The Random Thoughts Thread

[ZenRaiden]

cute

 

[PiedPiper]

@zre

I think we as humans cannot change climate change, but Antarctica will be realistically a new home to people who lived near the equator.

... .Really

 

[PiedPiper]

cute

Must one look beyond your signature to come to a conclusion.

 

[Hourglass]

I am sad that as much as try to get people in power to notice how I go so much out of my way to make things actually work, I may never feel as if I will receive much of what I give. Maybe that is okay. It is okay to be a giver. Even before happiness, I hope for healing.

I’ve been shedding many tears this week.

 

[birdsnestfern]

So...what does that metaphor mean?

I was reading an ongoing issue on nextdoor.com where people are upset that the island is allowing a new apartment complex to be built for immigrants who are working on a nearby wealthy island to help the workers avoid traffic jams on their way to work, they want to house them nearby. But, one argument was, why don't they house them on the island they are working on instead of the nearby island? Islanders are mad that they are building the housing on nature wetlands and that they are hiring immigrants from another country and this islands workers are causing such a huge traffic issue for the nearby island residents.

Of course, no amount of complaining from residents will stop them from building it, even though they bypassed certain laws that every other builder has to comply with, to NOT build in wetlands. The counter argument was this objection was really about racsism. Ultimately, the power behind it is really MONEY. And, the cities/islands likely gift each other money and favors so they can slide by the rules of everyone else. Someone mentioned there is an old Southern aphorism that says "A stuck pig squeals the loudest". Because of the very heated meetings the residents vs the decision makers at the top are having.

So, I thought I'd look up the real meaning behind that.....saying....

To "squeal like a stuck pig" means to cry out loudly and shrilly. It comes from an old activity called 'pig sticking': hunters on horseback chased wild boar and tried to drive spears through them (referred to as 'sticking').
Based on an old saying, "A stuck pig squeals loudly" Which is usually used as a metaphor for bad guys complaining when you ruin their crooked setup. For example, if you started exposing and challenging a crooked business...the owner would probably start complaining that you were being unfair and overly harsh, when in fact your just doing justice....hence a "stuck pig" (wounded a pig of a person) complains loudly about how harsh you're being on them.

 

[ZenRaiden]

Ever think about people, socializing and general people stuff, and then suddenly have a flash of suicidal ideation?
I seriously sometimes hate this planet.

 

[birdsnestfern]

Can an INTP sometimes be more ISTP? Every once in a while you need to be handy so I think everyone needs to find their ISTP side at times.

I've been searching all morning for a tool box (I have a steel one but its not large enough and the latches are a hassle to open or close every time I want to get a tool out).

I wanted one that I could leave in my linen closet on a shelf and just reach in and grab a tool without having to open latches or lift it down. This open bag design seems to be pretty good design of all the ones I've explored on amazon. Features I like are:
I can put a Milwaukee drill and screwdriver tool in the bag, hammers, saws, plyers, socket wrenches, wrenches, screwdrivers, allen wrenches, wire cutters, and box cutters and just reach in without having to take the whole tool box out.

They did not design the steel toolbox that I wanted, I wanted one that was 18" long, stackable, ie, the handle fits flat so you can stack other items on top, nobody seemed to be able to design that, unless you wanted to buy a cheaper plastic tool box, which I didn't.

So here was my top pick for the closet shelf:

The steel tool box I liked the most had a nice deep area for storage like the drill tools that also would let you put a hammer in the top section was this. So, I 'could' get this one plus the canvas bag above and stack the bag on top I think.

 

[ZenRaiden]

I kind of miss old Onion news network vids.
They were super informative.

 

[dr froyd]

sigh im sick and tired of having to eat all the time

you're telling me i have to eat like 3 times a day just to survive? are you kidding me?

human biology sucks, dude

 

[birdsnestfern]

Here is an old article from January 6, 1960 from the San Francisco Examiner (which was in an old box I had).
Someone not admitting that radiation exposure (Radium salts that were spilled near someone) made people sick (saying that nausea, rash, hair falling out was not a symptom of radiation) lol.

 

[PiedPiper]

I don't understand how views work here. There's like maybe 15 active posters at different times yet 100s of views per post. Does each view by the same person count? Is it the bots?Are people just watching and nervous about posting or replying themselves? Why is this.

