Under The Sun Every Day Just Comes & Goes discussion

This topic is so I can get to know people better! Although it says of the day, I will ask as many as I want, so long as you're willing.

Please note that these are individualized questions; if it doesn't have your name in front if it, I'm not asking you. If you rally want to you can request that I ask a similar question or say that you're answering a question directed at someone else.

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I'm in.

Gin: The ancient polytheistic gods are known for being contentious with one another; different things like fire and water or whatever don't mesh, so the gods personifying them can't get along either. Yet any monotheistic God is supposed to be kind, loving, generous, merciful, et cetera, despite being the god of all thing. Wouldn't he be chaotic with all the opposites he has going on inside of him? Why do you think this is? Try and look at it from an analytical standpoint without throwing in personal beliefs. (:

Kyle: You're a father, right? What would you do if one of your children came into your room and announced he(or she) was going to run away from home? Would you try to stop him? Would you physically restrain him? Or would you let him leave? Why?

Timmy: Many people in our religion go on missions even if they don't want to/aren't worthy, especially in Utah valley where people judge you if you don't. If the time came to go on a mission and you weren't worthy/were struggling with beliefs/whatever, would you lie and go on a mission anyway? It's obviously something very important to our religion and whatnot, but what's more important? Serving the Lord(and hoping your problems solve themselves whilst you're out in the missionfield) or being honest?

Excellent question.

No, I would not go until I was ready. I've been struggling with the Church of late (like, I know on a logical level that it's true but I have a hard time feeling it), and I could theoretically go on a mission in less than a year. But I don't think I'll be spiritually ready, and so I'll be waiting until I am. And you could just say, "Oh, Taylor's just saying that because it's the right thing to say." But when they made the mission age change, I was the only young man who didn't jump at the chance. I think so many people are going to go out unprepared because 18 is is the new societal norm, and I don't want to be one of those people at any age.

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Wouldn't he be chaotic with all the opposites he has going on inside of him? Why do you think this is? Try and look at it from an analytical standpoint without throwing in personal beliefs. (:"


I see it as someone with D.I.D. (multiple personalities.) Each different personality is used for a particular purpose some evil some good. There are a few that are aware of each other and try to protect the weaker ones from harm. Example: The Christian deity in the OT is seen as a power hungry spoiled sadistic entity were as the one in the NT is more gentle and loving. What if the OT god is a dominant personality that was used to protect the 'weaker' from harm? Let's say to protect the loving God from the emotional harm of his children behaving badly. (Is any of this making sense? I feel like I'm rambling.)

Oh this sounds fun...

This looks terribly fun. <-- That was actually serious. A tiny bit sarcastic, but altogether serious.

Timmy: Someone you know and love is in grave danger. You have it in your power to save them, but at great expense to yourself. If you don't save them, no one will blame you or they wouldn't even know. Not even the person you'd save would blame you. What do you do?

Gin: Think back to the day/moment you met your husband. Did you know at that point you were going to marry him? People often refer to love at first sight; was it that way for you? Was it that way for him?

Kyle: Let's say your wife came to you and said "I want a divorce." She offered no explanation as to why and even refused to explain when asked. What reasons would your mind immediately jump to?

Harley: Let's say you're out shopping one day and some smiling employee came up to you, asking how your day has been, do you need any help, would you like to try a sample, something like that. Since I know you generally don't like talking to strangers, what would you do? Would you just ignore her and potentially seem super rude? Be nice? Be rude intentionally?

Kenz: Let's say you are one day(if you're not now) living in an apartment building. Suddenly a wild earthquake appears! Before you barely have the time to react, the building comes down on top of you. Luckily, the building is mostly empty so there aren't many people inside, and you manage to escape with naught but a few broken bones. Your building seems to be the only one affected. You can hear people still trapped inside the ruins but you're in a lot of pain, what with your broken arm, ribs, and ankle. Do you wait for help or attempt to remove them from the rubble yourself, although you know attempting to do so will cause you much pain?

"Harley: Let's say you're out shopping one day and some smiling employee came up to you, asking how your day has been, do you need any help, would you like to try a sample, something like that. Since I know you generally don't like talking to strangers, what would you do? Would you just ignore her and potentially seem super rude? Be nice? Be rude intentionally?"

