hmmmm....people who would sit on a cure for AIDS....here's one example that comes to mind, please feel free to contribute more.
how about Fred Phelps, the infamous man who started the "God Hates Gays" movement, and all of his supporters who believe (or at the very least shout loudly) that AIDS is god's way of punishing gay people.
Can't imagine he'd freely share the cure for AIDS.
Guess we're lucky that he's a religious fanatic, rather than a member of the scientific community.
google or scroogle "god hates gays" and his website www.godhatesfags.com comes up... brace yourself for some blatant hatred.
Maybe you should focus a little closer to home first. Here, I'll even help you:
"The trick is to convince the [females] that farts are a sign of great social standing and virility. Make 'em feel inadequate due to their lack of [being able to control your] ability."
We women already feel inadequate at being able to control the horrendous things that come out of the average man (from any hole). The only thing left to do is convince us that the copious amounts of gas seeping (or exploding) from your goatse-hole, directly correlates to how powerful and man-ly (thus desirable) you are. Should be...easy...:-)
Of course, it could just be that the design held some spiritual significance. A lot of trouble to go through, however.
Tibetan monks go through a lot of trouble for designs that hold great spiritual significance though.
"The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which symbolises the transitory nature of things. As part of Buddhist canon, all things material are seen as transitory. A sand mandala is an example of this, being that once it has been built and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished, it is systematically destroyed."
Why not stockpile tractors and fertilizer and enough resources that you could feed a major city within a year from a single stock pile?
I think before we attempt to stockpile tractors and food (which is perishable, and would therefore need to be re-stocked every few years) and fertilizer and such to feed people in a major city for an entire year in case of a major disaster, we should perhaps focus first on feeding the starving people found all over the world.
Regarding the stockpiling of seeds, I believe it is a very good idea. Seeds are small and do not perish easily; therefore they are efficient to store over long periods of time. These seeds are crops that people have been growing for a long time, so they will know how to grow them even after a major disaster. Although not every life would be saved by these seeds, many could be saved. I also believe it would be important to keep updating the seed supply, so if a country phases out one sort of crop in favor of a more efficient crop, only the crop that many people know how to grow will be stored at Svalbard (unless of course there is enough room in the storage facility to continue to store the phased-out crop's seeds.)
Years ago I opened a fortune cookie that said "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want." The universe was telling me to look for a learning opportunities whenever I didn't get an expected result.
I just wonder what the universe was trying to tell me when I opened a fortune cookie that said "Promote Literacy: Buy a box of fortune cookies today!"
They'll just be trading a gaming addiction for another kind of addiction, like AA does swapping alcohol for Jesus
As part of the detox program, they should add a course to help these gamers on their re-entrance to "normal" society. I would suggest a course along the lines of "How to Pick Up Chicks".
That way, these game-junkies could trade their gaming addiction with another: Sex. It might not solve the addiction problem, but at least these nerds would be a whole lot happier!:-)
Well come on now, before you start saying that determining something by using the all-important game Rock, Paper, Scissors is ridiculous, think back a few years...
to when you were a child...
and the most important things in your life (such as who would get the largest cookie, who could run through the sprinkler first, and who had to take the pet rock home for the night) were determined by a quick, non-disputable game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. It wasn't ridiculous back then! (Though now, rather oddly, I feel quite ridiculous for having defended the integrity of RPS!)
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how about Fred Phelps, the infamous man who started the "God Hates Gays" movement, and all of his supporters who believe (or at the very least shout loudly) that AIDS is god's way of punishing gay people. Can't imagine he'd freely share the cure for AIDS. Guess we're lucky that he's a religious fanatic, rather than a member of the scientific community.
google or scroogle "god hates gays" and his website www.godhatesfags.com comes up... brace yourself for some blatant hatred.
Your 'possible short story' reminded me of a fantastic animated short film called MORE by Mark Osborne. The only thing I can say is: watch it!
"The trick is to convince the [females] that farts are a sign of great social standing and virility. Make 'em feel inadequate due to their lack of [being able to control your] ability."
We women already feel inadequate at being able to control the horrendous things that come out of the average man (from any hole). The only thing left to do is convince us that the copious amounts of gas seeping (or exploding) from your goatse-hole, directly correlates to how powerful and man-ly (thus desirable) you are. Should be...easy... :-)
Of course, it could just be that the design held some spiritual significance. A lot of trouble to go through, however.
Tibetan monks go through a lot of trouble for designs that hold great spiritual significance though.
"The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which symbolises the transitory nature of things. As part of Buddhist canon, all things material are seen as transitory. A sand mandala is an example of this, being that once it has been built and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished, it is systematically destroyed."
RIP Steve Irwin :-)
So long, and thanks for all the fish...and crocodiles, stingrays, snakes, lions, tigers, bears...
Why not stockpile tractors and fertilizer and enough resources that you could feed a major city within a year from a single stock pile?
I think before we attempt to stockpile tractors and food (which is perishable, and would therefore need to be re-stocked every few years) and fertilizer and such to feed people in a major city for an entire year in case of a major disaster, we should perhaps focus first on feeding the starving people found all over the world.
Regarding the stockpiling of seeds, I believe it is a very good idea. Seeds are small and do not perish easily; therefore they are efficient to store over long periods of time. These seeds are crops that people have been growing for a long time, so they will know how to grow them even after a major disaster. Although not every life would be saved by these seeds, many could be saved.
I also believe it would be important to keep updating the seed supply, so if a country phases out one sort of crop in favor of a more efficient crop, only the crop that many people know how to grow will be stored at Svalbard (unless of course there is enough room in the storage facility to continue to store the phased-out crop's seeds.)
Years ago I opened a fortune cookie that said "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want." The universe was telling me to look for a learning opportunities whenever I didn't get an expected result.
I just wonder what the universe was trying to tell me when I opened a fortune cookie that said "Promote Literacy: Buy a box of fortune cookies today!"
They'll just be trading a gaming addiction for another kind of addiction, like AA does swapping alcohol for Jesus
:-)
As part of the detox program, they should add a course to help these gamers on their re-entrance to "normal" society. I would suggest a course along the lines of "How to Pick Up Chicks".
That way, these game-junkies could trade their gaming addiction with another: Sex. It might not solve the addiction problem, but at least these nerds would be a whole lot happier!
Well come on now, before you start saying that determining something by using the all-important game Rock, Paper, Scissors is ridiculous, think back a few years...
to when you were a child...
and the most important things in your life (such as who would get the largest cookie, who could run through the sprinkler first, and who had to take the pet rock home for the night) were determined by a quick, non-disputable game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. It wasn't ridiculous back then! (Though now, rather oddly, I feel quite ridiculous for having defended the integrity of RPS!)
You never hear about Americans sneaking over to Canada, they must be doing something right!
But who would ever want to sneak into Canada? There's nothing in Canada but...snow and ice? That must be why they love hockey so much!
And you can never really tell what exactly they're talking about -- boots, or boats?