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  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Do You Have A Favourite Epitaph You Would Like to Post? :
    update:I found the place where I read about the brain-rot. https://theinspiredmadman.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/guy-de-maupassant-and-jolly-neurosyphilis/
    • April 7, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Do You Have A Favourite Epitaph You Would Like to Post? :
    I'm afraid I don't know much by the way of any biographies of Guy de Maupassant. I learned of him only by his relatively brief mention in a book I read long ago, which described his slow mental deterioration, which many believe was the inspiration for his...  moreI'm afraid I don't know much by the way of any biographies of Guy de Maupassant. I learned of him only by his relatively brief mention in a book I read long ago, which described his slow mental deterioration, which many believe was the inspiration for his Horla cycle stories. The book described his Horla works as being informed by madness, and seeing them described as such, I was compelled to read them. They are strange stories, but who can really say how much his madness might have actually contributed to them? At any rate, I was also curious about the details of the nature of his madness, but I could find nothing, apart from a mention of it likely being syphilis-related. I read somewhere- I have forgotten exactly where, but it was online- that he suffered from hallucinations of his brain decaying in his skull, and was driven mad by the buzzing of flies attracted to his rotting brain. They provided no source, however, and I have since searched and found no other mention of this brain-rot hallucination. So much ...    less
    • April 7, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Do You Have A Favourite Epitaph You Would Like to Post? :
    I envy Guy De Maupassant his epitaph, which he penned himself. It reads:  "I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing."
    • March 24, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to What is the nature of inspiration? Where do creative ideas come from?:
    There is no simple answer to this question. There are many processes of the brain which give rise to creative impulses. A brief and relatively straight-forward example would be the processes of patternicity and agenticity. Patternicity is the tendency of ...  moreThere is no simple answer to this question. There are many processes of the brain which give rise to creative impulses. A brief and relatively straight-forward example would be the processes of patternicity and agenticity. Patternicity is the tendency of the mind to find meaningful patterns in the world, regardless of whether these patterns actually have meaning. Agenticity is the tendency of the mind to attribute these patterns to an intentional agent. A good example of these forces at work would be random patterns on a wall. Look at the wall long enough and you will see shapes and forms suggestive of things which they do not actually represent. When I was a child, there was a bedroom in our home which had green wallpaper. The random splashes of green, in varying shades of light and dark, were abstract, yet whenever I looked at the wall I saw the random green shapes as skulls, thousands of them, all piled onto each other. As a result, I always associated the room with a sense of fascinating creepiness. Being in...    less
    • February 5, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to If you were attacked by a bird, what kind would be the most dangerous?:
    I am H V Venezia, in the same way that Sunand Tryambak Joshi is S T Joshi. Apart from its origins as an old Italian name, it has no meaning. Most people seem to have a great deal of antipathy toward those who sincerely subscribe to philosophies of negativ...  moreI am H V Venezia, in the same way that Sunand Tryambak Joshi is S T Joshi. Apart from its origins as an old Italian name, it has no meaning. Most people seem to have a great deal of antipathy toward those who sincerely subscribe to philosophies of negativism, so a sense of humor regarding the whole business is almost required.    
    • February 5, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to If you were attacked by a bird, what kind would be the most dangerous?:
    • February 3, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Thoughts on RE7?
    I really wanted to love this game, but I can't help but feel let down by it. Anyone else disappointing by it?
    • February 3, 2017
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to I am normal.:
    I got in through the mail slot.
    • November 19, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    I am normal.
    • November 19, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    What did the thesaurus eat for breakfast?
    A synonym roll!
    • November 19, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to It's that time of year...:
    Well, I don't believe in Satan, but I do admire the fellow. And I feel that he is one of the most misunderstood characters in all of myth/folklore/literature/religion.But all that aside, that language is not Celtic. It's a fictitious language from the Cth...  moreWell, I don't believe in Satan, but I do admire the fellow. And I feel that he is one of the most misunderstood characters in all of myth/folklore/literature/religion.But all that aside, that language is not Celtic. It's a fictitious language from the Cthulhu Mythos of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.  
    • November 19, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to I woke up today wondering how the hell did the years past me by so quickly. Were you ever ready to grow up and grow old?:
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to It's that time of year...:
    "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." 
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    It's that time of year...
    Scary Solstice. Rejoice my fellow heathens! Our time is here once again!
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to What are you most looking forward to in the near future?:
    Oh, that. I have just enough to live life as a poor man. Is that enough? Or too much? I know what you mean, though.
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to What are you most looking forward to in the near future?:
    If you're not your own person, then whose person are you? Are you just the product of a society defined by shameless corporate greed and frivolous click-bait media culture?Or is that me?  
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    What are you most looking forward to in the near future?
    Holidays are a given, but feel free to mention them nonetheless.
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Who would you say is the most mysterious character from television?:
    I watched LOST religiously when it was on TV. I remember Abbadon well. He was an odd fellow, though I found Richard Alpert (before his flashback episode) to be the most mysterious character, followed by the nameless man in black.
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Who would you say is the most mysterious character from television?
    Just what makes them so very mysterious?
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Does anyone else still get the thing where they get signed out of AM?:
    Yeah, last night. It happened just once.
    • November 18, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    What are you listening to right now?
     
