Ok I have really lost track of the days. I kept on meaning to do another post, but would just end up doing something else until really late. I tried to do a video tour a couple nights ago, but after I finished the video it mysteriously vainished off my phone. I'll give it another try soon.
Anyway the real subject of this post is about the people here.
First, is a guy called CBK. He is not in my room, but is in my group and sits near me. In fact he is supposed to sit next to me, but for some reason decided to sit elsewhere. He is the only person who does not sit where he is supposed to and it does cause some confusion with the staff, which regardless of his reason, I believe to be inconsiderate to the staff. This is only one of the reasons I do not like this guy. I am pretty sure he does not like me, so that makes me naturally inclined to recipricate the feeling. I have no real basis for why he shouldn't like me, except that he has chosen not to sit next to me from the begining and has never said a word to me. Although I have never said anything to him either. I would also like to point out that I shower everyday and unlike most people I wear a new set of clothes each day, so smell has nothing to do why he is not sitting next to me. What I have determined is that my youth and possible dress gives off an aura of liberalism that he cant stand. Although I keep on mentioning how he doesn't sit next to me I am actually greatful. That way I don't have to see or hear him constantly watching or listening to Glen Beck. To give you a better idea, this guy might have a Glen Beck shrine at home. That's enough on him.
This other guy known as DBW or the Scot or the Texan. To clarify he lives in Texas and is from Scottish descent. This guy seems somewhat normal until he talks about soy. He is convinced that if a male consumes to much soy that he will become effeminate. This is based on the actual fact that soy molecules break down into certain types of estrogen. However repeated studies have shown that eating soy or soy based products does not increase estrogen levels in the blood regardless of the amount of soy consumed. I later understood the basis of this fear when he revealed that he was homophobic.
The next guy is the German aka M-B aka Marcus. Even with what I am about to talk about regarding Marcus, I actually like the guy and think he is somewhat normal. That being said he believes that Germany is not its own sovreign country and hasn't been since the end of WWII, which according to him has never actually ended. I looked into this and found that these things were somewhat true up until 1990 when Germany reunified. It wasn't until then that Germany had the sovereignty it needed to legittimetly sign a peace treaty. So technically you could say WWII didn't end until the 90's, but you can't say its still going without sounding like a nut. Also he has this strange belief that dairy products cause diabetes. The only legetimate study I found said that it might cause diabetes in infants who consume too much dairy. This generally happens when people use cetain baby formulas that contain dairy. Although there are no studies or any conclusive evidence that anyone other than infants can get diabetes from cow milk. However there are other problems that people can get from consuming too much dairy, but even then it has to be a lot. Also through this research I found out why we're having so much soy milk here. That is because % of Asians who are lactose intolerant is very high. Also evolution undermines Marcus's claim. This is because the mutation that allows milk consumption past weaning is relatively new to humans and has only been around for about 7,500 years. So if drinking dairy was bad for you, than a gene that allowed you to consume it would not proliferate as much as it has since its introduction not so long ago. According to Marcus's belief the first few people with that mutation should have developed diabetes and with a lack of insulin shots died before reproductive age.
Lastly I am going to group a few of these guys here because its less about them and more about the one thing they believe. Among these guys the documentary Loose Change is considered to be the only truth regarding 9/11. Now admittedly when I first saw the documentary back in 2005 I was fairly convinced. It wasn't until I did my own critical thinking about what they proposed as the truth that I decided Occam's Razor wins out. I haven't found much evidence that these guys read that often or have much original thought, so I doubt logic or reason will ever sway them.
There is my rant about some of the people in here. I think satisfied my need to vent, so I doubt I'll bring up people's beliefs again unless I learn something worth mentioning. Well I'm at the end of the post here and I want to say how much I a looking forward to seeing my friends tomorrow. I know its going to consist of Brett, Jannah, Alex and possibly more but I'm not sure. Also, one more week!
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