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UnfairRepresent posted...

I think people often underestimate how this is one of the most safe and secure periods in all of human history for first world nations.

yeah, if you're that ignorant and limited in your knowledge about other countries.

pinky0926 posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

the very design of reddit is meant to filter out trolls. It's not as easy to make alt account since subs regulate karma entrance. The downvotes are there to show how unpopular or stupid your topic is. It has its cons, obviously, but it does a good job at filtering OUT THE TROLLS.

It also does a good job of filtering out discussion, dissent, anything that the masses determine unsavoury. The upvote/downvote system allows a bunch of idiots to drown out a literal expert and make him look like the stupid one.

which rarely happens unless you're posting on some fandom sub maybe. And if you're not happy about it, you can go to another subreddit. Eg. hate the liberals on politics? then go to /r/the_donald then

deupd_u posted...

I've only ever tried to post on Reddit a few times when I thought something really needed to be seen by as many people as possible. Then it would get instantly deleted because I didn't have enough points of whatever to be allowed to post.

I tried posting an officially produced video of the staff of Orange County Corrections in Orlando literally dancing in front of jail cells ("because dancing is funny! And we can have fun, too! While we put people in jail"), but I guess I have to post a handful of fucking cat pictures and pretend my fake girlfriend baked me some Mario cupcakes first.

Awful site, awful mechanics, awful boomer community.

the community is far better than most sites, such as FB, Yahoo and Youtube. I'd say only Quora comes close. The community at reddit is far more globalised as compared to this site full of jerkish Americans only. Might as well call this board 'American Affairs'

the very design of reddit is meant to filter out trolls. It's not as easy to make alt account since subs regulate karma entrance. The downvotes are there to show how unpopular or stupid your topic is. It has its cons, obviously, but it does a good job at filtering OUT THE TROLLS.

LethalAffinity posted...

How do the students pull this off? A threesome especially.. wtf

be really good-looking I guess

ProfessorKukui posted...

it would fail.

no, it'll free this board from the cesspool of trolls

TheMarthKoopa posted...

Nah. Just go to reddit if you want a circle jerk community

circlejerk? you mean this board?

maybe that's what's causing all the toxicity here. Anyone can create a dumb or controversial topic by constantly topping the board.

As much as reddit's system has its drawbacks, it does do a good job at filtering out trolls, incels, racists and xenophobes, among others. Here in CE, every voice gets a say, so you have a spreading influence of ridiculous stupidity unfortunately.

why not go over to a less toxic community like reddit?

R0N1N187 posted...

BF1 taught me a lot of things about WW1.

BF1 is hardly an accurate representation of WW1.

Ultima Dragon posted...

I don't know about the world straight up ending, but I don't hear any cohesive plans for dealing with say.. global pandemics or the extinction of bees. I think survival of the species is going to be a much higher priority than inventing "cool futuristic shit."

at this point we'd need a serious worldwide effort to actually combat this. It's really unrealistic given greed still triumphs the majority.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2018/jun/28/scientists-call-for-a-paris-style-agreement-to-save-life-on-earth

here it says:

In 2016, E.O. Wilson arguably the worlds most lauded living evolutionary biologist published a book called Half Earth where he proposed that to save life on Earth (and ourselves) we must set aside around half the planet in various types of reserves.

some of you might think, 'well, it's gonna happen anyway then, who cares'

but think about this...
for centuries, humans developed and advanced this far to be so intelligent...and now only to make themselves and 90% of animals extinct alongside them. That fast and everything crumbles apart. What a waste don't you think?

EpicKingdom_ posted...

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EpicKingdom_ posted...

People have been predicting the end since the beginning, do you know that TC?

they have but for various other dumb reasons, usually a nuclear war, or goodness sake, a zombie apocalpyse.

I rarely hear one of those paranoid preppers who built an underground bunker in their backyard saying the world would end because of climate change. That world ending would take a long time, unlike say, a nuclear war.

False, they predicted the end based on the current state of their world.

