Bought a skeletor pin and this poster as an early birthday present to myself:

There's a disappointing lack of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (the movie, not the show) collectibles and ephemera on ebay, so a poster will have to suffice.

What I want to buy is this floor-length pure silk red dress from Etsy (to, uh, wear around in my house I guess? it's very Crimson Peak) that I've lusted after for four years.. But I will not succumb!

Modest Mouse 764 Hero - Whenever You See Fit coloured vinyl
War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream vinyl

$5 Grab bag of 10 45s that may or may not be ****

A free zine

I've finally begun spending all of my hoarded, unused gift cards I've gotten over the past couple years (unfortunately they're mostly for clothing stores, though I still have an Amazon giftcard, too), so I bought these few things from the clearance section (a choker, a dress, a shoes with cat faces on them) just now:

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And now I have to attempt to pare down my completely ridiculous Amazon cart. (Though I'm having quite a difficult time convincing myself that I don't desperately need both a telescope and a harp)

Telescope. ****ing space, dude.

Hrrmmmm....

What kind? Light pollution sucks in NJ, I'd love to get one but there isn't much to look at around here.

@Chio - those cat shoes.. lol

I suppose just whatever is well-reviewed on Amazon (I have about $300 worth of old hoarded gift cards). Light pollution is pretty terrible here, too, but there's always an occasional clear night, so I feel that they'd still be worthwhile. I'm reading this forum thread now for recommendations: Best Scope Design for a Light Polluted Area? - Beginners Forum - Cloudy Nights

And those cat shoes are NOT ridiculous at all! They're fairly understated for cat shoes! (..as opposed to those gauche, flashy cat shoes I guess)

I think they're cute, but still.. lol

Is my beta showing, Roxy? :D

I approve.

^ man like feet

:laughing:


i bought this today

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idc if it makes me a dbag, i like sam harris and i'm interested to read this.

Lemme know how it is.

lemme know how it goes brotendo

i will be sure to let you both know.

If I had a list of my most hated words 'spirituality' would be pretty high up.

why?

Irrational hatred or other reason?

a lot of douche bag atheists like to play the "im spirtual but not religious" card. at least that's what i think of when i hear the term.

harris goes out of his way during the first few pages to make a clear distinction of the term spirtual: spirit from the greek term pneuma, meaning breath.

at the point seems to be moreso exploring the idea of a deeper conciousness as well as methods of meditation any self realization, which i would say is definitely spiritually without religion.

Because it's a meaningless word, generally used to describe ridiculously vague pseudo-religious concepts by people who don't even have the balls to admit that they are basically religious.

This. It's self-indulgent, wishy washy nonsense for the weak-minded.

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I hear it mostly from yuppie twats who don't want to be associated with religion or atheism so they firmly place themselves on both sides at once.

that too.

Yeah I don't really hear many atheists call themselves spiritual. Most self-proclaimed atheists wouldn't want to be associated with religion in any form.

"Spiritual" often seems to be code for "cherry-picked, watered-down versions of various beliefs from other cultures which are poorly applied and poorly understood and tied together in new-age books marketed toward lonely people".

Although, granted, there isn't really a proper, fitting term for those who are agnostic or undecided but also strongly believe in some otherworldly force (and yes I realize someone is going to volunteer the word "delusional", but aside from that..!) and may or may not have their own cobbled-together belief system that isn't rigid enough to be a religion because it's fluid and changes often.

I used to use that word to describe the feeling i get looking up at the night sky knowing im made of the same things that are out there or to describe the sharing of atoms between things from the past. Now i just call it amazing.

sam harris is a piece of dog **** who needs to shut up

Sam Harris can be kind of a twat (from what I can remember cause I haven't paid attention to him for years), but many of his views on and arguments against religion are rock solid. I just wouldn't make him my spirit animal.

im 40 or so pages into the book and i definitely think you would enjoy. you and i seem to have similar thoughts on religion and spirtuality and i think sam does a great job of adding some insight and presenting some really interesting ideas.

because of his thoughts and work regarding islam?

not really

he can trash islam all he wants, i don't care about that

its basically because he loves to paint all muslims and arabs as being all exactly the same and as all subhuman barbaric animals who are just crazy terrorists who hate peace

he has an agenda

hes a jew who is very pro israel and so its of course to his advantage to make arabs look very bad

same as bill maher

i disagree but respek you so i understand

Noam Chomsky versus Islamophobe Sam Harris: Has the New Atheist Movement Been Hijacked by Bigots?

read this

i will when i get home but i clicked on it and read the headline and it made me barf. they're already showing a clear misunderstanding of just about everything he has said. there have been multiple instances of people taking him out of context or just straight up creating information that was never stated by he himself. but again, ill give it a look in a bit.

not really. he acts like muslims are the enemy of the entire world. he is an *******. i don't understand what people like him want to be honest. just kill the all muslims, will you be happy then???? is that his idea of peace?

my main issue with him is when he talks about muslims he's acting like he's talking about just one person who he knows very well. like all muslims are one. when they are not. they are like 1,300,000,000+. not one thing. NOT. ONE. THING.

Huh? Are you also against Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz?

haven't seen this, i'll watch it later

no. if you listen to him speak he makes a clear distinction between the different religious groups under the umbrella. he never says that all muslims are the enemy or anything along those lines, but i do also think that there are some right-wing no minds who spin his words to help them prech their anti-muslim rhetoric.

he has also clarfied hundreds of times (literally) that he is not discussing every muslim, but he cannot make the distinction every time it comes up. people should be able to understand that he does not mean every single muslim.

Sam Harris and Bill Maher can go **** themselves when it comes to their views on Islam.

They keep swearing up and down that it's the most dangerous religion blah blah blah. I can't stand Sam Harris but I can tolerate Bill Maher. I just don't like his views on Islam and something else which I can't think of atm.

Ayaan >>>

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Doesn't matter how many times you repeat this though, he's gross! He's racist!

i've spent a lot of time defending him just because it seems if you're on the left you hate for his thoughts on islam and if you're on the right you hate him for his thoughts on christianity. i personally agree with a lot of what he says, and even when i don't i just enjoy seeing his perspective.

no

you listen to him speak

he is vile

torture is disgusting, profiling is disgusting, israel, if you look at its history and at the facts INTENTIONALLY targets civilians and is ethnically cleansing an entire population and is the farthest thing from being a moral state. criticizing muslim countries is absolutely fine but doing so just to try and make excuses for israel is disgusting. there is NO excuse for murder.

i dislike him because he has ****ty views and opinions

i mean idc this won't change my opinion of u but i didn't take u for a sam harris cock sucker tbh :/