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Topic"Sharia Law is bad, except when we do it" - Christians
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:41:20 PM
#46
hockeybub89 posted...
s0nicfan posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
s0nicfan posted...
There are a nontrivial number of actual nations that actively practice sharia law. If Christians really want the same that badly, point me to the Christian majority nations that have done the same.

Most Christian nations are developed and have some semblance of democracy and rights.

There are Christian-heavy nations in Africa that are downright barbaric.


Which ones are practicing a strict theocratic interpretation of Christianity?

Are we going to do the thing where we say this is corrupted Christianity vs devout Islam? I'm pretty sure every religious person believes they are practicing the right way.


We're doing the thing where the TC says Christians want to implement their own version of Sharia Law and I point out that there are lots of Christian majority nations in the world and none of them are doing it.

EDIT: fixed your quote, but my response is the same.
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TopicThe punishment for having an abortion after rape in Alabama is now greater than
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:39:06 PM
#230
TrevorBlack79 posted...
NeoShadowhen posted...
So then we are back to the right to bodily autonomy supersedes someone elses right to life.


No we aren't. The right to life does not include access to someone else's body.


Although I will point out that some nations are experimenting with bending this statement by making organ donor status active by default for all people and making people "opt out" if they don't want their organs harvested after death. So even the idea that a right to life doesn't include access to someone else's body is up for debate in the first world.
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Topic"Sharia Law is bad, except when we do it" - Christians
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:35:06 PM
#43
hockeybub89 posted...
s0nicfan posted...
There are a nontrivial number of actual nations that actively practice sharia law. If Christians really want the same that badly, point me to the Christian majority nations that have done the same.

Most Christian nations are developed and have some semblance of democracy and rights.

There are Christian-heavy nations in Africa that are downright barbaric.


Which ones are practicing a strict theocratic interpretation of Christianity?
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TopicWhat scripture supports the discrimination against LGBTQ people?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:11:55 PM
#25
Shablagoo posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
Lairen posted...
Why do we go on scripture versus whatever god tells us right now? Its rhetorical.

I dont have any idea what youre asking

Hope this helps

Yo, as a life can be slowed down 20 frames per second
Seen through Panavision
The inner light inside my mind shines expands the prism
A man of wisdom, victorious and the glorious
Sight beyond sight we stand up as Divine Warriors
Who smite with the mighty right hand of God
Yield the holy sword, swings the holy rod
Then bathe in the pond of Nirvana, escape the realm of Karma
Allow the true grace of God to shine through my persona
And build the reconstructional terms that's constructive
As we destroy the negative germs that's destructive
Productively, sincerely, we uphold the righteous banner
With the gold touch of Midas, mold the righteous hammer
And anvil, to the sound of Man-drill
Ignite to the speed of light cause time to stand still
Rewrite the script of Egypt, who made the Holy Bible
Or Quran, how long ago, who made the Holy Title?
Of I Self Lord And Master, who control the vital
Parts of your heart, who wrote the wise recitals?
Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah, Arm-Leg-Leg-Arm-Head
Still puzzled like the jigsaw


Are these system of a down lyrics?
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Topic"Sharia Law is bad, except when we do it" - Christians
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:09:52 PM
#40
There are a nontrivial number of actual nations that actively practice sharia law. If Christians really want the same that badly, point me to the Christian majority nations that have done the same.
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TopicWhat scripture supports the discrimination against LGBTQ people?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 5:06:34 PM
#21
King_Hellebuyck posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Depends on whether you consider hadith scripture or not.

For the sake of discussion, lets include it


https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Homosexuality

Some examples not referencing Lot:
Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : If a man who is not married is seized committing sodomy, he will be stoned to death.

Sunan Abu Dawud 38:4448

Malik related to me that he asked Ibn Shihab about someone who committed sodomy. Ibn Shihab said, "He is to be stoned, whether or not he is muhsan."

