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Just to keep the weird shit theme going, here is a VERY NSFW sent to me of more unusual doing in the NYC Subway System: http://nyc.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/just-some-chick-getting-eaten-out-on-the-4-train-nsfw/

 

But, also, isn't there something kind of cute about all the stupid, fat, ugly people finding love? Look at them! They're adorable, and so happy.

Not sure if you were being facetious or not, but I really do think it is nice.

Misanthropes

Ohhh, and here is one of the weirder things I have seen on the E Train:

Wow--- This has gotten very heavy, I was hoping for witty comments about phrenology and the Maya. I will ask though if people think Mithc McConnell is part reptile ala David Ickes and John McCain mostly Lizard?

Whoah down there nellies... My point was there is all sorts of weird shit and stuff out there, from Dok's list, to the wikipedia list I posted etc etc. For god's sakes, I live in NYC and ride the subway! To me, uh oh, Illuminati Quote Coming through: skip this you anti-RAW people : All things are false, all things are true and all things meaningless. Also, in this day and age, you sometimes have to say that you buy "natural laws": 'cause there are plenty of people who don't. I do not need Penn and Teller's show to prove that one out. I am saying that the preponderance of fakes and charlatans combined with people who think all is explained sometimes stifle discussion and exploration of the full because their ideas are all ready in place. Oh, and yes, I do believe that the phenomenon we call ghosts will someday be explained as an energy we haven't discovered yet, and will have nothing to do with what we 21st centurians think of as a Soul or some such. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet

Also, on a side note, is their someplace explaining how to put a picture into a post? I have a great NYC subway photo from the E train last week that is amazingly weird and funny to share.

It is a pretty all encompassing big list, I think... For me, this guy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Truzzi and his reasons for leaving SCICOP are interesting. Though I know this will might get another "FFS" or at least an "SMH" from Dok Howl, I'll put it out there:

I believe in Ghosts, ESP, and lots of other "Sciences" on that list. What I relate it in my head is often to the Geiger Counter. Before that, there was no accurate way of measuring radioactivity though we sort of knew something was up. The Geiger Counter gave us a way to quantify that energy. Ghosts, dreams that predict the future etc etc, are all parts of the natural world that have yet to be explained. I believe that matter cannot be created or destroyed. From that, I postulate that there are types of energy, methods of releasing that energy, and eventually, ways of measuring and explaining that energy.

On the other hand, things like Phrenology and the Hongcheng Magic Liquid are rather funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_topics_characterized_as_pseudoscience

Anyone find these things intriguing? I am a big fan of the Ancient Astronaut theory personally. Psychology is still considered pseudoscience in some sectors

Good follow up making its way around another board I am on:

http://christwire.org/2010/08/yo-gabba-gabba-the-homo-secret-within-your-childrens-minds/

It has gotten really bad in NYC, and I had a good friend who got them and has had them for years. I will give you the same advice I gave to him: Take everything you own, and burn it. Then, naked, move into your next apartment. That is your only hope and in the end will cost you significantly less money then trying to eradicate them. I am sorry.

http://www.alternet.org/news/147851/top_10_right-wing_conspiracy_theories

Beware, beware!

http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/b5296/186726473/p1

The second is a great list of all sorts of weird and creepy wikipedia links.

I am fascinated by this sub-culture as it does seem uncontaminated by the Vast Machine... Well, less contaminated, anyways. I went to see Phish at Jones Beach on Tuesday and the "scene" wasn't what it once was, and is very different then what I remember from the 90's.. and way different then the Grateful Dead Sub-Culture. (Feel free to make your anti-hippie granola rants below) Anyway, at Dead Shows and Phish shows some of the gypsies that follow set up a little market known as "Shakedown Street". When I would see the Dead in the 80s and 90s it was filled with home made stuff, people who tie-dyed their own, veggie burritos, and in general, it was more etsy then amazon for a better comparison. At Phish, it was like they all came from the same shop, very little unique art (some, but again it paled in comparison) and just.... the vibe of being an individual wasn't there. (Yes, I realize the irony of proclaiming to be a deadhead or phishhead and that beeing what makes me an individual). Anyway, this looked closer, based on the photos, anyways, of having that individual spirit that I missed at Phish. I don't know if that makes any sense but it did to me, and possibly anyone else out there with neo-hippie leanings.

Just to be clear, I never meant my Anti-MLK rant to become a Troll Thread. My ideas of a Civil Rights Day/Rosa Parks day etc are still valid and I used my title mainly for SHOCK value... Wait a sec that does approach a troll bridge, perhaps

So, when a package or something comes to my building, I get an email from the doorman... Today I got one "Messenger Delivery Awaits you at the Front Desk"--- I was like, OMG, who is suing me? Do I owe someone money? Did someone finally find the keys I lost? So, I called, and it turns out that the coffee maker I bought from ebay was delivered by a non-traditional service hence... Messenger Delivery.... Anyways, I enjoy the "Fill Out" questioneers we see here occasionaly, so here is one:

The BIG FEAR:
The Middle Fear
The Little Fear:


for me:

The BIG FEAR: Dying a slow death instead of an easy way out (IE Long term Cancer vs car accident)
The Middle Fear Country Moving far more right then we already are
The Little Fear: Unexplained letters/packages
A

Bloomberg (who I am not the biggest fan of, I should admit) did and said the right things about this situation:

http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/122239/bloomberg-repeatedly-defends-mosque-by-wtc-site
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=7564369