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What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?

This poll is mostly about what is physically the most beautiful object, but can involve an idea. After all the negative things put-up on the forum, I thought this would be quite nice. :)
Feel-free to put pics to express your view, and if you must debate, keep the debate simple, happy, and about beauty....

My wife taking a little cat nap on sun warmed tatami on a sunny spring day after the rains have passed; making everything sparkle as the remaining low clouds boil off the evergreen foothills that surround my town and hug the pure white peaks of the Japanese Alps.

That, to me, is beauty.

Isn't this just like another version of the babe thread?

sitting on the beach drinking out of a coconut just before sunset with hot chick some naked and some in bikinis laying next to me.

I don't know if it's the most beautiful, but a free glass of 20 year old Macallan neat is certainly somewhere on the list.

Isn't this just like another version of the babe thread?

No.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a genuine smile...regardless of who might be wearing it. :)

No.

Good luck with that.

I mean, it's not a bad thread idea, and it is a nice change from the more depressing topics discussed here, but I have a feeling this will just degenerate into pictures of Jessica Alba.

Good luck with that.

I mean, it's not a bad thread idea, and it is a nice change from the more depressing topics discussed here, but I have a feeling this will just degenerate into pictures of Jessica Alba.

:( Oh, I hope not. Then it will be just like all the other threads out-threre.

The Bentley Arnage T, and the Bentley Continental GT... are the most pleasing, most beautiful machines in the entire universe.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/2004geneva/bentleyarnaget.jpg

http://www.automotivetrends.com/images/Continental%20GT%20large.jpg

The Bentley Arnage T, and the Bentley Continental GT... are the most pleasing, most beautiful machines in the entire universe.

snip

I'm a bit meh by them. Sorry.

They look 1000x better in person.

The most beautiful thing... is cottonwood falling as the sun sets. Every piece catches gold, and against a silhouette of trees and blue sky, it takes my breath away. Or perhaps, it's streams of lazy afternoon sunlight through the bedroom curtain, pooling on the bed, a tangle of my lover's limbs and my own, flecks of gold in his hair and a tell-tale flush still present in his cheeks. With that content glaze across his eyes, the one that suggests he probably couldn't tell me his date of birth if I asked him too suddenly.

Or perhaps, it's snow falling along the back streets of my town, or a meteor shower viewed on one's back, in the middle of the grass baseball field. I guess it's too hard to pick one, and it's entirely dependant on my mood at the time.

Edit: Of course at least one boy would say a car. I've tried so hard to understand the appeal, really, I have, but they... move. Quicker than humans do. And they shine, if they're clean. :p There ends my admiration.

Beautiful is a moment of be here now. It transcends language.

A cool overcast day in Seattle, maybe a bit of rain on the window with a view of Puget Sound, and some nice music on the stereo(Rob Dougan's "Clubbed To Death" comes to mind).

And now I'm fucking homesick again.

The Bentley Arnage T, and the Bentley Continental GT... are the most pleasing, most beautiful machines in the entire universe.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/2004geneva/bentleyarnaget.jpg

http://www.automotivetrends.com/images/Continental%20GT%20large.jpg

I don't know, man. There's the 300SL Gullwing-
http://www.edge-inc.net/images/cars/0094_H.jpg

or the Bugatti Type 57 Atlantique-
http://www.classicdriver.de/upload/images/reportagen/week_51_00_02/car_pop22.jpg

or the 550 Spyder -
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/2/22/300px-Porsche-550-spyder.jpg

or the Jaguar E-Type-
http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/aut/jagp2.jpg

I think these are all gorgous cars that have something over those Bentley show ponies. Back in the day Bentley proved itself on the track with out putting a Bentley suit on an Audi.

But for most beautiful thing, I'll go with this chick I know.

The line "I thank the Lord for the people I have found"

Sunset reflected in the Pru

Sunset over the Zagan/Boston Harbor

The night sky over Silver Lake

The view from Ragged Mountain

A certain poem, written by someone whom I won't mention, but I'm gonna guess he'll know it is him when he reads this (Ahem)

That smile...every guy knows it...from that girl. That smile that is just for you.

Rhi miss you babe

A cartwheeling off stump.

While I appreciate older cars, I just have never liked the appearance of them, and the only Bentley that is a VW underneath is the Continental GT/GTC/Flying Spur. The Arnage is still all original.

If you guys are gonna go for cars, at least use a very beautiful one, like thus:
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/KTIC/KTIC/images/Rolls_Royce_Silver_Ghost.jpg

To me, the most beautiful thing is waking up to a nice sunrise that I can see from my window.

While I appreciate older cars, I just have never liked the appearance of them, and the only Bentley that is a VW underneath is the Continental GT/GTC/Flying Spur. The Arnage is still all original.