Al-Muwatta 41:11

The crime of homosexuality is one of the greatest of crimes, the worst of sins and the most abhorrent of deeds, and Allaah punished those who did it in a way that He did not punish other nations. It is indicative of violation of the fitrah, total misguidance, weak intellect and lack of religious commitment, and it is a sign of doom and deprivation of the mercy of Allaah. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.

The punishment for homosexuality
Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 38622

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TopicWhat scripture supports the discrimination against LGBTQ people?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 4:55:47 PM
#13
Depends on whether you consider hadith scripture or not.
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TopicThe "Do it for her" episode of the Simpsons makes no sense.
s0nicfan
05/15/19 4:23:56 PM
#9
philsov posted...
And why would a carbon rod get a cover on Time?

Or a psycho child killer get distracted by an operetta?


We live in a world where a former man won woman of the year and a realty TV star is the president.
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TopicThe punishment for having an abortion after rape in Alabama is now greater than
s0nicfan
05/15/19 3:19:54 PM
#182
Tyranthraxus posted...
TrevorBlack79 posted...
Tupacrulez posted...
Until birth a baby is quite literally a parasite.

Until the second trimester it is all but a tumour.


Both of these statements are objectively false. We don't need to lie in order to justify a woman's right to bodily autonomy.

What do you call a multicellular organism residing inside or attached to a different organism that absorbs the host's nutrition for itself, causes discomfort to the host, and has a fairly decent chance of killing the host when removed?


Shadow the Hedgehog, and the host is the Sonic franchise.
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TopicThe punishment for having an abortion after rape in Alabama is now greater than
s0nicfan
05/15/19 3:01:31 PM
#173
I'd also like to point out that this entire debate can be settled by congress passing a law. The only reason Alabama can get away with this is because abortion rights were never actually codified into law, but interpreted from existing law by the supreme court. They took the due process clause of the 14th amendment and argued that a woman's right to personal liberty meant she had the right to an abortion, but in the 45+ years since that ruling congress has never really seriously tried to pass a law to fix it.

To this day, some people will point to Roe v Wade as an example of extrajudicial authority (AKA legislating from the bench) and use it as evidence as to why the courts needs to be stacked in one direction or another.

I know it doesn't really "fix" the issue here, but it bothers me that we've become so complacent towards the idea that congress doesn't do their actual job anymore that we fight harder for getting things done through alternative means than we do towards getting them off their asses and drafting bills/laws to remove ambiguity from the situation.
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TopicHas a movie ever had a fight scene in a lumber mill?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:48:01 PM
#17
Dark_Garioshi posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Dark_Garioshi posted...
Okay then, anyone have any other locations they think have never been done before?


A nursery, but while it's still filled with babies.

That sounds like a bad idea


Depends. It could make for a great fight in an old-school Jackie Chan or Stephen Chow martial arts comedy.
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TopicWhat seems like 5 minutes...
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:42:59 PM
#2
burns112233 posted...
on the internet... ends up being 2 hours, but what seems like 35 minutes at work ends up being 3 minutes. Fuck time.


The secret is to have a bunch of high priority things due at work. Then what feels like 35 minutes will end up being 8 hours.
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TopicWhat is being a nurse like? Anyone here a nurse?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:40:52 PM
#5
I have friends who are nurses. All I can say is, I hope you like cleaning up poop.
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TopicIs there a way to make "I don't care" less confrontational?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:38:15 PM
#13
Paragon21XX posted...
Behold the field in which I grow my Fucks! Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren!


Ideally give them a hand sewn tapestry with this on it instead of just saying it out loud. Like this:
dOlZA3i
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TopicTo be honest, all humans should be spayed and neutered.
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:36:21 PM
#4
It's what Bob Barker would have wanted.
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TopicHas a movie ever had a fight scene in a lumber mill?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:33:58 PM
#7
Dark_Garioshi posted...
Okay then, anyone have any other locations they think have never been done before?


A nursery, but while it's still filled with babies.
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TopicWhat ever happened to AOC?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:33:03 PM
#5
Everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame.
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TopicThe punishment for having an abortion after rape in Alabama is now greater than
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:27:53 PM
#166
clearaflagrantj posted...
s0nicfan posted...
that there are serious consequences to unprotected sex and to start acting more responsibly rather than looking for more ways to do what you want without having to deal with the consequences.

