:lol:throuhg it out! and then hate myself!
same q!
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:lol:throuhg it out! and then hate myself!
same q!
I think my sense of smell would tip me off, folks!
In answer to the author question:
If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were alive today, I'd tell him "Look, Doyle, Holmes is what pays the bills. Stop acting like a fool chasing this spiritualism stuff, and write as many Holmes stories as you can. You've got a gold mine there!:idea:
If __________________(name person) were still alive, what would you ask them about themselves?
If Graham Chapman were still alive, I would ask him how he best confuses cats.
what's your favourite colour?
I just noticed that I have the proclivity to buy purple stuff......accessories, notebooks, combs, clothes, so I guess, there...
But the all-time is silver! Got that metallic sparkle dancing around it! Can't help but be attracted...
Explosion in the stomach because of too much food or the worst case of diarrhea?
I'll take diarrhea, I'll be able to get some reading done.
same question.
Whew! Niether, if I can help it. I'm sick at the stomach right now, however.
What for you would be the all time proof of a haunting?
I don't think there is such a thing. There might be something that makes me wonder but I'm notoriously skeptical about things like that.
Same question...
Haunting proof?! Well, having coffee or a glass of wine with the ghost should be proof enough for me that the noises of chains being pulled around weren`t made by mice.
Would you ever go in a graveyard by night?:D
Nah! But hundred dollars might do. :p
Same Question.
I have been to a graveyard at midnight, it was a dare from friends.
same question
I think I can....:D I am not afraid of anything :D
Will you call a spirit, if there was this fear, it might possess you??
In the first place.. Why the hell would I call a dumb spirit??
Do you remember me?
A simple question, a simple answer: yes.
Go in a graveyard? I grew up playing in one! My mother who raised us since my dad split for wherever, had kinfolk who lived around on of the largest graveyards in town. All us cousins played in the graveyard, and meant no disrespect to the dead. We never stole flowers from graves or broke tomb stones. In fact, there was a dump at the top of the hill, where they threw out old flowers. We'd take ones that were still nice and put them on graves that had none.
What is your phobia?
IF YOU WANT ME DEAD, SHOW ME BLOOD DRIPPING FROM A BODY.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............ ...........
I HAVE THE WORST CASE OF HEMOPHOBIA.
And also, pulling teeth out.
Who do you call "Honey"?
The kids I work with, I work with infants and toddlers and I'm always calling them Honey, or Sweetie or my favorite, Sugarplum. :D ;)
What is your favorite winter sport to play and/or watch?
Iceskating- I actually love to skate, and ice skaters are always either a really beautiful sight or a good laugh.
What is your craziest or more commonly challenged belief?
Some people seem to think that I am not a martian, but I am, so that is my most challenged belief.
Same Q.
I dunno, that authority is inherently violent and opressive, mayhap?
Pass the question.
That I have the prettiest feet around! The other day, my youngest son actually had the gall to tell me my feet weren't nearly as pretty as I thought they were. :rolleyes: :p
Same question...this is actually quite fascinating.
I'm glad you like it. Mine would have to be the crazy perception that I am crazy, which most people generally disagree with. There are the occasions though...
MC
i wouldnt describe my belief as crazy. if i believe it, then it has to be a little logical, no? si.Quote:
Originally Posted by Misscaroline
well, my most challenged belief is that if there is nothing after death - no afterlife or anything, just void and null and all that, life is pointless and therefore suicide would be a reasonable action. (note: i AM a hedonist too which is rather bizzare. nihilistic hedonist.)
Question... or rather, task.
using what you know about me which cant be more than 13 posts, guess my age, gender, education (none/primary school/junior high/senior high/Bachelors/masters/PhD. you get the point.), ethnic background, and country/state.
(doesnt sound like the kind of question this thread was expecting but i hope its not too irrelevant...)
Quote:
Originally Posted by blacksheep
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Education: Bachelors
Ethnic: White, non-Hispanic
Country/State: New York
OK, same question, only apply it to ME this time! (And with over 300 posts, most of them in just 20 or so games, plus a small handful of stories and poems, surely someone might have an idea about this!)
By the way, what score did I get?
better than most people but still quite off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly_Sprout
can you believe that after posting my PICTURE, people thought I was 55?
I live in PA. which is a pretty liberal state. my city is very liberal. my posts sounded blue i guess. why did you answer what you did for the other 3? and bachelors. what do you think was my major and minor? i wont tell you your score until you tell me your reasons.
ok. that was a tangent.
i say you are 53, have a phD in something related to comp sci, live in CO, and is male.
I ask the same question again. :P only because im on low battery.
I based it all on the single post that I was answering, simply because I didn't want to look up any other of your posts.
33... because you sound reasoned, jaundiced, and alive. That puts you older than frivolous college and younger than wisdom.
Male... because women don't normally admit to Hedonism
NY... because you sound liberal. California might have easily been my choice, though PA doesn't surprise me.
Bachelors... because you sound educated but not self-proclaimed or superior.
White, non-Hispanic... because you sound liberal, educated, American, and reasonably affluent.
Um... I'll just give a question to whomever may post below me... to the PBM...
Do you like or hate pink? Why?
you over estimated in age and education. I am flattered.
I am NOT as reasonable as I appear on the internet. nor as knowlegeble. MUAHAHAHHA.
