Don't you believe people lived hundreds of years back then?
There are multiple accounts of this happening from the ancient world, in Mesopotamian steles and records from China. Either the ancients reckoned time differently, actually did live centuries, or had a common mythological basis from Israel to Beijing. I'm interested in common elements of global mythologies and stories so that last bit fascinates me.
I would assume it's the whole tracking of time. It's one thing to make it near 200(accounts I've heard from Asia), but it's another to just toss out "700-1200 years" like it's nothing. Now, I'm not a big believer in any religious/mythological texts, but everything tends to have a rudimentary basis from somewhere, someone, sometime and it's not like the wording was meant to impress anyone in regards to age. My assumption, again, would just be the lack of technology to track time in a standard way.
After all, there are parts of our body that do not naturally regenerate and there's the whole oxidisation and chemical bonds thing. I'm not about to do all the research right now, but there is a limit on how long our body can hold it's self together and I would imagine it would be under 700 years. ...or maybe there was a magical fountain of youth.
The second I saw Johro defend the South, I thought "You would say that, you're from Edmonton".
Which probably doesn't make much sense to people who haven't lived there.
Anyways, of course there are awesome people in Georgia. I can name at least three.
About science and religion, I have to say that not before I moved to North America had I ever heard any religious person who thought that their religion wasn't compatible with evolution being basic knowledge.
Edmonton is actually fairly divided. I am far far from southern culture. Yes, there are some hicks here, but I'm far from that. I'm actually laughing at that post. ;p
I actually get called a yankee a lot from southerners. I'm not even american, what the hell?
Edmonton is actually fairly divided. I am far far from southern culture. Yes, there are some hicks here, but I'm far from that. I'm actually laughing at that post. ;p
I actually get called a yankee a lot from southerners. I'm not even american, what the hell?
I just don't like stereotyping.
I’m a fan of southern culture. Although I live in costal California, i’ve always wanted to live in Texas. I love southern music, food, and outfits.
As for them calling you a yankee, they call everyone that.
If I head down there, it's to a big centralized technology heavy city. That's what I'm comfortable with. Oh, and strict gun laws, none of this open-carry BS.
If I head down there, it's to a big centralized technology heavy city. That's what I'm comfortable with. Oh, and strict gun laws, none of this open-carry BS.
I've been feeling unusually chipper this week and I don't know why.
I'm heading into my final year of high school, one that's going to be filled with hardships and challenges. There will be long goodbyes, both in school and out of school. there will be strife and confusion in my college decisions. I'll be out at college on my own. I have every reason to be a total nervous wreck.
I've been feeling unusually chipper this week and I don't know why.
I'm heading into my final year of high school, one that's going to be filled with hardships and challenges. There will be long goodbyes, both in school and out of school. there will be strife and confusion in my college decisions. I'll be out at college on my own. I have every reason to be a total nervous wreck.
So why am I so damned happy?
Because senior year of high school is the best?
Seriously, at the end of my senior year in highschool, after all my APs, school was pretty much party time. Calculus turned into Advanced Guitar Hero, Physics turned into Making Cool Shit With Fun Equipment, English turned into Storytime, and Latin turned into Party Like It's 70 A.D. (toga party).
Of course, up until that point I was generally at school from seven in the morning until eight at night, but the last few weeks were totally worth it.
You... WANT, to live in Texas. State of the highest drop out rate, worst medical coverage, one of the lowest grad rates, instituted racism...
It’s better than Louisiana. Place is a shit hole. At least Texas has a good music scene. And I really don’t give a shit about how racist a state is. I mean, at least it’s not Alabama.
Well, actually it was because I opted out of the regular high school and went to an experimental alternative charter school. Whereas the regular high school focused on testing and college placement, the high school I attended focused on encouraging and developing an individual's unique talents.
I got to graduate a year early because I did a lot of independent studies and got all the credits I needed before my senior year.
School days would only have 2 periods where the student could concentrate for half the day on a subject for a month and a half rather than get shuffled around every 40 minutes and there was a lot of freedom in what an individual could learn to study.
Some of the coolest and talented people I know graduated from that place. One of whom I consider an awesome friend to this day helped film and edit this documentary. Another kid ended up programming the very first Meat Boy and managed to get a fat royalty check when Super Meat Boy came out.
Something that struck me was that many of the students came to this school absolutely hating school and graduated wanting to become teachers themselves. Pretty wonderful stuff.
Unfortunately, because the focus was not on testing, our school had a lot of budget set backs because we weren't up to district standards. The school is a shadow of its former self at this point.
You... WANT, to live in Texas. State of the highest drop out rate, worst medical coverage, one of the lowest grad rates, instituted racism...
Austin's pretty cool from what I hear.
woah i just realized that i was in texas two weeks ago but only for a layover but i was still physically there. it almost just felt like i was floating in limbo space while teleporting from portland to atlanta and vice versa: not like actually being in texas.
