There's also a really good one about an abandoned house in ...Maine? I'll look for it

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
I'm listening to it now and it's great. The woman who would steal sweaters:

Reporter: "So you would turn into a thief pretty quick?"
Woman: "Immediately!"

Hahaha, honest

In reply to this comment by residue:
Hey in response to your "this american life" post, check out superpowers

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/Superpowers

Hey in response to your "this american life" post, check out superpowers

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/Superpowers

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In fairness, cystoscopy is a lot better than it used to be. The first time I had one was in 1988. They didn't use any anesthesia, and they probed all the way through my right ureter (the long tube connecting the kidney to the bladder), right up to the entrance of the kidney. I could feel the probe moving around in my back. When I got back to my place after the appointment my roommates thought I should go back to the doctor because I looked so pale.

The next time I had one was just two years ago. It still sucked, but at least they used some anesthesia (it only numbs the urethra), and they didn't go past the bladder. Still no picnic, but much less traumatic than the first time.

In both cases, the first piss you take afterwards burns like you would NOT believe. Now with a prostate exam, you only experience discomfort while it's in progress. No burning, just some pressure pain. It's quite uncomfortable...sort of like someone stuck a finger up your ass. But when it's over, so is the discomfort. Hemorrhoids are more painful, really, and that pain doesn't go away quickly.

Don't mean to spook you, but I figure it's better to know these things ahead of time, so you can mentally prepare yourself. Also, deep breathing has always helped me, in virtually all pain situations.

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
Yeah, the prostate exam doesn't look so scary but I would lose my mind if I needed to do a cystoscopy or any surgery down there. I would just run until I died.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Prostate exams are unpleasant, but not as bad as some people would like you to believe. I'd rather have 50 prostate exams than one cystoscopy. (Yes, I've had both procedures, and more than once for both of them.) Besides, what's worse: A finger up the ass, or dying from prostate cancer?

Yea, I love that show. Free itunes download each week. If you have an iPhone, they have a great app too--you get their entire back catalog. I'd also recommend the Moth podcast--it's true stories told to a live audience.

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
Just listened to "Pool Of Money" from "This American Life" and it was great! Thanks for the suggestion, I'm totally addicted to this radio show, can't believe how good they are at telling interesting stories.

In reply to this comment by nach0s:
The episodes they did on the financial meltdown are excellent.

Great idea.
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We should have a videosift space day!

Haha, back at ya. I don't understand a word of Swedish!

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
You're a Dane? Woooaaah, I was the fucker who was peeing in your fountain while buying alcohol over there. You know, what they call a "Swede". And in Denmark I speak English, I can't understand shit you're saying.

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I should have gotten them when I was younger and it was free (under 18 is free in denmark). If I wanted to get them straightened now it would cost and arm and a leg.

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I believe the word you're looking for is "Daddy".

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
For this comment I salute you just as if I was a German in the 1940's and you were my... whats the word now...

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Thanks for correcting my Grammar, especially in a language which I do not speak- it'll come in handy for me to know I shouldn't capitalize the "D" in "der Führer", not to mention instructing me in the proper use of an umlaut. You've saved me from humiliation and embarassment by going out of your way to teach me the use of proper German grammar. There's a term used on the internet for people who do so, but frankly it escapes me at the moment... some sort of "Grammar Authorities" or "Grammar Strict Police"... damnit, what's the word I'm looking for?

Fixed, thanks for the note.

In reply to this comment by chtierna:
*dead

I have a lot of rants too. But I don't consider what you're saying a rant. Before I even respond, I want you to know I respect where you're coming from. I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write and, even though we disagree, I personally believe you have every right to your beliefs and no one should give you any grief over it. I have no intention of trying to convert you or anyone else here.

If you want to discuss this further or hear what I have to say about it then let me know. If it's just blowing off steam that's fine too.