I am in fact only 17 and still stuck in highschool. I'm looking forward to possibly majoring in math theory with a computer science minor.
as for gender, I'm a girl. but don't worry - people in REAL LIFE mistake me for male. I like shattering stereotypes. :D
speaking of stereotypes, although it is true that minorities like hispanic and african americans are generally less well educated (a pity. ought to be changed), well... yah. nevermind. I'm glad I have a good grasp of the English language. I'm Chinese. (came here when I was 7 though so I should be able to speak English as well as anyone else)
how far off the mark was I?
Wow!!! I am surprised!!
Light years off the mark! And you're Chinese!!! And 17!!!!
no, actually. better than most.
im usually an over 50 caucasian male with a masters. sometimes, I'm australian. Usually people guess california.
33 is closer than 55.
a program that did aging and can change people's "race" and whatnot showed me really wrinkly at 45. wrinkly and my left face had a HUGE droop in it. I'm enjoying 17.
soo... back from the digression. DIGRESSION! (reminds you of catcher in the rye, no?)
so... the game. what was the game? oh. new question.
If you were a fire fighter and you are in a room. there is a monkey with a human brain and a human adult with an intellectual capacity that will never surpass that of a 3 month old baby. both are unconsious from the smoke but otherwise physically healthy. both are equidistant from you and the door. they weigh the same amout. without looking for further loophools in the question, which one would you save and why?
Not bad! I'm 53, will be 54 at the end of this month. I have worked in Information Technology for nearly 30 years doing everything at one time or another from data entry to programming to hardware to software to system management to purchasing to trouble-shooting to help desk, and beyond. However, I don't have a degree in anything, finished only two years of college, and have also been a printing press operator, built submarines, and preached in prison (not an inmate, but a chaplain's assistant.) Yes, I'm from Colorado, too. Of course, you probably were able to research age, state, and occupation (grin). I'm male, but you didn't try your hand at ethnicity.
Of all of that, I think of myself as a writer, a storyteller, and not completely cranium-vacated when it comes to poetry.
As for your fire scenario, I'd prefer to rescue the ape, but guilt and social constraints would probably weigh in heavily enough to make me feel like I had no choice but to rescue the human instead.
Great question! It is worth passing on to see how other people value the elements of diversity this question poses.
caucasian - based on you saying that I'm caucasian.
to me a monkey with human brain is still completely human. many people disagree on that point. the thing that naggs at me is that i'm almost saying that the mentally disabled person is inferior in my choice to save the monkey. however, i believe that the monkey will be able to contribute more to the society. I used to think that the monkey can enjoy life to a fuller extent but people said that he's most likely a science experiment so i dont know anymore.
same question.
Well, I would try like heck to get both out, but if I cannot, I don't really know if I could chose a vivisectioned monkey over a human.
To satisfy curiosity: I will turn 46 on the 24th of this month, I have an Associates Degree in Information Systems Technology, I come from a mixture of Caucasian and Native American blood, wife and three kids.
Now: Given that you save the monkey in the given scenario, what contribution do you expect it will make to mankind?
If that monkey is as adept in computing and restoring informations and files as a computer does, he'll be put to a computer school.
If he is adept enough to track refused-to-be-found-and-identified criminals, then he could be assigned in the Pentagon.
If he is smart enough to campaign for a senator, he could be just the one who could send his page to go somewhere he will be in 5 mins. and later, end up in the same room with him.
Now if he had the perspicacity and boldness to campaign for the Presidency, then he should take the time off by playing with his toy rockets and building bombs with his Lego blocks and shut his brain thinking about using it in the real world and become a talk show host.
That is quite an interesting topic and I would like to keep on with it.
What if the firefighter didn't know that the monkey had human intellectual capacity?
If it were me I guess I would save the monkey. I am thinking that if I were disabled in anyway, I would just want to die anyway. Aren't I horrible? I really hate this question. But if they're both unaware of what is happening, chances are neither one of them would feel any pain when they died, so the most logical choice is the monkey. At least the monkey could make a contribution to society (as someone has already said).
Pass the question.
Someone answer the question! :)
This wonderful monkey has human capacity. What contribution to human society do I expect it to make?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
To answer by way of contrast, let's take a look at a slight variation on the above paragraph, focusing on the single word, "This". That variation goes thus:
This wonderful child has human capacity. What contribution to human society do I expect it to make?
Consider that "This ... child" lives in the ghetto.
Consider that "This ... child" begs in the streets of Bagdad.
Consider that "This ... child" will inherit billions of dollars and grow up totally spoiled.
Consider that "This ... child" will receive every possible opportunity for growth but lacks all ambition.
Consider that "This ... child" will be completely overshadowed by every other classmate, is introverted, doesn't make friends easily, and applies for a job with the National Forestry Service.
The opportunity of contributing to human society by any given member of that society is relatively large, but the liklihood of contributing to human society by any given member of that society is relatively small. How does this change for the monkey?
I don't expect it to contribute very much at all.
Pass the question, at least once more!
I'll save the monkey, he may get some funny looks.
If you had to live as an animal for one day which would it be? You will be fully conscious during the experience and will remember everything afterwards.
I would have to be some animal that doesn't eat its own poo so no dogs or cats. I think I would like to be a dolphin.
Pass the question
No doubt about it, no hesitation, and I'd jump at the chance:
Eagle!
Which is more annoying to you when going to the movies, and do you ever do it yourself? The choices: whispering or eating something crunchy.
Whispering, without a doubt. Horrid. I never do it and I really do like popcorn.(crunchy)
A variation: If someone was being very loud and disturbing other patrons at a movie, would you do something about it? What would you do?