Blue Screen (of Death)

Now, I don’t know if your internet is up for this or not, but have some new-ish SOM:

I should clear this up. I would love to be able to pay $2000 for airfare, but (a) >I have money? (b) I have to save that money for a trip to Australia, because I know a bunch of people there who are expecting me to visit them at some point in the near-ish future.

Yes, I would love to pay $2000 airfare so I could go drinking with you.

After reviewing the “Drunk Thread” from a month ago, I appear to retain slightly better coordination in such a state than you do. Except when texting. That’s always fun. But yeah, I decided after that that I would refrain from posting on here if I get in that state. Of course, I’ll probably forget that, but whatever.

Now, did you have any more table incidents this time? hehe

HOOOOLY SHOIT OPSPE! I AM WAAAAAY T DRUNK RIGHT now to process all of that but dont worry I will get back to you when I sobered up a buit.

But man HOOOOOOOLY SHIIIIIIIIT duide you are like a second Verbose to me with posts like tjat. You arevtruly awersome

We gotta go drinking sometime, you and me, fuck taht would bne awesome. fuck yea loklololol

Anywy back to the freason why I came here: no drunken forum bender will be complete without me tootally spaming my onw wall LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHAH OMG I Z SO FUNNEZ LOLOLOL SMAP SMAP SPAM SPAMBOURBON DOUBONV BOURDON VIDKA VODKA DOSKA PONIES PONIES PONESEES LOLOLKO ok I’m done now lol

Ima erturn with my tottally intellectuial and intiilegence p[resooinbse when jknfdgjdfngkjfdnfgjkgf oh shit im so tired…. gotta sleep. Too drunk for this shit

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Part I:

I tend to think of things anthropologically because (a) it keeps me sane and (b) it’s really useful when trying to understand what other people do. If you’re basing your arguments on the dictionary definitions of “science” and “religion,” then you are completely correct. But since I think of things slightly differently, I tend to observe things slightly differently too. You said you’ve never seen religion explain a “new proven fact,” but I would remind you that Judeo-Christian Monotheism has been around for over 3000 years, while Scientific Rationalism has been around for 200, tops. Therefore, it’s only to be expected that there are less things left to be explained through the Judeo-Christian Monotheist lens.

You might argue that things such as particle physics and neurobiology could never have been developed with religion alone; this is true, but you have to remember that these things don’t fit into the strictly Judeo-Christian Monotheist cosmology, so to a pure Judeo-Christian Monotheist, they would seem as supernatural as spirits do to us. It’s because we are all products of both that and Scientific Rationalism that these issues tend to get blurred.

Part II:

What I guess I’m trying to impart to you in this rambling fashion is this fairly obvious point: your views are coloured by your beliefs. This should be blatantly clear, and yet people often forget it. We accept “science” as the ultimate truth of the universe and discount all others. The scientific half of my brain is screaming YES! at this point, while the anthropological half is screaming NO!.

Your “observational” perspective is not what I would call an observational perspective, since you’re actively ascribed to one side of the debate. The key to understanding this issue is to detach yourself, at least somewhat, from your beliefs, and to realize that what we perceive as being the ultimate truth is not necessarily what others perceive. To a really traditional Christian, for example, the universe was created in seven days. To a staunch scientist, the universe was created in an immeasurably small fraction of a second. Both accept their beliefs as ultimate truth, and it’s not my place as an anthropologist to judge them based on my beliefs, which most people would do.

Now, back to the actual debate about whether science is a religion. I say it is because it can be interpreted as such through a detached lens.

And you described Atheism as an anti-religion. Like I said, I dislike the term Atheist; I prefer Scientific Rationalist, because Atheists, in general, fully ascribe to the Scientific Rationalist worldview.

Damn this 1500-character limit. You have several TL;DR’s incoming.

Here is the Sinfest comic. Nothing starring you, but you know…it’s you.

Ha ha. And, might I add, HA!

I will be very sad to leave this place. BCNET is only for Higher Education.

Tonight, we step back in time to 1997. When I was in primary school. This is a classic example of mid-90s neuro, when it was in its heyday, and hopefully should demonstrate why I love it so much.

It’s funny how the Pony troll is quoting from me,
Should I be friend him? Because it is in brony code to love and tolerate, he will not like my friendship but I will love and tolerate him no matter what.

Well ‘Strobe’ looks a lot better like that anyway…

Wait, you joined 2 months ago? Dag, I thought you’d been around longer than I had.

If you are talking about the trance music, it’s not possible to change the dimensions of a soundcloud embedded track.

I thought Psychedelic Trance was a cool idea to suit my profile, reminds me of years ago…

You visited my computer once…

Lets just say, they are a little peeved that you cheated on them. :)

A grown man shouldn’t try a slip and slide.

I’m doing good. Well, I’m either in two moods, good mood or bad mood.
Luckily, I’m in a good mood! :D

Huh, I don’t think I ever posted on your wall.
Ahem, well… How are you?

What Citation said.

Dude, you look kind of like a badass.
Also, your hair makes me want some pasta. This is a good thing.

I’m glad things worked out then.
 
As for the SynchTube, I went through a lot of trouble (given my computer’s inability to handle a lot of complex tabs at once, and KYM is filled with ad/link filled pages) to PM everyone who requested a link to the room.
 
But the most frustrating thing was that Berry Punch still got into the room. So either she knows something about the process I don’t know, or someone told her. I didn’t mind her in there. I wanted her to be in there. But I went through an hour’s worth of trouble to prevent that from happening for everyone in the thread. When no one wanted to say how she got in (including her,) more or less just saying “Deal with it,” I decided to leave. If I had known it wasn’t going to work, then I would have spent that hour doing something else.
 
But it’s done with. I won’t bother with it again. It’s silly to let yourself get mad with people online.

Reso is one of my favourite producers.

Take these, apply liberally to your computer screen, and call me in the morning.

And if you’re as decent as a guy IRL as you appear to be on in the boards, then I think you’ll be forgiven. It might not change everything, but hopefully it lets you make up for stuff and not make the same mistakes again.

THIS SONG. HOLY FUCK.