Just like you.

if you mean way back in the past, they predict based on religious or mythological reasons. This is different. Unless you're one of those nutheads seriously denying climate change?

Im just saying, people have predicted the end forever.

I doubt you will be the first person to be correct that it will end in 100 years.

yeah probably not a 100 years. Probably even earlier than that...

EpicKingdom_ posted...

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EpicKingdom_ posted...

People have been predicting the end since the beginning, do you know that TC?

they have but for various other dumb reasons, usually a nuclear war, or goodness sake, a zombie apocalpyse.

I rarely hear one of those paranoid preppers who built an underground bunker in their backyard saying the world would end because of climate change. That world ending would take a long time, unlike say, a nuclear war.

False, they predicted the end based on the current state of their world.

Just like you.

if you mean way back in the past, they predict based on religious or mythological reasons. This is different. Unless you're one of those nutheads seriously denying climate change?

EpicKingdom_ posted...

People have been predicting the end since the beginning, do you know that TC?

they have but for various other dumb reasons, usually a nuclear war, or goodness sake, a zombie apocalpyse.

I rarely hear one of those paranoid preppers who built an underground bunker in their backyard saying the world would end because of climate change. That world ending would take a long time, unlike say, a nuclear war.

BlueJester007 posted...

I think a lot of people are disappointed with what the reality of the future is compared to what the TV shows/movies/video games of the past showed what it was gonna be.

Makes me wonder why the hell dont we ever have a TV show/movie/game set in a future world devastated by climate change. Animals extinct, crops dying, floods destroying homes, humanity overcrowded and running out of resources... It sure would send the best message in getting people to act.

Instead it's the usual but unlikely to ever happen s*** like world ends because of wars/nuclear bombs/alien invasions or the extreme opposite of flying spaceships and lasers boom boom. It's sad how people fear some never-going-to-happen WW3 than climate change that's literally happening in front of all of us right now. Or perhaps even sadder intellectuals in this world can only envision a high-tech future.

50 years from now, the children born in the world will look back and wonder, 'why are our ancestors so f****ing selfish?''

DocileOrangeCup posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

all while ignoring the fact that we'd all actually be dead 100 years from now.

Yeah obviously, nobody lives there long

your children and grandchildren will. What? You dont care about their future, right? Just care about yours

This is why no stupid futuristic movie or TV show or game matters. It's stupid. It's stupid because there's no future for humanity anyway, yet everyone seems to forget there's a huge dearth of species happening all around earth at an insane rate unlike anything before in history

all while ignoring the fact that we'd all actually be dead 100 years from now.

because no one is doing anything about climate change. Humanity is facing the next mass extinction very soon, but hey, thinking about futuristic cities and visting alien planets with laser guns sound much cooler to most people, doesnt it.

one piece

Crepes posted...

This is fake news.

you're fake news.

what's so fun about staring at a television screen watching other people play sports which you have totally no control over but scream like a fanatic when they score goals and stuff?

isn't it more fun to stare at a television screen where YOU get to interact and make the decisions? Where YOU get to control what happens on the screen? Where YOU get to actually experience the action yourself?

Video games should be more popular than sports. SMH. Instead gamers are shunned offensively as 'nerds' by the general populace.

DifferentialEquation posted...

Good. Liberals can cry about it all they want, but notice how everyone still wants to move to the country with the most guns and the most freedom.

because it's the closest developed country they can travel to.

try using some common sense for once?

Uncle Choad posted...

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gunplagirl posted...

Cranie posted...

Seems fair, what kind of scum would bring their children along for illegal border crossing anyway?

People seeking asylum because their native land is a hellhole, and they recognize that their child will likely not see adulthood were they to stay in their country of origin due to criminals, discrimination or brutal regimes in charge.

yeah, screw them for being born there!! They should have chosen the right parents to be born to!! Preferably American parents living in America!!

cos the world is fair

People have to make their own nice place, like Americans did. Stop taking all our hard work.

GIT!

cos every American citizen works hard for their country lol.
Most immigrants that come here work harder for a living than your typical American who sits on his ass at home living on government support and playing videogames and debating on internet forums all day.

would like to see you born in Somalia or North Korea. Try to change the entire country by yourself

gunplagirl posted...

