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At 9/3/14 09:37 PM, stafffighter wrote: I'm not kidding when I say this. We need another Austin Powers movie.

I back this notion completely after honestly reading none of the rest of your post.

I didn't feel like bumping a topic that had been dead since 2007 before 2 weeks ago, I also went to stickdeath. My favorites were "the carrot patch" "Whiskey in the Jar" and I forgot what he called this series but It was basically when a blue stick-man went crazy and re-enacted the movie 'Falling Down.' for things like being kept up in the morning by construction noise across the street.

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At 9/3/14 08:44 PM, MarshallLee wrote: I know a guy who's poor and lazy and justifies his lifestyle to get what he wants even when he says that's unintentional with his actions by laughing and smiling nonsense. Despite his "easygoing" attitude he uses it to his advantage to get sympathy points with the adults and it ticks me off he gets special privileges among us cause he's poor and quite stupid cause he wants to be.

That 'easygoing' attitude is a classic example of cognitive dissonance. He knows he is lazy and poor because of that lifestyle choice but you say he shrugs it off with 'laughing and smiling nonsense.' That nonsense is his brain subconsciously scrambling to react to any assertion that his plight is self-imposed and that's because his "plight" appeals to every one of his survival instincts. He's fed, clothed, housed and all around has a great thing going (compared to being homeless on the street) and the laughing and joking he does when confronted about it is his defense mechanism.

I'd also like to reply to this thread with the definition of 'Cognitive Dissonance'

Cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas or values simultaneously.

It's important to note that every human being experiences cognitive dissonance during at least one but more likely several points in their life when they attain ideas or values that directly conflict with their actual behavior. Sometimes that stress is released in the form of railing against the subject or thought the person experiencing the cognitive dissonance is experiencing themselves. It's a natural defense mechanism.

I used to have the exact same sentiments as you do, disgusted constantly by the entitlement generation rearing it's grubby, needy hands pawing at any and all hand outs while crying injustice when the things they have demanded for free with no effort are not granted to them.

I stopped one day and actually thought about how these people effect me in any way and I honestly couldn't think of one instance where someone being 'spoiled' or 'entitled' directly effected, let alone harmed my life. I even realized there were plenty of times in which I could have been viewed as acting like your original post and after that realization, I tried to think of people in my own personal life who could have been perceived as being entitled and It was everyone. Everyone had at least one instance of being a greedy, selfish, self-serving person. Altruism and narcissism are just opposite approaches to trying to improve your station in life. Game theory, while daunting and complex, sheds a little light on why people act in the ways they do but Sociology would be a better subject for studying those motives when applied to cultural groups.

At 9/3/14 06:44 PM, NeonSpider wrote: mine don't display "regular time"
Newest console I even own is a Playstation2.

Yeah, that's why your consoles don't display the time.

Andy Richter controls the universe.

At 9/3/14 06:22 PM, NeonSpider wrote:

At 9/3/14 05:08 PM, GenericScreen wrote: Hard mode is you don't get a window for access to natural light and the television/game consoles do not display time like the usually do.

So ... timed games are no longer timed? What? You suddenly get unlimited time to complete each level in, say, Super Mario Bros.?

Also lol, with all those amenities it wouldn't be that bad really.

All amenities included excluding human contact and also lul at timed games no longer being timed.

I saw the writing on the wall when stores in certain parts of the US started mimicking shops in the EU by putting curtains and dividers in front of their cigarette displays and I'm sure we all remember long ago when they started printing images on the individual packs displaying the effects of smoking related illnesses. Granted I never saw it in my area but knowing the political climate surrounding tobacco sales, it wasn't that big of a leap to stop selling them altogether.

To everyone asking for an incentive to stay, that was the point. There is absolutely no incentive to live like that, I was just curious how long someone could self-impose that lifestyle on themselves without being driven insane or leaving the experiment. There are no imaginary crimes or charges, just you and a cell. Personally I think I could last a full year. However, after a full year I'm pretty sure my ideas about how strong my mental endurance is would start to change.

Hard mode is you don't get a window for access to natural light and the television/game consoles do not display time like the usually do.

At 9/3/14 05:10 AM, solamander wrote:

At 9/3/14 02:55 AM, GenericScreen wrote:

At 9/3/14 02:52 AM, solamander wrote:

That'd be easy time to my standards, Ramen is fkkin delish. How about prison yards? Would I have any time to work out, or talk to other prisoners?

No yard, just an enclosed gym, excercise is one hour a day and there is no human contact aside from being escorted to the gym room. It's solitary.

At 9/3/14 02:52 AM, solamander wrote: Is there any pornography?

I am the warden so I'm going to say the third channel stream 24 hours of whatever porn the occupant desires.

Also VJF, the food is standard prison food. Mainly carbs and starches, only the amount of protein necessary to keep you alive and it's blander than the worst TV dinner you've ever had. I'm going to go ahead and allow you to buy ramen noodles from the commissary (they're still delivered by a guard that doesn't speak) and you can have 10 dollars in your account each month maximum. Ramen noodles cost 33 cents.

The difference being the occupant can leave.

23 hours a day. You have a choice of reading material 250-500 books, their subjects being completely random. You could have home and gardening next to a biography of Marshall Applewhite of the Heaven's Gate cult. All major religious texts are of course included. You can have as much paper and writing utencils as you want. Your uniform is an orange jumpsuit, the underwear not being particularly comfortable. You can have a modern game console and 10 games but no access to internet or any form of outside communication is allowed. The game can be of your choice. You can watch 3 television channels, the news, religious services and a third to be determined by the warden.

