Cancer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 One smart enough to avoid making bad bets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 "As long as you bet, my friend, eventually you'll lose." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Rather than betting, it's better to manipulate circumstances towards one's own ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 You mean cheat. How underhanded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 My throwing shoulder is way too old. I can't throw overhand very effectively any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Probably all that baseball I hear you Americans partake in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 That and being 57 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Pah! Hardly any age! Just six years younger than my dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Now now, settle down. You'll only make the hairs fall out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Psychologists. I mean, if you don't learn to handle losses as a child, what kind of adult do you think you'll end up as? freud or jung? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Both are outdated nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Who is currently in vogue? William James? ( lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and its offshoots are very successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 And if that doesn't work, go for the Ludovico technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 That one is pure Hell for the eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 It is ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Malcolm McDowell almost went blind in that scene. Scratched his corneas something fierce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Nowadays they'd do that scene CGI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Practical effects do have their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Not in my universe they don't! Out with logic! On with lunacy! L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and its offshoots are very successful. And if that doesn't work, go for the Ludovico technique. both sound like I will pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Oh no, I think CBT would be right up your alley -- it's mainly thinking about how you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 I'll have to look into it, soon-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 There's probably a Wikipedia page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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