Cranie posted...

Seems fair, what kind of scum would bring their children along for illegal border crossing anyway?

People seeking asylum because their native land is a hellhole, and they recognize that their child will likely not see adulthood were they to stay in their country of origin due to criminals, discrimination or brutal regimes in charge.

yeah, screw them for being born there!! They should have chosen the right parents to be born to!! Preferably American parents living in America!!

cos the world is fair

choose one. dont need to be afraid.

ITT, people who all don't know what socialism is.

FYI:

socialism is government intervening in the economy and owning key industries. Pretty much almost all countries on earth are somewhat a socialist country. Or a democratic-socialist country, to be exact. A full democracy and capitalist economy does not exist at all.

Trump implementing tariffs and closing up the borders is called protectionism. His use of tariffs to justify a selfish win-lose scenario is called mercantilism.

All are outdated BS concepts every world leader knows doesnt work. Except Trump, of cos.

https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy



how the hell do Republicans support this crap?

so it's ok to let people bring guns with them in the country, out in public spaces with hundreds of potential victims, but it's not ok to bring a gun in a plane?

also did you know people have hijacked planes without even needing a gun before?

Steelix500 posted...

Yeah, and anyone who says no is lying

because in this world of 7 billion people, EVERY SINGLE MALE has to pee while showering for some reason

when they already have thousands of people within the country already with lethal guns?

it's one thing to be aware of it but cant be bothered to be environmentally-friendly. It's another thing to deny it completely just to continue with harmful practices for selfish gains...

seriously, who falls under the latter?

Is this guy to blame?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_denial

Of the world's countries, the climate change denial industry is most powerful in the United States. From 2015 to 2017 (after having already served from 2003 to 2007), the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works was chaired by oil lobbyist and climate change denier Jim Inhofe, who had previously called climate change "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated against the American people" and claimed to have debunked the alleged hoax in February 2015 when he brought a snowball with him in the Senate chamber and tossed it across the floor.

well I'm done here. Spent too much time on this board. Just please people, dont take my opinions as representative of Singapore or something.

Go visit grumpy guys at /r/singapore to argue more for all I care.

Two_Dee posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

(eg. blacks mostly found in ghettos)

W O W

I mean more blacks in ghettos than whites. Like you see more whites in rural farm areas than blacks. The distribution of races is uneven.

Its funny how much you're opposing just to refute my point on Muslims and terrorism. If you didnt already know, theres countries like Malaysia, also not facing much terrorism when the country is literally all malays.

That means nothing, especially when a "country full" is just 14%. And if you're not trying to correlate, then the observation is pointless.

This 14% proportion is no different from your USA's african american minority of 12%.

Do blacks look uncommon to you? 15% is already VERY significant. In this proportion, you can pretty much see a black/malay person on the street for every 6 chinese/white persons. And this is esp. so for Singapore, where races are not segragated and dont live separately at all (eg. blacks mostly found in ghettos). Almost all locals live in HDB flats. You see malays everywhere here.

LockeMonster posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

Not exactly racist when you're the same race as them though lol.

Chinese, Indians and Malays are not the same races and the discriminatory practice of racism is still there no matter what you call it. You've already admitted that and have derogatory words for the Chinese.

Wutobliteration posted...

At least we have nothing against religion. A country full of muslims and you dont see discrmination nor a simgle terrorist attack at all.

That means nothing, especially when a "country full" is just 14%. And if you're not trying to correlate, then the observation is pointless.

Han Chinese is the same race, whether one is from China or Singapore. Between countries, it's a matter of nationality (thus xenophobia) and not race. I'm Chinese too, to clarify. Singapore is a land of immigrants after all.

Two_Dee posted...

I can't believe Singaporean people are this racist

Cant believe you're generalising just a single person's opinion -- mine -- for the entire 6 million populace of singapore. Also if you couldnt tell, ive been half joking here and there.

BJ-blazkowics posted...

