IJHATT Episode #44 Russian Spiderman
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Fun fact of the day: All alkali metals explode when they come into contact with water. The reaction gets more violent as you move down the column on the periodic table of elements. And yes, i am a nerd!
Do these metals come in any form that gum can be dipped in? I would love to pepper someone’s food with EXPLODEYSAUCE.
The “thinking in pictures” vs “thinking in words” thing is a right brain/left brain thing. I’m not sure if you’ve talked about rb/lb before… I sort of recall you talking about it but whatever. Typically, thinking in pictures = right brain, while thinking in words = left brain. Of course, there’s always the 50/50 people who are both rb and lb, but usually one side is at least somewhat predominate. As for me, I think mostly in words, but there’s usually pictures of the words in the back of my mind; usually, however, the words are more predominate. It’s sort of like if you were reading a book: you’re mostly focusing on the words you’re reading, but there is a picture, sort of like a movie, running in the back of your mind, showing you visually what’s going on that you’re narrating. I’m interested in knowing whether other IJHATT-listeners think in pictures, words, or a mixture of both.
The brain is fun times stuff to look into. And in case anyone is curious, here’s some info on rb/lb: http://www.tal-hwt.co.uk/download/TL_the_right_brain_feels.pdf
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Do these metals come in any form that gum can be dipped in? I would love to pepper someone’s food with EXPLODEYSAUCE.
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Yes all alkali metals could be made into a powder except Francium which is highly unstable. Sodium and Potassium could even be molded to look like a stick of gum. Put it in a wrapper and the person would never know what hit them, their face would blow off instantly.
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This is me straight up
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Yes all alkali metals could be made into a powder except Francium which is highly unstable[/quote]
And there’s probably not enough of it left to make it into a powder
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The “thinking in pictures” vs “thinking in words” thing is a right brain/left brain thing. I’m not sure if you’ve talked about rb/lb before… I sort of recall you talking about it but whatever. Typically, thinking in pictures = right brain, while thinking in words = left brain. Of course, there’s always the 50/50 people who are both rb and lb, but usually one side is at least somewhat predominate. As for me, I think mostly in words, but there’s usually pictures of the words in the back of my mind; usually, however, the words are more predominate. It’s sort of like if you were reading a book: you’re mostly focusing on the words you’re reading, but there is a picture, sort of like a movie, running in the back of your mind, showing you visually what’s going on that you’re narrating. I’m interested in knowing whether other IJHATT-listeners think in pictures, words, or a mixture of both.
The brain is fun times stuff to look into. And in case anyone is curious, here’s some info on rb/lb: http://www.tal-hwt.co.uk/download/TL_the_right_brain_feels.pdf
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Interesting. I was aware of the whole right brain/left brain thing, but I guess that hadn’t occurred to me in this instance because I normally would’ve considered myself more of the righty type. I’m absolute shit at math, and the majority of my interests have always been creative in some form or another. Just in case I hadn’t mentioned it, it’s not that I [i]don’t[/i] think in pictures and whatnot, it’s just that there are [i]always[/i] words.
I was baptized by a minister in my friend’s bathtub in Hollywood. Afterwords, I smoked a fat strawberry joint with his sister on the fire escape. I feel that I have more of a faith than a religion. Religion to me is believing that going to church every Sunday and reciting some lines or handing out ___# of pamphlets will get you into heaven. Jesus taught me right and wrong and that no one is perfect, but I recognize that a 2000 year old story that has been edited, translated, and retranslated may not tell the story exactly as it happened. I did try to get you to see my point of view early on in the show. It became pretty obvious that that was never going to happen, so I left it alone. If I spent my life trying to force everyone to share my point of view that would make me a giant douche. I did e-mail half a dozen preachers I found online and asked them to listen to the show and address some of your religion issues. Mostly because I thought it would make for good listening. That was a long time ago, and so far no luck. I do appreciate the show not always being about how stupid all Christians are. I did consider not listening anymore when it was becoming the Christian abuse hour. I understand your logic, but my life has not been a 100% logical experience.
I usually think in words unless the thought is hungry, thirsty, horny, or I need to shit/piss.
I would cry if my parents made me sit on Bruce Willis’ lap.
Drunk or really stoned games: Mario Golf, Mariokart, Super Monkey Ball II. We’re poor and still play Gamecube.
Thanks for the happy birthday Ms. Bubble. I typed it in wrong when I was filling it out on here. My birthday is Wednesday and I plan on drinking. You and the wife should road trip to Michigan for the episode 50 party!
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Thanks for the happy birthday Ms. Bubble. I typed it in wrong when I was filling it out on here. My birthday is Wednesday and I plan on drinking. You and the wife should road trip to Michigan for the episode 50 party!
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“The wife” wants to do just that! But i think it would be a lil creepy/ stalkerish. Also it is REALLY far away and wifey does not drive at all. It terrifies her.
If I’m hearing the 911 recording right, the woman “in need” called from a Burger King located in one of the richest zip codes in the nation (San whatever, Laguna whatever, in very nice parts of L.A.?). Sense of entitlement indeed.
As regards thinking in words and/or pictures, I have always been a vaguely visual thinker. As I write this sentence, I am thinking of how Kyle’s capacity for speaking well may be connected to his thinking in words–and as I put that to paper, so to speak, the image I have in mind is a vague notion of what Kyle looks like, which is surely a weird amalgam of how I remember him personally and how he actually looks at 27.
