Reasons to read the article:
Absolutely one of the greatest moments in the history of all comedy and film. When they wrote this scene they must have been laughing their asses off.
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 13, 2013
Worst Cliffhanger Ever -- Da Vinci's Demons "Lovers" Finale
To watch STARZ, assuming you're not a pirate like me, you have to pay for cable AND throw on an extra $10 / month on top just for the channel.
So it makes sense that their shows are pretty top notch. Hence, Spartacus.
Da Vinci's Demons isn't an epic show, but it certainly has a lot put into it, and it's written at the level you'd expect of a STARZ show. So that last gutter-trash season 1 finale of theirs was pretty surprising.
It's not gutter trash because I'm mad at a cliffhanger. I'm just a little appalled by how a show with a good sense of style could end in the such a poorly styled way.
The high sense of style I'm referring to largely develops in the last couple of episodes, when the show goes from being a charming piece of work to a deepening mystery. They really built up a sense that Leo was going to take off on an epic adventure, and knowing that's where season 2 would start was the classiest cliffhanger of them all. A good cliffhanger that essentially took all season to develop.
And then they threw it under the bus so they could end season 1 with the worst cliffhanger ever.
The final episode sets it all up for season 2... Leo even walks up to the ship he is about to depart on... and then all the sudden, the great, epic cliffhanger of season 2 is ripped away as Leo sacrifices his journey to save his friends... leaving only a hope that he'll make it back to the great adventure.
So, in hopes that it'll come back around, and feeling satisfied that Leo, at the very least, made the right choice, we watch on as Leo turns the climatic battle between the Italian families around.
And then right in the middle of the battle, before you get a sense of what's going to happen next, other than there's about to be a fight or flight scenario, *pop*, the lights go out.
Seriously, for half a second I thought the show might have just run out of production money mid-scene. It had so little style it actually ruins the entire concept of a "finale". Imagine a fireworks show building up to the finale and then right when you see it happening it just stops.
The real cliffhanger that was built up all season was ruined by a cliffhanger. God damn.
Nov 6, 2013
Even in an Infinite Multiverse with Unlimited Possibilities... Some Things Won't Happen.
I've struggled with this one for a while, and I've finally figured it out.
Theorists say that with an unlimited multiverse, comes unlimited possibilities. In this another universe, you died in that car crash, or you became the greatest whatever that ever was. With infinity, all possibilities exist, no matter how remote.
Or do they?
Could a dinosaur invent a rifle? This theory suggests that it happened. And certainly, if that meteor didn't strike the earth and the dinosaurs evolved intelligence, it did happen, in the realm of unlimited possibilities.
You see it in comedies and movies -- crazy, seemingly impossible things portrayed, because the theories suggest they can.
Or can they?
I struggled with it because I know some things simply aren't possible. Some things are too ridiculous, contradictory. In 81 million BC, a dinosaur WITHOUT intelligence, COULD invent a rifle, because of infinite possibilities?
No. that simply couldn't happen. And unlimited possibilities doesn't mean it could. And I've finally figured out WHY...
There's something all the science shows failed to show me, although I'm sure most if not all theorists have realized this already. The formula is NOT unlimited possibilities = everything has happened.
The formula is [unlimited possibilities] x [probability] = everything that can happened.
What's the possibility of a universe that formed exactly as ours did except for a minuscule difference that caused the meteor to miss and dinosaurs to develop intelligence? Even if it's 0.00..(add # of 0s here)..001%, it has certainly happened in the unlimited multiverse theory.
But what if the probability is 0% outright? Can a dinosaur without intelligence conceive of, and invent, a machine gun? If you're really arguing the question, just substitute a dinosaur for a rock, and you'd be crazy to say "maybe". It's a 0% chance outright.
And it doesn't matter what you multiply 0 by... 10... 100... ∞ you still get "0". So [unlimited possibilities] x [dinosaur without intellect (or a rock, if you prefer) inventing machine gun] = 0%. It'll never happen... even if there's unlimited possibilities.
So everything you can imagine cannot happen. But, as a fun little twist, everything that can be imagined, has been. So is there anything that has a 0% possibility of even being imagined?
(funny enough, I believe the 1884 book "Flatland" holds the answer to that one. It's freely available to read on the internet, since it's long been in public domain.)
Theorists say that with an unlimited multiverse, comes unlimited possibilities. In this another universe, you died in that car crash, or you became the greatest whatever that ever was. With infinity, all possibilities exist, no matter how remote.
Or do they?
Could a dinosaur invent a rifle? This theory suggests that it happened. And certainly, if that meteor didn't strike the earth and the dinosaurs evolved intelligence, it did happen, in the realm of unlimited possibilities.
You see it in comedies and movies -- crazy, seemingly impossible things portrayed, because the theories suggest they can.
Or can they?
I struggled with it because I know some things simply aren't possible. Some things are too ridiculous, contradictory. In 81 million BC, a dinosaur WITHOUT intelligence, COULD invent a rifle, because of infinite possibilities?
No. that simply couldn't happen. And unlimited possibilities doesn't mean it could. And I've finally figured out WHY...
There's something all the science shows failed to show me, although I'm sure most if not all theorists have realized this already. The formula is NOT unlimited possibilities = everything has happened.
The formula is [unlimited possibilities] x [probability] = everything that can happened.
What's the possibility of a universe that formed exactly as ours did except for a minuscule difference that caused the meteor to miss and dinosaurs to develop intelligence? Even if it's 0.00..(add # of 0s here)..001%, it has certainly happened in the unlimited multiverse theory.
But what if the probability is 0% outright? Can a dinosaur without intelligence conceive of, and invent, a machine gun? If you're really arguing the question, just substitute a dinosaur for a rock, and you'd be crazy to say "maybe". It's a 0% chance outright.