 

[Jennywocky]

I don't understand how views work here. There's like maybe 15 active posters at different times yet 100s of views per post. Does each view by the same person count? Is it the bots?Are people just watching and nervous about posting or replying themselves? Why is this.

Yup, a bot viewing a page typically gets counted as a page view, in general -- it's hitting the page.
There are not hundreds of lurking members out there to generate that many views.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-bot-traffic/

 

[birdsnestfern]

I had no idea that 'FOREVER STAMPS" are just a scam. The post office says that stamps if you buy one worth 60 cents are worth 60 cents, and prices increase. So don't fall for Forever Stamps if you see them for sale on Facebook or elsewhere, even if they say USPS on them, its a scam.
I haven't mailed anything snail mail in years, but that is good to know.

 

[ZenRaiden]

I feel like I am perpetual misfit in life.
That the only thing left for me is some borderline lonely life.
I think my way into others and feel my way into normal, the more I am me, the less I relate to people.
It feels futile sometimes.

 

[ZenRaiden]

Politics and religion where every cognitive fallacy is law.

 

[birdsnestfern]

I feel like I am perpetual misfit in life.
That the only thing left for me is some borderline lonely life.
I think my way into others and feel my way into normal, the more I am me, the less I relate to people.
It feels futile sometimes.

No, this is just the truth for everyone. No two ideals of love are the same. Absolutely NONE. This is why you have to be really good at problem solving and compromise and comforting and recognizing that its all about your own effort and finding people that at least have as many similar views as possible and then being realistic that people are just too different to be seamless matches. Plus, people always seem to have ulterior motives, use your intuition to figure those out too.

The first thing to figure out is what the ideals are of the other person are and if there is chemistry enough to work things out. But in truth, not everyone will have love in their lives. Coming to that realization is part of making yourself happy and manifesting what is right for you.

What you think is love and what someone else thinks is love are 100% not the same. Ever.

 

[ZenRaiden]

What you think is love and what someone else thinks is love are 100% not the same. Ever.

Yeah, I have no quarrel with this.

 

[ZenRaiden]

I felt good today for reasons I cannot understand.
Yet again, I could try to feel it, and here I am doing nothing and feeling better.

 

[ZenRaiden]

 

[BarIV]

I had no idea that 'FOREVER STAMPS" are just a scam. The post office says that stamps if you buy one worth 60 cents are worth 60 cents, and prices increase. So don't fall for Forever Stamps if you see them for sale on Facebook or elsewhere, even if they say USPS on them, its a scam.
I haven't mailed anything snail mail in years, but that is good to know.

Forever stamps that you get from the post office or from reputable sources are legit and one of those stamps will let you mail a letter forever, even if prices increase.

 

[birdsnestfern]

Ah, ok, I'm glad you clarified, this had me thinking all were a scam.

 

[birdsnestfern]

Some childhood and teenhood memories.
Bike Riding to explore various alleys in beautiful neighborhoods. Tossing pennies and making wishes in the moss covered fountain, having a steak burger and thick chocolate malt in an outdoor restaurant and how good it was, eating donuts or custard sweet rolls at a bakery with coffee and nice older Swedish ladies serving you. Drinking from pretty purple ceramic drinking fountains in parks, Sliding down fire poles in the old firestation -buying Its Its icecream at a small mom and pop store and loving the bike ride home, spending time at Art store chosing pens and brushes and chalk sticks and paper, the sound of Mockingbirds singing at night, the lulling sound of crickets on a Summer night walk, having night parties with watermelon, tiki lamps and rotisserie bbq and corn on the cob, Staying up very late to watch Sargent Bilko and the Untouchables, the half moon shaped wall of graduated rocks at a park and walk/balancing up and down on them, 4 small cypress trees you could get into and hide in at recess, Twisty spiral slides that were awesome for sliding down, waking up in a girl friends attic bedroom before school, riding to a creamery cafe to get a hot buttered pastry and cocoa, then riding on to high school, I mean what could be better than that.

Loved the old spiral slides of the 60s.

 

[birdsnestfern]

Triple Cazimi February 28th: Try the lottery maybe. There are other aspects which are powerful as well. Between the full moon on Feb 24th
and February 28th, it will be like squeezing through the eye of a needle where once you get to the other side, there is no going back.
You will feel the overwhelm on 26th and 27th, monkey wrench in the works. A lot is going on, just take notes in your personal journals.
You may have psychic experiences as well.

