[chat]in' Alive

Nocturne · March 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the best cover in the history of music:

Edit: Apparently most people don't realize that the above statement, followed by a death metal cover of Stayin Alive, would represent a certain amount of sarcasm. I am here to tell you that it does. This song is not a great song, it is simply hilarious because it's a fucking death metal cover of the Bee Gees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOz-0m1np3g

Sarksus · March 2009

You said you had something. That took forever.

Podly · March 2009

@JK

basically, authenticity deals with a mineness, it deals with the possibilities which are open to us. (Thus, since death is always a possibility to us, we must grasp that our death is our ultimate possibility and relate to it in a way that is fitting for our being.) Consider inauthenticity as the teenager who wants to fit in: "if everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it?" Inauthenticity deals with the They, the phenomenon of "everyone" in the sense of "but everyone else is doing it!" The assumption is that only when we are ourselves are we free.

Thus, it is a possibility to dress up, because it is our possibility to not be ourselves. (Although that would be inauthentic.) If I am still authentically myself when I have sex in a costume, great! But if I am willfully rejecting my being, assuming that of another -- another who is essentially a reified form of the they -- then I am being completely inauthentic, I am rejecting my mineness, and thus I am imprisoned in my not-being-myself. and closed off from freedom.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to get better at summing up ontological existentialism in brief synopses, but I still kind of suck at it.

Nocturne · March 2009

Sarksus wrote: »

You said you had something. That took forever.

Did you not get a database error?

I wasn't able to access the forums for like 15 minutes.

Preacher · March 2009

Yeah he broke the board and did a stupid chat. A POX ON YOU SIR!

Nocturne · March 2009

Preacher wrote: »

Yeah he broke the board and did a stupid chat. A POX ON YOU SIR!

This chat is not stupid.

You can't tell me that cover is not the greatest thing.

Sarksus · March 2009

Nocturne wrote: »

Sarksus wrote: »

You said you had something. That took forever.

Did you not get a database error?

I wasn't able to access the forums for like 15 minutes.

Shitty excuse.

wazilla · March 2009

Elks locked the thread too hard

Look Out it's Sabs! · March 2009

wazilla wrote: »

Elks locked the thread too hard

He knows how I like it.

Haphazard · March 2009

I was just about to post a "hello" when the forums went fubar.
So... hi?

Preacher · March 2009

wazilla wrote: »

Elks locked the thread too hard

It's not his fault blame genetics.

Sarksus · March 2009

I hate money. It's so stupid. I'm going to live on an island.

Johannen · March 2009

JamesKeenan:

JamesKeenan wrote: »

Johannen wrote: »

I am thoroughly refusing to get involved in this debate because I'll bring up phylogenetic trees and hair growth in earlier human stages of evolution along with the out of Africa model.

Fuck it.

We used to be a species with a fuck load more hair than you see us with now, and before the ice ages it's thought we were pretty nude sure. It has been hypothesized that we wore animal skins as a sign of ability and rank, and we had alpha males but in a very very different way than you'd think of it now.

This is only really because we've seen chimpanzee species with this kind of attitude. I guess it goes with how you want to define "human". If your starting with just Homo Sapiens then our closest down the line ancestor (I think) Is Homo Ergaster and it's thought that our genetics were made from a single link out of Africa, spreading to Asia, over Africa and what is now Europe. Almost 200,000 years ago. (Although I think we've found predating samples now so that figure may be wrong).

We have such close relation to our cousins of Neanderthalis and the shorter and less involved Erectus, but an almost identically close relationship to Chimpanzees in the make up of our DNA. It is therefore thought that our earlier Ergaster ancestors probably acted in a way much like the Chimpanzees of today who we share such close Genomic relationships with.

Therefore we have grown with a heirarchichal attitude. Finding direct physical evidence that stronger males lead over the weak is pretty impossible, and seeing if they wore clothes that far back I have no idea about, because I don't know if their fabrics would have held up that long.... no, they definitely wouldn't.

