Ponies? No. Actual hallucinations will be more along the lines of colors which change with the sounds that you hear, and they'll follow outlines of things your eyes are seeing. (ie. sidewalk squares, each lighting up a different color; swirls and "lightning bolts" coming out of small objects in dark-colored contrasting fields, etc.)
Well, there are times when those "visually enhanced" elements can take on a life of their own. It all depends on what's in one's subconscious. Generally I don't have many visual effects from acid, more distortions of the body and physical sensations. Some people get all kinds of strange visuals, though. But you are correct, LSD is a quite benign substance which is demonized far beyond its effects.
Also, I was writing at the time, so there's no need to assume the ponies were visual, they could have been textual or literary ponies.
We'll never know, but you can be sure that the student's side of the story will never be heard.
Why not? His side of the story (so far) is the one getting airtime on Youtube - and therefore more exposure than the teacher's words. What's to stop the kid writing a blog, or making a videolog about his side of the story?
Actually, most of us with jobs already have "decent" health care at a "reasonable cost."
Actually, you don't. The US has among the highest health-care costs in the world. Why do you think that people go to Canada or Mexico to get drugs? Are all those retired people and chronically ill people some kind of socialist lefties, because they want to pay reasonable prices for drugs?
The left always has plenty of great ideas for what could be done with other people's money. Your "right" to health care ends where my "right" to property begins. Guess which one is genuine, and which is based in some overinflated sense of entitlement?
That doesn't make any sense - because you are worse off financially because of the corporate-driven health care system. And don't think that just because it's corporate driven they aren't making decisions about your money. What's so bad about having better health-care, and lower prices, and fewer uninsured people spreading disease, and causing problems that you ultimately have to pay for anyway? What's so bad about having fewer people robbing pharmacists and hospitals? Other people not having adequate health-care affects all of us, including productivity in the economy at large.
For some reason, you want to pay more for an inferior system. Why? It is the insistence on this privatized system that is taking dollars out of taxpayers pockets, not universal health-care, which returns a net financial benefit.
No, health care is a solidly mainstream issue. It's not a "lefty" issue. For most of the world, crazy privatized health-care systems and libertarians give them the heebie jeebies. Why is it a left-wing issue to want decent health care at a reasonable cost?
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But balloons don't always stay. When they break loose, the dealer is supposed to inform the FAA.
Don't worry, I was just being a pendantic nitpicking motherfucker. I was pointing out that they are not "accidental balloons," they are balloons that were accidentally released. They are quite deliberately intended to be balloons. I guess my pedantic nitpicking can be a bit subtle at times, and usually not as funny as I find it.
Hmmm, looks like I picked up a little slashdotitis there too. Should be "lose" not "loose".
No, "loose" is actually correct in the above sentence.
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Basically, I saw a flying disc perform outrageous maneuvers in broad daylight. I can tell you what that thing was not: it was not a helicopter, not a balloon, and not an airplane.
Was it a frisbee?
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A class of objects to consider here is accidental balloons. There are a lot of car dealerships and other such businesses that occasionally loose batches of colored balloons and small blimp-like balloons.
I thought that car dealers put those balloons on their property purposefully, not accidentally.
But honestly, if YOU were an alien, with this fantastic technology to fly hundreds of light years to visit another planet with life on it, would you just fly by some stuff then go home?
No, you fly hundreds of light years to insult somebody or play a prank on unsuspecting humans, then you go home.
Actually, a lot of people who constantly go to Starbucks do it because it's the cool thing to do. They do it because it's what everyone else is doing since they don't want to be left out. Starbucks is more about "brand" than coffee anymore.
Actually, a lot of people shun Starbucks and talk about "real coffee" do it because it's the cool thing to do. They do it because it's what everyone else is doing since they don't want to be left out. Being an anti-Starbucks coffee snob is more about "brand" than coffee anymore.
Selling dairy-related products doesn't mean you're in the dairy business. Just like selling coffee-related products doesn't put you in the coffee business. Starbucks are in the retail beverage business.
Starbucks is responsible for the latte craze after all.
WTF? Lattes have been very popular all over the world before Starbucks came along. I think you have it backwards - the latte craze is probably responsible for Starbucks' success.
I think I am worth preserving. I think my family is worth preserving. I'm willing to go out on a limb and presume that you, and your family, is worth preserving, although you could probably convince me otherwise if you wish.