I didn't say VW, I said Audi, and I was refering to track credentials. That would be the Bentley Speed 8-
http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/TRC1859.jpg
which was essentially an Audi R8-
http://www.ricardo.com/gallery/Media/PressReleases/medPR_LeMans_2005.jpg
dressed up like it was a Bentley.
for modern cars, the Ferarri 612
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/novitec612.jpg
or maybe an Aston Martin-
http://www.hot.ee/ztest1/aston%20martin%20v8%20vantage%20-%201024x768.jpg
or maybe the Mercedes SLR
http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files_old/4/6-2007-mercedes-slr-722-edition.jpg
Something other than a carved soap look.

One of these (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Mexicoke%21.JPG) + one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carne_asada.jpg) = :)

These (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Roasted_coffee_beans.jpg), only covered in chocolate, place a close second.

Both taste absolutely beautiful.

Bentley was on the verge of bankruptcy when VW purchased them in the late '90s... they couldn't afford to develop another race car on their own.

Bentley was on the verge of bankruptcy when VW purchased them in the late '90s... they couldn't afford to develop another race car on their own.

Before the Speed 8 Bentley hadn't raced in over 50 years.

You...you're really kind of missing the point.

I know they hadn't.

I didn't miss the point, I just don't think it's that big of a deal. >_>

Orgasms. The most beautiful things ever.
I love them, but I also find it beautiful seeing people having them. The most beautiful sight to me would be my BF having an orgasm.

I know they hadn't.

I didn't miss the point, I just don't think it's that big of a deal. >_>
No, you're still not getting it.

I'm sorry, I took you as a car person.
Orgasms. The most beautiful things ever.
I love them, but I also find it beautiful seeing people having them. The most beautiful sight to me ould be my BF having an orgasm.

Hard to argue with that. (the orgasms...your boyfriend is on his own...)

So because I don't feel like going in depth as to why your point is moot I'm no longer a car person? Whatever, I'm not going to even attempt to discuss it if I'm not going to be taken seriously.

The most beautiful thing is relative, temporary and a continual now.
At Coors Stadium it's the green field and blue sky dotted with white clouds coupled with a gentle breeze.

In my "yard" it's the oak trees getting leaves and some small blue flowers blooming between the trees.

Out my back window, it's Pike's Peak at sunrise, covered with snow.

Driving down Academy Blvd., it's the street maintenace crew working swiftly to fill in potholes created by recent snowstorms (believe me, if you've ever lived in Southern California, you'd know how beautiful it is to see road maintenance crews actually working).

In the winter, it's new snow in the sunlight with no footprints in it yet.

It's a long list, constantly being updated.

I find certain numbers to be beautiful, like 7 or 13,452 or 66,445,654. I know that seems strange, but my mind works somewhat differently to most people's and I really like numbers.

So because I don't feel like going in depth as to why your point is moot I'm no longer a car person? Whatever, I'm not going to even attempt to discuss it if I'm not going to be taken seriously.

The Speed 8 was a tangent at best, an aside that had to be made because the car existed, to a larger and different point all together that you didn't get.

Look man, it's not that important that it needs to hijack this thread. I took you for something you weren't, so we're talking about different things.

The most beautiful moment... playing the piano, when you have stopped consciously concentrating and the piano, your fingers, your self almost don't exist... the music just is.

The most beautiful place is the pennines, covered in snow or heather.

The most beautiful person is my partner who always strives to do the right thing.

*is content with these thoughts in mind*

My Playstation 2

I know its old, but to me, there is no better companion on those lonely nights...

The most beautiful moment... playing the piano, when you have stopped consciously concentrating and the piano, your fingers, your self almost don't exist... the music just is.

The most beautiful place is the pennines, covered in snow or heather.

The most beautiful person is my partner who always strives to do the right thing.

*is content with these thoughts in mind*

Where's the pennines?

My Playstation 2

I know its old, but to me, there is no better companion on those lonely nights...

Mine would be if it wouldn't keep locking up on me tonight....grrr....

Where's the pennines?

The pennines are here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines)

The Berkshire mountains in the fall, closely followed by the Berkshire mountains in the spring, winter, and summer. Especially near dawn or dusk on a day with just a bit of moisture in the air - the misty swirl of colors over those old, old hills took my breath away several times a day back when I lived in Massachusetts. I think I will probably miss the Berkshires for the rest of my life.

Of course, much as I love those mountains, that sight is less transcendently beautiful to me than the experience as a musician in an ensemble of everyone simultaneously getting something just perfectly, utterly right, so that some little voice down at the core of your being cries out, "YES. THIS. THIS IS IT." It happens only rarely, but when it does, it is the most amazing thing in the world.

The pennines are here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines)

That is beautiful. Did you know you just used 18 letters and 6 of them were 'e'? that's 1/3 of your total letter usage in that sentence. I think it's used way too often.

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That is beautiful. Did you know you just used 18 letters and 6 of them were 'e'? that's 1/3 of your total letter usage in that sentence. I think it's used way too often.

Have you read Avoid? (I haven't, just made me think of it)

The Speed 8 was a tangent at best, an aside that had to be made because the car existed, to a larger and different point all together that you didn't get.

