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Wings of Fire 02-19-2010 06:00 PM

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Aleister Crowley (pronounced /ˈkroʊli/; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religion of Thelema. He was a member of the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as well as a co-founder of the A∴A∴ and eventually a leader of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.).[1] He is known today for his magical writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema, although he also wrote on other esoteric subjects such as astrology and magick.

Crowley was also a hedonist, bisexual, recreational drug experimenter, and social critic. In many of these exploits he "was in revolt against the moral and religious values of his time", espousing a form of libertarianism based upon the rule of "Do What Thou Wilt".[2] Because of this, he gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, and was denounced in the popular press of the day as "The wickedest man in the world."[3][4][5][6] Alongside his esoteric activities, he was an avid chess player, mountaineer, poet and playwright. It has been alleged that he was also a spy for the British government.
GUESS WHO HAS HIS BOOK

MY BROTHER HAS HIS BOOK

OH FUCKING SNAP

used:) 02-19-2010 08:36 PM

I couldn't pick a specific time to live, since they all had their shortcomings. I'm quite happy having been born in the early '90s; growing up with the internet in a time of prosperity for the US. If it's a question of "where", then I have a few choices. I might as well wish for a special life though, since there's no telling what things would be like for me. Depending on how I'd grow up, I could either end up loving the times or hating them. I see much of what I value now is only because of a very lucky turn of events and cirumstances throughout my life.

T-nex 02-19-2010 08:54 PM

I liked the 90s.. It was my childhood. Though I wish I'd gotten the 80s with me. I think they would have been fun to experience.

Emesdee 02-19-2010 09:22 PM

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Except that it wasn't. It was an extremely complicated time, in fact.

Trust me, I'm not saying that. I've heard enough from my mother to know that I am glad I was born at just the right time modern convenience wise. But still, I'd find that at least a slightly better (if still misinformed) reason.

Phylum 02-19-2010 10:07 PM

I'd like to live in the 1700s. God everything was simpler then...


I'd love an authentic Baroque flute, as well.

Wings of Fire 02-20-2010 05:52 AM

Yeah, I'd love to have grown up in the Industrial Revolution and spent my life in effective slavery.

OANST 02-20-2010 06:37 AM

Me too! High five! Bunkmates forever! Or at least until one of us reaches our life expectancy of 35.

abe619 02-20-2010 08:02 AM

i would go to about 120,000 BC, there were many women back then, huuuuuuuuuuuuuge ones.
i would also help the poor stupid cave men.

Wings of Fire 02-20-2010 08:29 AM

You have something about fat women don't you?

MeechMunchie 02-20-2010 09:09 AM

Who doesn't?

I'd watch all of my best moments again.

Bullet Magnet 02-20-2010 09:55 AM

I'd go back to Uri Geller's earliest performances and replace his spoons with regular, unprepared spoons.

abe619 02-20-2010 01:29 PM

no i don't have that pregnancy fetish whatever though i wouldn't mind fat women, but i was refering to giantess as in tall and wide equally, so not exactly fat.

EDIT: @Bullet Magnet: there is a Uri?
i thought there was only Monica and Ross.

Wings of Fire 02-20-2010 01:31 PM

You are aware that the human race has gotten steadily taller throughout the last few thousand years?

abe619 02-20-2010 01:37 PM

no, generation by generation we were becoming shorter since Adam and Eve, but till now we have kept a static height over the past 1900 yrs.

Grieva 02-20-2010 01:48 PM

humans have maintained a steady height genetically for a looooong time, but in the past people were shorter on average due to malnutrition

Wings of Fire 02-20-2010 01:55 PM

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no, generation by generation we were becoming shorter since Adam and Eve,

Oh right, we're swapping fairytales.

My bad.

abe619 02-20-2010 02:24 PM

even if i am wrong, that doesn't mean they weren't hot(back then, absoloutly not right now).

Grieva 02-20-2010 02:28 PM

I suppose it depends on how much personal hygiene matters to you, they wouldn't have any

abe619 02-20-2010 03:00 PM

who needs soap, when you've got digestive juices?

Munch's Master 02-20-2010 03:31 PM

I think I'd use a time machine to go back and remove whatever triggered abe619's vore fetish, sparing myself such mental images.

Nate 02-20-2010 04:56 PM

Abe619, one day you will grow mature enough to understand when it's appropriate to discuss your deepest desires and when it isn't. Until that day, I will be following you closely and regularly reminding you to shut the fuck up.

used:) 02-20-2010 07:07 PM

And to Hell with all that "be yourself" crap.

abe619 02-20-2010 09:37 PM

alright i'll STFU about that, i would very much like to go to the mid 90's.

