Treemotan

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  4. Posted

    People often ask me how this place is. I tell them it's really not that bad, but truthfully there is one thing that bothers me the constant barrage of Religion. For those of you don't know I'm an Atheist and have been for over twenty years. I grew up Catholic and went to church and believed the stuff I was told but as I got older I just got to a point where the stuff I was hearing just became so unbelievably outrageous that I just had to quit. 

     

    When I first got here I was visited by a local priest who asked if I wanted to take communion and when I told him that I was an Atheist he almost tripped over his own feet rushing out of my room like he couldn't get out fast enough or risk catching my Atheist germs. I thought that was the end of it but now I have people coming by every so often trying to "Save" me. I politely listen what they have to say, accept their prayers and or pamphlet and then wish them a good day. I don't know what they are hoping maybe one day that I'll "see the light" but it ain't gonna happen.

     

    It's like that around here too, and we're not even in the Bible Belt. Lot of Jehovah's Witnesses too. I once had a customer at work hold me up for 45 minutes trying to convert me. 

     

    Yeah. I feel your pain and commend your mental fortitude. I'd go nuts if I had to sit through that all day with no means of escape.

  5. Posted

    We tried. Except for that one picture where we deliberately tried to look gross and my boobs look like way bigger than they are.

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    I'm tired of y'all being tired. Lazy bourgeois puppys.

     

    On a more positive note, They're putting me through management training at work. Might be getting promoted to an assistant manager.  

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  11. Posted

    Ok, so right now I am playing through several games at once:

     

    Bayonetta / Bayonetta 2

    Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

    Suikoden 2

     

    and I am also playing Guilty Gear Xrd and P4AU on and off

     

    Yeye, Dragon's Dogma. Happy to see someone else actually playing it. Has its quirks, but is still a very fun game. Not enough people play it.

  12. Posted

    Yeah the 60fps puppyed up for some reason. Youtube wouldn't even do it in HQ.

     

    Ah well, I'll fix things later.

     

    For now, behold this... whatever it is.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHX_r2qyPo

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  15. Posted · Edited by Treemotan (see edit history)

    Listening to this, Utata-P strikes again. Probably one of my favorite Vocaloid producers; literally all of his songs are mind-screws in some way, either starting off a certain way and then going in a completely different direction, or doing things like a cheery melody combined with disturbing material.

     

    I present his newest song, a sequel to a previous song he wrote. Subtitled for your pleasure.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6kxlyOlZc

     

    Oh Utata.

     

    Edit: Bonus, since this one started playing partway through my post.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XgHU86QFQg

  16. Posted · Edited by Treemotan (see edit history)

    Well, yeah. Wizarding society is pretty prickish in general, for reasons I've highlighted. Persecution leads to persecution, albeit not necessarily in the same form. It's gotten better by the modern day, I.E., people not necessarily outright hating Muggles or Muggle-borns for the most part, especially considering that by the 1900's most if not all wizard families are half-blood or have some muggle ancestry in the bloodline (comments from both Hagrid and Sirius support this, along with Rowling herself stating that if there are any truly pureblood families left, they are few and far between), but still not necessarily understanding non-magical society as a whole, as seen with Arthur Weasley. He understands very little about the non-magical world, comically so, but clearly does not show any hatred or dislike towards them. Exceptions exist, obviously, such as Muggle-borns or those who are married to Muggles or have Muggle or Squib relatives (in the case where Squibs attempt to integrate into Muggle society as opposed to being a second-class citizen in the wizarding world) and would logically have a better grasp and treat muggles as equals. They'd have to. 

     

    And as for the surgeon thing, it might not necessarily be a more effective healing practice. It's likely just another matter of perspective and wizarding world arrogance (or ignorance), both in terms of withholding it and also seeing it as superior. I mean, yeah, they might not be cutting someone up, but at the same time a scalpel is a lot less likely to backfire and turn the patient inside-out than a wand that is being temperamental (because they are, in fact, semi-sentient) or magical misfire because magic can be dodgy. And then you have things like basilisk venom that, as far as wizards know, can only be cured with the tears of a phoenix, but with our technology today we could probably analyze it at its most basic compounds and toxins and maybe come up with some kind of antivenom, or countermeasure at the very least. I might be oversimplifying toxicology there, but the point still stands.

     

    And what governing system, magical or not, isn't deeply flawed?

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  17. Posted · Edited by Treemotan (see edit history)

    What was the reason given that muggles could never know about magic? I'm guessing the reasoning is probably pretty half baked and requires a lot of willing suspension of disbelief.

    http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Statute_of_Secrecy

     

    Date that the Statute of Secrecy was established corresponds to the Salem Witch Trials, though of course there was plenty of witch hunting before that, you know, darling religious fundies and whatnot. It can all pretty much be boiled down to Muggles back in the day being close-minded assholes for the most part and generally hating anything that seemed heretical to their religious doctrine of choice. I mean, you still see it now, but it was a lot worse back then when people didn't really know as much about the mechanics of the world around them. 

     

    And it wasn't enough to just kind of tone the magic down, oh no. The wizarding world pretty much decided to close itself off entirely for the most part, save for certain institutions that would allow and reach out to Muggle-borns and half-bloods that didn't know about magic or their legacy and permit them into their world. So you get this interesting situation where the wizarding world and its views have been relatively unchanged over the centuries, while the rest of humanity has gotten to a point where they probably wouldn't light you on fire for being a witch and would more likely than not treat magic as another subject of study or a curiosity, much like how wizards find muggle technology to be fascinating and a field of study, from the same perspective of which we might view magic; something strange, unfamiliar, and fascinating beyond compare. Either way, the point is it's likely that the wizarding world at large still believes they will be in danger of persecution or in a position that will beget hostility, and are too prideful and arrogant of their lineage and antiquated worldviews that they aren't even willing to test the waters to see if perhaps they could bring magic out into the open again because maybe it turns out those ignorant muggles aren't quite as close-minded as they were four hundred years ago.

     

    Hope that made sense. 

     

    Why no I wasn't binge-reading the wiki and messing around on Pottermore for five hours today ha ha why do you ask.

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  18. Posted

     

     

    Okay I wasn't gonna ask him because he has a life and works more than usual this week and I'm considerate of his needs but okay

     

    Andrew pair the first SnK OP theme with the metric system 

     

    Now

     

    Your girlfriend commands it

     

    and so does your boyfriend

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  19. Posted

    Someone pair the first SnK OP theme with the metric system

     

    Now

  20. Posted

    Chibiusa: The Legend.

     

    (Physically) Five years old, goes back in time, accidentally kisses her future dad and then holds her future mother at gunpoint.

     

    Legend.

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    Yeah, figured. And yeah, you can cover 'em up with makeup, but you'd need to use a green-tinted concealer to counteract the redness. And I am unfortunately out of it.

     

    Least they're actually fading fairly quickly. So while the sheer amount makes it look like I got mauled by a bear or perhaps a raccoon, the blood didn't pool that badly. 

  23. Posted · Edited by Treemotan (see edit history)

    So yesterday was a mix of feelings. Hung out with Shrubs. And by "hung out", I mean helped watch his brothers for a few hours before they went to bed and we were able to sneak off into his room to make out whilst indulging in some mutual kink. So, that was pretty awesome, to say the least.

     

    On that note, anyone got some solid advice for expediting the fading of a hickey? I kind of have to work several days in a row and only have three turtlenecks to my name. And multiple hickeys to cover up. Which, at the time seemed like an awesome idea and certainly felt awesome, but yeah. I still have to work.

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