This is a video about a blind person who was apparently able to see during her OBE and NDE.
It is a short video. Collected by Kenneth Ring, who advocates for souls, and afterlife. What do you think?
Note: people born blind at birth do not see in their dreams, so if this woman actually saw, it could mean something (maybe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYiJ_qBnEDo
If this blind person really saw during her NDE, do you think this would prove the existence of souls as she never saw in dreams before? Her brain wouldn't know what vision looks like, so the fact that she could see things may prove something.
It proves that people see into things what they want to see.
The brain is wired for sight, even if it has never experienced it before.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rWw2zkBqbT0
Quote from: Manga on April 08, 2017, 09:02:39 PM
This is a video about a blind person who was apparently able to see during her OBE and NDE.
It is a short video. Collected by Kenneth Ring, who advocates for souls, and afterlife. What do you think?
Note: people born blind at birth do not see in their dreams, so if this woman actually saw, it could mean something (maybe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYiJ_qBnEDo
If this blind person really saw during her NDE, do you think this would prove the existence of souls as she never saw in dreams before? Her brain wouldn't know what vision looks like, so the fact that she could see things may prove something.
Everything you see, happens inside your head, whether you can see or not.
Bye
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
It's a nice door. I'd hate it if something were to happen to it.
You cannot delete your account, at least when I browsed the forum information. You can join, but you cannot unjoin. When I browsed the membership list, it showed a membership with 200 times the people that actually participate. Some are probably dead, but you can't delete your account. So if you are being chased by hit men from the CIA, or you need to become unreachable for your own safety, you are out of luck. When the religious majority or the government comes to kill you, they will check the forum membership first and trace it back to you.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Quote from: SGOS on April 09, 2017, 07:14:38 AM
You cannot delete your account, at least when I browsed the forum information. You can join, but you cannot unjoin. When I browsed the membership list, it showed a membership with 200 times the people that actually participate. Some are probably dead, but you can't delete your account. So if you are being chased by hit men from the CIA, or you need to become unreachable for your own safety, you are out of luck. When the religious majority or the government comes to kill you, they will check the forum membership first and trace it back to you.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
You weren't supposed to reveal that information. Now you'll feature prominently in "RED 3".
Quote from: SGOS on April 09, 2017, 07:14:38 AM
You cannot delete your account, at least when I browsed the forum information. You can join, but you cannot unjoin. When I browsed the membership list, it showed a membership with 200 times the people that actually participate. Some are probably dead, but you can't delete your account. So if you are being chased by hit men from the CIA, or you need to become unreachable for your own safety, you are out of luck. When the religious majority or the government comes to kill you, they will check the forum membership first and trace it back to you.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Howard Hughes Mormon Death Squads ... they are the worst ... they evangelize you, then kill you ;-)
Let me know when you believe you have had sufficient time to digest the answers and I shall be happy to "delete" you.
Quote from: SGOS on April 09, 2017, 07:14:38 AM
You cannot delete your account...When the religious majority or the government comes to kill you, they will check the forum membership first and trace it back to you.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Is it weird, that this has crossed my mind before?
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on April 09, 2017, 11:46:50 AM
Is it weird, that this has crossed my mind before?
Oddly, I didn't write that entirely in jest. I'm not planning on leaving the forum, but if I did, I'd prefer to it without leaving a footprint. Although the consequences would unlikely be as dramatic a I put it, there could be other unforeseen and undesirable consequences.
The Eagles beat you to it with Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on April 09, 2017, 11:46:50 AM
Is it weird, that this has crossed my mind before?
The purpose of social media back to AOL .. is to provide a trail to who the traitors are and where they are ;-) This is like Mao's "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom" campaign of the 1950s ... to identify who the running dogs of capitalism are.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: fuck no.
Bye.
Quote from: SGOS on April 09, 2017, 12:14:31 PM
Oddly, I didn't write that entirely in jest. I'm not planning on leaving the forum, but if I did, I'd prefer to it without leaving a footprint. Although the consequences would unlikely be as dramatic a I put it, there could be other unforeseen and undesirable consequences.
You promised. Now fuck off.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on April 10, 2017, 11:07:16 AM
You promised. Now fuck off.
I didn't promise nothin'. You fuck off.