Dipstikk 02-22-2010 06:55 PM

I'd like to send my consciousness back to when I was a kid, so I could get a chance to redo my preteen, teen and adult years with the brain I have now.

Emesdee 02-23-2010 01:22 AM

That always seemed like a good idea in theory, but then I realized I'd probably just screw things up worse. School for instance would be especially boring.

Nate 02-23-2010 02:05 AM

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That always seemed like a good idea in theory, but then I realized I'd probably just screw things up worse. School for instance would be especially boring.

Yes on that last point, but I could fuck around just as much as I did back when I was first in school and actually get good marks. Or, rather, get excellent marks rather than my normal coasting good marks.

I can't imagine how I'd be able to limit myself to 1000 word essays again though.

Phylum 02-23-2010 02:07 AM

>300 words is worse...

Strike Witch 02-23-2010 04:28 AM

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Yes on that last point, but I could fuck around just as much as I did back when I was first in school and actually get good marks. Or, rather, get excellent marks rather than my normal coasting good marks.

I can't imagine how I'd be able to limit myself to 1000 word essays again though.

I'd love the idea of going back to the first grade and acing everything as well as freaking out my dense first-grade teacher.

abe619 02-23-2010 04:55 AM

that idea sounds good to me, i would also use that to remember which games me, my bro, and our cousins used to play, there is this one adventure game that was cool but i can't remember it's name and there was a horror game which same thing happened to it.

Bullet Magnet 02-23-2010 09:40 AM

But imagine reliving your life. What do you do about terrible events you know are coming? Anything? Could you live with yourself if you didn't try to change things? Could you live with the disastrous consequences?

OddjobAbe 02-23-2010 09:54 AM

Wouldn't it be boring as fuck once the novelty wears off?

Bullet Magnet 02-23-2010 10:03 AM

Certainly gaming and film would lose its charm until you catch up. On the other hand, with proper study beforehand you could take credit for every popular new IP, music and scientific discovery that hasn't happened yet, and play your income on the stock market. You could end up with most of the planet's wealth and a seat in the UN representing your interests (mainly by stopping any motions against you).

But with so many changes, I wouldn't trust the stock market I remember for more than a few months.

Josh 02-23-2010 10:07 AM

Or just look at figures now and invest all your money, in the past, in whatever became the most expensive and sell on the day it became worth a lot.

Emesdee 02-23-2010 12:29 PM

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Yes on that last point, but I could fuck around just as much as I did back when I was first in school and actually get good marks. Or, rather, get excellent marks rather than my normal coasting good marks.

Actually, I guess I see the appeal. Just plain don't be a good kid, become a troublemaker, hang out in detention all the time, and yet still do better than anyone else in school. Would be just like some cheesy movie.

enchilado 02-23-2010 02:17 PM

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i thought of another thing i could do with a time machine:
i could go back in time of the pharoahs and f*** Nefertiti, Cleopatra, and their servants, although that would be difficult since back then humans were about 30 feet tall or something like that (and that gives another good idea to do, yes it is what u think it is).
Sorry to quote such an old post, but I felt impelled to inform you that Cleopatra was short, fat, and ugly - except for her nose. She had a nice nose.

Munch's Master 02-23-2010 02:20 PM

There's a few things from my life I'd go back and change, certainly. Other than that I'd love to go back in time & meet Einstein & DaVinci. The twist would be that I'd turn out to be DaVinci and all the wacky invention ideas are attempts at finding a way back home.

enchilado 02-23-2010 06:35 PM

Now, surely if I use this mixture of highly explosive substances compacted tightly into a cast iron ball, flung on a huge catapult to demolish several major countries at once, I will return to 2010!

Emesdee 02-23-2010 09:36 PM

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She had a nice nose.

"Love does enter through the nose."

Come to think of it though, going back to the days when people were shorter would be fun. You could tower over everyone and return to read epic tales of giants based on your own exploits.

OddjobAbe 02-24-2010 07:41 AM

It'd be like Gulliver's Travels.

MeechMunchie 02-24-2010 10:24 AM

My friend's theory for the Universe's creation is this:

In the future he will create a time machine. In his curiosity of the Universe's origins, he will travel back to the beginning of time. At the exact moment he reaches his destination, his machine wil suffer a catastrophic malfunction and explode, triggering The Big Bang.

I think he may have the beginnings of his own religion.