Vampiric Studies

[Dooey Jo]

http://www.geocities.com/vampiricstudies/

What do you think?
I think it's bullshit. Or something similar.
Vampire virus?

Or maybe I'm wrong, I'm no expert in biology, I know very little about how retroviri works. Maybe it's true, and vampires really exist *scary music*.

If this have allready been discussed (as usual): SH*T! And sorry.

[Alyrium Denryle]

And of course it had to be you that postes this*points to Vlad, your avatar*

[Stormbringer]

She's a nut case. Pure and unadultered idiocy.

And no serious researcher, teacher, or anyone to be taken seriously would set up such a site on Geocities.

[InnerBrat]

Can you say I am Legend? Or, for the illerate amongst us, Omegaman?

[Gandalf]

That site is down, but wasn't a vampire virus one of the story points in Blade 2?

[Specialist]

Yes, and the main vilian tried to enchance it by eliminating all it's weakness.

[DPDarkPrimus]

Anything posted on Geoshitties is to be taken with less than a grain of salt.

[SyntaxVorlon]

Some people have tried to explain vampirism using pseudoscience or out of context science, really awful logic. Mostly they use this to try and explain why there is vampiric lore. Dragons are actually more common in world literature and I'm sure there are sites dedicated to that too.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Immortality=impossible
Death by sun light=impossible

[DPDarkPrimus]

Death by sun light=impossible

It could be argued that some fatal forms of skin cancer can be caused by excessive exposure to UV rays...

[Patrick Degan]

I've no idea what this woman's babbling about. All I know is that I retreat to my crypt at sunrise just like everybody else.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

And no serious researcher, teacher, or anyone to be taken seriously would set up such a site on Geocities.

They do let people like this teach at universities these days. It's the continued degeneration of our education system due to the fallacy of postmodernism. I'm not sure, however, that she is a genuine case. It's just that she quite possibly could be.

[SyntaxVorlon]

What universities?

[Oberleutnant]

Death by sun light=impossible

It could be argued that some fatal forms of skin cancer can be caused by excessive exposure to UV rays...

There's also an extremely rare disease which makes a person's skin so sensitive to sunlight that he can't go out without an enclosed protective suit. IMO it's quite possible that the myth about Vampires being unable to survive in sunlight was originated by this.

[InnerBrat]

There's also an extremely rare disease which makes a person's skin so sensitive to sunlight that he can't go out without an enclosed protective suit. IMO it's quite possible that the myth about Vampires being unable to survive in sunlight was originated by this.

Again, back with the movie references - the photphobia suffered by the kids in The Others is a real disease.

And I don't care if Blade II had a virus explanation. They stole it from I Am Legend

[PainRack]

The Truth about Vampires

Vampires in pyschology:Well,there are vampires out there.Social vampires,personality vampires.They range from anyone,from that overbearing boss,that dead boring aunt to that tantrum throwing kid on the train.

Calvin,from Calvin and Hobbes can be classified as a social vampire.He's one who superimpose his reality on you and forces you to pay attention to him.Although this can be argued to everyone,only special cases,where for example,the attention seeking person suffers from real mental problems,can he be classified as a vampire.

Vampires in myth,explained by science and logic:
Vampire stories became very popular all of a sudden in the Middle Ages.There is a reason.Rabies.The weather patterns of the time,and a suspected boom in animal growth meant that a rabies epidenmic might have erupted among the populace.Among the many symptons of severe rabies
Foaming.Something some vampires are noted to do.
Sensitivity to sunlight.
Tendency to bite.
Extreme salivating.

It should also be noted the "true vampires" of the time,are often nobles,found in isolated,village communites.No exercise,and inbreeding.That means,pale skin,possible growth of teeth,and some serious physical and mental problems.

Beside the truth about the absurd out of touch with reality some of these vampire nobles had about life and morality.They often indulged in cruel torture and treated the lives of their peasants like shit.The ancients belief in the holiness of blood and the Church probably then sealed the vampire belief into modern times.

[Dooey Jo]

And of course it had to be you that postes this*points to Vlad, your avatar*

Yes, well, it had to be done, sooner or later.

[C.S.Strowbridge]

The Truth about Vampires

There's also Sexual Vampires. Basically a blood fetish.

Physical Vampires: Some people have birth defects that make them look like the vampire from Shadow of the Vampire.

Vampiric Weaknesses: Sensitivity to the sun, allergic to garlic and silver.

[kojikun]

--Death by sun light=impossible--

Actually its not. There are some people who are hypersensitive to light and can literally die from being exposed to sunglight (probably because their bodies react adversely). I cant find any good sources for you tho, because i dont know the name for the disease.

[Sir Sirius]

Xeroderma Pigmentosum or XP for short.

[Jadeite]

Xeroderma Pigmentosum or XP for short.

Microsofts probably behind it....