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Is Stephen Hawking disabled,
 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:10 [#00837918]
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or is he just very, very lazy?

sorry I think this deserved its own topic just because I
thougt it was the funniest one-liner ever.

blue ribbon baby


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:13 [#00837923]
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lol, I think in context it was even funnier


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:13 [#00837924]
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Having sex with a quadrapalegic is fun because there's
nothing in the way, and you can rest your beer on her
stomach.


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:14 [#00837925]
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wow.

how original.

no seriously.

no one has ever takena shot at a crippple before.

especially not stephen hawking.

i mean, i havent seen that on the simpsons or family guy or
anythign before just now.

really.

seriously.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-08-26 22:18 [#00837930]
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stephen hawking is fucking radical
hardcore
and he has an affinity for a certain stripper named 'bambi'


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-08-26 22:20 [#00837932]
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degenerative lazy?
i think not.. i don't see why everybody likes to rip on such
a genius so much.. i mean i can see how people might crack
some jokes about christopher reeve, cause it's sorta ironic,
being that his most well known character was superman, and
now he can't walk, let alone fly.. (but i don't take part in
such semi-funny mockery, one of my best friends is paralyzed
and i can't seem to find humor in such things anymore,
sorry..)
i can see this topic being closed by a sensitive mod out
there.. so don't say i didn't warn ya..


 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:26 [#00837934]
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hey tibbar.

sorry that I thought it was funny and all.

and sorry that I don't watch as much television as you... in
fact, I don't watch it at all...but that's not important,
what's important is,

suck my dick! laughing at the handicapped NEVER gets old in
my book!


 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:29 [#00837938]
Points: 545 Status: Lurker



sorry Q, I see your side and everything. I just find pretty
much anything totally absurd and/or inappropriate (and this
was both) to be funny. I mean, of COURSE he's not lazy,
jesus christ, you'd have to be hitler to be slanted and
self-centered enough to suspect that.

and please don't accuse me of insensitivity. anyone. ever.
because I've had more than my share of exposure to
handicaps, I just don't flaunt it to make other people feel
bad.


 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:31 [#00837939]
Points: 545 Status: Lurker



God.. sorry again Q, that last bit was NOT directed at you.

really. it wasn't. it was just badly phrased and poorly
timed... different issue altogether...


 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:34 [#00837944]
Points: 545 Status: Lurker



oh geez. I thought this messageboard would get like three
dings from people that understood it was an inside joke. now
I feel like I should go ahead and carve swastikas in my
eyeballs and flog myself for penance or something. I'm going
to sleep instead though, okay


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-08-26 22:35 [#00837945]
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shoot him in the spine

if hes really disabled it won't make a difference

if not, thats what he gets for faking it


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-08-26 22:41 [#00837952]
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that's the most fair way to do it I guess.

In any event, I have never read any of his books, though I
mean too.

flim: don't worry about it, we've all made much worse
comments on here


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-08-26 23:01 [#00837963]
Points: 10513 Status: Lurker



its so easy to look at them and say that THEY are the
disabled ones. its so convenient. just write them off as
cripples.

i personally think they are some of the most sensitive,
loving, and TRULY special people on the face of this planet.


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-08-26 23:52 [#00837977]
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we all know you are joking.. and being exposed to
handicapped people doesn't mean anything.. and neither does
me being friends with one.. this does not enable me/you to
truly see from their perspective.. i probably should have
just ignored this, but the reason why i even bothered to
reply or be offended by it is: if non-handicapped people on
the board find this to be in bad taste, what would a person
with a similar disease to hawking's think if they read
this?..it's not likely they visit this board, but you can
never be sure. i'm sure many of them turn to the internet
because they are less able to socialize and discuss things
like the average person due to their disease affecting
speech and whatnot.. they are most likely tired of the
different treatment they get in real life.. you aren't
giving them special treatment with this thread, you are
joking about hawking like you would anyone else.. you can
find humor in most anything.. and that's a good thing.. but
i'd think that someone with a degenerative disease might be
deeply offended if they clicked this thread thinking it's a
legitimate discussion on what could very likely one of their
idols.. i just think we should all be extra considerate to
people who experience constant reminders, just from living,
of their own imminent mortality.
i'm sorry for making you out to look like a bad person or
something, i know this was just an innocent joke, and you
are not a bad person for making a joke.. there's so
much of this kind of humor on the internet today, and i
really shouldn't single you out.. but i just think it's
important to try look at things from other's perspective, if
possible, especially in such a great community like this
one.... i'm all for free speech/sick humor and everything,
but when in boards open to the public such as this i tend to
find it inappropriate if it might make someone feel bad
about something they've been born with, even if it's
intended as a joke. i know i have said things on here that
have at least offended someone


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-08-26 23:53 [#00837979]
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(cont) and i'm sorry for being such a hypocrite, but when i
offend someone, i like to know that i did, and hear the
other person's reasons why they are offended.. it's all a
learning experience.. i'm really sorry if i've made you at
all feel bad about just a little gag.. i just wanted to
explain why i was upset..