Well, actually it was because I opted out of the regular high school and went to an experimental alternative charter school. Whereas the regular high school focused on testing and college placement, the high school I attended focused on encouraging and developing an individual's unique talents.
I got to graduate a year early because I did a lot of independent studies and got all the credits I needed before my senior year.
School days would only have 2 periods where the student could concentrate for half the day on a subject for a month and a half rather than get shuffled around every 40 minutes and there was a lot of freedom in what an individual could learn to study.
Some of the coolest and talented people I know graduated from that place. One of whom I consider an awesome friend to this day helped film and edit this documentary. Another kid ended up programming the very first Meat Boy and managed to get a fat royalty check when Super Meat Boy came out.
Something that struck me was that many of the students came to this school absolutely hating school and graduated wanting to become teachers themselves. Pretty wonderful stuff.
Unfortunately, because the focus was not on testing, our school had a lot of budget set backs because we weren't up to district standards. The school is a shadow of its former self at this point.
Makes me really sad.
Austin's pretty cool from what I hear.
The universal consensus is Austin is a great place to visit, but it's congested with wanna be hippies and environmentalists that sell out the minute they get a business suit. On and the Scientology church outside UT is creepy.
Houston and Dallas are far more metropolitan, and tolerant places to boot. Actually, you can't go too wrong with the Big Four: Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.
Though if I had to live somewhere large city for the rest of my life in Texas, Dallas and Houston are the best. God save you if you end up in a small town in West Texas, or are a minority in a small town in East Texas. You'll do a little better to the south, where minorities (Read: Mexicans) run aplenty.
The universal consensus is Austin is a great place to visit, but it's congested with wanna be hippies and environmentalists that sell out the minute they get a business suit. On and the Scientology church outside UT is creepy..
Can't be any worse than Portland hurp durp. Consequently when I hear people from portland wanting to move, they always want to go to austin. haha
Ooh, then I can get my MI2 box signed by Steve Purcell! Then it will be complete and I'll have to get a display case for it.
Also, I have to go to sleep so I can get up at 4:30 to go to work, and there's a cricket in my room. Guess I'll be needing the iPod to get to sleep tonight after all.
Edmonton is actually fairly divided. I am far far from southern culture. Yes, there are some hicks here, but I'm far from that. I'm actually laughing at that post. ;p
I actually get called a yankee a lot from southerners. I'm not even american, what the hell?
I just don't like stereotyping.
I didn't mean Edmonton was southern. I meant that, just like the US south, Alberta is commonly stereotyped as racist, homophobic, etc, and since you live in Edmonton, you've probably heard that stereotyping. And that would be annoying when you're none of these things.
To be fair, when I lived in Edmonton IS when I encountered the most racist and homophobic people of any place I've ever lived (both in numbers and intensity) but it doesn't change the fact that neither me nor the people I chose to associate with were any of that. So yeah, stereotyping a whole area gets annoying on the people who live in that area and don't match the stereotype. Which was my point.
It would probably have been clearer if I had said "Alberta" rather than Edmonton. As I understand it, the rest of Alberta is worse on average (from what Albertans have told me. I pretty much only lived in Edmonton. And Vegreville for a while, but that's almost the same, it's only an hour away).
Well yeah, Alberta and Saskatchewan are the "southern" provinces of Canada generally. One's industrial, one's farmers. Pick your poison really.
It really is about who you choose to associate yourself with though. I guess the real difference is that those type of folks are fairly quiet and non-aggressive about their beliefs.
I think it's more of a type of mindset, really. Scientific thought tends to create a rather rational and logical mindset, which makes it difficult to accept ideas without adequate proof.
The most religious man I ever met - and religious meant here in an entirely positive sense for a change - was a chemist by trade. A VERY good one at that. Worked with my grandfather for Bayer.
You're being confronted with a lot of fundamentalist religious thought in the States, and that definitely makes science and religion incompatible. It might be very different somewhere else.
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Sitting around moping about failure isn't going to do me any good.
Gotta bounce back.
EDIT: I made a pseudo-origami snake.
I mean it kinda looks like a snake... (A bit on the fat side. Like a leech)
....
There are multiple accounts of this happening from the ancient world, in Mesopotamian steles and records from China. Either the ancients reckoned time differently, actually did live centuries, or had a common mythological basis from Israel to Beijing. I'm interested in common elements of global mythologies and stories so that last bit fascinates me.
After all, there are parts of our body that do not naturally regenerate and there's the whole oxidisation and chemical bonds thing. I'm not about to do all the research right now, but there is a limit on how long our body can hold it's self together and I would imagine it would be under 700 years. ...or maybe there was a magical fountain of youth.
Which probably doesn't make much sense to people who haven't lived there.
Anyways, of course there are awesome people in Georgia. I can name at least three.
About science and religion, I have to say that not before I moved to North America had I ever heard any religious person who thought that their religion wasn't compatible with evolution being basic knowledge.
I actually get called a yankee a lot from southerners. I'm not even american, what the hell?
I just don't like stereotyping.