Look man, it's not that important that it needs to hijack this thread. I took you for something you weren't, so we're talking about different things.This all started because I misread what you wrote. After noticing my lapse, I re-read it and I then got your point. Then you decide I don't know shit about cars because I don't wish to discuss it further. I don't appreciate it when my knowledge and appreciation of something I've loved for years is challenged by another person of the same. Especially over something as trivial as misreading something this late at night. I can barely keep my eyes open to be honest, and was just about to hit the hay before this.

But as this is a hijack, I will drop it as this isn't worth arguing over. G'night.

Orgasms. The most beautiful things ever.
I love them, but I also find it beautiful seeing people having them. The most beautiful sight to me would be my BF having an orgasm.

Why did that just give me the mental image of a bunch of snooty art critics watching porn? A vision of the future! :p

Have you read Avoid? (I haven't, just made me think of it)
No. I've never heard of it. What's it about?
What's with those numbers in the quote tags? This one is [QUOTE=Cannot think of a name;12659061] What does 12659061 stand for?

I find certain numbers to be beautiful, like 7 or 13,452 or 66,445,654. I know that seems strange, but my mind works somewhat differently to most people's and I really like numbers.

You're not alone. 14,017 sends me into a state of pure bliss. And don't get me started on Pi. :eek: I once soiled myself at the mere sight of Euler's Number (I won't type it out here, just to be safe).

You're not alone. 14,017 sends me into a state of pure bliss. And don't get me started on Pi. :eek: I once soiled myself at the mere sight of Euler's Number (I won't type it out here, just to be safe).
I don't like Pi. It makes me feel a little insecure. I like nice, whole numbers. What's Euler's number? I'm not a mathematician, I just have an obsession with counting things.

I don't like Pi. It makes me feel a little insecure. I like nice, whole numbers. What's Euler's number? I'm not a mathematician, I just have an obsession with counting things.

I'm not a mathematician either, so I'll go with wikipedia. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_number

It's quite important, and relates to logarithms. I encountered it in high school, but not since.

I'm not a mathematician either, so I'll go with wikipedia. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_number

It's quite important, and relates to logarithms. I encountered it in high school, but not since.
It is rather beautiful for a decimal.

It is rather beautiful for a decimal.

I think so too. Next to Avogadro's Number, it's got to be my favorite. :p

It's a little hard to answer the OP's question.

I have no 'lifelong' standard of beauty, but if you added up all the times I've been rapturous about beautiful things, it would be like 40% beautiful ideas I read or heard, 30% beautiful women or girls, 10% beautiful tastes, sights etc., then random stuff.

The last thing I found beautiful was my mother. :eek: but true.
That was earlier today.

I am the poster previously known as Nobel Hobos.

I think so too. Next to Avogadro's Number, it's got to be my favorite. :p

Once I spent several days sitting and counting the number of words in Huckleberry Finn and I was delighted to discover it was 130,341. Isn't that a lovely-shaped number?

Once I spent several days sitting and counting the number of words in Huckleberry Finn and I was delighted to discover it was 130,341. Isn't that a lovely-shaped number?

Not bad, and it adds to 12, which is very nice. 412 was my favorite number for years.

Once I spent several days sitting and counting the number of words in Huckleberry Finn and I was delighted to discover it was 130,341. Isn't that a lovely-shaped number?

Huckleberry Finn is out of copyright now. I could go get it as plain text and whack it into a word processor. Count the words in a few seconds.

But that would just be cruel, wouldn't it. :(

Eric Whitacre 'Sleep' bars 57-60.

Why did that just give me the mental image of a bunch of snooty art critics watching porn? A vision of the future! :p

*lol
Much as I appreciate porn, it's not really the same. Except for maybe home videos ;)

The most beautiful hing to me is sitting on a beach, with my arm wrapped around an asian woman'swaist and her arm around my neck, staring ot at the sunset, completely alone, colthed or nude, it doesn't matter. That, to me is beauty.

Man I really need to get a girlfriend.

The most beautiful hing to me is sitting on a beach, with my arm wrapped around an asian woman'swaist and her arm around my neck, staring ot at the sunset, completely alone, colthed or nude, it doesn't matter. That, to me is beauty.

Man I really need to get a girlfriend.

Might be nice, though I'm not a fan of asians. But if I were married or otherwise attached, that would be neat.

As a single person, I enjoy the feeling of rest after working at something difficult, maybe sleeping in my garden with the sun and breeze alternating between warmth and cool. :)

*lol
Much as I appreciate porn, it's not really the same. Except for maybe home videos ;)

Probably. It's just the idea of porn as highbrow that I found funny. :)

Probably. It's just the idea of porn as highbrow that I found funny. :)

Hehe... if you ever have the chance, visit Germany ;)

Huckleberry Finn is out of copyright now. I could go get it as plain text and whack it into a word processor. Count the words in a few seconds.

But that would just be cruel, wouldn't it. :(

Wait, sorry. I read the wrong collumn (I write down everything I count in a notebook). Huck has 112,352 words.
So what does 130,341 stan for? I have a unacounted number here!

