Re: Random thoughts...

by ShotGunderson Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:49 am

They should’ve made a Batman movie that was dark and gritty like the Christopher Nolan trilogy, but with Adam West reprising his role as Batman…

by MagnusPrime Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:08 pm

ShotGunderson wrote:
Raegoul wrote:If Believer and Deliverance would team up, would they be called Believerance or Deliever?
Delieverancer

Then Roger from VR would join and they would become...

Belligerence Rising

by Pethead Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:23 pm

ShotGunderson wrote:They should’ve made a Batman movie that was dark and gritty like the Christopher Nolan trilogy, but with Adam West reprising his role as Batman…

by Pethead Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:59 pm

Some random dude at the park who was also there with his kids commented on my Tourniquet shirt.

Once again I bear the burden of cool.

by Raegoul Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:17 pm

Pethead wrote:Some random dude at the park who was also there with his kids commented on my Tourniquet shirt.

Once again I bear the burden of cool.

A brother of my congregation my age was hyped on my TQT Hoodie. He's a Theocracy stan. Another brother much older than me is a Bloodgood and Stryper stan of the first hour.

by Theonymic Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:16 pm

The cashier said, "strip down, facing me."

How was I to know she meant my credit card?

by Kerrick Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:52 pm

by nocturnaliridescence Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:45 pm

Hidden smiley face.

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by CrimsonWarrior Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:52 pm

I don't think I will ever unsee that.

by Kerrick Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:40 pm

LOL nope, me neither!

by Black Rider Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:18 am

Theonymic wrote:The cashier said, "strip down, facing me."

How was I to know she meant my credit card?

I got nervous when they took my inseam but I still bought the toaster.

by ThomasEversole Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:10 pm

Theonymic wrote:The cashier said, "strip down, facing me."

How was I to know she meant my credit card?

Every time possible, if a cashier asks me if I would like the milk in a bag, I tell them "No, I want it left in the jug/carton.". (Steven Wright joke)

by WildWorld Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:28 pm

Ever notice that in movies or tv shows, whenever they have a character who's a "metalhead", their taste in metal rarely goes past mainstream 80s metal? I guess it has to do with licensing music, but they could still at least wear t-shirts of newer bands (unless even showing a band logo needs clearance).

by MagnusPrime Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:33 pm

WildWorld wrote:Ever notice that in movies or tv shows, whenever they have a character who's a "metalhead", their taste in metal rarely goes past mainstream 80s metal? I guess it has to do with licensing music, but they could still at least wear t-shirts of newer bands (unless even showing a band logo needs clearance).

The 80s were the only decade where heavy metal (esp. glam/hair/sleaze stuff) was actually a part of mainstream culture.

Heavy metal & hard rock were all over the place. MTV had a huge part in promoting the visual aesthetics of the over-the-top (for the time) imagery and "fashions" of the genre.

Even people who were not necessarily into metal often dressed the part. Ripped jeans, leather jackets, band shirts, and the crazy hair.

So from an aesthetical viewpoint, it makes a little more sense to present a character as into 80s metal, since that's the decade most people associate with the genre.

The 80s were also the beginning of most of the metal sub-genres that we enjoy today.

beavisnbutthead

by CrimsonWarrior Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:03 pm

I wonder how many black metal bands have pretended to be from Europe, especially Norway, when they actually aren't.

by Kerrick Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:03 am

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American members!

by Pethead Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:27 pm

One way to get me to not listen to your Christmas album is to purposefully leave out any sacred songs.

by Andreas89 Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:42 am

We got a school attendance officer at our door a few weeks ago, she wasn't happy that our oldest two didn't go to school yet. We're basically forced to send our kids to school now, if we had wanted to do homeschooling we should have asked for a permit four weeks in advance maximally. That's kind of messed up since we still lived in Germany when our oldest two reached the age that they should go to school; also four weeks before we went to live in this municipality we didn't even know where we would be living. Besides, you only get a permit if there aren't any schools around that match your worldview, but how can you know that without doing some honest research first? Apparently there's a lot to do about it lately, there's a certain amount of acknowledgement that the system is messed up.

