The Universe is a chatbot?
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 16, 2008 10:47:53 am PST #3646 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.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2008 10:49:24 am PST #3647 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The universe uses bablefish
shrift - Jan 16, 2008 10:50:08 am PST #3648 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Is DavidS still not able to access b.org while at work?
Aims - Jan 16, 2008 10:50:54 am PST #3649 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like you can't think "I don't want to be fat" becaues the universe will get confused and make you fat.
No shit, I've read the same thing about giving instructions to toddlers. That toddlers only hear the last one or two words you say so if you are telling them, "Don't run." all they hear is "Run" and then, do so and piss you off.
Interesting.
Burrell - Jan 16, 2008 10:51:29 am PST #3650 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
How can you sit across someone at a table who thinks a belief you hold so deeply is completely ridic? Wouldn't you be all, "why do I want to hang out with someone who thinks this thing that is so important to me is false?"
Well, I'm the only member of my birth family who believes in God (well, now that my mom is dead). And yet? Still loves them all. Then again, my belief in God is somewhat offset--at least in terms of cultural norms--by my deeply-held distrust of religion, so I probably don't come across as a believer to most people.
Burrell - Jan 16, 2008 10:51:31 am PST #3651 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Kat - Jan 16, 2008 10:51:48 am PST #3652 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What's interesting about believing The Secret is that it takes something that seems defensible and easy to be believed a couple of clicks to a place that seems, from the outside, somewhat crazy.
I believe that wallowing doesn't really help a situation. For example, if I wallow in my current distaste for how I look, then it doesn't really help me at all with either changing the way I look or getting over it. So being constantly negative usually does not help situations (though with some people, the Power of Negative Thinking is it gets some people to instigate change).
But to take it to the Universe not recognizing the word No? Huh?
Kat - Jan 16, 2008 10:52:59 am PST #3653 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The universe is nothing but a toddler!
Aims - Jan 16, 2008 10:53:24 am PST #3654 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
But to take it to the Universe not recognizing the word No? Huh?
That's where I disconnect with it too.
Jessica - Jan 16, 2008 10:53:36 am PST #3655 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
One thing with the Secret that's double-bizarre to me is that the wording is really important, because The Universe doesn't understand the concept of "no," or some shit, so if you say "I want to be less fat!" all the universe understands is "I want to be fat!" So you have to be really careful to only say "I want to be thin!" If that's your goal.
Well I guess that explains all the poor and starving people in the world. If only they'd remembered to think "I wish I had a sandwich" instead of "I wish I wasn't so cold and hungry!"