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Old 16-December-2004, 02:16 AM
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Can anyone tell me if this woman is serious?

http://wiolawapress.com/

I've seen plenty of woo woo sites, even consider myself a connoisseur, but this...
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I think these threads may be of interest.

MARS REPTIILIAN CIVILIZATION FORBIDDEN
The Reign in Spain is Obviously Down the Drain
Comets are Repositories of LIFE and TECHNOLOGY..

Whether or not she is "serious" depends on your view of her mental state.

And also, welcome to the BABB .
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Old 16-December-2004, 03:08 AM
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I think these threads may be of interest.

MARS REPTIILIAN CIVILIZATION FORBIDDEN
The Reign in Spain is Obviously Down the Drain
Comets are Repositories of LIFE and TECHNOLOGY..

Whether or not she is "serious" depends on your view of her mental state.

And also, welcome to the BABB .
Thanks!

I missed those threads for some reason. Didn't want to be too mocking because I sensed some mental illness might be at play.

Still, I have to give props. Some of the most satisfying entertainment I've enjoyed in a long time.
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wiolawa was here peddling her baloney for while. Her specialty is processing JPEGs to the point where patterns appear that didn't exist in the original graphic files, which she then interprets in her own peculiar fashion. Choice woowoo.
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scottmsg, sorry to duplicate one of your thread links.

HerrProfessorDoktor, willkommen zum BABB!
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Old 16-December-2004, 03:28 AM
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HerrProfessorDoktor, willkommen zum BABB!
Danke!

Well, there goes the last bit of German I know.

Seemed like a good place to indulge in my equal (though differently motivated) loves of science and pseudoscience.

And all due respect to the real Professor Doktors out there. I'm not a real one, I just play one on teevee. :wink:
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Can anyone tell me if this woman is serious?

http://wiolawapress.com/

I've seen plenty of woo woo sites, even consider myself a connoisseur, but this...
I think she's friggin' nuts!

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I love this one - MOLECH STATUE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE ON MARS

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What the heck is a duck snake?
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I love how the take filters designed for artistic rendering from common photo programs, apply them to people's faces and say they're aliens. It did give me a smile today. The filters are made to provide skewed output graphic design. It just amazes me how they can take an application that they don't understand the background process' of and say, 'Hey he's a duck snake with a prosthetic skin over him.' It's gotta be a joke.
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I Googled on "duck snake" and this is the best I could come up with


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I never knew Find Edges and, um... the Plastic Wrap filter in Photoshop were image enhancement tools. Who knew?

Considering the previous threads linked above, I don't think it's a joke. She's too persistent, and obviously in need of help. But, if I were to write a parody of image "enhancement" quacks I couldn't have done it better myself. So, a tip of the hat to a genius we cannot understand, only behold in awe and disbelief!

I find it amusing how everyone has their own perfected combination of filters (even if it's just sharpening) to bring out image noise to the point where they see just what they want. And then they give it a name after the fact.

Beware the Duck Snakies! The Dog Snakies! The Female Snakies! The Baby Snakies! The Government Bureaucrat Snakies! ...
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What the heck is a duck snake?
I Googled on "duck snake" and this is the best I could come up with
Swift, you are only falling into their trap!

I thought that rubber ducky looked suspicious (more like a RUBBER SNAKIE!), so I enlarged his head and applied 500% Unsharp Mask (you know, just to bring out some detail):



Then I applied Find Edges and increased the contrast. Prepare to be blown away!



In case you are all too primitive to realize what you are seeing, I've pointed out a few features:



As you can see, there is in fact an advanced yet horrifyingly evil civilization frolicking and plotting within your innocent-seeming RUBBER DUCKY-SNAKIE!
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This lady makes the N-unit look like a rocket scientist by comparison!
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What the heck is a duck snake?
I Googled on "duck snake" and this is the best I could come up with
Swift, you are only falling into their trap!
Oh my god it's all true! You've proven it HerrProfessorDoktor, we're all going to die terrible horrible deaths. aaaaahhhhhhh!

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Never mind.
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All hail the dark lord, Cthulhu of the Duck's Bill!
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All this talk of Cthulhu reminded me of one of my favorite songs:
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All the little children of the world.
Baked or broiled,
Fried or raw,
They're all tasty in His Maw,
Cthulhu loves the little children of the world!
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I just want to know, what's that sock monkey doing with Our Dark Lord?

I won't even venture a guess. After all, I'm just an impartial image analyst presenting the facts. 8-[
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Speaking of Cthulu, I and friend were trying to break the boredom of a road trip to Nashville and came up with the following ditty sung to the tune of David Lee Roth’s version of I'm Just a Gigolo. It’s called I’m just a Windigo.

I’m just a Windigo
And every where I go
People start going crazy
They wet their little pants
And scream with every chance
Ahhh, they’re going crazy.

But there will come a day
When you all will pass away
What will I eat without you
When the end comes I know
Summon me sweet Migo
Life goes on with out you.


Vote Cthulu for president!!!!! After all a billion subsaggoth can't be all wrong.
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All the little children of the world.
Baked or broiled,
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They're all tasty in His Maw,
Cthulhu loves the little children of the world!
[Snorts cold Blue through nose] Is that an original or did you hear it elsewhere?[/Wipes nose]
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hmmm... If you want to check out Wio´s ramblings try www.godlikeproductions.com WARNING leave your sanity at home
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It's what you get when you cross an anaconda that has just eaten a water fowl with duct tape.

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Ah, the mythical anti-BABB. I don't even want to think about the destructive energy that would be unleashed should the two meet. Though, if the minor annihilations that have happened on this board are any evidence...

I will say that I visit a lot of woowoo and conspiracy sites - they are a fount of entertainment that will never run dry - but this is the only one that ever scared me enough never to return.
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Ah, the mythical anti-BABB. I don't even want to think about the destructive energy that would be unleashed should the two meet. Though, if the minor annihilations that have happened on this board are any evidence...

I will say that I visit a lot of woowoo and conspiracy sites - they are a fount of entertainment that will never run dry - but this is the only one that ever scared me enough never to return.
Chicken!!!
and return of the living dead is probably one of the worst movies ever made. hehe 8)
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and return of the living dead is probably one of the worst movies ever made. hehe 8)
You're implying it was meant to be good?

Besides, the worse the movie the better the quotes. Not to mention, Return has one of the best soundtracks ever. Pure 80s horror punk nirvana. 8)
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All this talk of Cthulhu reminded me of one of my favorite songs:
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[Snorts cold Blue through nose] Is that an original or did you hear it elsewhere?[/Wipes nose]
I must confess, I wrote that little parody.

Does anyone know the rest of this one? This is all I can remember of it.
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Away in a manger,
No crib for his bed,
The little Lord Cthulhu,
Laid down his nine heads...
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Ah, how about some Christmas Cthulu carols?

http://bull.dumpshock.com/humor/carols.html

** Edited to add another link

This is pretty funny, too.

http://www.cthulhulives.org/solsticecarol.html

Links to an MPS song: The Carol of the Old Ones
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