Why do people keep going there? Are your a man(woman) or a slave!
The original OP was actually interesting. I'm actually looking forward to the fully published study.
The thing that disturbs me the most about it all is two fold:
1) The guys that are trying to justify that it's 'ok' to force yourself on a woman in the event that some randomly determined threshold of compensation on their part has been met.
2) That we're coming full swing of the pendulum, and the ultra-man-haters are basically behaving like the Catholic church these days and trying to make me feel guilty for having a penis and wanting to use it in a consensual relationship.
Agh! Sorry, sorry.. going back to Skyrim and this Malbec. I shut up now.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
I can only imagine how seedy the hollywood underbelly must've been in the 50s
Oh it was horrible, horrible. Part of why Hollywood seemed so glamourous back then is because they did a decent job of that shit hidden at the time. Studios ran the lives of their actors, there was a shit ton of drugs, gambling, and fucking around. A lot of those stars I idolize were emotional wrecks, hell, Grace Kelly basically ruined herself - and her career - trying to win her father's affection.
which of you punks want to play [chat] D&D for a night or two sometime this month?
can i be an "anyone else"?
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Wash, I see what you are saying but I think a lot of this is you seeing things through very rose colored glasses. A specific bent you might say.
There was definitely a much different attitude about Hollywood stars and starlettes back in the 40's and 50's. The studios controlled their lives to a horrible degree but the media treated them with a good amount of respect and privacy when compared to today.
Tell that to Judy Garland's suicide attempt.
Kate Hepburn ran the gauntlet of the newspaper people, arriving to visit Judy as soon as she found out what had happened. She walked defiantly through the crowd of reporters. “Don’t you date take my picture!” she commanded. The reporters drew back. “Don’t you have anything better to do? Why don’t you get back to work?”
She came into the bedroom, swept past me, and lit into Judy. “Now listen,” she said. “You’re one of the three greatest talents in the world. And your ass has hit the gutter. There’s no place to go but up now, goddammit. Do it!” Judy smiled weakly back. Now that Kate had her attention, all her solicitude came pouring out. “Your only trouble is your talent,’ Kate continued. “You can’t cope with it and others don’t know how to treat it. It’s difficult all the way around.”
Throughout the day Kate was there to offer comfort and advice. She and Judy discussed every conceivable subject….including Kate’s own ups and downs.
She left by the back door, jumping over the fence to avoid the reporters. Once they discovered what she’d done, they set out in pursuit. It must have cut a comic scene, Kate walking rapidly down Sunset Boulevard, with a carful of newsman inching along behind her…She turned down a side street, and before the reporters knew what she’d done, she scaled the wall of a house-Greta Garbo’s-who fortunately was not in residence. She waited until the reporters drove on before walking back to her own house.
Or her. But I love the way Bogey plays that scene.
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
The last [chat]s OP inspired me to go back and look through some old modules I have laying about, that art, my god. Expedition to the barrier peaks is the gift that keeps on giving.
You know what I find fascinating? In fMRI studies of teenagers brains and adults brains, they generally find that when you pose certain types of problems to these two groups, teenagers have much more activation of the frontal cortex then adults.
The interpretation being, teenagers screw up in weird aggravating ways essentially because while they can act like adults most of the time, they're basically using all their critical reasoning abilities to do it (I guess to "learn" these behaviors) - so when things move outside of their comfort zone, they quite literally cannot mentally cope with it whereas an adult, who's working off more innate behavior, can.
Do you guys play 4e? And when did you plan on playing?
4e is one of my favorite games ever but I was gonna run a Basic/BECMI game since I think the really simple rules and low hit points are ideal for quick and dirty IRC shenanigans.
Jacob if I didn't gain a more work from being in DC and it being a busy time any ways.
Dude, ^5 for getting more work, but how is this impacting your Masters program?
Not much outside of getting an in at a government agency and possibly the CDC. One of the alums I met wants my research project from this quarter to present to her superior and the CDC as a base for a program they are working on.
I am cleaning up the paper something fierce for them first.
Jacob if I didn't gain a more work from being in DC and it being a busy time any ways.
Dude, ^5 for getting more work, but how is this impacting your Masters program?
Not much outside of getting an in at a government agency and possibly the CDC. One of the alums I met wants my research project from this quarter to present to her superior and the CDC as a base for a program they are working on.
I am cleaning up the paper something fierce for them first.