And it doesn't matter what you multiply 0 by... 10... 100... ∞ you still get "0". So [unlimited possibilities] x [dinosaur without intellect (or a rock, if you prefer) inventing machine gun] = 0%. It'll never happen... even if there's unlimited possibilities.
So everything you can imagine cannot happen. But, as a fun little twist, everything that can be imagined, has been. So is there anything that has a 0% possibility of even being imagined?
(funny enough, I believe the 1884 book "Flatland" holds the answer to that one. It's freely available to read on the internet, since it's long been in public domain.)
Oct 29, 2013
Worst Animal Serial Killer of All Time (cracked.com)
#1. [Worst Animal Serial Killer of All Time]
Gustave the Crocodile
The Time:
Now.
The Place:
Burundi. One of the least fortunate countries in the least fortunate continent on the face of the planet. The hard-luck people of Burundi have had to deal with the overflow of countless civil wars and at least one genocide, not to mention plenty of civil unrest of their own. And, to top it off, their people are being stalked and systematically slaughtered by the most prolific serial killer of all time.
Source: Hollywood.
The Story:
Gustave was born roughly 66 years ago, somewhere along the Nile River near Burundi. Most of the other crocodiles of Gustave's generation were hunted down by poachers but somehow, Gustave beat the odds (please note, Gustave's distinguishing features are his massive frame and the bullet hole in his goddamn face).
Those blades of grass? They're fucking trees.
Crocodiles, like orcs and goldfish, don't ever stop growing; as long as they get a steady supply of food, they'll get bigger and bigger. A normal Nile Crocodile is about 13 to 14 feet long, but Gustave is believed to be over 20. He weighs around 2,000-pounds and local authorities claim he has devoured as many as 300 people.
How He Killed:
Normal crocodiles generally stick to large game, like cape buffalo, zebras and occasionally cartoon pirates named after their disfigurements. It follows that a larger crocodile would stick to even LARGER game, so you'd theoretically have nothing to fear, because that size requirement limits the kind of food he can eat to killer whales and your nightmares.
Gustave was different. He didn't like to eat whales or buffalo. He liked to eat humans. More accurately, he likes to kill humans. Witnesses have seen Gustave cut through whole groups of people as large as five or six, but he rarely seems to eat a whole person. Instead, he will take a bite and move on, literally killing a man just to watch him die. Maybe he's actually a vegetarian, or maybe he somehow obtains nutrients through human screaming. It wasn't uncommon for Burundi citizens to stumble across a trail of uneaten corpses left behind by Gustave.
How'd He Die?
He didn't. Of fucking course he didn't, because you can't just kill the physical manifestation of hatred. He resurfaced in 2008, and murder monster experts says he is "healthy and his prize list of victims has grown." One new addition? A fisherman that he dragged to the lake and drowned. Didn't eat him, just pulled him out and drowned him and then left because he heard a rumor that someone, somewhere didn't directly fear him.
And now he's just alive, out there. A living, breathing, scream-eating dinosaur that is so sick of his own immortality that he passes the time by destroying life whenever he sees it.
And there's nothing we can do to stop him.
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals_p2.html#ixzz2jAWDohXg
Oct 28, 2013
I should do this...
I just bought too many razors to grab this now but $1 / mo. is such a ridiculous value I'm still not getting it, I'd say it's a first month promo but they're not saying that any where. I do not understand. Must try...
https://www.dollarshaveclub.com/
https://www.dollarshaveclub.com/
Oct 25, 2013
If Michio Kaku was Black he'd be Neil deGrasse Tyson
agree or disagree? Or the correct answer: "Hard to say."
Jul 21, 2013
May 5, 2013
Defiance Almost Beats Merlin as Worst Show Ever in 8 Minutes Flat
I can't tell you if it ends up beating Merlin cuz I stopped watching after 8 minutes.
Mar 19, 2013
I Fail as a Best Buy Leader
1 year ago when I knew I had to get a job, and thought of flipping burgers for the next few years, I couldn't have dreamed of not only working at Best Buy, let alone one of the Best of the Best Buys.
I am failing as a leader. I am not training my home theater associates. I am not respecting my great victory. It is the failure of success, not the success of failure, that grasps me now.
This job is a dream job for me 1 year ago.
I should be paying it forward and making this Best Buy better.
It's not the ultimate job. And I didn't seek one. I don't want a career. I want to succeed as an Entrepreneur.
But since I have to pay my way to that, and I don't want a job that takes more than 40 hours a week or one that pays too much to keep me on my true path, I am luckier than I could have ever dreamed to be working at the best of Best Buys.
Since I have to work 40 hours a week, I should be using this time to pay it forward. To prove my respect. To give to those who have given so much to me.
I will see the numbers of my associates rise. I will take on the roll of supervisor without being a supervisor or ever wanting to be one. Secretly, I will have no ambitions, even if I show them. But I will work harder to make this Best Buy the most successful, happiest place possible, and I will make it my goal to get the team earning our bonus every month.
The time to rise has come.
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Update: yeah, that never really worked out. I think it shows in the article -- either you have ambitions or you don't. If you don't, secreting the fact doesn't change the fact that deep down, you don't care. I wasn't really fit for the roll... plus that place drains your soul.
Just wasn't into the whole "We expect you to be the best salesman ever; without the commission, on shit pay, and constantly having to deal with terrible customers, and while constantly fixing the whole store. Oh, and you have to sell in car fi, too. That's also your department. Even tho selling there fucks your numbers and has nothing to do with home theater."
After having my job threatened, I left, went to cold call for LEAF Commercial Capital, and surprisingly, they pay me far better, it's a lot easier, and it's a really, really awesome work environment. My mom has a theory -- "the less you get paid, the more they demand." Seems valid so far.
