I remember this in middle school as being a catalyst for one of my first experiences with LSD25-saw it in the 7th grade, tripped in the eighth-Believe it or not, in Dallas Texas 1979, our science teacher conducted a discussion on the film after as she did each time she presented one. I was one of the kids that raised their hands affirmative if they had either known anyone, or had themselves had any experience with hallucinogens.(That, for all you here who think Texas is full of back-woods hicks bereft of any ideas of, or use for, critical thought).

I love Bill Hicks but now I want to see the Oliver Reed segment, looks like he stumbled in late and bit shitfaced.

Anything by Bill Hicks gets my upvote.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Sometimes???


The majority of the time then, haha. Totally. He endeared me to him a few times I remember, but I cannot recall how or why. Let's just whitewash the bastard

I like this act better when Bill Hicks did it.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Ya, these were always good fun back in the day. Kind of like a less sophisticated hick hikers guide.

Back in the day? Back in the day?!
...oh god MiB was 15 years ago?


What the hell? 15 years ago?! I feel old...

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Ya, these were always good fun back in the day. Kind of like a less sophisticated hick hikers guide.


Back in the day? Back in the day?!

...oh god MiB was 15 years ago?

Ya, these were always good fun back in the day. Kind of like a less sophisticated hick hikers guide.

While I agree that Dr. Phil is a hypocrite and frequently flat-out wrong, that doesn't change the fact that this trigger happy hick is an idiot. He acted out of anger to destroy something that his child held as valuable. Not as a teaching moment, out of anger. If he had not acted out of anger, he would have donated the laptop to a charity, or at least sold it to recoup the money he spent on it. It's really as simple as that. But he was pissed at the kid, and couldn't shoot her, so he shot something she loved. I really hope the kid gets the right message out of this, but it's just as likely that she'll learn that's what you do when angry. You destroy something to hurt the person you are angry at. Parenting fail, no matter how you look at it. And that's even before the public shaming. And let's be honest, she's only shamed because her parent has made a public idiot of himself.

Bill Hicks was ahead of his time. >> ^cracanata:

Great speech. Although I can sense some Bill Hicks at the core of his approach and anger, which is a positive thing none the less.
This kind of thinking needs to be taken seriously, yes it's a hard road to take, but must be taken.

Great speech. Although I can sense some Bill Hicks at the core of his approach and anger, which is a positive thing none the less.
This kind of thinking needs to be taken seriously, yes it's a hard road to take, but must be taken.

I think lucky760 hit the nail on the head there. She's seeing the word in her head and reading it backwards like a sign I used to be able to do simple math in my head the same way by imagining that I had a chalk board in my head. Though admittedly she is doing it really really fast. Props!

>> ^artician:

That's an insane talent. I don't think everyone can do this. I couldn't even fathom how. It's probably just a genetic trait for some people, because I certainly don't think most people analyze the phonetics or spelling of a word as they hear them. I could probably do this for one word after about 30 seconds of thinking hard about it.




>> ^lucky760:

Most impressive.
Note that she's pronouncing the reverse of the spelling of each word, not the sound of each word (example: "batch" as "hick-tab" versus "chab"), which has a much higher degree of difficulty than the latter.
I often find myself reading printed words backwards all the time like on street signs, etc., but I don't have Alyssa's immense talent to imagine a word in my mind's eye and read it reversed in a split second.
Her neck must hurt from carrying around that big brain all the time.

Most *impressive.

Note that she's pronouncing the reverse of the spelling of each word, not the sound of each word (example: "batch" as "hick-tab" versus "chab"), which has a much higher degree of difficulty than the latter.

I often find myself reading printed words backwards all the time like on street signs, etc., but I don't have Alyssa's immense talent to imagine a word in my mind's eye and read it reversed in a split second.

Her neck must hurt from carrying around that big brain all the time.

>> ^dannym3141:
Yeah, and unlike baseball players, cricketers aren't tobacco chewing fat hicks
I do not think Jerry Rice is who you think he is.

Yeah, and unlike baseball players, cricketers aren't tobacco chewing fat hicks