Somebody posted about this thread...a psychiatrist supposedly. Here's what he had to say about that thread

"Hi all. I'm a psychiatrist. My main area of clinical work is emergency psychiatry, and my main research interest is functional brain imaging. I'd like to start a discussion about the rapist thread, which I see as a serious danger. In a nutshell:
Rape is a crime which sometimes hinges directly on feelings of power over the victim.
That power often loses its meaning if the victim is unconscious. Many rapists typically need a victim who knows they are being victimized.
This victim is the rapist's audience. This is crucial.
The audience gives the rapist pleasure, euphoric delight from unfettered, witnessed suffering. That euphoria is intense and is possibly driven by the same neurobiology involved in a drug high.
Now, when Reddit invites rapists to retell their stories, they offer an audience of thousands. The possibility that individuals reading these stories will be horrified afresh is very appealing to some rapists. It’s neurobiologically very much like anticipating drug use.
Note: the audience doesn’t actually need to be horrified. In the mind of the rapist, the possibility of horrifying an audience is what is appealing.
Ever wonder what makes addicts keep using? A major factor is the craving that comes from recalling the feelings associated with the pleasurable activity or drug. Cocaine addicts, active or in recovery, who are asked to think about using cocaine have measurable brain changes precisely when they report cravings. We haven't actually measured this in rapists, but we suspect it's highly analogous.
Thus, the Reddit rape forum is very possibly triggering rape cravings in rapists.
It is also teaching rapists how to rape better via shared stories, the same way we teach new participants to improve in any field, by sharing our experiences.
I plan to be available to discuss this, so jump in."



http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xf5c2/reddit_are_you_aware_how_dangerous_the_askarapist/

excellent! thanky!
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The original Gauntlet was an arcade machine. You can get the rom for MAME.
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I've been playing it off and on for a couple of weeks. Good mind numbing fun. Reminds me of Gauntlet. Wizard needs food!

Do you know if there is a version of Gauntlet for the Mac? I loved to play that on my cousin's old puter many moons ago.

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The original Gauntlet was an arcade machine. You can get the rom for MAME.
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I've been playing it off and on for a couple of weeks. Good mind numbing fun. Reminds me of Gauntlet. Wizard needs food!

Do you know if there is a version of Gauntlet for the Mac? I loved to play that on my cousin's old puter many moons ago.

and by Blizzard raiding people's wallets they mean producing a product the masses are willing to buy.

>> ^Auger8:

And by looting they mean Blizzard raiding people's wallets.


>> ^Fusionaut:

Yup, that's about it...
Still, there's just something about getting some better loot...

>> ^notarobot:

Apparently this guy hasn't seen the nutshell video.
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Apparently this guy hasn't seen the nutshell video.

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I've been playing it off and on for a couple of weeks. Good mind numbing fun. Reminds me of Gauntlet. Wizard needs food!

Do you know if there is a version of Gauntlet for the Mac? I loved to play that on my cousin's old puter many moons ago.

>> ^vaire2ube:

my friends mom gave it to me for free, she works for Amazon ... im enjoying it because i expected nothing!


Can she get me a copy for free too?

>> ^Kofi:

>> ^shinyblurry:
No one created God, He is eternal.

>> ^

Thats the debate in a nutshell.
Atheists can't explain eternity nor do they require it to be explained. Religious types can answer it and need it to be answered.
It comes down to what Williams James called "personal temperament". Beyond this you are just shouting past one another. Metaphysics has not, and most likely can not, answer this.
The effects of such temperaments is quite another matter.


I wouldn't say I can explain eternity, but I can say that it is logical to believe in something eternal. Logic tells us that from nothing, nothing comes. Therefore, unless there is an eternal first cause, you would have to believe that nothing created everything, which is an absurdity.

>> ^shinyblurry:

No one created God, He is eternal.

>> ^


Thats the debate in a nutshell.

Atheists can't explain eternity nor do they require it to be explained. Religious types can answer it and need it to be answered.

It comes down to what Williams James called "personal temperament". Beyond this you are just shouting past one another. Metaphysics has not, and most likely can not, answer this.

The effects of such temperaments is quite another matter.

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Take bioware for example. Before they were 'bought' by EA they made some of the (arguably, but almost universally accepted) best games of their particular genre. Baldur's gate 1 and 2, neverwinter nights....


Forgot about Bioware. They're on my list as well. They used to be an automatic buy, but DA2... EA is poison to game companies.

It's difficult to explain to young'uns who were raised on consoles why old-school PC gamers are so disappointed in the current state of PC gaming. This whole backlash that PC gamers are "elitist crybabies" is just so tired. I have a gaming mouse and a 104 keys, yet many PC games are designed for multiple platforms, and, unfortunately, the lowest common denominator is an ADD-addled console player with a gamepad. The result is cookie-cutter dross that is only made discernible in its genre by the textures and artwork that make up its world. I'm not saying great AAA pc games aren't being made any more, just that there are so few, and this move by developers towards always-online DRM for single-player gaming (Ubisoft, Blizzard) limits my choices even more, as I refuse to support that bullshit.

I still play through Doom and Doom2 about once a year and have a blast every time. I'm about halfway through yet another run of Diablo II, and I'm thinking I'll fire up Planescape: Torment or Baldur's Gate after that. So many excellent older games to play and replay, not to mention the large number of quality indie games being released. I don't miss Diablo III one bit.

>> ^Fantomas:

>> ^Quboid:
Call of Honour
Please tell me you're being sarcastic.


I just used that as a generic name for Call of Duty / Medal of Honour / Battlefield / etc type games.

>> ^Quboid:
Call of Honour
Please tell me you're being sarcastic.