Fortunately religious schools have the exact same status as public schools in the Netherlands, and we live in a very Christian region. So we found a solidly Christian elementary school in less than two miles away. Apparently because of government rules, sex ed starts from the earliest classes when kids are four, but this school uses a method that was developed by a very, VERY reformed highschool.

by WildWorld Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:08 pm

Pethead wrote:One way to get me to not listen to your Christmas album is to purposefully leave out any sacred songs.

Ironically, when the punk band Bad Religion (troubling name, I know) put out a Christmas album a few years ago, they made a point not to do any secular Christmas songs (aside from White Christmas). They did them in punk style of course, but they didnt change the lyrics or anything.

by nocturnaliridescence Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:12 pm

Andreas89 wrote:Apparently because of government rules, sex ed starts from the earliest classes when kids are four

Four-year-old children, and sex, should never be in the same sentence. (Unless that sentence is something like, "Gee whiz, teaching sex to four-year-olds sure is repulsive and makes me think of pedophiles and serial killers!")

It's a shame that any world government requires schools to teach that way.

What practical use is there for these lessons to happen at age four? Shouldn't we be certain that before we teach our audience about diddling each other, the audience at least knows how to spell "diddling"? No? Okay Dutch government, you know best, lol.

by Pethead Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:00 pm

Conversations with the 3 year old:

“What is this music?”
“A band called Ritual Servant.”
“Oh.”

Not sure what that “oh” meant.

by seth Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:10 pm

nocturnaliridescence wrote:
Andreas89 wrote:Apparently because of government rules, sex ed starts from the earliest classes when kids are four
Four-year-old children, and sex, should never be in the same sentence. (Unless that sentence is something like, "Gee whiz, teaching sex to four-year-olds sure is repulsive and makes me think of pedophiles and serial killers!")

It's a shame that any world government requires schools to teach that way.

What practical use is there for these lessons to happen at age four? Shouldn't we be certain that before we teach our audience about diddling each other, the audience at least knows how to spell "diddling"? No? Okay Dutch government, you know best, lol.

It’s heading that way in America too, and a concerning number of people (and at least one mainstream political party) support it, and act like those who don’t support it are the bad guys. I would encourage everyone to homeschool their kids if they can, while they can. Or at least send them to a Christian school they trust

by Andreas89 Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:15 pm

Yeah it's pretty vile. Luckily in the school we have chosen, the first year it's nothing more than "mommy has a baby in her belly". In the Netherlands there are (still) ways to somewhat work the system. For instance, the 'alternate sexualities' must be discussed apparently, but there's still room for schools to put that in a biblical light. We're kind of OK with that as long as it isn't stuff that we wouldn't tell them at that time. But as for homosexuality we are waaaay ahead of schedule, because we had to explain to the girls why they never see their aunt (she's in a lesbian 'marriage').

by WildWorld Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:52 pm

MagnusPrime wrote:
WildWorld wrote:Ever notice that in movies or tv shows, whenever they have a character who's a "metalhead", their taste in metal rarely goes past mainstream 80s metal? I guess it has to do with licensing music, but they could still at least wear t-shirts of newer bands (unless even showing a band logo needs clearance).

The 80s were the only decade where heavy metal (esp. glam/hair/sleaze stuff) was actually a part of mainstream culture.

Heavy metal & hard rock were all over the place. MTV had a huge part in promoting the visual aesthetics of the over-the-top (for the time) imagery and "fashions" of the genre.

Even people who were not necessarily into metal often dressed the part. Ripped jeans, leather jackets, band shirts, and the crazy hair.

So from an aesthetical viewpoint, it makes a little more sense to present a character as into 80s metal, since that's the decade most people associate with the genre.

The 80s were also the beginning of most of the metal sub-genres that we enjoy today.

Yeah, I brought this up because I was watching a Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie (I was bored), and the teenage older brother who's into metal was wearing a Motorhead shirt throughout the movie (though he is wearing an Avenged Sevenfold shirt at one point), which seemed odd for a teenage character.

by nocturnaliridescence Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:52 pm

Andreas89 wrote:"mommy has a baby in her belly"

I'm okay with this much (and only this much). I think things like "the stork" present a false image of the world to children. There are things we should definitely withhold from them -- heck, this is a Biblical command even with other adults whose minds/spirits are not ready for certain teachings -- but "withholding" doesn't mean "replacing with a lie". If we claim to live lives of truth, in service to a deity of truth, we should strive to tell the truth, especially to the extremely impressionable.

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