    • November 17, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to What would be your favorite theme song from a TV program? :
    • November 16, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to What would be your favorite theme song from a TV program? :
    Oh I love that one.But two others come to mind for me...
    • November 16, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to This has been the weirdest Full moon ever for me as in bizarre. Do you have any stories? Or is it just ME? :
    You should have slapped her and then shouted "Compose yourself!"Really, though, weird teachers are the worst. It makes you question how much you can actually learn from them.
    • November 16, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to This has been the weirdest Full moon ever for me as in bizarre. Do you have any stories? Or is it just ME? :
    Gave the class the finger?
    • November 16, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Has anyone had any recurring dreams lately?:
    It certainly is distressing to experience, though I don't hold dreams to have any prophetic significance. I'm only puzzled by what possible subconscious meaning, if there even is any such meaning, is to be found within these dreams.
    • November 14, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Has anyone had any recurring dreams lately?
    I keep dreaming of strangling my dogs. Weird.
    • November 14, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Today is National Pickle Day! How many kinds of pickles do you know? :
    I didn't know that it was National Pickle Day, but when I woke up this evening, I found a big jar of pickles in the fridge and ate a couple of them. I only know two kinds. Bread and Butter, which I hate, and regular old sours, which I love.  
    • November 14, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Are you hungry?
    You look to be a bit hungry...
    • November 14, 2016
  • WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH
    WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH is now friends with HVVENEZIA.
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to When pushed to extremes, are you likely to display your humanity or your brutality? :
    Well I'm glad that my question got such a reaction from at least one person.I'm actually rather conflicted about life in general. I'm a pessimist by nature. I believe that mankind is a hopelessly self-destructive force and that all of our attempts at prog...  moreWell I'm glad that my question got such a reaction from at least one person.I'm actually rather conflicted about life in general. I'm a pessimist by nature. I believe that mankind is a hopelessly self-destructive force and that all of our attempts at progress are doomed to failure. Yet, at the same time, I do hope for a better fate for our species, and try to work toward that better fate in whatever way I can.  
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to When pushed to extremes, are you likely to display your humanity or your brutality? :
    I'll go with humanity. If I can't live in a world possessed of some humanity, then I'd rather opt out of life entirely. Which is an unfortunate position to hold, frankly, since it sort of goes against the nature of the world. But I find that I possess too...  moreI'll go with humanity. If I can't live in a world possessed of some humanity, then I'd rather opt out of life entirely. Which is an unfortunate position to hold, frankly, since it sort of goes against the nature of the world. But I find that I possess too much empathy to embrace brutality as a way of living.  
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Are you reading any books? (when not on answermug, naturally) If so, what book/books?:
    Paul of Dune, huh? Funny, I just ordered the first Dune book off of Amazon to start reading. It kept popping up on my searches of the greatest scifi/space odyssey books of all time, so I thought why not try it? It will be my first entry into the Dune univ...  morePaul of Dune, huh? Funny, I just ordered the first Dune book off of Amazon to start reading. It kept popping up on my searches of the greatest scifi/space odyssey books of all time, so I thought why not try it? It will be my first entry into the Dune universe, so I'm looking forward to getting around to it. I just wish I read faster. Every time I start a good book, I stumble upon another that seems even more interesting in the moment.   
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Are you reading any books? (when not on answermug, naturally) If so, what book/books?
    I just finished King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. Now I'm onto The Anatomy of Disgust by William Ian Miller.
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Who in the world says "erstwhile" any longer ? :
    Well done. (applauds)
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Who in the world says "erstwhile" any longer ? :
    A secret time-traveler, perhaps?
    • November 13, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to When Johnny Bravo says "Do the Monkey with me" do you do it?:
    Sometimes, but not usually. My little nephew was just watching some Johnny Bravo about an hour ago. I caught some of it... it was the episode where he goes out on a few dates with an antelope. Didn't see him do the monkey, though.
    • November 9, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to How much damage can a BB Gun do to human flesh? Can it kill or permanently maim? Are all BB's the same size or do they vary?:
    I looked this up once, out of curiosity. BB guns can and do kill people. It happens more often than one might think. 
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Illogical/irrational/irrelevant. How do judgment errors by one person excuse/justify judgment errors by another person? Anyone know?:
    Depends upon the nature of the relationship, if there is any relationship, between the two people.
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Anyone care to make a prediction about the winner of the presidential election?:
    That certainly seems likely, regardless of who wins.
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Anyone care to make a prediction about the winner of the presidential election?
    Larry Sabato and Nate Silver's 538 have called it for Hillary, while Allan Lichtman, Geda the Chinese monkey, and Halloween mask sales predict a trump victory.
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Have you voted yet today - 11/8/16?:
    Not yet. I'm heading over to the polling station after work.
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    What's the biggest thing in the world?
    I'm a computer.I'm a computery guy...
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Anyone else have a song stuck in their head at the moment? If so, what song?:
    Yes, I like this jingle too. Every once in awhile I drop by youtube just to listen to all the different versions of the song. I like the version with the opera guy with the horned helmet best.
    • November 8, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Are you snacking on something at the moment while you're staring at your computer? Watcha eating?:
    Me too. I'm just coffee-guzzling my way through the night/morning.
    • November 8, 2016
  • changingit
    changingit is now friends with HVVENEZIA.
    • November 7, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA started a discussion:
    Anyone else have a song stuck in their head at the moment? If so, what song?
    The one stuck in my head is hot butter by popcorn. I think of it whenever I see Neve Campbell on t.v.
    • November 5, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to I am as nutty as 10 fruitcakes. How many fruitcakes are you as nutty as? :
    I couldn't help myself. On a tangent line of thought, I find myself hoping that d'NUKA COLA is a real name, and not just an interwebs identity. If it isn't, then it should be.
    • November 5, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to I am as nutty as 10 fruitcakes. How many fruitcakes are you as nutty as? :
    I am not familiar enough with the nut content of fruitcake to make an accurate assessment. 
    • November 4, 2016
  • HVVENEZIA
    HVVENEZIA replied to Does stress and fear grip every moment of your life?:
    Generally speaking, yes.
    • November 3, 2016
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  • Thoughts on RE7?