Jeez what kind of asshole do you think I am? lol I am never rude intentionally.

But to answer your question I would politely decline her assistance.

@Waterfall
Isn't this just Twisted Glory?

@Oxy
could have fooled me.

Hey, you never know, we get some real jerks.

So once upon a time you died. And you got two options. One, you get to come back as a ghost on Earth. This choice is irreversible--you're stuck on Earth forever, as a ghost, mostly invisible, but you can haunt whoever the heck you want and do other awesome ghost stuff. Two, you die. You go to a place like the Underworld, in Greek Mythology, where most people just sit around and mope for the rest of eternity. Three, you get to be reborn and try life all over again, but without any previous memories of your current life. Which would you choose?

Indeed it is, Champ, except better. And with different people.

Want me to kill them for you?

B... I'd like to see who's there. Maybe I could find Aristotle, Madelyn Murray O'hare or even Gandhi.

Saving someone I love? I would save them for sure. Though there would be some internal struggle. But I'd be more worried about how my suffering would affect others than how it would me. I mean, take Hazel for example. Going for the most extreme example, say someone was going to force her through FGM, and only I could stop him. Would I do it? Without a doubt. But I would hesitate because I'm also worried about what my permanent brain damage (as a result of protecting Hazel) would do for, say, Savannah.

In a nutshell, would I save them? Yes. Would it be hard? A little.

What is FGM?

Female Genital Mutilation

Actually, if you'd like to slaughter the entire Bingham football team, that'd be great. A bunch of them came in and were complete jerks. Also, it's Bingham.

Finding them would be pretty much useless, as no one really responds. They just kind of sit there doing nothing all day. Nothing fulfilling. But if you'd like to stare at their bleak and dilapidated forms, go ahead. (:

Timmy: There would be absolutely no thought on your recovery? The hardship that you'd have to endure for weeks, perhaps months, when it all could have been avoided by a lack of one simple action? The temptation wouldn't even go through your mind to save yourself from all that?

@Tebow
Owww...

@Done
When I go to Utah I'll be sure to find them.

I hadn't even considered recovery, which says something, doesn't it? That would not be a factor for me.

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "I hadn't even considered recovery, which says something, doesn't it? That would not be a factor for me."

Don't worry Tebow it wouldn't factor for me either... course it wouldn't have to be someone I loved for me to save them either...

Richard wrote: "Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "I hadn't even considered recovery, which says something, doesn't it? That would not be a factor for me."

Don't worry Tebow it wouldn't factor for me either... cou..."

Cause you're bat shit crazy.

@Champ
-.-

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Gin: Think back to the day/moment you met your husband. Did you know at that point you were going to marry him? People often refer to love at first sight; was it that way for you? Was it that way for him?"

When I first saw him I had butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous, shy, and overwhelmed by him. His smile honestly to this day still makes my heart race. I knew that I would be spending the rest of my life with him without a doubt. He has said to me that he was scared to ask me out. That he was afraid that I was 'out of his league' (his words not mine) and that he was going to try everything he could to capture my heart. :)

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Kenz: Let's say you are one day(if you're not now) living in an apartment building. Suddenly a wild earthquake appears! Before you barely have the time to react, the building comes down on top of you. Luckily, the building is mostly empty so there aren't many people inside, and you manage to escape with naught but a few broken bones. Your building seems to be the only one affected. You can hear people still trapped inside the ruins but you're in a lot of pain, what with your broken arm, ribs, and ankle. Do you wait for help or attempt to remove them from the rubble yourself, although you know attempting to do so will cause you much pain?"

I would help them as much as I could. Pain is only temporary and they could suffocate and die when I could have helped.

I'll take a question.

Djinn wrote: "Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Gin: Think back to the day/moment you met your husband. Did you know at that point you were going to marry him? People often refer to love at f..."

That's just awesome.

I'll take a question too.

Oi! Are you commandeering my topic?

Just kidding. You're welcome to ask questions if you'd like.

Harley: What is the worst dream you've ever had? Ever. In your entire life.

