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Not just another ghost story
I moved to Texas in January and have been wanting to drive out to Marfa (West Texas in general) ever since. That said, this is a really shitty and lean post.
Thanks for the tip about Alpine, Benway.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 5:14 PM on October 4, 2008
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The story of a cab ride.
Fiction or not it was real sweet, and having been a night shift cabbie, not hard to imagine. Most everyone who gets into a cab after 2:00am is looking for something; and yeah, sometimes it's you.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 4:54 PM on September 28, 2008
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Must be the season of the witch
Heads up: many links contain cheesy and bloodcurdling sound fx. But really, if you weren't expecting as much...
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:39 AM on September 26, 2008
Actually, fixedgear, the half-billion is just for haunted attractions. The holiday overall is expected to pull down more than five billion this year.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 9:06 AM on September 26, 2008
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I am at a loss to explain what I, and many other people, saw.
If I'm remembering correctly, didn't the British government declassify some important reports on UFOs a few years ago? The gist of it was that they had observed things they couldn't explain. The UFO community was all upset because they didn't wheel out grays on gurneys but seemed to miss the fact that the government was admitting to not bein' able to tell what these things were.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 2:37 AM on September 15, 2008
To be fair Cool Papa Bell, although what you're saying makes perfect sense, you're applying a specific circumstance that isn't always the case. A lot of people on the night of the Phoenix lights reported seeing a craft that was a mile or more long, because it (supposedly) passed right over their heads.
It's that kind of thing that gives me pause, by the way. The mass sightings. It's much easier to understand how someone's mind can play tricks on them than how it can... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 10:58 AM on September 15, 2008
Pracowity: What I make of that is mostly mass hallucination and group hysteria. That was thousands of people standing in a field waiting for a miracle to happen, and most of them walked away having seen different things. Something did fly over LA in 1942, and I'm unaware of any military aircraft at the time that could have taken the shelling we gave it and still flown away. I'm not saying I believe these things were alien crafts, I'm saying these are the only kind of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 11:47 AM on September 15, 2008
I mean, people have mistaken the planet Venus for a fast-moving UFO.
All I have to say to that is...sigh, yeah you're right.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 11:49 AM on September 15, 2008
So, the real question is: why do you want to be less skeptical about UFO sightings than you are about Elvis sightings?
No, it's not the real question because that's fucking stupid and you know it. Seeing a person who looks like another person and seeing something that defies logical explanation are two very different things.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:17 PM on September 15, 2008
But you can't claim that, because all you're claiming is to see someone with a similar appearance. Unless you sat down and talked to "Elvis", and it doesn't defy logical explanation that someone could really think or just want you to think that they were The King.
You pissed in my Post toasties by making a really ridiculous connection between what we're trying to have an intelligent conversation about and Elvis sightings, and wording it as if there's an equal... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:53 PM on September 15, 2008
I'm very sorry to have dashed your hopes and dreams of secret sky gods.
Glad to see you took your Smug Fucking Asshole pills this morning.
What's comical to me is that when people observe these things the standard answer is "people see what they want". Apparently no one spreads that blanket statement over the die-hard skeptics. Simply put, anyone who refuses to believe any of this (and I lean more towards... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 4:49 PM on September 15, 2008
I think we can all agree upon that Snyder, at least this far down the thread. Even if someone does think aliens are behind it, I'm not going to outright mock them for it. I'm not that much of a shithead, nor do I mock folks who go to church. The whole problem with the topic is exactly what you said, a lack of interest in the unknown (on both sides).
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 8:16 PM on September 15, 2008
Googling mass hallucination just brings up a bunch of stuff about Jesus, and I admittedly don't know much about the phenomenon or how possible it is. My first thought, though, is that there usually has to be something there to misinterpret. Most people, even in groups, are not prone to schizophrenic behavior. Misinterpreting some kind of arial event and losing your grip on reality are two very different things.
The particular thing about LA is that like you said, no... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 11:08 AM on September 16, 2008
I guess you skipped past the entire conversation since yesterday, 'cause no, I'm not insinuating spacemen.
Sigh. Let's just close this one up fellas.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:28 PM on September 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Race to 08
I gotta say I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt after first seeing the box. But my line of thinking quickly went "Well that's not so...oh, hmm...OH WHAT THE FUCK A TURBAN". I like how they tried to defend everything with "Well, political satire".
