Getting to know you...

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Mephura, Jun 10, 2003.

  1. Mephura Applesauce, bitch... Valued Senior Member

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    I started coming here about three or four years now. I joined a little over a week ago. For all I know something like this has already been done, but if it has, I haven't seen it.

    Here's the idea. I see alot of people get in pissing contests and most of them end in either insults flying hither and yon or the ever famous "I have a Ph.D and you don't, so there.."

    Here is what I propose:

    First: Tell us what in what field you would consider your 'expertise' (and I use that word loosely) to be in and why. If you got a Ph.D., great, if you are working on it, good for you. If you just like to read alot of books on the subject and you think you know it pretty well, say it here. Maybe you are just a jack of all trades, and aren't really an expert in anything. Tell me that.
    Possibly tell us about any projects/research you are working on.

    Second: If you have any real weaknesses that you are interested in strengthening, list then here and say what exactly you are looking for. Basic instruction. Doctoral help? indepth exploratin of a topic? whatever...

    Third: Anybody stick out in oyur mind here at sciforums as being a 'guru ' in their field, really knowledgeable, etc.
    Does so and so always know the answer to this field of questions, or can they always look at things you didn't expect. Do they just have your respect for the way they handle themselves.
    Give them some fame right here.

    Please don't turn this into a pissing contest.
     
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  3. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    I need to take a pee, so here it goes:

    My expertise:

    My expertise would lie in developmental biology in general, and I'm supposed to be quite specialized in the development of teeth, especially stem cells and root development. Otherwise I only have a general broad knowledge of biology.
    Oh yes...I also used to do a bit of history of science, but I forgot all about that.

    secondly: Knowledge is overrated, so I am not really looking into gaining in-depth knowledge in any subject. I am here to observe and absorb. And let it bubble in my upstairs department.

    thirdly: I can tell the opposite, but then it would turn into a pissing contest.
     
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  5. ProCop Valued Senior Member

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    Most of the info you ask, should be (if one is willing) a part of your member profile. (then it would be available at request). Stating all this info here can be nice but will be forgotten/missinterpreted soon.
     
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  7. BillClintonsCigar Registered Senior Member

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    I consider myself to be quite knowledgeable in psychology, but not really in any specialised way and definitely not in a professional way.

    A main weakness that I would strengthen would be sit-ups. I cannot do more than 5.

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    I have a few projects and research, but again because I am nowhere near being a professional in the fields (in fact in some I am almost a novice) then I am reluctant to say.

    I am reluctant to name people on sciforums because you never know who is behind each profile, and I don't want someone laughing at me. Some sciforumers do have a very good general knowledge, and almost always have something useful to contribute to threads. All concerned know who they are.

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  8. SoLiDUS OMGWTFBBQ Registered Senior Member

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    I'm a complete idiot...

    I could use a Matrix-like device to upload data in my brain so if you
    hear of such a machine, please let me know

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  9. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    Well, I recently found these forums and this is going to be my first post, so what better way than to acquiant myself with the locals.


    My name's Seth and I work in a data entry position(I'm at work about 20 minutes early today). I'm in a two year technical college and I'm looking towards computer networking, but am considering switching to programming(makes note to call today). I consider myself to have a very broad knowledge when it comes to computers in general. I'm no "hacker"(neither is anyone who calls himself one), but I can navigate fairly well and have an understanding of command driven operating systems. I want to develop my skills in computers as far as my interests will take me.

    I do not consider money to be very important, but yet it is what causes our world to turn. Money is the basis of everything, and sex is the drive behind it all. When I acquire enough money, I want to pay my way through a good four year college(possibly spend a few more years) and really see what I can dig out of this brain going to waste. People have told me all of my life that I'm a very intelligent and level minded individual. Even at a young age, people told me I was far ahead of my time. It's just, adolescence threw a wrench into all of that and I fear that I let too much slip past unaware.

    I'm a nihilist. For me, being nihilistic is about being myself. I don't conform to others ideas or opinions. I formulate my own. I don't follow religions. I don't base my life off of principles set by others. I make my own morales and I try to maintain a non-hypocritical state of thinking(although we can't always avoid being hypocrites). I see no point in existing. I see our lives as futile and I see the human race as a plague. A disease that has already began to infect itself. Eventually, we will eradicate ourselves and the universe will forget us(if there really is a such thing as a "universe"). I'm very skeptical about how much longer we will be here(what with people like 50 Cent as the best selling artist on the charts and George Bush as the leader of the USA). I've often contemplated suicide and have attempted it on more than one occassion. Perhaps they were just cries for help, but there is still a shread of hope in which my heart hangs by. I hope that someday I will find a person. Just a person. Someone like me, yet completely unlike me. Someone who will give me the love I so desire and show me that not everything is irrelevant. Someone to show me harmony and true happiness. I don't know if such a person exists, and I'm not looking for perfection. Just....someone.


    I think I need help.
     
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  11. NileQueen Registered Senior Member

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    Good post Seth.

    It just occurred to me that you are waiting for someone else to give you something. What would happen if instead you give others love/happiness/harmony? Try making others happy and see what happens...

