The positive thought thread.

[darkestblack77]

 

Another great Star Trek: TNG quote. One that sadly, hits far too close to home.

 

"I think, when one has been angry for a very long time, one gets used to it. And it becomes comfortable like... like old leather. And finally... it becomes so familiar that one can't remember feeling any other way."

- Jean-Luc Picard

 

 

I like it.  I think tha can apply to a lot of emotions, not just anger. 

 

Its saturday and I dont' have to work.  Sun is out, and I don't have much to do.  Its going to be a good day. 

[Nonsense667]

Apparently France Banned child pageants. Fuck yeah.

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/1mn1j7/me_and_a_friends_reaction_when_we_read_that/

 

For those who don't understand: the motto of France is "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" (liberty, equality, fraternity).

This isn't about liberty, it's about equality.

This law was passed as part of a package on gender equality, which among other things includes equal opportunities for boys and girls in education as well as incentives for fathers to take advantage of France's maternity/paternity leaves.

There is no blanket ban on pageants, the ban is on girls-only pageants that judge participants on physical beauty, the rationale being that such pageants condition girls from a young age to tie their self-worth to their attractiveness.

Child pageants now require governmental authorization and breaking this law can cost the pageant organizer up to 30k € and 2 years in jail.

 

France is pretty cool.

[Brigade]

I've just realized today that I'm going to die alone, but also realized that I don't really care. It's amazing, the kinds of realizations you can have when your thirty year old arab friend lectures you for an hour about how you have to change your entire appearance in order for people to take you seriously.

[xartom]

Managed to get caught up on coursera and housework.

[Emily]

Emily sleep in long champ hotel, chang sha, Hunan capitol.

 

Jesus, pork and bacon everyday. X_X emily even saw a whole truck crawling with pink swines, some of them seems having menstruations.

[Duoleb The Chosen]

my graphics card has died this week and i will try the oven trick saturday with a friend of mine, i have hope that everything will work fine

[xartom]

Read you could make french fries in the oven, decided to try a random recipe I found. I ended up with oven-baked potato chips, they were still good though.

[LordJerle]

After tonight, my weekend starts, AND I got my vacation time approved for my birthday
Also, in the morning, I get to join in on a nice little war in C&C:TA ^^

[Nonsense667]

MORE STAR TREK QUOTES YAY

 

"Sir, the Federation does have enemies! We must seek them out!"

"Oh, yes. That's how it starts. But the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mr. Worf; I don't like what we have become!" - Worf and Picard

 

"You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom...and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--" - Picard

 

Picard is so damn awesome. 

 

 

[Monsto Brukes]

I've just realized today that I'm going to die alone, but also realized that I don't really care. It's amazing, the kinds of realizations you can have when your thirty year old arab friend lectures you for an hour about how you have to change your entire appearance in order for people to take you seriously.

 

He neglected to tell you some details.

 

1) People won't take you seriously if you don't appear to take yourself seriously. This is true almost exclusively when you're trying to be credible. 

2) People who are hung up on how you look have already decided how they're going to treat you. The clothes are just an excuse.

 

A few years ago, I went to a job interview in my pajamas. I was there all day, almost missed my flight home and I got the job. Why? they were a tad more interested in what was between my ears that on my back.

 

 

 

MORE STAR TREK QUOTES YAY

 

"Sir, the Federation does have enemies! We must seek them out!"

"Oh, yes. That's how it starts. But the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mr. Worf; I don't like what we have become!" - Worf and Picard

 

"You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom...and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--" - Picard

 

Picard is so damn awesome. 

 

 

I'm not so sure that a truer thing has ever been said on this board. The end.

[Emily]

We need a good star whores movie.

[Lusty Housecarl]

Yay for no more work untill monday!

Yay for going out with friends tomorrow to have fun!

 

 

[xartom]

Finally feeling better so I've been getting things done around the house and with life in general. I can also now enjoy video games too! Yay!

[Nonsense667]

Shocking footage of people being filmed when they didn't think anyone was recording.

