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| Looking out for each other | September 4, 2009, 6:39PM |
 by: Necrofagia |
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This is something I have never quite understood, by all means correct me if I am in fact wrong. In the world people are sectioned off into little groups as it were, you get the popular one who steryotypicaly are the "jocks", you get the smart ones who get called the geeks and you get the "freaks" who are counted as unpopular, this is generalised maybe it is not quite like this however from experience and observation I can say that this is the general idea. Now in the "freak" it is basically made of people whom tend (not always) listen to rock music from Emo, Industrial, Metal ect, the dress sense also stands out of the crowd. So it would seem Alternatives are the minority of the population, so with this being the case why do we attack verbally others from out group? When it is our group as a whole to which gets alot of abuse due to the lack of understaning and willing to understand that a large amount of the population have. Instead of sticking up and defending each other we simply stand watching, waiting for it to be our turn of recieving the abuse, does that strike anyone else as odd? By standing and watching each other get "bullied" as it were we are as bad as the narrow minded causing it. How is that right? | |
topic: Life | |
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| The man that is LaVeyan Satanists | September 3, 2009, 7:34AM |
 by: Syn |
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On Walpurgisnacht of 1966, Anton Szandor LaVey began the Church of Satan. Beforehand, he had given lectures from his home, the infamous Black House, charging two dollars for admittance. He formed a "Magic Circle" with his closest associates, with ceremonial magic. It was suggested to LaVey that he had enough material to start an organized religion. The Church of Satan attracted a great deal of publicity. Its use of nude women as altars, and performances of a Satanic wedding and funeral service, brought it much attention. Anton LaVey shaved his head and wore a white clerical collar, sometimes even wearing horns to complete the image of the Devil incarnate. His flamboyant personality attracted many followers and admirers. In 1969, LaVey published The Satanic Bible, which, even to this day, remains the most authoritative literature on the subject of LaVeyan Satanism, outlining the basic concepts, philosophy and rituals of the religion. A companion book, The Satanic Rituals, published in 1972, presents an array of rituals associated with Satanism throughout the ages, but not necessarily central to the Church's belief system. LaVey also released other literature to further expand on the ideology, namely The Satanic Witch (previously published as The Compleat Witch), and 2 essay anthologies: The Devil's Notebook and Satan Speaks! Since its inception, many individuals sought to recreate LaVey's success by founding new organizations claiming the throne of "true" Satanism, but most were short-lived and ceased to exist altogether. Some, however, have gained remarkable success, allegedly due to the founders' previously strong relations with the Church of Satan. The reasons for the breakaway from LaVey's church were cited as being a difference in ideology, or commercialization of the institution, thus seeking to recreate its previous underground and elitist status. One notable example is the formation of the Temple of Set in 1975 by former Church of Satan member Michael Aquino, who cites disagreement over LaVey's atheism. Aquino believed in a living deity, whom he called Set. The other major organization affiliated with LaVeyan ideology is the First Satanic Church, founded in 1999 by Anton LaVey's daughter, Karla LaVey. She argues that, after her father's death, the church moved away from his original modus operandi, and shifted towards a commercial money making machine. Thus, the First Satanic Church is considered a re-founding of the original one. Today, the Church of Satan is still viewed as the de facto representation of LaVeyan Satanism in the public eye, and fresh publications are released, applying Satanic philosophies to topics of contemporary interest. | |
topic: Essays | |
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| Free Prizes! A Cooking Contest and a Poetry Contest | August 30, 2009, 11:46PM |
 by: Sgath |
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Cooking Contest: As connected as we are, most people don't really get to experience foods outside of our own region. Sure, everyone has food network, but that's only one vision of what food is. I propose a contest. Show us a food near and dear to you. Redefine our idea of food. Challenge our preconceptions of what constitutes a sandwich. Now is your chance to rock someone's world. The winner will be chosen by popular vote, and will recieve 30 days of Andromeda time for their account, and their entry will be posted in the DS Cooking Show. The food section is running a contest ending Sunday, September 6th. Post a recipe and the method for making it Here. It can have pictures, or videos, or anything inbetween. All that i ask is that you take the opportunity to show me what you like, and how to make it. How you do that is up to you. Full rules and more can be found at the link above. Poetry Contest Do you dream of being a famous poet someday? Do you write tirelessly through the night attempting the convey a fleeting image of the beauty and ceaseless drama of life and our surroundings? The Dead Poets Society forum is having a poetry contest, so come and show off your skills as a poet! Prizes include 30 days of Andromeda time for your Darkstarlings account, and the runner up receives 10 days. Winners will have their poems featured on the forum as contest winners. To check out the details and to submit your poem, click here. | |
