Growing up in North Korea, Yeonmi had seen executions before. She remembers her mother piggy­backing her to public squares and sports stadiums to watch the spectacles used by Kim Jong-il’s Workers’ Party to silence even the slightest whisper of dissent.
But this killing lodged in her mind. Yeonmi watched in horror as the woman she knew was lined up alongside eight other prisoners and her sentence was read out. Her crime was having watched South Korean films and lending the DVDs to friends. Her punishment in this most paranoid of dictatorships was death by firing squad.
As the executioners raised their weapons, Yeonmi covered her face. But she looked up again, just in time to see an explosion of blood and the woman’s body crumple to the ground. ‘It was a shock,’ she remembers. ‘It was the first time I felt terrified.’

So I heard you were banned, and dying? Please get unbanned, or die faster. No offense, it's just that you have no impact on my life, and I don't know you, so it'd be much better for me.

inb4 op is mad

It's the only way for me to cope with a certain user's stupidity

I FUCKING HATE THE PIECE OF SHIT GOD FUCKING DAMNIT SO RETARDED HOLY SHIT

Quote from: Royal Light on January 12, 2015, 02:38:03 PM

It seems almost counterproductive, though I find imagining a room and putting stuff in it fun for some reason.

What is counterproductive? Why is whatever counterproductive?

If you create a room, you'll be stuck with it forever.
-guy who created two rooms and put 3 paintings in them.

I don't organise my memory at all; it probably explains why I can recall useless pieces of information but forget names and specific words from time to time.

I'd love an explanation of those "mind palaces" and other memory techniques. They sound great but it seems like you need a certain mind for it.

Create a room as a test in your mind
Find a place you're familiar with, and put stuff in it with your mind.

for instance, an apple, and two tomatoes.

Since you have the design in your mind, you will remember the things in it, and because you remember the door, you will remember the rug, and because you remember the rug, you will remember the blue walls, and because you remember the blue walls, you will remember the table, and you put something on that table, so your mind goes there, and now you remember something that you had put there.


This all happens in less than 5 seconds when you're familiar with the place.

I'll do this when I find a good "palace".

Edit: Oh, and I'm able to remember long codes by using the numbers before me to remember the ones infront.
I saw a phone number while sitting down, and decided to memorize it.

317-373-365718

I spent about 2 minutes in the room, but I am to this day able to remember something as useless as that.

Why? Because I associated it with things.
Anrgyvidyagamenerd says something like "three seventy BOUR", which I used to remember 017, then 579 was easy to remember as it rolls of the tongue, and then 365 is the amount of days in a year. 718 is the only one that has no connection, but my mind is able to remember such a short number sequence that's connected to strong memory of something shallow.


I edited some numbers so that I won't give away my location.

 

you can tlock but you lock

I thought Sword Art Online had some good music.

Spoiler

YouTube

Not sure if trolling, but I'll bite.

That was some of the most generic music I've heard the whole month. Try Hegemony of The Food Chain

Be a socially responsible young man instead of an edgy rebellious fuck :]

What does socially responsible mean?

I wasted an hour trying to pick my first lock. My thumb hurts now, and I even raged three times causing me to violently push up a lot of pins rapidly without a care.

Worst part is I'm not even sure what I'm doing wrong. 

Transformers the Movie (1986)

You're a fucking faggot

Which one is better, and why?

You can't participate in this thread if you haven't seen both series for obvious reasons.

edit: I realize that the two shouldn't be put up against each other, but I let it happen for sake the of discussion.

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Quote from: Kiyohime on January 10, 2015, 04:30:45 PM

Sherlock, by far. Comparing the two is like comparing a microwave burger to a fillet steak

This. Elementary is a watered down, mass appeal version of Sherlock.

What do you mean by "mass appeal"

I'm not your fourth grade English teacher, look it up.

Mass Appeal is a two-character play by Bill C. Davis. The comedy-drama focuses on the conflict between a complacent Roman Catholic pastor and the idealistic young deacon who is assigned to his affluent, suburban parish.

Quote from: Kiyohime on January 10, 2015, 04:30:45 PM

Sherlock, by far. Comparing the two is like comparing a microwave burger to a fillet steak

This. Elementary is a watered down, mass appeal version of Sherlock.

What do you mean by "mass appeal"

Reported.

Oh wow...
That's unfortunate.
_{for you}

rge to tea block rises