Congrats DPWolf! You and I joined same day! W00t!
I am kind of torn on 'psychic abilities' since I do know I've had some awkward experiences myself with now and then seeing things that did come to pass ahead of time very vividly and there may also be some things with telekinesis out there. However, I can say I've certainly never been able to 'harness' anything and I think psychic abilities are very well blown out of proportion. Psychic fortune tellers and all that, I don't put any stock into even if at times they may be pretty accurate. I can play the game too by studying how someone sits, acts in front of me, and gives clues to their persona to 'predict' things about them and let cards or whatever do the rest and they can be sucked in to believe in it. It's pretty much all a scam to me. There are some things with psychic abilities I ponder such as precognition and postcognition and perhaps telekinesis to some level, as well as people that can do feats with the 'mind over matter' philosophy but at the same time I don't see them as super human feats that they are often shown as and think a lot of it is just over the top and smart people stage things as easily as some people stage great magic tricks that play games on the eye. The difference is these people play tricks with your thought processes instead. As far as the word magic goes, I'm still under the impression that it just means anything out of the ordinary that cannot yet be explained by science. As we experience more and learn things, mysteries become answerable and I'm pretty comfortable saying I don't know an answer while many other people seem willing to believe in something just to fill in a blank. It is like a normal human condition to put something in a void but it doesn't seem a necessity to me. I really do want to see if people do however, have any proofs of magic in other ways, because I just haven't seen it even when exposed to occult occurrences and it isn't like I didn't try to see it. Those people just played it off as I had a strong and 'impenetrable' mind or some nonsense.
Forgive me for hitting the wrong button. Yeesh..that was lamer than lame. My point is that in the end, people are going to do drugs whether or not others say they are bad or not so instead of bothering with trying to stop the drugs, instead you work on the mind frame of the people themselves. Meth is so common because it can be made in a person's house and there are tons of people who do it. They cannot possibly hope to catch them. However, if other lesser drugs like pot became available, a lot of people would shift off of meth. People are always going to do something to check it out, especially if it is illegal. It is mostly the illegality of drugs that makes them so inviting to people and 'friends' pass them around covertly getting others hooked. Nothing is going to 'solve' the drug issue except for people to wizen up and see it is just outright bad for them and to get some help and quit. Lesser drugs like pot will probably be around a while as are cigs and alcohol because their effects aren't so wretched as say heroin. It's the right to be able to do something, make it at least so people aren't getting poisoned by the extra nasty stuff they put in street drugs etc. Since we can't stop drugs, do we really want people to just out and out die? Of course not. This is the reason you put the money to other uses to support people, make things better and let them get this stupidity out of their systems. What is being proposed isn't to just take your hands off the reins and do nothing. It's to change the way you do things so that people have a choice and when they screw up, they can be aided to get back to normal instead of living their lives in prison and never finding good jobs etc and being a burden on society itself as well as their families etc. Some people are going to die no matter what. Some people are going to fail at things no matter what. The war on drugs is an utter failure. If you can think of a better idea, I'd like to hear it because I really just can't think of anything but switching the way we actually help people. Protecting them from drugs themselves doesn't seem to work at all but on the level where a parent might be able to get a kid to stay off them or friends may be able to put on peer pressure to others that are being lame. Putting someone in jail for it seems extreme and doesn't address the issues and as said, there are just some very nasty policies that happen now because of how the system is set up that can hurt everyone.
Shortest post ever.
Welcome back, Nny!
