Ok, me and my fellow deity (by name of Ellen Walker aka electricity) have compiled a short list of out evils of society. Enjoy.
All those people who can be so ignorant that they can be racist without knowing it
Forum Spammers
Chain letter starters
The BBC
Whoever invented wires to tangle when left alone for 3 minutes
Those truckers who get tattoos all over their bodies and have beards
"roodbois"
McDonalds and coca-cola
Terrible NationStates players
Telephone companies/corporations that phone u up 4 double-glazing
neds
Britney spears and busted
Timberlake
Jamie Oliver
And the people who make big brother and such reality TV programs
And the fools who enter them
Pedophiles and sick people like that
RITE FREESERVES ON THE LIST
AOL
ALL German teachers
George bush and Margaret Thatcher
People who rip down the rainforest and poachers
greenpeace
pykies"?
people who hit their kids, smoke, and shout in public
peopel who have that irritiating nokia ringtone
anyone who is suffering from supreme vanity
or anorexia (however you spell it)but not severe just who says - im so fat all the time when theyre blatently not
o o o those people you get (usually girls) who all try to be the same as each other and who end up copying each other until theyre al complete bitches
housing estates
POPUPS!!!
Spam emaoils that say "Enlarge you sexual organs in just 2 weeks"
DaSani
People who Use Emo ticons excessively
the way all my femalecontacts have exactly the same font and font colour
ooooh the way the interior of an ikea store is like a maze... i can never get out....never get out...
txt spk
l337
bad American dubbing of good japanese Anime
churned out disney sequels
Soaps
um yeah loud kissing noises on dramas and soaps
little girls who have toothless grins and who on their own "pony" and speak with a lisp
8 year old who think there 15
bandwagons
MSN SERVER PROBLEMS!!!
WEll, there may be more, but hell.
Oh, btw, yes nonnesuch i did nick your shampoo one but it is true
DickyBod
March 20, 2004
March 17, 2004
ok, in addition to the post below, i got this response:
*whistles* thats one big paragraph
i read it all and i have to say i totally agree with what you say about not conforming. although by not conforming are we conforming to a non conforming form (is that a paradox??/)
and also with the 9 year olds with thongs. wtf are the parents up to with that one??? yeas darling if you want to be a **** you can be...
thongs are great on girls our age but 9??? 9???
also dude get a girlfriend its more fun than any ps2 game if you like each other enough.
Loving that last sentence!!!
*whistles* thats one big paragraph
i read it all and i have to say i totally agree with what you say about not conforming. although by not conforming are we conforming to a non conforming form (is that a paradox??/)
and also with the 9 year olds with thongs. wtf are the parents up to with that one??? yeas darling if you want to be a **** you can be...
thongs are great on girls our age but 9??? 9???
also dude get a girlfriend its more fun than any ps2 game if you like each other enough.
Loving that last sentence!!!
Ok, this is a response i made on a forum about the Adult at 14 season that was on channel4 a while back. I just re-read it, and though i'd put it here. Its not edited, so certain deatails may be incorrect./misspelalaed.
God how i hate these people
Personally (im 15 before we start) i believe that people have the coice to do want they wish. In one of the adverts I saw the theme seemed to be that the girl felt that she HAD to have sex, otherwise she wouldnt be in some way "cool." I find the concewpt of "cool" very vague. What is cool? Nike shoes? Knives? Or the 100 Decimal Places of Pi and the Theorems of Newton. I reside firmly in the 3rd catedgory, and i pride myself on not being cool, as i do not need to conform with a ceratin image. i do not feel it neccesary to go out every night and get drunk, i do not (and never have) had a girlfriend, and the idea of being out at night with my friends frankly scares me. Give me my PS2. If the sex is consensual FROM BOTH PARTIES and they are both aware of the consequences of thier actions and they are in a healthy frame of mind ie. not drunk and whatever ever the new word for being on drugs is, then their is no reason to persecute. If, as the previously mentioned advert shows, one of the parties is in someway doubtful of their actions, nothing should happen. Far too much pressure is being place on people (especially girls) to be skinny sexy and appealing. Much of the blame goes to the media. Who was the last old TV presenter you remember? I believe it was Valerie Singleton, and how old was she? The idea of young girl to be youthful and at the same time adult is really depressing to see, and i know people like it. AS for the nine year old wit the thongs, who was going to tell them why they are designed? Who would sit down with there 9 year old daughter and say "Thongs are designed to make you much more accesible to the male sex. it shows that you have a carefree attitude to sex and wil be the target of a drunken male." Most of them would not have a single clue what you were talking about. I for one will be watchig this season of programs, and hoping with all of my heart they illustrate the evil, and not the positive (if any) aspects of underage sex.
