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Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:19 PM

Don't worry. He had the cruise control on.

Dr. Sak · 04-30-2008, 02:20 PM

I use to wonder how much trouble I'd get in if during class in college one day I just went up and Terry Tated the professor.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:20 PM

The ones where I harm myself don't bother me. When I have bad thoughts about someone else, that's when I feel like "WTF--What possessed me to think that?!"

path12 · 04-30-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

Thirty seconds!! How are you still alive??

*shrug* I guess because it wasn't a long phase.

path12 · 04-30-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Don't worry. He had the cruise control on.

No cruise control in a '69 Barracuda.

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by path12

When I was in my early twenties I had a phase where I would occasionally close my eyes while driving. Never more than thirty seconds, but really, that's quite long enough.

I used to do that, too. I'd also turn off my headlights.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:25 PM

I think people like tempting fate to some degree.

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 02:25 PM

wtf I'm never driving again.

Pyser · 04-30-2008, 02:26 PM

this thread simultaneously makes me feel better and worse. about myself, and you guys

path12 · 04-30-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

I used to do that, too. I'd also turn off my headlights.

I remember it being strangely exhilerating. You?

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:33 PM

I think this phenomenon ties in to why a game like GTA IV is so popular. You can act out these fantasies without any repercussions or a need to feel bad for deciding to go sidewalk bowling.

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by path12

I remember it being strangely exhilerating. You?

Temporarily terrifying followed almost immediately by totally relaxed.

Ksyrup · 04-30-2008, 02:38 PM

"Did you ever notice that, like, in movies when they're driving they don't look at the road for a long time?"

"Geez, no, I never noticed that, eh?"

cartman · 04-30-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

Temporarily terrifying followed almost immediately by totally relaxed.

He was asking about the headlights, not the pooper scenario.

Noop · 04-30-2008, 02:42 PM

Wow at this thread. Not trying to judge you guys or nothing but some of you may need some help.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 02:43 PM

Says the beacon of sanity.

Farrah Whitworth-Rahn · 04-30-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Says the beacon of sanity.

LOL! I heart Kodos.

MikeVic · 04-30-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

"Did you ever notice that, like, in movies when they're driving they don't look at the road for a long time?"

"Geez, no, I never noticed that, eh?"

Excellent.

st.cronin · 04-30-2008, 02:48 PM

I am the bacon of sanity.

Izulde · 04-30-2008, 02:54 PM

I get this a lot, too. I think it's partially related to a desire to fly and actually fly, not that airplane rot.

And yeah, I get a lot of other urges too that I'd never do, but they still pop up there.

Kodos · 04-30-2008, 03:03 PM

Reminds me of one of my favorite Far Side comics. Two construction workers are sitting high atop a build eating lunch. One says to the other:

"You ever get that urge? You start thinking about the meaninglessness of life and you ask yourself: 'Should I? Should I? Should I push someone off?'"

Cringer · 04-30-2008, 03:58 PM

Is driving with your eyes closed wrong? Sorry. My max was only 10 seconds though. 30 seconds is insane. I only did it at night on the interstate, too. Driving with no headlights is not a problem usually, I worry more about getting a ticket doing that one.

path12 · 04-30-2008, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cringer

Is driving with your eyes closed wrong?

If it is, I don't wanna be right.

Noop · 04-30-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Says the beacon of sanity.

Actually I would argue the opposite given the that a majority of the members of this site fit the same demographic hence a different view on certain thing. In this arena I am constantly wrong and put on the defensive for my opinions where if the roles where reversed it wouldn't be so.

Passacaglia · 04-30-2008, 04:28 PM

Ping: Christopher Walken in Annie Hall

CU Tiger · 04-30-2008, 09:01 PM

I have the jump urge.
When we were in high school we used to go to this old rock quarry that had filled up and swim there was like a 50 foot ledge we would dive off of. It was amzingly exhilerating, but everytime I went (I probably have been 100+ times) the first jump would take a few minutes to get your nerve up that you will survive.

Sometimes now I just sit back and close my eyes and just thinking about it makes my pace quicken a bit.

I also used to kill the lights and floor it at night.

