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Sarkycow
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Cute widdle fluffy kittens aren't losers. Haven't you seen all the websites devoted to worship of them?
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Kelly Alves
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(also, living where I do, "freaks" is more or less a descriptive, or even a compliment, rather than an insult. I'm really not joking.)
quote: Originally posted by Sarkycow: Cute widdle fluffy kittens aren't losers. Haven't you seen all the websites devoted to worship of them?
People don't recognize the symptoms of pernicious mind-control when they see it. [ 24. May 2013, 20:17: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Lietuvos Sv. Kazimieras
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Meanwhile, who's taking odds on how long Emily will last on the Ship. This will end badly.
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Sine Nomine
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quote: Originally posted by Kelly Alves: On reflection, I think the reason it grates when you say it is that it somehow reeks of projection. "Oh the cute guy nodded brusquely when I smiled at him at Starbucks, how will I cope? I know, I'll play Spot the Loser on SOF!"
Actually I tend to go in the retail therapy direction on those rare occasions.
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comet
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In my world, freak is not an insult. It's a term of endearment; a recognition of my people. My brothers and sisters and freaks.
-------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Exactly
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sine Nomine
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quote: Originally posted by comet: In my world, freak is not an insult. It's a term of endearment; a recognition of my people.
Not when prefaced by 'you' it's not. 'You freaks' sets up an 'I'm okay you're not okay' separation.
Much like a straight friend of mine who likes to annoy me by saying 'you people' when talking about gay issues.
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Lamb Chopped
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Must be a west coast thing. I grew up with "freaks" as a term of endearment too. And "weirdoes."
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deano
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quote: Originally posted by Emily Windsor-Cragg: Thank you all for simply allowing me to breathe the same air.
These comments are very moderate and somewhat tactful--not impossibly unkind.
One comment I got from a member privately was that this place might be able to respond to some new and lively input because it's been too quiet lately.
What I say here is exactly what I say everywhere, so if you think I'm bat-shit crazy, well at least I'm consistent about it. And I mean it.
http://www.holyconservancy.org/NEWAGERR.htm
Hello Emily,
I don't think we've met, but if you are similar to Martin PC I'm sure we'll get on like a house on fire.
Just ignore the others, they are all petty little dictators with a Stalin complex and don't like people with views they don't agree with.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote: Originally posted by Sine Nomine: quote: Originally posted by comet: In my world, freak is not an insult. It's a term of endearment; a recognition of my people.
Not when prefaced by 'you' it's not. 'You freaks' sets up an 'I'm okay you're not okay' separation.
Maybe you should read it in context.
(reads it in context)
Nevermind, that helps your point.
Well with that, I will just fall back on "it's part of the whole HellHost schtick to act like people in general are a waste of good breathable air" to explain why I would hop on you and not Comet. You're supposed to be the king of noblesse oblige.
Which brings up another point: when you've just got done seeing a pic of someone's 75-year-old bone china sitting atop a hand-crafted Battenburg lace tablecloth in their if-you-have-to-ask-you-can't- afford-it old money mansion, and then you click tabs to see that same someone leaning down from atop Mt. Olympus to decide who the losers are-- well, let's just say that it might provoke in me a round of heckling. Knee-jerk,mindless, sheer envy-based heckling. [ 24. May 2013, 23:25: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Lothiriel
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quote: Originally posted by deano: quote: Originally posted by Emily Windsor-Cragg: Thank you all for simply allowing me to breathe the same air.
These comments are very moderate and somewhat tactful--not impossibly unkind.
One comment I got from a member privately was that this place might be able to respond to some new and lively input because it's been too quiet lately.
What I say here is exactly what I say everywhere, so if you think I'm bat-shit crazy, well at least I'm consistent about it. And I mean it.
http://www.holyconservancy.org/NEWAGERR.htm
Hello Emily,
I don't think we've met, but if you are similar to Martin PC I'm sure we'll get on like a house on fire.
Just ignore the others, they are all petty little dictators with a Stalin complex and don't like people with views they don't agree with.
Deano, do read Emily's threads in Purg. There are views, and then there are VIEWS. And also don't miss Emily's take on Stalin.
-------------------- If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. St-Exupery
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deano
princess
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quote: Originally posted by Lothiriel: quote: Originally posted by deano: quote: Originally posted by Emily Windsor-Cragg: Thank you all for simply allowing me to breathe the same air.
These comments are very moderate and somewhat tactful--not impossibly unkind.
One comment I got from a member privately was that this place might be able to respond to some new and lively input because it's been too quiet lately.
What I say here is exactly what I say everywhere, so if you think I'm bat-shit crazy, well at least I'm consistent about it. And I mean it.
http://www.holyconservancy.org/NEWAGERR.htm
Hello Emily,
I don't think we've met, but if you are similar to Martin PC I'm sure we'll get on like a house on fire.
