The "oh, that’s interesting" Thread

[Erneuert]

I’m usually loathe to create new topics, but lately I’ve been coming across some really interesting stuff I’d like to share but don’t necessarily know which threads people drift to. This kind of fixes that.

Most recent interesting thing I came across -

Anyone remember the opening sample from Teenage Nosferatu Pussy by Rob Zombie back in 2013? Here is what the sample was taken from, a 1950’s LSD experiment with the woman you hear:

https://youtu.be/V5d4wWGK4Ig

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40KcrrfbJ6o (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40KcrrfbJ6o)

[allegro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40KcrrfbJ6o (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40KcrrfbJ6o)

Whoa that’s some scary creepy shit. I prefer the cute cherubs and the Christmas tree toppers :)

The writers of the Old Testament were ingesting some serious drugs.

[Erneuert]

Vinyl record John Lennon signed the night he died, has police report text on it and everything. Current bid is $450,000!

https://goldinauctions.com/mobile/lotdetail.aspx?inventoryid=70137&seo=john_lennon_signed__double_fantasy__album_sign ed_f

[Erneuert]

This must be the most interesting dude on YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb-g3WGS6Ok (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pb-g3WGS6Ok)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRmHjA1HiA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRmHjA1HiA)

[allegro]

^ I actually knew that one; there’s a Bonzai collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden, which is about a mile from my house, and each Bonzai has a little proximity alarm on it. They are amazing.

[Erneuert]

I love them!

lol at the comments to this one. “He’s wearing a helmet. He’ll be ok.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_I9PdgSTds (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t_I9PdgSTds)

[eversonpoe]

^ I actually knew that one; there’s a Bonzai collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden, which is about a mile from my house, and each Bonzai has a little proximity alarm on it. They are amazing.

one of my favorite sections of the garden

[poinoup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65Fz1g8q3Y

[otnavuskire]

That's a bit misleading. The coin didn't even make it halfway to space.

[Erneuert]

https://youtu.be/wMwCLXmZMHs

[Magnetic]

Lol. A penny to know that animal’s thoughts.
“play it cool, maybe they won’t notice.”
...
”f—k that, what are they gonna do? Ask me where I got it?”

[Magnetic]

True Skin Suture Kit (https://trueskinsuturekit.com/?fbclid=IwAR0aGKR9jWyRx8J8HoLs5pX4g16gc-PbVFUmnZv4rjBuq4IClsCPkFJSscA)
Is it weird that I kinda want to get this?

I mean, for $50+ shipping, it's a good bargain, and I'd learn a weird Zombie Apocalypse necessary skill.

Fascination backstory: when I was in grad school, I had to irradiate samples at a military hospital school outside DC. The hallways I had to walk down had posters of advanced studies of suturing on pigs. The studies were for field casualty training purposes.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDlVgBMomQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDlVgBMomQ)

[Erneuert]

Blind father to be feels ultrasound scan:

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/embroidered-ultrasound-scan-allows-blind-dad-to-be-to-see-his-baby-c-1786516 (https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/embroidered-ultrasound-scan-allows-blind-dad-to-be-to-see-his-baby-c-1786516)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsUv9-J3UI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsUv9-J3UI)

[allegro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDlVgBMomQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDlVgBMomQ)

Okay but why did he have to BOIL the potatoes to get them to generate electricity? Why not raw? I missed something.

And where is Doom on the pregnancy test? That’s awesome.

[allegro]

True Skin Suture Kit (https://trueskinsuturekit.com/?fbclid=IwAR0aGKR9jWyRx8J8HoLs5pX4g16gc-PbVFUmnZv4rjBuq4IClsCPkFJSscA)
Is it weird that I kinda want to get this?


Superglue is way cheaper. :D

[Erneuert]

Okay but why did he have to BOIL the potatoes to get them to generate electricity? Why not raw? I missed something.

And where is Doom on the pregnancy test? That’s awesome.

I got lost as well halfway through and gave up. But he was so into it I didn’t mind.

[allegro]

I got lost as well halfway through and gave up. But he was so into it I didn’t mind.

I was totally with him as to the power source thing, thinking "okay, wow, never knew that, interesting." And then he's suddenly BOILING the potatoes, which is gonna make them go bad WAY FASTER than if they're raw. And I dunno why he didn't leave the potatoes WHOLE, he never explained THAT (he DID get a reading from the whole potato). This guy was onto something interesting, but then his experiment took way too long because he had some pretty bad logic. The whole Raspberry Pi over to the Texas Instruments thing ... maybe he shoulda hooked up his potatoes to a pregnancy test. :D

[Jon]

I was totally with him as to the power source thing, thinking "okay, wow, never knew that, interesting." And then he's suddenly BOILING the potatoes, which is gonna make them go bad WAY FASTER than if they're raw. And I dunno why he didn't leave the potatoes WHOLE, he never explained THAT (he DID get a reading from the whole potato). This guy was onto something interesting, but then his experiment took way too long because he had some pretty bad logic. The whole Raspberry Pi over to the Texas Instruments thing ... maybe he shoulda hooked up his potatoes to a pregnancy test. :D

Boiling the potatoes breaks down the internal structures of the potato, increasing conductivity. The potatoes are cut in half to increase efficiency since no matter what, they only last about 5 days (on the high end). Why have 1 battery when you can have 2?

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK3kQ-97fsY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IK3kQ-97fsY)
elevenism - X-Filesy?

[allegro]

Boiling the potatoes breaks down the internal structures of the potato, increasing conductivity. The potatoes are cut in half to increase efficiency since no matter what, they only last about 5 days (on the high end). Why have 1 battery when you can have 2?
I had a lot of questions, here, but then I went and researched it and found answers (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-potato-battery-can-light-up-a-room-for-over-a-month-180948260/).


To be clear, the potato is not, in and of itself, an energy source. What the potato does is simply help conduct electricity by acting as what’s called a salt-bridge between the the two metals, allowing the electron current to move freely across the wire to create electricity. Numerous fruits rich in electrolytes like bananas and strawberries can also form this chemical reaction. They're basically nature’s version of battery acid.

"Potatoes were chosen because of their availability all over including the tropics and sub-tropics," Rabinowitch told the Science and Development Network. They are the world's fourth most abundant food crop."

But besides being rich in phosphoric acid, spuds are ideal in that they're composed of sturdy starch tissue, can be stored for months and won’t attract insects the way, say strawberries, would. Additionally, boiling the potato breaks down the resistance inherent in the dense flesh so that electrons can flow more freely, which significantly bumps up the overall electrical output. Cutting the potato up into four or five pieces, they researchers found, made it even more efficient.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igf5MJtovAk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=igf5MJtovAk)

[allegro]

Archaeologists uncover a street food booth in Pompei. This is fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1I8sg-zEM

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BzlQSLnOM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BzlQSLnOM)

lol.

[elevenism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK3kQ-97fsY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IK3kQ-97fsY)
@elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) - X-Filesy?
There's SOOOOO much shit in the sea, about which we have NO idea. There could be literally anything down there. Supposedly we are only aware of a few percent of what's going on in the ocean.

[allegro]

Robots will take over the Earth. And I welcome the Robot Overlords.

https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw

[Erneuert]

^ Yes I would, Kent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lXv3Tt4x20 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3lXv3Tt4x20)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU)

[Magnetic]

I watched the whole thing out of sheer morbid curiosity.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3kgiLxybY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3kgiLxybY)

[Erneuert]

Best comment on this video: "she hit the Y button by accident" -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVa-aVIa-B4

[Erneuert]

Charlie Clouser would like this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o)

[Erneuert]

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/salvator-mundi-leonardo-da-vinci-copy-found/index.html

Police recover 500-year-old stolen copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'

[ickyvicky]

"1st Preserved Dinosaur Butthole is 'Perfect' and 'Unique', Paleontologist says"

https://www.livescience.com/first-dinosaur-butthole-found.html

[Erneuert]

"1st Preserved Dinosaur Butthole is 'Perfect' and 'Unique', Paleontologist says"

https://www.livescience.com/first-dinosaur-butthole-found.html

I wish such things were said about my butthole.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKu089wZBUk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XKu089wZBUk)

[ickyvicky]

^^ interesting

[Erneuert]

'Extinct' Tasmanian crayfish re-discovered
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/environment/extinct-tasmanian-crayfish-re-discovered-ng-s-2046342 (https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/environment/extinct-tasmanian-crayfish-re-discovered-ng-s-2046342)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP07oyFTRXc (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qP07oyFTRXc)

[Erneuert]

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/girls-finds-dinosaur-print-beach-dates-back-220-million-years-2021-1

Paleontologists stunned by a perfectly preserved dinosaur footprint discovered by a 4-year-old girl

[Erneuert]

allegate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0GinqO4lhU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0GinqO4lhU)

[allegate]

I'll have to watch that when I get home and have the time. thanks.

