What do you believe that a lot of people find ridiculous?
 

I believe that doctors dont really try to cure you or make you better (same with drug companies) because if you get better, they wouldnt get to take any more of your money.

I believe that the JKF assasination was a government cover up. Too many people ended up dead and Lee Harvey Oswald was the unlucky person they chose to pin it on.

I believe theres crazy military stuff at Area 51.

I think Marilyn Monroe was murdered.

I believe that ADHD/ADD were invented by drug companies to push pills to kids. My brother was diagnosed with ADHD and he has admitted that he is\\\'t hyper, he just didnt like school.

You?

I believe that people are responsible for thier own actions and choices in life.

I think the official story regarding 9/11 is not the exact truth. I don't believe the hardcore conspiracy theories like that the US government was complicit in the attacks, but I think there are a few loose ends that don't match up.

I believe that there is such a thing as good and bad entertainment. There is such a thing as bad movies and good movies. Bad books and good books. Bad videogames and good videogames. People say to me, "But I liked that movie that has 8% on rottentomatoes. That means it's a good movie to ME!" No, sorry, it means you like bad movies. Works the same way with all forms of entertainment. If you like Independence Day then you like bad movies. If you hated Children of Men then you don't like good movies. I believe examples like this are absolute.

It's funny how certain forms of entertainment are OK to hold a line between bad and good but if it comes to something that everybody has access to, all of a sudden it's "my opinion is that it's a good movie" instead of "it is a good movie whether you like it or not." Sorta like The Beatles and Beethoven are good musicians, you just don't like them, but if you don't like No Country For Old Men then the movie sucks because you didn't like it.

I believe fertility drugs are unethical.

I believe misandry is far more prevalent and damaging than most are willing to admit.

I believe we can connect with others on a level not evident to everyone and that this connection is devoid of distance matters or verbal expression.

I also believe that "A Fish Called Wanda" was the most assinine, unfunny movie ever made...

me too

I believe that all people have the capacity to be anything they create as possible for themselves. ANYTHING.

i believe that this is ridiculous since there are no absolutes for unquantifiable things such as enjoyability or quality. i liked both independance day and children of men, what does that mean?

also, what deity of modern entertainment determines whether a movie is classified as good or bad?

In principal I agree with most of your points.

#1. I agree. No one is getting rich treating Polio these days. Has anything been cured since?

#2 Jackie did it.

#3 Area 51 is where the givernment filmed the moon landing.

#4 This one explains #2.

#5 Not sure about this.


#3 gets me into more arguments than it is worth.

Before I respond, I have to remind you of the thread we're in. I don't expect you to agree.

If you liked Independence Day and Children of Men then you like good movies and bad movies.

No deity determines it. Good movies are good and bad movies are bad. I personally believe that Roger Ebert is as close as the world will ever get to a true movie critic but I don't expect you to agree with that either. :thumbsup:

i know that's the point of the thread, but i felt like arguing anyways. i just don't get those classifications when certain "bad" movies are more fun to watch than certain "good" movies.

as for roger ebert, i havn't really kept track of enough of his opinions to determine how good of a critic he is. i tend to steer away from critics in general. i know what i like, and i go to movies that fall into those categories.


anyways, since i've done enough to bastardize this topic, i'll actually do something worthwhile and contribute to it: i believe that humans are incapable of understanding the greater workings of the universe, and while it's not completely pointless to have a firm belief, the most likely scenario is that nothing we can imagine can really come close to the truth. whatever you believe, theist or atheist or whatever, these are only minute examples that human beings are able to come up with among the infinite of possibilities that we can never even comprehend

Only fools are capable of maintaining "love" in a relationship.

I believe that the human race will probably become extinct in the next 1000 years.

I believe that no matter what, I'm better then everybody.


People are stupid.


Children are not the future and should be eaten by their parents.


Sex is about sticking a dick into a pussy. Pumping back and forth until both parties are too tired to continue. No love.


There is no reason to drink water if there is beer present.


I fucked your mom.

I believe that PT Barnum may have been the wisest man who ever lived. I also believe that there is always a reasonable explanation, even if we don't always have the necessary insight to determine what it is.

I believe that the human mind is a very powerful thing and that people can convince themselves of nearly anything. One of the greatest steps an individual can take is to resolve first never to lie to oneself.

Since the government has admitted that this is a top-secret military base, I think most people would agree with you on this.

I believe that Jesus was just another cult leader.

I believe that it isn't wrong to scam a scammer.

I don't believe in anything.

I believe people that make bold statements about not believing in anything haven't lived a life worth living. Or have an account on WoW.

I would think that living a life worth living would make one believe in less.

The peak of my certainties occurred somewhere around the age of 15 and involved a lot of really good marijuana, the wu-tang clan and a geo prism.

