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Shila would surpass everyone if she continued her 80 posts per day.
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RationalMadman has written 983,946 words on the DebateArt forums. That's roughly equivalent to 14 theses or 11 novels, or the entire Harry Potter series.
Thats a lot.
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All of which could have been down at any time by any member and nobody does a God damn thing.
I dont have the contact of any famous person. But if someone has, it would be great if we could get some popular youtuber to make a video about debateart, or any famous person at least mentioning debateart.
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@PREZ-HILTON
There are certain channels on youtube, like "Modern Debate", "AronRa", "Muslim Sceptic", "Kent Hovind official" that seem to have lots of followers interested in debates.
If we could somehow place ads on videos of channels like those, it could help bring some of those people here.
The main problem of this site is that people dont know it exists.
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@Intelligence_06
This site does not systematically shut itself from an opinion
People were banned for certain opinions. I can link you examples, if you would like.
Further, people were muted in the past.
Also, people were reported a lot for small things.
In my view, there will be plenty of new users on this site, so we must be ready to adapt to their opinions and tolerate them instead of reaching for the report button or ban button.
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I do see many potential uses for this type of technology. For example, artificial arms doing the work for us while we control them. Some jobs still require lots of manual labor.
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@TWS1405_2
I mean really…who do you think you are to make such a claim!?!
Could mean that you misunderstood me. I am not sure what your complaint is about. I do plan to correct opinions that are wrong. "Wrong opinion" in this case means opinion that is a harmful lie. The examples could be if someone tries to use lies or misrepresentation of facts to ban users or make users leave the site. At this point, we cant afford to have any more users leave the site. This does not mean I will argue for limitation of free speech. It simply means I will try to put more effort in convincing users to be more supportive of each other as opposed to making users feel unwelcome. Also, I will argue for rights of every user and I will oppose to any ban on any user. Also, I will be more present on the site in both debates and forum.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
It’s pretty clear that you fit the definition of white trash.
Is something that sounds racist. Do you believe its okay to be racist towards white people?
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She Watched "The Craft" Movie And Became A Witch
Is a claim that is almost possible. Movies can influence you if you are a kid. However, I wouldnt go as far to call it magic or witchcraft.
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My predictions are that Biden will win and remain president.
Biden has his way with words, and he manipulates debates easily.
I assume he will claim how Trump will go easy on Russia, how Trump has no plan for war in Ukraine... and so on.
I want for Trump to win. But I am not sure if its possible.
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Both you and sadolite told me Wylted was nothing to you and you like that and feel fond due to it.
Is a false claim. I would suggest you to dedicate yourself to the site instead of doing this. This will just make you upset.
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My main concern would be price. I try to cut down my expenses as much as possible.
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@Intelligence_06
I would try it for sure. With all the junk food I have eaten in my life before I became vegetarian, insects cant possibly be more harmful.
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@Barney
I like that you call us out on our shit.You're welcome to take my place on the moderation team.
Is something I would disagree with. Many other users would disagree as well, I am certain. This site should value the opinion of community over anything else.
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Far too many people are biased against blacks
Is a correct claim. People have biases against everything, it is in their nature. This is not related to just bias against black people, but to all groups and even individual to individual.
You could make the same claim about anyone and anything, and chances are that you would be right.
USA has lots of police shootings compared to other countries. I dont think its due to white supremacy. A lot of white people get killed by police too. Its obviously not due to racism.
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Thank you for this. I dont usually have patience to read hundreds of pages of book just to learn something that can be explained in few pages.
The cycle of success and failure exists, no matter how it is explained.
It is confirmed in every country throughout history.
It seems that every 8 to 15 years there is some economical breakdown occuring in the world.
This includes increase of prices, that negates increase of wages.
Having children is becoming more and more expensive, even with both parents working.
This places society at risk. If we reach the point where we cant afford to have children anymore, our society dies. I am hoping we wont reach that point.
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Fails to block people
Is an irrelevant statement to what I said. I said he didnt block me. You did. Even if we took your sentence, it still goes in his favor as you blocked more people.
Does not report people who break site rules.
Does not deny "Wylted doesnt constantly report users to mods.". If you disagree with my reasons, that is your opinion. It is not my opinion. You do not get to decide what is important to me. "Does not report people who break site rules" holds less negative value in my decision than "Consistently reporting users to mods".
President material for that?
Is your attempt at mocking. I decide my standards, not you.
I wish we could genuinely study the brain scans of people who vote on such logic, I am not rven joking. I genuinely believe you perceive reality differently to people like myself and thar we both perceive it differently to those who went 'they are just as bad as esch other, abstain.
