Posts by goldenharbor3

Alexander Green21 said:That new thriller from Denmark—"Speak No Evil"—is honestly such a trip. It’s part mystery, part psychological horror, but man... it just works. Absolutely killer stuff... 🙏

I'd say the movie is basically just a horror flick at its core...

Jeffrey Howard79 said:Man... I seriously can't believe people actually act like that. If I were in that situation, I’d be long gone—just out of there. Like, what are they gonna do, throw rocks at me? ...

That’s probably not the most productive way to look at the movie...

I mean, part of me was totally drawn into that whole vibe too—but looking at the movie as a whole, I’m starting to think it’s just one big allegory. Like, the point isn't really about fleshing out some "realistic" motivation for the villains—they’re just pure evil, honestly... they're almost incidental. It's the protagonists that actually matter here, though again, not necessarily because they feel like real people you'd meet in Chicago or something, but more like they're just embodiments of specific weaknesses and mental decay...

The murder scene hits hard because it cranks the tension up to eleven—the camera basically stays glued to the victims, almost completely ignoring the killers at the start... It’s gut-wrenching and honestly pretty haunting.

neonfox65 said:One of those rare flicks where the bad guys actually walk away winning... 😢

Not at all. There’s zero goodness in this movie—or if you want to look at it that way—whatever is being masked as "normal" actually turns out to be deeply abnormal and... well, self-destructive.

Ugh, honestly, I really liked the movie. One tiny gripe though—the ending feels a bit too telegraphed... between the score and that one line where they basically say "it's going to get even messier" right when that couple shows up at the door... but honestly, that's just being nitpicky...

A little getaway—at least in my head—to some other era and a completely different part of the world

New
on the agenda—honestly, sounds better than I expected...

Here we go again



Feels just like being back on Mount Rainier...

I’m head over heels 😳 😍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piC2...52o5EA&index=2

Just setting the tempo for the rollout

Just a little something upbeat to wrap up the weekend

A little bit of pastoral post-rock


Spring 2020 was looking absolutely legendary for live shows. We had Suffocation, Vader, The Stone, and then VoIC in May—if I’m remembering right... Man, at least I managed to catch Suffo, and that was my first time seeing them live...

The White Stripes ("Beauty and the Beast") for those end-of-vacation vibes.

Life finally felt complete the second I learned to appreciate surfing 😁

Terry Martinez10 said:My stomach turns too, and honestly, I can't fathom any set of circumstances that could ever justify something like that.
It makes me think of that survival story from the plane crash in the Himalayas(?) where the survivors had to wait months to be rescued and ended up eating their deceased companions—their own friends—just to stay alive.
And even though it’s revolting, there’s a certain grim logic to it that makes sense.

But what if the victim gives their consent?

I don't know about the Himalayas, but a historical case comes to mind involving the Andaman Islands—I think it was a rugby team from South America, maybe Uruguay or Argentina? Pretty sure I saw a movie or a documentary about it once.

To me, the logic behind it is crystal clear, but being rational isn't the only thing at play here... and honestly, it shouldn't be the only factor either.

Steven Clark2 said:The motivation for starting this thread stems from these two specific posts, beginning with a comment from Walnut:

And then there is the response from our colleague:

Aside from the act of murder to obtain food, many people do not believe there is anything inherently unethical about cannibalism itself. So, I would love to hear some thoughts on this topic.🙂

I'm with you on all counts—honestly, I'd even argue that clinging to an ethical taboo against eating human meat in those kinds of survival situations is actually pretty anti-human. But here’s the thing... when I really try to put myself in that hypothetical scenario, my stomach turns just thinking about it. I doubt I'd be able to fight that physical reaction if I were actually stuck in a situation that grim.

Not really trying to steer this debate in any specific direction, just a random observation...

Sarah Ross21 said:I talked on the phone with four different people today, and all four spent the entire time complaining about their medical issues.

One survived a stroke six months ago and is doing alright now—we already covered that when it happened. The second person has foot pain, specifically a toe issue, making walking difficult (total drama). The third has arm pain—and look, I get it, I know what real arm pain feels like, so I sympathize—but they’re also dealing with severe depression. The fourth has low iron and isn't feeling great, though her levels are actually within the normal range, so it's mostly just fatigue.

Every single one of them wanted comfort and empathy, which I guess is standard, especially in these weird times. Even the person struggling with depression and intense arm pain—who arguably has the hardest time—was the least vocal about complaining.

The reality is that none of these people have ever truly offered me any support during my own health struggles, even the serious ones. When they're feeling good, they couldn't care less about how I am.

Now the roles are reversed. I'm actually in a better place right now—I just got a new diagnosis this morning, though nobody bothered to ask how I was handling it—so it got me thinking: do these people even deserve my sympathy?

As a human being, I believe you should comfort the suffering and feed the hungry. But life has taught me plenty of times that sometimes that isn't the smartest move you can make. There are endless examples of that playing out in the real world.

Maybe what I'm saying is trivial, but I think it's a legitimate question.

What would you do? Offer comfort, or just give them an "uh-huh, okay, moving on"? Let's be honest: once they recover and feel better, they won't care about my problems then either. They didn't care before, and they won't care now.

Thoughts?

What feels like the dumbest move in any relationship is just *continuing* to endure what basically amounts to being mistreated—let's call them "obligations" (not the right word, really, it's more about a total lack of reciprocity and clearly zero care for you, which seems like a massive red flag to me).

From my side, I’d try to handle things by listening to the other person and offering that sympathy and understanding first, but then there’d have to be a real, serious talk about where we actually stand. If there’s truly no foundation for a meaningful human connection—one built on mutual care and attention (even if it sounds cold to reduce relationships to some kind of accounting ledger where everything has to balance perfectly)—then it's just goodbye, with a sarcastic thanks for leeching off my good nature. That's probably how I'd tackle it...

*Using "continuing" because from what I can tell, no actual conversation about these problems has even happened yet.

If you look at life as just this massive bundle of potential and skill, then living well really means leveling up those abilities—expanding what you can do and discovering what you didn't know was there. To me, that boils down to two things: a) staying genuinely open to the world—and to yourself as part of it—and b) having a serious amount of curiosity.

I’m pretty much all in on that way of looking at things... though I do have some ethical hang-ups regarding how that plays out in practice.

The real kicker, though, is that what modern American society expects from us is basically the polar opposite of this kind of meaningful existence.

Here’s a track for anyone feeling that Lovecraftian vibe—which, honestly, is where I'm at right now thanks to this forum... 😁