Timmy: If you're so selfless on the big things, then how about the small? Say you've been craving Poptarts. All day long. And finally you get the chance to go to a vending machine to get your beloved poptarts, when suddenly a good friend comes up to you and says how absolutely starving they are. Would you give them your money for your Poptarts, even though you've been drooling about them all day? Say that you were sorry, but you didn't have anything to give them? Get the Poptarts and share a little bit?

Gin: First, that's super adorable. Second, if you one day woke up to find that the city you live in had been turned into a war zone, with soldiers running everywhere, using houses for shelter, trying to get everyone out but struggling in the confusion, what would you do?

Kenz: You have the choice to gain the unique ability to speak to the dead. Any dead person that has ever lived, you're able to communicate with in some way so long as their spirits are willing. However, this would come at a price: you would be followed constantly by these spirits, each eager to have someone to talk to. You'd never get rid of this ability. Would you do it?

Lynx: If you broke some important bone, and it healed wrong so that every time you fenced it would hurt terribly, would you still fence?

Champ: You have your own freaking interview, you question hog. Oh well. If you had a pet--let's say a dog or something--that went all psycho on you and tried to attack you, would you kill it? Why/why not?

Kyle: Why would your wife try to divorce you if she was sick or in danger?

Did I miss anyone?

I'll take a question or two :)

Person-whom-I've-Yet-to-Nickname: I actually know nothing about you so I could ask questions for ages! We'll start with easy stuff. What do you do for fun that not very many people know about?

Well, I like trying to dance ballet while cleaning the house. That's always interesting. XD Also, every now and again I try to remember all the nicknames people call me. The list goes on and on. :)

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Gin: First, that's super adorable. Second, if you one day woke up to find that the city you live in had been turned into a war zone, with soldiers running everywhere, using houses for shelter, trying to get everyone out but struggling in the confusion, what would you do? "


Um...hmm. Well considering I live in the country on 23.6 Acres of land and my closest neighbor is 5 miles away. I would assume I'd be the last to know about an evacuation and or war zone scenario.

But if I found out. I'd probably lock the gates, make sure the kids are in the panic room and I have a gun or two to protect us. (Don't ask my hubby insisted we have a panic room) We have everything we need here to survive including food. Chances are my neighbors would shoot the solders before they even head to my place. I'm sorry I'm not giving up my house and family land that has been in my lineage for centuries just because the government collapses or we are at war or whatever.

Actually, Falls, you have found the break in my armor. I am quite well-known among my friends for being very concerned about big things, but not so much the small. So while I am selfless when it comes to saving a life, I might actually only share a little bit of my Poptart with a friend...if that. (I'm actually not a fan of Poptarts, but I get the idea.)

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Kenz: You have the choice to gain the unique ability to speak to the dead. Any dead person that has ever lived, you're able to communicate with in some way so long as their spirits are willing. However, this would come at a price: you would be followed constantly by these spirits, each eager to have someone to talk to. You'd never get rid of this ability. Would you do it?"

Absolutely not. Even without the price I would say no.

Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Lynx: If you broke some important bone, and it healed wrong so that every time you fenced it would hurt terribly, would you still fence?"

Holy cow.... are you a mind reader or something? I actually think I broke my tailbone when I was ice skating the other week. Well, I assume it's broken. It might not be because it only really hurts when I try to exercise or stretch or something like that. Otherwise it's just a dull ache. Anyway, point is it makes it painful to fence. But I love fencing and tough through it.
But if it was a more important bone like leg or hip or arm or something, I'd probably see about surgery. If nothing could be done though, I would fence just not as often as I do now. I'd take it easy. Talk to doctors and physical therapists, maybe. Do everything possible for it to not be a big problem. Then fence with plenty of breaks between bouts.



Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Lynx wrote: "I'll take a question."

@Lynx

Let's say that you have two children. Both are hanging off a steep cliff, with only your one hand gripping each child's hand to keep them from falling. Y..."

Well first off if I have kids chances are a husband would be somewhere around and probably able to help. But if he's not...
I'd try to get one of the kids to hold on to the other so I could use two hands to pull them up. But if I still can't rescue them, I'd be praying like crazy, freaking out at the height(it would be my nightmare, literally....), and trying to pull them both up. Gosh, I really don't know what I would do if I had to choose. That's such a hard question. I think I'd try to save one of them. One death is better than three. But which child? I have no idea.....

