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| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/05/18 5:03:45 AM #23 | SpiralDrift posted... I love Chick Tracts. They haven't been memed because most people haven't heard of them. In the early 90s I say some popart parodies, which I guess you could call a prehistoric meme..... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/05/18 4:55:08 AM #21 | Solar_Crimson posted... Zikten posted...he sounds racist to asians I think LMFAO! I feel cheated. I'm Black & didn't get my "Adapted for Black Audiences" copies! Seriously though I can't recall any overt racist stuff. In retrospect, one of the things I remember that pissed me off, in addition to the comments I made above was Chick was into predestination, i.e. people are either born to go to heaven or hell (don't think he was a purgatory guy). Of course Chick and his fellow travellers are those chosen by God to go to heaven. I suppose that all religions can be patronizing in some sense but it always rubbed me the wrong way that Chick and his supporters believed that most people are essentially damned at birth. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/05/18 4:43:45 AM #20 | HylianFox posted... CircleOfManias posted...Sort of both. They originally set out to parody it but decided that was impossible, so they ended up faithfully adapting it because it was already more than ridiculous enough. Huh, now I'm interested in seeing the flick, just for shits & giggles. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/04/18 4:59:05 PM #14 | bump --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 7:46:51 PM #49 | BBC provides excellent worldwide coverage. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | over the last year, i've had 18 interviews with the same agency, no job offer |
| brestugo 08/03/18 7:11:36 PM #14 | No_U_L7 posted... it's a massive agency, with 3 branches in my city alone (and each branch has dozens of divisions). they have not offered me a job after any of these interviews. i really want to work for the agency. keep going or find a different route? Do both. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 7:09:31 PM #43 | fenderbender321 posted... I read that Benny Hill has largely been disowned by many people in the UK. They think his show was awful and they are embarrassed by the fact that it helped define British comedy and that it was broadcast all over the world. I've met a lot of English people and in my experience this is true. They're really dismissive of the show - so don't bring it up casually or as an icebreaker. Most are pretty dismissive and see it as pretty lowbrow.... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 6:01:37 PM #29 | Benny Hill Show was great. He had a sad personal life, though.... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 4:04:07 PM #22 | |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:59:47 PM #20 | LMFAO... you got me!  --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:57:47 PM #18 | spanky1 posted... brestugo posted...spudger posted...spanky1 posted...So you're saying the BBC is superior, more satisfying, and provides more content? You went right over my head! I typed out a well though out response and...... You got me you mofo!!!! --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:55:07 PM #14 | spudger posted... spanky1 posted...So you're saying the BBC is superior, more satisfying, and provides more content? I'm surprised no one has made more "BBC in porn" references. I have jokes but I'll refrain --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:51:39 PM #12 | fenderbender321 posted... Thames > BBC Is that available in North America? --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:49:54 PM #10 | spanky1 posted... Do you think BBC news goes deeper into subjects than other news? I think they cover a broader range of subjects, and cover more areas of the world than U.S. news. Depth? I have to think about that..... As I mentioned in an earlier post, I think US (televison) news has gotten too far into op-ed and also "human interest" stories. IMO that's why we get networks that are seen as "left" or "right". Critics will say the BBC has an angle too but who doesn't? I think the BBC's global focus minimizes the op-ed & human interst stuff. My 2 cents. Just tell me WTF is going on, where & when it happened. I'll figure out the rest. That's what I want from TV news. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | BBC has such superior programming compared to the states. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:26:21 PM #5 | I like their news too. IMO, U.S. "news" is mostly "op-ed". --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:13:09 PM #13 | Zikten posted... brestugo posted...Solar_Crimson posted...brestugo posted...He and his supporters went absolutely apeshit over Dungeons & Dragons ("witchcraft") It's weird because the reputation of the guy is that he was a recluse. I grew up in L.A. and Chick's operation is on the outskirts of LA County. He never did interviews or public appearances so the only insight on his views is what you can get from what he put into his comics. It wouldn't surprise me if he had racist views but I can't remember anything explicit - even by 1970s standards. All I can say is the stuff in his comics was reactionary, preachy, deterministic and sometimes weird. The people that were really into him when I was growing up were either that way too or they were in families that were that way. His stuff doesn't seem as widespread or influential as it was in the '70s when I was coming up. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 3:02:54 PM #11 | Solar_Crimson posted... brestugo posted...He and his supporters went absolutely apeshit over Dungeons & Dragons ("witchcraft") Interesting stuff. Anyway, none of us took it too seriously. I actually tried D&D because it was supposed to be bad. Played it through junior high. Chick comics had two superheroes called "The Crusaders" a Black & a White guy that used to solve mysteries in the process "saving" characters. There was a story I read somewhere of one tract that had a guy with a foreign (Asian, I think she was Buddhist) wife and the wife led the husband from God and the guy went to Hell. Supposedly this was based on one of Chicks relatives who was dating an Asian woman. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Jack Chick depicted your judgment by God as a movie of your entire life. |
| brestugo 08/03/18 2:50:24 PM #8 | Well chick was so old, even in the '70s that movies were like the internet to him. I'm older than most on this board, I think. I went to a Christian elementary school in the mid-'70s and they freely gave out those Chick comics, both the little ones and the regular sized ones. We were encouraged to put them on busses, on magazine stands, etc. I used to put them on top of my regular comics at home - not to hide my regular comics (my parents didn't care) but to "look" like I was a good kid in case I got caught for something. Looking back at some of the preachy, determinist themes in the comics it's concerning now but as a kid -for me at least- not too much sunk in. The guy had some weird views though. He and his supporters went absolutely apeshit over Dungeons & Dragons ("witchcraft") Star Wars ("the Force is a euphemism for Satan") and other stuff. It's funny how paranoid some people can get. It was an earlier version of the Pizzagate, Qanon and other conspiracy shit we have today. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Why is writing so hard? |
| brestugo 08/01/18 7:25:24 PM #54 | averagejoel posted... AvantgardeAClue posted...brestugo posted...AvantgardeAClue posted...You're not drinking enough. True. I only drank after writing or study. You can't retain or produce any knowledge drunk....... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Do Asian women have periods? |
| brestugo 08/01/18 7:20:37 PM #6 | When I lived in Japan my girlfriend would talk about "flag days". Think about the Japanese flag........... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Why is writing so hard? |
| brestugo 08/01/18 6:02:33 PM #46 | AvantgardeAClue posted... You're not drinking enough. I drank alot in grad school...... --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Why is writing so hard? |
| brestugo 08/01/18 6:01:19 PM #45 | _Goggalor_ posted... My best advice is to read as many books as possible. Get an idea of the general flow of a book. This helps a lot. Just be sure you're reading people who write well. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | I have a colleague named Allah . . . I've never seen someone named Allah. |
| brestugo 08/01/18 5:49:25 PM #9 | DarkTransient posted... brestugo posted...There are people named "Jihad" too. I've run into people named "Attilla" also. Well I met these people overseas (never a soldier but worked for the US gov't). Jihad was Saudi and one Attila was from Mongolia I think, the other Attila was from Kazachstan. I was told Jihad (roughly: "struggle") is common on the Arabian peninsula (Saudi, Yemen, Oman) and other places especially among conservative Muslims. IIRC "Muhammad" is the most common name in the world. It does seem weird at first but it's all relative. Think of the name "Dolores" which means "suffering" (roughly). That's weird until you learn tradition says it's inspired by the suffering of Mary seeing Jesus on the cross. Most Americans don't think anything about the meaning of the name, just the sound. I know I didn't until lots of international travel. Other cultures really think more about the meaning. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | I have a colleague named Allah . . . I've never seen someone named Allah. |
| brestugo 08/01/18 5:25:01 PM #6 | There are people named "Jihad" too. I've run into people named "Attilla" also. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | what are some good hotels in Tokyo |
| brestugo 07/30/18 12:40:08 AM #7 | I've stayed here: http://randb.jp/en/toyocho/ --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | having sex with the same girl more than 3 or 4 times is boring |
| brestugo 07/24/18 1:49:44 AM #23 | git gud --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Topic | Damn, Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in 68 |
| brestugo 07/23/18 10:12:26 PM #10 | Kissinger was involved too. The deal signed in 1972 was the same one proposed in '68. Meanwhhile thousands more Americans died and tens of thousands more Vietnamese were killed. --- "Everything in the game is designed to kill you." - Hidetaka Miyazaki |
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