The onyl one that bothers me, is I have had thoughts of what it would look like to hit someone un blocked with a bat... full home run swing straight to the head. I wonder if you could pop the skull like a pumpkin, or if it would just thud off.

korme · 05-01-2008, 02:34 AM

life was great
til I made my big mistake
oh no it'll never happen to me
life was short
and life was sweet
I was thinking as I hit the street
I could hardly beleve
I could scarcely conceive
but I had gone out the window
I had gone out the window
she was fine
she looked great
and so we made our big mistake
I swear I swear I swear
it'd never happen to her
but the pavement knocked her head around
when she hit the solid concrete ground
from 30 flights above
and she was thirty something loving nothing
gone out the window
she had gone out the window
she had gone out the window
catch me if I'm falling,
catch me if I'm calling
he was smart he was wise
he'd profoundly philosophize
empathy for all humanity
'til one day by an open window
there's a note that read
I've gone out the window - I'm dead
he said yes to life for all of his life
but then one day he said no
I gotta go out the window
we all go out the window
catch me I am falling
catch me I am calling
catch me we are falling
catch me we are calling

Cringer · 05-01-2008, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger

I have the jump urge.
When we were in high school we used to go to this old rock quarry that had filled up and swim there was like a 50 foot ledge we would dive off of. It was amzingly exhilerating, but everytime I went (I probably have been 100+ times) the first jump would take a few minutes to get your nerve up that you will survive.

Sometimes now I just sit back and close my eyes and just thinking about it makes my pace quicken a bit.

I also used to kill the lights and floor it at night.

The onyl one that bothers me, is I have had thoughts of what it would look like to hit someone un blocked with a bat... full home run swing straight to the head. I wonder if you could pop the skull like a pumpkin, or if it would just thud off.

I remember jumping off an old blocked off bridge into some water while in high school. 50 feet sounds higher, I would say the bridge was about 30-40. Still took some time to build up the nerve though.

Julio Riddols · 05-01-2008, 07:41 AM

So would this be considered Tantric Suicide?

Kodos · 05-01-2008, 08:26 AM

I wonder how many people waste themselves each year closing their eyes driving. From our limited sample, it seems like there is a small segment of the population that does this. I would guess a lot of times if they crash, it gets written off as "they must have fallen asleep at the wheel."

rkmsuf · 05-01-2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

I wonder how many people waste themselves each year closing their eyes driving. From our limited sample, it seems like there is a small segment of the population that does this. I would guess a lot of times if they crash, it gets written off as "they must have fallen asleep at the wheel."

I had never heard of the practice prior to this thread.

cartman · 05-01-2008, 09:18 AM

I actually have fallen asleep driving before. We were in a caravan of cars heading out to Big Bend National Park. We left at 8pm, so we'd arrive in the morning. About 4am we hit US 285, which is the longest and straightest road I've ever seen. My buddy who was in the car with me to help me stay awake fell asleep. I started to get sleepy, and I guess I dozed off. I had a dream that I was driving, so I didn't notice until I ran off the road and the steering wheel started jerking around. I woke up and got the car back on the road. My buddy kind of half woke up and asked "Are we dead?". I was wide awake the rest of the drive.

Kodos · 05-01-2008, 09:29 AM

I had one drive back to Dayton from a Monday night Colts-Dolphins game where I wasn't sure I was going to be able to stay away. Scary stuff.

MikeVic · 05-01-2008, 09:29 AM

I don't know if you guys are just messing around with the topic, but do you rally drive with your eyes closed? That just seems really really inconsiderate of other drivers and human beings.

cartman · 05-01-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

I don't know if you guys are just messing around with the topic, but do you rally drive with your eyes closed? That just seems really really inconsiderate of other drivers and human beings.

yes but i wanted to do hoodrat stuff wit my friend

MikeVic · 05-01-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cartman

I actually have fallen asleep driving before. We were in a caravan of cars heading out to Big Bend National Park. We left at 8pm, so we'd arrive in the morning. About 4am we hit US 285, which is the longest and straightest road I've ever seen. My buddy who was in the car with me to help me stay awake fell asleep. I started to get sleepy, and I guess I dozed off. I had a dream that I was driving, so I didn't notice until I ran off the road and the steering wheel started jerking around. I woke up and got the car back on the road. My buddy kind of half woke up and asked "Are we dead?". I was wide awake the rest of the drive.