I've made a couple where I just wrote a short sentence. However, it causes panic so I have to do that quite sparingly. You are cool and didn't write a gazillion questions like Pika! I totally blame Pika and ICSP. His hair is kind of prickly. I live in New York so I guess I do more than visit here. I never know the future. In High School I did crummy earning A's in some classes and C's in others (and a couple Ds at quarters). In college though I am kicking ass and taking names. I have always loved cartoons. Most cartoons I watch now are on Adult Swim or Anime ones. Of course. :) Any that wanted to go and that I could stuff in the car. Some might have to go in the trunk though. I actually did for a few months so I could do some theatrical stuff and not look like a total dweeb. I have and was in chorus and then later was in a rock sort of band for a for a little while as a fun side project. Music is great. Won't claim to be an awesome singer but I can do pretty well. I've zonked out in a park a couple times before when I was just relaxing. Not the smartest thing to do where I was but nothing bad happened. I will have my revenge on Sir Pika Power. Just you wait! He will rue the day! *shakes fist into the air* I thought it referred to Ven but I dunno. I have to actually look at the scene again. * Puts on armor proof vest and hides behind a tank* No, I want them to power my home electricity. This is totally different. I do now! 16? Is it older or younger heh. Zub Zub didn't fit there. It doesn't ask questions. It's meant as an 'I don't get what you are saying and who cares' thing. I've lived in a lot of crappy places in New York and Chicago. Even when I didn't I was so 'trustworthy' I guess that people just had no qualms about taking out drugs in front of me when they'd hide them from others. Just the TV show. I didn't really care for any Pokemon game and I'm going to go get in my bomb shelter now. HOORAY! Oh yes. Darn. No one! 1, 2 4...aww screw it. *tosses grenade* "If I do this enough, I will finally understand what these tablets say!" * just now making a second level below the bomb shelter* Because you aren't silent and ask a million questions! *snickers* INTELLIGENT CYBERNETIC SABOTAGE PERSON I'm so ashamed. *Hangs head* Because there's 5 fingers and 5 toes on each hand and foot. I dunno. lol Not in the religious spiritual sense, nope. Not a worthy crumble of a piece of pie. I'd have to say no way or I'd write jokes on phi for amusement. Why not? It stands for 'Joe Cool'. It was meant to not be an angry face but a face of 'eh' or something. They to me were similar and all but had different personalities. Now they look different enough too so Repliku can be happy lol. I am betting ICSP would slay you. Why not? It'd be amusing. My personal opinion is you are evil still. I have played it. It was fun for a while. I think he's been knocked out every single time. I have taken philosophy courses in college and world religions etc for my major and it is good fun. There just aren't many jobs though for philosophers in this day and age so I wouldn't make it a major. 11 characters all in all. I so know that. ^_^ A lot of numbers. Definitely.. Faaaaalcon Pawwwnch! The cat wanted to watch the contents go down the hole and later plans on putting your dirty socks in there. Someday! In regular school, I was an average student and didn't care about it much. In college I realize I have to take it more serious to get a good job so I do much better. Probably a good portion are. Because you have some sand in your shorts. Nah, I'd just get it caught in a shirt zipper or something incredibly stupid. Well, I can't sue if I'm dead so that is out. That could be kind of comforting at first but then would suck when it stopped being a liquid. Just some simple loop earrings from a tattoo/piercing parlor. I WILL OKAY (fake spaztastic moment there). A question without a number. Yep, 3 sisters and 1 brother. None at the moment. Just soda. I believe if you put your mind to it, you can be addicted to anything. Maybe, but I find myself doing it too. We've been too trained and are now creatures of habit. Oh, it wards off any dooms day final end days sort of catastrophe. Armageddon is definitely is on the list. We're girls? Yuh huh. I don't see why not. I hear he's crunchy in milk. Breakfast of champions. He also has a yellow Skittle sort of flavoring.
You -must- (not really required) translate that. I can't write in Japanese yet. =:( Someday I will be so competent. Thank you, Tootsie and Knightshade!
Well if Coded is not going to come out, then they could always release the game on another option than cell phones. I.e. DS and/or PSP...which work just dandy and we'd actually buy them. I really hope Nomura considers that because they ended up putting hints to the new boss of KH3 in there apparently and it's also about King Mickey and Riku.
Ryuuga: somehow it happened! cocohints: I was ordered by you and CtR so I'm totally on that. *salutes* Keyblade Mastah - Chocobos matter too! ArchAwesomeMan - That is just totally bizarre. Thanks Darkwatch!
ZOMG! I'm red with unbridled fury! Thanks guys and I promise to still continue to write essays to save us from the Apocalypse!
Yeah it does sound like he either had a small seizure or was faking one. My twin gets seizures and is so used to them too. We never 'played' with the seizures though...so I'm inclined to think the kids were playing around and just showing off or something.
