No, that's bullshit.
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Yeah, a friend of mine keeps claiming to have 25gbps intenet and so on. We just nod and ignore him.
+5 internets and a complimentary cookie.Hurr Durr Derp said:
Oddly enough the worst bullshit comes from other people calling bullshit. People making up stupid theories about blood really being blue, rainbows in their sprinklers being the result of goverment mind control agents in the water, pretty much every conspiracy theory that goes beyond "They had a hand in it".
It happens to me when my mate lets stories of what he did on our school Euro-tour. I was there. He makes up a lot of stuff, but I just let it slide. I think he's pretty insecure, so I don't want to disgrace him in front of anyone.
That's weird. I have stints of insomnia every now and again, it's not fun. Not exactly something I'd brag about.Tekkawarrior said:
I have a friend who stayed up for about 95 hours once. Near the end, he was dropping off to sleep whilst standing up, once he had a cup of tea in his hand and dropped it just because he drifted off. So it's not that hard, as long as you live off energy drinks, coffee and haribo 
I blame Fight Club. As an ex-Depressive (clinically diagnosed, don't worry. I didn't even tell anyone about when it was happening), I can tell you, insomnia is no barrel of laughs. But then again, my kind was the lame kind where you just wake up really early. BORING!Tekkawarrior said:
But yeah, I'm going into Psychology at uni, so the angst ridden teens who self-diagnose from Professor Wik I. Pedia shit me right off.
Sorry, you're not a bipolar narcissist with sociopathic tendencies. That's fucking bullshit.
haha, i've heard that one. the thing is though, its understandable, you look at a hotdog, think "well they aren't that big... i could easily eat 5 in a minute..." but having tried to eat as many as i can as quick as i can, i found that i'd barely started my second one as the minute was up.Tekkawarrior said:
Most the time its just people being ignorant, and assuming they can do stuff, and just say it. the hotdog ones a good example of this.
urgh, got a friend who used to be a total looney for spouting bullshit. he'd make up these amazing stories about his 25 year old, 7 foot tall friends and how much fun they all had together with bear-traps and super-glue and gigantic dongs and computer games and getting everything they ever needed through threats. and this was when he was a 14 year old about 5 foot 6... he's gotten better, but he still tries to uphold his current lies if ever questioned. funny thing was his inconsistency though, because its made up, he forgot what he'd said before and some stories would contradict others, or he'd tell 2 people the same story but it would be different.
I'll give you a basic synopsis of one story. 7 foot dude nicknamed "scars" get on a plane to russia with 3 massive empty suitcases. whilst there he purchases an Anti-aircraft gun and goes bear hunting. Bear manages to sneak up on him, so he kills it with his bare hands as the gun wouldn't work at such a close range. He then tries to casually go home with the Anti-aircraft gun and bear in his suitcases, security don't even try to stop him.
nobody ever called him out on it though, because his stories got even more elaborate and funny that it would have been boring had we told him to just accept that his life was as boring as the rest of ours.
Holyshit! That story has got to be the most bad ass story I have ever heard.
Sounds REALLY legit.
Sounds REALLY legit.
You make this "379 people since I was 12, suffer from borderline syndrome" sound unreasonable.Hurr Durr Derp said:
When I think that something somebody has said is 'bullshit', unless I know them and I have a way of telling them what I think in a polite and constructive manner, I don't say a word. As rubbish as I might think their statement or belief is, I have to weigh the benefit of confronting them with their own right to not be confronted.
So, no, I wouldn't tell them, unless by doing so, I was sure I could help them and make them feel better, and that IS, presuming that they want any help. And quite possibly, they are actually not mistaken at all. The universe is an amazing place.
ANYWAY, the times when I most struggled to keep my tongue civil was when I met people who ...
1) 'knew' that the moon landings were all faked,
2) had 'conclusive evidence' that Ghengis Khan was actually the Japanese warlord Yoshitsune after he left Japan,
3) could 'prove' that the Japanese were one of the Lost Tribes of Judea.
Funnily enough, he wasn't Japanese; just another ex-pat. I had to say that 1) was ludicrous considering the amount of exposure and planning and expenditure that would have had to have been kept wrapped in an air-tight bubble of international conspiracy. Most conspiracies and secrets are never kept for long. When they apparently 'are', it usually only means that the conspiracy was based on pure imagination all along!
For 2) and 3) I always say that there are always similarities if researchers have a vested interest in finding them. By using such researchers' logic which 'concludes' that the Japanese are lost Jews, one could also 'conclude' that any number of peoples around the world ALSO lost Jews. It isn't scientific and REAL anthropolgists laugh at such assertions. Again it is the failure by general people to spot THEORIES when they see them. Anyone can have a theory about ANYTHING. Fact has nothing to do with it.
So, no, I wouldn't tell them, unless by doing so, I was sure I could help them and make them feel better, and that IS, presuming that they want any help. And quite possibly, they are actually not mistaken at all. The universe is an amazing place.
ANYWAY, the times when I most struggled to keep my tongue civil was when I met people who ...
1) 'knew' that the moon landings were all faked,
2) had 'conclusive evidence' that Ghengis Khan was actually the Japanese warlord Yoshitsune after he left Japan,
3) could 'prove' that the Japanese were one of the Lost Tribes of Judea.
Funnily enough, he wasn't Japanese; just another ex-pat. I had to say that 1) was ludicrous considering the amount of exposure and planning and expenditure that would have had to have been kept wrapped in an air-tight bubble of international conspiracy. Most conspiracies and secrets are never kept for long. When they apparently 'are', it usually only means that the conspiracy was based on pure imagination all along!
For 2) and 3) I always say that there are always similarities if researchers have a vested interest in finding them. By using such researchers' logic which 'concludes' that the Japanese are lost Jews, one could also 'conclude' that any number of peoples around the world ALSO lost Jews. It isn't scientific and REAL anthropolgists laugh at such assertions. Again it is the failure by general people to spot THEORIES when they see them. Anyone can have a theory about ANYTHING. Fact has nothing to do with it.
True true. However, it seems that many people nowadays are allergic to any form of opinionated discourse. My theory is that it would be linked to the general disinterest in other people, which I observe around me. Also, I would take into account that the people who have these discussions on Web forums are NOT AT ALL like the same poeple that discuss them face to face with other, physical people.blakfayt said:
So, we have a lack of empathy mixing with inexperience in intrapersonal relationships, blending with a general inability to articulate constructively, and iced with anonymity. Of course, that is my opinion, but that is painfully obvious anyway, and you are free to add your own two cents whenever you like - without calling me names or swearing of course.
That wasn't a stab at you. I just talking about the various antics easily seen in any forum filled with passionate, key-happy people, who think that 'send buttons' have timers. If poeple addressed the issues above, we could all have opinions and play happily. Instead, we think our opinions are carved in granite, and must be defended at all costs!
Opinions are made to evolve. We should collect them and learn from all of them.
Sorry for typing so much. When you teach non-English speaking people all day, when it comes knock-off time, a whole day's worth of suppressed verbosity comes pouring out.