Bed that saved me from the Taliban

Post by ironic_ali » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

grawprog wrote: post #119

miles wrote: post #101

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If we’re taking about actual Near Death Experiences (NDE), the research shows an interesting pattern: Near-death experiences: clinical implications http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-60832007000700015&... > “Compared to non-experiencers, NDErs report greatly increased concern for others, decreased fear of death, and increased belief in an afterlife, increased religious interest and feeling, and lessened desire…

I had an experience while extremely high on magic mushrooms. I was completely and totally convinced I was going to die. It was just before a fireworks display With utmost certainty I knew when the fireworks started I would die. I was terrified. I started going over everything i'd done in my life, everything i'd regretted, all the times i'd acted shitty to people, just everything. During that time, I didn't realize un…

Post by Sammi » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

jackgavigan wrote: post #107

ranprieur wrote: post #93

> Each time they would laugh afterwards, like they were just playing around, or like it was a big party or something. Terrorists in TV and movies are never like this. They're always super-serious evil, like Voldemort, like nobody ever is in real life. I wonder how much violence could be prevented if Hollywood didn't give us such a bullshit view of human nature.

They may have been high. The Taliban is known to have given suicide bombers drugs before sending them to their deaths.

Post by megy » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 10:22 PM UTC

probably_wrong wrote: post #47

wiradikusuma wrote: post #37

"Parts of the hotel were able to re-open two months after the attack" — what? Curious, what would be the logical explanation for that? I mean, for starters nobody would want to work there, and nobody would want to _stay_ there. Right?

There's an old story (that I can't find right now) about a bank employee that falls for a scam that costs the company hundreds of thousands. He goes to his boss and says "I guess you will be expecting my resignation", to which the boss replies "Resign? I just spent thousands of dollars training you!". I would apply the same line of thought here: I don't think this hotel is any more insecure that any other. In fact, I…

Post by gammateam » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 10:30 PM UTC

kakarot wrote: post #79

It's insane to me that a sniper opened fire on Vasileiou without any confirmation that he was a target. If he had been killed and word had gotten out, it would have been horrible PR. It's also insane that Vasileiou went from being in immediate danger of burning alive to immediate danger of hypothermia. What a roller coaster. And his training was broad enough to cover the entire spectrum.

Post by krn » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 11:23 PM UTC

NKosmatos wrote: post #25

fb03 wrote: post #6

It's nice when something is so well written that it almost literally transports you to that moment. I was agitated to know what would happen next as the narrative unfolded. Can recommend.

Same here, that would make a great movie.