Quote from: SGOS on April 10, 2017, 02:40:48 PM
I didn't promise nothin'. You fuck off.
Don't make me come down there.
Quote from: SGOS on April 10, 2017, 02:40:48 PM
I didn't promise nothin'. You fuck off.
And I have no idea why you were quoted there, so just to be safe, "Fuck off" pre-emptively.
Why is 'fuck off' or 'fuck you' a bad thing??? I usually find that activity quite pleasant.
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 10, 2017, 07:44:46 PM
Why is 'fuck off' or 'fuck you' a bad thing??? I usually find that activity quite pleasant.
Fuck on = good. Fuck off =/= good.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on April 10, 2017, 07:46:43 PM
Fuck on = good. Fuck off =/= good.
wax on/wax off sort of thing, I guess.
I can see good things about fuck on/fuck off. FUBAR is another story tho. And so is SNAFU--I think maybe fucked up is not so good.
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 10, 2017, 08:08:16 PM
wax on/wax off sort of thing, I guess.
I can see good things about fuck on/fuck off. FUBAR is another story tho. And so is SNAFU--I think maybe fucked up is not so good.
Lovely. Now I have this conflated with that old commercial for the Clapper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTNuJXi6UUk) -- "Fuck on! Fuck off! Fuck on fuck off, the Fucker!"
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 10, 2017, 07:44:46 PM
Why is 'fuck off' or 'fuck you' a bad thing??? I usually find that activity quite pleasant.
You could expand on that.
Why is it a bad thing to be called a boob, or a pussy? They are lovely things I most enjoy. Being called a Dick? I have one, it's Nice to have and very dear to me. Being called an ass or an asshole? Asses can be beautiful, and everyone has assholes. They are quite usefull to THE human existance.
Stephen fry once remarked in Some clip that it's strange we take all these wonderous things we use for enjoyable recreation and even to bring forth THE miracle of new life and feel THE need to censor them. (Paraphrasing here.) Yet we feel most comfortable saying words which concern THE darkest, worst aspects of humanity. Words like torture, tyrant, kill, ... . 'Work was torture'. 'My Boss is such a tyrant.' 'Yo man, you killed out there!' All these words get a free pass from everyone. But say 'Work was shit'. 'My Boss is a dick.' Or 'you fucking ruled out there.' In front of someone sensitive or someone With children, (All natural human parts and behaviors,) and there is a Good chance you'll get called out for it.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on April 11, 2017, 02:05:13 AM
You could expand on that.
Why is it a bad thing to be called a boob, or a pussy? They are lovely things I most enjoy. Being called a Dick? I have one, it's Nice to have and very dear to me. Being called an ass or an asshole? Asses can be beautiful, and everyone has assholes. They are quite usefull to THE human existance.
Stephen fry once remarked in Some clip that it's strange we take all these wonderous things we use for enjoyable recreation and even to bring forth THE miracle of new life and feel THE need to censor them. (Paraphrasing here.) Yet we feel most comfortable saying words which concern THE darkest, worst aspects of humanity. Words like torture, tyrant, kill, ... . 'Work was torture'. 'My Boss is such a tyrant.' 'Yo man, you killed out there!' All these words get a free pass from everyone. But say 'Work was shit'. 'My Boss is a dick.' Or 'you fucking ruled out there.' In front of someone sensitive or someone With children, (All natural human parts and behaviors,) and there is a Good chance you'll get called out for it.
So true. Do you suppose religion gets a large share in why we do that? I think so. Religion teaches that sex is bad--nudity is bad--bodies are our temple, but don't look at them or touch them. Pleasure derived from our bodies is bad. Think religion is more about control than spirituality? Yeah, me too. The Adam and Eve thing was a stroke of genius for some control freak. Half the population now under your control. Not bad for a days work.
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 11, 2017, 09:27:18 AM
So true. Do you suppose religion gets a large share in why we do that? I think so. Religion teaches that sex is bad--nudity is bad--bodies are our temple, but don't look at them or touch them. Pleasure derived from our bodies is bad. Think religion is more about control than spirituality? Yeah, me too. The Adam and Eve thing was a stroke of genius for some control freak. Half the population now under your control. Not bad for a days work.