Just ignore the others, they are all petty little dictators with a Stalin complex and don't like people with views they don't agree with.
Deano, do read Emily's threads in Purg. There are views, and then there are VIEWS. And also don't miss Emily's take on Stalin.
But then I would be in full posession of the facts, which - as a member of the Conservative Party - I try to avoid lest it take away from my morally advantageous position amongst the heavens, or from my enjoyment in the mocking of fellow members of humanity.
-------------------- "The moral high ground is slowly being bombed to oblivion. " - Supermatelot
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Thyme
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quote: Posted by Emily WC 'I'll keep a straight face if you will. Em'
on the Purg thread Occult and New Age Heresies
Which gives the game away I think. And if anyone thinks no-one would got to all that trouble for an elaborate spoof - remember Curious Buddhist.
-------------------- The Church in its own bubble has become, at best the guardian of the value system of the nation’s grandparents, and at worst a den of religious anoraks defined by defensiveness, esoteric logic and discrimination. Bishop of Buckingham's blog
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Lothiriel
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quote: Originally posted by Thyme: quote: Posted by Emily WC 'I'll keep a straight face if you will. Em'
on the Purg thread Occult and New Age Heresies
Which gives the game away I think. And if anyone thinks no-one would got to all that trouble for an elaborate spoof - remember Curious Buddhist.
I can't see it being a spoof. There's a history across the internet going back several years. I think Em is just acknowledging that some people find her ideas laughable. She's really rather gracious about it.
But there are other clues to the probable source of her theories in her posts.
-------------------- If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. St-Exupery
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Barnabas62
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Doesn't work, Thyme, though I appreciate the concern. She's had published books and blogs out there for yonks, going on about this stuff, long before she joined us here. The Curious Buddhist hoax was a prepared set-up, of course, but the story was only told here.
So far as that specific quote is concerned, it reads to me more like a defensive "I'll be serious for as long as you are being serious" i.e. have you asked a real question, or are you just having me on?
YMMV of course! Part of the fun of this place.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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quote: Originally posted by Sine Nomine: quote: Originally posted by comet: In my world, freak is not an insult. It's a term of endearment; a recognition of my people.
Not when prefaced by 'you' it's not. 'You freaks' sets up an 'I'm okay you're not okay' separation.
Much like a straight friend of mine who likes to annoy me by saying 'you people' when talking about gay issues.
Fair cop. "brothers and sisters" was bullshit. Minions would be better. I may be a freak - no question, really - but I'm the Empress of Freaks. My pretense at equality was just that.
-------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Thyme
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I take your point Lothiriel and Barnabus. Though I'm as reluctant to let any facts get in the way of my pet theory as Emily is of hers!
-------------------- The Church in its own bubble has become, at best the guardian of the value system of the nation’s grandparents, and at worst a den of religious anoraks defined by defensiveness, esoteric logic and discrimination. Bishop of Buckingham's blog
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe RooK-Annoyer
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Now seems the time.
quote: Originally posted by Patdys: quote: Originally posted by Kelly Alves: As far as I know, I am an oddity.
You save some quotes because they make you laugh or cry or think. Others for the truth within. This one simply to refer back to when desired.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Aw, shit, the cat's out of the bag now.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
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Oddity? you can't handle oddity!
Bunch a wanna be weirdos.
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Robert Armin
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There are some lines by the awesome Joni Mitchell that go: "Let's have some wine for these freaks and these soldiers, Some wine for these friends of mine."
However Google is refusing to cooperate, so I can't supply a link. (Maybe it hates me because I pay taxes.)
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no prophet's flag is set so...
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quote: Originally posted by Lamb Chopped: Must be a west coast thing. I grew up with "freaks" as a term of endearment too. And "weirdoes."
Hmm, freaks and weirdos. I have on vinyl, Joe Walsh from the Eagles, doing The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks which also contains the song Theme from Boat Weirdos. I think it's all the drugs everyone did back then, which are now taken generally by prescription, but by all the wrong people.
A quote is probably worth it, given the name of the dance, freaks and weirdos, and that there are lots of Boat Weirdos on this ship.
quote: from my memory, Greeks Don't Want No Freaks There was beer all over the dance floor The band was playing rhythm and blues We were doing the gator and half an hour later you were barfing all over your girlfriend's shoes
Hands up everyone who knows how to do the gator. [ 26. May 2013, 01:13: Message edited by: no prophet ]
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Evensong
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It's not.
It's just someone to make fun of.
If I want to expand my awareness, I read good fiction. [ 26. May 2013, 03:37: Message edited by: Evensong ]
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote: Originally posted by lilBuddha: Oddity? you can't handle oddity!
Bunch a wanna be weirdos.
Oh, bring it on, big talker!