Is your attempt at mocking a voter. If you ask for an explanation only to mock the person who was kind enough to give you the explanation over and over, then this is getting nowhere.
Anyway thank you, I see you and sadolite both have this sort of skewed perception that doing nothing makes a person good
Is an assumption. It is clear that doing wrong things is worse than doing nothing, even if we accept your assumption.
I was tempted to give you a list of reasons why I didnt vote for you. But you never accept anything as valid unless it agrees with your opinion, so I just gave you 2 reasons.
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I want the reasons you support Wylted, not the reasons you distrust me. I want the reasons you do not distrust Wylted.
Is your demand. As explained before, Wylted didnt block me. Wylted doesnt constantly report users to mods. I have told you this multiple times before the elections.
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Okay give me the reasons
Is not a honest request. I have given you reasons before the elections.
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the other is still incapable of admitting they had 0 reasons to support the original.
Is an incorrect claim. I am well aware that if I gave you reasons, you wouldnt admit them as valid. That would return the conversation to who decides what is valid.
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@ebuc
I like this version more.AUM the magic out there, that is interior of the cosmic celluar dynamic --or not-- aka when Harry met Sally and they fell in love, eternally.
Very relaxing music. I remembered that I saw this earlier today and I wanted to see what is it about.
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You decide subjectively about your subjective analysis in your secret subjective lair.
Is a deceiving claim, since it implies we should let RM decide instead of us.
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I can list you the negative characteristics of Wylted
Is a claim that is an opinion of yours. You see, you do not get to decide what are negative characteristics, nor how should I weigh them. I dont know how much more you plan to insult me over this, and I dont care. However, for future elections, try to behave different than you did in these.
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You have never once explained why you voted for Wylted, only why you irrationally voted against me.
Is another vote-devaluing claim. You have to understand that you do not get to decide which votes are irrational. Please understand that in elections, its not just the positive characteristics that count. Your negative characteristics and lack of same negative characteristics in your opponent counts in my decision as well.
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You cease trolling by voting in a troll as president for absolutely no rational reason
Is not a correct claim, since the claim of ceasing to troll came in effect after the election as it said it would. Not before it or during it. I have ceased with the use of insults and inappropriate language, so my claim is true so far. I plan to stay true to it, so that people know that I keep this promise.
I have already explained to you why I didnt vote for you.
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@PREZ-HILTON
Once they realize they can't escape from themselves even by cutting their dick off, they kill themselves to finally get rid of the person they hate.
Probably true. I have seen some photos of post operation man to woman. It doesnt exactly look like a woman's vagina. It looks nothing like it. I dont know if they improved it by now.
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@PREZ-HILTON
Claims of election fraud must be condemned at this point, so that we can focus more on improving the site.
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@PREZ-HILTON
How would surgery lower suicide rate if most transgender suicides occur after reassignment surgery?
Is a good question. Death occuring after certain act does not mean that certain act is the result of death. We do plenty of acts in our life before we die. The alternative explanation is that death would occur irrelevant of having surgery or not having surgery, and that surgery is mostly done before the average age of suicide. If it was not done, the age of suicide would remain the same. The other explanation is that trans people wanted to kill themselves, but waited to see if surgery will help them. When it didnt, they decided to take their life. They would take their life irrelevant of surgery, but saw surgery as potential for better life and waited for it. There are those trans people who claim surgery helped them a lot. There are those who claim it didnt help them. Uncorrupted studies are important on this topic. Most studies I found claim that suicide rate in operated is lower than in never-operated, and some studies claim it is the same.
It is the operated wellbeing vs never-operated wellbeing that we should look at when valuing operation. When finding the best age for surgery is when we look at operated cases at different ages. This is the only way we can have uncorrupt studies.
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He relied primarily on old grudges against me.
Is a vote-devaluing claim. It does not make the vote invalid. It also does not make your valid votes more valid than valid votes for Wylted. The vote can be valid or invalid. Votes were accepted as valid by mods and by popular choice of users here.
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@PREZ-HILTON
Most of those suicides occur post op.
Is a correct claim. However, it does not lead to conclusion of op being the cause. Op could be unrelated to that, and even reduce number of suicides. The conclusion that would lead to op being the cause is comparison between op and non-op people resulting in unfavorable outcome for op.
So allowing the surgery actually increases death.
Could be an incorrect claim. Most studies suggest that trans surgery lowers suicide rates compared to those that didnt have surgery. One must understand that its hard to get non-corrupt studies on this issue where too many interests are involved. My main demand would be more studies to clearly determine proper age instead of setting it randomly.
