Me too. But Pedescribe still has me scratching my aura. Can’t decide if he is brilliantly subtle or fabulously stupid. Could go either way…
I don’t see auras in real life – it’s hard enough to interpret people’s non-verbal body language. The Internet’s much easier, since there’s only words to deal with.
As for people’s motivations and emotions, most of that I learned from reading fiction, or watching documentaries. Some people’s motivations still mystify the hell out of me, though.
Geez, I can see why you were chosen for the welcome wagon. :rolleyes:
Ok. It sounds to me then, considering that these particular “auras” can be readily transmitted as ones and zeros and “read” as words on your monitor, that you in this case are just using this “aura” stuff as - if you forgive me - tongue in cheek “hippie-speak” for different aspects of peoples personalities, and not anything metaphysical in any conventional sense at all.
I have a somewhat related history in that regard, so i’d like you to know that you have my support! If you keep working at it, it WILL get easier with time.
Regarding the stuff a few pages back concerning who decides what constitutes “cured”, “ill”, “making progress” etcetera:
Long ago, I came to the belief that when it comes to people having to struggle with (milder cases of) psychological diseases every bit of autonomy and self-determination that you can get (and handle) is (often) good for you. I understood your description of your current circumstances as “making progress”, which is great.
I’d try to mix up any “manic” periods and grand ideas with as big a dose of mundane humdrum as you can muster. Love your “inner square”, if you can 
You do realize he was apparently mocking you, right?
Perhaps you have occipitotemporal lobe epilepsy:
he was probably shielding his aura
I’ve already explained – it’s a synesthetic effect. I associate colors with numbers & letters, and often use the color pattern as a mnemonic device. I actually didn’t know until a few years ago that most people don’t do this. As pertains to “auras”, that something I’ve refined over several years – I divine the color pattern of words, and use my own personal methodology to determine what they mean. It’s not a bulletproof system, but it does get results.
Amen to that!!
She actually had me going until I read the “wireless” part. :rolleyes:
I’m offended by your use of the term “apparently”, sir, and demand satisfaction!
Tomorrow, this forum at 10:00 am sharp. Auras at 20 paces.
Dear FinnAgainI’m almost amazed by the amount of tl;dr spite, anger and idiocy coming out of your keyboard over trivialities. Have you ever considered meds or stepping away from the keyboard? I think Der Trihs can be an ass, but demonstrating your own asshole doesn’t make you a winner, just another asshole. I’ll await a novel on why I’m a cunt.
The meaningless, random drivel before that was not a tip-off?
Hey, if you can fool some of us, why not KGS? It’s not like he can read your aura and detect your treacherous lies. Oh, wait, then again:
Apparently he can, and it didn’t work on you. Are you shielding, Euphonious Polemic? If not, you are apparently impervious to mind rays… or may be you have no aura. :eek:
Get thee away, vampire!
Some of it actually made sense, in a weird sort of way. Especially the “transcending” part. Ever cross over into a parallel dimension? It’s awesome! The women & beer in Dim. #M3A/42-17c sure beats anything Canada ever came up with. 
…am I fabulously stupid or subtly brilliant if I was telling the truth? (I was)
O, and KGS, the aura thing you’re describing–I believe it. I believe you can see colors accompanied with words, and since colors are so wrapped up with emotion, that you could make a sort of color coded chart. But I’m not sure that has anything to do with the Darwinism of souls, or the string theory of Schrodinger’s cat, or the manifestiation of spirits on the physical plane. Just because you have mystical abilities (by which I mean non-ordinary thought patterns) in one area doesn’t mean they exist everywhere.
Those bastards in Dim. #M3A/42-17c kept my damage deposit, and made fun of my aura. I’m sure as HELL never going back there again.
Really? They comped me on my drinks and gave me a free aura cleansing to shield me from being read over the internet or some such, I was kinda stoned at the time and didn’t get entirely what they were saying.
A refutation of your ignorance is not the same as defending DT’s posting history. See below.
Opinion. And demonstrably wrong opinion, at that. The rule is “no flaming in GD”. DT has not been banned for what you see as flames, ergo they are not flames. QED. You can call them flames all you want, but that doesn’t make it so.
Nope. Not in the slightest. Every contrary opinion is not a flame.
Especially when it’s the truth.
Nope, I think there was a definite change in methodology and rigour goig from NP to science.
But I agree with your general point, that science can be wrong. I have no problem with the idea, and you’re right, that’s how science works. I just think he chose a bad example.
Though I wouldn’t call them flames, he is certainly confrontational. And given the usual pile-on Trihs pittings turn into a good portion of people who AGREE with him on various issues admit this.* You’re certainly right they obviously aren’t flames within the bounds of mod interpretation for reasons you stated, but you can’t really deny that he and his comments (i.e. "conservatives are evil’) certainly strike a good portion of the board population (including a couple mods if I recall some of the past attendance) as a bit over-belligerent at the very least. This isn’t a matter of contrary opinions setting people off, I agree with Trihs (to an extent at least) on a good deal of issues and still think he’s unduly mocking to some of his opponents and I think he could get his points across a little better if he was a little nicer.
*“I can’t believe I’m on his side” is a common statement.
No argument from me there.
Not going to deny that.
This is where I disagree. You may not like his approach, but from what I can see, it works. DT isn’t trying to convince conservatives & believers of anything, IMO, he’s merely calling them on their bullshit. And it is often bullshit, and he’s right to do it. And I think it’s a valid debate tactic, to not be suckered into arguing the merits of stupid points while not questioning underlying assumptions, when it’s just as valid to say “No, your premises are wrong from the start.”
These people are used to a certain measure of diffidence from their debate opponents, because they dominate public discourse, even when they have no leg to stand on. DT doesn’t do that, and that’s why his every utterance is seen as a flame.
Exactly. It’s just expected that being religious or conservative will be considered an equally valid viewpoint, and that no one will dare to simply condemn or dismiss them as bad or foolish. While of course, the conservatives and religious seldom hesitate to call the other side all sorts of nasty names in return. In this very thread we got the old “unbelievers are all psychopaths” argument. I’ve been repeatedly compared to Reverend Phelps on the board - someone who tyrannizes his family, pickets funerals, runs a hate website, and in general makes everyone he can miserable - just because I argue with people on a discussion board. The double standard is obvious.