Currently the largest state in the Holy Roman Empire, completely crippled the rival line of Habsburgs in Austria, am in line to become the next Emperor, and have two vassals (The Imperial Palatinate and Mecklenberg) and am leading a personal union with Hungary.
i really do wonder what it's like to live as a conspiracy theorist
the world must be such a strange and frightening place
as someone who's been there, in my case it was mostly a desire to believe in things that were cool as opposed to things that were true.
I grew out of it when I realized that true things could be cool also
It's also comforting to some people: Bad things always happen for a reason, there is always someone or something to blame, there is one explanation for everything--it's a kind of religious fervour.
Like so: Satan is always coming for your soul, but it's Satan. Not that people are flawed and make terrible mistakes, or that sometimes innocent people and things are in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is pure evil, not something more complicated and fearsome than that.
i went through a phase in my teens where i managed to convince myself that Fortean phenomena were real, so i guess i can relate to wanting to believe things that are cool
but the stuff about Obama's birth certificate, and 9/11 being an inside job and vast conspiracies of international banks and what have you? that i don't get
i went through a phase in my teens where i managed to convince myself that Fortean phenomena were real, so i guess i can relate to wanting to believe things that are cool
but the stuff about Obama's birth certificate, and 9/11 being an inside job and vast conspiracies of international banks and what have you? that i don't get
Charles Fort's books are actually quite cool. As works of fiction, mind you.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
There are certain conspiracy theories that--well, I don't wanna say they "make sense" to me, but I can I can see why people believe them.
I've used this example before, but the idea that the Boston Marathon bombing was a government conspiracy...I can see why people believe that. It's easier to accept the idea of the BIG BAD FACELESS GOVERNMENT committing atrocities than it is to accept that the seemingly friendly college student you met yesterday could turn around and put a bomb next to an 8-year-old child tomorrow.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You know, I never really thought about it before, but it seems kinda weird that my electric wall clock has a plug with three prongs.
Makes me wonder if it's newer than I thought...I had guessed it was from the 1970s, but back then it wasn't even a given that the average electrical socket had all three holes...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
At least, not in North America.
I saw houses into the 1990s that had only the old two-prong outlets...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'm fairly certain it was...it's made by an American manufacturer and has an American-style plug...
The UK Office strikes me as very characteristically British, admittedly.
American humour often seems a little too blunt to me.
Like someone telling you a joke and then immediately elbowing you and going 'geddit?'
Yes, mainstream American TV and film comedy is a bit obvious, although darker, drier stuff has come into a bit of a vogue in the last few years. And there are plenty of overly broad or obvious UK comedy programmes out there, in all fairness.
The Office is a pretty dry, alienating show, though, in its original incarnation. Also extremely dark in a very particular way.
i don't know why i think of humour in national terms, honestly
it doesn't make a lot of sense to generalize about it
maybe it's an acquired taste
like, on my initial exposure to Japanese humour i was just completely baffled, and kind of embarrassed to be watching something with such poor comedic timing
I think that certain types of humour tend to prevail in certain cultures based upon the fears and fixations inherent in the social hegemony of a given culture, but overall the spectrum of humour is definitely universal. For instance, while really bleak, morbid comedy is far more prevalent in Scandinavia than it is here, that does not mean that there are not Americans who can appreciate it.
i don't get the George Carlin brand of humour where he was just angrily saying depressing things in a really over-simplified 'everyone's an idiot except me!' kinda way and then everyone laughed and applauded
Louis CK seems to be going this way of late and i can't say i see the humour
There should be a New Atheism parody in which the student refuses to sign the paper, is made to defend the antithesis, and then argues that God isn't dead because God never existed, let alone was alive.
Then teacher and student do a jumping high five or something, then both grin at the camera which slowly pans in with this playing.
i don't get the George Carlin brand of humour where he was just angrily saying depressing things in a really over-simplified 'everyone's an idiot except me!' kinda way and then everyone laughed and applauded
Louis CK seems to be going this way of late and i can't say i see the humour
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the world must be such a strange and frightening place
Currently the largest state in the Holy Roman Empire, completely crippled the rival line of Habsburgs in Austria, am in line to become the next Emperor, and have two vassals (The Imperial Palatinate and Mecklenberg) and am leading a personal union with Hungary.
Life is good.
I grew out of it when I realized that true things could be cool also
The former is my only real competition for the Imperial throne, the latter lead a personal union with the massive Lithuania and have me rival-flagged.
What's wrong with being a muslim?
but the stuff about Obama's birth certificate, and 9/11 being an inside job and vast conspiracies of international banks and what have you? that i don't get
at my old school library there were several volumes cataloguing various phenomena that Fort was interested in, and i read those basically religiously
this was when i was like 13 or 14
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The American version of The Office is generally well-liked, in any case
it probably helps that British and US office environments are rather similar
it's not supposed to be a riot
American humour often seems a little too blunt to me.
Like someone telling you a joke and then immediately elbowing you and going 'geddit?'
idk what i like in a comedy anymore tbh
the last time i tried to watch The IT Crowd it mostly fell completely flat for me, and i used to love that show
these are shows that amuse me
it doesn't make a lot of sense to generalize about it
maybe it's an acquired taste
like, on my initial exposure to Japanese humour i was just completely baffled, and kind of embarrassed to be watching something with such poor comedic timing
whereas now i think it can be quite amusing
i don't get the George Carlin brand of humour where he was just angrily saying depressing things in a really over-simplified 'everyone's an idiot except me!' kinda way and then everyone laughed and applauded
Louis CK seems to be going this way of late and i can't say i see the humour
I mean, French fries? what pretentious person would name a food item after its place of origin, that's lazy!
Whats next? Mexican taco? Caeser Salad?