[MrLobster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zbhvaac68Y

[Magnetic]

I liked the gardening/ planting at the end. Otherwise I was thinking, "yah, that'll be handy in a hot zone."
I know, I'm pessimistic.
goddamn this noise inside my head.

[MrLobster]

I liked the gardening/ planting at the end. Otherwise I was thinking, "yah, that'll be handy in a hot zone."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F843AqfNsaA

[allegro]

I’d use it to pick up trash on the road or in the park.

Or pick up dog poo.

Or help police.

[Magnetic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F843AqfNsaA


Sorry. I meant hot as in radioactive. (Former radiation scientist.)

[eversonpoe]

Or help police.

by repeatedly smashing their heads in? me too!

[allegro]

by repeatedly smashing their heads in? me too!

Lol I was thinking more like doing the job without the need to SHOOT PEOPLE. If cops are skeered, send in the robot so nobody gets shot.

[eversonpoe]

Lol I was thinking more like doing the job without the need to SHOOT PEOPLE. If cops are skeered, send in the robot so nobody gets shot.

i'd frame that as helping people and eliminating the need for cops, but i'm also drunk, and i hate cops! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[allegro]

i'd frame that as helping people and eliminating the need for cops, but i'm also drunk, and i hate cops! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All I know for sure, as a gardener, is that thing is a shitty gardener.

[poinoup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

[Erneuert]

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-ice/

Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice elevenism - more X-Files-like stuff.

[Erneuert]

Y’all gotta listen to this guy, hahaha

“I was afraid of one thing, what the hell was it?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vspvRZjx-V0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vspvRZjx-V0)

[Erneuert]

allegro allegate elevenism ickyvicky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-aXY2ESy0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75-aXY2ESy0)

[ickyvicky]

Erneuert I totally believe this is true. My full first name is Victoria, but I prefer to go by Vicky because Victoria does not suite me at all whatsoever. When I think of the name Victoria, I associate it with being classy, posh, modest and I'm none of those things, lmao.

[elevenism]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) I totally believe this is true. My full first name is Victoria, but I prefer to go by Vicky because Victoria does not suite me at all whatsoever. When I think of the name Victoria, I associate it with being classy, posh, modest and I'm none of those things, lmao.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvXlTh51gM

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. "This is the story of Victoria Lee. She started off on percodan and ended up with me." :p
Check it out.

[ickyvicky]

elevenism Fun!

[elevenism]

@elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) Fun!Yeah, it's fucking GREAT if you don't mind a little twang.

It's "alt-country" or "insurgent country" or "cowpunk" or "no depression," depending on who's writing about it.

I've actually seen them live like a hundred times.

But, yeah. It's damn cool to have a song with your name in it :)

[allegate]

Tell that to my sister.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ScTb6_KHg

she had three older brothers who would sing this loudly every time it came on the radio. :)

[elevenism]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) ,if THIS isn't some X Files shit, I don't know what is. Experts have figured out that "mysterious MICROWAVE WEAPONS" are being used against American CIA agents in various places.
This one poor bastard in particular says he's had an awful headache, EVERY DAY, for the past THREE YEARS. It also impacted his sight, balance, and hearing, to the point that he had to take early retirement from the CIA.
It sounds like this is the same sort of weapon used on the American Embassy in Cuba a few years ago.
Apparently, it's looking like Russian operations.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvPu2_itpis

[ickyvicky]

allegate I have a co-worker named Sarah and I will sing that to her sometimes lol

[allegro]

Yeah well that’s better than people singing THIS song at you your whole frickin life :(

https://youtu.be/bE40KM4SGAY

[allegro]

Tell that to my sister.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ScTb6_KHg

she had three older brothers who would sing this loudly every time it came on the radio. :)

But the first one I think of is this one:

https://youtu.be/dYEpFJhuu1E

[elevenism]

Yeah well that’s better than people singing THIS song at you your whole frickin life :(

https://youtu.be/bE40KM4SGAY
Ha!
With the 97s song, at least it's FAIRLY obscure, so you don't have have to listen from it from all angles just because your name happens to be Victoria.

All this reminds me of my dear old friend Allyson, who once got so tired of me singing and playing that Elvis Costello song at her, that she grabbed the fucking wheel on the highway when I was driving, because I refused to turn the tape off. She COULD have fucking killed us. That's a testament to how much she hated that shit:p

Edit: THIS song, for anyone who doesn't know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9GlC9GyF4Y

[allegro]

The premise of that article was that you act like your name or identify with your name or look like your name and it SHAPES YOUR FACIAL AESTHETIC? Hence the “Dorian Gray” title of the study?

Here is my actual reaction:

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAHA

Could I become YOUNGER if I started going by BABY??

People using songs to refer to you or whatever? That’s how THEY think of your name, not you. And that’s about the name (and how stupid or goofy your friends are) and not anything do to with the above-linked study which links the kind of psychic relationship between people and their names and causes them to “resemble the name.” WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT EVEN MEANS.

I once saw a BIG BLACK DUDE who was a chef with my first name. It was emblazoned on his chef’s jacket.

Yeah I’m a buzzkill, sorry; I like “interesting” things but that one was relegated to my bullshit department. I could suddenly start going by a totally different name tomorrow and the only weird thing would be remembering it, like using the new year every year.

This seems like that meme about how “people resemble their dogs.”

[elevenism]

The premise of that article was that you act like your name or identify with your name or look like your name and it SHAPES YOUR FACIAL AESTHETIC? Hence the “Dorian Gray” title of the study?

Here is my actual reaction:

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAHA

Could I become YOUNGER if I started going by BABY??

People using songs to refer to you or whatever? That’s how THEY think of your name, not you. And that’s about the name (and how stupid or goofy your friends are) and not anything do to with the above-linked study which links the kind of psychic relationship between people and their names and causes them to “resemble the name.” WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT EVEN MEANS...

Well, what if it DOES work?
I'm going to start calling myself Johnny Perfect Health Porn Star Penis Jackson," and...I mean, we'll see if it works.

Don't knock it till you try it, Baby. :p lolololol

[allegro]

From now on, my name is Beyoncé.

[Erneuert]

Hey Beyoncé.

lol how my iPhone autocorrects to the correct é at the end of her name.

[elevenism]

From now on, my name is Beyoncé.

Since it just affects your face, my new name is 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio.

[Erneuert]

Since it just affects your face, my new name is 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio.

haha

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlULOjUhSQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlULOjUhSQ)

[Erneuert]

I haven’t watched this yet but posting it here for later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYunPJQWZ1o (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KYunPJQWZ1o)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU)

Magnetic, he did it!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFhnnTWMgI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFhnnTWMgI)

[Magnetic]

LOL. Not that I would eat anything slapped to temperature.

[Erneuert]

Anyone with arachnophobia want to come and live with me down here right now?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/why-spiders-coming-out-in-thousands-australia-floods-041204840.html

[ickyvicky]

hell no lol

[allegate]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExQeVA1WgAQLNTb?format=jpg&name=medium

[Magnetic]

Australia looks to be a beautiful country. I'm afraid I'll likely never visit, because it looks like every creature there is out to kill you.
I remember watching some Netflix show that ranked the 20 deadliest animals on Australia one hungover afternoon about 4-5 years ago.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V15wNflslc (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5V15wNflslc)

[Erneuert]

Australia looks to be a beautiful country. I'm afraid I'll likely never visit, because it looks like every creature there is out to kill you.
I remember watching some Netflix show that ranked the 20 deadliest animals on Australia one hungover afternoon about 4-5 years ago.

Yeah, basically everything with the highest toxicity/best defensive attributes are here due to how isolated we are as a country. The fauna had to adapt to survive due to being so remote from everything else. Because we supposedly broke off from the rest of the world millions of years ago and were all “kbye,lol” animals evolved differently here resulting in a lot of the weirdness/poisonous attributes.

I’ll just copypasta a quote:

Why are there so many dangerous animals in Australia?
"That is a really good question," Barr said. "There are a lot of theories. One hypothesis is it's an isolated place. A really harsh place to live and you better be tough. You better be harsh if you're going to survive."