If the world is'nt sorted out soon, the doll market will have been destroyed, with the replcement of your average doll with the offspring of a misguided and foolinsh 13 year old mother. THe above statement is a metaphor.
posted 13/11/03 21:22
wow, not so long ago. Hope you enjoy.
God how i hate these people
Personally (im 15 before we start) i believe that people have the coice to do want they wish. In one of the adverts I saw the theme seemed to be that the girl felt that she HAD to have sex, otherwise she wouldnt be in some way "cool." I find the concewpt of "cool" very vague. What is cool? Nike shoes? Knives? Or the 100 Decimal Places of Pi and the Theorems of Newton. I reside firmly in the 3rd catedgory, and i pride myself on not being cool, as i do not need to conform with a ceratin image. i do not feel it neccesary to go out every night and get drunk, i do not (and never have) had a girlfriend, and the idea of being out at night with my friends frankly scares me. Give me my PS2. If the sex is consensual FROM BOTH PARTIES and they are both aware of the consequences of thier actions and they are in a healthy frame of mind ie. not drunk and whatever ever the new word for being on drugs is, then their is no reason to persecute. If, as the previously mentioned advert shows, one of the parties is in someway doubtful of their actions, nothing should happen. Far too much pressure is being place on people (especially girls) to be skinny sexy and appealing. Much of the blame goes to the media. Who was the last old TV presenter you remember? I believe it was Valerie Singleton, and how old was she? The idea of young girl to be youthful and at the same time adult is really depressing to see, and i know people like it. AS for the nine year old wit the thongs, who was going to tell them why they are designed? Who would sit down with there 9 year old daughter and say "Thongs are designed to make you much more accesible to the male sex. it shows that you have a carefree attitude to sex and wil be the target of a drunken male." Most of them would not have a single clue what you were talking about. I for one will be watchig this season of programs, and hoping with all of my heart they illustrate the evil, and not the positive (if any) aspects of underage sex.
If the world is'nt sorted out soon, the doll market will have been destroyed, with the replcement of your average doll with the offspring of a misguided and foolinsh 13 year old mother. THe above statement is a metaphor.
posted 13/11/03 21:22
wow, not so long ago. Hope you enjoy.
Confessions of an Ex-FF Fan
The last FF I truly played to completion without stopping was IX, but i forced myself to do that, because i wanted to complete it, having already got to Memoria months earlier. The last FF I played and enjoyed to completion voluntarily was X. I started playing IV aroung October, and i've got to Zeromus, but i can't muster the energy to get my posterier in gear and kill him (well, that might have something to do with the fact he kills me in about 2 rounds ).
Oh...my..god.. i've become a casual gamer! wow, thats a system shock. I remember when i got FFVII (19/6/99, 12:31pm, two hours before a dentist appointment) and i couldn't put it down. Now im playing my FF's out of a sense of obligation, just because its become habitual that i like FF's and i will play them. God, thats a truly depressing thought.
I think it has something to do with my growing social life. I had 5 CLOSE friends on the aforementioned date, now i have 30. DAMN YOU SOCIAL LIFE!!
Don't get me wrong, i love FF to bits, i was distraught when my memory card wiped my VII VIII and IX saves for no apparant reason, i am jealous of the fact my friend has a non platinum ver. of VII IN MINT CONDITION, heck, i cramped my finger doing Renzokuken and Lionheart 15 times against Ultima Weapon.
I dont know why i;ve lost my relationship with Final Fantasy. Hell, i dont know why im writing this post. All i know is i needed to be honest with myself and all those people in here who might know (or concieve) my pain.
Well, confessions over. Enjoy my sadness. By the way, if you can pick up a copy of Grandia II, i highly recommend it. Combat very similar to X-2's in fluidity. Ah well.
Adapted from my post on uk.playstation.com forum
The last FF I truly played to completion without stopping was IX, but i forced myself to do that, because i wanted to complete it, having already got to Memoria months earlier. The last FF I played and enjoyed to completion voluntarily was X. I started playing IV aroung October, and i've got to Zeromus, but i can't muster the energy to get my posterier in gear and kill him (well, that might have something to do with the fact he kills me in about 2 rounds ).
Oh...my..god.. i've become a casual gamer! wow, thats a system shock. I remember when i got FFVII (19/6/99, 12:31pm, two hours before a dentist appointment) and i couldn't put it down. Now im playing my FF's out of a sense of obligation, just because its become habitual that i like FF's and i will play them. God, thats a truly depressing thought.
I think it has something to do with my growing social life. I had 5 CLOSE friends on the aforementioned date, now i have 30. DAMN YOU SOCIAL LIFE!!