"So you guys are actually racist pieces of shit?"
"Well, political satire."
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 3:48 AM on September 15, 2008
MeFi post:
stop crying kindle fanboy
Grad students and others with massive printing needs aside...
Am I the only one who still likes books? Who still likes the feel of paper in my hand, and appreciates a beautiful glossy cover design?
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 9:40 AM on September 13, 2008
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Vitamin Hamilton
Please, guys. Obviously this guy danced in front of a green screen, got two men and a child to look at the spot where he was supposed to be, used some fancy software to meticulously add his reflection to the floor; and did the same thing, with even more audience reaction and elaborate effects to blend him into the scene in a wide variety of other fake settings that he posted on his YouTube channel.
OR HE JUST WENT TO A FUCKING GROCERY STORE AND DANCED.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:09 AM on September 6, 2008
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Google Chrome
Since it's out now, and maybe some people like me are at work refreshing this page every so often to see what people think of it, do you think you three jerkholes could shut the fuck up? Argue off topic in private.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 12:26 PM on September 2, 2008
I expected at least two versions of "GoogleChrome" by Paul Simon
I stopped at singing mine to a co-worker. I wasn't going to inflict it on the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 5:56 PM on September 2, 2008
I'm not at all a power user, so off the bat I'm very swayed just by how visually appealing Chrome is. Very clean, very minimal. It's fast, but not shit your pants fast (at least not on my older HP). I'm also keeping in mind that this is day one, and a lot of the things mentioned here that seem to be missing may be coming down the pike soon.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 2:07 AM on September 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Wassup Holmes
...Really, three blind mice? Comically rapping about white culture is racist? Weird Al must seem like David Duke to you.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 2:11 AM on September 1, 2008
MeFi post:
Final Days
Getting rid of Bush accomplishes nothing. Getting rid of the Republicans is everything.
It's exactly that kind of oversimplified, black and white thought that we need to save America! Blue good! Red bad!
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 10:35 PM on August 31, 2008
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Armageddon
Is this something I'd have to listen to Alex Jones to understand?
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 7:04 PM on August 16, 2008
MeFi post:
A new beast
Man oh man, I can't wait to head home to the region for a visit. This looks like a pant-shitting good time.
Son of Beast was not only the biggest rip-off ever, but actually injured my knees when I rode it the first time
I don't fuck with Son of Beast or the original. I'm all for the romance of wooden coasters, but I'm pretty sure those two bruised some of my internal organs. Vortex, on the other hand, was one of the great loves of my life.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:27 PM on August 6, 2008
Basically the same coaster, but we had it first.
On the flip side though, you're Canadian.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 5:58 PM on August 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Excellent post, amyms.
Flapjax...ugh. Every time I watch that brilliant bastard of a movie that scene takes me right out of the story and into the 1970's.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 12:04 AM on July 23, 2008
MeFi post:
"this is my violin,” he said, gesturing over his body. “I play the violin."
"I am Lobo, I ride alone." Anyone?
I'm just going to pretend this article didn't happen. That he doesn't refer to himself in the third person, or constantly try to make you believe how nice he is, or quote South Pacific, or come off like a giant douche; because I enjoyed my childhood in the 80's and still think Carey Mahoney is cool.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 12:54 PM on July 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Fighting the curse of the face-eating tumour
It really sucks that this guy decided to let his condition worsen and drag his siblings down with him. Jehovah's Witnesses are insane and give a real mindfuck to anyone unlucky enough to be involved with them.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 9:40 PM on June 23, 2008
MeFi post:
You are getting sleepy. . .
Personally, I love shit like this. Brown says on many occasions that he's only an entertainer, but folks continue to get upset like he's claiming to be Jesus or something. It's a good act, enjoy it people.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 1:12 AM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Insect mating ritual porn
I am so sick of film snobs screaming that the only way a movie should be seen is on the giant screen of an old movie palace.
Apples and oranges, man. All this film snob is saying is let's not stop making movies that are designed to be seen on those big ole screens as most shift towards being framed for an iPhone screen.
And earthworm was fuckin' awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by Roman Graves
at 11:32 PM on May 6, 2008