I honestly have no idea what you're actually trying to get at with this.

They were debating whether or not previous human societies, as far back as the start of Homo Sapiens wore clothing, had a heirarchichal society weren't they? I was saying that according to evidence we probably did have a hierarchichal society with alpha males, and I don't know if it's possible to surmise if we wore clothing that far back. We definitely would have been a much much hairier people, and we probably wore animal skin during the winter seasons, but it's hard to be definite.

RiemannLives · March 2009

Anyone know any browser based games (besides Ikariam and Nile Online) that are good? And don't inolve getting people to click on a link or pyramid schemes (ala every facebook game ever)

I would kill for something like a browser based TradeWars or BRE right now.

Johannen · March 2009

Haphazard wrote: »

I was just about to post a "hello" when the forums went fubar.
So... hi?

It's always the bloody Germans, if they didn't make it as perfectly as they do, they break it to show you it's inferior.

Sarksus · March 2009

I was about to start an outline for my Psychology paper when the forums came back. It's a sign.

DasUberEdward · March 2009

Nocturne wrote: »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the best cover in the history of music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOz-0m1np3g

Haha I was listening to this a few days ago on youtube.

Haphazard · March 2009

Johannen wrote: »

Haphazard wrote: »

I was just about to post a "hello" when the forums went fubar.
So... hi?

It's always the bloody Germans, if they didn't make it as perfectly as they do, they break it to show you it's inferior.

Unintentionally!

Nocturne · March 2009

Johannen wrote: »

Haphazard wrote: »

I was just about to post a "hello" when the forums went fubar.
So... hi?

It's always the bloody Germans, if they didn't make it as perfectly as they do, they break it to show you it's inferior.

Haps blitzkrieged the forums.

Preacher · March 2009

Johannen wrote: »

Haphazard wrote: »

I was just about to post a "hello" when the forums went fubar.
So... hi?

It's always the bloody Germans, if they didn't make it as perfectly as they do, they break it to show you it's inferior.

Oh man sham wow vince was arrested for beating up a prostitute. Hilarious.

Zimmydoom · March 2009

First couple of times I saw The League of Super Evil I thought it looked pretty stupid, but this is actually a really good show.

Inquisitor · March 2009

Podly wrote: »

@JK

basically, authenticity deals with a mineness, it deals with the possibilities which are open to us. (Thus, since death is always a possibility to us, we must grasp that our death is our ultimate possibility and relate to it in a way that is fitting for our being.) Consider inauthenticity as the teenager who wants to fit in: "if everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it?" Inauthenticity deals with the They, the phenomenon of "everyone" in the sense of "but everyone else is doing it!" The assumption is that only when we are ourselves are we free.

Thus, it is a possibility to dress up, because it is our possibility to not be ourselves. (Although that would be inauthentic.) If I am still authentically myself when I have sex in a costume, great! But if I am willfully rejecting my being, assuming that of another -- another who is essentially a reified form of the they -- then I am being completely inauthentic, I am rejecting my mineness, and thus I am imprisoned in my not-being-myself. and closed off from freedom.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to get better at summing up ontological existentialism in brief synopses, but I still kind of suck at it.

For what it's worth, I didn't find that too hard to follow.

Preacher · March 2009

That cover is so horrid, if you weren't told what it was beforehand you couldn't even tell.

SanderJK · March 2009

In a "million monkeys with a million typewriters" kind of moment, the WoW europe forums have produced this:

Have your mum draw the lich king

JamesKeenan · March 2009

Podly wrote: »

@JK

basically, authenticity deals with a mineness, it deals with the possibilities which are open to us. (Thus, since death is always a possibility to us, we must grasp that our death is our ultimate possibility and relate to it in a way that is fitting for our being.) Consider inauthenticity as the teenager who wants to fit in: "if everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it?" Inauthenticity deals with the They, the phenomenon of "everyone" in the sense of "but everyone else is doing it!" The assumption is that only when we are ourselves are we free.

