Monarch_Anor
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What makes hate? What makes love? And how do they fit into the nature of mankind?
I will start with my first question, what makes hate? To me hate is the base emotion of all things, not fear. We hate something before we fear it. Take a spider, a wonderful and beautiful creature. Yet how many people do you know that will say "I hate spiders." With no understanding of the spider itself? I know quite a few. How many would say, "I know about spiders, and I fear them, I do not hate them." I know two. It is my fundamental belief that we as Man are a brutal and uncaring group of creatures, who just don't give a damn when the hurt, mutilate, and kill. We watch out beloved tele and see all the chaos, and say "tisk tisk, he shouldn't have murdered that child!". It gives me a bitter feeling. In the words of Tool "I need to watch things die, from a good safe distance". But what is hate? Hate is feeling nothing for anyone else.
So then what is love? Obviously it exists, there are (or were) many a happy couple. But what does it take to be one? It is my understanding that love is not a natural human occurrence. And if it is it is buried so far within ourselves. However it is my understanding that something has to happen to us in order to feel this "emotion" if one even wishes to call it that. Something very direct, someone or something has to, for lack of a better word, touch you. For instance, someone you care about dies. Or you finally realize you care for someone. So I leave my question unanswered, for I have no idea what to think. Perhaps all love is is the opposite of hate?
Now the last question, how they fit into the nature of mankind. In my opinion humans are the essence of hatred, all one has to do is walk outside and they can see it.
"Credulous at best your desire to believe in, angels in the hears of men..."
These are all my opinions, what are everyone else's thoughts on the subject?
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Global Warming is real.
Man did not cause it.
Oil comes from long dead plants.
Someone should put two and two together and realize that at one time the northern arctic region was a tropical paradise and today is one of the world's largest oil reserves.
This has all happened hundreds of times before, and will happen hundreds of times more long after mankind is dead and buried. We're at the high side of the ice age cycle, nothing more.
There's oil around Antarctica too, maybe they'd like to explain that one.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm..._continents.png
Explained
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The server upon which we are posting is private property owned by whoever well... owns it. In this case Dark One. He has the right to tell us not to swear, and we all agreed to that when we clicked the "I Agree" button upon signup. He could have put in the User Agreement that we all have to give up our credit card info and we would have had to... (thats an exaggeration the way -_-)
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Can somebody give me the real reason people think Americans are complete idiots? Don't come back with a clever comment that points out my spelling or grammar and any of that asorted bs. I don't revise anything I'm typing because I don't find it very important on forums. Just give me your honest opinion.
- The genocide of native-americans.
- The hypocritical foundations the country is built upon... They have a "No Smoking"-sign on the statue of LIBERTY!
- The poor leadership.
- The Constant global interferance.
- The "We're number one"-complex.
- The general discriminative perspective towards certain religions and faiths.
- The constant bad jokes about Europe >_>.
America is indeed idiotic, but it's people may not carry as a substancial label.
Every one of those can be countered.
Native Americans at that time were not viewed as "human" per say, this is a horrendous belief yes, but it was the belief of many. INCLUDING the Europeans.
No smoking near the statue of liberty because its how old? And smoke is something that damages things am I correct? I believe thats why people don't smoke in their houses... Although it is true that some things are hypocritical (If I want to kill myself with heroin why cant I?), All countries have these same basic laws. No drugs, no public lewdness ect. and those are to "help" the people.
Every country has poor leadership at one time or another -_- look at Gordon Brown for instance (and if you like him that raises another fair point, what one sees as "poor" isn't "poor" to another)
The complex thing... What country doesn't think that they are the best..? I don't see how you can apply this to America without applying it to multiple other countries.
Discrimination- This is unavoidable regardless of where you go, it's the nature of man.
I assume you were being funny about the jokes... although this is the only one that I give you credit for, we do tend to do that...
No more than the rest of the human race. Humans in general are stupid sheep that will follow other sheep right off a cliff and believe what they are told to believe. It's the same no matter what country you find puny humans. There are, of course, exceptions but in general, most people do not know what they need to know or do what they should. Not much more to say in my opinion.Can somebody give me the real reason people think Americans are complete idiots?LHammonds
I agree with this.
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I personally don't care about the politics behind a vehicles manufacturer. What I am concerned with is how that vehicle will perform and how well it will last over time so that I am not wasting my hard earned cash. In my experience American cars tend to be inferior to those manufactured by companies originating in other countries in regards to lifespan. Of all the cars I've owned, Japanese(3) and German(1) vehicles have had the longest lifespans and required the least amount of extraneous maintenance (anything other than your routine maintenance requirements all vehicles have). For example, while I was living in Okinawa I acquired an 80's era Nissan Bluebird with 300,000+ miles on it. I drove that vehicle hard for 8 months and never had a problem with it, heck it ran like a champ right into the junkyard, lol. I can't say that for any of the American made cars I've owned or even of any that somebody I know has owned.
I love my country, don't get me wrong, but American car companies suck. My theory is that they purposefully engineer vehicles to start breaking down around 80,000-100,000 miles in order to increase their profits in the long run through repairs and replacement parts, things it costs them a couple bucks to make yet they sell to us the consumers at grossly inflated costs. That's just my opinion though.