I believe Crompsin needs a blow job and a beer.

it never ceases to amaze me we've made it this far.

i believe that religion is an idea whose time has passed and has in fact become a burden to humanity.

I believe in God. But not necessarily the Church

I agree. For me, God is easy to believe in. It's his fanclub here on earth that make it difficult.

I believe that Jesus Christ went to Church on Saturday and that the whole "church on Sunday" thing is a huge theological fuckup.

Would you believe that I actually got both of those tonight? :thumbsup:

I believe that Crompsin will fall in love again, but World's King can't.

Nope! haha

I believe that everything humans do, think, feel, and say is a construct, a coping mechanism for dealing with a fucked-up, unequal, unjust world. Nothing about what we are is "real"--it is only real for the poor in spirit who need a mental salve to get through the day--the rest of us live with the knowledge that nothing can heal us, the wounds remain open until death. We are all deceiving ourselves. Everything has become a form of brainwashing, marketing, mindfuckery. All happiness is fleeting, so why even really enjoy it? Get used to feeling like shit, because that's the world. Shit, with the occasional moment of brightness--but I don't hold my breath for that.

I believe my farts aren't that bad smelling, and that if I keep my leg or arm off the side of the bed while sleeping, "something" will reach from under the bed and grab me. *do-do-do-doo-do-do-do-doo*

Also, beer sucks. *ducks*

Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and the likes are blah.

And that I'm perfectly normal despite what people around me think.

Oh, and shit happens.

God and love at first sight

Now that's just crazy... :P

I'm with Femen on the whole thing under the bed...

That babies are amazing, a "gift", a "miracle", or other object of heavy praise. It's the result of a man ejaculating into a woman while fucking her. There's nothing spiritual, magical, or miraculous about the resulting fetus.

The Beetles are "ok", at best. Most of their work is drug-muddled nonsense. They really only have a handful of "good" songs.

Howard Dean would have been a good president if our entire special interests / bipartisan political structure didn't have the media muscle to "laugh" him outta the running.

Television has a higher count of soul-stealing than nuclear weapons ever will.

I believe that "Soul is closely connected to fate, and the turns of fate almost always go counter to the expectations and often to the desires of the ego"
-Thomas Moore

I also believe the flutter frequency of flourescent lights drove me insane.

I believe most conspiracy theories are, in fact, the product of overactive imaginations.

I believe that I will actually be hot... :D


(this should really be nonsense :D

I believe:

• That depression and AD(H)D are over-diagnosed, and that most adolescents diagnosed with such are crybaby idiots being coddled by an overpaid quacks with no idea how children work.
  
• That real depression is under diagnosed, and that there is more depressed and substance abusing individuals than most people know.
  
• That children with REAL AD(H)D should be labeled as gifted rather than disabled, as they have an incredibly useful (and marketable) ability to multi-task.
  
• That the 9/11 attacks occurred almost exactly as they were seen and reported, and that the only lies occurred later, as a justification for war.
  
• That Jesus was an illusionist on par with Criss Angel, performing half-assed illusion-miracles which were later dramatized. I don't believe he even approach es the skill of Houdini.
  
• That most people are poor by choice, rather than circumstance.
  
• That abortion is a very effective and necessary way to increase the quality of life for humans, and should be used more frequently.
  
• That men CAN cook, clean, and - heaven forbid - take care of children. :mad:
  
• That we shouldn't try too hard to educate stupid people, else we lose valuable service workers.

Wait? Are you saying I'm not capable of falling in love?



Cause I'm pretty sure you're right.

I believe in God, a godhead that consists of male and female energies, and therefore I also pray to a Goddess, who is the female half of the godhead. I believe in my personal messiah, Jesus Christ. But I also think there are other messiahs to choose from, other great spiritual leaders across the earth and time that deserve listening to, and they are equally important.

I really do think that God is a mountain, and we are all just climbing different paths to the same peak.

I believe more in personal spirituality than in organized religion. I call myself an Episcopalian for ease, but my personal beliefs are a mishmash of Christianity, Buddhism, Wicca, Hinduism, etc. I practice yoga not only for my physical health, but my spiritual health. When I am in certain poses and totally relaxed, I can feel the energy of the Goddess there. It is very mystical.

I believe in a lot of mystical things that a lot of people would call hooey, but I am fairly logical and most of my belief is based on personal experience of the phenomena in question.

Oh, and I also firmly believe in the power of placebo. Most people who don't understand the power of the placebo effect think that's a little weird, but I think they're dismissing the power of the human mind.

2+2=5

I'm with you about Crompsie. But I think World's King will, too, and it will hit him hard.

Oh, and the under the bed monsters...yea. I've heard 'em.

Hahaha, World's King and I could have a really shitty reality teevee show together on VH1.

Like the Odd Couple... but not funny.