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvIZ00acRuY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gvIZ00acRuY)

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/Benography/status/1375511015790505985?s=20

[Erneuert]

holy. moly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPdcJzw7Ic (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPdcJzw7Ic)

this one too. The voice is better in the above one but both are super impressive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_L4CdJigmA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R_L4CdJigmA)

[poinoup]

^ I wish I could do ANY impression even half-assed. That's awesome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3RzNEzJyzo

[Haysey_Draws]

One of the BEST channels on YouTube!


https://youtu.be/qFyCJU3AFSA

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJp4qA489w0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xJp4qA489w0)

[Erneuert]

Oh. My. God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP01rZDQaB4 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vP01rZDQaB4)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIj3TaTW2g (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIj3TaTW2g)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKTZr00xBg (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKTZr00xBg)

[Erneuert]

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

https://guce.yahoo.com/consent?brandType=nonEu&gcrumb=YZ0Lf8k&lang=en-AU&done=https%3A%2F%2Fau.news.yahoo.com%2Fcame-after-me-man-whipped-octopus-popular-beach-010523077.html

'Came after me': Man 'whipped' by octopus at popular beach

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/splattne/status/1373698826880614402?s=20

very wild story.

[Erneuert]

^ [Insert Keanu Reeves “whoa” meme image]

Uranus is emitting x-rays:

https://7news.com.au/technology/space/scientists-discover-bizarre-activity-coming-from-uranus-c-2498870

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3i9z1UenGA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V3i9z1UenGA)

[Erneuert]

So many of these sound like NIN samples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWFpU66r48 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWFpU66r48)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBmKoE5zPk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBmKoE5zPk)

[Erneuert]

Let’s just ignore this one.

[otnavuskire]

Nothing Jordan Peterson says will ever be interesting to me. He's one of those massive sacks of shit who bitches about social justice warriors, says we should defund women's studies, and bemoans the supposed decline of masculinity. He's awful.

[eversonpoe]

I’m posting this first in the Religion thread then here, because I know a lot of people avoid the Religion thread.

Did anyone else catch this? It actually moved me quite a bit.

He believes in Christ but can’t work out why, and cries in one part. Worth watching if you have five minutes.


Nothing Jordan Peterson says will ever be interesting to me. He's one of those massive sacks of shit who bitches about social justice warriors, says we should defund women's studies, and bemoans the supposed decline of masculinity. He's awful.

yeah, dude. seriously. jordan peterson is an absolute abomination of a human being. he would love to see someone like me drowned in my own blood. please avoid posting his bullshit on here.

[Erneuert]

Really? I don’t know much about him apart from a few videos I’ve watched here and there.

[M1ke]

Yeah, he's pretty awful. Someone used to tell me that I should try listening to people from the other side of the fence, and recommended I try reading his book.

It's terrifying that people take his shit seriously. He started ranting about lobster mating rituals at first, and eventually moved on to advocating in favour of child abuse.

He's a terrible human being.

[botley]

I draw no pride from being in the same town as Peterson (let alone completing an entire four-year undergrad degree in the University that employs him). His whole vibe of "it's not that you are oppressed, you just have a bad attitude" is disingenuous at best, and gaslighting at worst. He is the most awful kind of 'public intellectual': one who takes deplorable arguments that do active harm to vulnerable people, and turns them into acceptable-sounding pabulum that plays well on television chat shows and clickbait videos. A very useful person... for anyone who wants to justify bullying, social shaming, and ultimately, laws that cause deaths. And his army of supporters are the absolute worst, so I hope they don't find this thread and decide to fuck with the community we have here.

[Erneuert]

I draw no pride from being in the same town as Peterson (let alone completing an entire four-year undergrad degree in the University that employs him). His whole vibe of "it's not that you are oppressed, you just have a bad attitude" is disingenuous at best, and gaslighting at worst. He is the most awful kind of 'public intellectual': one who takes deplorable arguments that do active harm to vulnerable people, and turns them into acceptable-sounding pabulum that plays well on television chat shows and clickbait videos. A very useful person... for anyone who wants to justify bullying, social shaming, and ultimately, laws that cause deaths. And his army of supporters are the absolute worst, so I hope they don't find this thread and decide to fuck with the community we have here.

Thank God for the edit button.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CzYXfBeIdM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4CzYXfBeIdM)

[poinoup]

https://youtu.be/iYU90XajYmU

Oh man, that Grady Martin bass sound at 5:28. In 1961!

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8WKghxMDtg&t=119s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z8WKghxMDtg&t=119s)

[ickyvicky]

wow - i didn't realize he started so young

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_/status/1384959417913839629

insane that people are this stupid, but then every day I am reminded that it's true.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuA2FP5ZR2s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DuA2FP5ZR2s)

[allegro]

6 foot 10 inch, 240-pound, 100-year-old female lake sturgeon caught in the Detroit River (and put back).

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/05/03/Alpena-Fish-Wildlife-Conservation-Office-lake-sturgeon-Detroit-River/5371620067214/

[zero]

Perhaps this is more gross than interesting, so please observe the disclaimer before clicking on this very NSFW link featuring a lonely monkey:


https://www.reddit.com/r/FiftyFifty/comments/n8yldi/5050_a_monkey_eating_his_own_cum_nsfw_a_painting/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[Erneuert]

Extinct Fish Species That Existed Over 420 Million Years Ago Found Alive in the Indian Ocean
The coelacanth species dates back 420 million years and was thought to have gone extinct with dinosaurs

https://people.com/pets/fish-species-predates-dinosaurs-found-alive-indian-ocean/

[allegate]

OK, that article is all over the place. I'm sitting here thinking, "they found one while I was in high school, didn't they? Have I been Berenstained?" but then right there in the article they talk about how they've found the fish several times in the past century. So what kind of headline is that?

[Erneuert]

OK, that article is all over the place. I'm sitting here thinking, "they found one while I was in high school, didn't they? Have I been Berenstained?" but then right there in the article they talk about how they've found the fish several times in the past century. So what kind of headline is that?

I believe I fell victim to clickbait.

Side note, the Pokémon Relicanth is inspired by it! - https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Relicanth_(Pokémon)&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

[allegate]

side-side note: you can catch coelacanths in Animal Crossing (https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Coelacanth) as well.

[Erneuert]

right-angle bed side note: cool.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLiWy2nT7U (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLiWy2nT7U)

[Jinsai]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBmKoE5zPk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBmKoE5zPk)

I find this incredibly upsetting. You make me sad.

[Erneuert]

I find this incredibly upsetting. You make me sad.

Definitely don’t watch this then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twD_-uzqVoU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=twD_-uzqVoU)

[Magnetic]

I don't even have to click play on that to know that's a big bag of nope!

[Erneuert]

I don't even have to click play on that to know that's a big bag of nope!

-insert Walter White "you’re god damn right" gif here-

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/1397610533231157249

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2i-2Qqo9oIaz6scl0JbFQfHw2a-1KW0Z5sTjz3rVhyvYT6yZbcJ6APu2J3yYWzZa2Th7GEZ9LMEDu lofvanHSqyGxgYdYVD7YOWe2H8IWw4FvnnLXRvWGtl8Oyc96Lu JKHFNGJq3ed5ykOFnE8wNCt5_-ak

[Erneuert]

Ever wonder what happens to a tick when you inject it with hydrogen peroxide?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0pp33BX_E (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0pp33BX_E)

[Erneuert]

https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/1397610533231157249

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2i-2Qqo9oIaz6scl0JbFQfHw2a-1KW0Z5sTjz3rVhyvYT6yZbcJ6APu2J3yYWzZa2Th7GEZ9LMEDu lofvanHSqyGxgYdYVD7YOWe2H8IWw4FvnnLXRvWGtl8Oyc96Lu JKHFNGJq3ed5ykOFnE8wNCt5_-ak

Imagine just being equipped with tits and managing to rake in insane amounts of money.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfWxMg5SOck (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfWxMg5SOck)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwBHgl5zJo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwwBHgl5zJo)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ww1IXRfTA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ww1IXRfTA)

[Erneuert]

Why don’t people like this exist in our world anymore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F2NeH_-f34 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3F2NeH_-f34)

[Erneuert]

I decided to be less pretentious and actually, for once, write in what I’m actually interested in in my profile. I shouldn’t have done that, because I can’t stop adding things that I find interesting.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibpdNqrtar0

[Erneuert]

This is so… yeah. Watch it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDwPXRy9IFc (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDwPXRy9IFc)

[Erneuert]

@elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) - the bit at the 4:00 mark about the ants and super highway sounds plausible.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWnpqIK_pQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWnpqIK_pQ)

[elevenism]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/members/7060-Erneuert)



you watch way too much youtube, like i do. we need to start trading videos.

i'll check out the one you posted.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enojiJCD00 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8enojiJCD00)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TI1M3abAM8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6TI1M3abAM8&t=370s)

[Erneuert]

Reminds me of Lovecraft shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FjhMROhgM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FjhMROhgM)

[shade]

If you like those, you'll love this :
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/
Nikon came up with this little award competition for scientists years ago, honoring the coolest microscope images every year. A lot of interesting scientific publication images in there. I think I recognized some of the video.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BQvCCB-PiA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1BQvCCB-PiA)

[Erneuert]

There’s an anal sex joke here somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7vm-lFljY (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7vm-lFljY)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJUbN56t-Nc (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJUbN56t-Nc)

[Detunez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4VLO2u1E0

Still amazing how they were able to render that at the time.