I've had a couple of drives where I had to fight really hard to stay awake. One of the drives I had friends that were sleeping, so I pulled over and said it's their turn. The other drive I was about a minute or two from home and bounced off the curb a bit, so I must have dozed off. Never again will I drive tired if I can help it.

Pumpy Tudors · 05-01-2008, 09:52 AM

I'll admit that I've driven with my eyes closed, but it was on a long and straight road through farmland. If any other cars were coming at me, I'd literally see them from a mile away before I closed my eyes. I only closed my eyes for like 3-5 seconds, though.

I do almost fall asleep at the wheel fairly often, unfortunately. I must not get enough sleep at night.

Ksyrup · 05-01-2008, 09:53 AM

I haven't fallen asleep while driving, but I have had a few overnight drives where I essentially zoned out and didn't remember the last couple of hours of driving at all. It was like 2 hours passed in the span of 5 minutes, as far as I could recall.

Kodos · 05-01-2008, 10:07 AM

Perhaps you were temporarily a zombie.

lordscarlet · 05-01-2008, 10:18 AM

I'm with Noop.

Maple Leafs · 05-01-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

There's a name for this, but I can't remember it right now.

The name I was looking for is "horrific temptation".

Ksyrup · 05-01-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

The name I was looking for is "horrific temptation".

Speaking of which, I saw this morning as I was driving into work that NIN is playing Rupp Arena in August. Do I dare?

MikeVic · 05-01-2008, 10:50 AM

NIN is supposed to play here in July!!

st.cronin · 05-01-2008, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeVic

I don't know if you guys are just messing around with the topic, but do you rally drive with your eyes closed? That just seems really really inconsiderate of other drivers and human beings.

I don't do it anymore, but when I did it there were never any other drivers around.

cartman · 05-01-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

I don't do it anymore, but when I did it there were never any other drivers around.

Not even methadone using station wagon drivers?

st.cronin · 05-01-2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

Not even methadone using station wagon drivers?

My eyes were wide open for that one!

RendeR · 05-01-2008, 04:47 PM

I once jumpd in my car and drove of to Florida from Charlotte, NC.

I remember hitting the Georgia line, seeing Mile marker 12...

The next thing I remember is reading mile marker 232 and thinking to my "WTF just happened?"

I sleep-drove 220 miles. At night, at 80mph.

path12 · 05-01-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by st.cronin

I don't do it anymore, but when I did it there were never any other drivers around.

I don't anymore either, but there was traffic when I did. But at that age I wasn't really concerned with many things but myself.....

04-30-2008, 02:20 PM	#53
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	The ones where I harm myself don't bother me. When I have bad thoughts about someone else, that's when I feel like "WTF--What possessed me to think that?!" __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-30-2008, 02:25 PM	#57
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I think people like tempting fate to some degree. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-30-2008, 02:33 PM	#61
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I think this phenomenon ties in to why a game like GTA IV is so popular. You can act out these fantasies without any repercussions or a need to feel bad for deciding to go sidewalk bowling. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-30-2008, 02:38 PM	#63
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	"Did you ever notice that, like, in movies when they're driving they don't look at the road for a long time?" "Geez, no, I never noticed that, eh?" __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

04-30-2008, 02:42 PM	#65
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Wow at this thread. Not trying to judge you guys or nothing but some of you may need some help. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

04-30-2008, 02:20 PM	#52
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	I use to wonder how much trouble I'd get in if during class in college one day I just went up and Terry Tated the professor.

04-30-2008, 02:25 PM	#58
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	wtf I'm never driving again.

04-30-2008, 02:26 PM	#59
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	this thread simultaneously makes me feel better and worse. about myself, and you guys

04-30-2008, 02:43 PM	#66
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Says the beacon of sanity. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-30-2008, 02:48 PM	#69
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I am the bacon of sanity. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

04-30-2008, 02:54 PM	#70
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	I get this a lot, too. I think it's partially related to a desire to fly and actually fly, not that airplane rot. And yeah, I get a lot of other urges too that I'd never do, but they still pop up there. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

04-30-2008, 03:03 PM	#71
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Reminds me of one of my favorite Far Side comics. Two construction workers are sitting high atop a build eating lunch. One says to the other: "You ever get that urge? You start thinking about the meaninglessness of life and you ask yourself: 'Should I? Should I? Should I push someone off?'" __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