Well yeah. I never said otherwise. I was talking about the specific scenario proposed. Having a small outpost on Mars is not going to preserve your life, or your family's. It's doubtful it would even preserve mankind if life on Earth were wiped out.
Why is it important for mankind to survive? Because I am a man, and I am a member of mankind, and I think that I and people like me are valuable, and therefore worth preserving.
But why is it important in the abstract, and in the scenario outlined? If there was a catastrophe on Earth, and everybody was killed - there would be lots of suffering. Those living on a colony on Mars would likely not have a very pleasant life. If life is reduced to living in a can with limited supplies and few other humans or culture - then what is the value of the concept of "mankind"?
Again: If you don't have an instinct for self preservation, make room for somebody who does.
But I do have an instinct for self-preservation. But some future hypothetical colony on Mars is not myself, nor my family. So, why should I care? It's not that I oppose space exploration or colonization - but the rationale of mankind surviving just for the sake of mankind surviving is not a compelling argument to me. It seems like some people are almost wishing for some kind of apocalypse on Earth to justify colonization which would have a slim hope of saving more than a miniscule fraction of what we know as humanity.
Humanity is not just a few people surviving in an artificial environment - humanity is the massive diversity of life all around us. Losing that would be far more tragic than losing a few selected astronauts.
I think the FSF did a very nice job with BadVista.org.
Yeah, they did a great job in promoting Vista awareness. So now, more people will know that there's a new version of Windows coming out, and maybe they should set aside some Christmas money for the upgrade.
I've often wondered why the FSF hasn't reached out to the mainstream community before.
The grammatical construction of your statement implies that you believe that the FSF is reaching out to the mainstream community now. Problem is, they aren't. They are just pulling retarded publicity stunts that do not resonate with the mainstream. It would be nice if they decided to "reach out," but their actions this year indicate the opposite - they just want to further wall themselves off into an enclave.
But why does it matter to you that if some future catastrophe destroyed life on earth, that there would be a small outpost of humans on mars?
I'm not sure why you mention killing myself. I do not wish the earth to be struck by a catastrophe. I quite like my own survival. I enjoy living on the earth. I think we should be trying to avoid catastrophes on earth. It would take a long time for any Martian colony to become self-sustaining, even if it were possible (which is certainly not clear.) It's certainly not going to happen within your lifetime.
I find it interesting how many colonization fans talk about catastrophic events and "survival of mankind." It seems almost like a fantasy, as if such people dream of being part of the "select few" who will regenerate the human species. Perhaps there's even some sex fantasy in there - about becoming an alpha male, who the women must breed with.
I don't know. I've just never seen anyone give a good reason why it is important for "mankind" to survive for eternity. It seems almost religious. Perhaps you could tell me?
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Well, there are times when those "visually enhanced" elements can take on a life of their own. It all depends on what's in one's subconscious. Generally I don't have many visual effects from acid, more distortions of the body and physical sensations. Some people get all kinds of strange visuals, though. But you are correct, LSD is a quite benign substance which is demonized far beyond its effects.
Also, I was writing at the time, so there's no need to assume the ponies were visual, they could have been textual or literary ponies.
Nah, I want to see it fly childrened.
I'm curious as to why simply asking for reasons that a teacher should feel foolish about this would be modded "flamebait."
Why not? His side of the story (so far) is the one getting airtime on Youtube - and therefore more exposure than the teacher's words. What's to stop the kid writing a blog, or making a videolog about his side of the story?
Uhhh, why? This incident makes the perpetrator look like a fool. Why does having a vandal break a window make the victim look foolish?
What, exactly are you referring to here?
Don't talk to me about rights.
It will also be the first robot to qualify for a boat loan.
Actually, you don't. The US has among the highest health-care costs in the world. Why do you think that people go to Canada or Mexico to get drugs? Are all those retired people and chronically ill people some kind of socialist lefties, because they want to pay reasonable prices for drugs?
The left always has plenty of great ideas for what could be done with other people's money. Your "right" to health care ends where my "right" to property begins. Guess which one is genuine, and which is based in some overinflated sense of entitlement?That doesn't make any sense - because you are worse off financially because of the corporate-driven health care system. And don't think that just because it's corporate driven they aren't making decisions about your money. What's so bad about having better health-care, and lower prices, and fewer uninsured people spreading disease, and causing problems that you ultimately have to pay for anyway? What's so bad about having fewer people robbing pharmacists and hospitals? Other people not having adequate health-care affects all of us, including productivity in the economy at large.