Your entire post was great, the type of conversation we actually need on this cesspool we call a message board, but I want to argue against the focal point of your post I quoted

"Serious consequences" is incredibly subjective to me. The first trimester the fetus ranges from being a clump of cells to something the size of an avocado basically. It has zero perception, zero awareness, it has less of a claim to life than a plant in this stage. Why does this fetus have to be assumed as a serious consequence? Would you care if a woman you never met used the morning after pill? Did she commit murder? Is engaging in physical exercise while pregnant reckless endangerment of a human life? If a woman experiences a miscarriage should she be arrested for manslaughter?

Human rights are inalienable because they are important to sentient beings. A fetus is not sentient, it may become one, but if you abort the fetus you are not murdering a human, you are preventing the birth of one. I'll ask in an objective, "cold" manner: when we have millions of humans dying from war, disease, and famine, do we really need to cherish the sanctity of life of a 2 week old fetus that nobody wants?


I was explicitly avoiding the "when does human life begin" argument because, while equally (if not more so) important, it's explicitly separate from the point I initially engaged in. Their perspective is that it's a baby, so their viewpoint is framed in that perspective. I actually think a good "middle ground" in this debate that hasn't been engaged with yet is to get conservatives to accept that abortions are acceptable up until viability (as Roe v Wade defined), but then to also invest into STEM research to bring that number down. At the time of Roe v Wade a fetus was almost assuredly going to die if born 3 months premature, but nowadays that has a reasonable chance of surviving. If science can bring viability down to within the first 3 months, then conservatives get to say "no abortions after 3 months" for example.

As to your last paragraph, I'd sincerely suggest avoiding that argument because it can and will be used against you in basically every major issue. For example: "when we have homeless citizens, do we really need to cherish the life of homeless noncitizens?" "when we have innocents being murdered constantly, do we really need to cherish the life of a murderer on death row?" You open up the debate to be not about whether life is worth preserving or not, but at what level of "value" said life is worth preserving, and then you'll have to explain why coma victims are worth keeping on support if they have less brain activity than a fetus.
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TopicFor those of you who have trouble attracting women... why not better yourself?
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:13:41 PM
#7
Tell that to Brian Peppers
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-peppers/
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TopicWorld War 3 coming soon, exxonmobile evacuates from basra oil fields
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:11:32 PM
#97
HBOSS posted...
hmm think about the conditions that made the last world war. America is going to isolate itself again. EU is not stable. and now, the middle east has become ground zero and has a lot more to lose in the region. Latin America is falling apart. Russia is still supporting the other side.

worldwar3 is Not gonna happen.


Yoko Anno and Gainax presents...
World War 3.0: you can NOT undo.
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TopicWorld War 3 coming soon, exxonmobile evacuates from basra oil fields
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:03:00 PM
#94
JamesVanDerBeek posted...
legendarylemur posted...
creativerealms posted...
War, war never changes.

War... has changed

War, huh, good God. What is it good for?

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TopicBeep Bep
s0nicfan
05/15/19 2:02:42 PM
#27
Error1355 posted...
what has happened to my beautiful topic

l4FGGafcOHmrlQxG0
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TopicThe punishment for having an abortion after rape in Alabama is now greater than
s0nicfan
05/15/19 1:52:00 PM
#162
MarqueeSeries posted...
The thing that's always gotten me about the pro life crowd is their unwillingness to fund social safety nets that help these children and families post birth

Like, they'll object to higher taxes and support cuts to programs like WIC and SNAP, saying things like "why should I pay for your life choices" but in the same breath, deny people said choice in the first place

Logically, it has to be one or the other; if you demand that these children be born to families that can't support them, then you need to be ready to pay for the outcome of your beliefs


I'm pro-choice but I wanted to engage this argument because I think it misrepresents the opposing viewpoint and we're only going to win this fight if we understand where the opposition is coming from.

