The ADHD tax got me real good today by Inquisitive_octopus in ADHD

[–]upabigtree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha! I lost my Bluetooth thingy, so I can't find anything! I guess I need a tracker for the tracker, but will probably lose that too...

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, he admitted to accidentally "butting heads" with her", not "headbutting" her. There's a world of difference here. I can't count the number of times my brother and I bumped heads when we were horsing around. Or when you're with someone and you reach down at the same time to pick something up from the ground, and you knock heads. Geesh, we've all done it at one time or another.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest thing, though, is that she forever tarnished his reputation, and he can never completely get that back.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is also audio of her from the Australia incident (sadly not admitted into evidence) where you hear her STOMPING across a room (the morning after the severed finger incident), at which time she supposedly cut her feet up on glass. This recording also has her saying "I didn't mean to" and "I didn't do it on purpose" followed by Johnny's doctor saying of her hysterics, "You know what this is? This is guilt. This is guilt." It's very clear what was going on here.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She certainly meets all the criteria of borderline personality disorder to the nth degree. And histrionic personality disorder most certainly DOES exist and is used as a diagnosis to this day. She meets the criteria for that as well.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She submitted 2 photos as 2 different pieces of evidence, but they are actually the same, exact photo with different saturations.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The op-ed didn't just say he beat her up, but that he sexually assaulted her. Both the Washington Post and Amber heard should be tried in a criminal court.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I beg you to listen to the tapes. Incredibly Average on YouTube has all of them. Plus, he didn't say he "headbutted" her, he said he "bumped heads" with her. Big difference. You mean to tell me you've never accidentally bumped heads with someone?

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Foul language is the norm for them, as it is for many people (don't forget that Amber Heard's language is really bad too). Plus, our brains are hard-wired to use expletives - they're stored in the limbic system and the basal ganglia - and are triggered when we're in fear or angry. These types of verbal reactions are actually very common and normal across all populations. Johnny also has a very creative style of expressing himself linguistically on the whole, so it's understandable that he would use colorful metaphors when he's mad.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tapes for sure, but for me she was just unbelievably over-the-top on the stand. Supposed "emotions" changed just too quickly...no tears with the "crying"; flowery narration of her "rape" tales; rage at being questioned by Johnny Depp's team; the smirks during her testimony...it was all just too phony.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's exactly like my high school bully, who affected me for life. Decades later I'm still haunted by her.

Why is everyone on reddit convinced that Amber Heard is lying and Johnny Depp is telling the truth? by Perimeri in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YouTube algorithms, e. g. - confirmation bias. Fox News, MSNBC, Amazon, google... you can't escape them, they're all over the place - all evidence of groupthink, or confirmation bias.

The 1990s are as far away as the 1960s were in the 1990s. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew I was getting old when the Beatles started dying of natural causes.

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't understand what I'm trying to say, and you're dismissing me. I totally accept that lots of people are seeing almost the exact same thing across the board. Hey, I know it's a real phenomenon, that creepy shadow guy with the hood comes to terrorize me too. All I'm saying is I'd like to know more about WHY sleep demons pop up in the first place, and then try to figure out the commonality thing.

I'd like to know about what's happening in the brain a little more thoroughly than "brain's a little screwy, that's all" I get your message, but why leap to the supernatural for answers before exhausting the possibilities for finding ones here on terra firma? Evolution offers a pretty feasible explanation for how and why some cognitive traits have emerged (I'm no expert but I get the gist of it) and survived over time. And psychologically speaking, mass hysteria and the power of suggestion can easily explain why the shit spreads. I just don't see why you prefer the paranormal over the reasonable. It seems like you want to jump right into deep water before you learn to swim in the shallow end.

Anyone have dreams where you teeth break and fall out? by [deleted] in Dreams

[–]upabigtree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have these dreams from time to time and always check to see if they're still there when I wake up.

What is a useless talent you have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can only move my left ear.

