAAAI"), and which totally shocked me coming from a "grown up" heh :P
Still, maths and reality might or might not relate to each other. A the surface of a sphere would be infinite to two dimensional beings. Of course those two dimensional beings would say "infinity doesn't exist", and they'd be both right and wrong. I know this doesn't make much sense haha... but still, maths is bound to human imagination, it's made up just like geometry. That's useful for many things, but at the end of the day it allows predictions at most, using it to say "you're wrong because that concept doesn't exist in math" is as much of a "point" as using religious arguments. The original poster didn't have any point except that, and I fail to see how that "still stands" haha =P
So why not have a spliff before work, then? :P
You cannot divide a number by infinity. Infinity does not exist. But numbers do?? Numbers are made up, as is the concept of infity. Wether you "can" or not do things with that is irrelevant to reality.
First off, I never had a problem with gore in games and still don't, and I don't think it "hurt" me having seen it as a kid, either. I'm just not "into it" for the sake of it myself.
I have however seen a fair amount of people who no doubt enjoy the violence first and foremost and to lengths that can get fucking creepy. PERIOD. I just had such an encounter a few days ago, a 25 year old who kept attacking corpses lying on the ground in gta3:vc, making noises with his mouth. (later on I realized he does the same with movies heh!)
This is not the fault of the games, to the contrary, the game is a harmless way to signal you have issues.. but I'm sure these people would say the same thing, "I don't play it for the gore". If I had to guess at reasons for liking violent media, then this particular person seemed to be fascinated by the fact that others had "such sick ideas" (quoted), he even seemed to daydream of taking revenge on people who hurt him etc. and this stuff made him feel better about having such daydreams. Okay, really creepy extreme example of a person with issues - but those people play these games too, and of just making a buck off them and otherwise sweeping their underlying issues under the rug is what I can't stand. Pointing fingers would be counterproductive, I don't have any real suggestions or solutions - but don't ignore it.
Hehe, but I like Tekken and SB for the same reason! It's mostly a matter of timing and maybe sidestepping.. great fun in exactly the situation you mentioned haha - but still, against someone knowing all the moves you do NOT stand a chance with button bashing =P It's even more fun when you play with lots of energy and it's about throwing each other out of the ring ;)
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