[shade]

I wonder if he ever looks back at old pictures and cringes at some of his old looks, just like we all do. That haircut ....

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IkX7ckarH0 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9IkX7ckarH0)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4VLO2u1E0

Still amazing how they were able to render that at the time.

That’s been on YouTube since 2007 and I’m only just seeing it now.

[Erneuert]

elevenism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA733aVjk2M (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AA733aVjk2M)

[Erneuert]

allegate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgYT3HfgP8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgYT3HfgP8)

[elevenism]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) @eachpassingphase (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=6678) marodi (@epp, this is about part of the Ephod. I'm sure you know more about that than i do.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6yCt8dq2c

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Sb583u5jI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Sb583u5jI)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJKewjib1Xo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJKewjib1Xo)

[Magnetic]

I was following along just fine but then my edibles kicked in....:rolleyes:

[Erneuert]

I was following along just fine but then my edibles kicked in....:rolleyes:

Case of the munchies?

[Magnetic]

Sleep aid. :)

[elevenism]

Go to any Wikipedia page. Go to the first hyperlink on the page that isn't in italics or parentheses. Repeat this process.

Eventually, pretty much without fail, you will end up at the Philosophy page.

I'd imagine a lot of you know this already, but, if you don't, check it out. It's pretty wild, seeing it in action.

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvwk5doliwU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvwk5doliwU)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJKewjib1Xo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJKewjib1Xo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfrZqktvxQU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jfrZqktvxQU)
elevenism - have you watched these?

And marodi and eachpassingphase - I didn’t realise you guys were into this sort of philosophical chat until elevenism tagged you up there. Have you checked these videos out? I actually didn’t even know eachpassingphase was a chick until like a month ago, lol. Getting older.

[Erneuert]

^ I go from watching that, to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmuxw4iZvjU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmuxw4iZvjU)

[shade]

Oh look, they came up with a jigsaw puzzle to match my soul:

https://i.ibb.co/TqpQjFN/krypt.png

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3Jzw2jDiM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3Jzw2jDiM)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZuS2Lh9Cs (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZuS2Lh9Cs)

[marodi]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) @elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) @eachpassingphase (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=6678)

My short version musings on God and God vs Science:

I believe in God, I cannot prove he/she/it/they exist. God may be an imaginary friend.

I speak to God like this: Please God, thank you God, right now I hate you God.

God and Science go hands in hands. Maybe God is where Science ends: what cause the Big Bang? Was it God or was it Science we don't understand yet?

But personally, my belief in God is tied to my belief of life after death. Maybe that belief has less to do with God and more to do with the absolute panic I fall into each time I consider that there is nothing after death. I just can't consider living my life like this. Way too bleak for me.

Also: imposing your beliefs to someone else is wrong. End of story.

In the meantime, in Straya: cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans. Because STRAYA!

https://www.sciencealert.com/clever-cockatoos-have-learnt-and-spread-a-culture-of-trash-bin-looting

[Erneuert]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) @elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) @eachpassingphase (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=6678)

My short version musings on God and God vs Science:

I believe in God, I cannot prove he/she/it/they exist. God may be an imaginary friend.

I speak to God like this: Please God, thank you God, right now I hate you God.

God and Science go hands in hands. Maybe God is where Science ends: what cause the Big Bang? Was it God or was it Science we don't understand yet?

But personally, my belief in God is tied to my belief of life after death. Maybe that belief has less to do with God and more to do with the absolute panic I fall into each time I consider that there is nothing after death. I just can't consider living my life like this. Way too bleak for me.

Also: imposing your beliefs to someone else is wrong. End of story.

In the meantime, in Straya: cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans. Because STRAYA!

https://www.sciencealert.com/clever-cockatoos-have-learnt-and-spread-a-culture-of-trash-bin-looting

Some good shit down here in straya! Apart from this lockdown being extended for another month!

What was it that I was watching or listening to a few weeks back? Was it something I posted in here? My memory’s getting foggy lately so I can’t pinpoint exactly who said it, but addressing your notion of a type of science or existence outside of science that we don’t understand yet: it was a comparison made to the effect of: Think of a desert with a major construction of a super highway being implemented. Next to that highway is a small colony of ants who are completely oblivious to it, despite how grand and obvious it is, because they aren’t at a state of consciousness that can grasp ideas that complex around them. So they just go about doing ant things while all of this is coexisting with them.

A similar notion is what DA says about looking down into a termite mound while they are oblivious to his presence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7f3xVgZdA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7f3xVgZdA)

[Erneuert]

Fun fact: this is probably the first time in over ten years that my university degree in English and Philosophy has been put to any good use. Discussions with you guys on here.

[elevenism]

@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) @elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) @eachpassingphase (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=6678)

My short version musings on God and God vs Science:

I believe in God, I cannot prove he/she/it/they exist. God may be an imaginary friend.

I speak to God like this: Please God, thank you God, right now I hate you God.

God and Science go hands in hands. Maybe God is where Science ends: what cause the Big Bang? Was it God or was it Science we don't understand yet?

But personally, my belief in God is tied to my belief of life after death. Maybe that belief has less to do with God and more to do with the absolute panic I fall into each time I consider that there is nothing after death. I just can't consider living my life like this. Way too bleak for me.

Also: imposing your beliefs to someone else is wrong. End of story.

In the meantime, in Straya: cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans. Because STRAYA!

https://www.sciencealert.com/clever-cockatoos-have-learnt-and-spread-a-culture-of-trash-bin-looting
A lot to unpack here.
OK. I do NOT think of "God" as a being in the sky. Rather, I believe that it is the source- the 'spark,' that animates us all. "God" is the reason that anything exists. Every living being is a part of "God," in that, each of us has a spirit soul: this includes people, cats, dogs, birds and fish.
For me, "God" IS.
I've studied the occult since I was about 12. I went from Gardnerian Wicca, to Romani sympathetic magic, to Celtic Ritual Magic, to Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita, to Swami Prabhupada's Hare Krisna movement, to Gnosticism, to Gnostic Christianity, to Kabala, and, FINALLY arrived at a sort of Christian Mysticism. I KNOW the Bible, and the writings of the early church fathers. I ALSO love Thomas Kempis' Imitation of Christ, and Revelation of a Divine Love by Julian of Norwich and such: the works of the mystics.
I like what you said about God and Science. It's consciousness/spirit that we don't understand. I don't think god and science are at odds, at ALL. The lunatic evangelicals who don't believe in evolution think that, and the biblical literalists.
None of us has the exact answers, nor does any particular book.
BUT, I fall under the Christian umbrella because I believe that altruism and love are the best answers we have. Yeshua was a great teacher of altruism, and, furthermore, an amazing symbol of altruism and GRACE. And, I AM, now, a monotheist, and I just have a funny feeling about the tetragrammaton: YHVH: I really think it might be one of the true names of "god." About 7,000 parts of the bible where it says 'God,' the original text says YHVH.

Yes, imposing your beliefs on someone is ABSOLUTELY wrong. Another thing that religious people don't seem to understand, is that, were they born in Iran, they'd be trying to be good Muslims. Japan, and they'd be into Shinto. Were they born in India, it'd be all about being a good Hindu. Had they been born in ancient Egypt, it'd be all about Horus and Isis and Ra, unless they lived during the short period of Ahten worship. Were they ancient Greeks, well, you get the idea. FURTHERMORE, there is wisdom in ALL belief systems.
Light doesn't make a sound.
While we're at it, the bible doesn't say SHIT about abortion, and what it says about homosexuality is right next to some of the craziest things you've ever heard: things like, if a man's penis is damaged, he cannot enter the kingdom of god. MOST churches say that these "Levitical laws" were "nailed to the cross." This is why they continue eating ham, for instance. But, they hang on to the one anti gay line, for some reason.

I'll stop, now. I am SO obsessed with theology and theological history that I could go on for hours.

