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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 12, 2013 18:11:16 GMT -8
Yeah that's the book. I liked it. And that class. And that teacher. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Oh don't even start, you know it was Mr. Carey, haha. He fostered my philosophical mind even though it was honestly shitty as a personality trait, and he allowed me to make all kinda jokes in class. I mean, the dude made me like History class, even though I've always kind of disliked history since it's all facts and not like, logic derived from it. I wish he had taught psychology when I could have taken it. I'm pretty sure he retired, too. Woolard and Smith are both tied for 2nd.
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 12, 2013 18:13:49 GMT -8
muffyfoo...If I were you in that situation, I would just go after that person, tackle them to the ground, and beat the crud out of them for not liking cupcakes. YOUR OPINION IS ALWAYS THE BEST OPINION, REMEMBER THAT. And the Sonic voice was intended. Actually, while you were reading that, I connected to your brain via wifi and played that soundclip inside your mind. IT'S OKAY AND YOU'RE WELCOME
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Post by TheBestSplicer on May 12, 2013 20:36:15 GMT -8
How you be so short?
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 12, 2013 22:13:15 GMT -8
HOW I BE SOOOOO SHORT a tale by Zaxis One day, a lumberjack was taking a stroll through the woods in which he normally did business. His name was Bentley. Bentley was the favored lumberjack for all of the nearby villages and towns due to his overwhelmingly charismatic business attitude and his raw efficiency while cutting down trees. Some say he could fell a redwood with a single strike. Anyway, he was walking through the woods when a baby squirrel crossed his path, motioning for him to stop and listen. Bentley didn't notice the baby squirrel because he was very tall. But he did hear and feel the crunchy squish. He had stepped on a vine of grapes that the baby squirrel was trying to warn him about! Grape juice was everywhere, and Bentley was very shocked. He was upset, because his tallness made him miss some of the important things in life. SO HE CHOPPED OFF HIS LEGS And that is how I be sooooo short.
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Post by TheBestSplicer on May 13, 2013 20:49:11 GMT -8
HOW I BE SOOOOO SHORT a tale by Zaxis One day, a lumberjack was taking a stroll through the woods in which he normally did business. His name was Bentley. Bentley was the favored lumberjack for all of the nearby villages and towns due to his overwhelmingly charismatic business attitude and his raw efficiency while cutting down trees. Some say he could fell a redwood with a single strike. Anyway, he was walking through the woods when a baby squirrel crossed his path, motioning for him to stop and listen. Bentley didn't notice the baby squirrel because he was very tall. But he did hear and feel the crunchy squish. He had stepped on a vine of grapes that the baby squirrel was trying to warn him about! Grape juice was everywhere, and Bentley was very shocked. He was upset, because his tallness made him miss some of the important things in life. SO HE CHOPPED OFF HIS LEGS And that is how I be sooooo short. Beautiful
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 13, 2013 21:17:32 GMT -8
DEAR ZAXIS, How do you request such crazy splices?
WELL ZAXIS THANKS FOR THE BEST QUESTION EVER, first I right click on the background of the forum and click "view background image", which links to the file hosted on my own personal webserver (wooooow) - I then look at all the pretty pokemon until one of them makes me laugh on the inside, and I write it down. I THEN REPEAT UNTIL I FIND TWO SUITABLE POKEMON WORTHY FOR MATING.
I mostly try to find "equal opposites", two pokemon that go to certain extremes in equal directions, or just find one really funny pokemon and request it spliced with stuff over and over.
Sometime I wish I could splice, but I'm too busy being the forum itself and playing mystical trumpet instruments.
ALSO THIS HAPPENS WHEN I GET BORED. who knew
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Post by muffyfoo on May 13, 2013 21:20:51 GMT -8
SERIOUS QUESTION TIME. What would you do if... ALL THE HATS IN THE WORLD WERE DESTROYED?
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Post by rendezwhom on May 13, 2013 21:37:09 GMT -8
what is your favorite *animated* movie?
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 13, 2013 22:52:14 GMT -8
SERIOUS QUESTION TIME. What would you do if... ALL THE HATS IN THE WORLD WERE DESTROYED? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!nooooooooooooooo.com/;_; How could you ever do such a thing? WHAT MONSTER WOULD RID THE WORLD OF FUNCTIONAL, FASHIONABLE HEADWEAR?!?!? I'll miss you, vintage 1941 Stetson fedora. I'll miss you, Bailey's of Hollywood's Melodrama trilby. I'LL MISS YOU, VARIOUS COLORED HAT BANDS. GO FORTH TO VALHALLA... I will be there soon. ;o; We'll hang out for eternity there, and I will wear you all at the same time. ;o; who is responsible for this MUFFYFOOyou'll pay dearly for your wanton headwear genocide. T_T...
