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If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.

Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM

Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#28551: Sep 16th 2010 at 5:48:58 PM

Mass appeal is not about being intelligent and insightful. It's about base instincts.

I think you'd have to have an unusual definition of "base instincts" for this to be true. Pure hedonist groups do not demonstrate much mass appeal.

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#28552: Sep 16th 2010 at 5:53:53 PM

Religion(We've pretty much said everything worth saying.)

An important tenet of most existing religions is that we'd all be better off mindless and dead.

HA!

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Cliche Since: Dec, 1969
#28553: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:12:10 PM

I wonder if some writers put in a Clingy Jealous Girl to mock real life girls who fantasize about having HAWT SEX with the male "victim" and put down any characters who dare intrude in such fantasies.

krrackknut Not here, look elsewhere from The empty Aether. Since: Jan, 2001
Not here, look elsewhere
#28554: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:17:18 PM

Speaking of tropers who are not around any more, I miss Kinkajou.

I think he's busy with schoolwork and only has time for one forum, so he picked Henshin Justice.

edited 16th Sep '10 6:18:14 PM by krrackknut

An useless name, a forsaken connection.
AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#28555: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:19:01 PM

Krrack that avatar is cute and distracting.

edited 16th Sep '10 6:19:43 PM by AnonymousUser

Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#28556: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:28:56 PM

Harman defends a version of the Aristotelian notion of substance. Unlike Leibniz, for whom there were both substances and aggregates, Harman maintains that when objects combine, they create new objects. In this way, he defends an apriori metaphysics that claims that reality is made up only of objects and that there is no “bottom” to the series of objects. In contrast to many other versions of substance, Harman also maintains that it need not be considered eternal, but as Aristotle maintained, substances can both come to be and pass away. For Harman, an object is in itself an infinite recess, unknowable and inaccessible by any other thing. This leads to his account of what he terms “vicarious causality.” Inspired by the occasionalists of Medieval Islamic Philosophy, Harman maintains that no two objects can ever interact save through the mediation of a “sensual vicar.” There are two types of objects, then, for Harman: real objects and the sensual objects that allow for interaction. The former are the things of everyday life, while the latter are the caricatures that mediate interaction. For example, when fire burns cotton, Harman argues that the fire does not touch the essence of that cotton which is inexhaustible by any relation, but that the interaction is mediated by a caricature of the cotton which causes it to burn.

Good luck with that.

Kill all math nerds
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#28558: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:30:51 PM

Reason #147 I wouldn't feel comfortable going to a Tropermeet: Unintentional lapses into ebonics/AAVE.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#28560: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:41:53 PM

Nothing. I just wouldn't feel comfortable using it around tropers.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#28562: Sep 16th 2010 at 6:51:32 PM

From Dic of Jewish Lore and Legend

demons were made on the Friday evening of creation and God did not have time to give them bodies, as shabbat was approaching, so they remained disembodied spirits  *. They have no shadow or thumbs, fly through the air, know the future, and are mortal.

Demons surround humans on all sides, rubbing against them to wear out their clothes and causing disease. Their cock-like footprints may be traced by sprinkling special ash on the ground.

Demons can be controlled by MAGIC power, by MEZUZOT and by AMULETS, and a number of rabbis claimed they could understand their speech. They haunt trees, ruins and toilets, and there was even a protective prayer to sat before going into a lavatory. They attack those who sleep alone.., go out at night on their own.., or do things in pairs  *

(also see EVIL EYE).

It was once considered dangerous to drink water at certain times because the menstrual blood of demonesses fell into it… Modern halakhists maintain that human nature is now different abd naby of the dangers from demons do not apply anymore.

Book continues to list specific demons and mentions the demon children of Lillith and a ritual to keep them away from the corpses their father (men who Lillith would have slept with to produce said children) by Circumambulating the corpse prior to burial and throwing coins in different directs to distract the children. Another Specific demon is mentioned.

Also this bit:

On the Sabbath day demons have no power and return to their home in the ‘hole of the great abyss’

edited 16th Sep '10 6:52:03 PM by Justice4243

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#28563: Sep 16th 2010 at 7:02:16 PM

You know Derrida, you don't have to read every book like it's the Book of Revelations.

Kill all math nerds
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Cliche Since: Dec, 1969
#28565: Sep 16th 2010 at 8:19:38 PM

Checking out the forum titles search for Forum Games was enlightening. Before, people complained about the overabundance of roleplays. Now, avatars. This revelation made me feel slightly guilty about complaining about the latter.

Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#28566: Sep 16th 2010 at 8:20:54 PM

So I found out Doom The Roguelike's soundtrack can be modified through the .ini file.

Long story short, fighting off a wave of demon's in the Hell's Arena level with Am I Evil? blaring feels so metal.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#28567: Sep 16th 2010 at 8:27:32 PM

I suppose the real question is to figure out what to do with a Turing-complete audiovisual editor..

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
harmattane X_X from Location, location Since: Jan, 2010
X_X
#28569: Sep 16th 2010 at 9:29:57 PM

Myrmidon has the best avatar.

Ce ne pas un post.
Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#28570: Sep 16th 2010 at 11:29:57 PM

http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2010/09/how-not-to-fire-tornado.html

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
CaptainNapalm Totally Not a Schoolboy from a closet. Since: Mar, 2010
Totally Not a Schoolboy
#28571: Sep 16th 2010 at 11:44:46 PM

Is it worth it to buy a used 360 to play JSRF and Radiant Silvergun?

Let's play a game about Pokémon...
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#28573: Sep 16th 2010 at 11:50:24 PM

Nornagest: Kinda meh to me, honestly. Fireball-making was fun, though.

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harmattane X_X from Location, location Since: Jan, 2010
X_X
#28574: Sep 17th 2010 at 1:54:24 AM

Nice crossed wires.

Ce ne pas un post.
MidnightVelvet Since: Apr, 2014
#28575: Sep 17th 2010 at 3:05:35 AM

The skin under my left thumb-nail is bleeding, and it hurts like an absolute Oedipus Rex. FREAKING OW.

And FUCK, it is dripping. AGH.

No, wait, I take it back. I kind of like it!

edited 17th Sep '10 3:15:23 AM by MidnightVelvet


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