Chat Thread 42: The Answer To Life, The Universe and Everyth

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:59 pm

Because death is a fact of life. However unfortunate it may be. It is the only unerring fact.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:24 pm

I don't like talking about death. Celebrate life instead! Be positive!

While sadness is a part of life you can't avoid and you can't just run away from or ignore it, you gotta stay positive through most of it.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:48 pm

They're constant reminders to cherish the people close to me. I won't regret as much having not spent enough time with my loved ones.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:06 pm

If only life could be like a soap opera. Then people can come back from the dead and say that they faked it!

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:07 am

If life were like a soap opera everyone would have amnesia.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:56 am

Punchy wrote:If life were like a soap opera everyone would have amnesia.

Maybe life is just a soap opera but we all keep having amnesia and forgetting we have amnesia.

Kyuunado · Post by **Kyuunado** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:57 am

Seth, you just exploded my brain.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:08 am

Wait, who's Seth?

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:12 am

Seth wrote:
Punchy wrote:If life were like a soap opera everyone would have amnesia.
Maybe life is just a soap opera but we all keep having amnesia and forgetting we have amnesia.

Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:38 am

Deske wrote:
Seth wrote:
Punchy wrote:If life were like a soap opera everyone would have amnesia.
Maybe life is just a soap opera but we all keep having amnesia and forgetting we have amnesia.
Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*

That's just because you have been so mentally scarred over the course of you life that your brain decided to make new memories for you the last time you recovered from your amnesia. You know, to hide all of the amnesia you've always had.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:43 am

Don't forget aliens, they can cause amnesia and make you think you have been living a full life. When in reality last week when they visited to go fishing (hey, we are the only place in the galaxy to go fishing). They had to erase your mind when you found them

Civilization · Post by **Civilization** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:44 am

Autumn_Red_Panda wrote:Don't forget aliens, they can cause amnesia and make you think you have been living a full life. When in reality last week when they visited to go fishing (hey, we are the only place in the galaxy to go fishing). They had to erase your mind when you found them

Well, then I glad whatever the cause of whatever is causing this something to happen allowed me to find such an awesome place as this then.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:35 pm

Deske wrote:
Seth wrote:
Punchy wrote:If life were like a soap opera everyone would have amnesia.
Maybe life is just a soap opera but we all keep having amnesia and forgetting we have amnesia.
Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*

You probably just forgot that you forgot

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:49 pm

It would explain why I temporarily forget where I put things. XD

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:01 pm

My mind certainly has an interesting idea of recreating memories. They could've been more happy and less "Can't wait for this to end"

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:03 pm

Maybe the aliens decided to play a trick on you.

Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:09 am

Deske wrote:Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*

can you remember every single day you've been alive? Amnesia doesn't always make you forget everything, just a certain period. So technically we all do have selective amnesia specific to days that nothing interesting happened that we get after a few weeks or even days.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:29 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Deske wrote:Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*
can you remember every single day you've been alive? Amnesia doesn't always make you forget everything, just a certain period. So technically we all do have selective amnesia specific to days that nothing interesting happened that we get after a few weeks or even days.

Isn't amnesia usually from a point back? At least the one most people think, retrograde?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:14 pm

Yeah but they could be giving us selective amnesia or implanting memories in our heads.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:55 pm

Deske wrote:
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Deske wrote:Highly improbable as I can remember various points in life with ease. *removes hat and bubble pipe*
can you remember every single day you've been alive? Amnesia doesn't always make you forget everything, just a certain period. So technically we all do have selective amnesia specific to days that nothing interesting happened that we get after a few weeks or even days.
Isn't amnesia usually from a point back? At least the one most people think, retrograde?

actually no, the idea that it's always the loss of everything before a certain point is a misunderstanding perpetuated mainly by Hollywood.

Wikipedia wrote:Amnesia (from Greek ἀμνησία from ἀ- meaning "without" and μνήμη memory), also known as amnesic syndrome, is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma.[1] Amnesia can also be caused temporarily by the use of various sedatives and hypnotic drugs. Essentially, amnesia is loss of memory. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that was caused.[2] There are two main types of amnesia: retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation.[3] In some cases the memory loss can extend back decades, while in others the person may lose only a few months of memory.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:04 pm

So it's still from a point back. It just stops at another point.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:11 pm

Memory loss can be long-term or short-term. Some people lose the ability to store new memories. Others lose already-stored memories (or at least the ability to recall them).

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:18 pm

"Do you suffer from long-term memory loss?
I don't remember...."

... I hate Chumbawamba...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:02 pm

Well then its a good thing they broke up in 2012.

Though they only had 2 songs in the US. Amnesia was the one that wasn't successful.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:32 am

I never really followed music until about 2004. All this '90s music from my childhood I can barely even match with artists. XP

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:55 pm

I didn't start until 2007 when I got my first iPod.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:35 pm

That's exactly me. That, and playing the original Guitar Hero. I was reluctant at first but that got me started!

A lot of my early music was just songs I liked from Guitar Hero and songs iTunes recommended based on what I already had. I've since moved to buying whole albums a lot. Single songs kinda make me cringe!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:20 pm

Being motivated to remember things... now that sucks in life. I can't even recall if that's amnesia or not, just a will to not learn or remember anything.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:53 pm

And in the news, I had to take my mother to the hospital. Thankfully not the same ****** hospital that sent her cousin home after falling down the stairs.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:19 pm

Sleet wrote:That's exactly me. That, and playing the original Guitar Hero. I was reluctant at first but that got me started!

A lot of my early music was just songs I liked from Guitar Hero and songs iTunes recommended based on what I already had. I've since moved to buying whole albums a lot. Single songs kinda make me cringe!

Singles can be fun. Though I prefer to buy a full album unless it's a trashy guilty pleasure I hear at parties or on the radio.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:06 am

GameCobra wrote:Being motivated to remember things... now that sucks in life. I can't even recall if that's amnesia or not, just a will to not learn or remember anything.

This might seem out there, but if you've a phone why not try things like Google Keep or Wunderlist?

Or whatever you meant is actually flying high over my head.

I tried Lemonwire when it was still around for music, still it was sketchy as hell and the bit rates were tinyyyy.

Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:27 am

Sleet wrote:That's exactly me. That, and playing the original Guitar Hero. I was reluctant at first but that got me started!

A lot of my early music was just songs I liked from Guitar Hero and songs iTunes recommended based on what I already had. I've since moved to buying whole albums a lot. Single songs kinda make me cringe!

My mom used to listen to cassette tapes of a bunch of old, slightly more obscure songs, so I started with things like Talking Heads and other groups of that ilk. plus a few one hit wonders.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:43 pm

Styx was what I "inherited" from my mom, in a similar fashion. I still really like them.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:38 pm

Regarding what I said earlier, amnesia and stubbornness come hand in hand with memory. some of the things that I tragically began to learn is that people are just so stubborn that they refuse to remember certain things.

Back to the good topic now, though - My mom listens to a lot of old country music and pop. Michael Jackson especially. my stepdad likes western. Gee, I wonder why? =P

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:05 pm

My mom listens to a combination of the current top 40 and some 70s stuff.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:51 pm

I just realized, we are half way to the next Chat Thread. Amazing how time flies.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:02 am

Deske wrote:I just realized, we are half way to the next Chat Thread. Amazing how time flies.

But, I'm not having fun. And time only flies when you're having fun

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:01 am

What if I launched a clock out of a slingshot?

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:30 pm

But what will we name CT43?

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:46 pm

We'lł vote on a name. Since 42 is a significant one, we went with the title we have, but the runner up was "The Good Ol' Forumites' Club" - that's my entry for the next one.