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@Intelligence_06
this series of posting is intended for not people that desperately need to eat insects to survive(which the set is incredibly small)
Could be a correct claim. My intention was to spread the knowledge to the people that dont need insects to survive. People that dont currently need insects to survive might experience a change in their situation. They could end up in a situation where insects are their only option. People who dont need insects to survive could raise awareness among others about insect eating, and knowledge could eventually reach those in need. It could reach those who really need insects, but are not eating them due to lack of knowledge. It could reach those who will end up in situation where they need insects. It could reach those that want to be more self-sufficient or improve their survival skills.
but for people that want to eat insects
Is a correct claim. However, it is also to convince those that dont want to.
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It is illegal for kids under 21 to drink.It is illegal for kids under 18 to get a tattoo.It is illegal for kids under 16 to drive without a license.It is illegal for kids under 21 to smoke.It is illegal for kids under 21 to own a gun.
Are all correct claims. None of these activities have benefits for children, so naturally, children should not be encouraged to do them.
But for some reason, the woke left has and is trying to make the idea of medically transitioning kids (a non-reversable surgery that changes their entire life) a normality.
Is a correct claim. It is done due to high pressure and high suicide rates of trans people. There are no clear answers what age is best to transition to prevent at least some suicides. Sadly, this is why experiments happen even if they are immoral. We cannot know if 10 year old will benefit from desired transition if we never let it happen. The people who transition sometimes regret their transition. Sometimes they dont regret it. Finding the best age that is most fit should be the limit. The only way to learn what is the best age is through history of statistics.
Anyone who says that a baby's and infants can decide their gender identity before they can even walk is insane.
Is a correct claim. Baby cannot talk, hence even if it desired surgery we would never know. Doing experiments on toddlers and giving toddlers surgery is probably not beneficial. The age when trans people commit suicide should be our guide for when we should enable them to transition.
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@Intelligence_06
as if anyone with the degree of development enough to read this on an electronic device still needs to gather insects for food.
Is a correct claim. It is assumed that if one has money to buy a device, he likely has enough money for food. Insects are free and demand no money, only time to catch them. Price of meat is high, and catching 300 grasshoppers is free and takes 1 hour.
some of them grow their own food, plants or animals
Is a correct claim. We already had threads where farming was mentioned, I believe chicken farm was encouraged over other types. Growing plants can take more time than gathering plants. We will deal with basic ways of growing plants in our next thread. Growing animals is demanding and costs lots of money. Animals need shelter, water and food. Insects are free and if there is an abundance of them, then they could be less time consuming too.
Hunter gatherers are massively out of date as of this moment.
Is a correct claim. Most people are not hunter gatherers. What most people do does not mean it is the best thing to do what they do. In fact, being more self-sufficient and getting stuff for free can save you money as opposed to paying to get something. "Pay to get" is largely a capitalist culture that might not be very good for mentality of humans, but history will show if its good or bad.
it is just that I don't think anyone will incoporate insects as an integral part of their meal plan
Is not an entirely correct claim. Most people dont eat insects. But some people do eat them. The main difficulty in eating insects is that if you have no time to catch them, they could be expensive to buy.
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@zedvictor4
""Appetizing", is an acquired state of mind."
This is true. I have seen people eat the most disgusting things with more joy than I have when eating chocolate.
There is the "disgusting" barrier in our minds. Once crossed, it stops existing.
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@Intelligence_06
"entirely impractical if you don't live anywhere near a concentrated area of plants."
This sentence is correct. If there are no plants, then there will be much less insects and much less animals.
Usually, in survival, you should focus on that which is in abundance.
If there is plenty of insects, eat insects.
If there is plenty of berries, eat berries.
If there is plenty of fish, eat fish.
If there is plenty of birds, eat birds.
If there is plenty of nuts, eat nuts.
Focus on searching for that which there is plenty of, and you will get plenty of it.
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"Most circumstances should also make it viable to capture and breed the insects (such as crickets) with little more than a container, water, and some plant material for food."
This is a great way of producing your own food. I never tried breeding insects in a container, but if this is as easy as it sounds, people should give it a try.
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I will come to this thread later to listen to these.
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I feel like insects deserve one more thread, since they are so common in nature.
They can ensure survival, if you focus on big insects.
Insects can provide you with over 2000 calories
You could get over 2000 calories feeding on insects daily, and over 300 grams of protein.
Catching 3000 grasshoppers daily is possible in some areas like grasslands. They are high in protein and high in calories.