But, one last thing: don't panic about the possibility of death being the end. I think of it this way: how were you in the 1700s? Did you have a hard time at all? Were you ever sick, or sad? I wasn't.
In FACT, everything was pretty laid back for BILLIONS of years. The trouble, for me, began in 1980. ;)

[Erneuert]

Also, I don't panic about the possibility of death being the end. I think of it this way: how were you in the 1700s? Did you have a hard time at all? Were you ever sick, or sad?

That is a good way of thinking. Alan Watts is probably my greatest source of inspiration and admiration when it comes to this sort of subject matter. Are you a fan of his lectures?

The question in those two videos I posted above, though, “why is there something rather than nothing?” — I don’t think we will ever get a satisfying answer to it. As fascinating as those discussions are he has with those physicists and thinkers, the same questions will always inevitably get raised about contingency and necessity. If the laws of physics exist, WHY do they exist rather than not? If God exists, why was he there in the first place?

edit: elevenism, you need to clear some PM space so I can send you a message!

[elevenism]

That is a good way of thinking. Alan Watts is probably my greatest source of inspiration and admiration when it comes to this sort of subject matter. Are you a fan of his lectures?

The question in those two videos I posted above, though, “why is there something rather than nothing?” — I don’t think we will ever get a satisfying answer to it. As fascinating as those discussions are he has with those physicists and thinkers, the same questions will always inevitably get raised about contingency and necessity. If the laws of physics exist, WHY do they exist rather than not? If God exists, why was he there in the first place?

edit: @elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475), you need to clear some PM space so I can send you a message!
Ha! I will. I hoard messages for some reason.

[Erneuert]

Ha! I will. I hoard messages for some reason.

I was going to say, with so many of the interests we have in common and discussions we have, it almost feels like we’ve lived the same lives to some extent, especially taking the writing career - or lack thereof - into consideration.

Did you get a chance to read this post? - https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/118-Type-O-Negative?p=540194#post540194

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JMFo8ANz8A (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0JMFo8ANz8A&pp=sAQA)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsqgUfnFQqQ&pp=sAQA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsqgUfnFQqQ&pp=sAQA)

[Detunez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mylx_xpdrqM

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P05pD_Bjv4E&pp=sAQA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P05pD_Bjv4E&pp=sAQA)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FIJJx0S9lM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2FIJJx0S9lM)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWAR_DotvZs (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yWAR_DotvZs)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI6hGYFiIk4 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aI6hGYFiIk4)

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEpFVz5vVVM (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CEpFVz5vVVM)

[Erneuert]

So depressingly real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk)

[Erneuert]

Hey @allegro (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=76), I’m pretty sure it was you years ago who was into the different personality types? I recently got interested in it again after subscribing to this channel (an Australian chick who does solo skits involving all the personally types):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTd8Css2NI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTd8Css2NI)


I took an online test years ago but forget what my result was. Anyhow, I took it again a few weeks ago and according to it I’m an INTJ (the “architect”). What are you and what do you know about what I am?

[allegro]

Hey @allegro (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=76), I’m pretty sure it was you years ago who was into the different personality types? I recently got interested in it again after subscribing to this channel (an Australian chick who does solo skits involving all the personally types)[/URL

I took an online test years ago but forget what my result was. Anyhow, I took it again a few weeks ago and according to it I’m an INTJ (the “architect”). What are you and what do you know about what I am?
Yeah, I remember a discussion about this, here, a while ago.

I read a book about Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as it relates to JOBS, called "Do What You Are." Then, when I was in college, some professors would make us do the MBTI tests for group projects to sort us by MBTI.

I'm an INTJ, too. So is my husband.

This is right from MBTI: https://www.mbtionline.com/en-US/MBTI-Types/INTJ

Also: https://www.onlinepersonalitytests.org/personality-test/intj/

Very true:

Common characteristics exhibited by people with this personality type:

Enjoys theoretical and abstract concepts
Dislikes confusion, disorganization and inefficiency
Reserved and prefers solitary work to group work
Orderly and structured
Perfectionistic
High expectations and standards
More focused on the future than on the present

INTJs tend to prefer online socializing over in-person socializing, so it’s no wonder we meet each other online. :)

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/32/56/b8/3256b847406f94cdcf858f3af84109ef.jpg

[Erneuert]

Oh my God, that’s so accurate! ^ *saves image to send to people around me IRL* lol

[allegro]

Oh my God, that’s so accurate! ^ *saves image to send to people around me IRL* lol

Btw, “alright” is actually a word.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/alright_1

I think these things are also REALLY correct:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/apos-intj-personality-type-f-150520596.html

I’ll add: WHINING. No fucking WHINING. Just do whatever you have to do to deal with or fix it, but NO WHINING. OR POUTING!

This pandemic and the switch to telecommuting was great for INTJs.

When I was getting my grad certificate in Paralegal studies, the attorney who was teaching the 2nd-level legal briefs writing class told us there were many law firms out there where Paralegals sat alone in little closed-off equivalence of closets all day, doing nothing but legal research.

And I, like, OH MY GOD, SIGN ME UP! That’s my DREAM JOB!!! ;)

[Erneuert]

Btw, “alright” is actually a word.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/alright_1

I think these things are also REALLY correct:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/apos-intj-personality-type-f-150520596.html

I’ll add: WHINING. No fucking WHINING. Just do whatever you have to do to deal with or fix it, but NO WHINING. OR POUTING!

This pandemic and the switch to telecommuting was great for INTJs.

When I was getting my grad certificate in Paralegal studies, the attorney who was teaching the 2nd-level legal briefs writing class told us there were many law firms out there where Paralegals sat alone in little closed-off equivalence of closets all day, doing nothing but legal research.

And I, like, OH MY GOD, SIGN ME UP! That’s my DREAM JOB!!! ;)

Find me a job like that now and I’ll jump at it. Editorial work, ideally.

Regarding “alright,” I know it is *acceptable*, but it still doesn’t visually look right to me, lol.

I’ve been reading contradictory things about it:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/alright-vs-all-right/

People are often surprised to learn that alright is not an accepted spelling of all right. Although the one-word spelling of alright is seen in informal writing, teachers and editors will always consider it incorrect. To use the expression with impunity, it is best to spell it as two words: all right.

[Magnetic]

When I was getting my grad certificate in Paralegal studies, the attorney who was teaching the 2nd-level legal briefs writing class told us there were many law firms out there where Paralegals sat alone in little closed-off equivalence of closets all day, doing nothing but legal research.

And I, like, OH MY GOD, SIGN ME UP! That’s my DREAM JOB!!! ;)

Yah, but like all research jobs....it's a throne of lies.
I was promised I would be able to do due research at my boss's behest and not have to deal with people. By the time I got to that level, the boss left me to deal with everyone - the lab, the students, and the outside collaborators. It's all good, and I finally learned to just tell everyone I was stuck in tissue culture for 2-3 hours. Which was accurate, and I would just cue a great album during which I couldn't take my hands out of the off for anyone unless it was a fire alarm for a solid 2 hours.

[allegro]

Yah, but like all research jobs....it's a throne of lies.
I was promised I would be able to do due research at my boss's behest and not have to deal with people. By the time I got to that level, the boss left me to deal with everyone - the lab, the students, and the outside collaborators. It's all good, and I finally learned to just tell everyone I was stuck in tissue culture for 2-3 hours. Which was accurate, and I would just cue a great album during which I couldn't take my hands out of the off for anyone unless it was a fire alarm for a solid 2 hours.

With legal research, you just sit there on LexisNexis or Westlaw all day, then writing synopsis reports. You can’t practice litigation without legal research, and attorneys don’t bill for it so they have paralegals do it. I did a ton of legal research, already, plus all my OTHER duties, which is just part of the job of a paralegal. Even as a real estate paralegal, you’re constantly doing research (state and county recorder and tax databases; state, county and municipal ordinances, etc.). But, the idea of research all day, without dealing with CLIENTS???? Or idiotic coworkers? Omg … Heaven! Lol. I lucked out in my last job, and had a desk WAAAAAAAAY in back away from everyone, except the weekly law clerk (who was out running errands most of the time). Then I started telecommuting all the time in about 2016.

[allegro]

Regarding “alright,” I know it is *acceptable*, but it still doesn’t visually look right to me, lol.

I’ve been reading contradictory things about it:

Oxford says it’s informal. Oxford is the ultimate arbiter.

Personally, in formal writing, I wouldn’t even use “all right.” There are far too many other ways to say the same thing.

[Erneuert]

Oxford says it’s informal. Oxford is the ultimate arbiter.

Personally, in formal writing, I wouldn’t even use “all right.” There are far too many other ways to say the same thing.