"Wanna be weirdos" indeed. I bet when you double-knot your shoes it's a high point of reckless living for you.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Barnabas62
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It's a Jack Nicholson take-off, Kelly (A Few Good Men). Just imagine lilBuddha giving evidence in uniform, interspersed with "You fucking people ..."
Thought it was rather good myself. SoF as holding some kind of Guantanamo Bay line re tolerance. Nice piquant paradoxes all over the place.
Anybody you can think of who needs a "Code Red" at present ?
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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You're actually telling the film nerd,"That was a Jack Nicholson quote"?
She can do better than that, and I know it. I hate to see true bitterness and bile wasted on a throwaway line like that. so I repeat: Bring it, LilB. Show these amateurs a new definition of Hell.
The woman could make Tomb curl up sobbing with a binkie and a blanket. Yeah, I said it. [ 26. May 2013, 05:43: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
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Perhaps, dear Kelly, perhaps not.
Crazy is constant, but it does not perform on cue.
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St. Stephen the Stoned
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quote: Originally posted by Robert Armin: There are some lines by the awesome Joni Mitchell that go: "Let's have some wine for these freaks and these soldiers, Some wine for these friends of mine."
However Google is refusing to cooperate, so I can't supply a link. (Maybe it hates me because I pay taxes.)
Enjoy. If you click the little triangle next to the title, Joni will sing and play for you.
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Barnabas62
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quote: Originally posted by lilBuddha: Perhaps, dear Kelly, perhaps not.
Crazy is constant, but it does not perform on cue.
Stuff Jack Nicholson; that's worthy of Stephen Fry!
-------------------- Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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PataLeBon
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quote: Originally posted by Evensong: It's not.
It's just someone to make fun of.
If I want to expand my awareness, I read good fiction.
Find some Stargate SG:1 to watch...You'll get the same aliens have made the pyramids and enslaved the human race to be miners and the government is covering the aliens up...
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Golden Key
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"SG1" was awesome, partly because of the humor--something which gradually disappeared in the later series, especially "SGU".
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Evensong
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quote: Originally posted by PataLeBon: quote: Originally posted by Evensong: It's not.
It's just someone to make fun of.
If I want to expand my awareness, I read good fiction.
Find some Stargate SG:1 to watch...You'll get the same aliens have made the pyramids and enslaved the human race to be miners and the government is covering the aliens up...
I didn't need Stargate. My dad got totally into that shit when he retired.
So it's really rather and
Keeps bored people amused more than anything else.
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Porridge
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quote: Originally posted by Evensong: Keeps bored people amused more than anything else.
Two questions:
1. How bored can an amused person be? 2. How amused can a bored person be?
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mousethief
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Perhaps it's a sinusoidal thing.
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RooK
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If you're bored, then you're boring. Simples.
Though, frankly, I'd pay large sums of money to be bored lately. This being interesting shit can get exhausting. No wonder all the cool kids in high school burned out in their early 20's.
Sadly, I find Emily boring. Guano from flying rodents has pretty limited potential for being interesting. Unless you mix it with diesel fuel and add fire.
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Golden Key
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In aid of boring you, Rook:
-- A descendant of ye olde Big Red Button That Doesn't Do Anything.
--From my own list of boring, the Summa Theologica, courtesy of the Sacred Texts site. (Actually, it also gives me a headache, and incites me to run away screaming. You have been warned!) YMMV.
-- Watching and making online snowflakes at Snowdays isn't boring, but it is calming.
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Bishops Finger
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Nice one, Belgium (and not an alien in sight....I think..... )
Ian J.
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Lucia
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quote: Originally posted by RooK:
Though, frankly, I'd pay large sums of money to be bored lately. . . . . Sadly, I find Emily boring.
Does this mean Rook has to pay Emily large sums of money???
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LeRoc
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Rook is part of The Conspiracy.
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Siegfried
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I clicked. God helped me, I clicked. And now all I can think about is, if Mars is only 12 miles in diameter--who gives a fuck?
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Anglican't
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quote: Originally posted by Siegfried: I clicked. God helped me, I clicked. And now all I can think about is, if Mars is only 12 miles in diameter--who gives a fuck?
At 12 miles across, I'd recommend a black silk top hat, which will contrast favourably with the red face / planet. Perhaps a trilby or homberg at weekends.
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Lyda*Rose
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quote: Originally posted by LeRoc: Rook is part of The Conspiracy.
As if we didn't know that already.
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Evensong
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quote: Originally posted by Anglican't: quote: Originally posted by Siegfried: I clicked. God helped me, I clicked. And now all I can think about is, if Mars is only 12 miles in diameter--who gives a fuck?
At 12 miles across, I'd recommend a black silk top hat, which will contrast favourably with the red face / planet. Perhaps a trilby or homberg at weekends.
Bloody Anglo-Catholics.
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