For some reason, you want to pay more for an inferior system. Why? It is the insistence on this privatized system that is taking dollars out of taxpayers pockets, not universal health-care, which returns a net financial benefit.
Hey! Who moved the submit button? And what are all these ponies doing here?
No, health care is a solidly mainstream issue. It's not a "lefty" issue. For most of the world, crazy privatized health-care systems and libertarians give them the heebie jeebies. Why is it a left-wing issue to want decent health care at a reasonable cost?
Don't worry, I was just being a pendantic nitpicking motherfucker. I was pointing out that they are not "accidental balloons," they are balloons that were accidentally released. They are quite deliberately intended to be balloons. I guess my pedantic nitpicking can be a bit subtle at times, and usually not as funny as I find it.
Hmmm, looks like I picked up a little slashdotitis there too. Should be "lose" not "loose".No, "loose" is actually correct in the above sentence.
Was it a frisbee?
I thought that car dealers put those balloons on their property purposefully, not accidentally.
No, you fly hundreds of light years to insult somebody or play a prank on unsuspecting humans, then you go home.
Actually, a lot of people shun Starbucks and talk about "real coffee" do it because it's the cool thing to do. They do it because it's what everyone else is doing since they don't want to be left out. Being an anti-Starbucks coffee snob is more about "brand" than coffee anymore.
Selling dairy-related products doesn't mean you're in the dairy business. Just like selling coffee-related products doesn't put you in the coffee business. Starbucks are in the retail beverage business.
WTF? Lattes have been very popular all over the world before Starbucks came along. I think you have it backwards - the latte craze is probably responsible for Starbucks' success.
Computer security was much better in the nineteenth Century, when computers didn't exist.
Well yeah. I never said otherwise. I was talking about the specific scenario proposed. Having a small outpost on Mars is not going to preserve your life, or your family's. It's doubtful it would even preserve mankind if life on Earth were wiped out.
Why is it important for mankind to survive? Because I am a man, and I am a member of mankind, and I think that I and people like me are valuable, and therefore worth preserving.But why is it important in the abstract, and in the scenario outlined? If there was a catastrophe on Earth, and everybody was killed - there would be lots of suffering. Those living on a colony on Mars would likely not have a very pleasant life. If life is reduced to living in a can with limited supplies and few other humans or culture - then what is the value of the concept of "mankind"?
Again: If you don't have an instinct for self preservation, make room for somebody who does.But I do have an instinct for self-preservation. But some future hypothetical colony on Mars is not myself, nor my family. So, why should I care? It's not that I oppose space exploration or colonization - but the rationale of mankind surviving just for the sake of mankind surviving is not a compelling argument to me. It seems like some people are almost wishing for some kind of apocalypse on Earth to justify colonization which would have a slim hope of saving more than a miniscule fraction of what we know as humanity.
Humanity is not just a few people surviving in an artificial environment - humanity is the massive diversity of life all around us. Losing that would be far more tragic than losing a few selected astronauts.
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Yeah, they did a great job in promoting Vista awareness. So now, more people will know that there's a new version of Windows coming out, and maybe they should set aside some Christmas money for the upgrade.
The grammatical construction of your statement implies that you believe that the FSF is reaching out to the mainstream community now. Problem is, they aren't. They are just pulling retarded publicity stunts that do not resonate with the mainstream. It would be nice if they decided to "reach out," but their actions this year indicate the opposite - they just want to further wall themselves off into an enclave.
I'm not sure why you mention killing myself. I do not wish the earth to be struck by a catastrophe. I quite like my own survival. I enjoy living on the earth. I think we should be trying to avoid catastrophes on earth. It would take a long time for any Martian colony to become self-sustaining, even if it were possible (which is certainly not clear.) It's certainly not going to happen within your lifetime.
I find it interesting how many colonization fans talk about catastrophic events and "survival of mankind." It seems almost like a fantasy, as if such people dream of being part of the "select few" who will regenerate the human species. Perhaps there's even some sex fantasy in there - about becoming an alpha male, who the women must breed with.
I don't know. I've just never seen anyone give a good reason why it is important for "mankind" to survive for eternity. It seems almost religious. Perhaps you could tell me?