If you were a salamander working at a construction site with various other animals and suddenly found yourself in an accident, with the machinery chopping your leg off, would you casually lay back and proclaim: “No sweat, guys. Watch my allegro.”

'A leg grow.

Because your username and cell regeneration…

…

Don’t look at me like that.

[Erneuert]

allegro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iWODv7jVE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iWODv7jVE&t=50s)

[allegro]

Hmmmm … I never think “only my way is the right way.” I’m actually open to suggestions.

As long as they aren’t really stupid. :(

[Erneuert]

This is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivsP45hCA4s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ivsP45hCA4s)

[Magnetic]

Wow. Ok then. I need to watch a cartoon or something.

[elevenism]

If you were a salamander working at a construction site with various other animals and suddenly found yourself in an accident, with the machinery chopping your leg off, would you casually lay back and proclaim: “No sweat, guys. Watch my...a leg grow... .”


I've worked with multiple humanoid Gease at a site with RocketScience , as well as salamanders.

Unfortunately, not all of them retain their evolutionary advantages.

[MrLobster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hc0Wx4jMdo

[elevenism]

I've been searching for real, live theistic Satanism since I was a kid: not atheist libertarians or Gnostics or crazy online UFO people like JoS, or shit made up by Black Metal bands, but organized people who REALLY, SERIOUSLY worship Satan.

I THOUGHT I'd found it in The Order of Nine Angles (O9A or ONA,) aka the group who DOES promote human sacrafice, but my reading at the time lead me to believe that they weren't really REAL: that it was maybe five people, or even ONE dude who is a prolific writer. This was, perhaps, six years ago?
Well, it's been awhile since I looked into it, and HOLY HELL, it's real.
It's confusing. They're Satanic Islamist Nazis? It's a lot to take in.
But, yeah. These fuckers have been coming out of the woodwork the past couple of years.

This wiki page was REALLY SHORT a few years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles

Look at the fucking "terrorism and crimes" section.
It looks as though these people have finally come under scrutiny as of late in the wake of intelligence gathering on far right groups.

It also appears to me that they MAY have RECENTLY started trying to harm and terrorize people on command, as the recorded crimes committed by members only began in 2019.

Looks like I FINALLY found a POSSIBLY large, truly theistic Satanism. The fact that their influence is so full of Nazism is a real pisser; it makes the whole.thing far less interesting. Also, a religious scholar stated that they were technically hermetic, but idk. I've studied some hermeticism, and not much of it sounds like THIS shit.

But yeah, still, this is a trip.

[Erneuert]

I've been searching for real, live theistic Satanism since I was a kid: not atheist libertarians or Gnostics or crazy online UFO people like JoS, or shit made up by Black Metal bands, but organized people who REALLY, SERIOUSLY worship Satan.

I THOUGHT I'd found it in The Order of Nine Angles (O9A or ONA,) aka the group who DOES promote human sacrafice, but my reading at the time lead me to believe that they weren't really REAL: that it was maybe five people, or even ONE dude who is a prolific writer. This was, perhaps, six years ago?
Well, it's been awhile since I looked into it, and HOLY HELL, it's real.
It's confusing. They're Satanic Islamist Nazis? It's a lot to take in.
But, yeah. These fuckers have been coming out of the woodwork the past couple of years.

This wiki page was REALLY SHORT a few years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles

Look at the fucking "terrorism and crimes" section.
It looks as though these people have finally come under scrutiny as of late in the wake of intelligence gathering on far right groups.

It also appears to me that they MAY have RECENTLY started trying to harm and terrorize people on command, as the recorded crimes committed by members only began in 2019.

Looks like I FINALLY found a POSSIBLY large, truly theistic Satanism. The fact that their influence is so full of Nazism is a real pisser; it makes the whole.thing far less interesting. Also, a religious scholar stated that they were technically hermetic, but idk. I've studied some hermeticism, and not much of it sounds like THIS shit.

But yeah, still, this is a trip.

Hello, Agent Reyes!

Regarding this part:

This account also states that in 1973 a man named "Anton Long" was initiated into the group, subsequently becoming its Grand Master.

Is the “Anton” name just coincidental?

[elevenism]

Hello, Agent Reyes!

Regarding this part:

This account also states that in 1973 a man named "Anton Long" was initiated into the group, subsequently becoming its Grand Master.

Is the “Anton” name just coincidental?

So, in reality, that's not his real name. He's APPARENTLY really THIS DUDE, David Myatt, aka Abdul Aziz ibn Myatt. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Myatt)

He was the first leader of Britain's National Socialist Movement. He later become an anti west/anti Israel radical Jihadist.
I think he actually FOUNDED 09A in between. He wanted 09A to APPEAR to predate LaVey.
He THEN created some bizarre, horrific compilation of Nazism and Islamic Extremism. He ALSO appears to be highly intelligent, speaking multiple languages, and is considered to be pretty fucking dangerous: some sort of evil genius who is DEEP into the REALLY dark side of shit, including the nastier parts of the ancient mysteries.

David never fessed up to being Anton, but even a SHORT deep dive SURE makes it appear that he is. He, David, created The Star Game, which is some like, 3D board game (mentioned in 09A literature) that's supposed to accomplish weird metaphysical bullshit in physical reality. He now claims to follow a "peaceful way" called The Numinous Path, that ALSO happens to be part of 09A.

It's also worth mentioning that O9A literature describes Church of Satan and Temple of Set members as good candidates for human sacrifice, I guess because he thinks they're pretend Satanists.

He publicly disregarded "all extremism" in 2010, but that's PROBABLY because he was on a lot of fucking watch lists.
So yeah. Nazism, Islamic Terror, and Theistic Satanism that encourages human sacrifice. Not the sort of dude I'd want to meet up with.

EDIT: so I wanted to see this Black Book of Satan. Supposedly it was given to the leader of each cell or whatever the fuck, years ago, one copy each. I ALSO had long assumed THIS to be bullshit, but then I found one paper bound copy on Amazon for $1000. So, like...were this REAL? Were they REALLY given to like, 09A High Priests, so that they could start their own Satanic human sacrifice club?

AND, I found THIS. You can NOW read this horrific shit on your tablet.
I read a few pages, regarding the basics, and it's sort of "don't be a pussy. Be a terrible asshole, you little bitch. Harm people. Be mean as fuck to everyone."
It's that sort of thing, but written more eloquently.

https://archive.org/details/CodexSaerustheBlackBookOfSatan_132/mode/2up

I also accidentally downloaded, thus likely placing ME on a fucking watch list... Another watch list, rather

[Erneuert]

Crazy shit man.

Have you heard of this case?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

Does Stephen King favour the name Gage because of him?

[elevenism]

Oh yeah!

There's also been some similar cases, like this one.

This channel is also great in general. This dude was an actual Navy SEAL, which is like super elite special forces (there are only 7000 living,) and he's a GREAT story teller.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFV6R9GgPy4&t=599s

[Erneuert]

That’s the channel I saw it on, hahaha. I’m subscribed I think.

[elevenism]

That’s the channel I saw it on, hahaha. I’m subscribed I think.
This one isn't about Gage, though, I don't think.

This was in like 2003. Miraculously, the drill bit kind of pushed his brain aside without puncturing it.

Dude there were people in a couple of nursing homes who had like...like flat heads. I'm talking, their heads were only about half as tall as they should be. They HAD to have been missing the top of their skull, but I also wonder if/how much of their brains were missing.
I didn't ask. They weren't my patients. I've seen and had to do some weird shit in the healthcare field, from emptying colostomy bags to taking care of people who had fully exposed bones due to neurotic infection, and having to CLEAN the bones, to carrying out dead bodies.

But that flat head thing freaked me out a little :/

[Erneuert]

This one isn't about Gage, though, I don't think.

This was much more recent.

Yeah, I haven’t watched either. I saw the Gage one as a thumbnail and researched the name after I saw the picture and title.

[elevenism]

Yeah, I haven’t watched either. I saw the Gage one as a thumbnail and researched the name after I saw the picture and title.

OH, word. Dude, watch Mr B Allen. He's just like this INCREDIBLE storyteller, and the stories are generally dark/strange.

[Erneuert]

OH, word. Dude, watch Mr B Allen. He's just like this INCREDIBLE storyteller, and the stories are generally dark/strange.

I’ve watched two so far, I think. One about the final guillotine beheading and another about a girl in a park who kept hearing a bell that gave her the creeps.

[elevenism]

I’ve watched two so far, I think. One about the final guillotine beheading and another about a girl in a park who kept hearing a bell that gave her the creeps. a couple (like the bell in the park,) were for Halloween.

