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and the beer down here always gives cheer . ( practice that with an Aussie accent )

Indeed . I have never encountered Jesus saying that before ! ; 'Now I've said it, its scripture and can't be taken back ! "

Just about every story in the Old Testament can be tracked back to another culture ; it seems a 'collation' of various myth and accounts from other places put together to form a 'history' . One example is The Exodus , the Tablets , parting the Red Sea , etc all seem to come from Ramesses II expedition to and battle at Kadesh . One must remember at this time and much later , all of this area, later claimed as vast Jewish Empire was actually part of the Egyptian Empire . And it was actually the Egyptians doing 'Gods work ' as explained in a later incident , during a similar dynamic ( Pharoah Necho II ) travelling north to battle , now to aid the Assyrian Empire which was falling to the Babylonians . That set the stage for the classic confrontation with Josiah ... who went against God's will and was killed for it ..... כ אַחֲרֵי כָל-זֹאת, אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ אֶת-הַבַּיִת, עָלָה נְכוֹ מֶלֶךְ-מִצְרַיִם לְהִלָּחֵם בְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ, עַל-פְּרָת; וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ, יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ. 20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. כא וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵלָיו מַלְאָכִים לֵאמֹר מַה-לִּי וָלָךְ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה, לֹא-עָלֶיךָ אַתָּה הַיּוֹם כִּי אֶל-בֵּית מִלְחַמְתִּי, וֵאלֹהִים, אָמַר לְבַהֲלֵנִי: חֲדַל-לְךָ מֵאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר-עִמִּי, וְאַל-יַשְׁחִיתֶךָ. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying: 'What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.' כב וְלֹא-הֵסֵב יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ פָנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ, כִּי לְהִלָּחֵם-בּוֹ הִתְחַפֵּשׂ, וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֶל-דִּבְרֵי נְכוֹ, מִפִּי אֱלֹהִים; וַיָּבֹא, לְהִלָּחֵם בְּבִקְעַת מְגִדּוֹ. 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. כג וַיֹּרוּ, הַיֹּרִים, לַמֶּלֶךְ, יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ; וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לַעֲבָדָיו הַעֲבִירוּנִי, כִּי הָחֳלֵיתִי מְאֹד. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants: 'Have me away; for I am sore wounded.' כד וַיַּעֲבִירֻהוּ עֲבָדָיו מִן-הַמֶּרְכָּבָה, וַיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ עַל רֶכֶב הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ, וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם, וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתָיו; וְכָל-יְהוּדָה, וִירוּשָׁלִַם, מִתְאַבְּלִים, עַל-יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ. {פ} 24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25b35.htm#20 ( This was the same Josiah who put together the 'ancient part' of the Jewish history , his scribes no doubt had a lot to do with the collating of various older myths known about in that part of the 'world sphere' at the time and melded it with the new accounts ( supposedly' ) old law ' supposedly found by a scribe in some old vault during temple renovations . The , somehow, Josiah goes from challenging the word of God from Pharoahs mouth and being killed , to some great hero and then the 'new ' religion gets established . But just about everything before that is a borrowed conglomeration . The very curious thing is , that version of events ; ( creation of the world , the flood, Noah , the Sons that went out and repopulated the earth and from whom sprung the different races ( you should read ho we got black people from them YIKES ! ) , etc , etc Was around the walls of the British Museum unto the very late 1800s ! here is part of the chart from the museum how the world got all its languages after the Tower of Babel .... and it still influences us and the world ... even today !

So obviously that won;t get a clear answer either , since you never give one . So I will answer it myself .... " I am 'magically marketing' myself ."

One more question . When someone is conversing with you and asks simple polite questions .... why don't you ever answer them but continually divert to some 'cosmo-spiritual' , self-centered narration ?

Hot and burny .

I would say a lot more information was needed - that the man himself might have , eg. regarding the nature of the insult and reason for it , the history and relationship of those concerned . .... I'd leave the choice up to him as what he ' should ' do . .

Is the car depressed because its body is possessed by a nature spirit , or for some other reason ?

Type ; 'The Line' , Saudi Arabia into Google maps ( terrain view ) and follow it along Now that is something one CAN see from space , even at this early stage . The end vision ?

Often now when I am watching a doco on TV there appears vast arrays of wind turbines in the back ground . I encountered them in W.A. as well .... freaky !

When I was in NZ I was impressed with the geo thermal energy plants . Okay, you need to have the right environment for that , but when you do it seems VERY viable . No real complex tech needed until you get to the electrical output stage just like a big steam turbine . Output was some steam and some warm water dumped in the river , but the river has vents in its bed and has natural spots of warm intrusions anyway . I don't understand nor have looked into the science , but apparently Australia , which is very stable also has some geo thermal potential . " At present geothermal energy is used for electricity generation and direct use applications in over 45 countries, including the western USA, Japan and New Zealand. Although Australia is not currently volcanically active, the continent has potentially vast geothermal energy resources which fall into two general categories – Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS or Hot Rock) and hydrothermal resources from relatively hot groundwater (also known as Hot Sedimentary Aquifers). " https://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/industry/energy-resources/geology-and-prospectivity/geothermal#:~:text=Although Australia is not currently,known as Hot Sedimentary Aquifers).

