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WCDT Strips 3971-3975 (April 1st-5th)
Milayna:
Better than balding at 22 and being over halfway to Greg Universe at 30.
OldGoat:
Whether or not magic(k) exists depends on how one defines the word, and rarely does anyone bother to define it before opining on its existence (and the same is true of belief in God). One of the more useful definitions of magick I've seen is "the ability to effect change."
Either way, I'm not sure letting one's ex have a hair or a bit of blood for spellwork regarding one's beloved is a good idea. What if Dora is possessed by a berbalang? But I suppose in that case she wouldn't want anything to do with a kris.
In re gray hair - I have very few if any gray hairs on my scalp, and the general population up there is only slightly reduced from a few years ago. My beard, on the other hand, is another matter. I used to be able to call it "salt-&-pepper" but the specks of pepper are few and far between these days.
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 04 Apr 2019, 12:54 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 04 Apr 2019, 09:54 ---Do I believe in magic? No.
Do other people believe in it or something similar? Yes.
Should it be dismissed out of hand? No.
Should it and those beliefs be treated with respect? Yes.
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Disagree strongly. The proper reaction to ridiculous beliefs, is ridicule.
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--- Quote ---ridiculous adjective
ri·dic·u·lous | \ rə-ˈdi-kyə-ləs \
Definition of ridiculous
: arousing or deserving ridicule
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To say a ridiculous idea deserves ridicule is a tautology, no? And to say that anything deserves ridicule is fraught with subjectivity.
The thing that I love about this forum (and Jeph's comic) is the commitment to the idea that people deserve a place where they are safe so long as they do no harm. And part of that is leaving people to their ideas no matter how wrong I may think they are as long as those ideas don't promote harm to me or others. So when it comes to ridicule, I would like to politely suggest that you keep it to yourself.
hakko504:
My maternal grandfather went mostly bald when he was 19 and when he died at 92 his few remaining hairs still hand't turned completely gray...
My father and me both started the process in our mid 30s and had it completed less than a decade later. A cousin though went gray, if not overnight, but within 6 months from dark brown to full gray.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Apr 2019, 23:12 ---I deeply empathise with Marten. I started going bald in my early 30s but I was strongly in denial. It was just thinning and a receding front fringe! Then I saw my head from above on CCTV feed and I realised that, yes, I was bald. That was a hard blow.
So, yeah, you're getting old Marten. It happens to all of us. Your dad proved that you're likely to go all steel grey although if you take more after your mum, maybe you'll go closer to silver. I'm sure that Claire will consider it attractive but I think that you want to avoid too much neurotic denial. Take it from me that it doesn't do any good!
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When I first found several gray hairs whilst looking in the mirror, I decided graying hair suits me, and I can "grow old" with dignity. It's weird, because I know a lot of people would go "oh my God! gray hair, I'm too young for that!", but I just don't care. My looks are ruined more by bed hair than graying.
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