I believe that in my lifetime there will be a communist revolution, and that the master class will be abolished totally.

I believe people who get abortions and soldiers are murderers just like the rest.

I believe that Radiohead are this generation's Beatles.

No one else seems to know what I am talking about.

you mean they are as bad and over rated as the Beatles?

/Im sooooo going to get slammed for that

Obviously we are not talking about the same Beatles.

sorry....yeah we are....I was never impressed with them...at all (and we are only 3 years apart in age)

I have never ever understood why they were so "great"

Well, it would be hard to explain. Like I (sorta) said on another thread today, some music, to me, just has a transcendent quality that is not quantified with normal good music/bad music critiques. It just transcends in my head.

The Beatles seemed to be a musical phenomena that many, many people the world over keyed into in this way.

I key into Radiohead's music in the same way. And that, plus the way their music has evolved from a sort of straight ahead alt-rock into...what it is now...makes them like my generation's Beatles...only I am the only one who thinks so...I think, lol.

Most people like to compare them to Pink Floyd, but I think they are more akin to The Beatles.

But, of course, they are 'like' neither of them. It is more the phenomena around them that I am talking about...rather obtusely. :)

Now that thinking I can totally agree with....just not on the groups :) I sometimes think I love music on a whole other plane people dont even know about

That would be the worst and greatest thing that ever happened to television.

I believe looking at the word ridiculous long enough will hypnotize me,
same with the word Vacuum.

I believe that dogs are Daemons,
and I would be hollow without one.

I believe that we dream 24/7

I would like to throttle the person responsible for the term 24/7.

I believe Elvis is alive and working at a Steak N Shake in McKinney Texas.

I believe John Holmes was the son of Zeus.

I believe Cher wore the pants and Sonny did the cooking.

I believe that when Bruce Banner becomes angry, he turns into The Incredible Hulk... and when The Incredible Hulk gets angry... He turns into Adrian Peterson.

I believe microwaves just ain't good for ya. Blast your food with radiation, no thanks, i'll use the stove.

I also believe that skin cancer is caused by ozone depletion and toxins excreting from your skin. lol jk

I believe that credit cards are free money.

I believe in love.

i believe for every drop of rain that falls...

a candle glows..

I believe that I will get this paper done on or before the deadline.

I believe that the universe has existed forever, and that it will continue to exist forever. I believe that the human experience is no more than chemical interactions and particles obeying the same rules as everything else, but I respect life as highly as the devoutly religious with the exception that I do not believe that life begins at conception. I also believe that the vast majority of humans are wasting their lives and are barely worth the air they breathe. I believe that belief in God and the supernatural are delusions caused by chance occurrences in brain structure, and that most who claim to believe do so out of fear that their only chance at life is wasted and the fear of what they and others would do if they did not feel accountable to a higher power. I believe that all humans are idiots, so shortsighted as a species that we have no chance to redeem ourselves from the fate we will suffer at our own hands.

I believe that we will kill ourselves off within my lifetime, but that it is unforgivably egotistical to think that we are so great as to be able to destroy anything more than ourselves. I believe that in time, the Earth will return to a healthy state in which a new dominant species will evolve and fail to learn from our mistakes, wiping themselves out as we will.

I've passed up a bunch I wanted to comment on, but I have to say something. Are you familiar with the concepts of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation? Microwaves, like cell phone signals and wireless networks, are inherently incapable of causing cell damage. All they can do at high power is heat things up by bouncing water molecules around.

I believe that it's not actually our fault the world is goin' to shit. It's gone to shit a few times before we even showed up. It's gonna happen again. And we'll die off. Then maybe a new race will show up. And do the whole thing all over again. It's all about the circle of life, death, dinosaurs, and apple pie covered in cheese.

Interesting... we concur on most points. The only difference is that I don't believe the vast majority of humans are wasting their lives and are worthless... I think that has more to do with political economy than the inherent "worth" of human beings.

I believe our petty differences will always make Earth an island.

I think that the World and governments (as we know them) are "owned and operated/manipulated by 7 powerful but evil men.

I believe that the grassroots will heal the world.

This is interesting: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/w...ents/4108/P40/

here's the experiment - http://www.rense.com/general70/microwaved.htm

And along with my microwave belief. I also believe that computers, cellphones, wireless networks, radio towers, powerlines, and other things of that sort are harmful. But whaddya do?

Rense is several steps below the Weekly World News in terms of credibility and reliability. I hate to post a Wikipedia link as a rebuttal, but the facts and references are solid. Non-ionizing radiation cannot cause cellular damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ionizing_radiation

The difference between Jesus and Charles Manson was success rate.

That and jesus never said, "I'm a gangster, woman, i steal what i want."

I would agree with this to a certain extent.

