What do you watch on television (or the computer)?

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  1. modernpaladin

    modernpaladin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Netflix, Youtube and 'watch free online' sites. Dropped cable and network 'programming' long ago.

    Life Below 0- living off the grid in Alaska
    Walking Dead (of course!)
    Forbidden (suppressed)
    history/archaeology on YT
    The Ship- a USN destroyer crew trying to reverse an apocalyptic pandemic
    Dark Matter- my current fav
    Firefly- an oddly incredible mix of classic western and future sci-fi (Im really just watching the one season over and over between other series, its THAT good)
    Futurama
    Rick and Morty
    Gotham
    The Arrow
    The Flash
    so many others
     
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    I love this one, too. I have all of them on DVD.
     
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    Seth Bullock Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I just found this on Youtube and was captivated by its beautiful filming and thoughtful, poignant narration.

    And I could not escape the realization of the corollary it makes to our society and its protectors.

     
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    I never bother with that. Usually once I've watched something, I don't really want to watch it again. If I bought them, I would probably never watch them. Lol.
     
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    Very nice. Those dogs are adorable. But are you saying we are just a flock of sheep? :D
     
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    Seth Bullock Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No. The human animal has the capacity to fight and to kill, either for food, or in defense of itself. Sheep will do neither, so that sets us apart from the sheep as a species.

    But among us are peaceful, productive people who have little capacity to protect themselves from the wolves and almost no willingness to put themselves at risk for others. These are not bad people, mind you.

    And then there are the predators among us as well - the wolves. They are the criminals who prey upon the peaceful and vulnerable.

    And then there are those who are driven to protect. They are the ones who will run towards danger rather than away from it. They are the ones who will confront the predator.

    I have owned two Great Pyrenees Mountain dogs. They were both gentle and yet fearless. And they had a natural discernment that made them utterly safe around children or other smaller, harmless animals, while, at the same time, being acutely aware of the human or animal who was a threat. It was uncanny how they could do that.

    You know I'm a retired cop. And as a cop, I loved the example those dogs set - for me. And as I went through my career, I wanted to be like the Great Pyrenees Mountain dogs. Gentle and watchful over my flock, vigilant, and fearless when the flock was threatened. From the video ...

    "There are guardians in our pastures. They are real. And they are watching."




     
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    Don't sheep live in herds? :p
     
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    Well, some of us are sheep, that is for sure, but some of us are more capable of independent thought instead of just following the flock. And it is FLOCK, not herd. ;) A flock of sheep.
     
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    My apologies then. Swedish only has one word to describe "collectivistic animals" and that word is 'flock' (only bees and fish are categorised under another label). English is so confusing with its terminology. What do we have? Flock, pack and herd... What more? :shock:

    I always thought pack=wolves, herd=cattle and flock=birds. :p
     
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    Nope, sheep are a flock too. There is no method to our madness. Mwa ha ha.

    A gaggle is a flock of geese. :D
     
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    A flock of crows is called a "murder."
     
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    Then it makes no sense to call the man looking for the sheep a 'herdsman' he should be a 'flocksman' and thus a shepflock and not a shepherd. :p

    This an etymologic accident!

    So...."Sheep of a wool flock together" is just a valid of a idiom as the original? I am going to start using this one to improve my hipster-status. :nod:
     
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    He is the shepherd because he herds the sheep. ;)
     
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    I like it! :laughing: Very hipster indeed.
     
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    English and Swedish are both Germanic languages and the Swedish word that is most similar to 'herd' would be hjord. I am not sure exactly how this is used, but I think it refers to a random group of animals whereas a 'flock' (same word in Swedish) refers to a more family-like structure. For example, the bisons chasing down Simba in "The Lion King" would be a hjord.

    Bees come in a 'svärm' (swarm) and fish swim in a "stim" (school?)
     
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    The most confusing thing I ever heard.

    *Ba dum tsh*
     
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    :no:
     
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    PS. I Just realised the word 'herd' does exist in Swedish too and that word is herde. This refers to a person looking after a group of cattle/people. Fåraherde='shepherd' (exact same compound of "sheep+herdsman") and a kyrkoherde is pretty much the same as a priest (someone herding the church).

    But, a herd of sheep is still a flock. :p
     
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    Yup, school of fish is what it is called here. Bees are also a swarm here.
     
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    Any animal can be in a herd. So "herd" is the more general term, and then specific animals have specific terms when they are all together. I wonder what animals would call us? Lol.
     
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    Then 'herd' is the same as 'hjord'. Makes sense. :)

    Animals don't give a damn, they run their own business and are not interested in running ours. But, if I'd have to guess, I would say that it depends on the animal. Cows would probably call us "m-hoooo-man". ;)

    Okay. Have to stop this now. Even by my standards, it is not funny.
     
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    Ha! A "school" of fish. "Shoal" = a large school of fish. o_O
     
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    A "covey" is a small flock. :D
     
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    A flock of criminals is a 'gang'. :D
     
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    In anticipation of my early retirement in a couple of years, I have been binge-watching, and following, the Delos channel on youtube. These are the ongoing adventures, now 7 years in the making, of two brothers who quit their jobs, sold everything they owned, bought a yacht, and are sailing the world...... all while documenting their journey on their youtube channel. Within the next 5 years, I will be doing the same thing, but on a large trawler, and probably without the youtube channel.

    These guys are releasing a 30 minute video per week, or so. Currently, each one they release earns them over $11,000 from their fans via patreon.com. Not a bad way to live richly.
     
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