What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?


The sky above me, and the moral law inside me. (Immanuel Kant, more or less).

Or, if you prefer, the Universe and the human ability to think and act.

I always called it Napier's number.

That's just silly. You're silly.

What's Euler's number?
I always called it Napier's number.

Why?

Because everyone knows it's Euler's Number. :)

That's just silly. You're silly.

Why?

I'm in the middle of a panic attack here! Does anyone know what 130,341 could stand for?!

What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?

This poll is mostly about what is physically the most beautiful object, but can involve an idea. After all the negative things put-up on the forum, I thought this would be quite nice. :)
Feel-free to put pics to express your view, and if you must debate, keep the debate simple, happy, and about beauty....

Love.

Wait, sorry. I read the wrong collumn (I write down everything I count in a notebook). Huck has 112,352 words.
So what does 130,341 stan for? I have a unacounted number here!

Whatever happened to you? Bonked on the head while watching the Count on Sesame St.?

Because everyone knows it's Euler's Number. :)

No. You're so blunt, you cannot even look it up in wiki and find that it is also called Napier's number.
I know it is also called Euler's number. Still, everybody here calls it Napier's number or "e" or the basis of ln.

I'm in the middle of a panic attack here! Does anyone know what 130,341 could stand for?!

March 13, 1941 in British date notation? Maybe something interesting happened on that day. Maybe it's one of your relatives' birthdays.

No. You're so blunt, you cannot even look it up in wiki and find that it is also called Napier's number.
I know it is also called Euler's number. Still, everybody here calls it Napier's number or "e" or the basis of ln.

Everyone there is silly. Every good, moral, God-fearing person knows it's Euler's Number.

I'm in the middle of a panic attack here! Does anyone know what 130,341 could stand for?!

23 March 1889 mean anything to you?

March 13, 1941 in British date notation? Maybe something interesting happened on that day. Maybe it's one of your relatives' birthdays.
I don't write dates in there, just results of counting. I hate most of my relatives anyway, especially on my father's side. It really causes me anxiety not to know what this beautiful number means. Was I counting the number of times I blinked in a certain period of time? The number of frames in a cartoon? I hate this feeling!

I don't write dates in there, just results of counting. I hate most of my relatives anyway, especially on my father's side. It really causes me anxiety not to know what this beautiful number means. Was I counting the number of times I blinked in a certain period of time? The number of frames in a cartoon? I hate this feeling!

I don't know if anyone can help with that. ;)

23 March 1889 mean anything to you?
No... where'd you get that from?

No... where'd you get that from?

It's factors of course.

Dummy :p

Everyone there is silly. Every good, moral, God-fearing person knows it's Euler's Number.

Well, while good and moral, I fail to qualify as god-fearing. Hence, I am allowed to call it Napier's number.

Da, tovarish. In Soviet religion, God fears you!

I'm in the middle of a panic attack here! Does anyone know what 130,341 could stand for?!

Well, Lea Industries has some furniture under "341-130" if that helps...

Whatever happened to you? Bonked on the head while watching the Count on Sesame St.?
No, it's a result of repeated childhood trauma I'd prefer not to discuss.

I don't know if anyone can help with that. ;)
I guess I'll just have to keep counting until I find what it was.

Well, Lea Industries has some furniture under "341-130" if that helps...
Lea Industries. 13 letters. 6 vowels. That's almost half.

No, it's a result of repeated childhood trauma I'd prefer not to discuss.

I'm OK with that. The thread is about beauty not trauma after all.

But you aren't joking? You really do count things that take days? I get a very, very uncomfortable feeling after counting for a minute or so. It's just so repetitive my brain tries to do whacky things to avoid it, like "88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 30, 31, 32, 24 ..."

EDIT: I also get an uncomfortable feeling chatting with someone with 3 "K"s in their name. You could disappear at any moment ...

I'm OK with that. The thread is about beauty not trauma after all.

But you aren't joking? You really do count things that take days? I get a very, very uncomfortable feeling after counting for a minute or so. It's just so repetitive my brain tries to do whacky things to avoid it, like "88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 30, 31, 32, 24 ..."
It's an obsession. I do remember my life before I went like this, but I've always liked numbers. They don't question you, they don't judge you, they don't shout. They don't expect anything from you except to be counted. And even if you don't, they don't gt mad about it, they just sit there patiently until you do.

EDIT: I also get an uncomfortable feeling chatting with someone with 3 "K"s in their name. You could disappear at any moment ...
...What?

is it not to crush your enemies? to see them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women?

...What?

KKK. A racist group. I think the "la" will save you :)

is it not to crush your enemies? to see them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women?

For Conan, it is. :)

The beautiful darkness? :) ;) :fluffle:

KKK. A racist group. I think the "la" will save you :)
Oh, right. Those guys. They suck. Why do they dress like ghosts anyway?