Don't get me wrong, i love FF to bits, i was distraught when my memory card wiped my VII VIII and IX saves for no apparant reason, i am jealous of the fact my friend has a non platinum ver. of VII IN MINT CONDITION, heck, i cramped my finger doing Renzokuken and Lionheart 15 times against Ultima Weapon.
I dont know why i;ve lost my relationship with Final Fantasy. Hell, i dont know why im writing this post. All i know is i needed to be honest with myself and all those people in here who might know (or concieve) my pain.
Well, confessions over. Enjoy my sadness. By the way, if you can pick up a copy of Grandia II, i highly recommend it. Combat very similar to X-2's in fluidity. Ah well.
Adapted from my post on uk.playstation.com forum
March 11, 2004
March 10, 2004
March 07, 2004
OK, as you can see its 0031 in the morning, and i should like to take this oppertunity for anyone who was there last night to read my reasons as to why i was how i was. I address these points :
1) Lack of Alcohol Consumption
2) Lack of rythmic movement aka "Dancing"
1) As many of you noticed, I drank no liquid containing alcohol. There are many reasons for this. Possibly the most obvious to me is that alcohol is 1 thing and 1 thing only: A POISON. Damaging to the body in excess (no names here), though seemingly beneficial in moderation, i would rather not take the risk of digging myself an early grave just for the sake of enjoyment. The arguments that the short term effects are worth it, in comparison to the long run are exactly the same reason people do drugs, whatever class they may be in. I know the damage alcohol can do to a person, so, no thanks, give me some water instead. There is also a further danger to alcohol, one which is truly dangerous, one that is unforgivable : It makes people want to dance with me. Which leads on very nicely to point 2)
2) Dancing, i admit is something that is enjoyable, beneficially invigorating, full of movement, exercising, sociable and fun. All of the reasons above i have no problem with. However, i just cant do it. Not in sense of ability, but in sense of psychologically, i just won't. Its not helped when the people who asked me too were under the banner of point 1), and even less brilliant when its asked for during these songs:
"Dirrrty"
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Both songs are the most purile pieces of wierdness i have ever come across. I suppose i cant really make a justification, so, sorry Charlotte and Sarah, but hell thats just me.
I will however make the compromise : Next time, i shall dance, but i remain true to point 1).
G'night
DickyBod, tired, with a headache, lungs like a washboard
Kudos to Lou and family!
DickyB
1) Lack of Alcohol Consumption
2) Lack of rythmic movement aka "Dancing"
1) As many of you noticed, I drank no liquid containing alcohol. There are many reasons for this. Possibly the most obvious to me is that alcohol is 1 thing and 1 thing only: A POISON. Damaging to the body in excess (no names here), though seemingly beneficial in moderation, i would rather not take the risk of digging myself an early grave just for the sake of enjoyment. The arguments that the short term effects are worth it, in comparison to the long run are exactly the same reason people do drugs, whatever class they may be in. I know the damage alcohol can do to a person, so, no thanks, give me some water instead. There is also a further danger to alcohol, one which is truly dangerous, one that is unforgivable : It makes people want to dance with me. Which leads on very nicely to point 2)
2) Dancing, i admit is something that is enjoyable, beneficially invigorating, full of movement, exercising, sociable and fun. All of the reasons above i have no problem with. However, i just cant do it. Not in sense of ability, but in sense of psychologically, i just won't. Its not helped when the people who asked me too were under the banner of point 1), and even less brilliant when its asked for during these songs:
"Dirrrty"
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Both songs are the most purile pieces of wierdness i have ever come across. I suppose i cant really make a justification, so, sorry Charlotte and Sarah, but hell thats just me.
I will however make the compromise : Next time, i shall dance, but i remain true to point 1).
G'night
DickyBod, tired, with a headache, lungs like a washboard
Kudos to Lou and family!
DickyB
March 04, 2004
OK, this morning i discovered in my Hotmail inbox an Email Reply from Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) and i have replicated it here, for anyone whos interested.
Hi Richard,
Everything I know about affirmations is in The Dilbert Future, Appendix A. Anything else I told you would be a wild guess. That said, here are my wild guesses to the most frequently asked questions:
I don't think it matters what you do with the pieces of paper you write your affirmations on. You can throw them away.
I don't know if having more than one affirmation at a time is a problem. I don't see why it would be.
I don't know if typing affirmations works as well as writing them by hand.
I'm not aware of any 'monkey paw' situation where you get what you wish for but in the process there is a hideous unintended consequence.
I don't know the amount of time you should try affirmations before giving up. I hear reports of people seeing results in days, but other reports of no results for a year.
It doesn't always work. I have no information about how often it works or if it is more than chance.
I don't believe that Satan is involved in granting affirmations.