In reply to this comment by chtierna:
Well, there are many different ways to view God, which is always a problem when trying to have a discussion about it, because something you say can always be refuted by "thats not the kind of God I believe in !" I think in the video clip I submitted Attenborough is simply against those religious who cannot see God as allowing something bad, but want to credit him for everything that is good.

I used to be a silent atheist. Let anyone think what they want and believe in their God. But in the last 5 years Ive seen how religious people actively try to change things in their surroundings based on what ancient books tells them and it frightens me. It scares me shitless. And it makes me angry. I dont have the same kind of respect for religion as I had once because I think the practice of religion forces unwanted changes on innocent parties.

The way women are treated in muslim countries. The way gay people are treated and loathed all around. Trying to get creationism taught in schools. "No, this is not my religion, their religion is to blame, their way of practicing religion is to blame, they havent read the Book and understood it properly". I dont accept that. I think religion in itself is to blame. I think it limits the minds of the people who practice it by providing answers to the hard questions in form of dogma and inserting a ready-made world view to be adopted by the follower.

All the energy of curiousity gets transformed into a sense of righteous belief, splitting the world up into fractions of right and wrong, black and white, more and more absolute lines drawn. And how do you reason or argue with someone who bases their beliefs about the world around them on things that cannot be tried or disproven?

I think I have too many points for just one rant. I do believe we are starting to live in more dangerous times where the common religious followers are forming fertile soil for the growing of extremism, be it islamic or christian or any other form.

In reply to this comment by burdturgler:
I think people who think God doesn't allow suffering have never read the bible. That would include any of the "believers". It ain't all sunshine and unicorns. Bad things happen (welcome to Earth). How this is God's fault is beyond me. I guess he should take away free will and turn us all into robots. But then none of this would matter.

Disappointed to see you upvote this. Any "jihad" wishing for the destruction of a whole religious group .. might as well be religious ..

But, to each his own, I say.


In reply to this comment by chtierna:
Hi man

Thought Id leave my comment on the video "David Attenborough on God" I posted. My take on his answers is that he is irritated with religion and does answer another question than the one being posed, but probably because he gets hounded by religious zealots, just the way you think Videosift prosecutes religion (and to be fair it seems an atheistic community) and it gets you riled up after a while...

The important point I think is that a lot of religious people have this view of the Christian (or Islamic, or Jewish) God as Good and Loving and seem to be making up excuses for anything bad that happens. If I were a believer, Im not, I wouldnt assume God weeps every time I get a bruise. I guess David is saying that a relationship with God needs to be honest and he doesnt share their reasoning that God is not responsible for anything bad.

Or I completely missed the point

I think people who think God doesn't allow suffering have never read the bible. That would include any of the "believers". It ain't all sunshine and unicorns. Bad things happen (welcome to Earth). How this is God's fault is beyond me. I guess he should take away free will and turn us all into robots. But then none of this would matter.

Disappointed to see you upvote this. Any "jihad" wishing for the destruction of a whole religious group .. might as well be religious ..

But, to each his own, I say.


In reply to this comment by chtierna:
Hi man

Thought Id leave my comment on the video "David Attenborough on God" I posted. My take on his answers is that he is irritated with religion and does answer another question than the one being posed, but probably because he gets hounded by religious zealots, just the way you think Videosift prosecutes religion (and to be fair it seems an atheistic community) and it gets you riled up after a while...

The important point I think is that a lot of religious people have this view of the Christian (or Islamic, or Jewish) God as Good and Loving and seem to be making up excuses for anything bad that happens. If I were a believer, Im not, I wouldnt assume God weeps every time I get a bruise. I guess David is saying that a relationship with God needs to be honest and he doesnt share their reasoning that God is not responsible for anything bad.

Or I completely missed the point

Promote it if you can.

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Haha how can this http://www.videosift.com/video/Japanese-Beethoven-s-5th-Symphony-rendition-in-a-restaurant possibly have had only one vote before I gave it a 2nd? Its funny !

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