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 13, 2013 22:59:05 GMT -8
what is your favorite *animated* movie? THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE. like i mentioned earlier c': Which means that last post up there about favorite movie can just be V for Vendetta. ANYWAY, The Emperor's New Groove makes me really happy, as it doesn't contain no princesses (unless you want to cal Kuzco a princess, THAT'S FAIR) but focuses on the dynamics of friendship between two entirely different identities, from two totally different worlds. I like that a lot, because it outlines and underscores the fact that sometimes, to have true friendship, you NEED to overcome many barriers to entry, to be able to understand and empathize with another person completely. It's a journey with the goal of becoming a better -person-. I'm still on my own journey to become a better person, and I sometime suse this movie as a reference point to see how far I've come from a complete egomaniacal jerk, like Kuzco. Because I totally was JUST LIKE HIM (right Samson?) And that's why the TV series upsets me so much, because it's as if his personality was reset to pre-movie ego. Instead of the nice, caring, compassionate Kuzco you see at the end of the movie. D: RAAAAAAA. I ALSO LOVE THE SOUNDTRACK!!!! Especially the chase scene. I also love the chase scene itself, specifically the part where Yzma and Krunk see the arrow path, effectively breaking the fourth wall and getting confused. That is the funniest s#!t ever to me. I will laugh every time I see thatEVERY SINGLE TIME.
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Post by muffyfoo on May 14, 2013 15:18:01 GMT -8
Mama ZaxisAHHH. Do you ever just... Accidentally make a joke in your mind and soon after realize how HORRIBLE IT WAS IN BOTH A HORRID AND SLIGHTLY OFFENSIVE WAY (and feel like a horrible person afterwards for EVEN THINKING IT.) I was going to post it, but Like I said, POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE AND I mean I could just spoiler it BUT WOULD THAT MAKE IT OKAY?
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 14, 2013 17:42:36 GMT -8
Mama ZaxisAHHH. Do you ever just... Accidentally make a joke in your mind and soon after realize how HORRIBLE IT WAS IN BOTH A HORRID AND SLIGHTLY OFFENSIVE WAY (and feel like a horrible person afterwards for EVEN THINKING IT.) I was going to post it, but Like I said, POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE AND I mean I could just spoiler it BUT WOULD THAT MAKE IT OKAY? No, I have never ACCIDENTALLY MADE A JOKE IN MY MIND WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SPEAKING OF THEY ARE ALL INTENTIONAL. But I never feel bad about jokes, because they are just that, jokes. If someone takes your joke seriously and gets offended, mayhaps they're taking life a little too seriously. HOWEVER YOU SHOULD TELL ME THE JOKE AND SPOILERS TOTALLY MAKE IT OKAYSPOILERS EXIST IN AN ALTERNATE DIMENSION OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION, WHERE THEY CANNOT TAINT THE REAL WORLD IN ANY WAY. I'M GLAD I MADE THEM!!! however if your joke isn't funny you might want to feel bad. or not, depending on how seriously you take joke-making
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Post by muffyfoo on May 14, 2013 17:50:07 GMT -8
Mama Zaxis*COUGH* WELL I UH. WHEN YOU ASKED ME WHO DID IT. WHO DESTROYED THE HATS. UM. IT WAS 7:00 AM AND I SOMEHOW MANAGED. UH. {SPOILER AHOY.}Hatler. I HOPE YOU GET IT BECAUSE I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON IF YOU DONT (im a terrible person in general for this pun) I told that to my friend in art, the whole hat story and he just bursted out laughing and he's like: "IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY, IT'S JUST SO TERRIBLE IT'S GOOD."
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 18, 2013 10:08:51 GMT -8
OH FOR SOME REASON I NEVER REPLIED TO THIS
BUT YEAH THAT'S ACTUALLY A BRILLIANT JOKE, DON'T EVER SHY AWAY FROM YOUR DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEAMS BECOME HATLER.
YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE.
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Post by coolchazine on May 18, 2013 11:31:48 GMT -8
If splicing of actual animals was as easy as splicing Pokemon, what would be the first two animals you'd want to be spliced together and why?
