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Greg! - GayChinchilla22 - 2010-02-27

Oh god no, my prof is so scary that I got adrenaline'd just reading that. Also, he's a pretty big pomegranate on campus as our school is a film centric one.

I mean there's more to the essay than how much money went into the films, there's also formal techniques, thematics, distribution and marketing.

I mean, regardless of how much Die Hard was made for it was still a studio film made after Star Wars and Jaws had come out, so it's a bit profit centric.

There's also a postmodernist bent in the essay as it's a postmodernist class.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

GayChinchilla22 Wrote:Oh god no, my prof is so scary that I got adrenaline'd just reading that. Also, he's a pretty big pomegranate on campus as our school is a film centric one.

I mean there's more to the essay than how much money went into the films, there's also formal techniques, thematics, distribution and marketing.

I mean, regardless of how much Die Hard was made for it was still a studio film made after Star Wars and Jaws had come out, so it's a bit profit centric.

There's also a postmodernist bent in the essay as it's a postmodernist class.

Greg! - madanthony - 2010-02-27

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Even if it's bad trolling in a bad thread. It makes me happy whenever I have an excuse for this picture.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

madanthony Wrote:
Even if it's bad trolling in a bad thread. It makes me happy whenever I have an excuse for this picture.

Over the holidays I read a neat book called Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely. The book is a fascinating glimpse into several bizarre and unfortunate bugs in our mental software. These bugs cause us to behave in weird but highly predictable ways in a bunch of everyday situations.

For instance, one chapter explains why bringing an uglier version of yourself to a party is guaranteed to get you more attention than other people who are arguably better-looking than you are. I personally do this all the time, except that I'm usually the ugly one. The same principle explains a ploy used by real-estate agents to get you to buy ugly houses.

Another chapter explains the bug that causes you to be a packrat, and shows why you desperately hold on to things you own, even if you know deep down that they would rate lower than pocket lint on eBay.

In any case, well, good book. I'm going to harsh on it a teeny bit here, but it's only one tiny part towards the end, one that actually has little to do with the rest of the research presented in the book. I still highly recommend it. It's only about a 4- or 5-hour read: beyond the reach of most social-network commenters, perhaps, but you can probably handle it just fine.

So: about that harshing. Dan Ariely, who seems like a pretty fascinating guy in his own right, independent of his nifty book, says something that's kinda naïve towards the end. It doesn't seem naïve at all when you first read it. But naïve it is.

Towards the end of the book — and I apologize here, since my copy is on loan to a friend at the moment, and you can't search inside the book on Amazon.com no-thanks to the book's publisher, so I can't double check the exact details — but towards the end, Dan works himself into a minor frenzy over what seems like a neat idea about credit cards.

Greg! - madanthony - 2010-02-27

Kawasari Mimoto Wrote:Over the holidays I read a neat book called Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely. The book is a fascinating glimpse into several bizarre and unfortunate bugs in our mental software. These bugs cause us to behave in weird but highly predictable ways in a bunch of everyday situations.

For instance, one chapter explains why bringing an uglier version of yourself to a party is guaranteed to get you more attention than other people who are arguably better-looking than you are. I personally do this all the time, except that I'm usually the ugly one. The same principle explains a ploy used by real-estate agents to get you to buy ugly houses.

Another chapter explains the bug that causes you to be a packrat, and shows why you desperately hold on to things you own, even if you know deep down that they would rate lower than pocket lint on eBay.

In any case, well, good book. I'm going to harsh on it a teeny bit here, but it's only one tiny part towards the end, one that actually has little to do with the rest of the research presented in the book. I still highly recommend it. It's only about a 4- or 5-hour read: beyond the reach of most social-network commenters, perhaps, but you can probably handle it just fine.

So: about that harshing. Dan Ariely, who seems like a pretty fascinating guy in his own right, independent of his nifty book, says something that's kinda naïve towards the end. It doesn't seem naïve at all when you first read it. But naïve it is.

Towards the end of the book — and I apologize here, since my copy is on loan to a friend at the moment, and you can't search inside the book on Amazon.com no-thanks to the book's publisher, so I can't double check the exact details — but towards the end, Dan works himself into a minor frenzy over what seems like a neat idea about credit cards.

