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PK_Spam posted...

It's a mediocre mono-water type in a sea of other mediocre water types

I sea what you did there.
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wwinterj25 posted...

adjl posted...

Pro-choosing life.

You're trying too hard.

It sums up my stance pretty well. I think it should be a choice, but that the choice should be not to kill the fetus if that's at all feasible.
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Pro-choosing life. Abortion's bad, and should be avoided to as much of an extent as possible, but sometimes it is actually the better option for all involved parties, and people should be able to make that choice.
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Fun=good. Longer-lasting fun=longer-lasting good. Longer-lasting fun can be achieved by making a highly-replayable game, or by making a very long game, and between those two options, replayability is usually the easier option for developers to pull off.
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Smarkil posted...

Erik_P posted...

UBI isn't being suggested for shits and giggles. It's being brought up because robots will eventually take all our jobs and if nobody has any money we can't buy things which will crash the economy.

Well, your job maybe.

Robots will eventually be able to replace everything. That probably won't ever truly happen, since some jobs will require a level of artificial intelligence that would qualify as sentient and therefore need some sort of payment if we want to pretend we aren't bringing back slavery, but those jobs are few and far between.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

The_Beta_Male posted...

Ogurisama posted...

her

people are still referring to genderless, inanimate, non-lifeform shit as female?

bruh get the fuck out. i will never do this beta shit. a boat is a fucking boat. it doesn't have a verginia or ovaries so it's not a fucking woman

In french, everything is a man or a woman.

Quite a few languages, actually. It gets confusing, like breasts being masculine.
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Zeus posted...

Except that it literally changes nothing. Whether you call them a business or a public service, they highlight the other things they do while claiming that abortion is only a tiny portion of their business. However, if that were true and the other services they provided were so important, they wouldn't jeopardize everything by engaging in the ONE controversial activity they have. And if you weren't so misinformed and so lacking in reasoning abilities, you'd recognize that. Granted, even you seem to be highlighting abortion as its only essential service so maybe your whole diatribe is an elaborate wink and a nod to show that you know it's a complete falsehood but you're going to spread it anyway.

Or, you know, maybe they feel they shouldn't compromise on that service just because of political pressure, because it's a fight worth fighting. I'm not sure why PP having a spine is such a hard concept for you to grasp.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

15%?

Were you drinking a mixer?

I'd guess a stronger wine before anything else. 15% isn't that unusual for wine.
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Zeus posted...

If 3% of your business is causing 99% of your problems, you would drop the 3%.

Except it's not a question of business. It's a question of public service. The public funding isn't so that PP can continue to make its employees and managers rich, it's so it can continue to provide an essential service. You seem to be horrifically missing the point here, which would be funny if not for the fact that similarly-misinformed people voted with the intent of effecting change within that misguided view.
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Zeus posted...

That's actually pretty f***ing baller.

I mean, if you're eight years old and just discovered no-no words, maybe, but I feel like holding the president to higher standards of maturity than that is pretty reasonable.
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Depends how the pylons were set up when he tried to drive past them. If they obviously indicated "don't use this lane," then any damages arising from his attempt to use that lane are 100% his fault, regardless of whether or not he could see an obvious reason to have the lane blocked off. If there was enough of a gap to suggest that the lane might have been usable, then he can't really be faulted for trying to use it, and the crew should do a better job in the future of segregating their work site from the active road.
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Oh good, more console MH. I wasn't a fan of playing on the 3DS, from the brief foray I had with 3U's demo. I was much happier with it on the WiiU.
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Anyone that thinks that the second amendment should only apply to muskets and blunderbusses should only be allowed leeches and surgery without anesthesia as their universal healthcare.

On what grounds? The rationale behind such comments is that the second amendment is impeded by its age, not that the people in question are pining for such an era.
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Zeus posted...

Honestly, if Planned Parenthood is going to continue the claim that abortion really is a small part of its business model, then it would make sense to drop it. Otherwise stop pretending.

Or, you know, they use public funding for things other than abortions. What a radical concept that would be.

Tropic_Sunset posted...

OneTimeBen posted...

If two morons get pregnant that aren't ready for or don't want a kid, there should be a place to go. We have enough of those.

You sicken me with your implied solution.

That's not exactly a solution either, given what happens to fetuses when the mother dies.
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Are we sure they're adult shoes? I mean, given his tiny hands, it wouldn't be that surprising if his feet were also tiny, no?
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He's free to like what he wants, but he should at least be sensible about it. Cooking a $54 dry-aged prime strip to well done renders out all of the fat and makes it completely indistinguishable from any $5 grocery store cut. Similarly, adding a strong-flavoured sauce like ketchup masks the flavour of the beef itself and means there's no point in using higher-quality meat. It's not that he's wrong to like his steak that way. He's just an idiot to waste good beef like that.
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Krow_Incarnate posted...