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Post by Mama Zaxis on May 18, 2013 11:41:54 GMT -8
If splicing of actual animals was as easy as splicing Pokemon, what would be the first two animals you'd want to be spliced together and why? SO OBVIOUSLY I WOULD WANT TO SPLICE DINOSAURS BACK TO LIFE USING REPTILES AND LIKE, EMUS OR SOMETHING. AND THEN I'D TAKE DINOSAURS AND SPLICE THEM WITH BETTER BIRDS TO MAKE DRAGONS. I dunno how i'd give them fire breath, but I would splice them with those toads that shoot blood from their eyes ACTUALLY JUST THOSE TOADS WITH LIKE, ANYTHING. ESPECIALLY ME I WANT TO SHOOT BLOOD FROM MY EYES YOU GUYS THIS IS A THING I WANT
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Post by Samson on Jun 3, 2013 14:02:04 GMT -8
OH MY GOD WE ALL FORGOT ABOUT OUR FAVORITE THREAD ZAXIS LAY SOME KNOWLEDGE DOWN like uhhh
is there free will?
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Post by Samson on Jun 3, 2013 14:49:33 GMT -8
Mama Zaxis i think you should know that my nephew saw your title (first guardian) and asked what a guardian is and i told him it's someone that looks out for other people and he looked at me and said ...like santa? so basically you're santa.
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Post by Mama Zaxis on Jun 3, 2013 19:56:04 GMT -8
SamsonOH SHIT OKAY LET'S DO THIS *ahem* Free will is the common human concept that there are individuals that exist in this world (us) that have the ability to make choices independent of outside influence. For some reason, people enjoy the idea of having free will, because it's like, trendy or something. Let's start from the top. Let's say that my name is Zaxis and I'm a quirky, philosophical high schooler in the year of 2010. This Zaxis would say that there is absolutely not free will, for two reasons: 1. Christianity, and 2. Science. 1. Although Christianity and its fellow monotheistic traditions claim that the singular, omnipotent God gives them free will, this cannot be the case. If it is within a God's will to give freedom, then that set of choices is not free. It may be will, yes, it may be a set of choices, yes, but it is not will derived from the individual. It's derived from the source of truth. Year X Zaxis would further postulate that it's incredibly ridiculous to judge people on their choices when their choices are provided by the God that allows them to do so, and that this is one of the religion's biggest flaws. Zaxis '13 does not share this opinion, but it is useful to mention. 2. Science, or rather, the belief in Science (called Scientifism by some philosophers because when was the last time you actually DID SCIENCE) likes to center around the theories of the "smallest thing", such as the cell or the atom. Quantum mechanics implies that atoms on the basic, most individual level, make somewhat binary choices that affect the entire fate of the universe. They create molecules, those molecules make cells, and those cells make us. Where does that leave us, though? We have freedom limited only by our biological ability (as we're focusing on morals in any discussion of free will), but we don't have will. We don't make choices, the atoms that make up our every fiber choose for us, deciding fate with us being gigantic conglomerate pawns of these aggregate choices. Zaxis X would say that this leaves us at an impasse - on the two binary extremes of the scale, we have freedom and we have will. At the exact middle we have neither freedom nor will, as we are not created with a purpose, nor are we given freedom of ability by biology. This would probably be nihilism or something but I don't care MOVING ON So, in the last three years (holy shit) Zaxis went under a magical transformation of understanding. Not that I'm the final authority on this or anything, or even that I have a good opinion that I am stating eloquently, because that's not the point. The point is, the two extremes, and many of the extremes we live in, are ENTIRELY WESTERN PERSPECTIVES. We search to find Truth, the Ultimate Truth in order to judge all things by it. We tend to desire that kind of stability so that we have control - Christianity and Science in their own separate, but monumental ways. However, many non-Indo-European cultures are completely devoid of the quest for "truth". Hell, some of them don't even have a word for "I", "self", as they are completely relational. Free will isn't even a concept to them, because it requires an "individual" to be making choices. I was lying, that isn't actually the point. The point is much more clever than "free will doesn't need to be considered." The point is that we choose the reality we wish to perceive, and that is the freest will you can experience. Each person has the capability to change their perspective to something else. The fact that we don't means that, for some reason, we are content with how we see the world. This is important, and this is crucial to understanding the world around you, and why you are where and who you are. If you don't like something, you can always change it. If you can't change it, you can always change your perspective of "Change", therefore opening up an unending amount of branching paths towards the goal you desire. Ignorance has never stopped anyone truly motivated for change - they merely invent something new. So yes, we have free will. And it's the coolest thing ever. (i really wish i could like, talk about this out loud because this conversation has so much potential it's like boggling my mind but i can't contain it very well in text whoops)
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Post by Samson on Jun 3, 2013 19:59:48 GMT -8
beautiful
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