Not sure how true this is, but I heard the old chinese medicine medical model was almost the complete opposite of ours. You would pay your doctor regularly, who provided regular advice, checkups and guidance for living healthy as long as you were well.. then when you get sick, you dont have to pay your doctore at all, for treatment or anything, until your better. I guess the theory is, if you get sick in the first place, the doctor screwed up somewhere along the line:P A really novel idea, and really provides an incentive for doctors to get you well... either that or pretend you arent sick:orly: .

That I am the greatest at BBBJTCNQNS in the world!!!!!!!!

I really shouldnt have found that sex terminolgy site...blame Sauk....its his fault hehehehe

I believe that kids and parents should be required to wear shock collars when going out in public. When the child throws a fit long enough and loud enough to disturb others, zap! If the parent does nothing to stop it, zap!

Dogs who poop in my yard should vaporize, along with the owners who allow them to do it.

Tailgaters who get too close to my car should turn into toilet scrubbers.

The color orange should be outlawed.

Crompsin should be president.

WHAT? Why would you do that to me?! Two years in the desert and a bitter divorce aren't enough suffering!? Why must you torment me with public office?!

...

Man, I'd totally do something we (the US) have all been wanting to do for years:

Declare war on Canada!

I believe Crompsin should be president as well then!

I believe that a prerequisite to any modern major corporate product design is a programmed ~3 year lifespan that involves a minor yet complete failure. Disposable technology. Nothing lasts. Quality? What's that?

This applies especially to cell phones and MP3 players.

I believe that Crompsin is a figment of my imagination, and that I may one day end up shooting myself in the face in an attempt to destroy him.

EDIT -

You guys did that once.

I believe that Martian is not a beautiful and unique snowflake.

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He's Canadian, too.

I believe that Crompsin should be President with Paris Hilton as the Vice.......



He wouldn't fall in love, but he would get blown at least once a day......

No, no... I'm talking a REAL war, brother! With expensive missiles and crashing helicopters and national guard troopers being deployed for no good reason... ooo and a government with an overall approval rating lower than the number of women Stephen Hawking has banged in his life.

I know MP3 players and the like are designed to crap out in a few years (would-be engineer): planned obsolescence. Why would engineers build something that costs more when people are generally silly enough to buy a new one since theirs is not cool anymore? I hate pop culture and what's hip.

I think pop culture (i.e. action movies about teens, music about hoes, music videos with guys dancing, magazines about actors, botox, blowjobs, and Bradjelina) destroyed the IQ of America's youth.

UPDATE: Paris Hilton giving blowjobs I meant. I don't mind the blowjobs. I just don't give a shit when it is some one "famous."

One of these things, its not like the others.....

UPDATE: Paris Hilton giving blowjobs I meant. I don't mind the blowjobs. I just don't give a shit when it is some one "famous."

I believe that Gary Zukov is pretty close to correct.

I believe many modern day scientists should have rockstar status, comparable to the status that Albert Einstein had.

I believe that allowing lesbian relationships to adapt children is MORE than unethical. It's, it's, it's like ..... what's the word I'm searching for?

FURTHERMORE: I believe that Saddam Hussein really had stock piles of Weapons of Mass Destruction but Geo. W. Bush doesn't want to tell us out of kindness for embarrassing the United Nations that said Saddam probably didn't have any at all. :rolleyes:

I believe that humans just didn't evolve, That Love is real, that in life the best feeling is a mutual orgasm with your SO.

adapt them for what? urban warfare? nuclear holocaust? a life with a loving family?

Curse you damn lesbians and your adaptations!!! :lol:

Ingestion. Don't lesbians eat babies? :rolleyes:

I believe that they will always make Chuck Taylor's, for the rest of my life. And that brings me joy.

I believe that I could eat just about any one of you if I was hungry enough.

I believe Velcro and elastic enable fat people to continue to be fat.

I believe sometimes more can be solved from a fist fight than a shrink.

No way! :D That would be cannibalism. Lesbians were babies once too:

"Congratulations, it's a lesbian!"

It would have rocked if I had two mothers; especially if they both wore Chuck Taylors.

It's still possible... have you ever checked to see if your "Dad" was born male?

I can dance. So what if I resemble a Teletubby when I do.

Thank you for the lovely cynacism. :thumbsup: I didn't notice that I spelled it incorrectly. It must be nice to have English for your first language, eh? :)

Oh relax... it's called taking the piss out of you.

Anyone can see it was a typo. It was a funny typo that changed your intent from something potentially offensive, to something comical.

:lol: Best line I've heard all month.

I believe we'd all be better if we believed differently.

i wonder about stuff alot.

like if your car says to you "a door is a jar" in a kind of urgent voice, it is expected that you will then do something.

i don't understand things like that.

i suppose people could find not understanding things like that to be ridiculous.

I believe you.