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Not a lot of content lately, here's one I got todayquote:I recently inherited a decent amount of money from my grandfather. For the past couple weeks I have been searching for a way to prove something I have always been obsessed with is real: that supernatural beings exist and can be interacted with. I have been searching with various methods to find someone who can show me that I'm right in exchange for money. I started out with 5000 dollars but I have been upping it to try and get more serious bites. I'm willing to go pretty high but of course I want to be left with something afterward. I think you're going to get exactly what you're paying these people for
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Apr 30, 2018 17:52
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We have mobile cameras, capable of taking photos and video, connected to us at all times. Despite this compelling evidence of the existence of the supernatural is no more present than it was 100 years ago. And even if they did show you "something", whose say it may not just be someone in a costume or some sort of other trick?
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Apr 30, 2018 18:21
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Everyone knows vampires can't be photographed.
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Apr 30, 2018 18:27
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I'd gladly take that guy up on it if I got the up front payment no matter what. Just tell him to go sit and chant in the middle of a forest for the whole night and take the deposit and run.
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Apr 30, 2018 18:35
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Lol that idiot is gonna get mugged and left in a ditch
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Apr 30, 2018 18:59
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gee, i wonder why a person in the poorest country in the western hemisphere might accept a business proposition to receive $1667 USD sight-unseen, with another $3333 on deck if you take him out in the woods and have a friend make spooky noises
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Apr 30, 2018 19:08
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quote:all these beliefs in ghosts and demons didn't spring out of nowhere. Except for one thing, we are a very inventive species. So when two people that have no contact with each other face the same unexplained phenomenon, they come up with totally different guesses. No two unrelated cultures the world over have the same folklore. By contrast, scientific practices everywhere are the same. Scientists the world over have come up independently with the same laws, because those, unlike beliefs, are testable. If you’re wrong about bridge building you’ll know pretty quick, whereas you could be wrong your whole life about the spirits in the cupboard and never know any better.
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Apr 30, 2018 19:32
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I was once wrong about the Indian in the cupboard.
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Apr 30, 2018 19:53
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Leavemywife posted:I was once wrong about the Indian in the cupboard. That monstrous little boy created a deer just to be slaughtered. Disgusting.
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Apr 30, 2018 20:26
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if i had money I would just hang with the Ghost Adventures dude and go to his haunted museum. also hes hot so we could like gently caress in a haunted building
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Apr 30, 2018 20:27
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there are plenty of haunted american places, so go to those before India or Haiti
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Apr 30, 2018 20:28
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Yeah, that's probably your best bet. Instead of paying someone to "show you" just take a trip around the US/world and hang out in "haunted" places and see if you see anything that proves they exist to you. It would be more fun than getting murdered for a few thousand dollars, anyways.
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Apr 30, 2018 20:40
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loquacius posted:but all these beliefs in ghosts and demons didn't spring out of nowhere. Even in the off-chance that ghosts and demons exist, you still shouldn't use this kind of rationale. You can also go as far as ignore religion, mysticism, fear of death, and any social and cultural phenomena, or even assume any of them is true if you're a person of faith, but you're still left with: * People who might have mistaken experiences. Sometimes a shadow in the wrong place, a visual illusion, or a strange noise in the dark can make people go wild. * And then there are non-drug induced hallucinations, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are not particularly rare for example. * Same as above, but drug-induced throughout humanity's history. * People might have invented stories for entertainment and they grew out of proportion, or context, or were mistranslated. * Very exotic experiences that may seem spiritual in nature (such as OOB experiences) can have a neurological disorder component and they can also have extremely specific similarities between each other, which would make even skeptic people believe they might had experienced something supernatural. I know you want to believe (tm) so you'll probably rationalize stuff but just because people invented it doesn't mean it's true, or that the component of truth behind it should be taken at face value. Elentor fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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Apr 30, 2018 21:08
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 There was no one there when I took the picture. I'll take you there and maybe the ghost child will show again.
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Apr 30, 2018 21:39
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Ghosts and demons are both pretty obviously symbolic entities in mythology
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Apr 30, 2018 21:47
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Solice Kirsk posted:Yeah, that's probably your best bet. Instead of paying someone to "show you" just take a trip around the US/world and hang out in "haunted" places and see if you see anything that proves they exist to you. It would be more fun than getting murdered for a few thousand dollars, anyways. idk I can kind of understand his apprehension about US-based hauntings. Unless it's like a native american burial ground that had a thing built over it it's a hard sell to say "this hospital built 200 years ago is totally haunted as poo poo, it has asbestos all over the place, so spooky mesothelioma". Plus even if you allow the possibility that actually haunted places exist, they aren't going to be the places that sell thousands of tickets to see them a year.
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Apr 30, 2018 21:56
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yeah I eat rear end posted:idk I can kind of understand his apprehension about US-based hauntings. Unless it's like a native american burial ground that had a thing built over it it's a hard sell to say "this hospital built 200 years ago is totally haunted as poo poo, it has asbestos all over the place, so spooky mesothelioma". Plus even if you allow the possibility that actually haunted places exist, they aren't going to be the places that sell thousands of tickets to see them a year. Well considering its all made up poo poo, it probably is more advantageous to embark upon a location the individual in question personally believes is more likely to be haunted, since its all their own mind generating the effects anyways...
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Apr 30, 2018 21:58
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Why wouldn't 200 year old buildings have ghosts, assuming ghosts were a thing? Like, are old ghosts more ghost-y? Seems specious tbh.