I’m a fan of southern culture. Although I live in costal California, i’ve always wanted to live in Texas. I love southern music, food, and outfits.
As for them calling you a yankee, they call everyone that.
New York welcomes you.
I'm heading into my final year of high school, one that's going to be filled with hardships and challenges. There will be long goodbyes, both in school and out of school. there will be strife and confusion in my college decisions. I'll be out at college on my own. I have every reason to be a total nervous wreck.
So why am I so damned happy?
I would welcome it.
Because senior year of high school is the best?
Seriously, at the end of my senior year in highschool, after all my APs, school was pretty much party time. Calculus turned into Advanced Guitar Hero, Physics turned into Making Cool Shit With Fun Equipment, English turned into Storytime, and Latin turned into Party Like It's 70 A.D. (toga party).
Of course, up until that point I was generally at school from seven in the morning until eight at night, but the last few weeks were totally worth it.
I may know of an apartment becoming vacant soon. And someone selling all their furniture.
They miss you too. Seems like it's been ages already.
It’s better than Louisiana. Place is a shit hole. At least Texas has a good music scene. And I really don’t give a shit about how racist a state is. I mean, at least it’s not Alabama.
In other news, I reinstalled my computer today. Getting ready to launch for The Whispered World playthrough.
Just kidding.
I never had a senior year of high school. *sad*
Well, actually it was because I opted out of the regular high school and went to an experimental alternative charter school. Whereas the regular high school focused on testing and college placement, the high school I attended focused on encouraging and developing an individual's unique talents.
I got to graduate a year early because I did a lot of independent studies and got all the credits I needed before my senior year.
School days would only have 2 periods where the student could concentrate for half the day on a subject for a month and a half rather than get shuffled around every 40 minutes and there was a lot of freedom in what an individual could learn to study.
Some of the coolest and talented people I know graduated from that place. One of whom I consider an awesome friend to this day helped film and edit this documentary. Another kid ended up programming the very first Meat Boy and managed to get a fat royalty check when Super Meat Boy came out.
Something that struck me was that many of the students came to this school absolutely hating school and graduated wanting to become teachers themselves. Pretty wonderful stuff.
Unfortunately, because the focus was not on testing, our school had a lot of budget set backs because we weren't up to district standards. The school is a shadow of its former self at this point.
Makes me really sad.
Austin's pretty cool from what I hear.
woah i just realized that i was in texas two weeks ago but only for a layover but i was still physically there. it almost just felt like i was floating in limbo space while teleporting from portland to atlanta and vice versa: not like actually being in texas.
yeah i need to go to bed good night
The universal consensus is Austin is a great place to visit, but it's congested with wanna be hippies and environmentalists that sell out the minute they get a business suit. On and the Scientology church outside UT is creepy.
Houston and Dallas are far more metropolitan, and tolerant places to boot. Actually, you can't go too wrong with the Big Four: Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston.
Though if I had to live somewhere large city for the rest of my life in Texas, Dallas and Houston are the best. God save you if you end up in a small town in West Texas, or are a minority in a small town in East Texas. You'll do a little better to the south, where minorities (Read: Mexicans) run aplenty.
Can't be any worse than Portland hurp durp. Consequently when I hear people from portland wanting to move, they always want to go to austin. haha
Dammit you're right, I have friends in Portland that I've heard say that.
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Yep. That weekend (week if you count the road trip) was so awesome, it almost feels like it couldn't have really happened.
...I have to be up in five hours. WHY THE HELL AM I AWAKE?
Because you missed us...you know you did.
Yes, yes we do.
Also, I have to go to sleep so I can get up at 4:30 to go to work, and there's a cricket in my room. Guess I'll be needing the iPod to get to sleep tonight after all.
I didn't mean Edmonton was southern. I meant that, just like the US south, Alberta is commonly stereotyped as racist, homophobic, etc, and since you live in Edmonton, you've probably heard that stereotyping. And that would be annoying when you're none of these things.
To be fair, when I lived in Edmonton IS when I encountered the most racist and homophobic people of any place I've ever lived (both in numbers and intensity) but it doesn't change the fact that neither me nor the people I chose to associate with were any of that. So yeah, stereotyping a whole area gets annoying on the people who live in that area and don't match the stereotype. Which was my point.
It would probably have been clearer if I had said "Alberta" rather than Edmonton. As I understand it, the rest of Alberta is worse on average (from what Albertans have told me. I pretty much only lived in Edmonton. And Vegreville for a while, but that's almost the same, it's only an hour away).
It really is about who you choose to associate yourself with though. I guess the real difference is that those type of folks are fairly quiet and non-aggressive about their beliefs.
The most religious man I ever met - and religious meant here in an entirely positive sense for a change - was a chemist by trade. A VERY good one at that. Worked with my grandfather for Bayer.
You're being confronted with a lot of fundamentalist religious thought in the States, and that definitely makes science and religion incompatible. It might be very different somewhere else.
The best fanfiction cross-over idea ever!!
Teengage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Star Wars
Think about it! XD
So that's where Yoda came from?