You're saying that it has to be one or the other, but that's because you're not framing it the way they would. Their argument is one of personal responsibility, and they see both as an attempt to escape from it. Not using appropriate protection, getting pregnant, and then getting an abortion to them is escaping the repercussions of their decisions. Similarly, not using appropriate protection, getting pregnant, and then expecting others to pay to raise your child is just another form of the same problem.

They're not demanding that people have kids and then expecting them to raise them without financial support. What they're demanding is for people to start realizing that there are serious consequences to unprotected sex and to start acting more responsibly rather than looking for more ways to do what you want without having to deal with the consequences. To them, the cheapest and most effective plan to avoid all of this is to just use a condom.

Now, obviously you get into contradictions when you start talking about rape victims or abstinence-only Christian conservatives, but both represent a relatively small percentage of the larger debate.
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TopicWorld War 3 coming soon, exxonmobile evacuates from basra oil fields
s0nicfan
05/15/19 1:32:06 PM
#78
Machete posted...
Is this actually likely to happen or is it just another Awesome paranoid conspiracy thing like electricity will stop existing or AOC will turn off gravity somehow?


Realistically it's the latter.
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TopicWorld War 3 coming soon, exxonmobile evacuates from basra oil fields
s0nicfan
05/15/19 1:02:19 PM
#58
Probably related: the US has declared that all non-essential personnel have to flee the country.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48279203
The US state department has ordered the departure of "non-emergency employees" from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US and Iraq's neighbour Iran.

Staff at the embassy in Baghdad and the consulate in Irbil must leave as soon as possible on commercial transport.

Meanwhile, the German and Dutch armies have suspended training Iraqi soldiers.

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TopicTime to pour energy into GIMP, friends!
s0nicfan
05/15/19 12:58:58 PM
#2
Maybe this will get challenged in courts. Software ownership is surprisingly lacking in court precedent.
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TopicBeep Bep
s0nicfan
05/15/19 12:54:59 PM
#5
CapnMuffin posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/user/change_color?site_color=cottoncandy&path=%2Fboards%2F400-current-events%2F77716943


There are no words I could say in reply to this shitty thing that you have done that I could get away with given the number of mods in this topic. Suffice to say, I am not amused.
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TopicSan Francisco bans facial recognition technology from all but federal sites
s0nicfan
05/15/19 12:37:00 PM
#1
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48276660
Legislators in San Francisco have voted to ban the use of facial recognition, the first US city to do so.

The emerging technology will not be allowed to be used by local agencies, such as the citys transport authority, or law enforcement.

Additionally, any plans to buy any kind of new surveillance technology must now be approved by city administrators.


It is unclear from the article if this new law will just apply to city agencies or all businesses. This feels like a horrifyingly bad decision, but I'm curious what other people think of the move.
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TopicDid you like the last jedi more of solo?
s0nicfan
05/14/19 6:17:33 PM
#7
Solo was a perfectly acceptable heist movie that suffered from mediocre acting.
TLJ is a travesty written like every decision was explicitly maximized to shit on the franchise that hipsters like exclusively because of how hated it is.
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TopicWhen did they start numbering the years?
s0nicfan
05/14/19 4:48:31 PM
#8
Intro2Logic posted...
But did the Greeks or Egyptians have their own counts? Like, the Chinese do!


https://www.britannica.com/science/Egyptian-calendar
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TopicMagnets. How do they work?
s0nicfan
05/14/19 4:37:59 PM
#2
QUESTON: Comedy in the time of Trump: Is it more difficult than it was when you were on Saturday Night Live?

NORM MACDONALD: It's more difficult in the time of Trump for good comedians, and its way easier for bad comedians. You dont have a worldview by just saying that you don't like Trump, you know what I mean? That doesnt count. You cant just say 'I hate Trump' and that makes you a good person. The Democrats cant just say I hate Trump and that means that I have a position. Thats no position.

So, for idiots, it's an easier time because you go 'well that guy's the idiot, not me.' But if you try to do smart comedy its better to stay away from Trump...

