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Posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
Isn't it weird how you are you and not someone else? Why am I me and not you?
I wonder what it's like to be someone else.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could be another person for a while? Not just switch bodies, but actually became the other person.
I would like to know what it's like to be:
my Mom
my Dad
my sister
my hamster
Alexandra
Dr. Bob
Clearskies
JYL
and othersDeneb
Posted by Gee on December 14, 2005, at 18:20:58
In reply to Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
I think it would be really neat to be able to be someone else for a day... or a week. Walk in their shoes for a while. It would help people be more understanding.
I use to wonder what it would be like to be in a picture. I use to think the people must get really tired of having to stay still all the time. Can you tell I wasn't a still kid?
Posted by phil on December 14, 2005, at 18:45:56
In reply to Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
I wonder what it's like to be someone else.
>>You ain't missing much here.
Posted by Phillipa on December 14, 2005, at 22:24:32
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » Deneb, posted by phil on December 14, 2005, at 18:45:56
Be careful what you wish for it could come true. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:20:21
In reply to Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
Have you seen "Freaky Friday"?
Posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:21:19
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » Deneb, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:20:21
I tried to use them, what did I do wrong?
Posted by Deneb on December 15, 2005, at 0:30:22
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » Deneb, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:20:21
> Have you seen "Freaky Friday"?
I think I have. It's about a mother and daughter switching bodies right?
I think what I'm talking about is not just switching bodies. I mean actually becoming the other person for a while. There wouldn't be a Deneb at all. I would *be* the other person.
Deneb
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:41:45
In reply to double double quotes, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:21:19
> I tried to use them, what did I do wrong?
It's a little bit confusing, even when you think you've got it right.
You get " at each end. When it passes through Dr. Bob's magic portal, one of the double quotes disappears, and it becomes a hotlink.
"Freaky Friday""
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:42:35
In reply to double double quotes, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 0:21:19
> I tried to use them, what did I do wrong?
Sorry for implying you made a mistake. Mine didn't work either.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:43:51
In reply to Re: double double quotes, posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:41:45
> > I tried to use them, what did I do wrong?
>
> It's a little bit confusing, even when you think you've got it right.
>
> You get " at each end. When it passes through Dr. Bob's magic portal, one of the double quotes disappears, and it becomes a hotlink.
>
> "Freaky Friday"
>
> Lar"Freaky Friday""
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:46:35
In reply to Re: double double quotes, posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:43:51
This is weird.
Posted by ClearSkies on December 15, 2005, at 6:57:44
In reply to Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
What it's like to be me:
You can't get to sleep.
You can't stay asleep.
You get waves of anxiety at random times during the day that you try to breathe through until they pass.
You don't have many friends IRL.
You stay in the house most of the time.
You love your cat and rub her lucky belly until she bites you.
You don't drink.
You think about that a lot.
You are married to a wonderful man who has a TV remote surgically attached to his hand.
You don't like your mother.
You have wayyyy too many clothes, and
Most of them don't fit you.ClearSkies
Posted by gardenergirl on December 15, 2005, at 7:21:40
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by ClearSkies on December 15, 2005, at 6:57:44
> What it's like to be me:
...And you are a sweet and dear and caring person who is loved by Babblers new and old.
(((clearskies))))
gg
>
> You can't get to sleep.
> You can't stay asleep.
> You get waves of anxiety at random times during the day that you try to breathe through until they pass.
> You don't have many friends IRL.
> You stay in the house most of the time.
> You love your cat and rub her lucky belly until she bites you.
> You don't drink.
> You think about that a lot.
> You are married to a wonderful man who has a TV remote surgically attached to his hand.
> You don't like your mother.
> You have wayyyy too many clothes, and
> Most of them don't fit you.
>
> ClearSkies
>
Posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 7:26:23
In reply to Re: double double quotes » Larry Hoover, posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 0:46:35
lol :) So how did you do it in the end?
"Freak Friday"
Posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 7:30:30
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » LegWarmers, posted by Deneb on December 15, 2005, at 0:30:22
> > Have you seen "Freaky Friday"?
>
> I think I have. It's about a mother and daughter switching bodies right?yes
>
> I think what I'm talking about is not just switching bodies. I mean actually becoming the other person for a while. There wouldn't be a Deneb at all. I would *be* the other person.
>ah ok
Id like to swap bodies for a day with someone :) but still be me inside, that way I could get a sense of what thing are like from anotehrs perspective but with my mind.
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 9:40:14
In reply to Re: double double quotes » Larry Hoover, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 7:26:23
> lol :) So how did you do it in the end?
>
> "Freak Friday"I don't know. I might have been careless the first time (but I don't think I was). Did you see the one where my name was in blue (a hyperlink), and it went to some weird subject?
It finally worked, when I think I did it the same way three times, and got three different outcomes.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 9:42:34
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » Deneb, posted by LegWarmers on December 15, 2005, at 7:30:30
> ah ok
> Id like to swap bodies for a day with someone :) but still be me inside, that way I could get a sense of what thing are like from anotehrs perspective but with my mind.Now that would be interesting. I'm white. I'm male. I'm fairly tall. I'm not visibly differently abled. There are a few different ones I'd want to understand more clearly.
Lar
Posted by ClearSkies on December 15, 2005, at 10:30:29
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » ClearSkies, posted by gardenergirl on December 15, 2005, at 7:21:40
Thanks, Gardenergirl. I guess I'm in the doldrums a bit - d'ya think?
Posted by Toph on December 15, 2005, at 19:34:25
In reply to Wonder what it's like to be another person, posted by Deneb on December 14, 2005, at 17:53:30
>
> Wouldn't it be cool if we could be another person for a while? Not just switch bodies, but actually become the other person.
>Sometimes threads veer on slippery pavement.
How do you know for certain Deneb that your proposition hasn't already occurred, and that you were not previously someone else or one of the Babblers you identified?
Posted by LegWarmers on December 17, 2005, at 1:19:07
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » LegWarmers, posted by Larry Hoover on December 15, 2005, at 9:42:34
>
> > ah ok
> > Id like to swap bodies for a day with someone :) but still be me inside, that way I could get a sense of what thing are like from anotehrs perspective but with my mind.
>
> Now that would be interesting. I'm white. I'm male. I'm fairly tall. I'm not visibly differently abled. There are a few different ones I'd want to understand more clearly.
>
> Lar
>Yeah...I really tihnk it would be a great expererince, I like understanding people
Posted by Deneb on December 17, 2005, at 1:50:21
In reply to Re: Wonder what it's like to be another person » Deneb, posted by Toph on December 15, 2005, at 19:34:25
> How do you know for certain Deneb that your proposition hasn't already occurred, and that you were not previously someone else or one of the Babblers you identified?
Good point! Also, I've often hoped that I could live out a life, die, and re-awake to another life. How do I know that is not what is happening now?
Good golly, I'm up late tonight! better go to bed now.
Deneb
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