Thus, it is a possibility to dress up, because it is our possibility to not be ourselves. (Although that would be inauthentic.) If I am still authentically myself when I have sex in a costume, great! But if I am willfully rejecting my being, assuming that of another -- another who is essentially a reified form of the they -- then I am being completely inauthentic, I am rejecting my mineness, and thus I am imprisoned in my not-being-myself. and closed off from freedom.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to get better at summing up ontological existentialism in brief synopses, but I still kind of suck at it.

So

Since you can only ever be you, pretending to be something other than you is harmful in that your hurting/hindering your own possibilities by limiting or rejecting the only existence you have that has options, your you-ness?

I can appreciate that, however ridiculous I made it sound.

Nocturne · March 2009

Preacher wrote: »

Oh man sham wow vince was arrested for beating up a prostitute. Hilarious.

Ahaha:

News Article wrote:

Vince ... allegedly did some chop-slapping of his own in Miami Beach last month.

Also Preach, I think that cover is awesome in a hilarious way. Not in an honest "Do you think it may be better than the original?" way.

But I do like the band.

Inquisitor · March 2009

I just sent hippie and text message to see if he is still alive.

Also to see if he wants to sell my his stock class pump paintball pistol.

Organichu · March 2009

I have 9,999 gamer points.

Podly · March 2009

more or less, yeah

also, Vince Clarke remixed Franz Ferdinand? Cool

Preacher · March 2009

Nocturne wrote: »

Preacher wrote: »

Oh man sham wow vince was arrested for beating up a prostitute. Hilarious.

Ahaha:

News Article wrote:

Vince ... allegedly did some chop-slapping of his own in Miami Beach last month.

Also Preach, I think that cover is awesome in a hilarious way. Not in an honest "Do you think it may be better than the original?" way.

But I do like the band.

Well it could very well be the worst cover I've ever heard and I've heard Everlast cover johnny cash.

Haphazard · March 2009

SanderJK wrote: »

In a "million monkeys with a million typewriters" kind of moment, the WoW europe forums have produced this:

Have your mum draw the lich king

You know what'd be cool? Let the designer's moms draw the Lich King.

deadonthestreet · March 2009

Nocturne wrote: »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the best cover in the history of music:
snip

ugh that was bad

Zimmydoom · March 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxGGErMYIs

Preacher · March 2009

Inquisitor wrote: »

I just sent hippie and text message to see if he is still alive.

Also to see if he wants to sell my his stock class pump paintball pistol.

Hey buddy hows it goin... Uhh want to sell me something? Classy.

Nocturne · March 2009

deadonthestreet wrote: »

Nocturne wrote: »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the best cover in the history of music:
snip

ugh that was bad

How do you people not find that cover hilarious?

Weirdos.

Can you not tell I was being sarcastic with that statement in the OP?

JamesKeenan · March 2009

SanderJK wrote: »

In a "million monkeys with a million typewriters" kind of moment, the WoW europe forums have produced this:

Have your mum draw the lich king

That's just great.

Preacher wrote: »

Oh man sham wow vince was arrested for beating up a prostitute. Hilarious.

I'm basically going to demand an appropriate Youtube spoof or something.

Something.

Inquisitor · March 2009

Preacher wrote: »

Hey buddy hows it goin... Uhh want to sell me something? Classy.

I know right?

I wanted to make sure I caught him before he enrolled into the air force though.

Zimmydoom · March 2009

deadonthestreet wrote: »

Nocturne wrote: »

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the best cover in the history of music:
snip

ugh that was bad

A cover that doesn't suck but is in fact awesome

wazilla · March 2009

I was about to make an unintentionally horrible post in that "change the world" thread

Haphazard · March 2009

I... can't connect to Steam? What's up with that?

ViolentChemistry · March 2009

Fun cover.

Penny Arcade

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