Random Stuff X: Something Weird

[Oversleep]

John Hurt has passed away.

You probably know him as Ollivander from Harry Potter films. Or the first victim of facehugger from Alien franchise.

Edited January 28, 2017 by Oversleep

[Quiver he/him]

47 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

John Hurt has passed away.

You probably know him as Ollivander from Harry Potter films.

Or, like myself, as the War Doctor from the 50th Anniversary special.

From what I read, it sounds like he had had some health problems recently (though they had been optimistic about things in October), so... I don't know what to add. Sympathies to his family, obviously. 

 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Quiver

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I just found what I think is a really nice depiction of PTSD. An ex soldier is constantly having dreams of being dragged back.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

2 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

I just found what I think is a really nice depiction of PTSD. An ex soldier is constantly having dreams of being dragged back.

It's an interesting idea. Now, would something similar also be considered PTSD? Example: a college graduate has a dream of being late to an important final.

[Shqueeves]

1 hour ago, Orlion Determined said:

It's an interesting idea. Now, would something similar also be considered PTSD? Example: a college graduate has a dream of being late to an important final.

I think that that would just be considered anxiety and/or stress

[Orlion Blight he/him]

31 minutes ago, Shqueeves said:

I think that that would just be considered anxiety and/or stress

In which case, how is the first something more than anxiety and/or stress?

I posit it's because popular parlance believes incorrectly that PTSD is only the purview of war experiences. 

[Left he/him]

So I got a bit of inspiration to start writing last night, just a few paragraphs, and I thought I'd post here for some feedback on the general concept and hopefully entertain ya'll for a couple minutes. Spoiler'd for size. 

 

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Rea was not like the Earth.

Perhaps it would be better to say that the people of Rea were not like those living on Earth. The planet itself was very similar. It orbited a star like Earth’s, it lacked a moon, but had sister planets that were much closer than Earth’s siblings. There were several continents, currently spread out, but when they were in a pangea formation they looked strangely like the face of a bear. There were far fewer of the tiny islands that were scattered through Earth’s oceans, but there were were many large islands that geologists postulated may have once formed the pan-bear’s whiskers.

But really, does anyone care about astronomy and geography anymore? The point is, what are the people like?

It depends.

Rea’s people were humans, no doubt about that. Some of them were just like some of Earth’s people. Others would seem very strange like a British gentleman in the hills of West Virginia. Much of that is of course due to historical and cultural differences, a climate system based on a slightly different axial tilt, far weaker tides, etc.

There was one major difference prevalent throughout most of Rea’s cultures and religions.

They didn’t think they were the center of the universe. They could be egotistical for sure, but not only did they not think they were alone in the universe, special beings on their planet, or any of the other funny lies earthlings tell themselves, for the most part they were pretty sure they were on the back half of creation.

Their earliest creation legends usually involved some god or other taking a nap after building a couple thousand worlds, then accidentally knocking over an ornamental jar of beads or somesuch that then became Rea. The major monotheistic religions believed that the great wars between good and evil were being fought somewhere else in the universe, and that there were only minor minions of the devil bothering with their planet. As they got better at astronomy and looking at planets they were able to prove this. Since all the planets they could see were dreary rocks or violent gas clouds obviously lifeless and nobody had bothered wiping verdant Rea off the galactic map, the planet obviously couldn’t be very important.

 

[Erunion he/him]

12 minutes ago, Orlion Determined said:

In which case, how is the first something more than anxiety and/or stress?

I posit it's because popular parlance believes incorrectly that PTSD is only the purview of war experiences. 

For most students, exams aren't usually enough to cause serious trauma (and the other symptoms associated with PTSD). 

However, as someone who's mother has PTSD (not war related), it's really nice to raise awareness - PTSD is common in soldiers because of the amount of stress they are under. It is not, however, unique to soldiers. Far from it. 

[Oversleep]

You probably are familiar with Chinese bootleg subtitles for Revenge of the Sith? You know, where Vader's final "NOOO!!!!" is "Do not want"?

Somebody dubbed the whole thing with those subtitles.

If you're not convinced...:

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Again, this is just a small sample of a much larger movie - here are some more choice bits (note that "Anakin" seems to randomly translate to either "A line" or "Allah gold" for some reason and the Jedi Council is constantly referred to as "hopeless situation")

 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Oversleep

[Quiver he/him]

52 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

You probably are familiar with Chinese bootleg subtitles for Revenge of the Sith? You know, where Vader's final "NOOO!!!!" is "Do not want"?

Somebody dubbed the whole thing with those subtitles.

If you're not convinced...:

 

I have never heard of this subtitle project. I know there was a Phantom Menace edit deleting Jar Jar though...?

Also, Aquaman is so cool. 

I mean... think about it. How many superheroes operate exclusively in the ocean? There are dozens, if not hundreds, of fictional versions of Chicago, and New York, and Vegas in comics.

But the ocean? That is so underexplored and underrepresented. It's mysterious, and filled withdrew life that looks like it's ripped straight from fantasy novels, and that's just the stuff we know about. Add in mythological connections, like kraken, and Leviathan, and Atlantis, and, honestly?