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  12. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    well, NileQueen(Nile is one of my favorite death metal bands, BTW), I've tried that. It seems girls in my age group don't want guys who are appreciative, caring, understanding, intelligent, with big hearts, sense, and compassion. They don't want that. They want guys with fast cars, money, big penis', and zero personality. They don't want guys who are honest because honesty scares them.


    I've tried making others happy, but to no avail. I've given my heart out so many times and I still have not learned my lesson. Sometimes I feel that I can only give so much until the point that my heart will become so calloused. I'm affraid that it's the truth and that when real love comes around I may not even notice it. I've tried and tried. I've given up and someone always comes walking back into my life with a slight acknowledgement of my existence or a peck on the cheek or lips, and then my life is no longer my own once again.

    It's so repetitive and discouraging.
     
  13. Mephura Applesauce, bitch... Valued Senior Member

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    You knowI would agree with you most of the time. All I can say man is have faith and hang in there.

    If I didn't know better I would think you were me a couple years ago.Truth is you are right. Your heart does get calloused. Then one day when you least expect it you meet someone truely beautiful. And while things may not work out exactly the way you would like (or I like as the case may be), They do remind you of what its like to feel, to be alive, and to think for just a moment that possibly there is somebody out there for each of us.
     
  14. NileQueen Registered Senior Member

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    Then Seth, you are in the wrong crowd. Not everybody is like that. I've never heard that music, but from the description, it would seem like a death metal band would contribute to depression. Try Aqua for something upbeat or Josh Groban for quieter moments. Feel free to disagree with me, everyone has their own taste...

    Okay I would recommend you try some totally new activities. Maybe join the Y. The local one here even has an astronomy subgroup. Take ballroom dancing lessons i.e. Maybe find a church you are comfortable with. Just ideas to get you mixing socially with different groups, and you might actually enjoy yourself

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  15. river-wind Valued Senior Member

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    I try and help people. Part of that means that right now, I am working hard to stablise myself, so I can better help other people. So I bought a house, and am paying off bills right now. Boy Scout leader, overgeek in every area except for simple arithmetic and spelling, at which I suck. I do outdoor stuff, and enjoy teaching.
    I did a triple major in college with Biology (Vetrinary medicine focus), Computer Science (computer graphics programming focus), and Art (visual arts focus).

    So I know very little about alot of topics

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  16. river-wind Valued Senior Member

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    Having been in Seth's position, and in your position now NileQueen, I am going to disagree with you. nothing personal.

    I hate Aqua, and while listening to NIN in High School may have added to my depression, I couldn't connect with (read as:stand in any way) happy pop-music. So listening to it didn't make me happier, it made me angry, for two reasons 1)these people are obviously oblivious to how the world really works, 2) the bopbopbopbopbop beat is really, really annoying.

    As for the girls, I would agree that while girls of most ages say "I want a man who is caring, thoughtful, funny...", most of them don't actually follow that rule until they hit around age 27 or so. They tend to shout how they want sensitivity, all the while hooking up with the most abnoxsious guys available, because they are physically more fit than most of the caring guys. And this discrepancy tends to get woprse as the girls gets more physically attractive.
    What alot of girls seem to want is someone who is sensative to their needs, while completely cut off from the needs of the rest of the world. however, if you want a sensative guy, you are going to have to realise he will most likely be sensative to everyone around, so you may not be the focus of his attention at all times.

    NileQueen: the above isn't directed at you, I just fell into a 2nd person style of writing out of habit, please don't take offense. I've read a number of your posts, and you do not fall into the description I have above. You seem to be one of the lovely exceptions to the rule

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    and as NQ said, feel free to disagree, this is all my know from my perspective. I could be totally off, I'll only know if someone tells me...
     
  17. whitewolf asleep under the juniper bush Registered Senior Member

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    replying to original questions

    I'm not to be considered an expert in anything, I'm only a college soph, however..
    I'm knowledgeable in Art (techniques and history), Psychology, Religion (I dont go to that forum), and the Occult. Also, I know a good deal of Lit and some stuff ab writing it. I also know a lot ab working out and diets.
    I spend time reading through the science stuff on this site and browse through the computer stuff too, although I dont contribute there. I post in W. E. and P. bc I know a lot of historical and political facts and am interested in that. I also post in Free Thoughts to augment the number of my posts (everybody does that, so...)
    I do research for myself on all of the areas of interest.

    I advise to pay extra attention to posts by Xenu, Wet1, Spooks, and Spuriousmonkey. Those people know a lot of interesting facts on wide variety of topics.
     
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  18. Mephura Applesauce, bitch... Valued Senior Member

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    Thanks to all of you that have helped my effort so far.
     
  19. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    NileQueen:


    The band Nile really doesn't touch many, if any, personal issues with any of the band members. Their music is extremely heavy and brutal, written to an egyptian mythological theme. They write songs about wars and gods. They write songs about vengeance.