>115 MPH

>Not being reckless

Kilometres, not miles. Silly Americans.
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Castle in the Sky.
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A barrel roll.
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helIy posted...

its a weird synthetic cork thing

wine tastes awful.

i probably didn't let it "breathe" long enough or spin it around in the glass for 19 minutes

I'm guessing it's more to do with this:
helIy posted...

a cheapass bottle of $2 wine

wwinterj25 posted...

AllstarSniper32 posted...

I bet the reason is that it's the best way to let wine store and age.

Indeed it is. Corks don't let that much oxygen into the bottle so it gives wine chance to breath but that all that much.

That varies by wine. The whole "wine gets better with age" thing isn't actually true (at least not as a blanket statement). Wine changes with age, as stuff oxidizes, but whether that entails getting better or worse changes on a wine-to-wine basis, and on just how long it's aged. The bottle's closure will affect that oxidation process, and I would imagine some wines benefit more from having a little bit of airflow through a cork, while others benefit more from being kept airtight by a screw cap.

It's also possible this one went with a cork just to pretend to be fancier, because that also happens. Sometimes, vinting is really complicated and there are a billion different factors to consider, other times, you can just take it completely at face value.
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I saw that, Krow.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Lightning Bolt posted...

Zangulus posted...

adjl posted...

Zangulus posted...

I mean if there's anything large enough on this world to affect a global climate shift, it's my dick.

*effect

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en_US&q=define%20affect

Affect means to do vague "things" to something.
Effect means to cause or create something.

I vote effect.

Are you guys high?

Affect is a verb.
Effect is a noun.

"Affect" also has a noun definition (expressed emotional state, pronounced with a hard A), and "effect" also has a verb definition (to bring about or facilitate). They're less common than their counterparts (the noun definition for "affect" in particular is largely just used as a medical/psychiatric term), but still quite valid, and a fantastic way to trip up amateur grammar police.

The effect of your efforts to affect my word choice has been to effect a particularly jovial affect as I laugh at you.


In this particular case, either "affect" or "effect" could be used, but I feel "effect" fits better with the specific wording Zang used. If it were reworded (to, perhaps, "if there's anything large enough on this world to affect the global climate, it's my dick"), "affect" might be a better choice, but I'd definitely go with "effect."
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Doesn't really suit her. Those aren't great comparison pictures, though.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

Seniors always graduated a week or two early round here

People that aren't seniors don't typically graduate at all.
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donkeyjack posted...

Because it is too different from a traditional Zelda game.

That's the biggest thing. What it does, it does extremely well, but that's not necessarily something that's going to appeal to fans of the series.
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GrimCyclone posted...

chaosbowser posted...

Once again. I'm aware different opinions exist but my point is that it's unlikely to make a Game of the Year list because that's not determined by one individual's opinion.

My opinion is > than the world's collective score on what is GOTY. And so should your opinion be to you.

And that's where the important distinction between "It's GotY" and "It's my GotY" comes into play. One makes a far more objective claim than the other.

Also, it's May. Picking a game of the year (personally or otherwise) when there's more than half of the year left is terribly silly.
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Zangulus posted...

I mean if there's anything large enough on this world to affect a global climate shift, it's my dick.

*effect
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Depends on the room.
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TheWorstPoster posted...

I now know what I want to eat, if I ever get arrested on the charges of being Politically Incorrect, and sentenced to death, if they allow me to choose my execution method.

That's three conditional statements, none of whose conditions are even remotely likely to ever be true.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

Walk through your neighborhood instead. Blast some music and you'll be surprised how long you've been walking for.

Yeah, once you get into a rhythm of walking, and you're doing something more stimulating than walking on the spot, you can go for ages without noticing your fatigue. And then you stop and you're like "oh dear god why are my legs liquid," but that's good for you.
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Ogurisama posted...

adjl posted...

Bern, Switzerland. I wasn't entirely sure if it was that or Vancouver (hometown is Halifax), but according to Google maps, Bern is indeed further away. I also haven't really "been to" Vancouver so much as I sat in its airport for 3 hours on my way to Nelson, but that's a moot point.

They would be pretty close for distance i am guessing
Calgary to Vancouver and Calgary to Budapest is a huge difference in distance though

It ended up being something like 5300 km vs. 4800 (I forget the exact numbers). Bern comfortably won, but because Canada's really big, I did have to check.
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Solid Sonic posted...

adjl posted...

