March 25 is "Tolkien Reading Day" - Page 3

Spexxvet · 08-24-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

My experience was about the same as yours. I made it through about 3 of them and really enjoyed them, but couldn't get into them after that. I still occasionally think about the self checking and painstaking behavior like the heel bumping. Must suck to be a leper.

My friend and I still say "Don't touch me!"

classicman · 08-24-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

There is a difference between cynicism and stoicism, though.

I said focusing on the positives. That is very different than "dwelling only in happy places"

wolf · 08-24-2011, 03:14 PM

If there's a Tolkien Reading Day, then I won't do it. Don't like him, but that's not why.

I'm kind of anti-days things, anyway. I smoke every Great American Smokeout Day, even in years when I've quit.

Flint · 08-24-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

If there's a Tolkien Reading Day, then I won't do it. Don't like him, but that's not why.

I'm kind of anti-days things, anyway. I smoke every Great American Smokeout Day, even in years when I've quit.

So, where do you stand on "joining" things?

I've been hearing more and more "religious" people whose definition of God is virtually identical to my own. What is it, I wonder, that makes them feel compelled to join what is essentially a social club, based on these beliefs, whereas I myself emphatically state NO THANK YOU to such a proposition.

My running theory is that some people are just "joiners" ...

Trilby · 08-25-2011, 07:16 AM

I realize the question was directed at wolf, but I, for myself, I, sir, am not a joiner.

most emphatically NOT a joiner.

It's difficult for me to even go to AA meetings. They usually piss me off. This has nothing to due with sobriety - it has to do with being a non-joiner. I leave before the effing Lord's prayer. UGH. CanNOT stand.

monster · 08-25-2011, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

So long as you don't sthart mouthing plathithudes.

duck-billed plathithudes?

monster · 08-25-2011, 02:04 PM

I feel the same about the "special days" -compelled to do the total opposite.

ZenGum · 08-25-2011, 06:46 PM

Me too. We should form a club or something.

monster · 08-25-2011, 10:22 PM

sure, I'm in as long as there aren't any meetings, emails or any of that shit.

Pete Zicato · 08-26-2011, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Nerds.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

ZenGum · 08-26-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

sure, I'm in as long as there aren't any meetings, emails or any of that shit.

Okay, but you're still doing the tax books!

monster · 08-26-2011, 07:44 PM

..I know....

wolf · 08-27-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

So, where do you stand on "joining" things?

I've been hearing more and more "religious" people whose definition of God is virtually identical to my own. What is it, I wonder, that makes them feel compelled to join what is essentially a social club, based on these beliefs, whereas I myself emphatically state NO THANK YOU to such a proposition.

My running theory is that some people are just "joiners" ...

I do join things on occasion, but am very selective about it.

Like they have to give me a nice backpack or drink bottle, or reusable shopping bags with a nice picture of a panda or a baby tiger on them or something ...

Even if I were Christian, I wouldn't join one of those social sorts of churches. I handle my access to deity more directly and personally, actually.

Actually, the Cellar is one of the few things that I've joined and stayed joined to consistently.

Flint · 10-02-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Even if I were Christian, I wouldn't join one of those social sorts of churches. I handle my access to deity more directly and personally, actually.

My theory is that THE ONLY THING that makes you "a Christian" is that you belong to the social club. My evidence is that I have identical beliefs to people who call themselves "a Christian" while I do not. There is no substantive disagreement. The label itself is the only thing that the label describes.

Pete Zicato · 10-03-2011, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

My theory is that THE ONLY THING that makes you "a Christian" is that you belong to the social club. My evidence is that I have identical beliefs to people who call themselves "a Christian" while I do not. There is no substantive disagreement. The label itself is the only thing that the label describes.

I take the opposite point of view. A lot of people who call themselves Christian, aren't. That includes a lot of people "in the club". They will know we are Christians by our love.

08-24-2011, 03:14 PM	#33
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If there's a Tolkien Reading Day, then I won't do it. Don't like him, but that's not why. I'm kind of anti-days things, anyway. I smoke every Great American Smokeout Day, even in years when I've quit. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-25-2011, 07:16 AM	#35
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I realize the question was directed at wolf, but I, for myself, I, sir, am not a joiner. most emphatically *NOT* a joiner. It's difficult for me to even go to AA meetings. They usually piss me off. This has nothing to due with sobriety - it has to do with being a non-joiner. I leave before the effing Lord's prayer. UGH. CanNOT stand. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-25-2011, 02:04 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I feel the same about the "special days" -compelled to do the total opposite. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-25-2011, 06:46 PM	#38
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Me too. We should form a club or something. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-25-2011, 10:22 PM	#39
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	sure, I'm in as long as there aren't any meetings, emails or any of that shit. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-26-2011, 07:44 PM	#42
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	..I know.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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