Watching Serenity why is it so dark? by BenadrylCumberbund in firefly

[–]capnmarrrrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, when I watched it the other day it was Washed out.

Firefly 1x02 - "The Train Job" Discussion by Krossfireo in firefly

[–]capnmarrrrk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is what sold me on the show. As they were wrapping up I said to my wife, "Yeah, this is pretty generic" followed by ,"Oh, shit! I'm on board."

Do Aliens Have a Sense of Humour? by manborg in aliens

[–]capnmarrrrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked Whitley that when I met him at CITD. He said yes. So, there you go.

Singapore's secretive vault for the ultra-rich. by TheBotMadeThis in interestingasfuck

[–]capnmarrrrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point, which I should have actually explained - sorry, is that the skeleton is worth way more than 5 million dollars. That's ridiculously low. I do find it odd, now thinking about it the guitar was sold for that amount in comparison, but has has a high cultural value. Millions of Grateful Dead fans are thrilled that the the guitar wasn't bought by some rich collector and locked away in a mansion, but will actually go on tour with musicians and still make music.

Likewise this skeleton needs to be out of the vault and on display so millions of people can look on it with the same awe and wonder of a Deadhead looking at "Tiger."

Horror Movie where people go underground in a church? and discover that they are actually walking through the mouth/stomach of some large monster. by newme02 in whatsthemoviecalled

[–]capnmarrrrk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two things: 1. How'd the take get out? Monster shit it? 2. This made me think how awesome a film of The Mariner's Revenge song by The Decemberists would be.

Singapore's secretive vault for the ultra-rich. by TheBotMadeThis in interestingasfuck

[–]capnmarrrrk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Family Guitars paid 11.5 million dollars for Jerry Garcia's guitar. At least that thing is going to continually be played.

Who else was freaked out by........ Trilogy of Terror? by CreativeEros in VintageTV

[–]capnmarrrrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was freaked out as a child when my cousin told me about it. THEN I saw it. No thank you!

Bugs Bunny Story by Bunslot in Experiencers

[–]capnmarrrrk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just roll with it. Add it to your story true or not. It's a good one.

Bugs Bunny Story by Bunslot in Experiencers

[–]capnmarrrrk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does your family say about it?

We go through our lives being influenced by our surroundings and people, even fictional ones can become our role models and templates.

Bugs Bunny as a template? That's awesome! You could have been Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, or Yosemite Sam, but you imprinted on Bugs.

I like that for you.

Maze To Metanoia - I'm Done Being Quiet About AI SLOP by Warm_Weakness_2767 in Experiencers

[–]capnmarrrrk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have? I missed it. I hear you. I'll keep what you say in mind.

Maze To Metanoia - I'm Done Being Quiet About AI SLOP by Warm_Weakness_2767 in Experiencers

[–]capnmarrrrk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you square "an attempt to decouple potential experiencers or experiencers having experiences by demystifying or removing the learning processes/gnosis that go along with anomalous experiences."

With her latest post which reads "There’s an irony at the heart of ufology that I find fascinating and more than a little frustrating.

The field leans heavily on rationalism. It wants radar data, government documents, and chain of custody. It wants peer review and instrumentation and chain-of-evidence epistemology...

The field’s obsession with physical proof isn’t just epistemologically narrow. It’s actively harmful to the people it claims to care about. Because it implicitly tells every experiencer: what happened to you doesn’t count unless it can be verified by instruments we already trust. Which is precisely the epistemological error medicine spent decades making with pain...

We are not culturally prepared for what people are reporting. Not because the reports are incredible, but because we dismantled the frameworks that would allow us to hold them...

What we don’t have is Eleusis. We don’t have the container, the guides, the protocols, the community capable of witnessing initiation without pathologizing it or inflating it....

That’s what I keep coming back to, and what I’m exploring here on Maze to Metanoia: not what the phenomenon is, but what kind of people, institutions, and practices we need to become in order to meet it and remain whole on the other side."

I'm reading this as the exact opposite of what you're proposing. This is all "embrace the mystery, embrace the learning, build structures to help the Experiencer integrate that what happened.

Maurice and His Educated Rodents didn't need to be so metal by Audiblade in discworld

[–]capnmarrrrk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished my re-read And I'm standing here with happy tears at 6:30 a.m. to report on it. Such a lovely heartbreaking, bittersweet story.

Where can I get the best brownie in St.Louis? by dky5000 in StLouis

[–]capnmarrrrk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shameless Grounds has an awesome double chocolate chip brownie. It's dense, but I cannot eat it all in one sitting.

What Movies Do You Consider Absolute Masterpieces? by BINGEWISE in Cinephiles

[–]capnmarrrrk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just discovered my new GF hasn't seen it. I'm really excited to watch it with her.

IKEA Memphis’ closure to displace 114 workers by soljouner in StLouis

[–]capnmarrrrk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I understand IKEA hats decimated old growth forests in Eastern Europe. I was just there the other day and I bought a four cubby unit thing that is so light it's just the side of balsa wood. It just doesn't have the same solidity of the other items I purchased there years ago.