Posts by GabeAthouse

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The day the music died.

by Fisherman in

is there any new music or singers whatsoever nowadays or just junk?

and how about movies, besides documentaries is there anything at all, any movie at all, any new actor at all that that has any real worth to watch and enjoy or is it all a boring waste of time.

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GabeAthouse

Pop music these days seems like crap. Just the same chords, autotuned, formulaic, no variety or talent needed. If you were to require all current "artists" to produce their next album with the following stipulations: 1) no synthetic drum beats, especially that fucking ticking high hat sound, 2) no autotune, sing your own song, 3) write your own song, 4) and you must actually play an instrument.

Aside from autotune, this statement would apply to any decade since the dawn of recorded music. Same for movies and television. In hindsight we remember the good stuff and forget that 90% was always crap.

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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?

by PimoElder in

it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .

GabeAthouse

Some of us never had covid (unjabbed) = natural immunity.

There are millions of people who lived before there was a polio or smallpox vaccine. They lived! Therefore those vaccines were useless.

There are thousands and thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. They are still alive! Therefore Kevlar is just a money making scam on the american taxpayer!

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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?

by PimoElder in

it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .

GabeAthouse

I am in the same camp as you. I have a personal friend a ER Doc [raised a JW], he took the shots had a heart attack.

I got 2 shots and the booster. Couple months later I sprained my wrist. That hadn't happened before.
I had a relative who took the shots and a little over a year later died of some sort of 'blockage'. She was only 92!
This past spring, my stepfather had a minor operation to remove a hemorrhoid. Almost 1 year after getting the vaccine! I purchased the sunday newspaper last week to get the weekly coupons and they have an entire column listing the recently deceased! People in their 20's,30's, 40's 60's 90's. Nearly an entire column of the recently dead in my city!

Damn You Vaccine!

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Psychedelics

by ThomasCovenant in

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anybody have experience of taking psychedelic drugs they'd like to share?.

i'm thinking of trying one day.

GabeAthouse

LSD on 3 different occasions. Very good experience. Who you're with and the setting matters. Definitely not something to take and be in a situation with random strangers. Need to set aside a large chunk of time (12+ hours) where you wont be disturbed or have some unexpected responsibility to attend to. This was in '96 -'97 and though I had connections it was still a bit of an ordeal to obtain it compared to other substances. I've learned that the likely reason it's so difficult to find is that it takes some serious chemistry expertise and lab equipment to synthesize. Not something an amateur could do. Also it's not an experience you immediately are eager to do again. So i'd guess it has very low addiction potential and therefore low profit potential.

I was nervous the first time because of all the crazy urban legends about it. Am i gonna lose my mind? etc. But its not like that at all. You don't forget who you are or where you are. You don't see things that aren't actually there either. You just see them differently. Temporary Synesthesia is the best description I can give. I was with people who had done it before. I would recommend that if you ever get hold of some and decide to try it.

Another things is that it also sort of amplifies your current state of mind. Which is why its important to be in a relaxed setting with people you are comfortable with. Being stuck with some chatterbox would be a nightmare. Or if you had things in your mind you were worried or upset about. I'd be hesitant to do it at my current age. This was 20 something years ago when I was 22-23 and much more carefree. Now I'd be nervous that the general background anxieties of early middle age would seep through and make it an unpleasant experience.

Ecstasy a handful of times although i'm not sure if MDMA is technically considered a psychedelic. Certainly completely different than LSD. No synesthesia, just a feeling of loving everyone and boundless energy. There's a reason it was popular for raves. May still be.

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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?

by PimoElder in

it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .

GabeAthouse

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Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

by GabeAthouse in

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where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

GabeAthouse

And amazingly, Google has mapped a lot of the main roads that cut through all of that wilderness. It's impressive enough that those roads were built and are still maintained, but getting people to drive it all so it could be mapped in on-the-ground 3D is a whole other level.

A quick search says it pays $15-$17 an hour. Not hard to imagine someone in their early 20's with no other commitments agreeing to a month long paid road trip through the outback...

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Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

by GabeAthouse in

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friends

where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

GabeAthouse

I can't believe how few people live in the interior of Australia.

Yep. Using the website ThomasCovenant linked to, Australia is almost exactly the same size as the lower 48 but with a population of only 25 million.

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Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

by GabeAthouse in

jw
friends

where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

GabeAthouse

Where do you see France?

Where it actually is. But for my mental image to work, Britain would have to be to the west of it, instead of North of it.

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Was you or your family ever a local needs talk subject?

by Foolednomore in

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our family was always a topic on a local needs talk.

but it was funny when the brothers needed money they would come with their hands out.

this is when we lived in the states.

GabeAthouse

My mother’s body was very good. And she loved cleavage and dresses that showed legs.

Pics?

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The day the music died.

by Fisherman in

is there any new music or singers whatsoever nowadays or just junk?

and how about movies, besides documentaries is there anything at all, any movie at all, any new actor at all that that has any real worth to watch and enjoy or is it all a boring waste of time.

.

GabeAthouse

@Riley

If you like that My Bloody Valentine wall of guitar sound, check out RIDE and Catherine Wheel. Same early 90's scene. As far as RIDE, stick to 'Nowhere' and 'Going Blank Again'. The 2 albums after those are not terrible, but they are not at all representative of what initially brought them to notice. They kind of abandoned the shoegaze swirly distorted guitar stuff and tried to jump on the britpop bandwagon.