I don't frequent it but I do go on there and read trip reports at times. Some of the Salvia ones are nuts.

Quote from: Verbatim on January 15, 2015, 10:29:56 PM

Quote from: Z̼ͤ̓̒ͅḛ̸̻͉͙͚̤̌̔̉̍͘n̷̡͛͐͐ on January 15, 2015, 10:29:27 PM

Eh, nihilist, so...

well that's just dumb

Every action you do is inconsequential.

That is true in the context of the grand scheme of things (at least regarding importance and not influence), but not exactly in the context of relativity. There's a whole lot of importance and meaning floating around the realm of subjectivity and recognizing its existence helps in establishing your own. You don't have to, but it can make life more interesting and give you motivation and purpose.

Well if somehow the whole of existence objected some sort of meaning to life in the universe, it wouldn't pertain to our insignificant little rock specifically, that's for sure.

Personally, I don't think there's any meaning to life at all, ultimately. Life and everything else in reality just does as it is conditioned to do.

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on January 15, 2015, 07:16:37 PM

The user who posted it has been banned into oblivion, unfortunately they were using Tor so bang goes finding out who did it. Anyway, it's been dealt with and deleted now.

I'm more shocked that there's an actual fucking pedophile on this forum

By the way the link appeared, it was pretty obvious it was an image created and hosted for shock value. Who ever posted it probably just found it on one of the more fucked up boards they visit.

Who knows, though. Maybe they do have a stash somewhere on their hard drive.

ftr the image did not load for me so I had no idea it was even there.

Quote from: DemonicChronic on January 15, 2015, 06:20:35 PM

I try not to let people know that I don't care when I don't have to. I prefer if they already know it according to the way that I act.

I do let people know sometimes, for the sake of clarity, however.

Ice mango, you ain't carin bout nuffin dou.

I care about a lot of things, kneegrow.

I try not to let people know that I don't care when I don't have to. I prefer if they already know it according to the way that I act.

I do let people know sometimes, for the sake of clarity, however.

If all humans jumped up and landed at the same time, would it cause an earthquake?

I think Vsauce did an episode on that.

Oh sorry, seems I didn't discuss anything.

What's funny is that the shit won't work for me until I allow flash to be used on that site, since it needs to be updated.

Well. Think of it this way. I have a sci-fi section for my writing. At first, I started with loose stories with a sci-fi tone. But, in actual reality, over time, all those stories began to have nods to one another. Intentional, very small nods. Little links. Terms. Places. Times. Even characters.

And before I knew it, I had a decent size collection of stories all very loosely linked together in what I'd call the same universe.

So. Don't look at the bigger picture. Make the bigger picture over time.

I'm the auther of 60 short stories at the moment. And at least 30 of them all fit into the sci-fi universe I've started to acknowledge as a home.

I feel you, it doesn't sound too much different from what I've brainstormed this whole time. There are a number of stories and characters all tied together in the end.

I've never told anyone really anything about this idea aside from the fact that it exists. Sometimes I feel like I would really like to, but I have very little to show.

I should probably just jump into it and try some things out. I've always been extremely humble about any of my work. It almost certainly goes beyond that and enters the realm of insecurity tbh.

Thanks for the advice.

Aha. Now this. This is an incredibly tricky thing to grasp. Because most writers I know, always start off with a huge grand story. I did too. But it goes down in flames because you're never ready.

Writing is like a muscle. You need to exercise it, improve it, and grow stronger with it. Writing is an evolution and progress.

So. The best I can give to you. Is to keep your idea alive. Start your hand at writing and just see what you can do first. And from there, over time, you can start to push against your limits.

I can help you if you want. I'm not an expert. But I know enough about writing through my own experiences that I can help. I've given a hand to Baconshelf. I've given help in person to a friend of mine and in only a few weeks I've seen a huge jump in progress and their ability to write.

The best way to start, is always to just simply write.

Sounds about right, for what I was thinking. Just wanted to hear your take on it, since you seem to have your own stories in the works.

I won't have to worry about the idea dying anytime soon, at least. It's been festering in my head for a decade and I think about it quite often. Taking inspiration from a number of things.

You're right though, it is very grand. So grand, in fact, that the thought of composing it all in some form and fleshing out the immense number of details is pretty damn intimidating. tbh I don't even know where to begin with it.

I suppose just getting practice in is a good place to start.

an objective view and no prejudices

That's a pretty rare quality, honestly.

Quote from: Sandtrap on January 14, 2015, 10:14:25 PM

Quote from: A Cheese Potato on January 14, 2015, 10:12:52 PM

Why is your picture upside down?

Wow. Fucking seriously? Holy shit. I didn't even fucking notice that. What the fuck. I'm fixing that shit.

It's been like that since like December....

I think he was being sarcastic. . .

Probably Air Force.

I took the test you take in the recruiters office once and the guy looked at my score and went, and I quote, "Holy shit."

Was pretty funny because I looked like the biggest deadbeat stoner hippie kid around at the time.