04-30-2008, 03:58 PM	#72
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	Is driving with your eyes closed wrong? Sorry. My max was only 10 seconds though. 30 seconds is insane. I only did it at night on the interstate, too. Driving with no headlights is not a problem usually, I worry more about getting a ticket doing that one. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

04-30-2008, 04:28 PM	#75
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Ping: Christopher Walken in Annie Hall

04-30-2008, 09:01 PM	#76
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	I have the jump urge. When we were in high school we used to go to this old rock quarry that had filled up and swim there was like a 50 foot ledge we would dive off of. It was amzingly exhilerating, but everytime I went (I probably have been 100+ times) the first jump would take a few minutes to get your nerve up that you will survive. Sometimes now I just sit back and close my eyes and just thinking about it makes my pace quicken a bit. I also used to kill the lights and floor it at night. The onyl one that bothers me, is I have had thoughts of what it would look like to hit someone un blocked with a bat... full home run swing straight to the head. I wonder if you could pop the skull like a pumpkin, or if it would just thud off.

05-01-2008, 02:34 AM	#77
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	life was great til I made my big mistake oh no it'll never happen to me life was short and life was sweet I was thinking as I hit the street I could hardly beleve I could scarcely conceive but I had gone out the window I had gone out the window she was fine she looked great and so we made our big mistake I swear I swear I swear it'd never happen to her but the pavement knocked her head around when she hit the solid concrete ground from 30 flights above and she was thirty something loving nothing gone out the window she had gone out the window she had gone out the window catch me if I'm falling, catch me if I'm calling he was smart he was wise he'd profoundly philosophize empathy for all humanity 'til one day by an open window there's a note that read I've gone out the window - I'm dead he said yes to life for all of his life but then one day he said no I gotta go out the window we all go out the window catch me I am falling catch me I am calling catch me we are falling catch me we are calling

05-01-2008, 07:41 AM	#79
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	So would this be considered Tantric Suicide? __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

05-01-2008, 08:26 AM	#80
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I wonder how many people waste themselves each year closing their eyes driving. From our limited sample, it seems like there is a small segment of the population that does this. I would guess a lot of times if they crash, it gets written off as "they must have fallen asleep at the wheel." __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

05-01-2008, 09:18 AM	#82
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I actually have fallen asleep driving before. We were in a caravan of cars heading out to Big Bend National Park. We left at 8pm, so we'd arrive in the morning. About 4am we hit US 285, which is the longest and straightest road I've ever seen. My buddy who was in the car with me to help me stay awake fell asleep. I started to get sleepy, and I guess I dozed off. I had a dream that I was driving, so I didn't notice until I ran off the road and the steering wheel started jerking around. I woke up and got the car back on the road. My buddy kind of half woke up and asked "Are we dead?". I was wide awake the rest of the drive. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

05-01-2008, 09:29 AM	#83
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I had one drive back to Dayton from a Monday night Colts-Dolphins game where I wasn't sure I was going to be able to stay away. Scary stuff. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

05-01-2008, 09:52 AM	#87
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I'll admit that I've driven with my eyes closed, but it was on a long and straight road through farmland. If any other cars were coming at me, I'd literally see them from a mile away before I closed my eyes. I only closed my eyes for like 3-5 seconds, though. I do almost fall asleep at the wheel fairly often, unfortunately. I must not get enough sleep at night. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

05-01-2008, 09:53 AM	#88
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I haven't fallen asleep while driving, but I have had a few overnight drives where I essentially zoned out and didn't remember the last couple of hours of driving at all. It was like 2 hours passed in the span of 5 minutes, as far as I could recall. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

05-01-2008, 10:07 AM	#89
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Perhaps you were temporarily a zombie. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

05-01-2008, 10:18 AM	#90
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	I'm with Noop. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

05-01-2008, 10:50 AM	#93
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	NIN is supposed to play here in July!!

05-01-2008, 04:47 PM	#97
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I once jumpd in my car and drove of to Florida from Charlotte, NC. I remember hitting the Georgia line, seeing Mile marker 12... The next thing I remember is reading mile marker 232 and thinking to my "WTF just happened?" I sleep-drove 220 miles. At night, at 80mph. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

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