In some ways, you could make that argument. You should elaborate on that analogy, because you might actually have a pretty insightful point. That, or you're just noting the superficial similarity and not actually thinking about it at all, but I'll still invite you to build on it.

Well I thought it'd be pretty obvious. To say "all lives matter" when the phrase "black lives matter" is used, it's saying there isn't anything special there, you're just making a mountain out of a molehill for the sake of conflict. The point of the #BLM movement is to point out that racist police are handling situations with black suspects more aggressively and violently than they might against a non-black suspect, which does have data to back it up, depending on which police department you look at.

Likewise, declaring all faiths as unruly when the argument that Islamic radicals are the ones who act out violently is just trying to diminish the inordinate amount of Islamic-based aggression towards civilians by claiming other faiths are just as volatile, which at this time is not the case.

That's not what's being said, though. "All religions have violent stuff in them" is usually a response to people suggesting that Islam is somehow inherently more violent than other religions, which in turn is usually being used to promote some sort of regulatory measure that will affect all Muslims, or to justify hatred and fear. It is meant to be dismissive, because the "Islam is inherently violent" position is one that should be dismissed. Just as with every other faith, no matter what violent ideals are lurking in the book, the majority of its practitioners practice it peacefully.

Radical Islam is indeed associated with a large number of terrorist attacks in today's world, but solving that entails focusing on the radical part, not the Islam part. Focusing on the Islam part will result in measures far too non-specific to help, and will hurt a great many innocent people.

OhhhJa posted...

I agree that this bears a large portion of the blame but not nearly all of it. If the region were dominated by Christianity I believe we'd see vastly different results. Mainly, bc there's no verse telling you to murder non believers (or the more derogatory term, infidel).

You'd probably see more stoning than beheading, but that's about the only difference. These people want to be violent, and they'll latch on to any excuse they can find. They don't need a specific verse to encourage them.

OhhhJa posted...

Not to mention, we're finding now that many Muslims that grew up in developed countries are orchestrating these attacks as well

We live in a world where propaganda's extremely easy to distribute across country lines. A Muslim doesn't have to actually live in an unstable Middle Eastern region to be convinced that the Western world is out to get them. That's actually really easy to do these days, courtesy of the rise in Islamophobic sentiments. Fear and hatred are the opposite of how you want to approach an ideological war, because that's not how you win over hearts and minds.
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This probably didn't happen.
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I think I'd give it to Pikachu, but it's a very close match. Close enough that my answer would probably change from day to day. The whole Charmander line is definitely better than the Pikachu one, though.
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Bern, Switzerland. I wasn't entirely sure if it was that or Vancouver (hometown is Halifax), but according to Google maps, Bern is indeed further away. I also haven't really "been to" Vancouver so much as I sat in its airport for 3 hours on my way to Nelson, but that's a moot point.
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Erik_P posted...

adjl posted...

Erik_P posted...

adjl I know why I was modded.

Do you? Because you aren't exactly acting like it.

I hurt a cashier's feelings and knocked his sense of entitlement down a few notches and he couldn't handle it.

As I thought. No self-awareness whatsoever. Pity.
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Flame_Hazard posted...

I suppose what I'm getting at is that anything could happen in 20 years. ISIS could get bigger. ISIS could get their own nukes. They could get something worse than a nuke that doesn't exist (or isn't known to exist) yet. All a big question mark, with the only certainty being that ISIS will continue to try to become this big nightmare. Whether or not they make it is anyone's guess.

Given the constant efforts to prevent them from growing, I wouldn't expect that kind of growth to happen. I'm presuming the question here is "current approach vs. nuking," and the current approach means they aren't ever going to be developing that kind of power.

If, hypothetically, ISIS did become a legitimate nuclear threat? Then I think nuking them would be on the table, because the stakes would be high enough to justify the collateral damage. I don't see that happening, though.
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It can be strong, provided there are ways to counter it. Hyper-aggression is a fun playstyle in its own right; eliminating it entirely because it can be hard to balance.
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Flame_Hazard posted...

adjl posted...

Because doing so would kill more innocent people than ISIS could in 20 years.

20 years is a lot of time.

And they'll be lucky if they can manage more than a thousand civilian casualties a year. 20,000 civilian casualties is chump change for a nuke. Depending on where ISIS decides to hole up, 200,000 could be chump change for a nuke. One nuke. Nukes are ****ing terrifying.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

remember the part where i said your posts are 99% redundant? i dont need to read past the first sentence because typically beyond that you are just repeating yourself boyo

Which has resulted in you looking terribly silly. My condolences.
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JanwayDaahl posted...

