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Quote from: Dr. MD MD on April 26, 2020, 02:02:24 PM
Hey, call Bart a fag for me. Thanks.

That word is profanity filtered, but I told him for you.

Will there be a Sunday mass with Reverend Groyper today?

Quote from: K_Dubb on April 23, 2020, 02:59:33 PM
She freaked out when the guest, in the context of discussing Greek and Roman attitudes towards male homosexuality, mentioned topping and bottoming.  The distinction is essential when talking about the ancient Western world where, even as far away as the Scandinavia I know best, a man could fuck anyone and anything without shame but to be fucked was, in the Viking case, argr, or unmanly.

Though, as the guest pointed out, Odin himself had to endure the charge in order to obtain the gift of seiðr so it gets kind of squishy.  All of this will be covered in lurid, unflinching detail in episode four of my Christmas podcast, tentatively scheduled for December 2027.  Stay tuned!

I wonder what cookies I can talk about to go along with it.

Snipp!

Quote from: Loaded on April 10, 2020, 09:55:46 PM
What happened to Tim W?

Tim O bought DMDN from Keith and canned Tim W.

Quote from: Kidnostad3 on April 10, 2020, 12:45:32 AM
Heather’s guest doesn’t know what she’s talking about. 

Hyman Rickover, the father of the Nuclear Navy never said that he regretted the introduction nuclear propulsion.  Quite the oppositeâ€"he was known for frequently reminding the sitting President and Congress of the strategic value of nuclear ships and pressed to increase their numbers.  If it were up to Rickover, every deep draft naval combatant would be nuclear powered.  That was a bullshit story that was being circulated by anti-nuclear groups way back when I was in the Navy.

A refueling overhaul (ROH) is required about every 25 years for modern nuclear aircraft carriers or about midway through their operating lifespan as opposed to every two years as claimed by the guest.   There are also shorter maintenance fix-ups called availabilities for ships periodically at shipyards. A particularly lengthy refueling, maintenance, and modernization process for a nuclear aircraft carrier can last up to almost three years and be referred to as a Refueling

Libbe HaLevy never knows what she's actually talking about.

Quote from: Lilith on April 09, 2020, 12:54:58 AM
Milluh onna phone.   

Was it to get an answer to a question he posted on EG earlier?

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Quote from: Lilith on April 08, 2020, 01:08:42 AM
Maybe a lot of guests cancelled when they heard Heatha was going to be the host.

I might be wrong, but I'm not certain that they had any scheduled ahead of time. Spooky Tim and Michelle made have taken the scheduled ones with them to their new show.

Quote from: timebandit on April 08, 2020, 12:59:56 AM
she did say earlier it would take a week to get up and rollin..
so I guess this MITD announcement could reconcile with her earlier statements.
Just very bad wording on tim's part.

But then why change from their Midnight in the Desert with Heather Wade banner to the one with Tim if the show isn't coming on until the 13th anyway?

Quote from: Morgus on April 04, 2020, 12:42:11 AM
Why does she think the new owners dumped MITD?  It appears they just changed hosts, producer and perhaps subjects/guests.

New owner/host is Tim Ozman. Some conspiracy guy who's changed the time to 1-5am eastern 7 nights a week to try to beat out C2C. The guests are his.

Quote from: Lilith on April 03, 2020, 07:53:13 AM
Hopefully, we will have an adventurous open lines tonight!

You might. Dark Matter Network has been sold and Tim Ozman is the new host of MitD.

Quote from: Asuka Langley on April 03, 2020, 08:17:35 PM
Is Kolby still alive?

No. Car wreck.

Quote from: Morgus on April 02, 2020, 12:16:17 AM
I did take a couple photos awhile back with my cat playing with a similar type lizard though:

That's an adorable cat!

I shouldn't wait so long to catch up with reading. It took me twice the time to figure out what pate was saying...

Much respect, pate. 

Quote from: Richard Groyper on February 21, 2020, 10:52:16 AM
Facebook Dave returns to Facebook to say Facebook is now irrelevant. interesting. i wonder if there were any external forces advising Dave about leaving Facebook for YouTube full time?

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this is a conversation between Dave and myself regarding him joining the forum...

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LMAO smh

TikTok? Really? So he's complaining about Millennials while attempting to post on their current favorite trendy site? Is he going to try to get the middle aged women on pinterest next?

I have a hard time listening/watching Dave. His insults are elementary at best and he just seems so bothered by Groyper's existence. It's like that kid who was popular in high school a thousand years ago and thinks everyone still worships him.

Dave Schrader is no longer the primary host of mitd. The torch has been passed to "Spooky Tim" Weisberg.

Quote from: Richard Groyper on December 25, 2019, 01:46:24 PM
why thank yew, Brig. Merry Christmas! Newton brought his Christmas Day game face too.

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So cute and precious!

Quote from: Asuka Langley on December 19, 2019, 06:58:25 PM
On a dark desert highway cool whip in my hair Warm smell of burritos rising up though the air

...are you sure it's cool whip?

Personally, I think she's streaming out of spite. Perhaps because P &E said her star had "burned out"

Quote from: Dr. MD MD on December 16, 2019, 08:24:40 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRZVQVUO4PU

That's from Cream Heroes.

Quote from: WOTR on December 15, 2019, 04:31:55 PM
I'm sorry... Just so that I'm clear. This is the same butthurt lady who was irate over a joke? And she grew a sense of humour and came to see that Groyper (and, presumably, Bellgab) are not the devil incarnate?

It sort of feels like a Christmas miracle.



*Seriously- good for her. Life is too short not be able to laugh.