@Wutobliteration - When people have to fill certain forms in SG, they ask them about their race.

I was amazed at the granularity of the choices provided for race. There were sub-options for say, different indian groups, or chinese groups.

But then other geographic areas had less options. What would a Sicilian check? (they're not exactly white). A portuguese? A Mexican? A native American (e.g. Cherokee)?

All countries have different racial groupings fyi. For instance, in US, you have Hispanics, Asians, Whites and African-Americans. You basically just group races like Chinese under 'Asian'.

Meanwhile in Singapore, same thing. They have Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian and Caucasian. White people are under Caucasian. Doesnt matrer if you're from Europe or America or Russia.

Countries go by their main racial proportions for clasifying.

LockeMonster posted...

It's not really important or influential to the world, so nobody really cares about some mini country. The racist attitudes against Chinese people and others doesn't help either.

Not exactly racist when you're the same race as them though lol.

But I have to admit, singaporeans are pretty xenophobic, since almost half the population are now made up of foreigners. At least we have nothing against religion. A country full of muslims and you dont see discrmination nor a simgle terrorist attack at all. Not trying to correlate the two, but it's pretty sad that people in the west do.

DracoSpire posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

No annoying tourists like china.

Wooooow. So that's what you think China is known for. That goes to show what kind of person you are.

Yes thats what they're known for. Most Singaporeans abhor the China people. They call em 'Cheena people' cos they cant speak english and they let babies pee on the sidewalks.

BJ-blazkowics posted...

@Wutobliteration posted...

coconuts.co/singapore/news/bbc-news-screwed-map-trump-kim-staying-fixed/amp/

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/12/trumps-state-dept-thinks-singapore-is-in-malaysia/

people still thinking singapore is in malaysia...

people still thinking singapore is in china, literally on the other side of asia...

media outlets mistaking a small island as the entire mainland island of singapore my gosh

And here i thought by now Singapore should be as noticeable as Japan or Korea or even HK.
This is just sad.

Question only a local could answer, and I'm quite intrigued.

There is an area called Bugis. It has a couple hotels, and there is a little street market of sorts that pops up sort of across the mall in the Bugis metro stop.

Imagine you're walking from that building towards the little street mart. Look to your left. There is a TALL building. If you go to it, it has an outer garden full of statues, art deco style, like if they were made of metal. If you walk in, the building is BEAUTIFUL (if only a little bit dark and creepy) and it has a real fancy, gatsby-style bar inside, it's amazing.

What is that building?

You might want to check eith the singapore subreddit about that. Ive not exactly been to all parts of Singapore (most torusits just see the central area. Theres also the far west, east and north of the country, largely residential).

But from what i know, it could be a cathedral...

Ricemills posted...

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Ricemills posted...

https://www.opendemocracy.net/jim-sleeper/lee-kuan-yew%E2%80%99s-hard-truth.
http://theindependent.sg/singapore-is-far-more-racist-than-hong-kong-claims-quora-user/

Gee, so easy to just google something to support your agenda and just coming from one person from quora. I dont think you even read the article to see how badly written it is and again, quora.

Also btw the Independent sg is a loose cannon opposition site in singapore.

Ill get back to ya after googling "how Trump is great for the world" retrieved from fox news.

you literally use reddit for your example.

And your last reply literally has nothing to do with the original discussion.

LordFreezer posted...

You are posting in a forum full of liberals. They don't care about countries that are success stories.

well i wouldnt generalise like that. Lots of liberals liked LKY.
When Lee Kuan Yew died, many world leaders all over the world went to pay respect to him and even travelled all the way to attend the funeral. This including Bill Clinton,John Kelly from the US, Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth and world organisations from World Bank to UN to IMF to the EU. He was that influential among politicians. Not sure if his death was reported in most foreign media.

He literally transformed a 3rd world country to a 1st world country-- a country without even any land or water of its own and where people lived in communal forested wooden houses and all divided by race, language and religion. Till today singapore is the only 1st world nation in southeast asia where countries like myanmar, phillipines, indonesia, thailand and malaysia still suffer from development and corruption.