I am failing as a leader. I am not training my home theater associates. I am not respecting my great victory. It is the failure of success, not the success of failure, that grasps me now.
This job is a dream job for me 1 year ago.
I should be paying it forward and making this Best Buy better.
It's not the ultimate job. And I didn't seek one. I don't want a career. I want to succeed as an Entrepreneur.
But since I have to pay my way to that, and I don't want a job that takes more than 40 hours a week or one that pays too much to keep me on my true path, I am luckier than I could have ever dreamed to be working at the best of Best Buys.
Since I have to work 40 hours a week, I should be using this time to pay it forward. To prove my respect. To give to those who have given so much to me.
I will see the numbers of my associates rise. I will take on the roll of supervisor without being a supervisor or ever wanting to be one. Secretly, I will have no ambitions, even if I show them. But I will work harder to make this Best Buy the most successful, happiest place possible, and I will make it my goal to get the team earning our bonus every month.
The time to rise has come.
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Update: yeah, that never really worked out. I think it shows in the article -- either you have ambitions or you don't. If you don't, secreting the fact doesn't change the fact that deep down, you don't care. I wasn't really fit for the roll... plus that place drains your soul.
Just wasn't into the whole "We expect you to be the best salesman ever; without the commission, on shit pay, and constantly having to deal with terrible customers, and while constantly fixing the whole store. Oh, and you have to sell in car fi, too. That's also your department. Even tho selling there fucks your numbers and has nothing to do with home theater."
After having my job threatened, I left, went to cold call for LEAF Commercial Capital, and surprisingly, they pay me far better, it's a lot easier, and it's a really, really awesome work environment. My mom has a theory -- "the less you get paid, the more they demand." Seems valid so far.
Mar 17, 2013
String Theory: What if the # of Dimensions Were Unlimited?
"An intriguing feature of string theory is that it predicts extra dimensions. In classical string theory the number of dimensions is not fixed by any consistency criterion. However, to make a consistent quantum theory, string theory is required to live in a spacetime of the so-called "critical dimension": we must have 26 spacetime dimensions for the bosonic string and 10 for the superstring. " --Wikipedia
Seeing as theorists don't know and can't agree on the number of dimensions, could it be that there's unlimited dimensions?
If there were infinite dimensions, that'd certainly make things easier to work with, would it not? Instead of saying one theory contradicts another, many of these theories would fit into different layers of the greater science.
I'm not a theorist, just a creative thinker, so I have no way of knowing if I'm on to anything, but this would certainly make things more practical.
Seeing as theorists don't know and can't agree on the number of dimensions, could it be that there's unlimited dimensions?
If there were infinite dimensions, that'd certainly make things easier to work with, would it not? Instead of saying one theory contradicts another, many of these theories would fit into different layers of the greater science.
I'm not a theorist, just a creative thinker, so I have no way of knowing if I'm on to anything, but this would certainly make things more practical.
Mar 16, 2013
What A Strange Night at Best Buy and Beyond...
I had one of my greatest sales at Best Buy ($2,400 with Total Assurance Gold [max protection and services], good attachments, sound room excellence, consultation signup, and credit app signup.) And also a chain of really shitty things that I oddly felt really good about. Can't post the whole story here, its NSFW. So I've got it set to "only I can read this" on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/jaimie.montague/posts/10200842133560032
https://www.facebook.com/jaimie.montague/posts/10200842133560032
Mar 13, 2013
Roomster is missing two simple things from their advice...
Roomster quote:
"This member may now be a Roomster sucess story... and you can too!
Here are some tips to better your chances of making a connection:
1. Improve your profile, especially your essays. Add new details to your essays and be sure to give specific examples. such as "I need a roommate because I just moved to town and I want to meet new people."
2. Personalize your emails. This makes a much better impression. Explain why you thought that person would make a great roommate and you’re way more than likely to get a positive response.
3. Send interests to anyone you think would be a good match. We suggest searching daily for new members & Hot Listing your favorites."
...
What it's missing:
'4. Mass advertise like a %#$@&^% madman and sell everyone non-stop several hours a day.
5. Craigslist pwns our website.'
Feb 24, 2013
Video Reveals How All Movie Trailers Work... and...
The Most Unique (& Humerous) Comments-Section-Meme I've Ever Discovered on Youtube
So EVERY line in the video goes something like "This line shows how sensitive the harden protagonist really is". That kinda thing. Which is pretty epic because of how incredibly true and insightful it all is. But what I really appreciate is how the youtube commenters took the ball and ran with it:
3 weeks ago
So EVERY line in the video goes something like "This line shows how sensitive the harden protagonist really is". That kinda thing. Which is pretty epic because of how incredibly true and insightful it all is. But what I really appreciate is how the youtube commenters took the ball and ran with it:
3 weeks ago
Feb 22, 2013
Making a hard call and MY NEW FINANCIAL PLAN
So I made a pretty hard call today that I've been contemplating for a while now.
I'm going to move into the room my dad built in the living room of my apartment and rent out my current room.
It's a big sacrifice. Here's some of the negatives:
...So the positives outweigh the negatives. I'll probably get less sleep, live in a small, cramped space, and deal with quite a bit more inconvenience, but I'll be able to focus on my business, have good security, go to mammoth, live well within my means, and be building inevitable financial freedom, whether my business succeeds or not. I finally get true control over my world. That's a huge come-up.
I'm going to move into the room my dad built in the living room of my apartment and rent out my current room.
It's a big sacrifice. Here's some of the negatives:
- Three room-mates, 1 bathroom. Morning shower times will have to be reserved now to ensure I'm never late to work, will also be less convient -- more times I want to go and can't, more rushed bathroom environment, and more smells and maintenance to deal with.
