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Very complicated issue; im just gonna agree, because i only have my personal experiences without much systemization.

  

Well, lol, i didnt want to stir shit again on that issue.

I personally just feel the need to smoke and use Atarax^tm, to cope with stress and to relax (and be able to sleep while under stress; also to counter my allergic reaction that happens in my eyes because of the contamination).

I quit cocaine and pot some years ago; cocaine because i feel its too harmful, pot just because i dont have junkie friends anymore and its not readily available, i would like to smoke a bud about once a month.

And in my case, i think i am able to cope with life without any other substances than the ones im using; even so, cigarrettes are my crutch in times of crisis and pressure, and i manage to quit in periods of 6 months with relapses of 3 months.

"We decided it isn't Magic"

Sure LMNO, you and TGRR 'decided'. Crowley, Alli, Carroll, Hine, and dudes from as far back as at least the 1600's and as recent as books published in 2009 decided that it 'is magic'.

But, no... it's apparently much better for two people that don't make use of a system to define that system.

How much would you charge me, for making a bottomless cup of coffee?

Btw, im also interested in shitting edible marshmallows, and that the ladies all desire me.

I pay well.

[I get questioned if I am just going through a phase]

I know I am gay, but alot of the times I get questioned if I am just going through a phase

I think everyone here got questioned in this manner about our quirks at one time or another.

Still do.

Well duh, Roger, its just a phase, you just havent got over it yet.

A: Why did you rape that dog?

B: <reason> Because it turns me on.
    <excuse> Because when i was very young i saw dog pr0n and it got burned into my psyche.

Both are cause/effect explanations.

But the excuse is more about morally justifiying it.

Very complicated issue; im just gonna agree, because i only have my personal experiences without much systemization.

You guys are all really fucking weird.

NO, YUO!

My psych professors gave a great overview of "Normal".

Normal can be defined by averages, and statistics.  This is a pitfall though, as it tries to describe pathology, or normality based on a one time analysis of the occurence of a given trait in a (hopefully) representative sample.  History, especially recently, has proven that most people shouldn't be trusted with statistics.  (Lack of appropriately rigorous scientific thinking.)

They presented a definition, especially for clinical work, or normality as functionality.  Can a person, despite their unique combinations of nature and nurture, circumstance and hangups, act positively in society with others?  (Ex:  You could hallcinate a jabberwocky stalking you every day to try to eat you.  If you are OK with this, or can function because you always carry a pack of bubblegum (A little known natural jabberwock repelant.), then no worries.)

It was an important distinction, I thought.  Individual preferences, quirks, beliefs, or traits, regardless of their rarity, mean NOTHING until they become harmful to the person or others. 

Isnt that the associated in the sense of definition to "addiction"?; "Its only addiction when it impairs your functioning and wellbeing"

And yes, if "normality" was defined as "functionality/satisfaction of needs" i wouldnt have a problem with it.

Being homosexual is bad either if its by choice or if its intrinsical: if its by choice, they are sick perverts; if its intrinsical, that means they are just freaks of nature.

People that are homosexual its because of how their triangulation within the Oedipus complex turned out (i think) which responds to randomness rather than choice by the child or parents. Its  to see the DSM-IV still listed it as a fetish/perversion (changed in the recent DSM-IVTR).

Its a monkey reaction to view it as bad, because it derives from religious ideology that states man should be with woman, it also derives from ancient nomad times when there was a lot of mortality, and a lot of babies were needed if the tribe was not to be exterminated by the animals and environment, survival through numbers. But if we arent kind to that religious ideology, and we arent ancient nomad tribes, then why should we stick to that idea? Id wish more people were gay, so we didnt have a fucking overpopulation boom, which only reduces the value of each individual to those in power, and is raping the limited resources we have.

Where you live does make a huge difference in how well whatever it is that makes you different is tolerated.

I am often silent for extended periods of time. This makes a lot of people really uncomfortable.

Sometimes I do go on talking sprees, especially with some people or at dinner parties where there is a rapid flow of ideas. But, for a lot of people, silence = discomfort and they find it awkward.

Im kinda schizoid and introverted and i only like to talk with people im close or interested in.

To me it seems that the more time one spends talking, the less time one gets for introspection; talking and spending all the time interacting with someone else can be a defense-mechanism, so those "bad thoughts" dont emerge.

Culturally speaking, me being schizoid is a negative deviation; psycho-pathologically speaking, its not negative necessarily.

[I get questioned if I am just going through a phase]

I know I am gay, but alot of the times I get questioned if I am just going through a phase

I think everyone here got questioned in this manner about our quirks at one time or another.

My weirdness is a weird weirdness. I am not the type that associates with the perverts, the fetishists, the psychedelic flower children, or your run-of-the-mill freaks. No, mine is far quieter than any of those. It's just that somehow, I feel as though I don't much fit.

It was abundantly obvious to me that I was different from the rest at a young age, in various ways. While all the other kids liked going to youth group or sniffing gasoline I liked flowers. While other kids were at afterschool practice, I was reading about classical Japanese literature. And being the only gay kid at Christian school didn't bolster my feelings of belonging. I was well like by my peers, yet somehow distanced from them. People regarded me as something unique but inaccessible, someone fun to have but no fun to have as a friend. As I grew a bit older I became disappointed in people who didn't understand the delight in uncommon things, who are of course so many in this mediocre world. I became shy, knowing that no one would understand if I would share myself with them, even find it repulsive. Even today I find myself over analyzing what I say and do, afraid that if someone were to find out what I were really like, they would no longer like me.

Sexual orientation makes you intrinsecally different from the norm.

Showing how you truly are to others, puts you in a more vulnerable position, but i think it can pay off; good and bad reactions is better than no reaction (id say).

(I have no idea how people survive with only laptops)

Practice.  Seriously, I found laptops awkward too, when I first started using them, but after a few months you're roaring away with the typing.

What bothers me about laptops is the proximity of the screen to the keyboard (and the size of the screen itself), also the integrated mouse is such a bitch to handle efficiently.

I love my PC, gives me more bang for my buck and feels more ergonomical.

I tried it, but it crashed before it started.

I thought Aini was cool until I found out she was a racist. She helped me work through some shit, summer of 2007, so I owe her at least that in respect. So I just stay away from her.

But this thread isn't about that, its about Requia's trip through Vegas.

NO, ITS ABOUT Da6s BEING A RACIST REDNECK COCKGOBBLER

Indeed.