The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXVIII

[timtofly]

If she couldn't hear the steps right behind her then she is deaf. And chances are she isn't deaf.

Unless I am wrong in assuming other people use those steps, and she regularly uses them, hearing steps, is a normal occurrence and nothing to be suspicious about.

 

[Kennigit]

90% chance had in ear buds; listening to music

 

[Rashiminos]

Senator McCain had an occasion to call some protesters "lowlife scum" today. Do you agree with his assessment?

http://youtu.be/yP9In2fNs84?t=1m54s

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Do other countries have an equivalent of the sovereign citizen movement?

 

[Lohrenswald]

Do other countries have an equivalent of the sovereign citizen movement?

That's the "I'm my own country, your laws don't apply to me" thing? They're apparently called freemen in Canada.
I've never heard about anything like it in Norway.

 

[The_J]

Just checked wiki to see what it is, and no, haven't heard of anything similar here. Also doesn't sound like something which is likely to cause some attraction in Germany.
I've heard though of the in the at the end linked Reichsbürgerbewegung, but not as something really serious.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

The Reichsbürger fit Lohrenswald's description in practical terms fairly well, even if the "mythology" or the ideological purpose behind it is of its very own kind. I think the basic emotional and practical attraction is the same as the one of the sovereign citizens movement.

Self-described sovereign citizens take the position that they are answerable only to their particular interpretation of the common law[1] and are not subject to any statutes or proceedings at the federal, state or municipal levels or that they do not recognize U.S. currency and that they are "free of any legal constraints."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement
That actually is pretty much exactly what the Reichsbürger do - using their own legal interpretation to denounce large junks of the law.

There is also a kingdom of Germany. A group of people wanting and trying to be their own country. Vice did a video on that.

 

[warpus]

Would there be much/any interest in a "I went to Patagonia and look at my trip" type thread, with some photos, videos, and a bit of a writeup?

I've been meaning to re-visit those pictures and sort through them again. Trip was 7 years ago so I remember less - there will be less to write about - but there are a lot of pictures (not nearly as many as I took in Thailand mind you).

 

[Borachio]

I have the impression that your trip threads are very popular, Mr R. Soup.

 

[warpus]

I have the impression that your trip threads are very popular, Mr R. Soup.

I get a similar impression, but my impression is likely biased, so I thought I'd ask.

 

[Borachio]

No, I think it's right.

I myself quite enjoy looking at photos of your trips.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Perhaps you could even make a thread which would serve as a collection of all your photos from different places?

 

[warpus]

No, I think it's right.

I myself quite enjoy looking at photos of your trips.

I'm glad you've enjoyed them! I feel like I provide decent content, but then after a while you start wondering if people are getting sick of it.. I mean I did bombard you guys with a whole crapload of temples one after the other so in a way I wouldn't be surprised

So thanks for your feedback. I am sort of eager to start sorting through those Patagonia pictures again... but I might not start the thread for a bit.

Perhaps you could even make a thread which would serve as a collection of all your photos from different places?

That's not a bad idea, but I have started using flickr for this purpose. I think it might be redundant (but I will keep this in mind!)

 

[Takhisis]

Would there be much/any interest in a "I went to Patagonia and look at my trip" type thread, with some photos, videos, and a bit of a writeup?

I've been meaning to re-visit those pictures and sort through them again. Trip was 7 years ago so I remember less - there will be less to write about - but there are a lot of pictures (not nearly as many as I took in Thailand mind you).

You came here and did not visit Takhisis. Takhisis is offended.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Anyone know of any open-world games with missions in which the ability to prepare for the mission beforehand (like say parking a helicopter at a getaway zone) plays a major role?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

So I just learned about a "Westminster child sex ring" and apparently numerous investigations have been halted, witnesses decided not to say anything... Can somebody tell me what is going on in the UK? This seems too outrageous to only have by accident learned of it just now.

 

[Borachio]

If you ask me, there's a witch hunt going on. Which isn't to say that those being hunted aren't witches.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Child rape cases always taste like witch hunts - that is just the nature of things, don't you think?

 

[Borachio]

Well, maybe.

But I think witch hunts are more characterized by a whole sequence of prosecutions.

In 50s America it was Communists being hunted. In the 2010s its historical pedophiles, and sex offenders of a more general nature.

Totally incidentally, poor old Gary Glitter has just been sentenced, again, to another period of imprisonment. I've no doubt he's guilty as charged (and he's got previous convictions), but I did quite like him in his hey day as a pop star. He was a very amusing performer (in a glam rock camp way), and wrote a series of catchy if rather simple songs.

 

[warpus]

You came here and did not visit Takhisis. Takhisis is offended.

I'll be back.