- Giving up sound-resistant walls. I'll have to deal with room-mates walking through the apartment all night, every night. Going to bed early will become a bigger challenge. I'll be more tired more often.
- A third room-mate means a third set of issues. Unexpected guests, frequently dirty kitchen, less cabinet and fridge space, faster filling dish washer, busier washer/drier, loud movies/music, more schedule conflicts, and more crowded space are just some of the issues that'll come up.
- Possible drama and rules violations. Keeping everything in order can require discipline and even eviction of a room-mate. This can cause legal issues, monetary issues if I have to cover rent for a month or two unexpectedly, and can lead to an upset Tom (my current room-mate.)
- Major limitations on inviting guests over. Bryan or Steven coming into town? Unfortunately, I cannot let you stay here, unless I can get my room-mates to approve you sleeping on the couch for a night or two... and only if it's JUST you. My living situation is a lot like Dave's situation in his garage.
But it's worth it's weight. Here's the positives:
- Tom's snoring will no longer be bothering the neighbors.
- More people means a more lively environment.
- It's that much harder to have a girlfriend, allowing me to stay true to my no-dating commitment.
...but what it really comes down to...
- Clear, clean focus on goals. Main worries will be gone, won't be able to smoke weed in the new room putting the days, weeks, and months of mindlessly sitting at the computer with a bong at my side long behind me (and not to return until my business is successful enough for me to get a room again), and living in a small, cramped room that I can't bring girls home to will significantly motivate me to make money online without the stress of living outside my means.
- Advertising money for business. This is a huge win for my future, and one of the things that makes this move essential for my business' well-being.
- Paying off credit (to finally begin building credit score) and paying off late rent fees. This will clear a lot of the junk worries that consume me and make it hard to focus on work.
- More luxury. I'll be able to start eating healthy (getting 2000+ calories per day), save up for a snowboarding trip to mammoth in 2014, and afford to upgrade my computer when necessary (not to mention buying the occasional game and being able to play online with my friends.)
--> I just need to remember to be careful. Blowing the extra money is a good way to stay behind. It's VERY IMPORTANT that I split up the $475 as soon as I get it into several different accounts:
- 10% into FINANCIAL FREEDOM. This is ONLY for buying passive income streams and investing. I need a NEW BANK ACCOUNT for this, preferable bank #2 in SAVINGS account.
- 10% into PLAY. SoMM explains that we are holistic in nature, so if we only save we end up getting flustered and sabotaging our results, and if we only spend we feel guilt and sabotage our play. This is for extravagant play and MUST be spent every month. This goes in my cash storage location, NOT a bank account, since it's a specific amount I need to spend every month.
- 20% into BUSINESS. This is for advertising and growing my business. I need a NEW BANK ACCOUNT for this, preferable bank #2 in CHECKING account.
- 20% into LONG TERM SAVINGS FOR SPENDING. This is for my trip to mammoth, gifts, computer upgrades, etc. This goes in my Wells Fargo Savings account.
- 40% into NECESSITIES. This is the extra money I get per month to eat better than I do now, pay off credit and catch up on late rent fees. After all that, feel free to save some of it to help with mammoth / business, but MOST if not all of it should be going towards food, gas, bills, etc. This goes in my Wells Fargo Checking account.
If I can simply keep discipline to dividing up the extra $475 / month this way, that'll mean the extra $5,700 per year gets split up like so:
- $570 at the end of the year for buying profitable websites and making solid investments with, producing passive income streams to ensure financial freedom and never-ending progression of income sources and riches.
- $47.50 per month to spend on reckless things like getting my snowboard waxed, going to a fancy restaurant, getting drunk in a bar, having 2 weed brownies within 2 - 3 hours of each other 2 days in a row, etc.
- $1,140 per year to spend on new advertising tests, business expansion, etc. For instance, if at the end of the year I have $500 left over and nothing to do with it, why not try out paying a "web marketer" to run a small campaign after he proves he can grow my business.
- $1,140 at the end of the year for my trip to mammoth EVEN IF I DON'T EARN ANY EXTRA MONEY WITH MY BUSINESS ALL YEAR (and I will. And it'll be AT LEAST enough to push a $2,000 trip to mammoth, just based on the $1500 my business earned in 2012 alone.)
- $190 per month extra to help with paying all the bills, dealing with disasters, etc. With the gas savings per month, this is enough to get a brand new car... which is pretty much the biggest disaster scenario I'd be facing. In case of a real disaster (like losing my job or having to cover 100% of rent for a couple of months), I'll have credit paid off, late rent fees gone, and savings accounts to pull from.
Feb 21, 2013
Most Epic Snowboarding of 2012 - 2013 Season So Far...
This Wednesday night I went night-skiing at Mt. High and, while I may have had more fun last time, or maybe even on the first of my 4 trips so far this season, this night was definitely the most epic of the season so far.
Copied from Facebook...
"Tonight's snowboarding highlights:
Favorite moment: Retardedly doing butters/360s on a flat, hard area with a lot of bumps, inevidibly hitting a bump and falling backward onto my back so hard it bounced me back up, flipped me 360, and slammed me back down on my back.
Most hilarious moment: Mistakenly rushing the lift line thinking I was pairing up with 3 people onto the lift chair, but they actually had 4, making me the 5th wheel, so I had to dodge the chair which I was proud of until I saw the next chair coming, getting hit by it, and then ducking under it and getting back in line as 20 people watched in frustration as I made them all wait for 2 blank chairs to pass.
