Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: old movies
Almerin and I actually got to see Citizen Kane in THEATRES! On the big screen. They played it one night in a cinema here for some reason. Never thought that we'd get to see CK in a theatre.
Posted on 2007-04-19 at 11:31:38.
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Topic: It drives me crazy !!
Subject: definately evil.
yea. I don't know what they were thinking. After they killed our pets, they decided to get a mini-farm, complete with goats, roosters, and peacocks. Aren't they lucky i care for animals so much.
Posted on 2007-04-19 at 10:45:15.
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Topic: These are the Questions of our Lives.
Subject: lol
pfft, that's silly.
His dad has him watch the movies, if you want to know. The kid is obsessed with his dad because he never sees him. His dad is in the army and is always gone. When the dad comes home, he does 'boy things' with him, and has him watch those movies and buys him all the stuff. Not having his dad around is the biggest problem, but those games and movies are just messing the kid up in insane ways. 4-5 year olds don't bite a hole in someone's leg and say he's Jaws because his dad is away for a while. Nor do they act like they're going to slit your throat with a knife and say obsene things that you've heard in a film or a game. I won't even mention the sexual tendencies he has, just from watching stuff on TV and movies that is wayy too adult for him to see.
So, yes, while bent minds may be attracted to them, minds DO become bent by them. Maybe not yours, maybe not mine, but many people suffer from it. I don't know if you've seen the pictures he sent of himself to NBC News. He makes poses that are the same as scenes from movies and video games. Like in the Matrix, and some violent asian film. I don't think Cho played enough video games for the games to have had any influence, actually. On his main thoughts, i mean. But perhaps, like Lysk said, it helped desensitize him to what he was going to do.
Anyway, there are also physical problems that cause this behaviour. Tumors, brain damage in the wrong place, etc...
They were discussing it on CNN today. A killer like Cho was found to have a large tumor, pressing on his frontal lobes. That area of the brain is what controls your judgement. So ya know. It could be all kinds of things. But i won't be letting my kid play any shooting or strange psychological games. Or watching movies like that. It's like saying, 'Hey, be destructive and have problems!'
Posted on 2007-04-19 at 10:18:37.
Edited on 2007-04-19 at 10:23:39 by Fantasy
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: ^_^
hehe, that should be in the Would you Rather game It's ok, it can be confusing sometimes.
But i'll answer you:
I'd rather hit someone.
I wish for really really good pillows to sleep on. The really nice ones that feel like heaven under your head. hehe
Posted on 2007-04-19 at 06:20:16.
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Topic: It drives me crazy !!
Subject: ....
it is sad. Though, if the animal was suffering and there was no way of helping it survive, then euthanizing it was the most humane thing to do. At least the animal doesn't feel misery anymore because of those stupid people. You did the right thing by trying to help it.
Some old neighbours of mine poisoned my dog and my 3 cats when i was 16/17. They used anti-freeze. It paralizes the animals, and slowly they die. We brough them to the vet, but it was too late, they had to be euthanized. If you catch the animal drinking the anti-freeze, or get to them quick enough afterwards, you can help them by forcing them to drink lots of milk and bacon grease. *shrugs* sounds wierd i guess, but my dad had my pitbull do that after she drank a big bowl of anti-freeze. She survived.
Posted on 2007-04-19 at 06:15:23.
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: O_o... :P
straight..............
Pink or Purple?
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:51:45.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: :)
haha 
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:50:21.
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: hehe
dressing up.
Licking or biting?
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:47:16.
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Topic: Question and Answers Game
Subject: hahahaha!! mating call, omg. >_<
What was Prince Charles screaming at the dinner table after a day at the bar?
OOOOh, baby, i want to love you, from head to toes.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:42:11.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: :]
well, as long as they believe me!
I wish everyone liked the nuts in me. Err..i mean...i dunno.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:38:19.
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Topic: Question and Answers Game
Subject: lol
Can you repeat that cheer again?
Beat 'em, Bust 'em, that's our custom!! Come on Beavers, re-adjust 'em!
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:36:17.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: humph
i wasn't seeing things! He was there! Grugg saw him too! He came and left, like a one night stand!!
Your wish is corrupted, because he was there.
I wish people would believe me....
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:33:03.
Edited on 2007-04-18 at 19:33:57 by Fantasy
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Topic: It drives me crazy !!
Subject: arg
that pisses me off too.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:28:43.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: O_o
you take a nap, and turn into a pan.