 

http://samuel-warde.com/2013/09/craziest-footage-youll-see-captured-security-cameras-video/

 

[The DarkSlayer]

Went on our storage room yesterday to do some cleaning and found my old SNES which I haven't used in years. Booted it up and it still works, even all of my old cartridges looks undamaged. Decided to call my old buddies and my brothers to play some of the games we used to play.... man the memories .

 

[Monsto Brukes]

Went on our storage room yesterday to do some cleaning and found my old SNES which I haven't used in years. Booted it up and it still works, even all of my old cartridges looks undamaged. Decided to call my old buddies and my brothers to play some of the games we used to play.... man the memories .

 

I'll take any old excuse to get together with friends and brothers.

[Nonsense667]

I got lost in Youtube, but I found this because of it. It made me smile.

 

 

Ahem.

 

FOOLY COOLY

 

 

/squee

[Cynical Misanthrope]

Few years back, I lost a very close friend of mine due to me being an asshole. Few days back, I got really drunk and decided to call her.

I was prepared for the worst, but even so, I guess I wanted some kind of closure.

 

How wrong I was. We talked for an hour about our lives, things that has happen to us, and pretty much everything between heaved and hell.

And we also decided to meet up.

 

So today we meet and it was like we were never really apart from each other at all. We just picked up were we left off and it felt amazing.

I asked for her forgivingness, but she just said "there is nothing to forgive, I know how you felt and went through and I wasn't strong enough to support you"

She knows me better than I know myself and vice versa.

 

I'm really lucky and glad to have her back in my life again,

 

[Nonsense667]

"When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime."

- Thomas Paine

 

I swear. Makes me feel all tingly even just reading the thing. It's so damn powerful.

 

Full section it comes from:

 

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. He takes up the trade of a priest for the sake of gain, and in order to qualify himself for that trade, he begins with a perjury. Can we conceive any thing more destructive to morality than this?

 

[Nonsense667]

 

studies show that fidgeting, pacing and other unconscious movements can contribute to a greater total

calorie burn than formal exercise does.

 

Well no wonder I've been able to keep off any large amount of excess weight, without me exercising any. XD

[Guest carywinton]

Satisfaction: Got AG3 running almost perfect on my VM, just have to add in a few of the mods I like now.

Would love to try out that game, I heard it was pretty fun, any sources for it and the associated Mods you mentioned?

 

Positive thought for today; "Do not let the world dictate to you, make it bend (over) to your will instead." lol

[Cynical Misanthrope]

Yesterday I called my family. We haven't spoken to each others in years. Not that we have any issues, but we have that kind of relation.

You know, don't speak to each other in years, when we finally do, it was like we talked yesterday.

 

I got the news that two of my younger sisters has squeezed out one "poop package" each.

And the third (who is the youngest) has moved to U.K to do some kind of work.

And my mom and dad hos moved to a new house.

 

Gosh, so much has happen in five years. But it was very nice to talk to them again and they invited me to dinner next weekend.

 

Feels really great!

[Raurie]

I got lost in Youtube, but I found this because of it. It made me smile.

 

 

Ahem.

 

FOOLY COOLY

 

 

/squee

 

Ya, loved that animation. so much fun

[AgentChicken]

Besides having the Flu, going to Tafe or College for you Americans, has really changed my not just mentally but physically.  Before Tafe i was unemployed for two and a half years, rejection after rejection causing me to become Depressed and not even go outside for weeks, my social life turned to barkers eggs and i was alone. But now that i have enrolled in Tafe and have been doing work in a whole new environment i have noticed that my social life has returned and i am smarter than i thought.

 

Being at Tafe with other older or mature people has really helped me get back into study and brought a whole new outlook on life. Even to the point where i am considering a career in Psychology, being a Therapist. 

[Nonsense667]

I have to admit, I love it when it's time to make our posts in my class's blog, and all of the other posts already made are "Yes, I agree with teacher," "Yes, I agree with teacher," "Yes, I agree with teacher," "What we have been taught is correct," "I think what we were taught is right," "The teacher was right," "Yes, this is the correct way," and then for mine...

 

http://youtu.be/ARDhJ2dpuYU?t=47s