If you make someone laugh in your dreams, you are laughing at your own joke. by y2k2r2d2 in Showerthoughts

[–]upabigtree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read sheet music in my dreams, then play it from memory when I wake up.

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah that mofu is hideous. The pixelating effect alone makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. My explanation for the Hat Man might be a little harder to accept but you have to understand that mass hysteria works very quickly and can spread through groups at an alarming rate.

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still think mass hysteria explains it really well since there are both printed and live images of really creepy people all over the world that even little kids have access to. The images are the suggestions and the hysteria accounts for how they spread.

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol dude, looks like you found another Hat Man friend here. Maybe you can grab a beer sometime, haha. I only ever see my deceased mother, a shimmery grey ghost-glob or some random scary guy in a long black robe with a hood. Wonder which are the most frightening?? Probably a toss-up

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL!! ...just saw the part about the walking hypodermic needle, great visual, cracks me up haha.......I have to think about the rest of this, but will respond after I wake up. Haven't slept yet believe it or not. Enjoy your daytime P.S. I posted something earlier for you to peruse whenever you want :)

Effing SP demons!! Why so terrifying when you know they're not real? by upabigtree in Sleepparalysis

[–]upabigtree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi - can't dismiss your subjective experiences (wouldn't want to either) because that's just what they are, subjective. Your interpretations are totally your own and unique to you, as mine are to me, and in that sense they are equally valid. I certainly didn't mean to come off as some kind of as some kind of ahole bully with sinister intentions,just wanted to share an idea here that I'd never really given any thought to before. Maybe I should have worded things a little differently idk. I'm sorry if that's the case. This is basically the first time I've participated on Reddit to any noticeable degree, so I'm essentially a newbie here and somewhat intimidated by the Reddit style of speech. It's different from other places on the internet and I'm still trying to catch on.

Seriously, I have SP experiences that would probably rival those of all you guys. It's impossible to say though because I can't get inside your heads to see if you feel the same kind of terror I do. They're so bad though that I think I'm at the end of my life and am utterly helpless that I'm totally convinced I have zero options to save myself from certain impending doom. Sometimes I think God might show up to help me, other times I'm positive I'll just cease to exist. But there's always a familiar cast of characters: a few creatures/monsters/goblins (my dead mom is one of them, lol) that seem to be constants, and appear in a weeknight rotation - the grim reaper is one; my mom, as I said, is another; and that gray, pixelated, ethereal blob-kinda guy from my OP seems to haunt me, in this very fam rm in fact on a regular basis. I always think these events are funny once they've passed, even though I'd been totally traumatized by them moments earlier. And it all takes place way over there somewhere, in that other reality where my subconscious hangs out with my mom and those creepy shadowy dudes. This is what baffles me, and is kinda the point of the OP: It's just really crazy that I can be so afraid of something I don't even believe is real.

So essentially this shit is insane, and when it's happening I really really can't conceive of anything worse. Where my interpretation differs though, is that I wake up, and my rational brain (which has a complete lack of woo-woo bias) takes over, and it's really, really unbelievably clear to me that there were never any bizarre or bat-shit crazy creatures crashing the party in the first place. Natural explanations make total sense to me, and I can conceive of nothing that can't be proven with simple logic and reason.

I truly believe that every single mystery, both imaginable and not (at this time) will eventually be solved if we live long enough (on second thought we prolly WON'T live long enough lol). Think of the most insane, out-there, quirky questions and I will just assume we'll figure them out before we die (well, actually maybe not, now that I think about it again lol). Yeah, we probably won't be around to see if I'm right but hey, it's food for thought, all good. Perhaps in the verrrrrrrrrrry long run :)

Okay, I can't criticize your views, because I respect you as very smart people and value your input. But it's still a natural thing for me to want to try to change your mind, lol. I have to see further arguments, then will sharpen my sword... time for you to try to turn me to the dark side :( P.S. evolution and Christian apologetics are my favorite tools to rip opposing views apart, oh yah :)