General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[ACE-FLO]

Politicians are at war all the time. With themselves! I've never seen a politician smile, convincingly... have you? Didn't think so lol

Politicians are a nasty piece of work. Did you know that a politician can tell you to Go to Hell in such a way, that you'll look forward to the trip!?!

And what's with Politicians all having either one long "spam" eyebrow, or overly long eyebrow hairs? They need to be told that 'image' is half the campaign... Now, if I was a politician I'd ... lol

[Aeroracer]

lol..i call it a monobrow...spam one is funny though...


lol at alistar darlings clown face...only good thing about him is he is living proof that anyone can be successful regardless of abilty...

[yeldar2097]

what do the + signs mean after people's names in the online list?
always wondered about that...

[slimjim]

i think its to do with being a friend like its showing if you have been added

[yeldar2097]

ahh, no wonder there's so many of them
teehee

[BulletWraith]

Feri is one of the versions of the Craft; it's not an individual or an object...

thanks Lance that was interesting I hadn't heard of the term before, maybe it doesn't have much of a presence over here, we only have a handful of magikal shops in our whole country

& Politicians erk!, our government recently changed from labour to national, every couple days I hear they are selling off more public assets and trying to privatise more things grrr arg


zershen

[Lance]

zerOshen, I think Feri is pretty much an American thing, practised by a fairly small group.

[Rachel Johnson]

I'm not with a 'coven', or 'sisterhood', so I don't really tend to hold onto the whole "Oh yeah, women rule" thing. While it is a big part, it's not something I like to dwell on too much, as I see both genders in the same light. Too much of that 'girl power' nonsense makes me rather queasy.

I'm a solitary and have always been since I 'classified' myself, so to speak. I just focus on the 'working with nature' and 'giving dues to the gods' part. I used to study natural medicine a lot, so that was always my main focus. (I've actually helped out a good number of people with my remedies.)

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Speaking of politics, I've been laughing to myself recently. They help the annual BNP Red Whie and Blue thing recently and, naturally, the bloody students held their protests against it. It cost the police (Or rather the taxpayers) over £500,000 and they arrested 19 people.

War in the streets in my tiny village. Ugh. Not fun. No traffic, no public transport, litter, blood, but hey! It's all ok, because they are protesting against the 'bad guys', right!? [/sarcasm]

[mdhay]

Speaking of politics, I've been laughing to myself recently. They help the annual BNP Red Whie and Blue thing recently and, naturally, the bloody students held their protests against it. It cost the police (Or rather the taxpayers) over £500,000 and they arrested 19 people.

War in the streets in my tiny village. Ugh. Not fun. No traffic, no public transport, litter, blood, but hey! It's all ok, because they are protesting against the 'bad guys', right!? [/sarcasm]

I think some people have played too much HL2.

[Lance]

"I'm a solitary and have always been since I 'classified' myself, so to speak. I just focus on the 'working with nature' and 'giving dues to the gods' part."

Makes a lot more sense to me. I prefer that each person have their own private religion [or not have one if that's their preference] rather than get together in churches, which have a tendency to become political, to be about power, and trying by persuasion [with or without coercion] to get EVerybody to believe exactly the same thing.

[Rachel Johnson]

@Lance - Agreed. I've had too much of that pushed at me in my life. The whole "If you don't attend our meetings, you aren't a true follower", or "God won't listen to you if you don't attend" got pretty tiresome. I understand that, while I have my own beliefs, there'll be a good number of people who think I'm nuts for believing it. But, I'm not all that bothered by it. I don't force my beliefs on others, so I'm not worried. The way I always saw it was, you know you have found the right belief system for yourself when you don't have to defend it. No need to defend it if it's right.

[Lance]

Yes, if your feeling of comfort and security, and your view of how the universe works, depends on everyone else agreeing with you so that they never question the validity of your belief set, then you have major insecurity. A study of history shows that the insecure and controlling have often killed for each or both together of those reasons.

[Aeroracer]

i saw kingdom of heven last night..

the templar knights basically went around killing muslims and jew in the name of the lord..they basically said "i killed 100 muslims today and i survived so god must have wanted that..ill go out tommorow to kill some more."

many people have to force their oppinions on others or justify their actions through insane logic.

[Lance]

I guess they didn't read the part about thoushaltnotkill. Or found it inconvenient to promoting the religion of which it is a fundamental rule.

Being a cynic, I suspect that they had other motives. Like taking someone else's wealth and territory. And maybe killing just felt too good to stop.

[Aeroracer]

yes doing what they wanted and wrapping it up in a nice little package called Christendom..

[yeldar2097]

Do you reckon pulling an all nighter will help me get to sleep earlier this evening?
I spent hours in bed tossing and turning so I decided to stay up instead.
The only reason I'm not sure about it is because I might just get caught up in whatever I'm doing tomorrow and not feel the tiredness. Whaddya reckon?

P.S. Why does bed become the least comfortable place in the world when you actually want to get to sleep...

[BulletWraith]

very much so lance, funny how most religions tend to have a taste for blood, People ask me why I'm not interested in learning about my cultural heritage, as far as I can tell Missionary's burned it lol

& Yeldar have you tried sleeping on the floor?, I did it for a couple years as I read it was better for dreaming and also because I wanted to be comfortable sleeping anywhere I think it's great
also if you have other associations with your bed like if you watch tv, work, or use the computer in bed you will have also given it a dual association so your body may respond to your bed as a place to be alert/concentrate.
oh and you could always try sleeping on the couch for a few days it prolly won't kill you


zershen

[Rachel Johnson]

@yeldar - Lol. Tis a conspiracy. I think they invented beds to mock and taunt everyone.


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I tell you what else is annoying... 14 years of constant sneezing every time I wake up and in the evening. It's driving me nuts.

[mdhay]

You might have some mold in your bedroom or somewhere.

[Lance]

very much so lance, funny how most religions tend to have a taste for blood, People ask me why I'm not interested in learning about my cultural heritage, as far as I can tell Missionary's burned it lol

lol for about one second, then I realise just how thoroughly true and tragic that is.

& Yeldar have you tried sleeping on the floor?, I did it for a couple years as I read it was better for dreaming and also because I wanted to be comfortable sleeping anywhere I think it's great

I slept on the floor for six years when I moved into my first apartment. I was tired of manoeuvering though furniture, and didn't want to spend any money on it either, trying to make the money last so it would be longer before I had to get a job. Bit ironic now, considering how totally cluttered and difficult to navigat my house is these days. And I sleep in a chair. Back in that first apartment, I never did get any furniture. I loved having all that space too much; it was great.