98% of these stories are verifiable and real

[Erneuert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmx_sd5cOhg (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lmx_sd5cOhg)

[Erneuert]

Well fuck me. elevenism allegate allegro ickyvicky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzQYKm3xTA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzQYKm3xTA)

[ickyvicky]

Could be a Tool video lol

[elevenism]

Could be a Tool video lol

For Undertow, perhaps? Someone should chop this clip up, throw in a couple of video effects, and make it!
@Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) , 100% of those "rare deep sea sightings" and "check out this strange new fish" videos creep me out, man. I do NOT like to go in the damn ocean.

[ickyvicky]

For real - I don't go into the ocean because 1) I don't know how to swim and 2) Who the hell knows what's in there, lol

[allegate]

nope. no thank you. if I can't see the bottom I don't go in.

[allegro]

We had to study stuff like that in one of my college classes. There is CRAZY stuff in the depths of the oceans.

The Anglerfish is one of my very favorites:

https://youtu.be/VqPMP9X-89o

[allegro]

nope. no thank you. if I can't see the bottom I don't go in.

Then you best stay out of the Great Lakes.

https://vividmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/how-deep-great-lakes-scaled.jpg

https://youtu.be/MuQ1ZwR0eUE

[elevenism]

Oh jesus Christ allegro . I don't want ANY PART of the Great Lakes...especially the deepest one.

Yeah, I had to swim in lakes that were, you know, deep ENOUGH, in Texas, for Webelos and Boy Scouts. And, holy fuck...when I opened my eyes under the water? Just, NO.
I completed the tasks and earned the badges, in SPITE of my fear, but, dear GOD, I don't like swimming in lakes. I swear to god, at that boy scout camp, I was doing a back float test, and suddenly, there was this huge, godawful amphibious spider thing on my face.

I've only been in the sea a couple of times: both times were in the Gulf of Mexico- Galveston, and North Padre.
AND, both were "combed beaches," wherein people worked to pickup all the little seashells and different bullshit. That was okay.

[Erneuert]

nope. no thank you. if I can't see the bottom I don't go in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akv36y8WLYA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Akv36y8WLYA)

[elevenism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akv36y8WLYA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Akv36y8WLYA)

that one, at least, is cute. Are we sure he isn't a pokemon or something?

[thelastdisciple]

For real - I don't go into the ocean because 1) I don't know how to swim
glad I'm not the only one. ;)

[Erneuert]

This looks so cosy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skcqFTi3s_A (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=skcqFTi3s_A)

[thelastdisciple]

Minecraft in real life ^

When night falls just gotta watch out for skeletons, spiders, zombies and creepers.

[botley]

Oh jesus Christ allegro . I don't want ANY PART of the Great Lakes...especially the deepest one.


I did a 'polar bear dip' (boxers only) in Lake Superior once, mid-October 2010. Cold as fuck! Nothing really scary in there — too icy for big gnarly shit to live in. Just lampreys; I hate lampreys. Don't Google them, their horrible mouths look like Mynocks chewing on the power cables of the Millennium Falcon.

[elevenism]

I did a 'polar bear dip' (boxers only) in Lake Superior once, mid-October 2010. Cold as fuck! Nothing really scary in there — too icy for big gnarly shit to live in. Just lampreys; I hate lampreys. Don't Google them, their horrible mouths look like Mynocks chewing on the power cables of the Millennium Falcon.

I did "polar bears club" in Boy Scouts, so I could get a special badge or whatever. Good god, I didn't know what I was signing up for.
They'd wake you up, from your tent, at like 6am; this was on a late fall camping thing.

I did that shit every morning for a week. :P

It was COLD.

[elevenism]

Ok so sorry for double post.

Check this out, though. @Erneuert (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=7060) this is from your neck of the gloom, but I think everyone would enjoy it. This dude make great vids. @Wolfkiller (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=675) @ickyvicky (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=3971) , Space Suicide @marodi (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=125) , you guys might dig this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkONFkdWSM&t=610s

[allegate]

I did a 'polar bear dip' (boxers only) in Lake Superior once, mid-October 2010. Cold as fuck! Nothing really scary in there — too icy for big gnarly shit to live in. Just lampreys; I hate lampreys. Don't Google them, their horrible mouths look like Mynocks chewing on the power cables of the Millennium Falcon.

we have dams here and we went to a salmon count only for one of the windows to be entirely lamprey mouths. Jesus Christ that was the worst.

[allegro]

Just lampreys; I hate lampreys.

Oh my God, I hate Sea Lampreys, too!! The Great Lakes are full of them! They’re terrifying!!!! The numbers are down in Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario, but they’ve increased in Superior and Erie.

(Although, I’ve never actually seen one in person, LOL)

The WARMEST Lake Superior EVER gets … like, in AUGUST … is 65. You get hypothermia when you swim in water that’s 60 degrees.

It’s between 48 and 58 in October. Lake Superior is fucking COLD!!!

Lake Michigan is pretty cold, too (we used to swim in northeast Lake Michigan in August and our lips would be blue lol), and Huron isn’t exactly warm, but Superior … omg.

[elevenism]

Oh my God, I hate Sea Lampreys, too!! The Great Lakes are full of them! They’re terrifying!!!! The numbers are down in Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario, but they’ve increased in Superior and Erie.

(Although, I’ve never actually seen one in person, LOL)

The WARMEST Lake Superior EVER gets … like, in AUGUST … is 65. You get hypothermia when you swim in water that’s 60 degrees.

It’s between 48 and 58 in October. Lake Superior is fucking COLD!!!

Lake Michigan is pretty cold, too (we used to swim in northeast Lake Michigan in August and our lips would be blue lol), and Huron isn’t exactly warm, but Superior … omg.
I don't know what a Sea Lamprey IS, but I don't like the sound of it.

Furthermore, the whole IDEA of the Great Lakes scares the hell out of me: all kinds of shipwrecks and dead bodies and shit? Isn't there some sort of Great Lakes Triangle?

Yeah, y'all can go.on and KEEP all that, you northern folk.

Possum Kingdom is PRETTY much more lake than I can handle, personally. :p

Edit: that's actually a real place, and not just the name of a Toadies song, for the record.

[chuckrh]

I'm an ocean child. I've only scuba dived once & that was on the Great Barrier Reef. Pretty wild. I figured that if I ever was going to do it, that should be the place.

[Erneuert]

Mega nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZmwcQSBP8Y (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZmwcQSBP8Y)

[allegro]

I don't know what a Sea Lamprey IS, but I don't like the sound of it.

Furthermore, the whole IDEA of the Great Lakes scares the hell out of me: all kinds of shipwrecks and dead bodies and shit? Isn't there some sort of Great Lakes Triangle?


Lake MICHIGAN Triangle. There’s a crashed PLANE they never found in there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501

[allegro]

I'm an ocean child. I've only scuba dived once & that was on the Great Barrier Reef. Pretty wild. I figured that if I ever was going to do it, that should be the place.

I took a scuba diving class in Maui. We started with general instructions, then moved with our equipment to a swimming pool. Our first task was to put the regulator mouthpiece into our mouths, and breathe face-down in the pool. As someone who’s been swimming before I could walk (and has had the OPPOSITE of “breathe underwater” drilled into their head) … I almost passed out. LOL. The instructor said that’s okay, happens all the time as I said no way, I ain’t doing this. Meanwhile, my husband, who can’t swim, has never swam, did great! But opted not to do the ocean dive. I DID go boogie boarding, though, since we already did that growing up on Lake Michigan.

[allegro]

Speaking of Superior:

My Dad was born and raised in the city where the SS Edmund Fitzgerald (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald) was built (https://www.thenewsherald.com/2013/11/06/river-rouge-anniversary-of-edmund-fitzgerald-observed).

There are very few Michigan-born kids from that era (and beyond) who don't know all the lyrics to this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI


By the way, a bit of trivia:

The lyrics include:

"In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald"

That's Mariner's Church in downtown Detroit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariners%27_Church).

Fred "Sonic" Smith loved that church, it's where he and Patti Smith were married, it's where Patti placed a memorial to him (http://www.mtv.com/news/504840/dateline-detroit-patti-smith-pays-tribute-to-fred-sonic-smith) (she had fundraisers after Fred died, i went to a few which were AWESOME):

B9MHHW9p7wh

[marodi]

I'm an ocean child. I've only scuba dived once & that was on the Great Barrier Reef. Pretty wild. I figured that if I ever was going to do it, that should be the place.

I can't do scuba because of health issues but I am an absolute water child. I am at home it water.

By the way, I consider water as a solid. If you ever jumped into water from a bit of height, you know by the sting you feel when entering the water how solid it is. And unless you're being weighed down, if you get into water, you float; you don't sink.