Proud moments: Really starting to master my grabs on the 5 footer jumps, working on my 180 grabs off random snow bumps, and getting up the nerve at the end to go "too fast" (which still wasn't fast enough) and barely clearing the 15 - 20 footer jumps.
Most serine moment: smoking a cigar watching the sunset on top of the mountain.
3 more runs to go this season. I gotta start restricting myself to 4 drinks before starting my runs, 6 is really a little too much, makes it hard to focus."
Copied from Facebook...
"Tonight's snowboarding highlights:
Favorite moment: Retardedly doing butters/360s on a flat, hard area with a lot of bumps, inevidibly hitting a bump and falling backward onto my back so hard it bounced me back up, flipped me 360, and slammed me back down on my back.
Most hilarious moment: Mistakenly rushing the lift line thinking I was pairing up with 3 people onto the lift chair, but they actually had 4, making me the 5th wheel, so I had to dodge the chair which I was proud of until I saw the next chair coming, getting hit by it, and then ducking under it and getting back in line as 20 people watched in frustration as I made them all wait for 2 blank chairs to pass.
Proud moments: Really starting to master my grabs on the 5 footer jumps, working on my 180 grabs off random snow bumps, and getting up the nerve at the end to go "too fast" (which still wasn't fast enough) and barely clearing the 15 - 20 footer jumps.
Most serine moment: smoking a cigar watching the sunset on top of the mountain.
3 more runs to go this season. I gotta start restricting myself to 4 drinks before starting my runs, 6 is really a little too much, makes it hard to focus."
Feb 17, 2013
Falling Skies Gets More Retarded / Stupid with Every Episode
(new update at the bottom -- I made it!)
So I'm a little over half way through the first season of Falling Skies, and I find myself seriously doubting if I'll make it to season 2 without deleting everything and swearing off the show for life.
I LOVE shows that focus on realism -- how we'd behave in any given situation -- ... and post-apocalyptic scenarios.
So I was very excited when I started watching Falling Skies.
Then I started getting deterred when people started screaming at their dog / kid / etc. when they we're SUPPOSED to be sneaking up on the enemy. NO ONE is that stupid. Even the dumbest person on earth, who is madly in love with their kid, wouldn't yell out "HEY SON OVER HERE" when sneaking up on the enemy in an attempt to rescue their kid. There is no IQ point low enough to account for that kind of stupidity.
Anyways, I'm on Season 1, episode 7 at the moment, and the main characters just overtook the corrupt characters that were trading kids for security from the aliens.
First, let me say that plot point is semi-retarded... they reason it out with, "Hey we were being hunted down like dogs and the only break we got was when they took a kid and stopped chasing us, so we figured it was worth it to trade kids for safety if that's all they wanted." (paraphrasing.) Yeah, that's how normal people think -- "Hey all they want is the kids that's worth trading them in for."
NO. In reality, if you trade in a little kids life to save your own, you want to kill yourself. OR YOU AT LEAST FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. WHY DON'T THEY APPEAR TO FEEL EVEN REMOTELY BAD ABOUT IT!!!!?? As if they are doing a noble but looked-down-upon deed. WTF.
Okay, okay, ANYWAYS... getting back to the point... (I'm starting to think this show is even more retarded than I realized when I started writing this post)... there was a scene that was particularly bad that I came here to write about.
I'm talking about the scene where the antagonist walks into an ambush after capturing the kids and surrenders... which is only logical, ANYONE would surrender when they had a dozen guns pointed at their head... but then 5 seconds later decides to pull out a concealed gun.
Think about this for a second before I explain what is even dumber about this scene.
After he pulls out his gun... what do you think he did?
If I hadn't seen the episode, I'd say, "He probably started firing and jumped for cover!"
Alas... this isn't so. What he did do, is pull out his gun and as he did so, start negotiating as if he was bringing a gun to a knife fight and the opponent had no choice but yield.
He was shot dead by the 5th second.
I could not have wrote a more retarded scene if I tried. And this is probably the 5th retarded thing that had happened in 7 episodes of a show that's seemingly real, hardcore, and post-apocalyptic.
I seriously doubt I'll make it to season 2... but somehow, I'm going to keep giving it a chance. Things like this make me wish I still smoked weed and I could mindlessly enjoy shows without having to think so much all the time.
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UPDATE:
So I made it to season 3 somehow and the show gets WAY better, and the dumb stuff seems to come up less and less as the writers begin to learn the complexities of doing their job. Very happy with where it ended in season 3, big turn around in my book, excited about season 4
So I'm a little over half way through the first season of Falling Skies, and I find myself seriously doubting if I'll make it to season 2 without deleting everything and swearing off the show for life.
I LOVE shows that focus on realism -- how we'd behave in any given situation -- ... and post-apocalyptic scenarios.
So I was very excited when I started watching Falling Skies.
Then I started getting deterred when people started screaming at their dog / kid / etc. when they we're SUPPOSED to be sneaking up on the enemy. NO ONE is that stupid. Even the dumbest person on earth, who is madly in love with their kid, wouldn't yell out "HEY SON OVER HERE" when sneaking up on the enemy in an attempt to rescue their kid. There is no IQ point low enough to account for that kind of stupidity.
Anyways, I'm on Season 1, episode 7 at the moment, and the main characters just overtook the corrupt characters that were trading kids for security from the aliens.
First, let me say that plot point is semi-retarded... they reason it out with, "Hey we were being hunted down like dogs and the only break we got was when they took a kid and stopped chasing us, so we figured it was worth it to trade kids for safety if that's all they wanted." (paraphrasing.) Yeah, that's how normal people think -- "Hey all they want is the kids that's worth trading them in for."
NO. In reality, if you trade in a little kids life to save your own, you want to kill yourself. OR YOU AT LEAST FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. WHY DON'T THEY APPEAR TO FEEL EVEN REMOTELY BAD ABOUT IT!!!!?? As if they are doing a noble but looked-down-upon deed. WTF.