But back to beauty: I always thought Helena Bonham Carter was beautiful.

i'm doubting between this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMtz9ciE9M0) or my girlfriend.

sunsets :)

Freefall

My nation's flag is beautiful!
Only made it today, haven't worn out the joy of looking at it yet.
Based on this picture of a moth. (http://www.ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Sphingid/Acherontia-lachesis9Bn.jpg)

Some sunsets are very beautiful. Sometimes I find them sad, too.

The beautiful darkness? :) ;) :fluffle:

ar ha

I found this beautiful once, but I've worn it out.
It's a spoonerism: "flutter by"

Another beautiful thing:
A really old person really really enjoying a cigarette. ;)

23 March 1889 mean anything to you?

According to Wikipedia you have three choices:

# 1889 - Land run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.
# 1889 - The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.
# 1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.

None of them mean much to me.

The beautiful darkness? :) ;) :fluffle:

Where's she gone? Haven't seen her for ages.

Where's she gone? Haven't seen her for ages.

RL bug got her :(

RL bug got her :(

Ah :(

THE GRAND MONARCHISTIC SUPERKINGDOM OF WARTOM IS THE MOST BEATUIFCULL STSANDE EVER!

or a cold coke.

Ah :(

indeed

Have you read Avoid? (I haven't, just made me think of it)

No. I've never heard of it. What's it about?


It's "A void"- a novel in which there is no letter "e". It's a translation of the French "La Disparition" by Georges Perec, which also does not contain the letter "e". I read it when I was 16-17 because the concept intrigued me... I found it slightly long-winded.

I once soiled myself at the mere sight of Euler's Number (I won't type it out here, just to be safe).

Personally, I love Euler's Identity. The simplicity to me embodies beauty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity

I don't like Pi. It makes me feel a little insecure. I like nice, whole numbers. What's Euler's number? I'm not a mathematician, I just have an obsession with counting things.

What about Phi, the so-called "golden ratio" (1:1.618 iirc)?

Well, I`d say no, but yes is also aprovable. So is maybe.

nature's diversity. it's refusal to kiss the ass of our idiosity of trying to screw everything up by trying to make everything any one way, like our trying to make everything have to begin and end with little green pieces of paper, or any other kind of mundanizing. the way everthing in it exists by coexisting, even those which prey on each other. the way it refuses to be the simplistic cleche so many humans seem to get off on trying to immagine it to be.

=^^=
.../\...

nature's diversity. it's refusal to kiss the ass of our idiosity of trying to screw everything up by trying to make everything any one way, like our trying to make everything have to begin and end with little green pieces of paper, or any other kind of mundanizing. the way everthing in it exists by coexisting, even those which prey on each other. the way it refuses to be the simplistic cleche so many humans seem to get off on trying to immagine it to be.

=^^=
.../\...

And now to something completely different:

The most beautifullest thing ever must be a shaved monkey wearing a hat while dancing to the tune of Noobsong. Thats beauty... or is it just funny? Hmm..:rolleyes:

=^^=
.../\...

Off topic, I know. But, what on Earth is this thing, above?

Sunsets are beautiful.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/friday073.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/DSCF9038.jpg

The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul is beautiful.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/ssssss228.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/ssssss221.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Philly/ssssss211.jpg

Flowers are beautiful.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Flowers/stuff7020.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/Longwood%20Gardens/DSCF9196.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/New%20Today/whatnot049.jpg

I am.[/arrogance]

The most beautiful thing to me is a trickling stream amongst trees with sunlight hitting the water.

The most beautiful thing to me is a trickling stream amongst trees with sunlight hitting the water.

Ah! The pebbles in the bed. Water that seems clearer than clear, yet seems green. Yes, thankyou. :)

This weekend I think ...

The most beautiful thing to me is a trickling stream amongst trees with sunlight hitting the water.

How is a stream up in the trees?

:eek:

Tiamat, Lavy, and Geecku. Oh my! <3

How is a stream up in the trees?

:eek:

Don't you have flying water over in Philly?

Umm... beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Umm... beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Why thank you! (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/newcam/wwwwww250.jpg)

Umm... beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

That's a possibility.

Whoo! I win! :D

Don't you have flying water over in Philly?

We don't believe in surrealism.

We don't believe in surrealism.
Bah, Philly sucks.

Tuxes

Sunsets are beautiful.

*images*

Indeed they are.

For me, though, they are less beautiful without the impending night.

Perhaps I could gradually turn down the brightness on my monitor.
Then I could pretend the little blue light is the first evening star.

Oh well. Thought I was going to say something, looks like I didn't. :confused:

Yay the thread, yay the OP, yay everybody. That'll do.

Bah, Philly sucks.
You go and edit it while I waste my time looking on wiki? I hate you.
Indeed they are.

For me, though, they are less beautiful without the impending night.

Perhaps I could gradually turn down the brightness on my monitor.
Then I could pretend the little blue light is the first evening star.

Oh well. Thought I was going to say something, looks like I didn't. :confused:

Yay the thread, yay the OP, yay everybody. That'll do.