I wish ...wait..OMG...... OLAN IS ONLINE!!!!! what the...
anyway, I wish Olan would stay online! 
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:14:26.
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: stock cars i guess
no thanks.
Marylin Manson or P. Diddy? *cringe*
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 19:07:02.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: LOL @ gassy elephant!
Ok, no door slam. Instead, you have no fingers.
No fingers, no slam...nor jam!
I wish for an elephant
edit: hold the gas please!
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 13:23:03.
Edited on 2007-04-18 at 13:23:25 by Fantasy
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: ouch
your finger isn't jammed, it's been slammed......between a car door >_< ouch.
I wish for a clothing dryer!  Oh how i miss it.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 12:30:15.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: hmm
it now becomes so easy to make that it popularizes world wide, and becomes as common and annoying as winnie the pooh sweatshirts.
I wish for a hybrid car.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 06:59:18.
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Topic: These are the Questions of our Lives.
Subject: i normally never answer, but what the hey
-should death be feared? I fear death.
-does fate exist? perhaps. probably
-are our shadows more a part of us then they seem? not in my opinion. Just blocking the light.
-Video Games: are now way different than RPG's. People (grown adults even) get nightmares from playing some of the video games available now. Like Silent Hill, Doom, etc...
The shooting games (like with 50 cent) are just ridiculous and flex feable minds in stupid directions.
I don't think he did it because of video games. That's too little of a cause. He's just mentally disturbed due to several things probably. But if he played a lot of those sorts of games, i don't think they helped.
I know this family with a young child, 5 years old (though now he is probably 8 ), whom they let watch horror movies and play bad video games all the time. He's psychotic and extremely mean. Talks about those horror movies all the time, and has a very disturbing nature about him. His mother can't keep in school the whole day, they won't allow it. He's too destructive and upsetting to the other children. Tortures animals in sick ways, so they can't get a pet. Tries to torture his sisters. Luckily they're older than him, so they can usually defend themelves, but not always. I had to babysit him a few times. They gave him medicines to sedate him most of the time when i had to be alone with him. He still of course said odd things and would freak out if he couldn't play a game or watch a movie. So you can't tell me that the games and movies had nothing to do with that.
But of course, that's a case where the child started very young with those influences. They have very impressionable minds.
However, i know adults become very affected by extreme hours of video game usage. I just read an article in a magazine about a man who played the Sims so much, that he started obsessing over it in his every day life. Monitoring his whole family and when they had to pee, amongst other things. He imagined meters above people's heads, and when in a social situation, tried behaving as a Sim to get plusses or minusses (or hearts or whatever) above his head, to obtain whatever social stature he wanted with that person. When people were talking with each other, he would imagine text bubbles above their heads and picture what would appear in the text bubbles. Try to imagine what they could be talking about. He monitored everything and thought of his family as a family of Sims, and just let it guide his life, his finances, his household, etc.. He said he's getting better, after lots of counseling or something, but he still plays the games. He says he's just too addicted/obsessed. And that's just the sims!
But anyway. That was a long post. I thought the sims guy was pretty interesting though. I read it on the plane going to America, actually, lol.
Posted on 2007-04-18 at 06:43:16.
Edited on 2007-04-18 at 07:14:03 by Fantasy
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Topic: The Morphing Game
Subject: uhh
meal
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:47:49.
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: ...
hmm, well Oprah works out a lot, but she's very concerned about her hair and whatnot. So... Rosie.
real plants or fake ones? (in your house i mean)
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:46:55.
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Topic: These are the Questions of our Lives.
Subject: mm hmm
yes, i know, but what led to this? Some people said video games could have been a major influence...
It sounds a bit far fetched, but there are big problems with children in China (or asia in general) and video games. It has been on the news several times.
Anyway, he had some issues, obviously. I just wonder what caused them. What was going through his head when he did this? And he killed himself as well. That's very extreme, even though it happens often.
Well, we needn't discuss it, unless people want to. The news and other forms of media give us what we need to know. Just didn't want to go on on the Inn like it didn't happen. It just seemed weird for it to be that way.
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:43:34.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: :P
you got his autograph, but he signed it: "The guy from the Ant Bully", not his name.
I wish i could help someone greatly.
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:30:41.
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Topic: The Would You Rather Game
Subject: i used to pretend i was an alien and i wanted to be abducted
Cinderella
Creme Soda or Root Beer?
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:28:23.
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Topic: The One Word Game
Subject: of course, i think of:
Pink
Posted on 2007-04-17 at 19:26:40.
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