Mint is soothing and freshens your breath. With a combo like that, you just can't lose. Not yet. mwahaha I'm not answering the meaning of life with a number... so the meaning of life is that the cake is a lie. I think that someone is going to get his ass kicked and that maybe that is why Ven has to join with Sora in part or something and that's why later we have a Roxas. I don't play pokemon. >.> Too many. Maybe we could use them to save the world instead of using oil and releasing all that CO2 into the air. Yep, they rux. Um...17? Kweehh??!! Because as my mom puts it, I'm too observant for my own good. I had a neighbor that grew pot in his backyard and put it in bags to go sell and I'd ask what's in the bag to my mom and she'd try to just play it off. As I grew up, I hung around various kids and adults who had either exposure to drugs or were doing them. At one time I tried pot but never wanted to try the other stuff I saw people pull out. Also, I had been dragged along to some people's places I didn't know where friends would get drugs from and I just learned more than I probably wanted to know. The first season. It was new and fresh back then. I'm rather bored with it now and there are just too man pokemon to catch. Uh...because it had the fans on 'ignore'. Pokemon Chaos Black and Pokemon Crystal/Diamond/Jade. If they are wrong, don't shoot me. >.> Tom or TJ. Most friends call me TJ. To see the Holy Grail. Blue...no black! AAAAAAAAAAAGH. If I had to choose I'd say Pikachu. Riku or Riku Replica. Both are cool to me. Snuffaluphagus (I'm so not telling you guys who my favorite person on KH-Vids is! I like a lot of people here and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.) Kingdom Hearts series is my fave, followed by FF6, ff7. 5 Z because it's last and fun to mark Zorro signs on places. 3 φ 23! Joe Yes and yes! So Riku looks taller and older than Repliku conveniently. It helps Repliku feel he's not just such a clone. =:( Nope, you are doing great there. No, I haven't but I saw yours and laughed. lol Warhammer. Definitely. I would say you are like ICSP's brother. You two can argue so fervently and on opposite sides and be so stubborn it's fun to watch you two go at it. I am majoring in archeology currently and wish to do that and later probably do History teaching or some engineering projects. No uppercase and lowercase but I do add some numbers for flavor. * passes Pika a pokeball. "Go in there. You will be safe." Some number after 23. Grenade. * Looks at Pika after all these questions* ...Nah. :) Cat physics cannot be fathomed by human kind. Not yet! I was always different. Intelligence is a matter of perspective. I would say no. lol Usually around 7 to 10 a day. Math??? Nuuu! *buries head in sand* The thought never crossed my mind until this very moment. No, and I am ashamed I never thought of it. :/ lol. I can imagine now. I have some ear piercings. Other than that, newp. I have read some and they are great. Some question after the last question which was after 23. So far I'm passing college which is a big thing since my family doesn't have quite the history of accomplishing such. I tried pot a couple times. I've never done anything more potent than that or alcohol though because I like to live and not be dependent on any drug (other than evil caffeine). Do I ever!!! Probably the essay. After all, doing so prevents the Apocalypse. Kind - I think it's important to be kind to others and considerate. Healthy - Being healthy is a nifty thing where I can enjoy life more and do more things because of it. Clever - Having brains to think through problems is a plus. I think with these 3 things really life is fine and you can be competent to make the money you need, look decent enough and you will at least be known if not famous. So the other 3 aren't so important to me as with the 3 top ones I mentioned, you can have a bit of everything if you work at it. They are trying to drive me insane. I am sure of it. If I didn't have anxiety attacks prior to this, I do now. lol You should go into the profession of being an interrogator. *snickers* CtR. We'd probably dig up the island looking for archaeological findings and chat about various things and laze about like the 3 kids do on Destiny Islands. It'd be a vacation with no responsibility! Please no. *puppy dog eyes* Would I ever!! I could plop one of those into a Japanese fish pond I am working on.
You are kind of out of touch here. Crystal Meth IS in mainstream society. Teenage girls use it as a DIET supplement. If people don't realize by now drugs will screw them up, then it is entirely on them. Seriously, you must live under a rock if you don't see how easy it is to get stuff. Crystal Meth, nearly anyone could make in the kitchen. Crystal Meth is one of the fastest growing drug preferences because it is so easy to get a hold of and anyone can make the stuff. I had a friend who told me yesterday his DAD had some in his pants pocket and we just went 'yeah, what an idiot'. The whole popularity of Meth is spawned because people can make it and sell it from their homes. Now think what would happen if it were made legal and sold at cheaper rates because of supply and demand rules. A company could produce the drug safer by being bound by FDA standards and people would rather get something safer and cleaner than the crap people produce in their homes to make it 'cost effective'. There are all sorts of additives people put in meth that a company wouldn't do. Now let's also consider the fact that a company could easier get hold of supplies and make things to distribute at a cheaper cost than someone making the stuff in the kitchen. You can always buy bulk cheaper than limited supplies. It would run 'house ran' businesses mostly out of business. That's how big franchises take out small business restaurants all the time. Meth only became a popular drug in the first place because of other drugs being harder to get and it can be made in the safety of home. If drugs were legalized, a lot of people would not turn to meth as it is a harmful substance and they could do pot instead. Now, let's look at the fact that keeping drugs illegal has been a lost war. There are cops that become disheartened and soldiers who gain PTSD by the wretched practices they often have to discover by how desperate people are at the borders to smuggle drugs in. There are people who have put drugs in dead babies as merely an example of how these people will work. There are sick practices out there to getting drugs into any country that would stop because it simply would be stupid to continue them. Also, we wouldn't