What should I learn?

Discussion in 'General' started by Hello there!, Nov 6, 2012.

  1. Give me a specific topic to research. I'm bored and mentally unstimulated. A place to start is suggested, but not necessary for me to tackle it.
     
  2. Male cats barbed penises
     
  3. The philosophy behind the constitution.

    The most dangerous amusement park in the U.S.

    The last Czar of Russia.
     

  4. I second this.

    Rasputin is one interesting motherfucker too.
     
  5. Astral Projection/Out of Body Experiences.

    Lucid Dreaming (Both of those topics and related topics interest me greatly.)

    Dream Interpreting
     
  6. ^
    what he said
     
  7. how to properly run a poop factory
     
  8. [quote name='"underahoneymoon"']The philosophy behind the constitution.[/quote]

    According to

    http://www.civiced.org/papers/political.html

    The intent was to establish what the government should do and its methods of action. It was composed of 3 political doctrines: natural rights, republicanism, and constitutionalism and operated on the belief that ideas have consequences.

    Action Park seems to be the most infamous in regards to dangerous theme parks.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/sethpor...tory-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-theme-park/

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

    "The Tsardom of Russia (also known asTsardom of Muscovy; officially Русское царство[1][2] (Tsardom of Rus') or, inhellenized form, Российское царство[3][4]) was the name of the centralized Russian state from Ivan IV's assumption of the title of Tsar in 1547 until Peter the Great's foundation of theRussian Empire in 1721."

    The last Tsar of Russia was Peter the great. But Russia has had a few name changes, including Rus', Kievan Rus', Tsardom of Russia, and the most recent, the Russian Empire. Its last last monarch was Nicolas II, whose monarchy ended in 1917. Nicholas Romonav, the Prince of Russia, is the current 'pretender' to the throne.

    [quote name='"Terrorist"']Astral Projection/Out of Body Experiences.

    Lucid Dreaming (Both of those topics and related topics interest me greatly.)

    Dream Interpreting[/quote]

    I've already done tons of research on AP/OBE. I've attempted it many times myself, with only one close experience while tripping.

    Lucid Dreaming is something I have yet to experience :( My initial interest in it began in high school when I had been reading Steve Pavlina's blog and he was doing a 30-day experiment on it. Fascinating guy, but he ended up moving the work he put into blogs to seminars and I stopped following him. His divorce seemed weird to me, too lol.

    Alas, it is most likely my fault that I haven't yet had a lucid dream. I'm not very consistent with my efforts :p

    Dream interpretations are purely symbolic and subjective. While fun and you can deduce what a person is focused on in their life, it first depends on the dreamer's memory and transmission of it, both very fickle. I am always willing to give it a shot though :)
     
  9. [quote name='"Sweetleaftoker"']how to properly run a poop factory[/quote]

    I'm pretty sure I can only research what has been done so far :p

    I suppose a chocolate factory would be the closest idea.
     
  10. Chernobyl and the events surrounding it

    It's interesting stuff
     

  11. I expected that. :D

    Most people on here know what AP/OBE's are. Which is awesome. :)

    If I try to talk to other people, they usually just assume it's some sort of dream or my imagination. :rolleyes:
     
  12. How Japanese chef knives are made.
     
  13. So Chernobyl only happened because the directoe of the facility wanted to speed up safety regulations.. ignoring the advice of the workers in the plant, and the regulators, and the policies. Plus there may have been a manual trip switched to set off one of the pieces in the long train of mishaps that led to the explosion.

    Safety first, kids.
     
  14. oh wormholes, I never get enough of that :smoke:
     
  15. Methods of torture in medieval times.
     
  16. ^^^^This, and blackholes and stuff like that.



    I was about to mention Chernobyl. :D
     
  17. [quote name='"SmokingFish"']How Japanese chef knives are made.[/quote]

    This forged in LOTS of heat, with special sharpening techniques.

    http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=241
     
  18. quantum physics
     
  19. How to play "Twilight of the Gods" by Helloween on Guitar
     
  20. [quote name='"Ziggy86"']oh wormholes, I never get enough of that :smoke:[/quote]

    Wormholes are hypothetical. All I really cared to read :p


    [quote name='"underahoneymoon"']Methods of torture in medieval times.[/quote]

    "The Judas Cradle, a terrible medieval torture where the victim would be placed on top of a pyramid-like seat. The victim's feet were tied to each other in a way that moving one leg would force the other to move as well - increasing pain.The triangular-shaped end of the judas cradle was inserted in the victim's anus or vagina. This torture could last, depending on some factors discussed below, anywhere from a few hours to complete days.Death FactorsThe time it took someone to die varied enormously from individual to individual. Torturers would sometimes add weight to the victim's legs as to increase pain and hurry the victim's death. Other torturers would place oil on the device which increased pain considerably.This device was rarely, if at all, washed. If the victim did not die quickly enough, or their painful execution was interrupted, they would invariantly die from an infection."

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    A more well-known one, The Rack Torture, often considered to be the most painful:

    "The torturer turned the handle causing the ropes to pull the victim's arms. Eventually, the victim's bones were dislocated with a loud crack. If the torturer kept turning the handles, some of the limbs were torn apart, usually the arms.This method was mostly used to extract confessions, as not confessing meant that the torturer could stretch more. Sometimes, torturers forced their victim to watch other people be tortured with this device to implant psychological fear."

    "Sometime this method was limited to dislocating a few bones, but the torturer often went too far and rendered the legs or arms (sometimes both) useless. In the late Middle Ages, some new variants of this instrument appeared. They often had spikes that penetrated the victim's back - as the limbs were pulled apart, so was his spinal cord increasing not only the physical pain, but the psychological one of being handicapped at best, too."

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    :eek::hide::bolt:

    http://www.medievality.com/torture.html

    [quote name='"Terrorist"']
    ^^^^This, and blackholes and stuff like that.

    I was about to mention Chernobyl. :D[/quote]

    Blackholes are sections of space that have a gravity so strong, even light is sucked in and invisible to us.
     

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