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#199142 by Keeker
Sun May 24, 2009 4:46 am
We're tribal monkeys. It's in our genes. The trick is to accommodate that but in as constructive and tolerant a way as possible. And as we can see around us every day - not easy to do.
#199143 by Kivenkantaja
Sun May 24, 2009 4:49 am
AlucardXIX wrote:How is being proud of your country ridiculous?

Because ultimately it can only lead to hate towards other countries and is used to make people fight wars they should've never been a part of. Plus what soundsofentropy said, you didn't choose or create the country you were born in.
#199185 by Amber
Sun May 24, 2009 10:03 am
I swear I have a greater vocal range when I sing in japanese compared to English. :D

I do not know why this is...
#199200 by Devy, spelled Devy!
Sun May 24, 2009 11:44 am
Amber wrote:I swear I have a greater vocal range when I sing in japanese compared to English. :D

I do not know why this is...



Ha weird! My voice sounds better when I'm all sick and congested. :lol:
Otherwise I just kind of sound like Steven Wilson minus all the awesomeness and win that he has. Trust me, I'm no Steven Wilson, just have a high voice.
#199201 by soundsofentropy
Sun May 24, 2009 12:00 pm
Zyprexa wrote:It's a bit like animals, isn't it? Fighting over territory, resources, just to curb your testosterone levels or something... I mean, why does a country's borders even set people apart? Why the fuck should it? By distinguishing between people based on race, ethnicity, colour, nationality... we're just creating reasons to differ with them.

I am neither Athenian nor Greek but a citizen of the world - If Socrates could understand it that many years ago then surely it should be fucking obvious today.


I really find it sort of astonishing that humans haven't yet figured out how to get along. We've set up so many constructs to preserve our primal sides that we've become almost completely retrogressive. But what is there to do? Maybe aliens will come and fix this shit...

Zyprexa wrote:They are so good, seriously. When we were over there, we stuck out like a sore thumb because although we were rather stylish (teehee, not) we are very, very pale in comparison with French people. I do know relatively ok French, but if ever a French person sensed that I was struggling to understand or thought I needed prompting with my sentences, they were really accommodating. Fudgey knows none and on the (rare) occasion that he decided not to be an anti-social cunt and speak to somebody, they spoke in English to him with absolutely no reservations. I think that at least one of the party you travel with should know key phrases so that they can communicate with the locals to some extent. When I went to Amsterdam I learned a bit of Dutch (but was too nervous to use it), when I went to Lanzarote I learned a bit of Spanish (but never needed to use it).

As for French patriotism; that's bullshit. Most French people from one region generally dislike people from other regions, or so we found when we were there. So they're hardly in love with their country as a whole if they can't stand their neighbour.


Je parle un peu de français mais pas beaucoup. I've never had the money to travel to Europe. There was a trip for Norway (and potentially a few other places) planned for a few years from now, but now that the economy is shit, it's not really feasible. Regardless, I expected the French were just like any other people (I wonder why?) and treat you about the same as you treat them--and sometimes better, sometimes worse.

Amber wrote:I swear I have a greater vocal range when I sing in japanese compared to English. :D

I do not know why this is...


It might be the syllables you're using.
#199233 by Amber
Sun May 24, 2009 6:54 pm
Yeah, I kinda guessed it would be something to do with pronoucation and all that too. I just find it a little strange.

Also, when I went to France I had no problem :D If fact, one person asked if I was French because of how I was dressed, despite me being with my very english college group. :P
#201326 by BlueRaja
Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:08 am
http://www.examiner.com/x-12038-SF-Astrology-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Orbiter-crashing-into-the-moon

There is a Japanese lunar orbiter named Kaguya that is scheduled to crash into the moon today at about 2:30 pm ET. Scientists hope to learn something about the moon’s composition by observing the debris that is kicked up.

In many traditions, including astrology, the moon represents the feminine. It is the yin, the intuitive, the emotions. Women are connected to the moon by their menstrual cycles while they are fertile, and all beings, including the earth herself, are affected by the pull of the tides.

Purposefully crashing something into the moon just to watch what happens is akin to a schoolboy cutting up a live frog to see what makes it jump. It is an example of the domination of the left-brained rational scientific approach over the intuitive.

Did these scientists talk to the moon? Tell her what they were doing? Ask her permission? Show her respect?

When we are connected into the web of life, we know that what we do to one part is what we do to all. Gaining knowledge by destruction is an empty victory.


:ross:
#201330 by Zyprexa
Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:59 pm
It's terrifying that I have absolutely no idea whether that article is a joke or not. I mean, the rasta image is probably not even relevant to Satya Harvey "SF Astrology Examiner" because I'm stoned and even I don't have a notion in the foggiest what possessed her to campaign for such a ridiculous end.

Edit: Not a stoner, "Satya is a priestess, a shaman, a visionary, and a scholar focusing primarily on astrology, Earth changes, and 2012. She has been studying astrology and delving deep into the mysteries since 1994. She has a passion to discover how it all works, and to communicate her findings with others.".

If she has a passion for discovering how it all works then she'd do well to support a scientific venture like this. What a dumb shit.
#202791 by swervedriver
Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:21 am
That name... it can't be serious, can it? :oops:
#203135 by Amber
Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:13 pm
...Is it wrong that I perhaps laughed at that, a little more than I should have? :lol:
#203145 by shanky
Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:21 pm
I'm not going to lie, I purposely pronounced "Niger" incorrectly quite a bit when I was younger...

Anyways, here's a couple random pictures.

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#204538 by islandsinthesky
Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:29 pm
I just had a friend call and confess to an ongoing incestuous relationship with his sister.
#204541 by islandsinthesky
Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:02 pm
I was doing homework, and he called me and said he had something important to talk about, then told me he'd been having sex with his sister for 2 years, and was continuing to.

then he said: "You don't hate me?"

I said: "No."

He said: "ok"

I said: "Ok"

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