Religion. Politics. There is maxim about avoiding these subjects in conversation. For true helter-skelter you need to get science fiction into the mix.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Gus - Jan 30, 2006 4:24:03 pm PST #7856 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2006 4:27:03 pm PST #7857 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
::cancels plans to discuss President Jesus: Time-traveling Alien with people I don't know well::
libkitty - Jan 30, 2006 4:28:11 pm PST #7858 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Awww, tommyrot, where's your sense of fun?!
JenP - Jan 30, 2006 4:32:41 pm PST #7859 of 10001
::cancels plans to discuss President Jesus: Time-traveling Alien with people I don't know well::
'fraidy cat
Gus - Jan 30, 2006 4:37:37 pm PST #7860 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
What if Jesus had a spaceship?
That is a writing assignment I could have gotten into, as a student.
Mr. Broom - Jan 30, 2006 4:41:45 pm PST #7861 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
As regards the comparison of religious discussion and scifi discussion: After a little consideration, I realized that the discomfort I've caused in non-Christians when I've spoken about being one (the "uh-oh, is he or isn't he going to preach"? clenching-up feeling) is pretty much identical to the one I get from non-s/f people when I talk about my love of [insert s/f and/or fantasy item here]. People don't like being foisted-on.
JenP - Jan 30, 2006 4:42:27 pm PST #7862 of 10001
What if Jesus had a spaceship?
For some reason, that just earwormed me with "What if God Was One of Us?"
People don't like being foisted-on.
You're exactly right. I tend to keep my ramblings focused on why I like sci-fi, rather than why they should (previous post notwithstanding). ETA: And it only ever comes up when someone gives me that quizzical look and asks, "But... why?"
ETA: And completely unrelated - I just finished sort of watching Spirited Away, and I'm listening to the music over the credits - it's just lovely. I may have to get the soundtrack.
Gus - Jan 30, 2006 4:49:41 pm PST #7863 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
t foists my pre-Wiccan Celtic traditonal pantheon on the thread.
Cuchullian had a spaceship.
JenP - Jan 30, 2006 4:57:24 pm PST #7864 of 10001
t aims Teflon Deflecto Ray™ at the pantheon. Except for that one; he's kind of hot.
JZ - Jan 30, 2006 5:02:03 pm PST #7865 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Christians can take a hike to the Left Coast.
What about the Christians who are already here? Should we start packing for Brazil? 'Cause I could be down with that.
What if Jesus had a spaceship?
That is a writing assignment I could have gotten into, as a student.
Heh. My beloved terminally eccentric Uncle D. in Brookline spent his declining years laboring on his magnum opus, a novel spinning out from the thesis that Jesus was an interstellar Mason. No publisher in his lifetime thought it would ever find an audience; I'm beginning to suspect the problem was that the Buffistas didn't exist yet.