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Re: Effects of "Heightened Libido"? I just discovered that I posted a response meant for this thread in a different one by mistake. In the hope that it's still relevant:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos Example:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos I'd forgotten how bizarre the disco era was! Or perhaps I just blocked it out?

Re: What FTL Drives do people use in their campaigns? And what techno bable do you us

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine It just occurred to me that "Heightened Libido" would provide more interesting roleplay during a historical period (late pulp to 1950s) where there was increased overt interest in sexuality, but a cultural taboo against open discussion of same. ETA: Strikeout and I just noticed that this post was intended for a different thread.

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? America's Funniest Videos

Re: The cranky thread That was my original reaction, but it's not purporting to tell a historical story, but a fantastic one, so I'm okay with it.

Re: What FTL Drives do people use in their campaigns? And what techno bable do you us It depends on the campaign. My Star Wars Universe settings used a hyperspace drive that worked (in game terms) like the ones in the movies. It covered light-year distances in hours of travel time. I borrowed from Traveller the idea that some preparation time involving the Nav computer and Hyperspace Navigation skill were required, and had some bearing on the actual speed of the FTL leg of the trip but also accuracy (how close to the target location you emerged from hyperspace). Other settings borrowed heavily from Traveller or Star Trek, depending on what sort of space drive the setting called for. One of my favoritedrives was the "Differential Gravitic Slope Drive". This was installed in a ship that looked like two equal-sized, intersecting spheres. A "Gravitic Slope Generator was installed in each sphere. The fields were tuned so the difference in perceived gravity between the two spheres would be one gee. In either sphere, "down" was towards the other sphere. Both drives together might exert 10 gees in the desired direction of travel, but the tidal forces between the two sections of the vessel provided a steady one-gee "gravity" (one section would exert ~11 gees while the other exerted just 10, making the difference one gee. Usually the two drive sections would thrust along the same axis, but turning the vessel could be accomplished by skewing the axis of one or the other section's drive to apply a turning force to the whole ship, providing pitch and yaw control (roll was by smaller "gravitic thrusters" or reaction jets). At very high sublight speeds, this drive began interacting with the extra dimensions of normal space to the point that the vessel would "disappear" from normal space, then "reappear" at a much distant point. At first this was assumed to be a random process (initially it was thought that this destroyed the ship), but eventually a brilliant mathematician worked out what was going on, providing the basis for using the DGSD as a FTL propulsion system.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Beavis and Butthead do Shakespeare Shakespeare presents: Beavis and Butthead William Shakespeare as Walker: Texas Ranger Dustin Hoffman as Casper the Friendly Ghost The Sound of Music starring Britney Spears as Maria

Re: A Thread for Random Videos This guy needs a write-up. The Strongest Man in the World looks kind of unimpressive. That could almost have been a Freakazoid episode. Repped.

Re: Effects of "Heightened Libido"? Ah. The Forum-Less-Traveled.

Re: They Might be Heroes After the Economic Crash even the Avengers had to sell their Quinnjet and use public transport.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos American society has been tainted by Slavery, racial, and and gender intolerance from day one. Of course, so are other nations. I'm proud of America (this includes you, Canadians) not because we invariably uphold the highest standards, but because when we realize the difference between out ideals and our actual behavior, we do not adjust those ideals to reflect "reality". Rather, we start mobilizing people to change the reality to more closely reflect our ideals. When I was born, not only were blacks being lynched in the deep South, but, despite the repeal of slavery, law and custom in most states tacitly enforced a two-tiered system, where white European-descended Americans received preferential treatment over people of color. Where the law did not overtly allow such discrimination, it was promoted anyway as the "traditional " way of doing things. Things are better today. There are still groups who believe that they should receive preferential treatment because they're white, but they aren't the mainstream anymore. Racism isn't dead-and-gone, but it's getting there, and as long as we don't become complacent, we'll continue digging its grave until it's something people have to have explained to them. I hope their response is along the lines of "...But that's just crazy!" Because it is.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos

Re: A Thread for Random Videos The past is a foreign country, with repugnant customs and traditions:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos More old car stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3RD-hG4nbc&feature=related

Re: A Thread for Random Videos ...and yet another quaint reminder of the past:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos An old (pre-television-era) ad for a bay area Ford Dealership that was doing pretty well if they could afford to make this sort of ad. What can I say? I have a thing for old cars.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? http://www.pandora.com/land/song/645928456b80eeb9?referrer=ssgtbaloo&site=facebook&seed=song&station=953de225fb1a617081b63fb884c29f0f3a1b964518022e6c

Re: A Thread for Random Videos ...And just to be fair, here's some G.M. propaganda:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos A long-ish piece of old-school Madison Avenue touting Ford Motor Company.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJGNBj09_VA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp8ZTX90So0

Re: Discussion: Taxonomy and Pathology of Halloween Monsters Halloween's coming soon. Any new thoughts on this old topic?

Re: Effects of "Heightened Libido"?

Re: Creepy Pics. I was listening to this when I viewed the above image: