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Elendil wrote: »

Shivahn wrote: »

Honk wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

and let's be honest, liches are pretty much the coolest undead

so jesus is just alright with me

I prefer revenants.

The quiet, no mercy, single mindedness of them u know.

And those blue eyes lemme tell you.

I am a scholar of the undead.

And by that I mean classical undead literature involving lesbians.

It wasn't that hard to become a scholar of that because I think there's only one example.

man i'm pretty sure there's more where that came from

god i could have sworn i knew of some

i'm going to have to look this up now

there's probably a decadent something or other in my collection

Elendil the thought of you lacking decadence kind of makes me upset

One requires some certainties in life and you and overworked baroque decadence are one

Elendil

i mean jesus

lesbian vampire stories practically write themselves

RiemannLives

btw, @winky

despite everything I said, it's not all that hard to form your own opinion about Jesus. The four canonical gospels are really the entirety of the writings about his lifetime and teachings (plus, maybe, some of the gospel of Thomas).

Now there is a heck of a lot of detail on top of that (use of language, what was going on in the world at the time, Jewish history etc...) to make sense of those books.

But just reading through the sources can be done in an evening. Just pull up the NRSV on biblegateway.

Ravenhpltc24

And all mah people say!
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skippydumptruck

oh desc

I bought dungeon village because you were talking about it

and there is no god damn game there



(despite that I played it like 10 hours you were right its crack)

RiemannLives

also, in case anyone didn't see this when I posted it earlier it is really good (once you skip past the very awkward introduction and get to the actual speaker)

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

if you want to know what's up in Physics in the last few decades from a totally non-hippy-bullshit scientist.

Hamurabi

iTunes Match is taking forever to uprroad my songs. It just kinda stopped at song #2626 and didn't do anything for a long time, so I hit Stop and then Start, and I think I may have started the entire multi-hour process over again.

Man fuck iTunes for Windows.

desc

skippydumptruck wrote: »

oh desc

I bought dungeon village because you were talking about it

and there is no god damn game there



(despite that I played it like 10 hours you were right its crack)

yes

it is like a chemical

astro village is my favorite and the grand prix and soccer are good

they all operate on the same principles of addiction

Hamurabi

RiemannLives wrote: »

Hamurabi wrote: »

RiemannLives wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

Another thing I'm interested in knowing is opinions on whether the Muslim belief of Jesus as a prophet was adapted from more modernish Christian beliefs and just excluding him being the son of God, or from some sect that believed he was simply a prophet.

By the time of the beginnings of Islam, one particular form of Christianity had totally won out and pretty much obliterated the others.

I'm not familiar with early Christianity, but my understanding is that Muhammad would've been in relatively close contact with (Maronite?) beliefs, which to my knowledge were far from the the centers of Christendom at that point (so Rome and Constantinople? this is ~the 600s). It was either the Maronites or the Gnostics that Muhammad would've been in contact with.

Marcionites? They were a very popular sect and probably the first Christians to create a Canon of scripture (the proto-orthodox did shortly after, possibly in response). They were nearly-Gnostic in their views (believing there to have been two totally separate Gods: YHWH the Creator and Jesus the Savior)

They were big time for a while. But I don't think they lasted past the 5th century as a living religion. Though certainly their writings survived (if nowhere else, the orthodox writers liked to quote them so they could argue) and ideas like their lingered.

Gnostic Christianity was also big, especially in Egypt, but even there it got stamped down pretty hard.

I think I read it in Reza Aslan's book on Islam. I'll have to go back and check.

desc

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Elendil

Shivahn wrote: »

Elendil wrote: »

Shivahn wrote: »

Honk wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

and let's be honest, liches are pretty much the coolest undead

so jesus is just alright with me

I prefer revenants.

The quiet, no mercy, single mindedness of them u know.

And those blue eyes lemme tell you.

I am a scholar of the undead.

And by that I mean classical undead literature involving lesbians.

It wasn't that hard to become a scholar of that because I think there's only one example.

man i'm pretty sure there's more where that came from

god i could have sworn i knew of some

i'm going to have to look this up now

there's probably a decadent something or other in my collection

If you know of any I'd really love to read them, actually. Seriously.

I basically want to read classic queer literature.

have you read virginia woolf's orlando

it's not lesbian vampires but it's the first one that springs to mind

skippydumptruck

desc wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

oh desc

I bought dungeon village because you were talking about it

and there is no god damn game there



(despite that I played it like 10 hours you were right its crack)

yes

it is like a chemical

astro village is my favorite and the grand prix and soccer are good

they all operate on the same principles of addiction

no I dont want to play another non game!

Organichu

RiemannLives wrote: »

also, in case anyone didn't see this when I posted it earlier it is really good (once you skip past the very awkward introduction and get to the actual speaker)

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

if you want to know what's up in Physics in the last few decades from a totally non-hippy-bullshit scientist.

his hair is amazing

Shivahn

Elendil wrote: »

i mean jesus

lesbian vampire stories practically write themselves

Well yeah, but the classical flavor is important. Queer literature, historically. Very interesting.

RiemannLives

skippydumptruck wrote: »

desc wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

oh desc

I bought dungeon village because you were talking about it

and there is no god damn game there



(despite that I played it like 10 hours you were right its crack)

yes

it is like a chemical

astro village is my favorite and the grand prix and soccer are good

they all operate on the same principles of addiction

no I dont want to play another non game!

It's like space invaders.

there is a game there in trying to optimize your village for score within the time limit.

Elendil

desc wrote: »

Elendil wrote: »

Shivahn wrote: »

Honk wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

and let's be honest, liches are pretty much the coolest undead

so jesus is just alright with me

I prefer revenants.

The quiet, no mercy, single mindedness of them u know.

And those blue eyes lemme tell you.

I am a scholar of the undead.

And by that I mean classical undead literature involving lesbians.

It wasn't that hard to become a scholar of that because I think there's only one example.

man i'm pretty sure there's more where that came from

god i could have sworn i knew of some

i'm going to have to look this up now

there's probably a decadent something or other in my collection

Elendil the thought of you lacking decadence kind of makes me upset

One requires some certainties in life and you and overworked baroque decadence are one

i have some decadent books! it was a phase

check out the best back-cover summary you'll ever read

J.-K. Huysmans's gaudy, shocking, and largely autobiographical novel, The Damned (Là-Bas) was quickly condemned and just as quickly achieved cult status. It follows Durtal, a shy, censorious man, who is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the fifteenth-century nobleman, child-murderer, and supposed model for "Bluebeard." Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. But when he meets the exquisitely evil Madame Chantelouve, he is drawn inextricably into the twilight world of black magic and erotic devilry in fin-de-siècle Paris.

Shivahn

Elendil wrote: »

Shivahn wrote: »

Elendil wrote: »

Shivahn wrote: »

Honk wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

and let's be honest, liches are pretty much the coolest undead

so jesus is just alright with me

I prefer revenants.

The quiet, no mercy, single mindedness of them u know.

And those blue eyes lemme tell you.

I am a scholar of the undead.

And by that I mean classical undead literature involving lesbians.

It wasn't that hard to become a scholar of that because I think there's only one example.

man i'm pretty sure there's more where that came from

god i could have sworn i knew of some

i'm going to have to look this up now

there's probably a decadent something or other in my collection

If you know of any I'd really love to read them, actually. Seriously.

I basically want to read classic queer literature.

have you read virginia woolf's orlando

it's not lesbian vampires but it's the first one that springs to mind

Nope, I will write that down.

So It Goes

SammyF wrote: »

RiemannLives wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

I've been reading the bible.

Let's be honest, this writing is pretty shitty.

Could be the translation.

what part? I can only go by the word of various scholars I have read but some bits are apparently very well written.

But if you are starting at the beginning, then Genesis is a confused muddle of contradictory different sources mashed into one document. Though the story of Jacob is supposed to be well written.

John is the only book of the four gospels that was well written.

"So It Goes" was talking earlier about the Julian the Apostate, the last Pagan emperor of the Roman empire who was also something of a literary critic when he basically asked the question, "If this book is the literal Word of God, then why does God write like he's a fucking eight year old goatherd?"

Julian da best

TTODewback

[herpderp] Just bought all these canned goods. Realized I don't have a can opener when I got home [/herpderp]

RiemannLives

am I misrembering, or didn't the first edition of the Vampire RPG go on at length about how vampires had no sex drive and were totally not into boning.

had to have been the least followed bit of an RPG rulebook in history. more people track the encumbrance for their torchbearers in AD&D.

desc

TTODewback wrote: »

[herpderp] Just bought all these canned goods. Realized I don't have a can opener when I got home [/herpderp]

do you have a hatchet or possibly hacksaw

Organichu

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

skippydumptruck

black magic and erotic devilry

RiemannLives

So It Goes wrote: »

SammyF wrote: »

RiemannLives wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

I've been reading the bible.