A Cazimi Is a Super Powerful Astrological Alignment—Here's the Lucky Energy You Can Expect From All 8 of Them

This alignment occurs when a planet comes into very close conjunction with the sun, and it brings a different energy depending on the planet involved.

www.wellandgood.com

 

[ZenRaiden]

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

<.<

 

[birdsnestfern]

Short videos to check out:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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- YouTube

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Time Pressure affects your emotional response to help others:

- YouTube

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More to check out:

https://www.youtube.com/@Intelligence-Squared/videos

 

[birdsnestfern]

Deciphering what a Woolly Bear is (besides a Caterpillar).

I'm still not entirely sure this fits - maybe just a woolly caterpillar.

Woolly Bear is a term still in use for clothing - Offshore in the North Sea is a commonly used as a term for a thermal jacket/trousers or more specifically one piece worn under coveralls in the winter. Sometimes also known as a Huggie (Bear)

Woolly bear: The burst, especially the resulting smoke of any big German HE shell, particularly of the 5.9 shrapnel. Also, confusingly, for a small German HE shell bursting with black smoke.

Woolly bears

Can someone precisely define a 'woolly bear' for me please?

www.greatwarforum.org

At 4 minutes in on this audio, the reference was:

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

vatican audience hall:

jesus speaking to the pharisees:

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Matthew 12:34-35

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Genesis 6:12

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 2:9-10

 

[fractalwalrus]

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 2:9-10

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The second coming of price.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Luke 12:6

 

[fractalwalrus]

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Luke 12:6

Not if they are Jack Sparrows.

 

[Myself]

My daughter was tested two weeks ago, and last week thursday we got the results. Mentally she's a genius. That's one thing we found out. Physically she's in the median range.

Also she doesn't have autism. Apologies to all the autists on this forum but I'm probably most happy about that.

She won't have it easy, as none of the people with an IQ of 140 do... but she'll have a chance to be the author of her own story.

We decided not to tell any of the grandparents or aunts, because we don't want her work ethic to be 'spoiled' too soon by having her feel like she's earned the right to not have to work as hard as the others for her rewards. And we can't trust the grandparents with the job of not spoiling their grandchild

 

[fractalwalrus]

She won't have it easy, as none of the people with an IQ of 140 do... but she'll have a chance to be the author of her own story.

I remember reading somewhere that higher IQ individuals tend to have higher rates of mental illnesses. There are usually detrimental effects on mental health that accompany the estrangement from peers and isolation.

because we don't want her work ethic to be 'spoiled' too soon by having her feel like she's earned the right to not have to work as hard as the others for her rewards

 

[Myself]

She won't have it easy, as none of the people with an IQ of 140 do... but she'll have a chance to be the author of her own story.

I remember reading somewhere that higher IQ individuals tend to have higher rates of mental illnesses. There are usually detrimental effects on mental health that accompany the estrangement from peers and isolation.

because we don't want her work ethic to be 'spoiled' too soon by having her feel like she's earned the right to not have to work as hard as the others for her rewards

Such a cheerful comment...

I am smart. If the forum could display body language I seriously believe you would be able to see that I am not saying this to congratulate myself or to prop up my own ego. It's just how it is. And I can honestly say from my own experience that it's not easy but as long as you have a sense of humor and you're not too reliant on other people's approval it's more of a blessing than a curse. But it's definately more of both than the majority of people experience in their life.

Hey. May you live in interesting times... I suppose. Better to live in a brain that experiences MORE of the world... that one that is numb to most of it. You only get one life after all.

 

[fluffy]

Jacob Barnett is a kid that can think in the 4th dimension and he is not exactly 250 IQ

Sidis was most likely to be 175

Because 200 is such a profound intellect no more than 1 person has is statistically.

Batman is the comic character who has it and he has to fight people like the joker (175)

It is not that all intelligence is the same but to imagine it all we have are novels and cinema.

Spider man at 160 because he studied modern quantum physics and made the web formula spider silk arm band web slinger.

140 is high up and top university professors have it. They can absorb papers and do lab work such that they extrapolate computer chip designs and chemistry and biology experiments.