What did you do?
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
Jacob if I didn't gain a more work from being in DC and it being a busy time any ways.
Dude, ^5 for getting more work, but how is this impacting your Masters program?
Not much outside of getting an in at a government agency and possibly the CDC. One of the alums I met wants my research project from this quarter to present to her superior and the CDC as a base for a program they are working on.
I am cleaning up the paper something fierce for them first.
What did you do?
Using mobile phones to track influenza using a simple question system to mark the person as having an influenza like influence or not based on the WHO guidelines they put out this last spring. It is to be tied to their database so that you create a real time map of infection to help base your response on without the standard week to two week delay that comes from lab confirmed case. That time is very important.
She wants my base idea to help track immigrants with suicidal thoughts using simple pictures instead of words since many can't read English.
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JacobkoshGamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderatormod
and all of you who asked, the answer is "yes, totally."
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
I wish there was a recent RPG that looked like a cleaned up Ultima 7. The art style is really endearing.
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Nova_CI have the needThe need for speedRegistered Userregular
I'd love to play with you guys. I've never gotten to play a tabletop RPG before and I recently started a Dresden Files game with some of the people here. Been wanting to try out some D&D action.
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I'm interested. Rolling some dice right now to make a couple Basic style chars (wooo boredom).
If you end up with too many players I would also be willing to run a game on alternate nights.
True. I'd call them the exception and not the rule, but yeah, there are some.
definitely the exception
The original OP was actually interesting. I'm actually looking forward to the fully published study.
The thing that disturbs me the most about it all is two fold:
1) The guys that are trying to justify that it's 'ok' to force yourself on a woman in the event that some randomly determined threshold of compensation on their part has been met.
2) That we're coming full swing of the pendulum, and the ultra-man-haters are basically behaving like the Catholic church these days and trying to make me feel guilty for having a penis and wanting to use it in a consensual relationship.
Agh! Sorry, sorry.. going back to Skyrim and this Malbec. I shut up now.
IRC. It's been a thing since '94
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
you've been a thing since shut up
Oh it was horrible, horrible. Part of why Hollywood seemed so glamourous back then is because they did a decent job of that shit hidden at the time. Studios ran the lives of their actors, there was a shit ton of drugs, gambling, and fucking around. A lot of those stars I idolize were emotional wrecks, hell, Grace Kelly basically ruined herself - and her career - trying to win her father's affection.
can i be an "anyone else"?
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Tell that to Judy Garland's suicide attempt.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
god damn you elki
don't make me get on my knees and sing to you because I will
come play D&D with us!
also bros and brosettes it is super simple
like, we can make your dudes on the spot, there are very few rules to worry about - it's kind of ideal for IRC
Dude, ^5 for getting more work, but how is this impacting your Masters program?
Or her. But I love the way Bogey plays that scene.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
excellent :^:
The interpretation being, teenagers screw up in weird aggravating ways essentially because while they can act like adults most of the time, they're basically using all their critical reasoning abilities to do it (I guess to "learn" these behaviors) - so when things move outside of their comfort zone, they quite literally cannot mentally cope with it whereas an adult, who's working off more innate behavior, can.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I can feel the love.
4e is one of my favorite games ever but I was gonna run a Basic/BECMI game since I think the really simple rules and low hit points are ideal for quick and dirty IRC shenanigans.
Not much outside of getting an in at a government agency and possibly the CDC. One of the alums I met wants my research project from this quarter to present to her superior and the CDC as a base for a program they are working on.
I am cleaning up the paper something fierce for them first.
What did you do?
It's not really surprising she became a princess. The first time I saw her in High Noon...that was something.
We play on IRC. We use a dice bot for rolls and type what we'd say at the table. Usually this means mocking Cass.
Apology accepted.
:x
Using mobile phones to track influenza using a simple question system to mark the person as having an influenza like influence or not based on the WHO guidelines they put out this last spring. It is to be tied to their database so that you create a real time map of infection to help base your response on without the standard week to two week delay that comes from lab confirmed case. That time is very important.
She wants my base idea to help track immigrants with suicidal thoughts using simple pictures instead of words since many can't read English.
I still have the Dragonlance "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" trilogy on my bookshelf.
Edit: Tika, Thasl..fucking Kinder-guy, Tanis, and his Lady-Elf that I can't spell right now. But honestly, the twin brothers were the best.