Herculine
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Having enough self-control, presence of mind and courage to walk away from a potential conflict without resorting to violence would make the dwarf the better man, in my opinion. Anyone can squeeze a trigger and take a life, but how many of us have the strength of character to walk away?
But that's how I feel about reality. I'm assuming that the question originally posed was in regard to gameplay. In a fantasy/adventure setting there shouldn't be any guns anyway. In the world of Oblivion, the equalizer obviously is magic.
One of the reasons I like games like Doom and Oblivion is because I can take out my aggressions in an imaginary setting by killing imaginary enemies. When I turn the PC off after venting, I can go back to being the sweet and lovable girl who has never held a gun and never will.
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Hi and welcome! I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the site won't let you choose a name that's already taken. Hope you have fun here.
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IMO, one of the main causes of anorexia is that people think they need to be as "thin" as the models they see on television (which are often bony-thin) in order to be considered "hot". If they are not as thin as that, then according to them they are "fat". And they will do anything, including starving themselves to get that "thin". It's just influences from the television and the magazine, and in the long run, the Media controlling people again.
Thank you.
I'm not trying to say that peers or the media are the only causes of eating disorders, merely that they can't be completely dismissed as contributing factors. Surely there are other mental and emotional proclivities already existing in some people beforehand that make them more vulnerable to them than the rest of us.
Case in point:
There was a guy we've all heard about who used to play Doom. One day he and his buddy went to school, shot many of their fellow students and then shot themselves. Soon thereafter, id software suffered due to the media discovering the shooter's fondness for one of their games. But did Doom tell those boys to go on a ballistic rampage through their school? Of course not.
So I'm deliberately contradicting myself here to make a point: as humans we are mentally and emotionally complex, self-aware creatures (which is largely what makes us different from animals who act only on instinct), and being so complex each and every one of us is subject to slightly different reactions to given situations. In mental disorders such as anorexia, the cause is not likely any single thing but rather a combination of many different triggers. Having said earlier that I'm by no means a psychologist, I merely elaborated on the possible causes that I know about well enough to discuss in detail.
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I still eagerly want to get the Master Levels
They sell it on Steam.
Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/9160/
Though it's a little expensive for its age...
I'd gladly spend the ten bucks though, if I had a credit card! :thanks:
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The only place I can think of where you would be able to buy any of the chapters or versions of this classic would be on-line at something like ebay or Amazon. I found my copy of Doom Collector's Edition at Wal Mart in 2004. I have never seen it for sale outside the cyberworld since, and I'm ultimately thankful that I bought it when I did. I still eagerly want to get the Master Levels, the only thing my Doom collection is missing, but it's no one's fault but my own that I don't have it yet because I don't believe in having a credit card and thus online shopping is difficult.
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Very macabre. It reminded me immediately of Edgar Allen Poe. An excellent poem. I hate spiders.
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The Matrix movies. Keanu's a hottie! Anything with him in it, or anything with Anne Hathaway. She's a hottie too!
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Apachii Goddess Store has a lot of the skimpy stuff at first glance, but it also has some jeans, a lot of full-length dresses, Chinese dresses and Japanese kimonos.
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Those zombies still make the moaning noises that the normal ones do to! They should not be able to make any sound at all.
Moaning sounds can still be made without a mouth. Be silly for a moment and try it for yourself. See how many sounds you can make without moving your mouth or tongue. It's kinda fun.
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Why do you have to sneak up behind headless zombies?
Because it is a complete, sentient spirit inhabiting whatever body was available for it.
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I just started typing and this is what came out. I'm not exactly sure you could even call it poetry.
Oh, it is indeed poetry! A very stark and yet emotional image of the battlefield. Excellent!
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I understand that anorexia is a mental illness, which makes it entirely different from simply having one's little feelings hurt. And I admit that I don't understand it. But I can't help but believe that something other than the fickle finger of fate causes it. I believe it isn't a random thing. But, not being a researcher myself, having no schooling in psychology and having done no studies on the matter, I can only state my opinion. Not much of an argument for a debate topic, I know. I never joined the debate team in school, either.