Let's be honest, this writing is pretty shitty.

Could be the translation.

what part? I can only go by the word of various scholars I have read but some bits are apparently very well written.

But if you are starting at the beginning, then Genesis is a confused muddle of contradictory different sources mashed into one document. Though the story of Jacob is supposed to be well written.

John is the only book of the four gospels that was well written.

"So It Goes" was talking earlier about the Julian the Apostate, the last Pagan emperor of the Roman empire who was also something of a literary critic when he basically asked the question, "If this book is the literal Word of God, then why does God write like he's a fucking eight year old goatherd?"

Julian da best

dat beard

also it's pretty great that after his death it was the Christians arguing that he was killed by friendly fire (presumably by a Christian) while the Pagans were all just "no, some Persian just got reaaaaally lucky and threw that damn javelin like a mile"

Shivahn

Organichu wrote: »

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

Mim's dead and Richy's on fire.

So barely.

Also, good for you, I've been meaning to do that and... well, failing.

Hamurabi

You know who's underappreciated but apparently had a fairly major impact both during the 90s and early noughts?

DJ Shadow.

EDIT: Actually, I just remembered that his later stuff wasn't nearly as good as Endtroducing, imo.

skippydumptruck

Organichu wrote: »

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

hello I missed you

tomorrow is maybe lol day

Mortious

Elendil wrote: »

i mean jesus

lesbian vampire stories practically write themselves

There once was a vampire called Mabel,
who's...

You know what, I'm not going to finish that limerick.

Jean

Wait, what?

Cinders

Organichu wrote: »

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

I got turned into a sexy cyborg.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_HcrMXH--A

P10

Jean wrote: »

Wait, what?

you can name the items you craft

Organichu

skippydumptruck wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

hello I missed you

tomorrow is maybe lol day

/me uninstalls

Inquisitor

Winky wrote: »

Inquisitor wrote: »

Winky wrote: »

Abdhyius wrote: »

my position is that there almost never gets made superhero movies that are interesting.

For what it's worth, I think Ironman 3 is a great movie, and way better than 1 and 2.

This does not seem to be the popular opinion, though.

Ironman 3 was made in such a way to be geared toward me, though. Any time a film subverts my expectations I become incredibly more likely to fall in love with it. (See: Inglorious Basterds)

Ironman 3 was pretty crap in my opinion, but I can 100% see why its theme about scientists would have struck a cord with you in particular.

What I loved about it was that, at any particular moment, it tried to do exactly what you were not expecting it to do. I think that for a lot of people this results in an experience that feels disjointed and scattershot, but I thought the whole thing fit together really well. The thematic message was really strong and worked into most of the aspects of the movie pretty solidly.

But I feel that, to a large degree, Shane Black was trolling the viewer the entire time. He was at least trying to break formula, and that's something I personally really appreciate in a movie.

Personally the movie did not engage me enough for me to have expectations to be upset.

The movie started, scenes transpired, and it ended. At no point did I really care about what happened. I dunno, it just did nothing for me.

desc

heh

one-handed attacks

Hamurabi

LA, LA, LA لا لا لا Fremen cry of grief. (La translates as ultimate denial, a 'no' from which you cannot appeal.) The Arabic word لا (La) means 'no'.

Organichu

i want one of those foot long charleston chews

Elendil

maybe Rachilde was the one i was thinking of

i've never actually read her books, and there's a possibility that they're terrible both in quality and philosophy - much decadence is - but the juggler sounded kind of interesting to me and was on my radar to pick up eventually

Shivahn

Cinders wrote: »

Organichu wrote: »

hello friends

i am trying to post less so i did some reading most of today, and now i am writing le codes

but i am taking a break to fart and say hello

did the internet survive my 12 hour absence

I got turned into a sexy cyborg.

The best kind.

Hamurabi

RAMADHAN رمضان Ancient religious period marked by fasting and prayer; traditionally, the ninth month of the solar-lunar calendar. Fremen mark the observance according to the ninth meridian-crossing cycle of the first moon. In the Muslim Lunar calendar, the ninth month is the month of fasting by the name Ramadan.