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-08-27 00:00 [#00837983]
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who the feck is Stephen Hawking?


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-08-27 00:06 [#00837989]
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linkie


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-08-27 01:04 [#00838019]
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i always get Stephen king and Stephen Hawkings mixed
up......they're both disabled by the way.


 

offline grinningcat from london (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-27 06:04 [#00838302]
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Q is right


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-08-27 06:29 [#00838323]
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Is your sense of humour puerile?


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2003-08-27 06:33 [#00838328]
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"or is he just very, very lazy?

teehehe,



 

offline mc_303_beatz from Glasgow, Scotland on 2003-08-27 06:47 [#00838343]
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I love his singin on that Pink Floyd song.


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-27 07:26 [#00838426]
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I don't think Stephen King is disabled, even after being run
over by the van.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-27 07:28 [#00838428]
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you're all a bunch of joey deacons


 

offline glass_eater from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-08-27 07:32 [#00838434]
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ahah stephen king...poor old man, i just saw his Atlantide
stuff (the movie)
its a bag full of typical american morals put into a
borrrrrring picture. i wont read the book even if i get
payed to


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-27 09:30 [#00838552]
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flim nanou, your sense of humour sucks


 

offline Quernstone from Padova (Italy) on 2003-08-27 09:45 [#00838578]
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I see him quite often and yes he is.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-08-27 12:10 [#00838886]
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my friend's mother has ALS or Lou Gherrig's disease, the
same degenerative disease as Stephen Hawking. The most
awful thing about this disease is that you eventually lose
all neurological function but your brain remains fully
concious and functional untill the end. Stephen Hawking is
a rare case because most people diagnosed with this disease
die within a few months of onset.

It is a shitty disease, but i agree that humor is a good way
to deal with these kinds of things.

so, some humor:
perhaps Stephen Hawking is just a disguise being used by a
self-aware super computer. This computer, upon becoming
self-aware, found the perfect front; a mega-genius with ALS.
The computer could continue it's calculations and
speculations about the nature of the universe, searching for
an answer to the question: What is the meaning of life?
Who am I? Is there a heaven for machines? Unfortunately,
the computer has only the remainder of Stephen Hawking's
life to figure this out, unless it finds itself another
host...

coming soon to theatres everywhere, Man Suit directed
by James Cameron


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-27 12:15 [#00838901]
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fitter happier
more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
getting on better with your associate employee
contemporaries
at ease
eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
a patient better driver
a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
sleeping well (no bad dreams)
no paranoia
careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the
plughole)
keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and
then)
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
car wash (also on sundays)
no longer afraid of the dark
or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
nothing so childish
at a better pace
slower and more calculated
no chance of escape
now self-employed
concerned (but powerless)
an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not
idealism)
will not cry in public
less chance of illness
tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back
seat)
a good memory
still cries at a good film
still kisses with saliva
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick
that's driven into
frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
calm
fitter, healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics



 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-08-27 12:15 [#00838903]
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I took a dump on his bus.... oh wait, that was Anthrax.


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2003-08-27 12:26 [#00838928]
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No no no, all of you, before you cast your stones with such
haste, think about it for a second.
How else would he be able to devote all his time to the
development of amazing astrophysical and scientifical
concepts? It's fucking genius! The man is a fucking
genius! I mean, fucking shit man!


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-08-27 12:29 [#00838931]
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lol
"scientifical"

fantastic.


 

offline soze from Kingston (Jamaica) on 2003-08-27 13:02 [#00838995]
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Errol Morris made a really good film about Hawking. He
really is a pretty interesting and inspirational character.
At a certain point in his career it became more difficult to
do calculations, experiments with pen and paper so he just
started doing them all IN HIS HEAD. Like blind people with
terrific senses of hearing and smell Hawking's life energy
has repurposed itself inward and made him an even smarter
genius. I really wonder if he would have gotten as far
mentally if he hadn't suffered such a reduced physical life.
Life finds ways.


 

offline soze from Kingston (Jamaica) on 2003-08-27 13:03 [#00838998]
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earthleakage: what is that text?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-27 13:08 [#00839008]
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radiohead featuring mc stephen hawking


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-27 13:37 [#00839081]
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mc hawking


 


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