CTV: He's being caricatured quite mercilessly on Saturday Night Live by Alec Baldwin. Is that funny to you?

NORM MACDONALD: No. The only reason I don't find it funny is when I was there Darrell Hammond did Donald Trump, that shows how long Trump has been there, that was 20 years ago. Darrel did a softer Trump, I think a lot closer to his real self.

The thing is, if you do an impression of someone, you have to like the person, because you're playing the person and people like themselves. So, you can play someone and have contempt for them at the same time, it doens't work. I don't like the impression, and I have no political affiliation, I just mean on a comedy level.

I try to not do comedy about Donald Trump I try to stay away from it because it's low-hanging fruit and also Trump often times is doing self-parody and nothing looks dumber than if you parody self-parody.

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TopicWhen did they start numbering the years?
s0nicfan
05/14/19 4:34:34 PM
#3
Intro2Logic posted...
I'm especially curious about year measurements BC; I assume the Greeks didn't say "oh, it's the year 440 BC now"


From a Louis CK skit:
Hey, what year is it?

Its three.

Yeah, but Im 28. How can I be 28 if theres only been three?

Oh, well, see, you were born in BC 24. And theres a zero. Remember it went backwards?

Oh, shit. That was stressful. I hated those years.

What was that like?

What year is it?

Ten.

What year is it now?

Nine.

What the fuck is gonna happen?!

https://blogofthebeardedone.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/louis-ck-on-how-the-christians-won-kind-of/
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Topicpizza craving is the hardest craving to kick when on a diet
s0nicfan
05/14/19 2:47:51 PM
#2
Are the $5 and $10 dinner boxes from Pizza Hut the best deal in all of chain delivery pizza?
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TopicJoe Biden is living in a fantasy land
s0nicfan
05/14/19 1:44:14 PM
#24
averagejoel posted...
s0nicfan posted...
And you responded to me talking about compromise being required to make progress in congress. Did you just not read what I said before posting?

I did, and what you said was not relevant to the topic at hand, which suggests that you actually did what you're implying I did.

Joe Biden was talking about getting elected, for which appealing to republican voters demonstrably does not work, and you went off on a tangent about passing laws (which, by the way, they have to get elected to do in the first place)


The literal tweet quoted in the link above:
In New Hampshire, Joe Biden predicts that once President Trump is out of office, Republicans will have an epiphany and work with Democrats toward consensus.


How do you get that he's talking about "getting elected" from that? Generally speaking he would already have to be elected before Trump is out of office. He's talking about Republicans wanting to "work with" a democrat president only after they lose because it'll be the only way to push their agenda. That's passing laws.
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TopicJoe Biden is living in a fantasy land
s0nicfan
05/14/19 1:34:52 PM
#22
averagejoel posted...
s0nicfan posted...
averagejoel posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Godnorgosh posted...
"I'm a realist, you all just need to be realistic and pragmatic about politics"

"We can compromise with Republicans and continue to make progress and win elections"


He's not wrong. Unless you hold a supermajority, you literally have to compromise with the other party to make any progress in congress. Those votes don't come from nowhere.

and how did that work out for them last time?


How do you propose passing laws without compromising with the other party? Or are you proposing abandoning the concept of drafting laws entirely because it would require working with the other side?

I'm talking about winning elections, which is what Joe Biden was talking about. stay on topic.


And you responded to me talking about compromise being required to make progress in congress. Did you just not read what I said before posting?
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TopicJoe Biden is living in a fantasy land
s0nicfan
05/14/19 1:14:59 PM
#16
averagejoel posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Godnorgosh posted...
"I'm a realist, you all just need to be realistic and pragmatic about politics"

"We can compromise with Republicans and continue to make progress and win elections"


He's not wrong. Unless you hold a supermajority, you literally have to compromise with the other party to make any progress in congress. Those votes don't come from nowhere.

and how did that work out for them last time?