I think there is something to be said, for that hypothesis. Indeed.
https://youtu.be/QZ0Ny6WhfLU
I've never asked for an account to be deleted. If the forum wasn't a good fit for me I just walked. Not that hard unless one is a spineless jelly fish.
Quote from: Manga on April 08, 2017, 09:02:39 PM
Last question and I will delete my account, I promise! Does this prove souls?
This is a video about a blind person who was apparently able to see during her OBE and NDE.
It is a short video. Collected by Kenneth Ring, who advocates for souls, and afterlife. What do you think?
Note: people born blind at birth do not see in their dreams, so if this woman actually saw, it could mean something (maybe)
If this blind person really saw during her NDE, do you think this would prove the existence of souls as she never saw in dreams before? Her brain wouldn't know what vision looks like, so the fact that she could see things may prove something.
(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/672/756/958.jpg)
Quote from: Jason78 on April 11, 2017, 12:25:08 PM
(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/672/756/958.jpg)
I'm sorry, what part of being gay is a bad thing?
Quote from: trdsf on April 11, 2017, 10:24:54 PM
I'm sorry, what part of being gay is a bad thing?
Apparently makes you into a college age dork super hero?
Quote from: trdsf on April 11, 2017, 10:24:54 PM
I'm sorry, what part of being gay is a bad thing?
Didn't south park establish that just because someone is a faggot, that doesn't mean (s)he is gay?
Bye...
Quote from: trdsf on April 11, 2017, 10:24:54 PM
I'm sorry, what part of being gay is a bad thing?
The part where they make so many straight men look like absolute slobs?
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on April 12, 2017, 01:43:20 AM
Didn't south park establish that just because someone is a faggot, that doesn't mean (s)he is gay?
I wouldn't know, I don't watch South Park.
Quote from: trdsf on April 12, 2017, 01:10:53 PM
I wouldn't know, I don't watch South Park.
You should. It's social commentary of a high degree. The Cartman burgers were ... delicious.
Meh, I've seen it, the humor is a little too broad for my tastes.
Quote from: trdsf on April 13, 2017, 09:06:58 AM
Meh, I've seen it, the humor is a little too broad for my tastes.
So is Cartman's butt.
Quote from: trdsf on April 11, 2017, 10:24:54 PM
I'm sorry, what part of being gay is a bad thing?
The meme didn't mention being gay. It mentioned being a faggot. I'm using it in the British sense here.
It's still derogatory and sexist. But at least it doesn't attack the OP's sexual orientation.
Quote from: Jason78 on April 13, 2017, 01:10:10 PM
The meme didn't mention being gay. It mentioned being a faggot. I'm using it in the British sense here.
It's still derogatory and sexist. But at least it doesn't attack the OP's sexual orientation.
I can't say that was clear, in any case.
British vulgarity is weird; I still don't get how a man is a 'cunt'.
Quote from: trdsf on April 13, 2017, 03:56:20 PM
I can't say that was clear, in any case.
British vulgarity is weird; I still don't get how a man is a 'cunt'.
Just know that if he's asking for a fag he can put in his mouth, it's not what you think.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on April 13, 2017, 04:58:44 PM
Just know that if he's asking for a fag he can put in his mouth, it's not what you think.
I don't really know how the term 'faggot' became equated with homosexuality. But a fag can be a cigarette. And they are also a type of construction bolt.
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 13, 2017, 06:04:51 PM
I don't really know how the term 'faggot' became equated with homosexuality. But a fag can be a cigarette. And they are also a type of construction bolt.
Faggot is also a stick used for building a campfire.
I suspect the term originates from "faggot-carriers" meaning old women carrying fallen branches for fires. The connection to womanly males would make some sense there.
But it is a prejorative with no modern meaning and no value in modern society.
Quote from: trdsf on April 13, 2017, 03:56:20 PM
I can't say that was clear, in any case.
British vulgarity is weird; I still don't get how a man is a 'cunt'.
It's not weird! You can craft some of the most beautiful insults in the English language with British vulgarity.
In conclusion, every other culture in the world is wrong except mine.
Quote from: Jason78 on April 17, 2017, 07:20:43 AM
It's not weird! You can craft some of the most beautiful insults in the English language with British vulgarity.
