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Forum: Goth/Industrial Music Topic: gothic music new vs. old |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:33 pm
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| Among a lot of bands that I have personally met and dealt with, I have noticed that many of them don't seem to be really interested in sharing their music or underground culture. They seem to be mainly motivated by a desire to be recognized in the local "scene", and it's more about hangin... |
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Forum: Movies / TV Topic: Vikings on the History Channel |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:35 pm
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Replies: 10
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| The set is actually pretty good. Clothing is a bit deficient, but the overall effect is quite good. It is worlds above some of the gawd-awful documentaries I have seen, with their cheesy reenactors and melodramatic narrators. I bought one of the "Barbarians" documentaries a few years ago a... |
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Forum: Movies / TV Topic: Vikings on the History Channel |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:10 pm
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| Here is the official site: http://www.history.com/shows/vikings You can see episodes 2,3, and 4 in their entirely. The American Spectator featured an article trashing the series out for inaccuracies. But honestly, while they may be correct about certain things, this is a fictional TV show, not a sch... |
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Forum: Movies / TV Topic: Vikings on the History Channel |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:51 am
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| In the new series 'Vikings', Ragnar's wife Lagertha is HOT! |
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Forum: Politics & Related Topic: Video - Extent of Wealth Inequality in the US. |
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:47 am
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| Nephele, it's interesting that this is pretty much what Hacker and Pierson say: "Instead of a rising tide lifting all boats, the authors write, "yachts are rising, but dinghies are largely staying put" in America, and "there is reason to suspect that the dinghies are staying put ... |
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Forum: Politics & Related Topic: Video - Extent of Wealth Inequality in the US. |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:31 am
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Replies: 16
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| I think a lot of people do indeed have an attitude of "I've got mine..." and surprisingly many of them seem to be people who are middle class or even lower middle class who are only one crisis away from being destitute themselves. It seems like they are clinging to an illusion that bad thi... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:11 pm
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Replies: 72
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| When it comes to people who harm, use, and manipulate others, I personally don't care how small the community is, what sort of psychological malady they suffer from, or whether it's backpack style or not. Being an oddball basket case or being open about who we are is no excuse for abusive behavior. ... |
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Forum: Politics & Related Topic: Video - Extent of Wealth Inequality in the US. |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:25 am
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| They make a very good case that this is not due to globalization, like some people claim I would make the claim that globalization is as inseparable from the corrupt corporate-government oligarchy, as things like our "built by the rich, for the rich" tax system is. ..... You have an excel... |
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Forum: Politics & Related Topic: Video - Extent of Wealth Inequality in the US. |
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:10 am
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| Part of the problem is that we don't actually have a free market economy. Instead, we privatize profits & subsidize losses. I'm not even talking the wallstreet bailouts here, but government issued statuses of "LLC" [limited liability companies] & corporations; concepts created for... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:46 pm
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| Centurion, what you describe exactly what I have seen not only among "models" who are known in some international publications, but ones whose sole claim to fame is to be "dancers" at local fetish events or featured on local fliers! As soon as they got a little bit of attention, ... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:55 pm
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| ....I've really got no time for that. I prefer to associate with people who have more of a positive and empowering viewpoint, revolving around creativity and free-thinking. Negative people who simply want to draw others into their space of suffering and dependence need to do it elsewhere. Other ste... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:59 am
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| Though we have no statistics on the percentage of goths who are effed up, the existence of the Republican party, the Fox news staff and viewers, and the Catholic church are splendid examples of groups who truly have high percentages of royally, mentally, effed up people. There. I said it. True, Got... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:15 pm
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| I will stress, though, that the Gothic culture is not dependent on the club scene and exists independently of it. I agree. And I think this explains why my own experiences have been vastly different from those described in the OP. I'm basically anti-social, and "club scenes" -- whether th... |
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Forum: Gothic Topic: Why are there so many crazy people in the Goth scene? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:15 am
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| Ok, this subject may be taboo, even here, but what the?... Seriously, every girl I've dated, or every person I know, that identifies with Goth subculture in some way, are usually royally effed up mentally. ....That this is not a normal lifestyle so "normal" in any sense of the word does n... |
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Forum: Politics & Related Topic: Mitt Romney about the poor |
| lostindreaming |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:33 pm
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Replies: 20
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| ....Then you have the corporations... http://youtu.be/75tLTBIzgNo It's a bit tedious, and I'd quibble on a few details, but he makes the important points well. I have been saying this for years, and I have always been amazed at how so many people do not get it. As he says, privatizing profits and s... |
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