I try to be like spiderman, I design things but cannot build them. I need funding. Yet it makes me happy to research advancements in different fields and I take notes of what is public and what is secret. The phone I use I anticipated when 12 that you could make video phone calls and watch tv - the Internet was still new then so I didn't connect the dots for that aspect.

Currently I want to learn more mathematics and neuroscience. No one told me where to begin, I was ignored in school because the teachers thought I would figure it out by myself. Unfortunately my mother never told me what I should do in life. It took time to learn what I wanted to do.

 

[fractalwalrus]

She won't have it easy, as none of the people with an IQ of 140 do... but she'll have a chance to be the author of her own story.

I remember reading somewhere that higher IQ individuals tend to have higher rates of mental illnesses. There are usually detrimental effects on mental health that accompany the estrangement from peers and isolation.

because we don't want her work ethic to be 'spoiled' too soon by having her feel like she's earned the right to not have to work as hard as the others for her rewards

Such a cheerful comment...

I am smart. If the forum could display body language I seriously believe you would be able to see that I am not saying this to congratulate myself or to prop up my own ego. It's just how it is. And I can honestly say from my own experience that it's not easy but as long as you have a sense of humor and you're not too reliant on other people's approval it's more of a blessing than a curse. But it's definately more of both than the majority of people experience in their life.

Hey. May you live in interesting times... I suppose. Better to live in a brain that experiences MORE of the world... that one that is numb to most of it. You only get one life after all.

Ah, I was not intending to be negative per se, merely to offer a suggestion of certain pitfalls to avoid. Specifically, if her work ethic is too high, then unless the school system resists skipping her a few grades ahead, she will likely find herself isolated from her older peers. This could probably still happen if she remains at the grade level of people in her age group, so I am uncertain if it will matter. Best to find her people who are like her to associate with.

 

[fluffy]

Gifted (2017 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[fractalwalrus]

Gifted (2017 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Yes, this is another possible outcome.

 

[Myself]

She won't have it easy, as none of the people with an IQ of 140 do... but she'll have a chance to be the author of her own story.

I remember reading somewhere that higher IQ individuals tend to have higher rates of mental illnesses. There are usually detrimental effects on mental health that accompany the estrangement from peers and isolation.

because we don't want her work ethic to be 'spoiled' too soon by having her feel like she's earned the right to not have to work as hard as the others for her rewards

Such a cheerful comment...

I am smart. If the forum could display body language I seriously believe you would be able to see that I am not saying this to congratulate myself or to prop up my own ego. It's just how it is. And I can honestly say from my own experience that it's not easy but as long as you have a sense of humor and you're not too reliant on other people's approval it's more of a blessing than a curse. But it's definately more of both than the majority of people experience in their life.

Hey. May you live in interesting times... I suppose. Better to live in a brain that experiences MORE of the world... that one that is numb to most of it. You only get one life after all.

Ah, I was not intending to be negative per se, merely to offer a suggestion of certain pitfalls to avoid. Specifically, if her work ethic is too high, then unless the school system resists skipping her a few grades ahead, she will likely find herself isolated from her older peers. This could probably still happen if she remains at the grade level of people in her age group, so I am uncertain if it will matter. Best to find her people who are like her to associate with.

She's only two so we're not quite there yet. I hope me and her mother will be able to engage with her and keep learning fun because unfortunately we're too old to give her a brother or sister.

 

[Cognisant]

1am epiphany

My brain is comprised of a concious, subconcious and self-concious.

 

[Drvladivostok]

I always wonder in an alternative universe, where somehow, external or internal factors come into play that makes me more intelligent than I am, how would I turn out?

I always perceive myself, not necessarily dumb, but lacking one aspect, one piece of the puzzle to make myself trully perfect having the equpment to live a trully good and fulfilling life, and that is if I were more intelligent, how easy my studies will be, the amount of irritation other feels because of my ignorance would be sparred off, how other will look at him with esteem and sly envy.

That person, who is just below the top of the earthly heavens, with which he sees the world more crearly, and bearing more burden and reaping more worldly gold than me, how will he look at me? With pity disdain for my lack of blessings, or with awe for my effort in withstanding solemnly the tribulations of life?

But then again, who else is a more fitting judge to me then God.​

 

[fractalwalrus]

1am epiphany

My brain is comprised of a concious, subconcious and self-concious.

My brain is sometimes composed of memes Cog posted here, usually this occurs when I view them.