In conclusion, every other culture in the world is wrong except mine.
One of the best things I ever heard was an episode of
Fry's English Delight on Radio 4, all about the history, etymology, and myriad uses of the word 'fuck', the use of which word the program(me) did not shy away from. Supremely recommended (as well as the rest of the series).
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 10, 2017, 07:44:46 PM
Why is 'fuck off' or 'fuck you' a bad thing??? I usually find that activity quite pleasant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJMqdTr7IQM
Quote from: PickelledEggs on April 17, 2017, 04:12:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJMqdTr7IQM
Billy doesn't know why it's a bad thing either. I suppose it means 'stop it! Leave!'--sort of. But why?
Informal language usage rules are not codified.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on April 18, 2017, 07:56:48 AM
Informal language usage rules are not codified.
Yep! That's a fact.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on April 18, 2017, 09:32:26 AM
Word!!!
;)
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is a word
A-well-a-bird, bird, b-bird's a word, a-well-a
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 18, 2017, 09:45:46 AM
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is a word
A-well-a-bird, bird, b-bird's a word, a-well-a
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
It seemed during the 60s, rock and roll songs often satirized rock and roll songs.
Quote from: SGOS on April 18, 2017, 09:58:31 AM
It seemed during the 60s, rock and roll songs often satirized rock and roll songs.
One of the reasons I still like them, I guess.
Quote from: SGOS on April 18, 2017, 09:58:31 AM
It seemed during the 60s, rock and roll songs often satirized rock and roll songs.
Now, Shirley, you don't mean songs like "One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater"?
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on April 18, 2017, 12:38:57 PM
Now, Shirley, you don't mean songs like "One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater"?
Are you talking about the Minnesota Vikings????
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 18, 2017, 11:33:12 AM
One of the reasons I still like them, I guess.
Before Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show was hosted by several other more short lived celebrities. One I liked very much was Steve Allen. One of his recurring skits always began with a rag on whatever happened to the great poets of antiquity? His thesis was that they had moved on to writing rock and roll lyrics, and then he would pull out some recent hit, I suppose selected for it's absurdity, and read it like a poet in a coffee house with all the poetic pauses and the other oral enhancements one would give to poetry reading.
Well, I guess you had to be there. I though it was a hoot. My sister was too young to understand the humor of nonsense, and my mother would just roll her eyes, but my father and I would roll around on the floor laughing until we had tears in our eyes.
Quote from: SGOS on April 18, 2017, 01:09:30 PM
Before Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show was hosted by several other more short lived celebrities. One I liked very much was Steve Allen. One of his recurring skits always began with a rag on whatever happened to the great poets of antiquity? His thesis was that they had moved on to writing rock and roll lyrics, and then he would pull out some recent hit, I suppose selected for it's absurdity, and read it like a poet in a coffee house with all the poetic pauses and the other oral enhancements one would give to poetry reading.
Well, I guess you had to be there. I though it was a hoot. My sister was too young to understand the humor of nonsense, and my mother would just roll her eyes, but my father and I would roll around on the floor laughing until we had tears in our eyes.
Sounds like the bees-knees daddy-o ... Doby Gillis much? Satirizing the Existentialist French scene perhaps.
Quote from: SGOS on April 18, 2017, 01:09:30 PM
Before Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show was hosted by several other more short lived celebrities. One I liked very much was Steve Allen. One of his recurring skits always began with a rag on whatever happened to the great poets of antiquity? His thesis was that they had moved on to writing rock and roll lyrics, and then he would pull out some recent hit, I suppose selected for it's absurdity, and read it like a poet in a coffee house with all the poetic pauses and the other oral enhancements one would give to poetry reading.
Well, I guess you had to be there. I though it was a hoot. My sister was too young to understand the humor of nonsense, and my mother would just roll her eyes, but my father and I would roll around on the floor laughing until we had tears in our eyes.
I can see that. Steve Allen was an entertainment polymath anyway. That reminds me, I need to see if I can track down his series,
Meeting of Minds.