It's bruised, then, dearie. (:

Could be. Or I could have reinjured it. I'm fairly certain I broke my tailbone three or four years ago when I was sledding. And no, I don't think I just bruised it because it was much worse than it is now. So I might've just reinjured it. I dunno. Point is it hurts to fence or exercise.
Honestly I'm very hard on myself so I'd probably fence on a badly healed broken bone. I've fenced with a lightly sprained ankle, a knee and hip problem, and while sick. Sometimes I do wimp out and not fence when it's a couple things combined(like today with an injured tailbone, a pounding headache, I might be getting sick, and my knee is acting up). But otherwise I usually work through it.

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Lynx wrote: "Waterfall *Daughter of Northridge Earthquake* wrote: "Lynx: If you broke some important bone, and it healed wrong so that every time you fenced it would hurt terribly, would you still ..."

Yeah. It's a horrible thought.

Wow. Yeah, really. That's a decision no parent should ever have to make.

Maybe. It would depend on the circumstance. Concentration camp prisoner? The kid is probably better off dead. Parent with more than one or two kids? Someone has to take care of the kid, it would be selfish for the parent to die. I mean, it would be horrible no matter what, but dying with the kid isn't overly smart.....

Man that is a hard choice. I'd try to have the littlest one use me as a rope to climb to safety so I could have both hands holding the other.

I'd kill it. I have a son. A dog is going turn on us he'd die.

this looks like fun!!! lol

This sounds pretty cool. Count me in.

Glinda: If you could rename yourself to any name in the entire world, what would you name yourself? First and middle and even last if there’s a last name you’d enjoy rather than your own.

Gin: ...I didn’t know you lived on such an estate. For some reason I thought you lived in some random neighbourhood. Do you live on the moors? Because if so, I’m moving in with you. I’ve always wanted to live there.
Do you and your husband still go out on dates after you’re married? Regular dates, not just on Valentine’s Day.

Timmy: Don’t worry, most humans are like that. If there was one subject you would have lifted from graduation requirements, what would it be?(Like you have to have certain years of language or something in order to graduate? Make it optional instead.)

Kenz: Why not? Think of all the people you’ve lost throughout your life. It’d be a chance to get to know them again and never lose them. You wouldn’t have to worry about people dying, because they’d always be able to talk to you, and you’d be able to learn from every famous or not-so-famous scholar in history. It’d be a great opportunity.

Lynx: If you had the ability to redesign your room with no caution for cost(meaning you could design it any way you wanted, reconstruct it even, and money didn’t matter) what would your room look like?

Champ: You would kill an animal simply because it acted out of turn, relying on its surviving instincts that one time? You’d murder it simply because it did something you didn’t like? What if the animal was self-aware(animals like dolphins and elephants are like this, but pretend a dog was self-aware) Would you still kill it, even though it had the same intelligence as a human?

Thene: I’m assuming you’d like a question. You’re driving home one night in some mountainous region like Utah, when a wild deer appears, jumping out in front of your car. In the split two seconds you have before you hit it, you’re presented with three options: hit the deer, hit the car on the other side of the road, or hit the pole. Which do you choose?

Joy: If you had the ability to tame one animal completely, and train it to the point where it obeyed your every whim and even loved you like an adoring dog loves you, what animal would you tame?

I'll have to think about that one. I'll reply on Monday! Maybe tomorrow. But probably not

@Waterfall
If any human threatens the welfare of my son. He/she will die. So yes. I don't care the reason it did it. Just that it might do it again against someone else. Like my son.

Lynx, you do realise you could have just not replied until you were ready to answer the question, and no one would have cared, right?

Champ: I suppose I'll remember that if I ever meet you. No sarcastic death threats. (:
Have you ever seen Devil? I haven't. But it's about a group of people who get stuck in an elevator and one of them is the Devil or something. I only know what I gleaned from the preview. Anyway, if you were trapped in an elevator with a group of people, what would you do?

Uhhhhhhhh hit the dear. I was actually in that kind of situation once. But it was a small dog and it was on the highway and my first time driving with my mom on the actual road. A dog shot out in front of the car and I started to slow down, but there was a long line of cars behind me so I couldn't stop, and there were cars and a sidewalk next to me so I couldn't swerve, so I hit it. Ugh. Awful experience.