    River-Wind:

    I know exactly what you're saying there. It's not that I'm unaware that Aqua or some other kind of "poppy" music doesn't exist. It's just I refuse to listen to that stuff. It's my taste. And I don't like bad tasting things, so to speak. Sure some of my music has probably contributed to my so oftenly reoccuring depression, I don't deny that possibility. But I realize that at the same time it helps to know that there are people who feel the same way I do, even if they're not in the same situations I'm in or have been in.




    Ok this is going a little off topic, but if you're interested in the band Nile, I recommend listening to the song "Stones of Sorrow" off of their debut full length "Amongst the Catacombs of the Nephren-Ka." It was the song that got me into the band, but mind you that there are tons of other songs by these guys and each rivaling the other for supremacy. After listening to "Stones of Sorrow" if you're not convinced, listen to "Pestilence and Iniquity" located on the same page. Death Metal is pretty much an acquired taste...it's pretty complex working on many different levels at once with disturbing effects manifested through the creators instruments in ways that often leave people new to this style of music breathless...



    http://lovemusic.hypermart.net/mp3download/mp3download72.shtml


    Just click the link above and scroll down slightly until you see the listing of Nile tracks. It only takes a few seconds to experience something that may change your opinion on what exactly "good" music is...in favor of the band, or not. This is just one in a genre of thousands upon thousands.
     
  20. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    Here are the lyrics to the two songs i mentioned above


    6. Stones Of Sorrow

    Slaves Whipped to Death
    In the Hot Sun
    Drag the Stones of Sorrow

    Vast Monolithic a Collossus of Stone
    Greased with the Blood of Abraham

    Of Human Bondage
    and Suffering
    We carve a monument to Megalomania

    Bleak and Endless is my Sorrow
    For the chain of Sut
    Is around my Neck

    Aperu Heseb Semedet!
    It is I who lift up the arm of the Inert
    I have gone out of Khemenu
    and am no longer a living soul
    I have been initiated into the hearts of the Baboons
    And I claim Dominion over the legions
    of Uninscribed Shabitiu
    Khunumu Khufu!
    The God Khnum is my Protector

    Ushabti
    Tekenu
    Ushabti



    9. Pestilence And Iniquity

    Heralds of Pestilence
    Blackest Plague Rusheth through the Land
    Burning Evil Winds
    Carry Sickness
    Invoking the Bitter Venom of the Gods

    Loathsome Sickening Stench of the Defiled
    A Cesspool Breeding the Unclean
    Hordes of Locusts
    Fiends of the South Winds
    Cleanse the Earth from the Impure

    The Daemon That Siezeth the Body
    The Daemon that Rendeth the Body

    Ruthless and Profane
    Lord of all Fevers and Plagues
    Grinning Dark Angel of the four Wings
    Spawn of Eng
    Horned God with rotting Genitalia
    Pazuzu
     
  21. NileQueen Registered Senior Member

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    Seth, somehow I don't think those lyrics or perhaps the music is quite what Cleopatra could appreciate.

    r-w:
    You are not in my position. You've made some interesting points about young women. That's just your experience. But I'll agree that is is not easy to get along with a partner when you haven't figured yourself out yet. Interesting that you point out that girls demand a lot of attention, are perhaps jealous of things/people that distract their guy from them. (Some) guys wouldn't be like that, would they? If he/she is not the focus of your attention/thoughts every free moment, then you are not really in love...

    I don't care if you hate Aqua; it was the first upbeat band that came to mind. I expect you might be able to name a not-so-dark group that you like. And I think those who seek dark and violent music are seeking to feed their unhappiness. They want to continue to be unhappy. I don't think that's the best quality of life for anyone. But that is just my opinion.
     
  22. Xev Registered Senior Member

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    Nile! Holy fuck, they kick ass!
    Seth, do you know Impaled Nazarene? Sadist?

    You've never heard death metal, but you think it would contribute to depression?

    *Snorts*

    Death metal is aggressive, powerful and brutal. Quite the opposite of depression.

    Hell, I find Aqua depressing. Idiotic shit for people who are so afraid of feeling pain that they don't feel anything at all.

    Then again, most people don't feel on any real level.

    Cleopatra wasn't even Egyptian, you illiterate skank.

    As for my qualifications, I have none.
     
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  23. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    I've heard of both of those bands, and have heard a little Impaled Nazarine, but do not recall hearing any Sadist.


    I'm into bands like Bolt Thrower, Mayhem, Napalm Death, Immortal, Blut Aus Nord, At The Gates, Disgorge(Mex), Devourment, Cryptopsy....it goes on and on


    BTW, the band themselves are not Egyptian...just thought I'd clear that up. And they could write about harvesting food and the turmoil and tribulation that went along with it, but instead, they find that the Egyptians were some of the most violent people ever on the planet, slaughtering masses and masses of people as sacrifice.

    Every Egyptian Pharot(sp?) is presented in this way.




    I do get your point about the music being dark and whatnot, but nothing anyone can say is going to change my personal musical preference...even if it is a major factor in the way I look at life. I've listened to all kinds of music, and I know what I like. I need no reason to listen to what I do, other than I like it. I'm not getting defensive, just stating my standing.
     

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