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 18, 2017, 12:53:48 PM
Are you talking about the Minnesota Vikings????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nEeoXS18Ww
Quote from: SGOS on April 18, 2017, 01:09:30 PM
Before Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show was hosted by several other more short lived celebrities. One I liked very much was Steve Allen. One of his recurring skits always began with a rag on whatever happened to the great poets of antiquity? His thesis was that they had moved on to writing rock and roll lyrics, and then he would pull out some recent hit, I suppose selected for it's absurdity, and read it like a poet in a coffee house with all the poetic pauses and the other oral enhancements one would give to poetry reading.
Well, I guess you had to be there. I though it was a hoot. My sister was too young to understand the humor of nonsense, and my mother would just roll her eyes, but my father and I would roll around on the floor laughing until we had tears in our eyes.
But I was there...............on the floor. Steve Allen one of my favs. the Man On The Street skits were some of my favorites. I think Don Knotts was introduced in one of these. I laughed at him until my belly ached--and both my parents did the same. I also remember the poet in the coffee shop skits, as well. Loved them.
Quote from: trdsf on April 18, 2017, 02:48:15 PM
I can see that. Steve Allen was an entertainment polymath anyway. That reminds me, I need to see if I can track down his series, Meeting of Minds.
I liked that show too. It is all on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gH5Nbdmdg4&list=PLIB18CNiAgFVW26C38cdEHztCTM08tN92
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 18, 2017, 08:29:48 PM
But I was there...............on the floor. Steve Allen one of my favs. the Man On The Street skits were some of my favorites. I think Don Knotts was introduced in one of these. I laughed at him until my belly ached--and both my parents did the same. I also remember the poet in the coffee shop skits, as well. Loved them.
That's where Knotts perfected his 'nervous man' persona. I have seen clips, and they're wonderful. Also, didn't Bill Dana (aka "Jose Jimenez") start off with Allen?
Quote from: trdsf on April 19, 2017, 10:27:41 AM
That's where Knotts perfected his 'nervous man' persona. I have seen clips, and they're wonderful. Also, didn't Bill Dana (aka "Jose Jimenez") start off with Allen?
Yeah, it could have been his start. I thought his character was actually funnier than Knotts.
Quote from: SGOS on April 19, 2017, 11:01:24 AM
Yeah, it could have been his start. I thought his character was actually funnier than Knotts.
Looks like he started as a writer for the Steve Allen Show, and has written a
lot for TV, including being the creator of the Maxwell Smart "Would you believe...?" jokes. And is still alive (http://www.bill-dana.com/pages/index.html).
Quote from: trdsf on April 19, 2017, 10:27:41 AM
That's where Knotts perfected his 'nervous man' persona. I have seen clips, and they're wonderful. Also, didn't Bill Dana (aka "Jose Jimenez") start off with Allen?
I never tired of Knotts and his nervous man routine. Dana started there and so did Tom Poston.
I think the Hispanic Male Nurse in 'The Right Stuff' solved that problem well. No jokes about that after that.
Quote from: SGOS on April 09, 2017, 07:14:38 AM
You cannot delete your account, at least when I browsed the forum information. You can join, but you cannot unjoin. When I browsed the membership list, it showed a membership with 200 times the people that actually participate. Some are probably dead, but you can't delete your account. So if you are being chased by hit men from the CIA, or you need to become unreachable for your own safety, you are out of luck. When the religious majority or the government comes to kill you, they will check the forum membership first and trace it back to you.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
There was a time when someone who didn't know what he was doing attempted to delete a bunch of old members and wound up deleting *way* too many user names from the database. Hundreds and thousands of posts disappeared.
I had to restore the entire forum from a backup that I had luckily taken a few days before because during the restore process something messed up and everybody's user name showed up as aitm.
True story!
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Quote from: Mr_C on June 18, 2017, 09:42:35 AM
There was a time when someone who didn't know what he was doing attempted to delete a bunch of old members and wound up deleting *way* too many user names from the database. Hundreds and thousands of posts disappeared.
I had to restore the entire forum from a backup that I had luckily taken a few days before because during the restore process something messed up and everybody's user name showed up as aitm.
True story!
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But everyone is aitm .. he has multiple personality syndrome ;-)
Well, I think we gave the lil imp enough time eh. Let's lock it up and send it down the ole toily. I'll let it sit in case anyone has an objection. Preferably someone with a soul.