please help me in my research....

[midwestyankee]

@OP: All I know is that I'm an Aquarian who sometimes can no longer carry his water through the night. And I find that doing domly things makes my pecker harder more oftener.

If that helps your "research," have at it.

But while you're at it, if all your study fails to bring you the answer of 42, you might want to change fields.

 

[TypicalDeviant]

My psych teacher in high school did that same experiment with the same results.

 

[Epmd607]

Word.

Gosh, I wish I could recall the name of the program but I watched a wonderful show several years ago that went around debunking things like psychics and astrologers and such. Anyway, in one of the segments, they asked a room full of people to provide the time and date of their birth, on the understanding that an expert astrologer would provide them with a personalized reading.

These people were later handed a piece of paper with their highly unique astrological profiles written on it and told not to share any of the info with anyone else. They were then asked to say whether or not they felt the profile was accurate. Well, every single person RAVED about how perfect the results were. "Yes, this is me! This is me exactly!!"

Funny thing is, all of them were given an identical profile, put together randomly.

Astrology = pseudo science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1dIUTbZTo

This is a program like the one you describe. Best astrology program I've ever seen. Astrology looks pretty good in this one.

edit: I've seen the Randi one too.

 

[MisterSir]

@OP: All I know is that I'm an Aquarian who sometimes can no longer carry his water through the night. And I find that doing domly things makes my pecker harder more oftener.

I'm a Cancer and I do find myself gripped with the occasional urge to scuttle sideways, it's true.

 

[DVS]

Aha! I found it! It was James Randi who did the test. Wish I had the full episode but here's a clip.

I didn't see that one, but he has always been on a binge to disprove many things of this nature.

Last I heard, he was dispelling mediums and those who say they can talk to the dead. There are some things involving the dead that I believe in, only because I have experienced them myself, too. But, I do think a lot of things are mental in that we want to believe, so our minds allow it.

For the most part, I'm mostly a non-believer in many things, until I can prove it for myself. I don't like to take someone else's word for it. For things I can't prove for myself, I'll just leave undecided.

Many things are just another way for someone to get your money. Like the cure all elixirs that were sold to people years ago. They are still around today, and pretty crafty with skills of slight of hand or bait and switch, etc.

 

[Keroin]

I'm a Cancer and I do find myself gripped with the occasional urge to scuttle sideways, it's true.

I am also a Cancer and often have the urge to be cracked open and eaten with melted butter.

Maybe there is something to this astrology nonsense after all!

 

[Keroin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1dIUTbZTo

This is a program like the one you describe. Best astrology program I've ever seen. Astrology looks pretty good in this one.

edit: I've seen the Randi one too.

I didn't see that one, but he has always been on a binge to disprove many things of this nature.

Last I heard, he was dispelling mediums and those who say they can talk to the dead. There are some things involving the dead that I believe in, only because I have experienced them myself, too. But, I do think a lot of things are mental in that we want to believe, so our minds allow it.

For the most part, I'm mostly a non-believer in many things, until I can prove it for myself. I don't like to take someone else's word for it. For things I can't prove for myself, I'll just leave undecided.

Many things are just another way for someone to get your money. Like the cure all elixirs that were sold to people years ago. They are still around today, and pretty crafty with skills of slight of hand or bait and switch, etc.

I have an acquaintance who is a "psychic". She knows I don't believe in any pseudo science so she has shared with me some of the "tricks of the trade". Fascinating stuff.

 

[midwestyankee]

I am also a Cancer and often have the urge to be cracked open and eaten with melted butter.

Maybe there is something to this astrology nonsense after all!

Where I come from, we have other—equally delicious—ideas about what to eat with melted butter.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/2lblobster.jpg

Now a truly GREAT feast would be one of each, no?

 

[Keroin]

Where I come from, we have other—equally delicious—ideas about what to eat with melted butter.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/2lblobster.jpg

Now a truly GREAT feast would be one of each, no?

Yanks, you're killing me!!! YUMMY!

Well, we are going to the west coast of VI next month and our buddy from Ukee says that it is an outrageously good year for crabs for some strange reason. So, I'll be sinking my fangs into some dungies soon.

Man, hard to believe, when we lived there, that I actually got sick of crab. L would drop a trap before he took his fishing charter out for the day, then bring home fresh crab, hali & salmon for me for dinner...ah, those were good days indeed.

*wipes drool off chin*

 

[Stella_Omega]

I'm a Cancer and I do find myself gripped with the occasional urge to scuttle sideways, it's true.

I'm a side-scuttler at times, -- and I'm an Aries.

I once had a guy come up to me and tell me he'd just done my chart. he said that because my something was in somewhere I would always want a stable home, but because something else was elsewhere I would never be happy with one man, so I was doomed to be unhappy in love.

I said; "Dude, I am STILL not going to fuck you." Little passive aggressive pissant.

The funny thing is-- he was right, and I have a very stable open marriage.

 

[TypicalDeviant]

I had the opportunity to sit in on a seance in college. I helped the guy running it, so he let me in on all the tricks and tips as I helped him set up and take down. People freaked the HELL out. Heck, I did too a bit, just because of the atmosphere, which is how most of that stuff works.

 

[midwestyankee]

I had the opportunity to sit in on a seance in college. I helped the guy running it, so he let me in on all the tricks and tips as I helped him set up and take down. People freaked the HELL out. Heck, I did too a bit, just because of the atmosphere, which is how most of that stuff works.