Allllllrighty..

You go and edit it while I waste my time looking on wiki? I hate you.

Yeah, I had the feeling I had no idea how to properly use the word, and I wouldn't want to get outsmarted.

Of course, much as I love those mountains, that sight is less transcendently beautiful to me than the experience as a musician in an ensemble of everyone simultaneously getting something just perfectly, utterly right, so that some little voice down at the core of your being cries out, "YES. THIS. THIS IS IT." It happens only rarely, but when it does, it is the most amazing thing in the world.

I understand and agree :)

http://img.tfd.com/thumb/9/93/SakuraHealed.png

http://www.ural.ru/gallery/news/techno/air_mil/su-47.jpg

http://mlefeuvre.club.fr/scienceslettres/Le%20chateau%20de%20Versailles.jpg

http://brigitav.blogspot.com/french%20fries.jpg

http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/thumb/7/71/275px-Monet.waterlilies.500pix.jpg

The only thing I liked in those pictures were the french fries. :D

Off topic, I know. But, what on Earth is this thing, above?

off topic???? how?

(or are you saying/appologising for your question being off topic? i AM a little bit slow sometimes myself)

at any rate, i suppose i should expect to get asked this every six months or so: a cat, or other furry critter, steepling its forepaws and saying "nemeste".

(because 'smilies' totally screwed up, rather then enhancing as far as i'm concerned, the old ascii emoticons)

=^^=
.../\...

off topic???? how?

(or are you saying/appologising for your question being off topic? i AM a little bit slow sometimes myself)

at any rate, i suppose i should expect to get asked this every six months or so: a cat, or other furry critter, steepling its forepaws and saying "nemeste".

(because 'smilies' totally screwed up, rather then enhancing as far as i'm concerned, the old ascii emoticons)

=^^=
.../\...

Aha, I can sort of imagine it now. Thanks. :)

A telephone pole is the most beautiful thing.

http://www.update-software.com/images/links/telephone%20pole.jpg

What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?

This poll is mostly about what is physically the most beautiful object, but can involve an idea. After all the negative things put-up on the forum, I thought this would be quite nice. :)
Feel-free to put pics to express your view, and if you must debate, keep the debate simple, happy, and about beauty....

me!......oh, wait, nevermind.

The only thing I liked in those pictures were the french fries. :D
Fair enough. :)

A telephone pole is the most beautiful thing.

http://http://www.update-software.com/images/links/telephone%20pole.jpg
On the contrary. 'Cannot find server' is one of the most awful, soul-destroying things on this earth. :(

http://www.ural.ru/gallery/news/techno/air_mil/su-47.jpg


:)

the sight of my daughters, cuddled up asleep, after a long day having fun.

The first buds on the trees after a long winter.

The White Mountains, in the fall, and spring.

Allow me to answer this question with a simple picture:

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Allow me to answer this question with a simple picture:

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I hate birds, but that one is quite beautiful.

J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied 'Cello.

(Even if #6 does drag on a bit.)

I hate birds, but that one is quite beautiful.

I like all birds, but the Red-Tailed Hawk is my favorite. It's also a guiding force for my spirituality.

They usually have a striking red tail, hence the name, but that hawk lacks it; likely because it's a juvenile.

Here's another (male, likely, because of its small size) that's molted into its red tailfeathers: http://www.fresnochaffeezoo.com/images/red-tail-hawk.gif

the thing thats most beautiful is sitting with people you cherish and just spending quality time together

No. I've never heard of it. What's it about?
What's with those numbers in the quote tags? This one is [QUOTE-Cannot think of a name;12659061] What does 12659061 stand for?

I don't know what it's about, I just know that the entire book doesn't contain the letter 'e'.

The best part is it's French, and the English translation doesn't have an 'e' in it either. That had to be one pain in the ass translation.

The numbers are references to our post, so that little arrow in the quote will link you back to the original post.

I like all birds, but the Red-Tailed Hawk is my favorite. It's also a guiding force for my spirituality.

They usually have a striking red tail, hence the name, but that hawk lacks it; likely because it's a juvenile.

Here's another (male, likely, because of its small size) that's molted into its red tailfeathers: http://www.fresnochaffeezoo.com/images/red-tail-hawk.gif

okay, I like that kind of bird......but I still hate finches and pigeons.

okay, I like that kind of bird......but I still hate finches and pigeons.

Heh.. The Red-tail is an opportunistic predator, so it'll eat pigeons, and finches if it could catch them, among other things. xD

Heh.. The Red-tail is an opportunistic predator, so it'll eat pigeons, and finches if it could catch them, among other things. xD

Well I know I'd eat a pigeon if I had the chance. Mmmmm, delicious.

Well I know I'd eat a pigeon if I had the chance. Mmmmm, delicious.

From what I hear, squab is quite unpleasant. I suppose it's an acquired taste.

But hawks, and most birds, have a very poor sense of taste, bordering on none at all. So that's rather irrelevant.

