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Funny how the world has marched on for me without a single blip on the moderation-dar. Could be a matter of just being decent to people and not insulting them - but naaaaah, let's go with moderator bias.
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This confuses me on so many levels.
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Hello there.
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I'm okay with not being the strong one.
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Ghost Pepper Fries.
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You should see a doctor and get a prescription.
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Apparently it started as a fish sauce called ke-tsiap. The more you know.
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You should withhold judgement until you play it. In my eyes it's a gem, but I have peculiar tastes in fiction.
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Death by snu snu.
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smoliske posted...

i hope a lot of toxic users rage quit because of this

Fingers crossed.

I don't understand the outrage. The -FAQs and -Spot communities haven't played nice with each other since the "partnership", and I doubt anything will change one way or the other.
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Uh. Okay. Far be it from me to kinkshame.
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How does one even get warned, let alone lose accounts?
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Scottish and Polish, if I remember correctly.
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iClockwork posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

She plateaued

Maybe the size of a literal plateau.

That's very nice of you. Thank you.
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I'm sensing some very black-and-white thinking here. It's very much possible to acknowledge the cultural significance of a philosophy towards society as a whole, while at the same time acknowledging that the whole-hog implementation is impossible, impractical, dangerous, and questionably viable.

Some parts of its influence, in the vein of workers' rights, have turned out to be good for capitalism. It's okay to just take the good parts out of an otherwise flawed idea.
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Viewtiful Joe. Difficult as hell, but it was fair.
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RebelElite791 posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

She plateaued

lol

I guess that's what you'd call it? She lost weight, stopped losing or gaining weight, and kept working out. I don't get the negative judgement, but I also don't get why this is terribly important. She's still fat, and enjoys going to the gym and working out. So?
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Okay. She plateaued, still works out, and is happy. Shrug.
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nicklebro posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

You can discuss the advantages of an idea that you ultimately disagree with, especially if the advantages are grossly outweighed by the disadvantages.

Yes, command economies can be extremely efficient - but so far, only short-term. Russia had an enormous boom that led to a catastrophic bust. And that leaves out who it was on the backs of.

Same thing with North Korea, I believe they were initially far more successful a country than South Korea. But short term gains have literally nothing to do with sustainability which is what determines something's viability.

I have no idea why people think that pointing out that certain instances of Marxism were not complete failures from start to finish somehow negates the fact that they all ended as abject failures.

They very quickly ceased to be anything close to Marxism, to be fair. I doubt that any society could "stick to the plan", or even be viable if they did. I don't think we'll ever know, but at least early on there was inspiration in other countries for laborers' rights and such.

Best thing I can say about the whole idea from a practical standpoint.
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I prefer the Dr. Horrible approach - everything happens.

What matters is what you do about it.
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You can discuss the advantages of an idea that you ultimately disagree with, especially if the advantages are grossly outweighed by the disadvantages.

Yes, command economies can be extremely efficient - but so far, only short-term. Russia had an enormous boom that led to a catastrophic bust. And that leaves out who it was on the backs of.
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Every attempt of implementation in practice so far has devolved into the exact opposite of the theory - a goal of a stateless, classless society inevitably turns into a society run by the state with very clear class boundaries. Ironic that it turns into a representation of the worst criticisms of capitalism.

So long as there's a power vacuum to be abused (and there always is), it's not viable. Hell, it won't ever match up with the theory.

Interesting thought experiment. Would only work if all people were morally good, unselfish, willing to work for the common good, and didn't lust for power. Considering that's nowhere on Earth, it's not worth another try.

I guess one could say there've been hybrid "social democracies" that've been working decently, but still squarely capitalist - just with more government involvement in the welfare of its citizenry. But that's another matter, and depends on your position on the political spectrum.
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Nope. I have empathy for strangers.
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If you're afraid it's going to be taken as creepy and unwanted, you're probably right and should take a different approach.
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It was a product of its time. Things that were considered okay then are not okay now.
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I suppose it has to do with personal tastes in figures. Tact would be appreciated.
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Apparently she's about 230, but I'm pretty sure that varies from shoot to shoot.
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Not the Host Club?
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~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~
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I'm a real hedgehog.

It's mine. You can't have it.
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~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~
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Imitating me and my gimmick confusion is a gimmick?
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I'd sooner they learn survival through tough times and compassion for others. So mixed company. Good luck and bad. Success and failure.
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Vulgorn posted...

theres so much triggered in here

i can smell the b.o. from a mile away

I think I can be real here and comment that, after dealing with several friends with legitimate PTSD and how frightening their reaction to real triggers can be, the hyperbolic usage of "triggered" bothers me some.

It's not something I'd mark, but I wish people'd consider it a little more before throwing it out there trivially.

I know it won't happen, though.
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Sometimes letting the thicc stay thicc is a good thing. It's a nice view.
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They do? Could've fooled me.
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There are literally people who defend toxic behavior as part of the "culture" of the site. Good lord.
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Huh. I'm not real? Nothing is real.
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~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~
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Android 21, I think. New character.
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~Drewnami: The Drew abides.~
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I get it. You make your own meaning. And if you make your bed (which doesn't even have to be a literally made bed, just some amount of positive tangible effort made) to start the day, no matter how shitty your day goes, you can look back and say hey, at least I made the bed. At least I did the thing.

At best, it's a mental foundation to build on. I did this little thing already. What other things can I do today, bigger than this?
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Please don't get existential on me here.
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Why hello.
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The Juri's still out on it.
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When's Mahvel?
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Welp. That was short-lived.
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The second and third images are okay by me. The first is just plain confusing (and has redundancies).
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Scary thought: what if that's contributed to where we are now?
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averagejoel posted...

The23rdMagus posted...

"May". And that's with maximum benefit of the doubt.

Point is, no matter what way one might try to explain the actions, it doesn't excuse the actions. Wrong is wrong. Rape is rape.

"benefit of the doubt" implies that there's some doubt to begin with. there isn't.

Please stop nitpicking this. I'm agreeing with you.
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"May". And that's with maximum benefit of the doubt.

Point is, no matter what way one might try to explain the actions, it doesn't excuse the actions. Wrong is wrong. Rape is rape.
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May explain it, but doesn't excuse it.
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s0nicfan posted...

hollow_shrine posted...

DoomSwell posted...

I argue that calling transsexuals "straight" is a paradox. Either they like what they were born as; making them gay, or they like what they wanna be making them lesbian.

It's only a paradox by that above description if you think of them as their birth sex instead of what they present themselves as. It's only a paradox if you think they're effectively just impersonating members of the opposite sex. It's only a paradox if you don't know what the word transgender or transsexual (no one uses this anymore) means.

It's a paradox, and you'd have to be a bigot to have a problem with it. The very fact that you take offense to trans attraction being something other than straight is a problem, because it implies there's something WRONG with it being something else.

Huh?
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Meh.
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