Okay, okay, ANYWAYS... getting back to the point... (I'm starting to think this show is even more retarded than I realized when I started writing this post)... there was a scene that was particularly bad that I came here to write about.
I'm talking about the scene where the antagonist walks into an ambush after capturing the kids and surrenders... which is only logical, ANYONE would surrender when they had a dozen guns pointed at their head... but then 5 seconds later decides to pull out a concealed gun.
Think about this for a second before I explain what is even dumber about this scene.
After he pulls out his gun... what do you think he did?
If I hadn't seen the episode, I'd say, "He probably started firing and jumped for cover!"
Alas... this isn't so. What he did do, is pull out his gun and as he did so, start negotiating as if he was bringing a gun to a knife fight and the opponent had no choice but yield.
He was shot dead by the 5th second.
I could not have wrote a more retarded scene if I tried. And this is probably the 5th retarded thing that had happened in 7 episodes of a show that's seemingly real, hardcore, and post-apocalyptic.
I seriously doubt I'll make it to season 2... but somehow, I'm going to keep giving it a chance. Things like this make me wish I still smoked weed and I could mindlessly enjoy shows without having to think so much all the time.
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UPDATE:
So I made it to season 3 somehow and the show gets WAY better, and the dumb stuff seems to come up less and less as the writers begin to learn the complexities of doing their job. Very happy with where it ended in season 3, big turn around in my book, excited about season 4
Truly, ENDLESS, entertainment (But ONLY if you enjoy stories)
If you enjoy stories, then I have a source of ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT for you.
It's called... HISTORY.
Stop laughing. I'm dead serious. Why am I right? Cuz I was watching Spartacus and Caesar was introduced and I was like, "wtf does Caesar has to do with Spartacus", and then I read the history of Gaius Julius Caesar on wikipedia and it was one of the most awesome ways to spend a weekend ever.
I was liek 0.o
This dude basically went from royal family to NOTHING to military leader to defeater of Pompey and leader of the free world. Jesus F Christ.
History, brother. You can find unlimited amounts of epic history within it. This is why I've always loved wikipedia, and why I look down upon the alpha males that think sports and rap music rule the world. Of course, it was an alpha male that conquered the world, so what do I know.
It's called... HISTORY.
Stop laughing. I'm dead serious. Why am I right? Cuz I was watching Spartacus and Caesar was introduced and I was like, "wtf does Caesar has to do with Spartacus", and then I read the history of Gaius Julius Caesar on wikipedia and it was one of the most awesome ways to spend a weekend ever.
I was liek 0.o
This dude basically went from royal family to NOTHING to military leader to defeater of Pompey and leader of the free world. Jesus F Christ.
History, brother. You can find unlimited amounts of epic history within it. This is why I've always loved wikipedia, and why I look down upon the alpha males that think sports and rap music rule the world. Of course, it was an alpha male that conquered the world, so what do I know.
Feb 4, 2013
Shows
Just a sketch list of current shows I'm checking out / trying to get into...
New:
Youtube full comedy specials: jim jeffries - alchoholocaust, dane cook - isolated incident...
From Josh:
-Black Sail -- pirates show, sounds awesome
-Luther
-New three musketeers show
From an article I was reading:
"Anyway, these are the other shows that I enjoyed the most in 2013: “The Good Wife,” “Please Like Me,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Top of the Lake,” “Behind the Candelabra,” “Girls,” “Scandal,” “Mad Men,” “30 Rock” (did that end this year?), “The Middle,” “Raising Hope,” “Eastbound & Down,” “Veep,” “Orphan Black,” “Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “The Fosters,” “Children’s Hospital,” “Game of Thrones,” “Switched at Birth,” “Breaking Bad,” “American Horror Story,” “Treme,” “The Americans,” “Call the Midwife,” “Parenthood,” “The Returned,” “Broadchurch,” “The Fall,” and “Masters of Sex.”* They are not in any order, because that would be insane. (“Breaking Bad” versus “Behind the Candelabra.” Meth versus rhinestone. Two different forms of mano a mano.) Some of these shows are better than others, but so what? They’re all good."
^of the above I'm looking more seriously at...
The Returned (zombie drama),
Behind the Candelabra (starring Matt Damon),
Top of the Lake, and
Eastbound and Down (Danny McBride).
Dumbbells (saw on hulu looks funny),
KLONDIKE - Gold rush show on History, similar to Vikings in it being a real show, not a history channel show.
----The rest of 2013----
AMC -> The Killing
Season 4 walking dead
DaVinci's Demons
Hell on Wheels
Leverage -- voted best show of the year by people's award, season 1 held #1 tuesday night show, sounds too good not to check into.
Supernatural -- watched a few episodes of season 3 since last time, that show definitely got a lot better since seasons 1 and 2.
...
These are maybes / wait-listed:
The Americans -- do I wanna give it another shot? Never disliked it, not sure why it didn't hook me... oh yeah... maybe because it's about cold war spies... in the fucking 80s. I know the cold war hadn't ended but I'm not entirely sure why they didn't just do it for the 50s / 60s when the tension was really there.
Vikings, whenever that airs again.
------2012/early 2013----------------
Hannibal -- premiers April on NBC... first chapter of Dr. Lecter
The Americans -- http://www.hulu.com/watch/451850
Falling Skies
Breaking Bad
Bones? See if it's good?
South Park / Family Guy
Supernatural season 3 downloaded already
Big Bang Theory Season 6
Two and a Half Men?
