What transfixes you?

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,182 Member
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    A .38 Special song "Hold on loosely".
    An Alan Jackson line, "Stark naked light bulb".

    I can't quote any other Alan Jackson lyric, but that phrase encapsulates for me his profound talent at word art.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    SwannySez wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    If one more person quotes this I'm posting the Ice Cream gif.

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    What are they ??

    Look under your pillow... bwaaaaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa. 😈

    They're baby spiders.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 1,992 Member
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    This is as if a spider thought to itself, what can I possibly do to be anymore grotesque? I know. Stick millions of little spiders to my back. 😃

    That's gotta itch!
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
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    the lady who did my arm tattoo used to do taxidermy and was super into animals and she told me this long story during the tattoo session that comes back to haunt me a lot

    she said there was a parasite that needed complete it’s life cycle in kitty cats, but it started off in rats, so it created this chemical that made rats super attracted to kitties like the rats liked the kitties smell and wanted to be around them and felt affection for them

    anyways it worked great and now the majority of kitties have encountered this parasite, and the majority of humans too. so like 60% of the population has been exposed to this parasite at some point in time and other than upset tummy or whatever, we dont know it. *but* the parasite does the same thing to us, makes us really love kitties like want to be around them and have affection for them. also the parasite messes with our brain a bit, making us more susceptible to mental illness like depression and anxiety and even schizophrenia.

    she told me all this and got to that last part around the time she was doing my wrist, which was the most pain, and it pavlov’d me somehow with an association so i look at that part of the flower sometimes and think “parasitic kitties cause depression” and tbh it makes me kinda unjustifiably mad at my cats

    Please record all your stories. I love them.
  • 50shadesofmeh
    50shadesofmeh Posts: 43 Member
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    the lady who did my arm tattoo used to do taxidermy and was super into animals and she told me this long story during the tattoo session that comes back to haunt me a lot

    she said there was a parasite that needed complete it’s life cycle in kitty cats, but it started off in rats, so it created this chemical that made rats super attracted to kitties like the rats liked the kitties smell and wanted to be around them and felt affection for them

    anyways it worked great and now the majority of kitties have encountered this parasite, and the majority of humans too. so like 60% of the population has been exposed to this parasite at some point in time and other than upset tummy or whatever, we dont know it. *but* the parasite does the same thing to us, makes us really love kitties like want to be around them and have affection for them. also the parasite messes with our brain a bit, making us more susceptible to mental illness like depression and anxiety and even schizophrenia.

    she told me all this and got to that last part around the time she was doing my wrist, which was the most pain, and it pavlov’d me somehow with an association so i look at that part of the flower sometimes and think “parasitic kitties cause depression” and tbh it makes me kinda unjustifiably mad at my cats

    Toxoplasmosis?
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
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    the lady who did my arm tattoo used to do taxidermy and was super into animals and she told me this long story during the tattoo session that comes back to haunt me a lot

    she said there was a parasite that needed complete it’s life cycle in kitty cats, but it started off in rats, so it created this chemical that made rats super attracted to kitties like the rats liked the kitties smell and wanted to be around them and felt affection for them

    anyways it worked great and now the majority of kitties have encountered this parasite, and the majority of humans too. so like 60% of the population has been exposed to this parasite at some point in time and other than upset tummy or whatever, we dont know it. *but* the parasite does the same thing to us, makes us really love kitties like want to be around them and have affection for them. also the parasite messes with our brain a bit, making us more susceptible to mental illness like depression and anxiety and even schizophrenia.

    she told me all this and got to that last part around the time she was doing my wrist, which was the most pain, and it pavlov’d me somehow with an association so i look at that part of the flower sometimes and think “parasitic kitties cause depression” and tbh it makes me kinda unjustifiably mad at my cats

    Toxoplasmosis?

    Holy crap.
  • Tinydancer106
    Tinydancer106 Posts: 3,678 Member
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    the lady who did my arm tattoo used to do taxidermy and was super into animals and she told me this long story during the tattoo session that comes back to haunt me a lot

    she said there was a parasite that needed complete it’s life cycle in kitty cats, but it started off in rats, so it created this chemical that made rats super attracted to kitties like the rats liked the kitties smell and wanted to be around them and felt affection for them

    anyways it worked great and now the majority of kitties have encountered this parasite, and the majority of humans too. so like 60% of the population has been exposed to this parasite at some point in time and other than upset tummy or whatever, we dont know it. *but* the parasite does the same thing to us, makes us really love kitties like want to be around them and have affection for them. also the parasite messes with our brain a bit, making us more susceptible to mental illness like depression and anxiety and even schizophrenia.

    she told me all this and got to that last part around the time she was doing my wrist, which was the most pain, and it pavlov’d me somehow with an association so i look at that part of the flower sometimes and think “parasitic kitties cause depression” and tbh it makes me kinda unjustifiably mad at my cats

    Toxoplasmosis?

    Holy crap.

    😂....😷
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,799 Member
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    That whole Heaven's Gate debacle. I feel like I saw too much too early with that one.

    Their website is still up and running btw. It's my homepage. 🙄
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    kam26001 wrote: »
    That whole Heaven's Gate debacle. I feel like I saw too much too early with that one.

    Their website is still up and running btw. It's my homepage. 🙄

    According to their website, notes from the Heaven's Gate hardbound edition is available in a German translation.

    Imagine my relief.

  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
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    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SwannySez wrote: »
    "You were so cool you could have put out Vietnam" - from Haunted by Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor

    The "Jesus wept" moment from Hellraiser

    When sinead o’connor shaved her head. I remember that vividly as a kid. I found it deeply haunting for some reason

    She was so hot back then i wasn't into her back then but now its like she is amazing. Thanks YouTube.

    But back to the question op posted.
    For me it's song's like in your room by halestorm that touched me to tears. When i hear song that i haven't heard in year's or a movie it's just like wow
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,862 Member
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    Certain scenes and cinematography do it for me. All of Mr. Robot basically, never has a style of TV been able to capture and embody anxiety on screen as well as that series.

    Also, I’m in adoration of scenes with long cuts lately.

    Sometimes books do it too. Particularly, philosophy. Which is also kind of dangerous in that it can render me in this state of existential dread and nearly get to a state of catatonia, but I can snap out of it.

    I was reading some Jung lately and was just thinking to myself “How could this man be so astute in his observations about these intangible concepts and phenomena”. It perplexes the mind.

    Just check this out.

    https://youtu.be/X-y2DddsWQ8

    Amazing insights into our minds. Also terrifying
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,862 Member
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    I’m fascinated by death too. Yes I know how scary that sounds but the whole paradox around fearing it is a mind bender.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    "Your actions write the melodies
    to the songs that we sing"

    -Anberlin

    I have no idea why but I love that line
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    Old grave yards.

    My first horse was a super steady dude, hardley ever spooked. There were these two old graves on a trail we used to ride, and he would never go anywhere near them. Freaked the heck out over them. It always freaked me out a bit.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,492 Member
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    Poison Oak ??
  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
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    mtndewme wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    The song, "Laffy Taffy". It's about candy but at the same time not about candy. It reminds me of a simpler time.

    That reminds me of the "who let the dogs out" craze and we thought it was about dogs but it was really about ugly people.

    I was also unaware of this

    I thought the “dogs” were a group of young gentlemen out looking for beautiful young ladies to escort

    I genuinely thought they were dogs :/

    Me too! I guess I never cared to listen to the rest of the lyrics
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
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    “You have no power over me.” - Labyrinth

    I have stuck to this motto on a daily basis since I was a child.

    You look like her. Beautiful