1 hour to exercise only you have a fully equipped gym instead of the usual supermax treatment of a pull up bar in what looks like in a drained pool. The gym is completely indoors as you will be for the duration of your stay.

When you are moved from your cell to the gym you are hooded and the guards will not communicate with you even if you yell. When your food is delivered (maximum of 3,000 calories a day) the guard will also not communicate with you then.

How long could you last? Pic related, it's your cell.

At 9/3/14 01:39 AM, Profanity wrote: BILLIONS of NGers

Yeah, that'll be the day.

At 9/3/14 02:19 AM, VJF wrote:

At 9/3/14 01:49 AM, GenericScreen wrote:

At 9/3/14 01:48 AM, VJF wrote:

At 9/3/14 12:41 AM, GenericScreen wrote:
What's hentai?

What's a generic screen?

What If I told you it was a screen without a well known brand name?

They make brand name screens?

Have you ever been to an hhgregg?

At 9/3/14 01:48 AM, VJF wrote:

At 9/3/14 12:41 AM, GenericScreen wrote:
What's hentai?

What's a generic screen?

What If I told you it was a screen without a well known brand name?

At 9/3/14 01:33 AM, Prinzy2 wrote: Personally, putting myself in the shoes of the other guy, I'd probably feel less guilty knowing that she was going to have an affair whether or not I was there.

Do you think single guys who log onto infidelity sites are reaching for the lower hanging-fruit knowing that?

At 9/3/14 01:27 AM, DirtySyko wrote: I'M JUST A NOBODY NOW

Who are you again?

I'm gonna play the safe hand and call out of court settlement. Deadmau5 has enough money for decent legal counsel and while I'm sure Disney has lawyers that could have gotten Hess out of the Nuremberg trials, the courts will see this as the patent trolling it is hopefully.

At 9/3/14 12:52 AM, koopahermit wrote: I wish my piss came out my dick as strong as a fire hose. Then I could punish anyone who came in my way.

Granted. However, your first time testing it out, it blows your unprepared dick to shreds.

I wish i hadn't corrupted his wish.

At 9/3/14 12:42 AM, EpicGamingFantasy wrote: 2!

I should not be lying to myself ... had wanted to say I'm a 1 but yeah, 2 would be more accurate.

I think it's very admirable to downgrade yourself from a 1 to a 2. That's why I try to stay away from 6. It's arrogant to say you know for a fact that a deity does or doesn't exist.

At 9/3/14 12:40 AM, SentForMe wrote:

At 9/2/14 09:48 PM, GenericScreen wrote:

At 9/2/14 09:45 PM, VJF wrote: Would you have a reason to fear him if he was?

Can't I just enjoy tentacle rape without condemnation?

Do you mean actual tentacle rape or the simulated kind found in hentai?

What's hentai?

At 9/2/14 11:49 PM, Profanity wrote: NO CHANGE.

WE FEAR CHANGE.

ALL HAIL THE CONTENTION THAT DOING THE SAME THING WILL SOMEDAY YIELD DIFFERENT RESULTS!

Mb f vry sr strts tpng wtht sng vwls t wll hppn.

At 9/3/14 12:04 AM, fieldertiger wrote: You guys are playing A LOT of Phoenix Wright

I chuckled.

At 9/3/14 12:12 AM, koopahermit wrote:

At 9/3/14 12:11 AM, GenericScreen wrote: Has anyone in this thread ever come close to drowning in the ocean?

I was once swallowed whole by a shark. My sunscreen gave the shark a stomach ache however, and he vomited me back out.

That's silly. You're silly.

At 9/3/14 12:08 AM, Sensationalism wrote:

At 9/3/14 12:07 AM, koopahermit wrote: I know someone who died from consuming too much Dihydrogen Monoxide. I think something as scary sounding as halite might cause the same effects.

You can't drown in salt but you can drown in saltWATER.

Has anyone in this thread ever come close to drowning in the ocean?

At 9/3/14 12:07 AM, koopahermit wrote: I know someone who died from consuming too much Dihydrogen Monoxide. I think something as scary sounding as halite might cause the same effects.

Heh.

At 9/2/14 11:58 PM, Sensationalism wrote: You know those salt crystal lamp rock things that are supposed to purify the air and shit? Well so like those are made of halite? And halite is supposed to be good for us to eat? And the lamps say to keep out of reach of small children and pets. So if they say that how can it be that they are safe to eat that halite is safe? I licked it and it's yummy so I hope it's not bad for me. Someone said their cockatiel was tasting it. I hope his is okay. Mine never tried it but I did. Am I be okaY ?

Halite is not a very hard mineral and if it falls and chips, small children and pets are liable to choke on said halite chips.

At 9/2/14 11:58 PM, Scarface wrote:

At 9/2/14 11:53 PM, GenericScreen wrote:

At 9/2/14 11:51 PM, Scarface wrote: Sounds like a 2 or a 3 to me.

None of these numbers imply a specific religion, type of god, or number of gods believed in, only the belief in the likelihood of any god existing.

Where are you OP?

As I said in the OP, I'm somewhere in 5 (meaning between 5 and 6). I am skeptical about the definitive existence of a god, but there are a lot of questions that science can't yet answer, any may not be able to. I understand that we learn more every day, and the theory of god needs to answer fewer and fewer questions, but I'm not sure it's something we can ever truly rule out entirely.

My bad. I would say I'm a solid 5. I try to base my beliefs on the scientific method; which to my understanding would be to only form beliefs based on conclusions formed from replicable results of repeated experiments and trials. I don't think gravity needs to be peer-reviewed but you get what I'm saying.