Its always sunny in philadelphia
Parks and Recreation
THIS SHOW CAN BURN IN HELL (and I'm saying that after only watching 8 minutes!) --> Defiance... premiers April 15th... check out this show, looks really interesting... post-apocalyptic far-off-future earth with multiple alien races living on it mindfuck. Would probably go awesomely with weed.
New:
Youtube full comedy specials: jim jeffries - alchoholocaust, dane cook - isolated incident...
From Josh:
-Black Sail -- pirates show, sounds awesome
-Luther
-New three musketeers show
From an article I was reading:
"Anyway, these are the other shows that I enjoyed the most in 2013: “The Good Wife,” “Please Like Me,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Top of the Lake,” “Behind the Candelabra,” “Girls,” “Scandal,” “Mad Men,” “30 Rock” (did that end this year?), “The Middle,” “Raising Hope,” “Eastbound & Down,” “Veep,” “Orphan Black,” “Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “The Fosters,” “Children’s Hospital,” “Game of Thrones,” “Switched at Birth,” “Breaking Bad,” “American Horror Story,” “Treme,” “The Americans,” “Call the Midwife,” “Parenthood,” “The Returned,” “Broadchurch,” “The Fall,” and “Masters of Sex.”* They are not in any order, because that would be insane. (“Breaking Bad” versus “Behind the Candelabra.” Meth versus rhinestone. Two different forms of mano a mano.) Some of these shows are better than others, but so what? They’re all good."
^of the above I'm looking more seriously at...
The Returned (zombie drama),
Behind the Candelabra (starring Matt Damon),
Top of the Lake, and
Eastbound and Down (Danny McBride).
Dumbbells (saw on hulu looks funny),
KLONDIKE - Gold rush show on History, similar to Vikings in it being a real show, not a history channel show.
----The rest of 2013----
AMC -> The Killing
Season 4 walking dead
DaVinci's Demons
Hell on Wheels
Leverage -- voted best show of the year by people's award, season 1 held #1 tuesday night show, sounds too good not to check into.
Supernatural -- watched a few episodes of season 3 since last time, that show definitely got a lot better since seasons 1 and 2.
...
These are maybes / wait-listed:
The Americans -- do I wanna give it another shot? Never disliked it, not sure why it didn't hook me... oh yeah... maybe because it's about cold war spies... in the fucking 80s. I know the cold war hadn't ended but I'm not entirely sure why they didn't just do it for the 50s / 60s when the tension was really there.
Vikings, whenever that airs again.
------2012/early 2013----------------
Hannibal -- premiers April on NBC... first chapter of Dr. Lecter
The Americans -- http://www.hulu.com/watch/451850
Falling Skies
Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
White Collar
Spartacus
Justified? (supposed to be good, i think wild west law and order theme?)
Vikings... History channel special premiering in March, 2013.
Spartacus
Justified? (supposed to be good, i think wild west law and order theme?)
Vikings... History channel special premiering in March, 2013.
Bones? See if it's good?
South Park / Family Guy
Supernatural season 3 downloaded already
Big Bang Theory Season 6
Two and a Half Men?
Its always sunny in philadelphia
Parks and Recreation
THIS SHOW CAN BURN IN HELL (and I'm saying that after only watching 8 minutes!) --> Defiance... premiers April 15th... check out this show, looks really interesting... post-apocalyptic far-off-future earth with multiple alien races living on it mindfuck. Would probably go awesomely with weed.
Jan 30, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
Don't Forget About "The Third Guy"
Dennis Karganilla showed me and the rest of his list this video once with the point that was something like, "it was nothing until the third guy got on board and then everyone was doing it -- be the third guy." And I think it's a concept worth sharing. Especially after a youtuber comments "that's how you change the world people."
Kinda starting to feel like this idea comes from Landmark. Given "random" youtubers are commenting stuff like that and it's something DK shared (he's shared more than one landmark lesson in the past...) Not that this makes it a bad idea or anything... but it certainly would go along with landmark's mission of making people and the world a better place... a concept that inspires people to get committed quickly and rashly.
Jan 28, 2013
My Stance on Negative People, Trolls, & How Trolling Works
This story starts with a video called "Howard Stern Makes 7-year-old Cry", where a 7 year old black kid raps on America's Got Talent (or X factor or whatever it is I dunno I don't care.)
Kinda of an incredible video, watching a 7 year old kid get buzzed out and humiliated in front of a large crowd... he's gonna get tough from that one, let me tell ya. Howard Stern felt beyond awful immediately after the kid started crying.
Now I'm gonna say some negative things about trolls in a bit here, but I want you to understand my stance on trolls first: I like trolls, and I do on occasion troll myself, ESPECIALLY if someone's "asking for it." After all, a primary method of growth and success is learning from failure, and if someone's failing in front of me and I don't point it out... how are they supposed to learn anything?
I look at it like this: If your dumb enough to take a troll's bait, you've earned what you're about to get, so like everything in your life, how you respond to things is ultimately your responsibility. Trolling you is funny to me and should toughen you up in the long run if you ever *get smart* about it, like I did one day in 2009.
So I have no problem with trolls or trolling, however I do think when you trolling you're being rather "small" as a person. You can't get much lower than starting childish fights just because making people mad is funny to you... after all, you're benefiting off the pain of others... but I'm never sorry about it if they're putting themselves out there and/or being an idiot.
Just like I don't feel bad for the kid in this video... he should have never been up there to begin with, so I blame the parents, plus he's gonna be TOUGH because of that experience, especially because he's clearly got a strong little ego. If it was different... say it was a scared, intimidated kid forced on stage, couldn't perform at all, and then was humiliated like that, I'd feel bad knowing that kid was taken advantage of and will probably develop some kind of social anxiety disorder.
