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[garjones]

Jerry has an Asian wife so should know almost nothing closes here before we get the 'rest of the world' claim.

[stephanie familiar]

i hate my hair! it's a ginormous mop and if i had the bone structure to support it, i'd shave it all off.

[Youri Zoutman]

Go mohawk!

I kind of really hate being shy. I'm too afraid to go out, and I really want to. WHINE WHINE.

[Arjan Dirkse]

My computer is getting too needy. "I need an update" blah blah catastrophic failure imminent, click here to install thing little thingamajig I want to show off to my other computer friends...

Computers should shut the fuck up.

[Steve Sensible]

Just went for a bike ride wearing my Nike shirt. Feels like somebody has been sandpapering my nipples.

[Chris Fenton]

I'm supposed to be travelling to Southampton for an American football game on Saturday, which is in itself bad enough.

Our opponents have just informed us they play on AstroTurf and that we must wear moulded boots, my boots with moulded studs fell apart about a month ago and I can't afford new ones. The other team are supposed to give us this information a week before the game!

[garjones]

Serves you right for playing egg-hand.

[Adam Balson]

This really doesn't need to be said but I'm saying it anyway.

I'm progressively getting more and more fucked off with the amount of people who seem to want to be famous but have no other career path than that. They don;t want to be a successful actor, or great in their field of business to gain that fame. They just want fame.
I have genuinely heard someone say 'This sounds horrible but I'd step on people if I had to to get what I want. But that doesn't make me a horrible person. I mean, I'm not setting out to hurt people even though I probably will.'
Right...

[Steve Sensible]

I have genuinely heard someone say 'This sounds horrible but I'd step on people if I had to to get what I want. But that doesn't make me a horrible person. I mean, I'm not setting out to hurt people even though I probably will.'
Right...

Was that from that Cherry Healey program that was on last night?

[Russell H]

That bloke was an absolute nob-end. His plan for superstardom seemed very much along the lines of the underpants gnomes from South Park:

1. Get very tanned.
2.?
3. Celebrity.

[Steve Sensible]

That bloke was an absolute nob-end.

You could tell the level of intellect you were dealing with in the first couple of seconds, when Cherry said to him, "you make me look anaemic", and his response was "what's that?"

[craggy]

You could tell the level of intellect you were dealing with in the first couple of seconds, when Cherry said to him, "you make me look anaemic", and his response was "what's that?"

it's one of these guys, right?

[Arjan Dirkse]

This really doesn't need to be said but I'm saying it anyway.

I'm progressively getting more and more fucked off with the amount of people who seem to want to be famous but have no other career path than that. They don;t want to be a successful actor, or great in their field of business to gain that fame. They just want fame.
I have genuinely heard someone say 'This sounds horrible but I'd step on people if I had to to get what I want. But that doesn't make me a horrible person. I mean, I'm not setting out to hurt people even though I probably will.'
Right...

Horrible people always end up hurting themselves in the end I think. It's one of the consequences of the way the world works.

i think that's how we learn to be humble and compassionate. Every Saint and every Buddha has their own inner sociopath, who has to learn how things really work before they find enlightenment.

[Steve Sensible]

Horrible people always end up hurting themselves in the end I think. It's one of the consequences of the way the world works.

If only that were true.

[Adam Balson]

Was that from that Cherry Healey program that was on last night?

Yep but it's more worrying that a fair few people I know have openly said very similar things.

That bloke was an absolute nob-end. His plan for superstardom seemed very much along the lines of the underpants gnomes from South Park:

1. Get very tanned.
2.?
3. Celebrity.

You could tell the level of intellect you were dealing with in the first couple of seconds, when Cherry said to him, "you make me look anaemic", and his response was "what's that?"

Oh, he was a fucking arsehole. The second he said he wanted a show called 'All About...' whatever the hell he was called I was fed up with him. And his logic was more than just flawed. To stop myself from going pale I'll use these illegal drugs to keep myself tanned. But the possible side effects are feeling like shit and... going pale.

[Arjan Dirkse]

If only that were true.

I really believe it works that way...I don't think "horrible" or evil people are happy, they're probably just frustrated, ill-informed, or plain old sick in the head. And those acts of evil mostly just ricochet back at them. I guess you could call that "karma" in a way, but I think it's just common sense, nothing mystical. What goes up comes down again.

[Steve Sensible]

Sadly I don't believe that. I think there are plenty of people who've committed heinous crimes who sleep well at night and live long, happy lives.

[stephanie familiar]

it's not a matter of "i think" or "i believe." there are people who have committed crimes or done something that it otherwise wrong, and claim that they either do not feel guilt or remorse, go on to live happy lives, and do not experience karma. this is fact.

[Arjan Dirkse]

it's not a matter of "i think" or "i believe." there are people who have committed crimes or done something that it otherwise wrong, and claim that they either do not feel guilt or remorse, go on to live happy lives, and do not experience karma. this is fact.

No it's not! This is fact.

[Arjan Dirkse]

Sorry, I'll try to explain a bit more. How can anyone who consistently acts against what they perceive to be morally justified be truly happy? I guess it is possible that someone may have some brain malfunction that shuts off their ability to distinguish good from evil, like Manson or something, but I couldn't call that wreck of a man happy, even if he hadn't been caught. He was just driven on by the ghosts in his mind. I think most sociopaths are victims of their cravings and they're inable to experience genuine happiness.

So who? Some dictator maybe? I don't believe it. They all live in fear that someone may rise up against them or take revenge against them for their misdeeds. Some ruthless businessman who numbs his conscience while exploiting child labour? Same thing, just fear that the scheme will fall apart and they end up on the lowest rung of the ladder. Unable to experience contention and peace of mind. Evil isn't clever or exciting or seductive, it's pathetic. It's a sickness.