have to be in South America all the time doing things to screw up their lives because of our fight on drugs. If we could instead have people producing pot as tobacco is produced...it would reduce the need for South Americans to be doing what they are. They'd either have to get into legitimate business practices or they'd be seriously out of business too. There is a strong black market presence that would take one of the biggest blows in history, only in comparison to Prohibition and how laws changed and the mafias and distributors were out of work suddenly from a major money venture. The very laws of business practice would suffocate out a lot of lucrative deals they get now. Which then effects those in areas of poverty too. Gangs that thrive on selling drugs they are given from drug cartels would suddenly not be giving the best deals around. It costs 2 bucks for a joint. Now imagine if people are growing hemp here on fields in legit business and can sell each joint even for 1 dollar or heck, 50 cents. Is someone going to go spend 2 to 5 bucks for a joint when instead they can go to a store and buy them for 50 cents to a dollar? With the way the economy is, my answer would be hell no. So adults funding and making teens and young adults do their work of distributing drugs would become something that isn't good for business. Kids may not be such an attractive thing to put in gangs suddenly because the gangs couldn't support them anymore and their usefulness is reduced to minimum effect. These adults don't give a crap about those teens and young adults. They care about profit. Now, about distribution as well. If it has to be done, it could be monitored and companies could be inspected to ensure they are not making a drug that is going to kill people by harmful pollutants and other garbage they put in there on the streets. In some states, harder liquors and such are purchased at special state stores that check a person's I.D. and the people are registered to get the more potent alcohols. This could be done with drugs beyond pot as well. Really, alcohol is the most deadly drug out there and attractive to minors etc and it is more controlled. Why not do this with drugs that people will be less likely to go use? It's not going to make them more attractive. Especially if schools teach the -truth- about drugs and there are no more lies to the people. Part of the problem with our government is no one trusts it because we are constantly lied to. A change in policy of being -honest- would do the system good. Next, where could money go that is not spent on a war on drugs? Everywhere. We spend billions of dollars on stopping drugs and also holding those with possession charges in prison. It costs at least 25k a year to hold a person in prison, which could be used for many other things. Ideas for where that money can go? 1. Drug rehabilitation centers - let's help people who are sick of drugs ruining their lives instead of tossing them in the slammer. Also these could be used for any symptoms of 'addictive personality' such as compulsive gambling. 2. Education benefits - truth on drugs, but also all that money used for drug possession prisoners could be used instead for helping kids get to college and having more grants available instead of students having ridiculous loans to pay off. 3. More law enforcement officers watching our streets and being on call when we need them to stop domestic violence whether drug related or not. These officers could be doing what they were put out to do which is 'protect and serve'. Also it can be used to get rid of more bigoted officers and get people in who genuinely care so that the racism and bias stops against anyone and also help teens instead of making them always out to be problem children. 4. Outreach programs to go around and help people see drugs are harmful and hot lines like how the suicide hot line works, where people with concerns and a desire to change could be helped without everyone being up in their business. 5. Making a devision in the prison system so that there are people that are harmful that will be staying a while or for even life if need be. No more child molesters living on a street with a ton of kids around. No more rapists getting out in 2 years on good behavior. Less tolerance for those who do use drugs or alcohol and commit crimes because 'they can' and murderers. Getting the truly disturbed off the streets would be a nice change and make citizens feel safe. Also, modifying the prisons so that these people are safe and can live their lives out of society but not in complete misery as some just can't help how they are would be an improvement too. Then people won't fight so hard to get them out, will they? If people can't mix with society and are proven that they just are unfit to do so, then it's time to keep them out and there should be efficient room for them. 6. It can be illegal to mask things like acid or other drugs and not make it clear what they are so things like 'stickers' will still be illegal and monitored for, as well as people masking and/or mixing drug substances like someone buys some pot but it is laced with crack-cocaine...if the persons didn't know they could actually sue the seller, etc. These people could be held accountable in a court of law and the drug users could actually complain about bad sales so again, it would reduce 'street drug' creations and force them to be on par with company sold drugs. 7. Mental help - Many people who are tempted to drugs also may have mental conditions that make it hard or them to cope. Also, there are people living in our streets who have mental conditions and facilities made to help them get on their feet, get cleaned up, and to find work would be nice. Better mental help care where people who are not -suicidal- but under great anxiety could also happen for much cheaper prices than it costs currently. Sometimes people turn to illegal drugs or the black market stuff because they simply feel they cannot 'cope' but also can't manage to pay hundreds of dollars, if not thousands to psychiatrists. To me, these benefits well outweigh the 'success' we have had on the war on drugs. There will always be people that will contest rules and fight the system. It is a losing war and it really is just time to admit that. So why not make the drugs legal, monitor them, help people that want help, fix up our education systems etc and make life better for others by keeping -real- criminals out? There is no solution out there that can save everyone. It just won't happen. How can these things though be worse than what we are doing currently?