People can pre-condition themselves to believe just about anything. This is the essence of the placebo effect and the reason why almost any self-selected home remedy works for a while. Clearly, people who call themselves psychics have been able to make a living off this pre-conditioning for centuries.

"Beware the Ides of March."

 

[Keroin]

People can pre-condition themselves to believe just about anything. This is the essence of the placebo effect and the reason why almost any self-selected home remedy works for a while. Clearly, people who call themselves psychics have been able to make a living off this pre-conditioning for centuries.

"Beware the Ides of March."

Yep.

Astrology is beautiful because we only seem to tune into the stuff that applies to us and we tune out anything that doesn't...even the HUGE glaring errors. Like in that second video, the astrologer tells the woman that she is estranged from or has a difficult relationship with her father and she says, "No, I'm very close to my father, we have an excellent relationship." Wow. Fail.

And the pseudo sciences are so beautifully non-specific. "In the past 2 or 3 years, you have had some big changes. Possibly you changed jobs, got divorced, experienced the death of someone close to you, yadda, yadda, yadda..." Yeah, well, how many people can look back on the last three years of their life and say they haven't had some kind of big change?

Did I mention I'm a skeptic? LOL.

And while I'm up on the soap box, let me just say that it galls me that "believers" think that folks like me just want to take the fun and mystery out of life, that we are closed minded, etc. Wrong. I constantly marvel at the beauty and mystery of the world. There is something miraculous about the simple act of inhaling and exhaling. Understanding the science of it doesn't make it any less awe inspiring.

 

[DVS]

I have an acquaintance who is a "psychic". She knows I don't believe in any pseudo science so she has shared with me some of the "tricks of the trade". Fascinating stuff.

I know some of the "tricks of the trade" magicians use in close proximity work, such as card tricks and "now you see it and now you don't" stuff you'd see at a table. Many of them are very simple and when done with repetitive skill, become flawless to the untrained eye. Even if you know what's going on, it's difficult to tell. Fascinating? Yes, but also very telling about basic human nature and how gullible we allow ourselves to be.

 

[neci]

I am also a Cancer and often have the urge to be cracked open and eaten with melted butter.

Maybe there is something to this astrology nonsense after all!

i'm a taurus. is that why i like a Bull's balls?!

http://www.funnydb.com/big_141224189024.jpg

 

[Keroin]

i'm a taurus. is that why i like a Bull's balls?!

Hold on, I'll do a reading for you...

Um, let's see, you're a Taurus so sometimes you are happy and other times you are sad. You've fallen in love. You once cried at a movie. You find some aspects of life challenging. In the last ten years, you have made a friend, possibly more than one, because you enjoy having friends. But being a Taurus, well, you have also lost a friend, maybe more than one, and when someone treats you badly you feel angry and/or sad. You don't make as much money as you would like to but you are not selfish. When you were young, there was something you wanted that you did not get.

And, you like oral sex and BDSM.



Well...how did I do?

 

[MisterSir]

Hold on, I'll do a reading for you...

Um, let's see, you're a Taurus so sometimes you are happy and other times you are sad. You've fallen in love. You once cried at a movie. You find some aspects of life challenging. In the last ten years, you have made a friend, possibly more than one, because you enjoy having friends. But being a Taurus, well, you have also lost a friend, maybe more than one, and when someone treats you badly you feel angry and/or sad. You don't make as much money as you would like to but you are not selfish. When you were young, there was something you wanted that you did not get.

And, you like oral sex and BDSM.



Well...how did I do?

OH MY GOD THATS ME HOW DID YOU DO THAT

WITCH

DEVIL WOMAN

ETC.

 

[Keroin]

OH MY GOD THATS ME HOW DID YOU DO THAT

WITCH

DEVIL WOMAN

ETC.

This is my blessing. This is my curse.

 

[midwestyankee]

OH MY GOD THATS ME HOW DID YOU DO THAT

WITCH

DEVIL WOMAN

ETC.

It's all in a microchip embedded in the fake nose.

 

[Keroin]

It's all in a microchip embedded in the fake nose.

Well, guess who just lost his 15% of the profits? Hmmpf.

 

[midwestyankee]

Well, guess who just lost his 15% of the profits? Hmmpf.

What profits? You've been giving out too much free product over the interwebz.

 

[neci]

Hold on, I'll do a reading for you...

Um, let's see, you're a Taurus so sometimes you are happy and other times you are sad. You've fallen in love. You once cried at a movie. You find some aspects of life challenging. In the last ten years, you have made a friend, possibly more than one, because you enjoy having friends. But being a Taurus, well, you have also lost a friend, maybe more than one, and when someone treats you badly you feel angry and/or sad. You don't make as much money as you would like to but you are not selfish. When you were young, there was something you wanted that you did not get.

And, you like oral sex and BDSM.



Well...how did I do?

i cried during Babe. i confess.

OH MY GOD THATS ME HOW DID YOU DO THAT

WITCH

DEVIL WOMAN

ETC.

did you also cry during Babe?!

It's all in a microchip embedded in the fake nose.

my mind just did a nose dive into the gutter. again.

 

[MisterSir]

did you also cry during Babe?!

Little bit. Also Gran Torino.

 

[JMohegan]

Stephen Hawking is such an asshole.

This must be payback for all the "not available in your region" links I've posted to you.

 

[Keroin]

This must be payback for all the "not available in your region" links I've posted to you.

Oh no! Did it not play?

(Mwa ha ha)

Kidding, kidding. Sorry about that. You should be able to find it quite easily if you google the title.