topic: Current Events | |
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| Despite reports of liver failure I will contunue to use Alli | August 30, 2009, 5:34AM |
 by: my_little_pony |
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Do you use or know someone who uses Alli? Have you heard the reports of liver damage in connection to the drug? I use Alli. People won't leave me alone after it's been in the news that the FDA is currently researching the links to liver damage and the weight loss drug Orlistat (Alli). I understand when people are looking out for my health but since I learned about the connection with the liver damage I did a little research to see if I wanted to continue using Alli. "The FDA hasn't determined yet whether these liver problems are related to Orlistat since overweight individuals—who are most likely to use these drugs—tend to have a higher risk of developing liver failure because of a condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease." - US News Also, out of the 32 cases of liver damage reported in regards to Orlistat (spanning the past TEN YEARS, it averages out to three overweight or obese people a year who get liver damage and also happen to be some of the millions who use Alli) 30 of them occurred outside the US. Weird. "The agency is not putting a warning label on these drugs and hasn't advised doctors to change their prescribing practices. Still, the FDA is telling folks to see a doctor if they're experiencing signs of liver problems like jaundice (yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes), brown urine, weakness, or abdominal pain." - US NEWS I love Alli and it works for me. It's not just the drug, it's the whole program. It really helps your focus on eating right and being active. I'm going to continue using it and recommend it to others. | |
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| New Site Theme | August 18, 2009, 1:38PM |
 by: eon |
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Thanks to a.better.kiss for our first original site theme, "Grey Deco". To try it out, go to 'Control Panel' and on the 'Edit Profile' page look under the 'Site Theme' selections for 'Grey Deco'. If you decide to use it, be sure and drop by a.better.kiss's profile and say thanks. If you'd like to design your own site theme, see the previous news post! | |
topic: Site News | |
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| Remodel DS to Your Own Liking | July 16, 2009, 5:05PM |
by: eon |
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I have added a utility which will allow you to completely re-write the site theme to your liking. This means that in addition to the default site themes located under Control Panel -> Edit Profile, it is now possible for you to code your very own site theme to give the entire site any look that you would like. To access the utility, go to Control Panel -> Look and Feel. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you will find a new section titled, Site Theme. Please read the short instructions which appear there, they will help you in getting started. Everything should be pretty much self explanatory beyond that. If anyone comes up with site themes they're proud of, I'd like to hear about it. I'll be looking at the custom site themes submitted by our members in search of the best ones so that they can be added to the default theme choices for everyone to use. This way, maybe we'll all have some more interesting themes to choose from in the near future! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions, and be sure to point any of your friends who are good at layout work in the direction of this article. Enjoy... | |
topic: Site News | |
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| More Better Email. | July 3, 2009, 4:41PM |
by: eon |
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Email service for Andromeda members has been migrated to a new platform and a couple of new email features are now available: 1. POP3 email access. It is now possible to check your @darkstarlings.com email account from any POP3 client, such as Outlook Express or Thunderbird. This also means that you can add your DS email account to another mail service such as GMail or Live so you can automatically check your DS email when you log into those services. To view your POP3 setup info, go to Control Panel -> Email. 2. New email notifications. You will now receive a notice when new email arrives in your DS email account. The notice will appear in the same place where you see notices for new comments, new picture comments, new blog comments, etc. The old email platform, located here will remain until July 20th. Sometime on or after that date, the old email service will be removed, so if you have any old important emails there, please make copies as soon as possible. If you don't have a DS email account but would like one, you'll need to sign up for Andromeda access, which includes an email account along with lots of other perks. Click here to find out more. Enjoy. | |
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| Peace and Love and Other Silly Things. | June 27, 2009, 2:31PM |
 by: Murph |
