Back in the early '90s, Bill Gates claimed the internet was never going to catch on, and he missed the mark big time. So yeah, he’s nowhere near being some kind of visionary savior. 🙄
I don't think the real question is whether a man can be raped, but rather, can a woman rape a man? And honestly, why should it even be a criminal offense, at least when we're talking about an adult who isn't mentally unstable 🙄
Let’s look at this more simply: if you ran an experiment tracking an object moving along a straight line, it wouldn't even realize another dimension exists because, from its perspective, it would just be gliding along at a perfectly steady pace.
It's true, Einstein proved we aren't moving through time at a constant rate, and now there are theories suggesting that even time itself doesn't move at a constant speed—regardless of what direction you're heading. Honestly, my head is spinning just thinking about it. To hell with time.🙄
Nobody has pointed out yet that Mike Judge actually made this movie—he’s the creator and the voice behind most of the characters in Beavis & Butt-Head. Honestly, the film is a killer depiction of cubicle farm life and the various cliques you find there, ranging from those "serious" hackers to the upper management circles. It's easily one of my favorite flicks 🙂
("How to Screw Up" — yeah, that's a pretty loose translation 🙄 )
Solaris said:How much do we actually know about ourselves? And even what we think we know—that self-image we carry around, whether it's our own construction or just a persona others forced upon us that we eventually accepted... neither version is necessarily complete, and neither truly represents our actual Self. How do we begin to uncover our true character, our temperament, our gut reactions, the masks we wear, and the projections we cast (absolutely!)? How do we observe how we see ourselves and how we evolve over time? Do we truly love who we are? The way we perceive ourselves dictates, for the most part, how we view everyone else, though I'm sure you're already aware of that. 🙂 So, who are you? What is your personal purpose here on this Earth? What are you striving for, what do you hope for, and what keeps you up at night with fear? And more importantly, why?
I love myself just as much as I love anyone else—I’m obsessed with myself, really, but I’m far from happy because of my flaws and weaknesses.😳
Man, I’m already buried under seventeen pages of reading, so I haven't even had a chance to pull a rebellion together yet 😳 but hey, I can always squeeze in some time to hang out on the forums 🙂
I still need to get started on my tarot studies, but I promised myself I'd dive in once I finally catch up on sleep (maybe Tuesday?) 😳
Kevin Chavez3 said:I’m still listening to everything I used to, with the exception of MC Hammer (though I’m actually feeling a bit nostalgic for him lately—I really need to hit up some local record fairs to find his old vinyl)
It’s all just "dun dun dun da-da dun dun dun dun dun dun dun"
or "we gonna make it happen, yeah we gonna make it happen, oh yeah we gonna make it happen"
Honestly, I’ve got those tracks stuck in my head right now too 🙂
If I have an opinion, I’m going to say it, regardless of who happens to be listening.
At the end of the day, everyone eventually comes around to the truth, no matter who they are... Or maybe they won't, but even then, they won't have anything left to argue against.
And if I'm wrong, I'd much rather find out while there's still time to fix it, even if (as is often the case) I end up looking like a complete idiot.😳
wizard said:briskrider8, you have the same freedom to mess around with mushrooms or cacti as anyone else. But I haven’t exactly noticed any 100m sprinter hitting their first personal bests through doping—and they certainly aren't doing it on a Yamaha 500.
That’s true, but that doesn't matter to me. I’m an artist working out of my own studio; when I need to get somewhere fast, taking the car is just easier. 😛 🙂
(Even though I was born a walker, please be respectful—I've got better legs than most of those incredibly thick women out there. 😳 )
adriatic said:The internet has basically become the ultimate tool for mass surveillance.
It’s nice to be an optimist, but honestly, I just can't find the energy for it.😁
The reality is that they see everything and know everything, but they aren't going to go around arresting every single person sharing info for free. They can't—there are just too many people to keep tabs on. Plus, it’s much easier to tear something down than to build it up, so no security measure is ever truly foolproof.
They can try, but if they actually started making arrests, they’d have half of America behind bars. And we all know that once the internet exists, digital piracy doesn't slow down; it just explodes out of control.
So, are we moving this conversation toward open-source software?