The difference is when you choose to put yourself out there, you get feedback, and you learn. When you don't choose to go out there, you're not getting feedback, and your not learning anything... so in this example, a little kid could be traumatized for life... but I highly doubt that happened to this little boy so full of confidence.
Anyways, back to the story here... below this video, some stupid troll comments "fucking stupid nigger was taught to cry if he fucked up". Of course, this is completely normal, mindless trolling that you'll find on youtube at every turn (which explains why youtube keeps insisting that I start using my real name on youtube instead of DrinkElectrolytes.)
As commonly occurs, someone even stupider takes the bait and responds with "fucking stupid white asshole was taught to be brave behind a computer."
Now I do have some friends who are rather idealist and would think this guy's response is normal. Like if someone said that in real life they should be hit in the face.
I personally disagree with this completely: If someone said something that stupid in real life and I was there, I'd laugh at how stupid they are and put them in the list of people I'm never going to take seriously. Like, if a 7 year old was acting like a total asshole, do you take it personally, or do you realize "Hey, he's 7 years old, you can't take him seriously." That's how I look at stupid people, ignorant people, a-holes, pretty much all negative people -- they're not on point so life's probably not going well and people aren't taking them seriously, why even respond to them, let alone take them seriously?
And isn't that really fair justice? If you suck, no one takes you seriously, and you don't get ahead in life, and you're unhappy as punishment. If you're awesome, the opposite occurs, and you're rewarded with happiness.
Anyways, in this case, I felt like it'd be entertaining to respond to this idiot by explaining how trolling and youtube works, just to have fun showing him how small he's being while doing one of my favorite things: Explaining how things work and why the world is the way it is. And only 500 characters to do so with. It's like solving a puzzle... it just captures me.
"No no no, he's a TROLL, not necessarily a "stupid white asshole" (he may be, whatever.) Point is, he may as well be black (he's probably not, but anyways...) A troll's goal is to evoke an emotional response from you, therefore your response seals his victory. He'll keep posting like that so long as he keeps getting replies like yours from pissed off readers. So stop feeding the trolls, unless of course you enjoy it. I personally love trolls, I just wanted to point out how this works."
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrEtyJ8MdU
Kinda of an incredible video, watching a 7 year old kid get buzzed out and humiliated in front of a large crowd... he's gonna get tough from that one, let me tell ya. Howard Stern felt beyond awful immediately after the kid started crying.
Now I'm gonna say some negative things about trolls in a bit here, but I want you to understand my stance on trolls first: I like trolls, and I do on occasion troll myself, ESPECIALLY if someone's "asking for it." After all, a primary method of growth and success is learning from failure, and if someone's failing in front of me and I don't point it out... how are they supposed to learn anything?
I look at it like this: If your dumb enough to take a troll's bait, you've earned what you're about to get, so like everything in your life, how you respond to things is ultimately your responsibility. Trolling you is funny to me and should toughen you up in the long run if you ever *get smart* about it, like I did one day in 2009.
So I have no problem with trolls or trolling, however I do think when you trolling you're being rather "small" as a person. You can't get much lower than starting childish fights just because making people mad is funny to you... after all, you're benefiting off the pain of others... but I'm never sorry about it if they're putting themselves out there and/or being an idiot.
Just like I don't feel bad for the kid in this video... he should have never been up there to begin with, so I blame the parents, plus he's gonna be TOUGH because of that experience, especially because he's clearly got a strong little ego. If it was different... say it was a scared, intimidated kid forced on stage, couldn't perform at all, and then was humiliated like that, I'd feel bad knowing that kid was taken advantage of and will probably develop some kind of social anxiety disorder.
The difference is when you choose to put yourself out there, you get feedback, and you learn. When you don't choose to go out there, you're not getting feedback, and your not learning anything... so in this example, a little kid could be traumatized for life... but I highly doubt that happened to this little boy so full of confidence.
Anyways, back to the story here... below this video, some stupid troll comments "fucking stupid nigger was taught to cry if he fucked up". Of course, this is completely normal, mindless trolling that you'll find on youtube at every turn (which explains why youtube keeps insisting that I start using my real name on youtube instead of DrinkElectrolytes.)
As commonly occurs, someone even stupider takes the bait and responds with "fucking stupid white asshole was taught to be brave behind a computer."
Now I do have some friends who are rather idealist and would think this guy's response is normal. Like if someone said that in real life they should be hit in the face.
I personally disagree with this completely: If someone said something that stupid in real life and I was there, I'd laugh at how stupid they are and put them in the list of people I'm never going to take seriously. Like, if a 7 year old was acting like a total asshole, do you take it personally, or do you realize "Hey, he's 7 years old, you can't take him seriously." That's how I look at stupid people, ignorant people, a-holes, pretty much all negative people -- they're not on point so life's probably not going well and people aren't taking them seriously, why even respond to them, let alone take them seriously?
And isn't that really fair justice? If you suck, no one takes you seriously, and you don't get ahead in life, and you're unhappy as punishment. If you're awesome, the opposite occurs, and you're rewarded with happiness.
Anyways, in this case, I felt like it'd be entertaining to respond to this idiot by explaining how trolling and youtube works, just to have fun showing him how small he's being while doing one of my favorite things: Explaining how things work and why the world is the way it is. And only 500 characters to do so with. It's like solving a puzzle... it just captures me.
"No no no, he's a TROLL, not necessarily a "stupid white asshole" (he may be, whatever.) Point is, he may as well be black (he's probably not, but anyways...) A troll's goal is to evoke an emotional response from you, therefore your response seals his victory. He'll keep posting like that so long as he keeps getting replies like yours from pissed off readers. So stop feeding the trolls, unless of course you enjoy it. I personally love trolls, I just wanted to point out how this works."
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrEtyJ8MdU
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