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I would definitely like a copy.

That pizza looks beautiful!

I end up usually buying the premade dough at the grocery store... a good recipe is hard to find.

Welcome back, Hoopla! 

On one hand, I'm reminded of the story where everyone's arguing and someone says, "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"  "DISCORD!" etc

On the other hand,

Thanks Cain.  That was an interesting read.  It's kind of surprising how receptive Europeans seem to be with Obama, but I suppose after Bush, it's easier for people to be optimistic.

Holy shit, Suu!  I just fell out of my chair.   

I'm not sure where to put this, or if anyone will be interested, but I think it's really cool.

Give someone you never met, a gift they will never forget!  Adopt a clitoris.
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This movement also originates from the Raelians, a strange UFO sex clone cult that's been seemingly trolling Europe for at least a decade.  Their beliefs include: God is a lie, Fapping links you to the cosmos, You should fuck anything with a wet opening as often as possible, and of course money you work hard for, to the order of 10%, is actually theirs.

I suspect there's already a thread about them somewhere here, but this is new to me.

Wait a min... 

I'm having a little trouble solving this equation:

The characteristic equation is:

But I need a little help finding the roots.

Can you help?  

Yeah, it was the guilt of those who were asked to do the "torture" that was the issue.

Also, anyone really interested in this should subject read Zimbardo's The Lucifer Principle.  Lots has been talked about Zimbardo's prison experiment, but I believe this is the only book where he himself gives a full account of what happened, including his own rationalizations for continuing the experiments (rationalizations that, when challenged, revealed the full extent of what was actually going on, which shocked and deeply disturbed him).

Beat me to it.   They ended it early iirc, because the "authorities", the guards, were getting way out of hand, some of the prisoners were on the verge of suicidal, as well as all the guilt stuff.  Very revealing experiment on the inherent nastiness of some human social structures.

Videodrome.

Great topic, RB.  Just gonna add a few thoughts of my own here.

I'm willing to jump through a few hoops to get what I'm after, but I'm also always looking for the loops/loopholes.  There are plenty, and I have found they are worth looking for.  Every once in awhile you find a really good one.

I'm willing to work hard, but only for things really worth working hard for.  There's also sometimes a big difference between something I don't want to do and something not worth doing.  Often things worth doing involve doing hard things, things I may not feel like doing, but they're worth doing, so I go for it.  And then, if I'm lucky, I find a loop.  When I find it, I'm gonna exploit the hell out of it, milk it for every ounce of Slack I can. 

Sometimes, I can't stand another day with the yellow tribe either.  On those days, I drive.  I drive as far as I can, and then I sit.  And every once in a while, I feel like I start to understand things without any straight lines.  Other times, I don't really feel or need to understand things.  I doubt my cat understands shit about what's bothering me when he finds me in a mood and comes to comfort me.  I don't have a clue what he's thinking.  Yet, often I find he lends a better shoulder than any monkey can. 

I won't live a life of simple hoops, living for a brighter tomorrow that never comes, filling in dead time by plugging into the tube.  I've gotten away with enough thus far to realize that none of that is really necessary.  Richter's right.  The "crafty bastard" gets away with a lot more for a lot longer.  "Reality is what you can get away with" and catching a small glimpse at just how far that goes, just how weird things can get, that's something definitely worth taking "to the wall" in my book. 

The hoops are mainly there for Them.  The older I get, it does seem to get a tad bit easier to hop, skip and jump through, around, over, under, or in between those hoops in my "spare time", whilst dedicating the majority of my time and energy toward my goals, playing my games, and creating my Reality.   Meanwhile, They, for the most part, are none the wiser.  They're so wrapped up in the hoops that they can't even imagine how easy it is for me.  Hell, half the time I'm really only toying with them.  That's one of the perks of "the weird", you see.  Sometimes you can just go ahead and be obvious about it, and while They're still staring in shock, astounded by the sheer audacity of your weirdness, with a little luck, you'll already be half a continent away.

Don't get me wrong though.  Sometimes, in order to find the best loopholes, in order to get really serious about silliness, sacrifices must be made.  But I know what the first thing will be to hit the fire.  And there's plenty of it lying around.  I don't know if you may already know this, but it turns out that one can actually turn shit into gold.

How can it be wrong when it feels so right?

Slightly On-Topic Note:

I'm probably the last person to realize this, but I just noticed the connection between Zalgo and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

That's pretty rad.

"He that makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." - HST

That's a great quote.