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Apr 30, 2018 22:11
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loquacius posted:Not a lot of content lately, here's one I got today Seriously we're riddled with the things over here. e: I 100% guarantee I will not murder you. Manslaughter not off the table. Some of these castles are not exactly what you'd call safe. Splicer fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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Apr 30, 2018 22:13
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there is not a single mystical, divine, supernatural or any other kind of belief that is not supported by numerous cases of eyewitness evidence. humans love making poo poo up and our brains like fooling us and actively work against us when it comes to stuff like this. there is no such thing as ghosts or demons or unicorns or anything else like that, dont waste your money. they are absolutely going to kill you the argument that it didnt just spring up from nowhere when humans are known for making all kinds of poo poo up from nowhere doesnt really hold, especially once the idea spreads and then gets backed up by other people because they already believe its real so of course the shadow they saw was a demon and the mentally ill person they saw was possessed by the devil and the pan that fell out of the cupboard was a ghost a great example is aliens and UFOs, every encounter is always exactly like what you see in the media and exactly like what was described back when roswell happened. sure is a weird coincidence that disc shaped UFOs and "greys" became the standard encounter right after that idea was introduced to the masses discarded box fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Apr 30, 2018 |
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Apr 30, 2018 22:23
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Android Blues posted:Why wouldn't 200 year old buildings have ghosts, assuming ghosts were a thing? Like, are old ghosts more ghost-y? Seems specious tbh. I am just basing this on the fact that most of the horror movies i've seen where the real poo poo goes down is always something from like 3000 years ago like a sumerian idol or whatever. It's just easier to believe some ancient history thing is haunted than someone maybe your great grandfather might have helped build.
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Apr 30, 2018 22:36
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If ironclad proof of the supernatural were available for a few thousand bucks we'd be living in a VERY different world. 
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May 1, 2018 00:04
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Ask the guy who confessed earlier that Vincent Price is haunting their home how much they're willing to pay for.
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May 1, 2018 00:11
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James Randi has been offering millions for like, 20 years and the best anyone came up with was that one youtube video where the orangutan freaks out after being shown sleight of hand. bitch
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May 1, 2018 00:24
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folks like anything that explains the poo poo they cant.
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May 1, 2018 00:28
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Splicer posted:Hello I am not American and will happily take $1,666.67 in return for showing you around a ruined castle reputed to be haunted. I've got 2 weeks of vacation left this year, what country are you in? I may take you up on your Haunted Castle Ghost and Balance Seminar.
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May 1, 2018 00:50
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if ghosts aren't real then how the gently caress do you explain Boo Berry
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May 1, 2018 01:38
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Danaru posted:if ghosts aren't real then how the gently caress do you explain Boo Berry boo berry is a specter, totally different and very scientific
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May 1, 2018 02:09
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come to europe for we are haunted by the spectre of communism and have much more atmospheric buildings that more people have died in i had a brief period where i solidly believed in ghosts and thought it was obvious that if a ghost could haunt a place then surely it could haunt a computer and what if my computer is full of dead people making adobe flash player run like poo poo
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May 1, 2018 02:50
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If I was a ghost, I would haunt a wealthy living person's mansion, drive them out and take that poo poo for myself
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May 1, 2018 03:20
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SciFiDownBeat posted:If I was a ghost, I would haunt a wealthy living person's mansion, drive them out and take that poo poo for myself
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May 1, 2018 05:38
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Pretty sure my bowels are haunted because I’ve been spraying ectoplasm out my rear end every day for a while now. I accept paypal or bitcoins.
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May 1, 2018 05:49
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soy posted:Pretty sure my bowels are haunted because I’ve been spraying ectoplasm out my rear end every day for a while now. I accept paypal or bitcoins. Has the face of Jesus appeared in the toilet bowl?
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May 1, 2018 07:37
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Odd posted:James Randi has been offering millions for like, 20 years and the best anyone came up with was that one youtube video where the orangutan freaks out after being shown sleight of hand. bitch Not that the confessor is any less of a moron, but there are people who think you have to be a ~tru believer~ to find/see a ghost, otherwise they will hide from you. It's obviously just an excuse and it's all still fake, but maybe that's the attitude the guy is approaching it with. Anyway I should hook him up with my sister-in-law, she swears her house is haunted and so does the rest of her family. There are regularly spooky occurrences like "sometimes we hear a noise at night" or "sometimes the light goes out". Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me but maybe it's enough for this guy.
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May 1, 2018 08:12
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Elentor posted:* People might have invented stories for entertainment and they grew out of proportion, or context.
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May 1, 2018 09:14
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Odd posted:James Randi has been offering millions for like, 20 years and the best anyone came up with was that one youtube video where the orangutan freaks out after being shown sleight of hand. bitch Food for thought though: Randi retired the contest (likely because proof of the supernatural is just around the corner!)
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May 1, 2018 13:31
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DandyLion posted:Food for thought though: Randi retired the contest (likely because proof of the supernatural is just around the corner!) Eventually you're gonna get sick of the latest kook flipping their poo poo at you.
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May 1, 2018 13:37
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discarded box posted:there is no such thing as ghosts or demons or unicorns or anything else like that unicorns are real they're just extinct. if we can clone a wooly mammoth we can probably bring them back. ghosts are probably fake though, we don't have any ghost fossils
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May 1, 2018 14:01
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Son of Man posted:unicorns are real they're just extinct. if we can clone a wooly mammoth we can probably bring them back. ghosts are probably fake though, we don't have any ghost fossils What do you think air is? We're breathing in dead ghosts all the time.
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May 1, 2018 14:05
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Unicorns are actually called rhinos.
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May 1, 2018 14:09
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