How do you propose passing laws without compromising with the other party? Or are you proposing abandoning the concept of drafting laws entirely because it would require working with the other side?
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TopicJoe Biden is living in a fantasy land
s0nicfan
05/14/19 12:54:35 PM
#10
Godnorgosh posted...
"I'm a realist, you all just need to be realistic and pragmatic about politics"

"We can compromise with Republicans and continue to make progress and win elections"


He's not wrong. Unless you hold a supermajority, you literally have to compromise with the other party to make any progress in congress. Those votes don't come from nowhere.
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TopicJoe Biden is living in a fantasy land
s0nicfan
05/14/19 12:43:56 PM
#6
Antifar posted...
We need a pragmatic candidate, not someone with pie in the sky idealism that won't work in the real world.


Well shit, I guess you're an avid supporter of Andrew Yang then, huh?
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TopicIs it worth $60 dollars for a rematch with Battletoads?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 10:41:33 PM
#6
Just wait for the new one:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/10/battletoads-for-xbox-one-2019/
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TopicIs P!atD and Fall Out Boy the dying breath of the early 2000s pop punk scene?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 10:03:24 PM
#14
Hexenherz posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Less than Jake is still touring and released an EP in 2017

They've been around since the early 90s bruh


The topic is about whether pop punk died in the early 2000s. LTJ could have started in the 1960s but if they're still putting out new pop punk albums it's relevant.
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TopicIs P!atD and Fall Out Boy the dying breath of the early 2000s pop punk scene?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:50:07 PM
#7
Less than Jake is still touring and released an EP in 2017
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TopicControversial LGBTQ Sex Ed classes to be taught to Kindergarteners in California
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:48:37 PM
#139
hockeybub89 posted...
What is this that people talk about and why is it too early for elementary school kids to learn about it?

No one should know LGBTQ people exist until high school? I thought we were against sheltering people from the real world? Why do people always act like kindergarteners are going to be taught how to fuck when these "controversial" classes are brought up?


Presumably, and I'm just playing devil's advocate here because "some people have two mommies/daddies" isn't actually a problem, the concern is teaching kids that young in conjunction with a push to open up hormone therapy to younger and younger kids. Existing research (below) shows that a full 60-90% of kids that express a trans viewpoint grow up to be a regular gay person, so the concern would be a growing number of "accidental" transitions brought about by the two together.

http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html
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TopicIs oral actually gay?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:15:41 PM
#5
I was under the impression he was moral.
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TopicIs the folding smartphone a good idea IYO?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:14:54 PM
#3
There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea, but I don't like any of the ones I've seen yet. It's a mistake to not have your primary screen be externally facing, because it makes it a huge pain in the ass to use as a phone. My guess is that the first few Generations will also have absolutely horrendous battery life, and be far too expensive to justify buying it.
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TopicIT (1990 mini series) is scarier than the 2017 movie. (Spoilers for both)
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:10:25 PM
#6
Mr_Karate_II posted...
I found the 2017 movie to be a bit boring. Plus, the changes were stupid.

Mike is the historian, not Ben.

Eddie doesn't have his arm broken by Pennywise

The Losers club never splits up

Just so many stupid changes


Oh come now, it wouldn't be a Stephen King adaptation if they didn't arbitrarily change significant parts of the story and characters.
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TopicThis time next week, no more GoT ever again
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:04:11 PM
#4
I see you have realistic expectations about the books.
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TopicDo you prefer a certain genre for audiobooks
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:02:30 PM
#5
For me it really just comes down to the narrator. I can listen to any book with a good narrator, but even the best books are tedious to get through if the person is too droning, or otherwise poorly paced in their reading.
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TopicDa WOOF. Da WOOF. Da woof is on fai yah
s0nicfan
05/13/19 9:01:09 PM
#2
@The_Doge

Roll, boy, roll!
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Topic"It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs"
s0nicfan
05/13/19 8:59:00 PM
#2
How much of that do we know from the movies, how much of that do we know from the EU books?
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TopicIs your Epic games store account really vulnerable to Chinese spyware?
s0nicfan
05/13/19 8:32:52 PM
#3
Pretty much everything is.
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