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So... It seems, increasingly in these modern times, that the youth of America is becoming increasingly "Hippie-ized." A throwback to the 1960's counter-culture, a bunch of peace, love, let's go and procreate needlessly... a crock of shite... im my opinion. I am very Apolitical. I don't care. I don't care what Bush did, don't care what Obama will do... just plain don't care. Recently reading an article on here about landmines leftover after wars... still killing people. What's the problem with that? I mean, shit, it's still serving it's purpose, it was designed to kill... that's what it does. I look on things like that as population control. If you are going to start ranting and raving about landmines, and war equipment killing kids, then why not rant about smog, and cigarettes and alcohol killing kids? Why not? Probably because you enjoy your big smog causing truck, or your Marlboro Reds, or a fifth of Jack, but you have no experience with landmines so you bastardize them. They are nifty little devices, go boom, and cause mayhem, very nifty. Most of the countries that these things are still active in, well most of the people who are going to detonate said device, are pretty useless anyhow. I look at these devices as a postbirth abortion device. It thins out the surplus population. If it's kids who happen to step on said things, well then so be it. These same "kids" in Afghanistan, Iraq, and parts of Africa are also the same shits who will have no problem blowing away American servicemembers with an AK-47 or hand grenade, so long as it makes there leader or God happy. So like I said, population control. I personally have no qualms about unloading a magazine on a small child, if I percieve the child as a threat. There is a mentality that goes with being in combat, one which very few of you on here will ever understand. It's called self-preservation, kill or be killed if you will. I love the people who will rant and rave on here about the horrors of war, without even having the balls to defend their country. It's simple, war is hell. It also means one's outlook on life changes, you stop giving a shit. If a landmine is going to take out some potential threat for me, excellent, that's more ammunition I don't have to waste. It's ridiculous the way people on here will be so opposed to something they have no idea or even an inkling about. Hey guys, here's some info for you... Fox lies, CNN lies, MSNBC lies... the media doesn't have a clue what's going on in the world, all they want are ratings. In conclusion, if you have no idea what's going on, shut your mouth, and if you feel the need to run your mouth... well, go step on a landmine. | |
topic: Life | |
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| "My life went to hell when I fell in love with music" | June 9, 2009, 3:25PM |
 by: JV |
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Music, a wonderful thing, great outlet, great escape, though it has been argued before (but not recently) that music is the ticket to your life going straight to hell (metaphorically speaking), I am a musician and without music I feel I would slowly drift away....or climb a clock tower with an Uzi. Though music is my life I can see where some might see it as a grand way to ruin your life. Music brings out many emotions, you connect with it (when you find the right band or song) you get pulled in and it becomes a part of you, BUT... it makes all of your pain and misery known both to you and others, and can send you spiraling down into depression or bring out the hatred from within. (Sometimes liquor is the key ingredient to get the ball rolling) If I (and many others) hadn't found our passion we would be lost. But to actually know what would happen is impossible, for us to turn back the hands of time is only an idea the mind can contemplate but it can't create a direct and official result. Just a good hypothesis. Is music like the forbidden fruit in a way? Once you eat it there's no turning back? A sin even..Is it corrupting our minds or freeing it? I have left many arguments open for you guys to examine and think about, both sides have a decent point. Thank you JV | |
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| The Direction of Technology: Progress or Social Decadence? | May 27, 2009, 7:34PM |
by: Sgath |
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I have heard the argument before that science is dangerous, including all sorts of fear based and paranoid theories. One of the less irrational suggests that science may begin to expand so quickly that humans beings lose the very basis of their natures and society collapses or undergoes unwanted and rapid change(such as artificial intelligence, eugenics, total virtual addiction, etc). Is the slowing of scientific progress a viable option concerning the risk associated with more information, or will that information serve to mature our species and grant more wisdom of the universe around us? Sometimes I think the advance of science has very little to do with the wisdom of the public at large. The majority of humanity accepts as false many of the core foundations of scientific progress in the modern age such as quantum physics, evolution, and cosmology. Yet society continues to rely more and more on the very concepts which the majority of people ignorantly reject. With advances in weaponry and information exchange, does rapid technological change serve humanity as a whole when considering the history of and future possibility of destruction? | |
topic: Technology | |
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