I guess that's enough ranting from me already. May seem like I'm boasting about the country too much (ah perhaps i am)

forgot the link

asiaone.com/singapore/singapore-ranked-safest-country-world-above-japan-survey

pikachupwnage posted...

Pretty sure signapore is objectively not the richest country lol and I strongly doubt the claim of being the safest.

I mean a quick look does show it has a pretty high per capita GDP and low crime but it is not #1 in either and obviously overall GPD United States and quite a few others vastly surpass it.

You cant look at GDP alone for sg due to the small size of it.
Obviously the country cant produce at the same wuantity as other larger countries. Look at a 3rd world country like indonesia with a super high GDP. GDP itself is an unreliable economic indicator.

For GDP per capita, SG used to top the charts in the years before for PPP (which is the reliable basis to use to accoung for purchasing power and inflation)

For safety, I i was referring to recent news i read on another study conducted, based on people's perception of their own country.

If you look at the more knowned report by world bank, yeah, SG doesnt rank at no.1 since the study goes stricyly by crime rate which is not actually a good basis given there can be skewing. The japanese police for eg. actually supresses crime info recorded for this sake of looking clean on the outside. They have a freakin yakuza for goodness sake.

Of course no country is perfect. Theres crime here too. Perhaps more of what safety means, is that i can say Singapore has safe natural-wise too. Theres completely zero natural disasters to fear due to the country's shielded location.

Ricemills posted...

https://www.opendemocracy.net/jim-sleeper/lee-kuan-yew%E2%80%99s-hard-truth.
http://theindependent.sg/singapore-is-far-more-racist-than-hong-kong-claims-quora-user/

Gee, so easy to just google something to support your agenda and just coming from one person from quora. I dont think you even read the article to see how badly written it is and again, quora.

Also btw the Independent sg is a loose cannon opposition site in singapore.

Ill get back to ya after googling "how Trump is great for the world" retrieved from fox news.

Ricemills posted...

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Ricemills posted...

Wutobliteration posted...

The minister, Lee Kuan Yew (once called the smartest ever by Tony Blair) put it a priority to focus on having full racial harmony and a building up of the economy through capital.

yeah this is bullshit. probably he did on his younger year, but in his last few years of his life he devolved into a racist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Malay_sentiment#Singapore

Gee, didnt know last few years of LKY's life was in the 1970s. Chinese schools are history. Now its just a matter of tradition. Whether Chinese or Malay schools or normal neighbourhood schools, all teach in english and with the same syllabus.

The only is one the matter of some discrimination is in the army, something even the malays understand since its a sensitive topic of national interest. If SG goes to war with Malaysia, can the Malays dare fight their own race from the other country?

More malays serve their stint in police than in the army from this, and those in army are not allowed in bomber or armored units. It makes sense and malay boys tend not to care anyway since army is the last place any boy would want go to serve national service.

lol, then he is racist since the 70's not just at his last years.
this is definitely racism and you openly proud of it?

Its not significant when no one is even offended by it. Go read this reddit post here for some insight. Really, no one gives a shoot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/5tllvw/malay_guys_of_rsingapore_what_is_your_opinion_of/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=comment_list

And you focusing on just that small aspect is really being narrowminded. There was once racial riots in singapore and thats what LKY feared since. His policies have come a long way. Chinese kids playing with Malay kids in the playground, having them as friends, a muslim mosque near to a church next to a buddhist temple, chinese people living next to indian and malay neighbours...
All these are the norm in Singapore and has been since the 1980s.

MuayThai85 posted...

Thinking it is in/part of Malaysia is understandable understandable seeing as how they are like 5 feet from each other. Anyone who thinks it is in China is downright stupid though.

My gosh, one country is full of Malays, the other country is full of Chinese. Not hard to differentiate.
How the hell can people think Singapore is part of China then also think its part of Malaysia?

But if you look in the world map, yeah, its understandable. Singapore is hardly even on the world map cos its too darn small. The word pasted 'Singapore' is alrdy bigger than the country itself on the map.