Heh.. The Red-tail is an opportunistic predator, so it'll eat pigeons, and finches if it could catch them, among other things. xD

then I love him. Pigeons have attacked me on more than one occasion, once I had to get stitches, they hate me for no reason.....one tried to kill me by diving through my windshield while I was on the highway......I hate pigeons.

Heh.. The Red-tail is an opportunistic predator, so it'll eat pigeons, and finches if it could catch them, among other things. xD

My home town has red-tailed hawks as a native animal, and a small zoo with an open air cage that had...a red-tailed hawk. Which I always thought was fucked up. If I wanted to see a red-tailed hawk, most often I could just look up. And so could that poor hawk in the cage...I wonder if the other hawks visited him at night. "Dude, that's fucked up, what they get ya for?"

My home town has red-tailed hawks as a native animal, and a small zoo with an open air cage that had...a red-tailed hawk. Which I always thought was fucked up. If I wanted to see a red-tailed hawk, most often I could just look up. And so could that poor hawk in the cage...I wonder if the other hawks visited him at night. "Dude, that's fucked up, what they get ya for?"

There's a distinct possibility that the caged hawk is either wounded or imprinted (so attached to a human or a human environment that it would do poorly in the wild); barring that, it may be a falconer's bird. If you're concerned, ask the zoo, I'm sure they'll be happy to provide you with information.

On the ethical side of it, you have to think like a hawk. Sure, you're a little confined.. but you're fed every day without hunting. You're protected. You have all your needs looked after. Falconers train their birds with food so that they return to them rather than flying away; it would seem, at least, that raptors are motivated by their base needs rather than an abstract concept of freedom, which is in line with most animals. So there's not really a need to pity him.. though I understand the inherent sadness first felt when seeing a wild, predatory bird caged, rest assured that the hawk is probably quite content.

Of course, much as I love those mountains, that sight is less transcendently beautiful to me than the experience as a musician in an ensemble of everyone simultaneously getting something just perfectly, utterly right, so that some little voice down at the core of your being cries out, "YES. THIS. THIS IS IT." It happens only rarely, but when it does, it is the most amazing thing in the world.

Agreed :)

I think this is beautiful:

http://trojanhorseshoes.blogfodder.net/archives/Transformers.jpg

There's a distinct possibility that the caged hawk is either wounded or imprinted (so attached to a human or a human environment that it would do poorly in the wild); barring that, it may be a falconer's bird. If you're concerned, ask the zoo, I'm sure they'll be happy to provide you with information.

On the ethical side of it, you have to think like a hawk. Sure, you're a little confined.. but you're fed every day without hunting. You're protected. You have all your needs looked after. Falconers train their birds with food so that they return to them rather than flying away; it would seem, at least, that raptors are motivated by their base needs rather than an abstract concept of freedom, which is in line with most animals. So there's not really a need to pity him.. though I understand the inherent sadness first felt when seeing a wild, predatory bird caged, rest assured that the hawk is probably quite content.
Well, first it was a joke more than anything, and second it's guaranteed that he was injured as the zoo was actually set up to take care of sick and injured animals (it was the zoo that took care of the actual Smokey the Bear, though that's disputed (but we're totally right)). It also had a three legged fox, a lion with digestive problems, and a weird bobcat that escaped once and attacked a friend of mine when he tried to get in his car (the bobcat was hiding underneath it-if you knew the guy you'd realize how funny it is (he didn't get hurt that bad, I'm not a monster) he was the quietest most unassuming dude...you really had to know him to realize how funny it was).

What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?


NERVUNS' wife taking a little cat nap on sun warmed tatami on a sunny spring day after the rains have passed; making everything sparkle as the remaining low clouds boil off the evergreen foothills that surround my town and hug the pure white peaks of the Japanese Alps.

That, to me, is beauty.

Well, first it was a joke more than anything, and second it's guaranteed that he was injured as the zoo was actually set up to take care of sick and injured animals (it was the zoo that took care of the actual Smokey the Bear, though that's disputed (but we're totally right)). It also had a three legged fox, a lion with digestive problems, and a weird bobcat that escaped once and attacked a friend of mine when he tried to get in his car (the bobcat was hiding underneath it-if you knew the guy you'd realize how funny it is (he didn't get hurt that bad, I'm not a monster) he was the quietest most unassuming dude...you really had to know him to realize how funny it was).

I figured it was a joke, but just in case, I didn't want you to feel bad for the bird when you didn't have to.

And it's cool that the zoo takes care of sick and injured animals.. And that your friend was attacked by a bobcat. If only you got it on video you'd be an e-celebrity. xD

The most beautifull thing in the world is when you wake up to the sound of the rain in your windowns at 6 am in the cold morning of a saturday, just to realize you dont need to get up that day.

Now, that is beautifull.

An efficient, powerful, sophisticated and perfectly operating system, doing exactly what it should.

As for what looks the most beautiful, I'd say a visual representation of such, be it . Which can be anything from a visual imagery to the source code of a software system, or a physical object.