Researchers such as Dean Radin claim that random number generators can be influenced by human thought from a distance. These studies are considered bunk by skeptics. Both the researchers and the skeptics have too much ego at stake to be credible to me.
The events I describe in The Dilbert Future are accurate, but I don't conclude that affirmations work. All I can know for sure is that I used the process and I got the results I wanted. The reason for affirmations' apparent success is probably a combination of normal human and statistical reality, not a type of magic. For example, the apparent success might be accounted for by a combination of false memory, selective memory, greater focus on a goal, or something equally normal. I do believe that affirmations are useful in achieving your goals but I don't think anything supernatural is happening. See my non-Dilbert book, God's Debris, for more thoughts on why affirmations appear to work.
Affirmations Readings
--------------------------
My new non-Dilbert book has some thoughts about affirmations that you won't find elsewhere. And here are some other sources contributed by readers. I can't vouch for any of them.
Here's a web site with lots of links regarding Affirmations. I am not affiliated with any of them:
http://newage.about.com/religion/newage/cs/positiveoutlooks/index.htm
I think -- but I'm not certain -- that the book on affirmations that I said I couldn't remember the name of in "The Dilbert Future," was "I Deserve Love," by Sondra Ray. Subtitle: "How Affirmations Can Guide You to Personal Fulfillment."
The two "classics" on the subject are "Creative Visualization," by Shakti Gawain, and "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill.
Julia Cameron's books, "The Artist's Way" (with Mark Bryan) and "The Vein of Gold," have sections on the affirmations process.
Larry Block (the well known mystery writer) has a long section on affirmations in his "Write for Your Life."
LOUISE L. HAY, who is the author of many books from the late 1970's on, dealing specifically with affirmations. Her most famous book (I think) is
You Can Heal Your Life. Her website is www.hayhouse.com
PROSPERING POWER OF LOVE (l966) by Catherine Ponder has a section on Affirmations I'm told.
The Magic of Believing" by Claude M. Bristol" Prentice Hall, 1947.
Scott Adams
Hi Richard,
Everything I know about affirmations is in The Dilbert Future, Appendix A. Anything else I told you would be a wild guess. That said, here are my wild guesses to the most frequently asked questions:
I don't think it matters what you do with the pieces of paper you write your affirmations on. You can throw them away.
I don't know if having more than one affirmation at a time is a problem. I don't see why it would be.
I don't know if typing affirmations works as well as writing them by hand.
I'm not aware of any 'monkey paw' situation where you get what you wish for but in the process there is a hideous unintended consequence.
I don't know the amount of time you should try affirmations before giving up. I hear reports of people seeing results in days, but other reports of no results for a year.
It doesn't always work. I have no information about how often it works or if it is more than chance.
I don't believe that Satan is involved in granting affirmations.
Researchers such as Dean Radin claim that random number generators can be influenced by human thought from a distance. These studies are considered bunk by skeptics. Both the researchers and the skeptics have too much ego at stake to be credible to me.
The events I describe in The Dilbert Future are accurate, but I don't conclude that affirmations work. All I can know for sure is that I used the process and I got the results I wanted. The reason for affirmations' apparent success is probably a combination of normal human and statistical reality, not a type of magic. For example, the apparent success might be accounted for by a combination of false memory, selective memory, greater focus on a goal, or something equally normal. I do believe that affirmations are useful in achieving your goals but I don't think anything supernatural is happening. See my non-Dilbert book, God's Debris, for more thoughts on why affirmations appear to work.
Affirmations Readings
--------------------------
My new non-Dilbert book has some thoughts about affirmations that you won't find elsewhere. And here are some other sources contributed by readers. I can't vouch for any of them.
Here's a web site with lots of links regarding Affirmations. I am not affiliated with any of them:
http://newage.about.com/religion/newage/cs/positiveoutlooks/index.htm
I think -- but I'm not certain -- that the book on affirmations that I said I couldn't remember the name of in "The Dilbert Future," was "I Deserve Love," by Sondra Ray. Subtitle: "How Affirmations Can Guide You to Personal Fulfillment."
The two "classics" on the subject are "Creative Visualization," by Shakti Gawain, and "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill.
Julia Cameron's books, "The Artist's Way" (with Mark Bryan) and "The Vein of Gold," have sections on the affirmations process.
Larry Block (the well known mystery writer) has a long section on affirmations in his "Write for Your Life."
LOUISE L. HAY, who is the author of many books from the late 1970's on, dealing specifically with affirmations. Her most famous book (I think) is
You Can Heal Your Life. Her website is www.hayhouse.com
PROSPERING POWER OF LOVE (l966) by Catherine Ponder has a section on Affirmations I'm told.
The Magic of Believing" by Claude M. Bristol" Prentice Hall, 1947.
Scott Adams
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