We all float...

[elevenism]

I can't do scuba because of health issues but I am an absolute water child. I am at home it water.

By the way, I consider water as a solid. If you ever jumped into water from a bit of height, you know by the sting you feel when entering the water how solid it is. And unless you're being weighed down, if you get into water, you float; you don't sink.

We all float...
Now when I first moved to the Dallas area at seven, we got season passes to Wet and Wild.
My mom, brother and I went three or four times a week during the summer. This went on until.they tore the place down in 92 or so,.when I was.twelve.
I love big water SLIDES, and "for strong swimmers only" rides that shoot you out several feet above a 14 ft deep pool. I love the wave pool. I have WONDERFUL memories of all of that.

I lived in an all bills paid apt in north dallas, where the hot water literally never ran out, and I'd sit in the shower, reading or texting, for 3 hours a day after work.

Also, I caught a case for graffiti once, and wound up in a segregation cell because I had a damn staph infection, and that cell had a SHOWER in it. And, again, I'd stand in that shower for 2-3 hours a day.

I love water. I love pools and slides and water rides and hot tubs and ESPECIALLY, being near running water. I love to sit in the shower and read. I'm a Pisces, even.
AND, some of my earliest memories were.taking swimming lessons when I was like TWO or something.

I'm definitely a "water child" too.

I just don't want any live plants or animals in the water. THAT'S the thing.
I don't want any weird fish, or kale, or strange fucking amphibious plants, or ANYTHING like that.

[thelastdisciple]

I just don't want any live plants or animals in the water. THAT'S the thing.
I don't want any weird fish, or kale, or strange fucking amphibious plants, or ANYTHING like that.

When i was a kid even though i couldn't swim i still liked going to the beach sometimes and I'd go far enough into the water to where my feet barely touched the ground anymore, one thing i always had with me though was water shoes lol I don't like the idea of my feet coming into contact with ANYTHING in there.

I was also always afraid of getting leeches on me, I'm glad that's never happened.

[allegro]

We all float...

Unless you’re my husband. He can’t learn Dead Man’s Float. I’ve tried and tried to teach him, but his butt jackknifes and down he sinks. I’ve since spoken with others who can’t seem to get the hang of floating. I’ve even tried teaching my husband while floating on my back and talking with him, demonstrating that you don’t need to gasp and fill your lungs full of air and hold your breath to “float.” It didn’t work.

I wanted to be on an Olympic synchronized swim team when I was a kid (now known as artistic swimming); I can float for literally hours while moving around the pool using only my hands to move.

This is called “sculling.”.

https://youtu.be/hwutcU5B_Q8

[chuckrh]

I can't do scuba because of health issues but I am an absolute water child. I am at home it water.

By the way, I consider water as a solid. If you ever jumped into water from a bit of height, you know by the sting you feel when entering the water how solid it is. And unless you're being weighed down, if you get into water, you float; you don't sink.

We all float...

I don't think I would be happy living away from the ocean. I've lived close to the Pacific all of my life. The last 30+ years I've lived in a house 2-3 blocks from Puget Sound. I've been thinking about dying a lot lately because of some serious health issues & I think I've decided I want my ashes scattered in the Sound. I need to communicate that to the people who would deal with it.

[allegate]

Unless you’re my husband. He can’t learn Dead Man’s Float. I’ve tried and tried to teach him, but his butt jackknifes and down he sinks. I’ve since spoken with others who can’t seem to get the hang of floating. I’ve even tried teaching my husband while floating on my back and talking with him, demonstrating that you don’t need to gasp and fill your lungs full of air and hold your breath to “float.” It didn’t work.

I wanted to be on an Olympic synchronized swim team when I was a kid (now known as artistic swimming); I can float for literally hours while moving around the pool using only my hands to move.

This is called “sculling.”.

https://youtu.be/hwutcU5B_Q8
I was a lifeguard for three years in high school and had to learn how to float while holding 45lb weights. I can swim faster than my wife just using my arms. I can jump into the water fully clothed and turn everything into a float.

All of which is to say I can't do the crawl to save my life or anyone else's. I get three strokes in and can't breathe anymore, I just can't do the head turn.

[allegro]

I was a lifeguard for three years in high school and had to learn how to float while holding 45lb weights. I can swim faster than my wife just using my arms. I can jump into the water fully clothed and turn everything into a float.

All of which is to say I can't do the crawl to save my life or anyone else's. I get three strokes in and can't breathe anymore, I just can't do the head turn.

I can’t crawl for shit, either!! :D I hate it! I can backstroke, swim underwater, breast stroke. But I HATE the crawl! Because of turning! I wear nose clips, doesn't help.

My stepgrandma was a lifeguard and taught us a modified crawl, where you roll from a backstroke to a crawl and to a backstroke again etc., and that's really cool!

chuckrh I know what you mean, kind of. I’ve never lived away from the Great Lakes. At one point, I’ve lived only a few blocks from Lake Michigan and a block from Lake Huron. I live about two miles from Lake Michigan now, for the last 23 years. We’ve had two boats in Lake Michigan (sailors have told us its waves are worse than the Atlantic or Pacific). Lake Michigan also scares the shit out of me, because it almost killed me, in Ludington, when I was about 8 (rip current (https://www.fox6now.com/news/lake-michigan-rip-current-warning-after-drownings)).

"Your instinct is to fight to survive, and what we want you to do is do the opposite of your instinct, to flip, float and follow." <-- The latter was my instinct, that's what saved me.

My Dad died in 2016, and wanted his cremains scattered in Lake Michigan in Ludington. I still have to arrange that, it’s complicated, but I’m determined that it will get done.

https://youtu.be/VT8JDXcasyU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meNDiQsPW1Q

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Watch with subtitles on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wof0xPUmW38 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wof0xPUmW38)

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ickyvicky elevenism allegro allegate This is… this is unacceptable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO-GWZNStuE (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BO-GWZNStuE)

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Well then…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmU8yEtcZDA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AmU8yEtcZDA)

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Today I found out that Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the late Minnie Ripperton.

[elevenism]

Did you guys catch this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jrvWUNHSPQ


It's 30 or so big name youtubers, from the true crime/investigative genres, taking a stand against YouTube's increasingly stringent and vague guidelines- the guidlines that force them to walk on eggshells; meanwhile, fake "animal rescue" channels (animals are abused and then "rescued," all by the creators,) and other terrible exploitative content continues to thrive.
And it's pretty hardcore. There are some serious fighting words going on, here. Furthermore, others are picking up the cause, too. In fact, this video would be GONE if so many big names weren't involved.

I'm afraid it's a fool's errand, though: no matter how many big name creators get in on this, sadly, it's still a David and Goliath situation.

Edit: if you guys think this would work better in a different thread, let me know. I think it's interesting because this has never happened before. It's like they're trying to unionize.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=590pRbhWi78 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=590pRbhWi78)

Funk dat.

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This is fucking priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwdkng6ZGp8

Also, I'd HIGHLY recommended watching EVERY video on Channel 5, along with everything on the All Gas No Breaks channel.

This dude, Andrew Callaghan, is kind of a more subtle Sacha Baron Cohen. He goes to like, NASCAR, a Proud Boys Rally, Donald Trump Jr Book Club, et al, and just interviews people, mostly kind of deadpan.

It's fucking hilarious.

The QShaman thing is funny, but it's also fascinating and a bit sad.

[fillow]

This dude, Andrew Callaghan, is kind of a more subtle Sacha Baron Cohen. He goes to like, NASCAR, a Proud Boys Rally, Donald Trump Jr Book Club, et al, and just interviews people, mostly kind of deadpan.
I think you might also like Jordan Klepper

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Today I found out that Maya Rudolph is the daughter of the late Minnie Ripperton.

she’s also married to Paul Thomas Anderson

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I think you might also like Jordan Klepper
@fillow (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=348) , so you're aware of All Gas No Brakes?

Is anyone else? I'm telling you guys...I'm trying to inspire some serious FOMO here, because this is some of the best stuff online, period.

Some of this, definitely, belongs in Random Stupidity, but, while I'm on the subject:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9v6q5YzbGA&amp;t=38s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgoSk_yg6k (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgoSk_yg6k)

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elevenism

This comment… LOL:

“Yup, that's exactly what I imagined what a cowboy hat producer sounds like”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZV00QNH_90 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZV00QNH_90)

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elevenism

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/a-baby-boy-has-been-born-in-a-sa-hospital-at-222pm-on-2222022/news-story/e4ea71413257e22f6e958e642480e3b3


Baby born at 2:22 on 22/2/22