Needless to say, real-life human beings do not qualify.


... I've always liked numbers. They don't question you, they don't judge you, they don't shout. They don't expect anything from you except to be counted. And even if you don't, they don't gt mad about it, they just sit there patiently until you do.If you haven't already, you should concider taking up programming. Particularly on a lower level (as in closer to the hardware).

Fair enough. :)


On the contrary. 'Cannot find server' is one of the most awful, soul-destroying things on this earth. :(

Sorry, didn't notice the doube http before I had to log off. Why didn't YOU notice it?

a deserted tropical beach with a fully stocked bar.

this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:L85A2.jpg

and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AUG_A2_407mm_klein_03.jpg

this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:L85A2.jpg

and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AUG_A2_407mm_klein_03.jpg

Only you....

Actually, they're kind of ugly. Potentially dangerous, but ugly.

Only you....

Actually, they're kind of ugly. Potentially dangerous, but ugly.

just about the ugliest rifles there are.

Where's she gone? Haven't seen her for ages.

Unofficially retired...

me!......oh, wait, nevermind.

You're obviously not bad looking.. ;)

The sight/sound of a plan being perfectly executed. Like the twist ending of Following, that was awesome.

http://www.photos.org.au/userimages/user756_1161066881.jpg

I love nukes. :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

http://mlefeuvre.club.fr/scienceslettres/Le%20chateau%20de%20Versailles.jpg

Mmmmmm... Versailles..

*drools*

Walking through a forest during spring. The ground is covered with a dense sea of white wood anemones, thousands per square meter as far as the eye can see. The brand new leaves and vegetation everywhere has that tender spring-green color. Rays of sunlight shines through small gaps in the canopy. The visual impressions are accompanied by birds' song, the first heat after a long cold winter and the forest scents.

Then walking up on a small mountain to sit down and look out over the forest, a lake and a meadow where a flock of sheep are grazing on the new grass.

http://www.photos.org.au/userimages/user756_1161066881.jpg

I love nukes. :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

Careful. If god loves anything, it's irony.

Careful. If god loves anything, it's irony.
Explain, please? :confused:

Walking through a forest during spring. The ground is covered with a dense sea of white wood anemones, thousands per square meter as far as the eye can see. The brand new leaves and vegetation everywhere has that tender spring-green color. Rays of sunlight shines through small gaps in the canopy. The visual impressions are accompanied by birds' song, the first heat after a long cold winter and the forest scents.

Then walking up on a small mountain to sit down and look out over the forest, a lake and a meadow where a flock of sheep are grazing on the new grass.
that does sound like bliss. how steep is this mountain though? o.0

Good video games and music from video games (particularly old ones).

Careful. If god loves anything, it's irony.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9204/godrh8.jpg

Music, books, sunsets, especially here, over the ocean, a starry sky, the New York City skyline.

Waking up next to your partner and not having to rush to work / college.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9204/godrh8.jpg

more like we all be fucked if that was about to happen

more like we all be fucked if that was about to happen

Yup. So brush your teeth every day :)

What do you think is the most beautiful thing? The sky? A flower? A Woman? A weapon :p? Childhood?

This poll is mostly about what is physically the most beautiful object, but can involve an idea. After all the negative things put-up on the forum, I thought this would be quite nice. :)
Feel-free to put pics to express your view, and if you must debate, keep the debate simple, happy, and about beauty....

Love.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Windcat2/IMG_0144.jpg

This is beautiful. Cold, but beautiful.

The most beautiful thing in the world? Wild, untamed, natural, and pristine environments.



A new pack of cigarettes is also really beautiful...

A telephone pole is the most beautiful thing.

http://www.update-software.com/images/links/telephone%20pole.jpg
Pervert

I hate birds, but that one is quite beautiful.
Agreed. After we destroy all humans shall we destroy all birds?

Good video games and music from video games (particularly old ones).

Interesting choice. What are some examples? I've played many old video games, but never considred the music, really.

Interesting choice. What are some examples? I've played many old video games, but never considred the music, really.
I like the sounds Ataris make. Boop-boop-beep-boop. Beeeee-bing.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Windcat2/IMG_0144.jpg

This is beautiful. Cold, but beautiful.

snow the thing i only saw once in my life as a kid

that does sound like bliss. how steep is this mountain though? o.0
The "mountains" in this area are small and rocky. They only reach just above the treetops and a few meters more. Even though most sides are rocky and pretty much vertical I've never found a single mountain that didn't have at least one gently sloping path up to the top that can be walked comfortably rather then climbed. And the tops are always a small area of flat ground where a group of trees are growing as if a tiny portion of the forest had been lifted up above the rest to get a good view.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Windcat2/IMG_0144.jpg

This is beautiful. Cold, but beautiful.
Hear hear! :D

One of the most beautiful moments of my life ;
Setting : the top of the Mont Royal, sunrise
View : Montreal from above
Notes : With a little help from my friends...

Poetry, Literature, typically aesthetic beauty, and human compassion.