Personally, I think the turning point was when Erinn went against her or something. (I didn't really follow her drama) Sort of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing. 🤷 But what do I know?

Quote from: WOTR on December 15, 2019, 03:50:38 PM
I'm beginning to feel lost. Isn't "being there" the lady in a wheel chair who despises you? If not, why does that name sound familiar?

She is. Her feelings have warmed to the power of the Groyper though.

Quote from: timebandit on December 12, 2019, 07:48:59 PM
hello hello..so what's the scoop dyno?

did she burn it down?

#Legacy

Paul and Ella have said she's finished.

Quote from: jason.callan on December 10, 2019, 05:49:39 PM
Here is a screenshot from social blade that shows how many views He has.

I'm sorry. I'm distracted by "Channel Type: Travel" .

.....

Quote from: WOTR on December 08, 2019, 07:51:32 PM
Art did a lot in his life (personal and professional) that left a certain legacy. Some good (thousands of hours of entertainment); some not so good (I'm sure you can name a few unpleasant traits.)

Face it- there is not going to be a generation of children who suddenly discover him and arrive here to find their image of their new idol tarnished. Those who know that he is a "radio legend" also know of his various relationships, his quitting, his ghosting, his choice in replacements.

It is fun watching you white knight for a dead man (who's)* strengths and flaws have been laid out of a decade.

*Joke left for future generations to research.

I liked his voice, and his shows, but he was rather a crappy guy. I felt bad for his oldest kids.

Quote from: ninjashoes on December 08, 2019, 05:14:32 PM
Forums have been dying since about 2012 and now no one really cares about them

I just closed my MMA forum after 13 years so pardon me I'm a little biased but there is a time my friend. Bellgab was a success but it might be better to hang it up rather than force yourself to stare at a dead forum. It can be really depressing and what little drama there is, makes no sense when there aren't enough people to read it.

Just saying it because you might need the honesty right now. Not trying to hurt you or anyone else here. Just saying that it is ok to let go.

Possibly. But we're here.
Posting.
On a forum.

Quote from: Liberace! on December 07, 2019, 04:40:07 AM
Tonight's episode of The GabCast is available here.

Thank you

Quote from: brig on December 06, 2019, 09:34:15 PM
You're allowed to type the word "fuck" here. 

Yay!

Quote from: WOTR on December 05, 2019, 05:39:12 AM
Thanks Azz;

Quite interesting to hear everything that came around to get you to some stability. It is true- a good doctor (one who cares- not just one who knows the symptoms and the "cure") makes all the difference for treatment.

Do you think that any of the side effects were "psychosomatic"?

I have no doubt that some people (likely you) need to have the emotions reigned in. I just found it interesting that my friend is actually finding the increased range to be a good thing. I think that his previous medication possibly suppressed the good and the bad to the point where it was harder to "feel" and to make a connection with others.

It sounds in his case like he almost needs to learn how to experience the emotions again. In your case, it seems like learning how to avoid the extreme highs and lows is probably more important.

Anyhow, good to see you around again...

I can sympathize with your friend. For some, feeling emotions are amplified. It becomes overwhelming at times. A lot of medications can numb a person so they don't feel anything when all the person is looking for is something to just lower the levels.

Quote from: AZZERAE on December 05, 2019, 05:20:57 AM
Finally. Someone decent.

I was in Indonesia, but now I'm back in South Africa.

There is a public system, but its pretty terrible. I'm on a private "medical aid".

Sure: Serdep. "Zoloft" in American terms. Pretty run-of-the-mill stuff.

While I don't know anything about Prozac, as I've never taken it, this is my experience with Serdep/Zoloft:

At first, it gave me the worst headache I've ever experienced in my life. Like within 15 minutes of taking it. Then, that night, I ground my teeth to the point where I chipped my left front tooth. In the next few weeks, I lost my appetite completely. All I could do was drink weak tea - at the most. For about a month, I was dizzy, only able to lay down, hardly walk ... my heart even felt like it was going to explode one time. Like anxiety on steroids. Another time I felt "high," like numb.

Eventually, I realised that certain delusions I'd had waned (paranoia that loved ones were out to get me, that I was being monitored). I felt different overall, but I just can't describe how exactly.

Then came the giggling fits. I developed hysterical laughter because of a serotonin imbalance ... maybe even created by the antidepressant. And at night, I was having manic, racing thoughts that'd wake me up before dawn.

My mood stabilizer was increased at this point, and I was then administered an atypical antipsychotic, which gave me the most vivid frightmares you could ever fathom. I had bouts of religious obsession and hallucinations about the Devil and Hindu deities at this point. I guess my chemical make up was adjusting to the abundance of active agents rewiring all my neurons.

All in all, the antidepressant I'm on - combined with the other medications - has definitely reduced my emotional expression. But, for me, that's been a tremendously good thing, because I was always hypersensitive to the point of it being crippling, and just unable to focus or ever calm down in general. So I operate - for the most part - like a more relaxed, rational and calm person.

But that doesn't mean I haven't had bad days. It just means they're way less. I've only gotten depressed to the point of suicidal ideation (like I'm really gonna do it) ONCE in the past while. And that's a huge improvement, because I was on my way to giving up just a couple months ago, when I first got help.

I would say, on paper, it seems like its just been medication, but fortunately enough, my psychiatrist has provided some therapy along with the medication she's prescribed. I consider myself lucky to have such a kind, patient doctor ... one who (I personally feel) has gone above and beyond her job.

Oof! I hated Zoloft. It was the worst for me in terms of side effects when we were trying to find something that helped. I am glad you believe it's helping you, though. Mental illness is a difficult thing.