HubertManne

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I was expecting a totally different glad but personally if someone wants to die or you know their life is horrible then its perfectly fine. My dad unfortunately survived a really long time with alzheimers and if I could have gifted him dying 10 years earlier I would have. He died bed ridden with an emaciated body and hands permanently balled into fists that could not unclenched. Even baby food would cause him to choke if not careful and he could not even make a coherent nonsensical sentence.

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I mean its such a classic I can see why folks will want it left alone, but it is a good story and its been a long time since it was filmed. It had such audacious concepts to for the alien technology that special effects of the time could not do justice to. I won’t mind this as long as its done really, really well.

yeah. I don’t even read good authors anymore. If I was I would not go for him. Heck I still have not finished wheel of time. I read all the jordan but not the wrapup by the other guy. I don’t want to spoil but when the main character did that whole significant thing. I swear that book was like 10 mins long as it jumped between like two dozen different groups.

It sorta depends. One of the toughest things is when im waiting on things and could be disrupted at any moment. So sometimes I don’t want to get into a show or video game which are my go to. I oftentimes try to get tasks done like dishes or laundry.

oh books. I only saw the movie thing and I may even be mixing it up. I saw battlfield earth but honestly it was not good and I did not pay great attention so you are likely right on this. Honesly I geeked out on the whole scientology thing at one point as it was so wierd but like now I am hard pressed to put any effort into looking into it. Maybe in the cult sense as I geeked out on cults when I realized how mlms seem to run like one.

I actually feel one problem with the modern age, in america in particular, is this idea of everyone doing everyone for themselves. doctor, accountant, lawyer, mechanic, it guy, plumber, electrician. Initially gas stations pumped the gas, checked your fluids and tires, and would top you off as part of the service. no one did that stuff. if your tv broke you called in the tv repairman and you got your milk from a milkman. people were expected to know their jobs and not necessarily everyone elses.

yeah I took that as going after the “other”.

I for one find your explanation very fitting.

I know tons of people even 30 years ago that could not check the oil on their car and would call triple A or their insurance company for a flat tire. Heck I had a friend we practically had to beg to bring his car in for an oil change and that is just a number and calendar date to keep track of and most places put a little sticker to give you that information.

pfft. what do I care. /s honestly I think its more the stress of survival because at least in the us even if you are doing pretty well its setup so a few bumps can have you completely fall into poverty. You pretty much have to be independently wealthy for it not to and even then medical things could take you out if your on the low end.

or any more true.

whose bedtime was 11pm? By the time I could stay up till 11 it was pretty much at my own discretion

I thought the mission earth was basically the religion stuff. I don’t think it was making fun I think it was just how wacky everything was with his creation.

Well he thought it was a novel approach but the concepts are not completely new. He was trying to get it accepted into the psychological community before the religion and I whole heartily think he believed the initial thing and by the end I would not be surprised he bought into his own divinity. I think he sorta went howard hughes like at the end but maybe more with drugs.

A sci-fi author who considered himself somewhat of a renaissance man created what he thought was a novel approach to psychology which was not accepted by the scientific community. He then made it into a religion to get it going and get tax breaks. As head of the religion he eventually was surrounded by sycomphant yes men zealots and over time he convinced himself it was real as a religion and was like its prophet holy man and expanded on it with sci fi elements that were only revealed to the cult memebers as it was run like multi level marketing where you buy the secrets of yourself and the universe. He died and like in any corpo cult the top ones are the most psychotic.

I mean thats like what. fourth or fifth grade. I can’t even relate to who that was. flashes of memory at best. got a little more coherent ones from junior high but even high school and college are a blur.

Most certainly. When I was young a burger king the food was better and you did not need to say fresh from the broiler as that was default that way. Ironically mdconalds has in some ways gotten better compared to long ago. they made the warming light thing famous. Wendys I would say has kept its quality up the best but still has fallen. taco bell does some interesting things over time but I swear they have invented new technology to slather less and less of their meat flavored slop onto the product. Chicken places have kept up quality in their main sutff but have come out with more and more cheap stuff to stay competitive and cheapened the sides to. Honestly when you had buck stuff and meals under 5 bucks combined with needing something fast to fill your pie hole it was a temptation, but now with many meals over 10 and anything a dollar is now pure trash I find I prefer to miss a meal than pick up anything. Heck even gas station roller stuff is like 5 bucks now.