We sure do keep trying to get that thing that just won't happen. Nice try there, Pika. lol
An air can. It works on my cat. >.>
Welcome back, Xendran! No leaving again or else...something.
Welcome back, Madiyasha! Knew you'd return because you'd miss the insanity here too much.
You aren't getting the point that already people do crystal meth, heroin etc easily and can get it through various people simply by knowing who to go to. Crystal meth is not that hard to make and people create it in their houses and it was mostly made in the first place because of the length it takes to grow pot since that was made illegal. The point in the end is that if people want drugs, they are going to get them no matter how many laws you make. The drug war is an absolute joke as it supports the mafia, the police to get things off drug busts and the government but bones people. Drugs aren't 'really' being taken off the streets. People still get them and that's just how it is. This is why I said that in the end they should be legalized so that people who are in there for possession and cminor stuff can be out. Make it so that it is an age thing of 21, like alcohol and treat it as such for driving etc. Already people are busted for driving while inebriated no matter what the substance is. So why not stop the stupid drug war and instead open up better rehabilitation centers, help people to get off addiction without having to go to jail and pay for stupid crimes when sex offenders, rapists and murderers can get out of jail sooner because the jails are crammed full of people? It makes no sense at all. Drugs aren't good for people, so rehab and telling the -truth- about what drugs do, having some companies make them instead of street crap, so that people aren't getting Drano and other 'additives' that can be more poisonous than the drugs themselves, etc...in the end, the advantages seriously outweigh the disadvantages. If it is marketed by companies, mafias will not be so able to use it as a reason to kill people either and lose money. They could also legally be dealt with better because the law wouldn't be so controlled by them in some areas. Gang activities where teens are forced into the lifeway of selling drugs would also drop and competitors would be out of business because people would rather buy from a source where they know the drugs are cleaner than to buy the crap they often sell on the street. Also, going to rehabilitation when ready or if someone is a kid...families can be assured that the person's life won't be screwed by adding a criminal record to their job resumes because of drugs and needing assistance to get off them. There could also be much better research to helping people kick the habits if they want to and if someone was caught doing drugs or alcohol in situations where there is domestic abuse, driving while intoxicated etc, the laws could actually be stricter on these violators because they would be held more responsible. In the end, even if for a while things rise to a state of unrest, sooner or later it will die down. Seriously, look at what prohibition caused because alcohol was illegal. The mafias were selling alcohol, people were making it with car greasy motors, old boots and nasty stuff, some people even made wood chip alcohol etc and people died from bad alcohol poisoning and it was just a disaster. There were corrupt cops and people that let alcohol ship to places and turned a deaf ear to it all. This is what happens with drugs now. With it going back to normal and prohibition lifted, the mafias and gangs lost money and alcohol went back to being sold by companies, there is a fixed standard to alcohol being sold and it no longer is 'allowed' to have harmful stuff in it if it is marketed. It is all scanned through the FDA for approval before it can just be sold. So tight laws could be instilled on drug distribution but in the end people would get better care, more punishments for doing stupid things and not having an excuse since it's THEIR FAULT for taking the drugs etc, and people who take them and don't do harm could live their lives doing whatever. When they get sick of it, they can be healed and we show more humanity essentially in understanding that some people do reckless things but may one day want to be responsible and clean up. In the end, alcohol especially, but tobacco too if you count in cancers and such, have caused more deaths than all of the other types of drugs out there. Most people probably if drugs were legalized would be just going to smoke pot since it's something that doesn't have a potential of killing someone anymore than smoking does, or if driving, more than alcohol does. Tons of people do it already. Meth would probably be something that would die out because making it would be more costly for someone on the streets than it would be for a company to do, and all the nasty crap in it would be removed. Heroin will be a problem but I doubt more people would flock to it than already do. The biggest rush would be marijuana. That's easy to see. I could walk down the street now if I wanted and get a bag. It's that easy and it's illegal. Think about it.
It lets me feel free in the back. You see, the suit actually has an open bottom so I can do my business because there's like no way to get the thing off without coming out of Dark Mode. =:/ Sora was of course justified - in my view - lol That's a hard one, you both often are pretty stubborn! I'd say it's equal. I write small novels to prevent the Apocalypse. It holds it off another year for each essay I write. RRY! Um...cake! Especially bakery cakes. Not those crummy ones you can buy boxes for and make at home. They just aren't as good.
...
