The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[PoetPhilosopher]

That's George Burns, but when you're tired, well.... let's just say he gives off Fauci vibes, which makes it funnier.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

AI predicts what face of God could look like...

Why predict when the movie Dogma showed us?

 

[sun rise]

Did you see any nuclear wessels?

Did you happen to run into Admiral Chekov while you were there?

There were just a few Borg sight-seeing.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I really feel ******* shouldn't be a curse word. The first part, ***, has legit uses and is even a Biblical word (which, I admit, makes it funny seeing the Bible get censored), the second part, hole, is never considered a curse word but somehow gets bleeped out when it's attached to the first, inexplicably sometimes even when *** doesn't get bleeped out, but when combined it just doesn't seem like a curse word, especially for friendly and informal company.
It should be like damn and how the bleached sanitized, more spotless than Mr. Clean prudes make up thsoe caring about that one.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I really feel ******* shouldn't be a curse word. The first part, ***, has legit uses and is even a Biblical word (which, I admit, makes it funny seeing the Bible get censored), the second part, hole, is never considered a curse word but somehow gets bleeped out when it's attached to the first, inexplicably sometimes even when *** doesn't get bleeped out, but when combined it just doesn't seem like a curse word, especially for friendly and informal company.
It should be like damn and how the bleached sanitized, more spotless than Mr. Clean prudes make up thsoe caring about that one.

Sometimes when a word gets censored out, I'm not good at assuming what the word was, so I tend to assume that it's the worst word or phrase I can think of, and often assume it's beyond what is actually stated, and miss the context as well in the process. So when a person quotes my post, and says something which gets bleeped out, I often take it much more harshly than if I know what they were actually saying.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It does suck, and majorly so, that a lot of media stuff that comes to America from abroad gets censored to not upset the sensibilities of the Eggshell Protestant culture that doesn't like drugs, nudity, sex, dark themes or demonic precedence and occult imagery, where even sometimes violence on screen can be said to go too far.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

It does suck, and majorly so, that a lot of media stuff that comes to America from abroad gets censored to not upset the sensibilities of the Eggshell Protestant culture that doesn't like drugs, nudity, sex, dark themes or demonic precedence and occult imagery, where even sometimes violence on screen can be said to go too far.

I tend to be fascinated by all that stuff, as well as weird stuff from Japan. Sometimes I put on certain hats that are all about "being rational", "being sensible", "finding the common line between two people", that can get me mistaken for a Protestant Christian, though. Often in debate discussions, I don't care so much about "being right" (I feel I'm correct about things too much as it is, to the point of being lonely, and it annoys me), but rather I like to try to meet in the middle with someone and explore their ideas, for purpose of discussion. Maybe I'll debate sometimes too, though.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Sometimes when a word gets censored out, I'm not good at assuming what the word was, so I tend to assume that it's the worst word or phrase I can think of, and often assume it's beyond what is actually stated, and miss the context as well in the process. So when a person quotes my post, and says something which gets bleeped out, I often take it much more harshly than if I know what they were actually saying.

That is the ironic thing about censorship. It's not really that hard for censorship to make something appear worse than what it actually was.
And a nasty on the assuming the worst part. I get though, and often do it to myself.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I tend to be fascinated by all that stuff, as well as weird stuff from Japan.

The Japanese own weird stuff like Samuel L Jackson owns the word **** and all derivatives of it, lmao.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

The Japanese own weird stuff like Samuel L Jackson owns the word **** and all derivatives of it, lmao.

Yeah. I felt bad later after I posted that thread about Samuel L. It may have come off wrong. I was just kind of being a Star Wars nerd about a subject that was none of my business.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Yeah. I felt bad later after I posted that thread about Samuel L. It may have come off wrong. I was just kind of being a Star Wars nerd about a subject that was none of my business.

It was good for some laughs. It's no one's business, but it happened, and that it happened to Samuel L Jackson, well, just what is that in his wallet? Is that his wallet?

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I'm not for sure, but it kind of is sounding like Russian troops are thinning:

Half as many Russians near Ukrainian border now than before offensive on Kyiv in February General Staff

 

[Mock Turtle]

AI predicts what face of God could look like...

The bald one of the mountains looks a bit like John Peel (do ya ken?), but not that one, and more like the renowned UK radio music presenter and DJ around for much of the second half of the 20th century, and who initiated so many of us into the many varieties of music that were available then but mostly were not that well known.

 

[Revoltingest]

Why predict when the movie Dogma showed us?

Gary Larson did it better.
Who knew God has a unibrow!

 

[Wu Wei]

I think that's a phrase that breaks one of the seals of the apocalypse.

As do I

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Revoltingest]

Spell check just did something interesting in an email...that surprisingly I caught...

I typed "Thagkas you". It changed it to Thangka and said that was spelled correctly.... so I looked up Thangka

Thangka

A thangka, variously spelled as thangka, tangka, thanka, or tanka (Nepali pronunciation: [ˈt̪ʰaŋka]; Tibetan: ཐང་ཀ་; Nepal Bhasa: पौभा), is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing somewhat in the style of Chinese scroll paintings, with a further silk cover on the front. So treated, thangkas can last a long time, but because of their delicate nature, they have to be kept in dry places where moisture will not affect the quality of the silk. Most thangkas are relatively small, comparable in size to a Western half-length portrait, but some are extremely large, several metres in each dimension; these were designed to be displayed, typically for very brief periods on a monastery wall, as part of religious festivals. Most thangkas were intended for personal meditation or instruction of monastic students. They often have elaborate compositions including many very small figures. A central deity is often surrounded by other identified figures in a symmetrical composition. Narrative scenes are less common, but do appear.

Thangka serve as important teaching tools depicting the life of the Buddha, various influential lamas and other deities and bodhisattvas. One subject is the Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra), which is a visual representation of the Abhidharma teachings (Art of Enlightenment). The term may sometimes be used of works in other media than painting, including reliefs in metal and woodblock prints. Today, printed reproductions at poster size of painted thangka are commonly used for devotional as well as decorative purposes. Many thangkas were produced in sets, though they have often subsequently become separated.

I learned a new word today...thank you spell check

 

[sun rise]

 

[Revoltingest]

Don't ever drive a rental car without also inspecting
it for current license plate tags. Otherwise you could
be ticketed, & lose your license.
https://www.wmar2news.com/matterfor...or-expired-tags-results-in-license-suspension
Enterprise has rather poor customer service, eh.

 

[Wu Wei]

Your doing it again....responding to what I post like I care what you think....and I don't