Interesting topic, I think–it may explain why I can write fairly well, but take for-fucking-ever to do so.
Also: I’m wondering, Kyle, if your thinking in words obfuscates or underscores your talent for visual arts. If you think in words, it would seem that drawing may not come easy, but since you can most always draw what you intend to, perhaps your verbal thinking distances you from drawing a certain way, or making certain drawing mistakes by habit? Might explain what you’ve called your absence of style?
Anyway. Podcast on, friend.
-Jeff M.
I just took three different right/left brain quizzes. Obviously an online quiz is hardly an authority on anything, but I was curious. The first one said I was 60% right, 40% left. The second one said I was 100% left, which I figure means it’s bullshit, but who knows? The third one said I was 40% left, 61% right, for a total of… 101%. I think this may have been a failed experiment.
*EDIT* Also of note from the 101% quiz is this:
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Verbal Processing
Verbal processing is a method used by the left hemisphere to process our thoughts and ideas with words. For example, through verbal processing, a left-brained person giving directions may say, “From this point continue east for two miles and turn north onto Bellevue Road. Continue north on Bellevue Road for seven miles and turn west on Main Street”. With verbal processing, exact, logical directions are given in a very sequential manner compared to a right-brained person who, in giving the same directions, would use more visual landmarks.
Your Verbal Analysis
[b]You are not a verbal person. When you process your thoughts, you tend to use very few words, preferring instead to illustrate a problem or solution. You often find yourself in situations where it is hard for you to “find the right words.” Upon reading or hearing new information, you must first create a “mental video” before you can process and understand the information of your thoughts. For example, when giving directions, you probably use many gestures with your hands such as pointing and leaning, and also refer to visual structures such as “a McDonalds” or “the big tree” instead of street names or exact mileage.[/b]
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LOLOLOL!!1
Kyle, perhaps this will clear some things up. The answer is “No” I am not ok with the fact that you think that Christianity is nonsense, and that this would result in you going to Hell. This is definitely a bad thing in my book. But, I am at loss for anything to say that might change your mind. I mean I could sit here and repeat things to you that you have already obviously heard, but I don’t see how that would benefit anybody least of all you. So if I think of something useful to say I will do so.
Other things of interest:
Priests are almost all Catholic, but it is possible the Lutherans also call the head of their church by the title of priest. I am not certain of the last part.
Pastor, reverend, and minister are all titles for the heads of churches that aren’t Catholic.
There are a wide variety beliefs surrounding the baptism. Such as what type of baptism is appropriate, should infants be baptized, …etc. My church will use the sprinkle water from a bowl method when baptizing infants and the submersion method when baptizing anyone not an infant. Safety being the primary issue there.
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but I recognize that a 2000 year old story that has been edited, translated, and retranslated may not tell the story exactly as it happened. [/quote]
Interesting fact: The texts they use to create our modern translations of the Bible are the few remaining ancient texts we have on our possession such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and other assorted manuscripts. The reason this is important is because there are tests that scholars have created to determine if an ancient document can be considered to reliably report what the original author said, that the document must pass. Weather it be the writings of Herodotus, Julius Caesar, Plato, Socrates, or the Bible in order to claim that what you have is what the author wrote the manuscripts must pass these tests. And the texts that current biblical scholars use to write our modern translations have passed these tests. So basically if you pick up a copy of the Bible and start reading it you can be reasonably certain that what you are reading is probably more or less the same as what someone 2000 years ago would have read. Weather or not you believe what it says is a different topic all together.
That being said, it does not change the fact these ancient manuscripts that they use were not written in English and by people that lived in a totally different cultural setting than our own. And this must be taken into account when attempting to understand what the Bible or any other ancient text is attempting to communicate. But this is a discussion for another time. And this post is already way too long.
Interesting about the thinking in words thiing. I almost never do; I usually think in pictures and feelings. Occasionally, at night and unable to sleep, I’ll compose sentences and sometimes paragraphs, as if I were writing a story or an essay.
I always thought it a strange convention of fiction that characters will think in sentences, like, “[i]No, [/i] she thought. [i]This can’t be happening.”[/i] I don’t have thoughts like those. I might feel dread, but it isn’t verbally articulated in my mind; that transformation from pictures and feelings into words only comes when I’m speaking or writing.
I accept that [i]Kyle[/i] thinks mostly in language, but yeah, I don’t.
I haven’t heard the last episode of the podcast yet; I’m glad the Christian side hug was brought up. I’ve never heard about it before Huffington Post linked to the video.
As for whether Christians can listen to the program, I consider myself a Christian, despite what I’d like to do to Katy Perry. I haven’t heard every episode, but I haven’t skipped anything out of a delicate sensibility. But forget ijhatt for a second: I’ve also listened to Penn Jillette’s stuff, read Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Michel de Montaigne. I think it’s a mistake to avoid the work of smart people who disagree with you. When I was an atheist, I read Chesterton, too.
That weather chat sounds like the hotness. “Not too impressed with this blizzard.” Awesome.
The only video game I remember playing when drunk is Singstar, and that’s fun. I get even more badass at “Unchained Melody.” I bet wii tennis would be fun. I’ve done real bowling while drunk, and have fallen down. I have good memories of throwing a frisbee back and forth with Kyle in the dark basement. We might have been drunk. Definitely we broke a lightbulb.