What's on your mind?

[FatherAlabaster]

3 minutes ago, Requiem said:

That's why I keep coming back here. It's the little things that count. Sure the prices might be a little higher than down the road, but I'm happy to pay for good old fashioned customer service. 

And you're such a good tipper. We really look forward to your little visits.

[Requiem]

What's on my mind right now is that I'm hoping others will post in the 'What Metal Band Describes you Best' thread in the General Chat forum. I hope people see my post there then make their own contributions as I think it would be really fascinating. 

 

[MacabreEternal]

1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

It's because I care.

He's lying!  Don't trust humans.  Ever.

[Requiem]

5 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

He's lying!  Don't trust humans.  Ever.

I knew I shouldn't have sent him my credit card details! My bank called and apparently someone just bought a small island in the Caribbean! 

[FatherAlabaster]

1 hour ago, Requiem said:

I knew I shouldn't have sent him my credit card details! My bank called and apparently someone just bought a small island in the Caribbean! 

I'd invite you for a visit, but I'm afraid the sun is rather strong year-round... shame about that.

[deathstorm]

Alabaster I got some bad news I had my sleep study last night  during the study they put me on a the  cpap machine within a hour  with mask on during the tech heard me snoring  it out turns out  after I have  sleep apnea I know I said it earlier just letting you know 

[FatherAlabaster]

I thought you said it would take two weeks to get a diagnosis? Anyway, that's not bad news, that means they can do something to help you, or guide you in making some lifestyle changes.

[deathstorm]

I know  alabaster I meamt to say it take two weeks for a doctor to get a report   From sleep study team. I also got a referral to see a nutritionalist  also me losing weight cause the meds put on a weight on me

[Requiem]

I just mowed the lawn. I have a ritual with mowing - I always listen to Steel Panther's 'Feel the Steel' album on headphones. I wear the earbud headphones, then put full ear cover mufflers over the top. Works perfectly and I get a good laugh and a catchy album while I toil for the greater good of the clan. It actually makes mowing fun. 

Music during chores is a must. 

[FatherAlabaster]

1 hour ago, Requiem said:

Music during chores is a must. 

Absolutely agree, it's rare that I want to do that kind of work in silence, although silence is better than being subjected to godawful radio tripe. When I'm painting I listen to tons of stuff I don't put on otherwise, and the hours go by like nothing.

[deathstorm]

metal forum is  a fun place  I enjoy my time here a lot  I have great friends  on here it's a good thing I won't be banned here

[FatherAlabaster]

13 minutes ago, deathstorm said:

it's a good thing I won't be banned here

DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK BUDDY

[deathstorm]

1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK BUDDY

I know your joking buddy ?

[Requiem]

It was White Night in Melbourne last night and we didn't realise until yesterday morning!

Our fancy dinner was in the city, so afterwards rather than call emergency services to deal with our excessive intake of food and wine, we walked around checking some things out. It's a great atmosphere although it gets so busy. They get literally a million people in the city/cbd/downtown each year during White Night.

Basically they block all the streets off from 7pm until 7am the next morning and have light projections on the buildings, art installations everywhere and places like galleries, public buildings and churches open with events inside. 

It was a great night although of course we didn't stay long, being old and weary. 

[MacabreEternal]

59 minutes ago, Requiem said:

It was White Night in Melbourne last night and we didn't realise until yesterday morning!

Our fancy dinner was in the city, so afterwards rather than call emergency services to deal with our excessive intake of food and wine, we walked around checking some things out. It's a great atmosphere although it gets so busy. They get literally a million people in the city/cbd/downtown each year during White Night.

Basically they block all the streets off from 7pm until 7am the next morning and have light projections on the buildings, art installations everywhere and places like galleries, public buildings and churches open with events inside. 

It was a great night although of course we didn't stay long, being old and weary. 

-100 Necromancer points if you entered a church!

[FatherAlabaster]

Got asked to do sound at a local gig tonight, so I'm warming up the punk rock crowd with some Demigod. Big grins all around.

[BlutAusNerd]

Got asked to do sound at a local gig tonight, so I'm warming up the punk rock crowd with some Demigod. Big grins all around. [emoji3]

 

You're my fucking hero.

 

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[FatherAlabaster]

10 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

 

You're my fucking hero.

 

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Now we're on to "You'll Never See".

[Requiem]

5 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

-100 Necromancer points if you entered a church!

I love churches! They're the closest thing to gothicism in this colonial outpost! I usually hang out in the crypts  or up in the bellfry where I can espy my next victims. 

[deathstorm]

Today is a good day I'm hungry for lunch don't know what I want 

[RelentlessOblivion]

I like churches too. They're great for roasting marshmallows...