Aquaman is probably situated to be one of the most interesting and unique characters in fiction.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

There's a country song getting a good deal of airplay called "Somewhere on a Beach." The chorus includes this line: 

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Got a new girl, she's got it going on
We drink all day, and party all night
I'm way too gone to have you on my mind
Well, she's got a body….

 

HOW DARE YOU LACK-OF-BODY SHAME YOUR NON-CORPOREAL EX GIRLFRIEND!

…..

I think I'm listening to too much Night Vale.  

Edited January 29, 2017 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Sunbird she/her]

I found several cool birds today with a couple of friends. =D (And got some photos too!)

We saw @Kestrel's namesake nomming on some sort of smallish animal while sitting on a power line. (Fear not; the photos aren't graphic. Unfortunately, they're not high quality either. I had the settings on my camera all wrong.)

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We found lots of ducks and geese, plus a few seagulls on a pond. Here's a faraway shot I took of a crowd of them:

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In this photo are 5 kinds of ducks, plus a Canada goose. 1) Common Goldeneyes. 2) Canvasback. 3) Common Merganser. 4) Ring-necked Duck. 5) Lesser Scaup. 6) Canada Goose.

There were also a few of these American Coots on the pond. This guy was really friendly, like he wanted us to throw him some bread.

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Those are all my reasonably okay photos from today, but the coolest birds were ones I wasn't able to photograph: a Ring-necked Pheasant, a pair of ravens, and a Merlin!

Pheasant (photo from Audubon.org):

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I'd never seen a pheasant before, so it was a real treat to see one of these guys running pell-mell across a snowy field with his long tail trailing behind him.

Ravens (photo from the Encyclopaedia Britannica):

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These birds are so big we thought they were vultures at first glance! Makes sense, since ravens are only 2 inches smaller in length according to my field guide.

Merlin (photo from Pinterest):

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I found the little guy (they're almost as tiny as kestrels) about a block away from a relative's house in a regular suburban neighborhood. Totally unexpected and very, very cool.

 

[ShadowLord_Lith he/him]

@Sunbird, awesome photos!!!!!

 

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles, you guys introduced me to night-vale a month ago or so; I'm on episode 100. I don't believe that there is such a thing as "too much" nightvale. Or mountains. Or a dog-park. Or the fluffy white things over our heads, for that matter.

[marsoupial they/them]

2 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

There's a country song getting a good deal of airplay called "Somewhere on a Beach." The chorus includes this line: 

 

HOW DARE YOU LACK-OF-BODY SHAME YOUR NON-CORPOREAL EX GIRLFRIEND!

…..

I think I'm listening to too much Night Vale.  

I laughed literally out loud while reading this and got stares from the people around me.

@ShadowLord_Lith "Toast" made me cry. Also, what are mountains? Mountains? More like nothings.

Edited January 29, 2017 by bleeder

[Delightful]

On 28/01/2017 at 4:28 AM, Cognizantastic said:

Today, I found out that security guards at our school get weekly emails with a "new couple" list of the names of students suspected to be an item, so they can better identify who to keep from kissing and such.

The anti-PDA forces here are mildly terrifying. 

O_o

[Sunbird she/her]

Here, have some random animal memes I made:

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All photos except the last were taken by my mom.

Edited January 29, 2017 by Sunbird

[Quiver he/him]

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles

@ShadowLord_Lith

@bleeder

Am I the only one hyped that their next live show is titled "All Hail"?

@Sunbird Cool photos!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

@Quiver The title is promising.  

[Kobold King he/him]

On 1/27/2017 at 8:28 PM, Cognizantastic said:

Today, I found out that security guards at our school get weekly emails with a "new couple" list of the names of students suspected to be an item, so they can better identify who to keep from kissing and such.

The anti-PDA forces here are mildly terrifying. 

 

Just out of curiosity, is the entire guard squad made up of dead-eyed men who shamble from place to place with a lifeless gait, reporting to a professor in a green bowler hat who really hates kissing for some reason?

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, Kobold King said:

 

Just out of curiosity, is the entire guard squad made up of dead-eyed men who shamble from place to place with a lifeless gait, reporting to a professor in a green bowler hat who really hates kissing for some reason?

I ship it. 

[marsoupial they/them]

8 hours ago, Quiver said:

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles

@ShadowLord_Lith

@bleeder

Am I the only one hyped that their next live show is titled "All Hail"?

@Sunbird Cool photos!

I am very hype.

Also, I'm fifteen today! So that's fun.

[Oversleep]

1 minute ago, bleeder said:

Also, I'm fifteen today! So that's fun.

Happies of birthsdays, @bleeder!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Happy birthday, @bleeder! I asked Bruce what we should do in honor of this day. 

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His answer was….mildly self-serving.  

 

[Oversleep]

People of youtube mentioned it's like Welcome to Night Vale so I thought I'd share

(yes, I watched all of the important videos playlist. All 311 of them)

[Shqueeves]

2 hours ago, bleeder said:

I am very hype.

Also, I'm fifteen today! So that's fun.

I hope you have a splendid anniversary of your birth