But I can't help but comment on what I have experienced myself and what I see going on around me every day. What happens when a chubby adolescent girl hears all the cute boys saying: "Damn, that Paris Hilton is a fox! I'd f*** her brains out!" ? This is what happens in her heart and mind: she resents the boys for liking the slender girl instead of her, she resents the slender girl for being the slender girl and she resents herself for not being a slender girl. She asks herself: "How can I be like that girl, so boys will like me too?" These are thoughts that take a deep root in the mind, where mental disorders reside.
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Rhyme in poetry?
Seriously, I could feel emotions coming from both of the above poems. That's what I believe poetry is all about.
Wonderful poems, both of you.
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A l'instant même...
A l'instant même où, à la fontaine, je l'ai rencontrée,
La cascade autour d'elle s'est figée.
A l'instant même où nos regards se sont croisés,
Les oiseaux se sont arrêtés de chanter.
Et le Temps lui-même s'est arrêté un court moment,
Afin que, le coeur battant, je puisse vivre dans l'instant...
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Just when...
Just when near the fountain I've meet her,
The cascade around stay frozen in place.
Just when our eyes met upset together,
The birds have stopped to sing in place.
And the Time itself has stopped a wee,
So my heart could beat to seize the day...
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... a (humble) comment I made for a picture of Sinbloods' character "Celia Azilis", he's a French artist and the first friend I met here on Nexus. I've tried to translate to the best I can, I'm a French native, please forgive me. The theme here is about the french word "instant" (point in time), and sometimes, rythm, words and structure are not the same when translated - my bad...
A wonderful and very concise depiction of the way time seems to stop when two destined lovers meet for the first time. I LOVE it! Great writing. Thank you for taking the time to visit my garden, Fifoo.
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The City
Beat Poetry by Quetzl "Cool" Tanango
The City swallows them in the morning and regurgitates them again in the evening.
Seawater, ebbing in and out of a gray scar. Beaches are created, but so are whales beached.
Like some aging porn starlet's calloused *censored*, it has taken and taken. It can no longer feel, and is unaware.
The habit that comes with repetition and the memory of sensation are indistinguishable from actual feeling.
The Robots enter the black box and exit unchanged.
Even the dullest of the machines will question the purpose of the process that changes nothing.
The sharpest will conclude that the purpose is to keep things the same.
Vibrance and Violence, rainbows and shades of brown, are different sides of a two-headed coin.
The City eats its children, then mourns its weight gain and lack of company.
Best read out loud after smoking 10 cigarettes. While playing bongos. Naked. And high.
This had a very grungy, techno feel and image in my mind, painting the city as a deplorable place. Well done! Thank you for posting!
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Thank you. Thanks again for inspiring and supporting me, Dezdimona.
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In our society, largely by the media, we are shown and told what is beautiful and what is not. I often look in the full-length mirror and wish I was thinner, and conversely I often will admit that I have some self-esteem issues. I think that disorders like anorexia stem in part from the way society tells us we should look (though other things can cause them as well, I know). Fortunately I have never suffered from such serious disorders, but I empathize with those who do because I know all too well that as a child crying in the girl's bathroom because someone called you a cow is not a pleasant memory. I am thankful for my mental health, though I still have some issues (as do we all, I believe), and I hope that advancements in the treatments of these disorders will continue.
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I have found that 99% of the time anything that requires Exnem's Female Body Replacer will also work with HGEC without any obvious bugs. HGEC is also on the Top 100 mods list.
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Diet Mountain Dew. Green is the color beverages should be. It indicates a belonging to the harmonic balance of the natural order. Did you know that Mountain Dew is not manufactured in a bottling plant like other sodas? The name comes from the fact that it is secretly distilled from the nectar of magical plants grown in the mountains by Elves. True story.
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I know you're not supposed to submit posts that have only a single word in them, but what more can one say?
Amazing.
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I must be coming down with the flu or something. I'm starting to feel feverish...
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... another fairy's "miracle"...(Oh, and if the title of this topic seems odd, blame Fifoo. :biggrin: )
... (Lol)... don't hesitate, you're all warmly welcome. :whistling:
Pointing the finger of blame was merely in jest, my friend. Actually, I am flattered by your view of me.
Thank you for believing in me.
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