[Parker]

FA, I was/am offended because you chose to read HUGE amounts into my post that I did not say and insist I did not imply. I particularly take issue with this statement:

Second, to say that the content of this "propaganda" is that "races don't exist" is to imply not only that races do exist, by golly, but that there's something important about racial differences

I never said there was an importance to racial differences, this implication was in YOUR MIND ONLY.  Since you got so hung up on the words "evil, Orwellian, propaganda," words I stand by, let me explain what I meant by them: Evil is a term often used in regards to what is bad for society, like: Murder is bad for society, and therefor is evil. Lying is bad for society, and therefor is evil. To say races (the visible differences between people, no more being implied) no not exist is a lie, and therefor evil, it is also bad for society because it diminishes the accuracy of our language and therefor diminishes our ability to communicate. Orwellian: this is simple, we are being told to ignore what are eyes can plainly see. Propaganda: this word in itself does not mean it comes from the government. I believe this particular propaganda comes from a small minded liberal (I am neither conservative nor liberal) agenda that seems to go along the lines: if we pretend races don't exist then there will no longer be racism. If you question that this is propaganda, consider that you yourself have been so indoctrinated that all I had to do was state that races exist and in your mind it turned into stating they exist means I am racist and believe that racial differences are important.

What this whole argument is about is you reading into and assuming huge, gargantuan amounts of negativity that just simply weren't in my post. I'm not going to refute all your points because I'm not responsible for the huge straw man you constructed. If someone read all that negativity into something you wrote, you'd be offended too.

[deathstorm]

Guys In about 4 weeks I graduated from my course that I get my certification I'm happy

[Parker]

7 minutes ago, deathstorm said:

Guys In about 4 weeks I graduated from my course that I get my certification I'm happy

Congratulations!

[FatherAlabaster]

24 minutes ago, Parker said:

FA, I was/am offended because you chose to read HUGE amounts into my post that I did not say and insist I did not imply. I particularly take issue with this statement:

Second, to say that the content of this "propaganda" is that "races don't exist" is to imply not only that races do exist, by golly, but that there's something important about racial differences

I never said there was an importance to racial differences, this implication was in YOUR MIND ONLY.  Since you got so hung up on the words "evil, Orwellian, propaganda," words I stand by, let me explain what I meant by them: Evil is a term often used in regards to what is bad for society, like: Murder is bad for society, and therefor is evil. Lying is bad for society, and therefor is evil. To say races (the visible differences between people, no more being implied) no not exist is a lie, and therefor evil, it is also bad for society because it diminishes the accuracy of our language and therefor diminishes our ability to communicate. Orwellian: this is simple, we are being told to ignore what are eyes can plainly see. Propaganda: this word in itself does not mean it comes from the government. I believe this particular propaganda comes from a small minded liberal (I am neither conservative nor liberal) agenda that seems to go along the lines: if we pretend races don't exist then there will no longer be racism. If you question that this is propaganda, consider that you yourself have been so indoctrinated that all I had to do was state that races exist and in your mind it turned into stating they exist means I am racist and believe that racial differences are important.

What this whole argument is about is you reading into and assuming huge, gargantuan amounts of negativity that just simply weren't in my post. I'm not going to refute all your points because I'm not responsible for the huge straw man you constructed. If someone read all that negativity into something you wrote, you'd be offended too.

Once again, dude, I didn't call you a racist. I explicitly said I don't know your opinions on the topic. Nobody I've ever met or read has denied that visible differences exist between people of different ethnic backgrounds. Your initial post was ill-considered, and your responses have very little to with my points and feel overly personal. This isn't an interesting conversation about a thorny topic, this is you trying to justify being upset with me. We've had plenty of positive interactions here, so I don't see why my questioning the politics behind a politically loaded post of yours amounts to a betrayal.

As far as terminology goes, it's irritating that you'd invoke a malicious conspiracy rather than just look at it in broader linguistic terms. If you did, you'd see that you don't have much of a point; black people today are routinely referred to as "black", and the phrases "black and brown people" and "people of color" are used interchangeably with other terms like "Latino" or "African American". Racial identifiers shift over time. What you're actually offering in this post, that I think has some merit, is a critique of politically correct "colorblindness", but that's a slightly different conversation; it's definitely a failing of both major parties here in the USA, so asserting that it's the product of a liberal conspiracy starts things off poorly, and if you can't hear the political implications in that, you must have been in a coma for the past decade. Or even just missed the uglier parts of the latest presidential campaign. It's hypocritical that you want me to ignore those implications in favor of a very narrow, exactly literal interpretation of your post, while ascribing opinions to me that I clearly said I don't have.

Again, I'm sorry I upset you; that wasn't my intent. This wasn't personal on my part. If you feel the need to express a personal grievance in the future, you can PM me about it.