One grasshopper has about 1 calorie. So catching 3000 would give you lots of calories, about 3000 calories.
You can catch them by hand. Its easy to catch some. To catch 3000, it will take most of the day but it will ensure survival.
Eat and gather for winter
Your strategy should be to eat as much insects as possible during the period of spring, summer and fall.
During winter, you wont find many insects. Instead, you will rely on reserves in your body and food in the storage.
Your diet can be made out of insects, wild edible green plants, berries and nuts.
This diet can ensure survival and doesnt require some special skills to catch the food.
Wild edible plants can be dried and stored for winter. During winter, you will lose weight. Once the spring comes, you will start gaining weight again eating all the insects that appear.
Important notice
Dont search for insects that have no nutritional value. For example, ants are too small and almost weightless. They will not provide you with much.
Also, learn which insects are edible and common.
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@YouFound_Lxam
My messages will be about encouraging mutual respect between countries. The talk of war does not benefit the site much.
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@AustinL0926
Oops, my bad, I forgot to add that. I think we could copy the rating system of a certain chess site, which goes like this:<=1500: no decay1501-1600: -1 per week1601-1700: -2 per week1701-1800: -3 per week1801-1900: -4 per week>= 1901: -5 per weekIn order for rating decay to activate, a debater must have:
- Not accepted a debate for two weeks
- From someone within 200 rating points
This would place a little more importance on quantity of debates. The top debaters would lose some elo if they took 1-2 months break from debating. To be precise, if someone has 1900 elo, after just a month of not debating he would have 1888. After 2 months, he would have 1872.
The downside is that this makes it harder to progress for those debaters who have to take breaks from the site.
The upside is that it could increase number of debates on the site, and encourage more activity. This could attract more users.
I would recommend a test run and see if it works well for desired purposes.
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@AustinL0926
Could you start by unblocking me?
You are unblocked. You were blocked because I didnt want you to accept my debates because I wanted troll debates and not serious ones.
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I have spent half a year trolling users on this site. Countless insults were written. One could argue that I have made this site more uncomfortable for some users or many users.
I drew my power from my anger and imagination made up of destruction of my enemies. It gave me focus. It made me stronger and more persistent in trolling.
But it was too much of nothing.
That is gone today. I made a promise to cease trolling.
I listened to the good advice: "If you have 1000 people and if each does one good thing, you have 1000 good things. If you have 1000 people and if each does one bad thing, you have 1000 bad things.".
From this day, I will place myself in service of debateart and its president.
This includes:
1) Correcting wrong opinions on debateart
I will provide guides for users on this site, so that they may correct their opinions in case they are wrong or harmful to the site.
2) Doing actual debates that help new users with friendly interaction
I want to become an anti-noobsniper. This means that instead of "accepting debates from new users to gain wins from them" and instead of "making debates that are obvious traps for new users", I will accept debates of new users to provide them with chance to debate in suitable circumstances and my goal will not be to win a debate or play word twisting nonsense. My goal will be to make this site fun for them.
3) Giving proper information and arguments in forum
Forum should be a place of plenty of information and place of competing arguments and fun topics. For this purpose, I will make more such topics in forum. This includes sharing fun videos, instructions, popular opinions, diets, survival, weight loss, weight gain, religion choice, money and other topics that are popular among people. This will mean one or two such topics daily.
4) Ceasing with use of insults or bad language
I think bad language could cause new users to leave the site in greater numbers. So it must cease.
With these activities, I should be contributing to the site more as promised.
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@PREZ-HILTON
It is true. I wont troll anymore, as I promised. Instead, I will try to make this site more welcoming to new users, if its possible.
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@AustinL0926
You seriously think debaters - a group of people whose defining trait is critical thinking - would blindly vote for someone just because I asked?
I didnt know that critical thinking = omniscience. Thanks for informing us.
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@sadolite
Courts will never take me seriously, so I cannot win. But it is a nice dream.
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@YouFound_Lxam
Furrys should burn in hell.In the nicest way possible.
Oh well, I would rather not burn. I am not a big fan of burning.
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Plastic Memories | Romance, Slice of Life, Suspense | AnimeA Bridge to the Starry Skies | Romance, Slice of Life, Harem | Anime
I happen to like these much
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@zedvictor4
You are right. Some plants like comfrey and stinging nettles make great fertilizer.
In my area, I cannot use grass for mulch except around trees and some vegetables.
If I place mulch around certain sensitive vegetables, it attracts so many slugs and they eat almost everything.
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