Oh and Vagrant, no offense, but couldn't you try to flex your intellect without sounding so combative? I agree with a lot of what you said, but I don't think an attack on the OP was really called for was it? Let him have his ideas, so what if they aren't the same as yours or mine.
I agree... and its basically what I said before (at least the first paragraph), but apparently they have "low crash test ratings".
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Buy what works... and will keep working. So basically, not an American car. Try BMW or Honda.
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Now come on, who doesn't think this movie will be the most badazz thing since LSD.
op says its as great as LSD hense my reference.I rarely watch the "boob tube" more important issues in life.And Y2K never happened, neither will 2012,well the year will arrive but thats all
whenever I make a reference in any topic its pertinent; although beyond comprehension by some
I thought Y2K was supposed to be a computer error on Microsoft's part? But on topic, I agree that this has way to much hype... 06,06/2006 was supposed to be the end of the world too, it wasn't. -_-
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I guess what really matters is how one defines insanity... Oddly enough there is no clear clinical definition, but instead a legal one. Insanity is simply performing an act contrary to what a person knows is right without willingly or intentionally wanting to perform that act. Evil is an act which is contrary to what a person knows is right, and is performed willingly and intentionally.
As for who wins... That depends on the criteria. Insanity is more unpredictible, and less likely to follow a direct course, while evil almost always follows some sort of direction. Based on this, evil would probably win out over insanity simply because it is a more focused act. Both evil and insanity can employ the same methods or forms, but evil usually utilizes them better. The biggest evil is not destruction, but instead corruption, deception, and manipulation... Ergo, evil begets insanity, and thus is responsible for any subsequent affects it might cause. Evil is less likely to be a guy in a red suit holding a pitch fork than it is to be a highschool guidance councilor (has to be some reason for people to land themselves in such a useless position).
I have to agree with the majority of this, Insanity and evil are matters of perspective. For instance, is it insane to want to hurt oneself? I think not, but many would disagree. Evil, and laws, are based of the current moral code, honour killing for instance.
Insanity and evil are not mutually exclusive. One can be both insane and evil. Much evil is looked on as being insane anyway. They have to be crazy to do that. There is even a term for those evil insane people - they are called psychopaths.You can be insane without being evil. But can you be truly evil without being insane?
Yes, yes you can, based of what your definition of insanity is.
To answer the question though,
In my opinion there is no such thing as insanity, it is a fabrication of man to explain what it fears. Evil, well hell, I think that the majority (if not all) of man is evil.
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I like it, and theres nothing "messed up" about it... It is your mind, the things in YOUR head, don't tell yourself you are a "freak" for that.
Sorry for the rant. o.O
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Then, I'd ask you what those were.
If, I worked for Bethesda...
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Why? Substandard teaching, shortest school year, shortest school day, longest school breaks, many schools still teaching from books that are 10-20 years old. Add to that a certain religious bias against many of the sciences, a devaluation of mathematics, and a society which sums up concepts and ideas with as few letters as possible. Americans tend to be more lazy, less aware of what is happening in the world, less knowledgeable about their own measly 350 some years of history, and mostly uninformed about how government works. America does not take their ideas from a basis of facts and experiences, but instead directly from what they see on TV or read in a book. In general, there is lack of quality parental guidance for the last 60 years, an abundance of sexual and violent images, religious groups who cannot seem to adapt to a changing world, social sects which indoctrinate lifestyles which are non-sustainable, activists which have no idea what they're being active about, and a media organization which just doesn't know when to let things rest and report REAL news. A populace which is enamored with any celebrity they can get, even those which do nothing other than be celebrities. A society which is more concerned with the size and girth of their appendages than those diseases which are eating away at them. A political system which is less concerned with the well being of the people they are responsible for than they are with partisan politics and lining their own pockets...
So yeah, it's pretty much systemic. But good news is that we aren't alone since almost every other country has some of these issues. Ultimately, Americans are seen as being stupid because they have a tendency to not know when to shut up. Having a majority of people online under the ages of 25 doesn't help much.
I bolded the portions I thought most appropriate. Especially the last bit, the majority of Americans seen online are under 25, and enjoy trolling (see 4chan). As to education, I remember when I was in high school I looked stuff up, simply because I wanted to learn, and because those books were so old... I was the ONLY person I ever met who did this however, so that says something. As to the 350 years of history, it may not be a long time, but the ideas, while not revolutionary nor new, were blended together to create a debatable "free" system of government.
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This is a (very) short story I had to write for school... based of a real childhood memory. Just rate or whatever I guess... Looking for critics >.< To clarify, the story is supposed to be fiction, and the memory is when a snake came into our classroom in first grade... Also, vampires is supposed to be spelled vampyres... and I know that punctuation is flawed in some areas...
:thanks:
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Fear; the black room around her felt like an empty void. There was a slithering sound, and a thump, as if something had fallen. A hiss, and a sigh. "A snake, oh God, a snake?" she thought.
"Please... please God, don't let it be real... Let it be-" he voice as cut off as another hiss pierced the emptiness.