Why sir, this seems like a fascinating read and I would most love to hear more about it.

Actually though, I recognized that name. I've seen one of his TED talks.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

madanthony Wrote:Why sir, this seems like a fascinating read and I would most love to hear more about it.

Actually though, I recognized that name. I've seen one of his TED talks.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html

So have I. He's mentioned on news-channels, specifically. Hmm.

Greg! - MetaSeraphim - 2010-02-27

I enjoy shaving my legs.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

MetaSeraphim Wrote:I enjoy shaving my legs.

Many avid readers of this site are probably well aware of my attitude toward women who feel like "female issues" (periods, bras, etc.) are some secret fucking taboo "in" thing that should be shared only between women and men have no place even hearing about them from a self-respecting woman unless she HAS to tell him ("I'm on my period, no we can't pineapple!"). In fact, I wrote a rant about it in 2004. It's a subject that pisses me off to no end. Women, thinking their fucking crotch is so goddamn special that it needs to be all "hidden" and "secret", like Idiana fucking Jones is the only man who should be trying to find out. And what's worse is the idiot men who were taught that this is the case by their stupid fucking plum mothers and feed right into the bullshit. Seriously, this elitist attitude about your smelly fucking hatchet wound really pisses me the pineapple off, girls!

But alas, I have come to the conclusion that turnabout is fair play. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. And other stupid euphimisms.

You see, there's an ongoing debate raging among liberal farts in this country about male circumcision. There's no medical reason to do it, it's purely cosmetic, it's unneccesarily traumatic to the infant, you shouldn't perform such a procedure on someone who can't consent, and blah-de-blah-de-blah. Well, truth be told, I actually agree with most of these sentiments. Yes, it's barbaric and I'm totally on the fence about whether to have my own son "cut."

But that's not the issue at hand. No, the issue at hand is a very interesting trend I've noticed. Bring up this topic in any liberal circle of friends, message board, chat room, etc. and you will invariably get a flood of anti-circumcision propoganda. What's the problem with this? Well, the neat little thing I've noticed is that 99% of this "don't cut the penis!" talk is coming from fucking WOMEN!

So, lemme get this straight... If I were to be a royal pimento about something like "you should let your daughter shave her legs whenever she's ready" or "You should let your daughter use tampons instead of pads" or some other pomegranate, you'd call me a pervert, tell me it's none of my business, don't worry about your daughter, it's a GIRL thing, and then tell me to pineapple off. But YOU get to be a total fucking plum about my SON'S PENIS??? Well, alrighty then.......

Greg! - madanthony - 2010-02-27

I can't wait for the day that trolling is a legitimate area of study among sociologists. I'd join studies. The mind and the internet mash together in terribly fun and interesting ways from a bystander's point of view.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

madanthony Wrote:I can't wait for the day that trolling is a legitimate area of study among sociologists. I'd join studies. The mind and the internet mash together in terribly fun and interesting ways from a bystander's point of view.

^. Yeah.

THE WORD "N-G-R" MEANS "GOD" IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

The father of the "n" word was the word used by the ancient Egyptians for "God." That word was "N-g-r" and as one can see, there are no vowels in this word. In the ancient African and even the present African languages (the Afro-Asiatic linguistic family) vowels such as "a,e,i,o,u" are not found in many translations, particularly of ancient Hebrew and Egyptian languages.

In the translation of ancient Egyptian and Hebrew (which is heavily influenced by Egyptian), one will not always find vowels, therefore, very few people will realize that the word for God, which is "N-g-r" pronounced "en-ger" was the Egyptian word for God. In fact, the Egyptian word for "nature," is also the word used for God. That word is "ntyr," (pronounced net-jer." Now prounce the word "nigg.." and the word "net-jer," and one sees the clear connection.

MANY AFRICAN WORDS SIGNIFYING IMPORTANT PEOPLE START WITH "N"

In many African languages particularly the Niger-Congo language family, words that connects with people, Gods, and groups begin with "n" and that word is always the first word. For instance, the word "Nkosi" in Xhosa is "God." The word "Ndaba," in another South African language is "counsil" (or gathering of elders).