    I really wanted to love this game, but I can't help but feel let...  moreI really wanted to love this game, but I can't help but feel let down by it. Anyone else disappointing by it?  
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  • I am normal.

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  • What did the thesaurus eat for breakfast?

    A synonym roll!
    Last post by Benedict Arnold - November 20, 2016
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  • It's that time of year...

    Scary Solstice. Rejoice my fellow heathens! Our time is here once again!
    Last post by Benedict Arnold - November 19, 2016
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  • What are you most looking forward to in the near future?

    Holidays are a given, but feel free to mention them nonetheless.
    Last post by changingit - November 26, 2016
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  • Who would you say is the most mysterious character from television?

    Just what makes them so very mysterious?
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  • What are you listening to right now?

     
    Last post by WelbyQuentin - November 19, 2016
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  • Has anyone had any recurring dreams lately?

    I keep dreaming of strangling my dogs. Weird.
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  • Are you hungry?

    You look to be a bit hungry...
    Last post by Randy D - November 14, 2016
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  • Are you reading any books? (when not on answermug, naturally) If so, what book/books?

    I just finished King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. Now I'm...  moreI just finished King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. Now I'm onto The Anatomy of Disgust by William Ian Miller.  
    Last post by KB - December 3, 2016
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  • Anyone care to make a prediction about the winner of the presidential election?

    Larry Sabato and Nate Silver's 538 have called it for Hillary, w...  moreLarry Sabato and Nate Silver's 538 have called it for Hillary, while Allan Lichtman, Geda the Chinese monkey, and Halloween mask sales predict a trump victory.  
    Last post by my2cents - November 8, 2016
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  • What's the biggest thing in the world?

    I'm a computer.I'm a computery guy...
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  • Anyone else have a song stuck in their head at the moment? If so, what song?

    The one stuck in my head is hot butter by popcorn. I think of it...  moreThe one stuck in my head is hot butter by popcorn. I think of it whenever I see Neve Campbell on t.v.  
    Last post by Benedict Arnold - November 23, 2016
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