She looked down at herself and saw nothing, her once gnarled hands did not exist in this place, her body was one with the black, she was nothing. The snake however, was another matter, it waited, it watched, it lived. It was everything, the whole of existence, and why not embrace that existence?
Death would be welcome from this place, this nightmare, this void. So she moved, moved without moving, feeling nothing yet feeling everything. All to late she remembered, understood that she had done this before. But it was to late for her... the snake was suddenly illuminated, it reared its head, and what a hideous creature it was... For it was no snake, it was a monstrous daemon. Horns sprouted from its humanoid head, twisted back like a rams. Its sharp vampyres teeth glistened with blood, and its body, that serpentine body, was blacker than the void.
"Welcome..." it whispered, then ripped her heart from her body, and the last thing she saw was that figure feasting...
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Fear; the black room around her felt like an empty void... blacker than night, blacker than space. The slithering sound again... or was it again? She couldn't remember... The thought fled her as it moved again. "Oh God...why a snake?" Fear, that most evil of emotions, froze her in place.
Then a thought, death. Would not death be preferable to this fear? but then a feeling... the feeling of deja vu. That she had been here before, in this hell.
Hell, the thought hit her like a hot iron searing her thoughts. She was dead, and this was her punishment, The past opened up before her, her crimes. She realized she deserved her punishment.
"Good," Lucifer whispered. "You...understand..."
His voice seemed to slither, much like his body, and then his sadistic laughter screeched through her. Just before she saw it again, that demonic serpent, for the last time.
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She woke up screaming, pain rippled through her body, for she had one now, and she screamed.
It was unimaginable, imposable, but happening. She opened her eyes and instantly her pain was worse. She had only time to think that perhaps there were many levels of hell... then the pain blocked out everything.
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Words can burn like brandished steel that can smite with a bloody execution...
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The Toadies-I Burn
I can't get enough of this song! er..just don't listen to the live version unless u know the toadies :P
Driftin' upward
Gently lifting
Lazy on the wind
Rollin' over
Turnin' slowly
Beginning and the end
Fire is bright
Fire is clean
Never so alive
Smoke is freedom
Flame is mercy
I am free tonight
And I burn
I burn
Stoke the embers
Cleanse the spirit
A prayer in every spark
Feel the lick of
Bad religion
The finish and the start
In the beginning
We were smarter
'n flame was heaven-sent
Through the ages
We got stupid
Now we must repent
And I burn
I burn
Save the ashes
For reminders
Stony things remain
Tooth and bone
unimpressive
I have left these things
Because fire is bright
Fire is clean
efficient and divine
Tooth and bone
Charms and dolls
I am free tonight
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE
I burn
I burn
I burn
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Gates to Aesgaard ep 1
so when i saw the giant spider in that ruin place, jumping up trying to kill me, I pressed the ~ button and went AFK, I kinda had too it was 1:30 in the morning ad I was kinda loopy, I went to bed to have nightmares, with giant spiders - go figure.
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Monarch_Anor:
And on the Yokuda thing. I still find it weird that every book in game concerning Yokuda doesnt mention a word about the Empire sending ships there nor does the Pocket Guide mention anything about it. Almost all lore concerns the fact that Yokuda no longer exists. That the anvil lighhouse keeper mentions that ships sail for Yokuda I personally find to be an error on Bethesdas part. Plus where exactly does he state thht they send ships to the remains of Yokuda to explore it with Water Breathing?
I made the assumption that (since they DO have water breathing) mages and so forth would want to explore the remains of the ancient Redguard Civilization. I mean I would, wouldn't you? Perhaps its not even the empire who sends ships, perhaps its historians? I also agree with Infinite if there was still some land left what forced them to immigrate?
on topic:
I guess you could say a best guess of Nirn seeing as were having this big debate of this (which is my fault I realize and regret)
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educate yourselves :)
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Yokuda
also its the remains of Yokuda that the lighthouse keeper refers too which (seeing as they have spells to breathe underwater) can easily explore
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Yokuda sunk into the sea...but on the map it is still there
just thought you ought to know
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Seeing as HL3 WILL come out (seeing as it leaves you hanging in HL ep 2 ) regardless of whether it was announced or not, and in the Still Alive song it mentions Black Mesa.
The actual line being
"Maby you'll find someone else to help you, (indacating YOU ARE ALIVE)
maby black mesa,
that was a joke,
haha,
fat chance"
My (far fetched) theory is that you will meet up w/ Freedman (that would be sweet :P)
and yes I have memorized the song.
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Sutch - nuf said :P
also about the other continents there are others where do you think the neverine(or however his name is spelled went too) went too listen to rumors!
the planet you are on is named Nirn (as in nirnroot)
can be found http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Nirn <--- here
that the dark brotherhood worships sithis witch is basicly the void and the essence of chaos and was around before even the Aedra and Dedra
but they also worship a Dedra... Mephala
confusing?
also that the neverine can be any race...you would think that he would be Dark Elf seeing as thats what his race was turned into (they were they were originally Chimer) because of the Tribunal and their false godhood (Azura turned them into Dunmer)
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