WORDS OF AFRICAN ORIGINS THAT CAME FROM THE ORIGINAL WORD, "N-G-R" (PROUNOUNCED EN-JER)

N-g-r (Egyptian;pronounced en-jer) = God
N-t-y-r (Egypt; pronounced net-ger) = God, Devine
Negash (Ethiopia; ne-gash) = King
Negus (Ethiopia; ne-goos) = Emperor
Nkosi (Xhosa; en-kosi) = God
Ndaba (Zulu; en-daba) = Counsil/Officials,
Naga (East Indian, Nubian = People
Nugarmarta (West African = People (See the writings of Ibn Buttata's journey to West Africa)

HOW THE N BECAME CORRUPTED

The Romans who were speakers of Latin always knew of Blacks, there were Blacks in Rome, Italy had an ancient Black presence long before the Latins migrated from Central Asia and North Eastern Europe during the 'Aryan' migrations. In fact, the Latin ethnic groups is still in existance in the northern part of Italy even today. This part of Italy still grips about Hannibal's invasion which happened about two thousand two hundred years ago!!!!

The Romans had a name for Blacks, it was "Niger" and it meant Black or people of African origins. Thus, Septimus Niger would have meant, Septimus the Negro. Yet, how did the Romans connect the word "Niger" to Black.

In ancient times, Blacks were worshipped as Gods. The Gods of Greece came from Egypt. The worship of the Black Madonna is connected with the worship of Isis, the Egyptian Goddes. Moreover, Blacks in Egypt called their Pharaohs "En-ger" or "N-g-r" he was literally referred to as "THE GOD."

A Roman general invading Nubia from Egypt would have used the Egyptian term for Pharaoh, which was "N-g-r" (God). This term then was used to refer to all Blacks and as time went by, the word N-g-r became Niger. In Fact, the Romans also classified their Emperors as "Gods," to follow the Egyptian style. Moreover, as the History Channel poointed out, "Rome was a collection of villages before the Egyptians built it up."(paraphrased). The word "em-peror" sounds very close to the word "en-jer." That is not a coincidental connection.

THE WORD "N-G-R" (EN-JER) AFTER IT WAS CORRUPTED BY THE EUROPEANS

Niger = (Latin or Black/African pronounced "ni-ger.")

Nero = Italian for Black
Negre = French for Black
Negro = Spanish for Black

The English called Blacks "Moore" or "Black-a-Moore" before they began using the word "Negro" to refer to Blacks. From that word came the racial epithet, "NIGG".

CONNECTION WITH THE PREFIX "NI" WITH SACREDNESS AND LIFE

Ni'le = The Nile River, Life to the Egyptians

Ni-ger = River in West Africa
Niger = Nation in West Africa
Nigeria = Nation in West Africa

Nago = Racist term used by some SE Asians to refer to Black Melanesians of Africoid origins

Nago-Mina = African nationality in Nigeria

Naghual = Aztec word for Shaman or priest. The first Olmec Shamans in Mexico came from Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa.

THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR JAPAN IS THE CHINESE TERM "NI-HAN"

The word "Ni" in the Chinese "Ni-Han" has an ancient African connection. Clyde Walters points out, The Chinese language is directly related to the Niger-Congo language which has its roots in the Cameroon region of Africa. In fact, there are thousands of African words from Cameroon to Kenya that have both prefixes and suffixes that are identical to both Chinese and Japanese languages (African Presence in Early Asia, by Ivan Van Sertima; Transaction Publishers).

Only hatred and envy comes out of the mouths of those who use racial epithets in their attempt to insult and denegrade others. However, it is up to us to study ourstory and make these racist words impotent, by knowing and under/inner/overstanding their original meaning.

Shem Hotep Niggers/Negroes/Blacks/gods & goddesses!

Greg! - butterfλi - 2010-02-27

MetaSeraphim Wrote:I enjoy shaving my legs.

I sleep with one shaved leg that way it feels like I'm sleeping with a woman.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

butterfλi Wrote:I sleep with one shaved leg that way it feels like I'm sleeping with a woman.

That's pretty cool, bro.

