meh. That "soul extractor" is just a re purposed Pepsi Blue vending machine. posted by JeffK at 9:22 AM on July 10 [1 favorite]
How will it feel not to have a soul?
This is impossible to predict. Patients have described feeling "lighter" and more "carefree." They experience "fewer dark thoughts."
Now that's an interesting philosophical position. I would have said that a lack of a soul would cause MORE dark thoughts. "Soulful" people are usually the depressed ones, true, but if you asked people which was more of a negative influence, their body or their soul, and most would say body. I posit. posted by DU at 9:23 AM on July 10
Kind of funny and strange, I agree, in a Vanilla Sky/Philip Dick/Stanley Kubrick kind of way, but it's not really a movie tie-in, it's marketing for a movie. posted by nosila at 9:26 AM on July 10
Seems sort of like an Eternal Sunshine/Simpsons Did it knockoff, but I didn't watch the trailer... posted by mrgrimm at 9:27 AM on July 10
How about those of us who don't think a soul exists?
No weight on my shoulders. Woohoo! posted by kldickson at 9:28 AM on July 10
if you asked people which was more of a negative influence, their body or their soul, and most would say body. I posit.
Wouldn't most people say body and soul are the same thing? They should. Because they are. posted by mrgrimm at 9:28 AM on July 10
...but it's not really a movie tie-in, it's marketing for a movie.
*sigh* I was trying to be subtle and funny. Ah well. posted by zarq at 9:29 AM on July 10
"Wouldn't most people say body and soul are the same thing? They should. Because they are."
I sold mine years ago for rock and roll.
It was worth it. posted by rocket88 at 9:33 AM on July 10
I'm with you kldickson. In fact, to answer DU, I would posit that the belief in a soul has a more negative influence that either body or soul. posted by JeffK at 9:34 AM on July 10 [1 favorite]
Wouldn't most people say body and soul are the same thing? They should. Because they are.
but if you asked people which was more of a negative influence, their body or their soul, and most would say body. I posit.
I think the idea is that the soul is the source of guilt, whereas the body is the source of pleasure. as in, if you deposit your soul in a jar, then you can indulge your body without the weight of a conscience. hence, feeling lighter and freer.
I thought this was going to be a plug for The Dog's Convention then I realized souls and our souls aren't the same thing. posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:45 AM on July 10
I mean, pneuma.
shit, never mind. posted by jquinby at 9:45 AM on July 10
Eternal Sunshine of the Sideways Mind posted by Dr-Baa at 9:52 AM on July 10
Do you like good music? That sweet soul music? posted by box at 9:53 AM on July 10
I predict there will be a scene where a cat hisses at Paul Giamatti. posted by orme at 10:09 AM on July 10
Durn, that was always the best part of my plan. If someone showed up and demanded their life savings, I'd excuse myself to go get their money out of the vault, call the cops (bought and paid for with my vast wealth, of course) and tell them there was a crazy person in my office claiming I owed them money from a past life. posted by JaredSeth at 10:13 AM on July 10
Why, Metafilter, why? posted by elder18 at 1:07 PM on July 10
I don't want to spread rumors, but I hear that James Brown was an alpha tester of that service... and now he's dead. (Isn't he? Did I see that on MetaFilter?)
And I just realized why some Xtians correlate atheists with Satanists; if somebody offered to buy my "soul", I'd consider it getting something for nothing) posted by wendell at 3:18 PM on July 10
When I was an undergrad, we ran a "soul drive" to promote our science-fiction/fantasy club T.H.E.M. We had a stack of contracts made out so that people could sign their souls to the organization (using fountain pens with red ink, of course). To collect the souls themselves, we built a very fancy looking wooden box with a hole in it and a big red cushion leading into the hole. The seller was to place their hand in the box and we would extract the soul from the body there. I was really proud of that box. With the red velvet cushion sticking out of the dark hole, it was very reminiscent of a mouth and tongue. And yet, the angle and size and shape were just right to elicit a very strong urge to stick your hand inside.
Man, I wonder if anyone took any pictures of that thing. posted by ErWenn at 4:55 PM on July 10 [1 favorite]
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