By the way, why is it that most nationalists like OP are overweight or scrawny, ugly individuals?

Those trends don't actually exist and you're just projecting because you're angry. You should calm down; you're only making yourself look silly.
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Because doing so would kill more innocent people than ISIS could in 20 years.
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OhhhJa posted...

Virtually nobody follows the old testament... you can't just ignore facts bc they're inconvenient for your narrative

And the vast, vast majority of Muslims don't behead people for not converting. The fact that the Quran doesn't have the clear Vol. 1/Vol. 2 structure that the Bible has doesn't mean it doesn't have its share of outdated parts that nobody follows. The fact that the Bible does have a clear Vol. 1/Vol. 2 structure doesn't mean that Christians all recognize how outdated and inapplicable the first volume is (I shouldn't need to tell you which half Leviticus is in, and you know there are a lot of Christians that swear some of those verses).

chaosbowser posted...

People talk about Islam like it's some sort of religion from hell when it's not. It's just key in a particularly unstable region

That is really the biggest thing, which people seem to forget. The Middle East is extremely politically unstable right now, and it's political instability that breeds radicalism, not any particular religion. It just happens that Islam is the majority religion in the area, and that religions make a convenient banner under which to rally disenfranchised youth that will buy into narratives that blame the rest of the world for their problems.
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OhhhJa posted...

Old testament... I was waiting on you to bring that up

It's still in there.

OhhhJa posted...

Maybe not... but that little tiny tidbit is enough to convince me to steer clear of the religion

But the presence of pro-stoning passages in the bible isn't enough to convince you to steer clear of Christianity? Sure, when you get into practicing the religion you find that those parts are considered outdated and no longer relevant, but if you're going to claim that you're being impartial, you should be delving similarly deeply into Islam before making that call.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

adjl posted...

Troll_Police_ posted...

adjl posted...

Troll_Police_ posted...

The fact that I don't believe charity should be f***ing mandatory and government regulated does not mean I am not a charitable person.

Do you give all of your money to the poor?

All of it? No.

Quod erat demonstrandum. Now all you need to do is develop the self-awareness needed to recognize that you're not particularly special for being able to rationalize a non-literal interpretation of your chosen religious text, because that's something that literally every single religious person does.

ok so, show me the biblical quote that you are taking out of context to reach this conclusion buddy. or just be adjl and make baseless claims, and do your usual thing. disregard 90% of the post someone else writes, and then write your own 99% redundtant post.

ill wait

Probably the best-known one would be Matthew 19:21-24:

21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.” 22But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Of course, fixating on that specific detail is rather disregarding the point I was making, so I suggest that you give my post another read and try to understand it better.
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Erik_P posted...

@adjl I know why I was modded.

Do you? Because you aren't exactly acting like it.
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OhhhJa posted...

I gather the point you're making. Let's call mine a counterpoint. It's a lot easier to rationalize your religion being one worth following when it preaches giving to the poor rather than convert or die horrifically

That's more a tangent than a counterpoint, but regardless, it's been pointed out many times already that most other religions include their fair share of ugly violent bits. The bible's pretty fond of stoning people; it's not like giving to the poor is the most objectionable thing in there. Likewise, it's not like beheading non-believers is the nicest thing in the Quran. There's good stuff as well (including bits about giving to the poor). Healthily incorporating religion into one's life always entails picking and choosing which bits will actually be beneficial, regardless of the religion in question.
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Erik_P posted...

Been spending time with both my old lady and my stripper friend. I should have a 3 way with them.

Is one's "old lady" the female equivalent of one's "old man"?

It's a less common expression, but I'm definitely having trouble parsing that as anything other than Erik saying he wants a threesome with his mom.

Erik_P posted...

Who knew being honest to a nobody cashier could get me in so much trouble?

I mean, I really shouldn't be surprised by how utterly devoid of self-awareness you are by now, but I'm still kind of taken aback that you honestly believe that's why you were modded.
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jamieyello3 posted...

People like adjl seriously like to take the high road and straw-man atheists because we're against churches and religions

Uhh, no. Atheists are perfectly fine. Just don't be obnoxious about it, like any religious belief.

jamieyello3 posted...

they exploit the weakest aspect of humans, which is their fear of death

Fear of death is far from being humans' weakest aspect. There are far better ways to manipulate people for fun and profit, mostly by exploiting more immediate desires and worries.
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