Greg! - madanthony - 2010-02-27

We'd be sent on studies under little foot bridges the world over answering the questions three of moldy little green men with big crooked noses and zits. They would be there crouched over CP on a crappy little home-made vacuum-tube computer. We would remark how much they remind us of Steve Buscemi. They would cackle and fap. The researchers would pay us to sing The Song That Doesn't End until told to stop. The post-op Joan Rivers would question our sexuality, claim the most absurd things about our mother's sexual history, and writhe until we let them get back to their PREEEECCIOUSSSSSSSSSS Halo vs. CoD debate. The researchers would be pleased. They would pay us in imaginary internet dollars. Which we would spend on e-penis enlargers we saw in that totally legit email that wound up in the spam folder. We could never have guessed the side effects would include wanting to live under a bridge, start looking like Steve Buscemi, and inexplicably assail blatantly incorrect netizens the world over. Then, some number of weeks later, chipper young folk in white lab coats would come asking us about our questions three. The vicious cycle begins anew. But that all came to a stop when one day, a brave little mammal - not gross enough to be a rat, not cute enough to be a widdle mouse - broke free from his dimension, to free us from our electronic shackles, and spread the divine power and glorious message of the almighty truth. 42. His less important, but nevertheless valuable dogma was such: make sure your tenses match within a paragraph, and proper English dictates that you saw "his or her" not "their" when referring to only one person. It may save a few words and promote gender ambiguity, but it just ain't right.

Greg! - Kawasari Mimoto - 2010-02-27

madanthony Wrote:We'd be sent on studies under little foot bridges the world over answering the questions three of moldy little green men with big crooked noses and zits. They would be there crouched over CP on a crappy little home-made vacuum-tube computer. We would remark how much they remind us of Steve Buscemi. They would cackle and fap. The researchers would pay us to sing The Song That Doesn't End until told to stop. The post-op Joan Rivers would question our sexuality, claim the most absurd things about our mother's sexual history, and writhe until we let them get back to their PREEEECCIOUSSSSSSSSSS Halo vs. CoD debate. The researchers would be pleased. They would pay us in imaginary internet dollars. Which we would spend on e-penis enlargers we saw in that totally legit email that wound up in the spam folder. We could never have guessed the side effects would include wanting to live under a bridge, start looking like Steve Buscemi, and inexplicably assail blatantly incorrect netizens the world over. Then, some number of weeks later, chipper young folk in white lab coats would come asking us about our questions three. The vicious cycle begins anew. But that all came to a stop when one day, a brave little mammal - not gross enough to be a rat, not cute enough to be a widdle mouse - broke free from his dimension, to free us from our electronic shackles, and spread the divine power and glorious message of the one almighty truth. 42.

Kutabare o Baka ze!

Greg! - madanthony - 2010-02-27

I... I'm really not sure what came over me. I'll just get some sleep. I've got the chinchilla monkey on me back. It's like gettin sucked off by an angel.

Greg! - MetaSeraphim - 2010-02-27

butterfλi Wrote:I sleep with one shaved leg that way it feels like I'm sleeping with a woman.

*thumbs up*

madanthony Wrote:I... I'm really not sure what came over me. I'll just get some sleep. I've got the chinchilla monkey on me back. It's like gettin sucked off by an angel.

I happen to know for a fact Angels give horrible blow-jobs.

Greg! - Bacon - 2010-02-27

Oh Khoi, you have so much to learn.

Greg! - Spideyjvc - 2010-02-27

butterfλi Wrote:I sleep with one shaved leg that way it feels like I'm sleeping with a woman.

Do you wear a silk glove, sit on that hand until it becomes numb, and then fap with it?

Greg! - Greg - 2010-02-27

Spideyjvc Wrote:Do you wear a silk glove, sit on that hand until it becomes numb, and then fap with it?

I can't ever get this to work, and I don't see how anybody else does. Sometimes I fall asleep with my hip on top of my hand, and I wake up and I'm like "OH pomegranate MY HAND IS NUMB LIKE THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR" and I stick my hand into my boxers and my hand wakes up five seconds later.

so mad

Greg! - Bacon - 2010-02-27

You fap too slowly Greg.

It'll be easier when you become a man.