Okay , I can understand that's what you feel . but its curious you picked those two aspects first , as the car has a very good reliable V6 2.5 Lt engine with plenty of power in the mid-range . Its 20 years old and has never had an engine problem . Only proper timed maintenance ; timing belts and other components that naturally wear over decades . { The Rover 75 with a 2.5-liter engine is powered by the KV6, a 24-valve, quad-cam V6 engine designed by Rover. This engine was also used in the Rover 800 before being refined for the 75. The 2.5-liter KV6 is known for its smoothness, refinement, and sporty performance when pushed, offering a good balance of power and a desirable V6 sound, especially when the car is in sport mode.} The transmission is extraordinary . I have never experienced a system like that - automatic with a automatic kick down through the gears with high engine breaking . . . limiting the need to hold the breaks on ; slight pressure on the break pedal, auto kick down , high engine breaking, foot off the brake pedal . My mechanic , who is ex- pit crew racing mechanic , even he was impressed with its breaking set up . So, the point is , and I am wondering , what stimulus you received and where it was from that caused you to form this opinion ? The car feels depressed ? Is that because it 'feels a bit blue ' ? { "Feeling blue" is an idiom that means feeling sad or melancholic. It's a common way to express a temporary state of low spirits or sadness, distinct from clinical depression. }

I think this is a very significant driver of this phenomena . That's what happened to the development of Australian architecture . For a while it was innovative , adaptable to various environs and considered them ( in a different way than today ) , it started developing its own styles . Then it turned into a better than the house next door monstrosity race . Now whole areas are built like that . - we have some of the largest ( by average ) in the world at 235.8 sq.mt., at the expense of many other factors ! I figured out 'high fashion' isn't really about the art of making clothing .... its about the fantastic adorning and decoration of an art object .... that is a human being as the 'canvass' .

How do you feel about this car ? Just a picture .... with no marketing attached , no marque , model or number plate to be seen ;

English is not the first language ! I doubt that is what this poster is up to . Perhaps the name has more to do with the approach here ...... we are Gods !

It doesn't seem so to me , I read your " phrases like "omitting information" and "shaping how people perceive you" , I thought you had gone away from the specifics of modern marketing into the general dynamics of the issue . So I took them in that context , not that you are suggesting that this dynamic , specific in the area of modern dishonest marketing , had value . But as pointed out the dynamic can have value if it is truthful accurate and descriptive .

In some societies it is . But it may not seem to if we judge other societies by our own values . The concept of Tatamae and Honne come to mind ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honne_and_tatemae Then there are many cases of 'emitting information to shape the form of how people see you' ; But here , one should remember the cultural significance of things and it is expected they can 'back it up' , in various ways , depending on the symbolism of what is being displayed . In other words , they are emitting information about themselves that may be symbolically accurate . Your English seems very good, I didn't pick that it was not your first language . What is your first language ? Not Japanese I hope ! ( because my lack of tatame and honne would be extra shocking to you ! )

Now now , sarcasm isn't required here . I tried the technique and it worked ! I have felt bad all my life about stealing my friend's house payment as it caused her and the kids to be homeless in winter and catch pneumonia . So I traveled back in time * and then didn't do it . Now I feel great ! No guilt whatsoever ! * with a friend ... OK !

Ohhhhh ... that's where he has been ! 'ben away '

Love it ! around the camp fire ... eventually , one Aboriginal chap to another ; "Them whitefellahs talk a lot, don't they ."

Wait up ! " Steve on the Internet ' is back ?

yet look at Surya's post ! " I am also not entirely convinced that constructing a sort of facade is necessarily rooted in us, but I think it very much might be a result of social media and a society that has become insanely materalistic. A society where what you do is valued more than who you are." Plus the BLEEDIN OBVIOUS mess going on in the world at present ! No not every single person on the planet does it . But look at how we live and the society we live in ! Deception and dishonesty has become 'rooted in our society ' ... and I doubt aliens imported it to us ? I rather suggest 'a blockage' in the person that reacts adversely when its pointed it comes from us ... not some social entity that we get it from .

Thing is if you wanted to change all those bad social aspects into a good one and make a good society , you would need some ' social engineering ' But now that is a bad thing apparently ... Jeez ! You guys !

What happened to the prime definition ? the use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behaviour of a society. "the country's unique blend of open economics and social engineering" 2. (in the context of information security) the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes. Wow .... that was an easy one to see through !

Pleased to meet ya !