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@Greyparrot
So both statements are true. Good to go 👍
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@Greyparrot
Which of the two statements is false?
That is all that really matters, what is true and what isn't. Facts don't care about your feelings.
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@Greyparrot
Which of the two statements is false?
That is all that really matters, what is true and what isn't. Facts don't care about your feelings.
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@Greyparrot
The effect of my post on your feelings is irrelevant, what is relevant is that my post was 100% accurate.
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@Dr.Franklin
Socialism is bad because people shouldn't be able to tell me how to spend my money.
- Greyparrot
People should be forced to spend their own money the way I want them to spend it
- Also Greyparrot
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@zedvictor4
So here is the mystery... why does it seem pretty much everyone is going with option one or two?
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Option 1) Corona virus is going to lead to human extinction if we don't all camp in our bunkers and stockpile TP immediately.
Option 2) Corona virus social distancing measures are just another part of a communist conspiracy to take over the world.
Option 3) Wearing a mask is kind of annoying.
So here is the mystery... why does it seem pretty much everyone is going with option one or two?
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@WaterPhoenix
Or a communist conspiracy to topple the government and establish martial law.
By uh, wearing masks.
Don't think too hard and you won't notice how silly I sound.
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@WaterPhoenix
What, you are saying that incubation period is a thing that exists? Sounds like suedo [sic] science to me.
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@sadolite
UM no, it's exactly on topic,
Before you were saying "asking me to wear a mask sometimes is like asking me to stop a hurricane, both those things are impossible to do!" That is what I was responding to.
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@zedvictor4
unpredictable weather conditions.
Wish they were a bit more unpredictable... We hit the triple digits in temp here today (Fahrenheit, obviously) so an unexpected rainstorm tomorrow would not go amiss even if it meant canceling the bbq.
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@sadolite
You roll over without so much as a fight. You literally are doing what hundreds of history books said you would do. You trade your rights and liberties for promises of safety and security. History repeating itself right before my eyes. Men born long before you or I knew these things and knew human nature. "A man who gives up his freedoms and liberties in exchange for safety and security deserves neither"
Lol that's a bit of an off-topic tangent but okay.
I would challenge your suedo [sic] science that says me occasionally wearing a mask when I feel like it leads to a totalitarian regime taking power.
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@sadolite
my house could be destroyed by a hurricane and thousands of people could be killed, what personal responsibility does each and every person in America have to prevent this. I see no difference in being told I have to do something to prevent a virus from spreading.
You see no difference between being asked to do something that is literally impossible versus something that is so easy a child could do it?
Time to cut down on the hallucinogenics bud. I know quarantine can be boring but seriously lay off.
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Literally just put the first song that came to mind for each category lol
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@warren42
Honestly number 7 is going to be too much of a pain in the ass for me. I mean, if you can't sing along at the top of your lungs and keep the neighbors up all night then what even is the point?!?!
Songs without lyrics. Honestly. Damn barbarians.
I can send in a little something for 6 and 8 though, don't expect me to put on any more effort than what I did for the first 5 however.
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I don't even wear one now except when my employer requires me to so... No.
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@fauxlaw
Is achieving net zero [green new deal] a truism
That's not even a statement/claim, it's a verb...
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@crossed
i pet goat 2
Well is that the devil worshiper you were following before or not? You can't possibly expect me to remember their name.
this stuff offends people so much
In your dreams kid. Weirdos like you eat it up and believe every word, weirdos like me know it is BS and are entertained by it, and all the normal people ignore it... Nobody is offended lmao.
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You get that from the devil worshiper that told you a nuke would go off in Seattle or do you just always have your fingers crossed hoping the world will end because it is what you were taught to do as a child?
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@3RU7AL
Raj has found that early variables in your life, from the quality of your kindergarten teacher to the neighborhood you grew up in, can have lasting effects.
Having a daddy with $200 mil in the bank is also a relevant variable from the early life to be fair.
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@RationalMadman
favoured severely in many cultures throughout history (not always the same ethnicities but usually always males).
There are a number of people I could name that are of a different 'disfavored' gender or race than I that have much higher living standards than I and put in less work to maintain said living standards. Shall I make a list of names for you? This doesn't prove that their groups are favored over mine and I am not saying they are, but I see no reason not to say it disproves the idea that I am favored over them.
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@RationalMadman
yet in these 2 cases, the most irrationality has come out in your conclusions.
Do males or females actually have any advantage over eachother? Not really.
Does any particular race actually have any advantage over any others? Not really.
Do rich people have an advantage over those that are not rich? Yes, and advantage increases if the lower and middle classes distract themselves with petty nonsense believing that their neighbor is their enemy when in reality there is no enemy.
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I mean there are literaly fully grown adults that unironically use toddler words like 'left' and 'right' in serious discussions about politics. If that alone doesn't raise a bunch of red flags right off the bat then you're pretty much hopeless.
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@Vader
Ummm you kinda skipped everyone on the mafia sign up list
Don't be a communist.
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Didn't watch your link and probably won't, but yeah this sounds pretty accurate to me.
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Why did you ban the Alec account and move to a new account?
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I won't win because I put about zero effort into the first five of the list but will participate anyway.
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@RationalMadman
@Vader
@WaterPhoenix
@User_2006
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@RationalMadman
@Vader
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@User_2006
Don't forget music hangout, scheduled time is an hour from now but I will be in the Discord a bit before that to make sure things are set up.
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@RationalMadman
he feels no need to intimidate them at all
this 'lazy' and 'small' exterior
Honestly more accurate than I could have expected, especially the above two lines. I know you make threads like this often and now regret not taking part in any previously, very entertaining read.
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@3RU7AL
What do you prefer?
I think all interactions with alien sapients should be performed in an above-board and honest manner. This is all millions of years off realistically speaking and we will detect them many generations before we could come into physical contact even if we wanted to do so sooner, plenty of time to devise a way of revealing ourselves and introducing them to advanced technology in a way that is tailored to their particular psychological and cultural norms with minimal harm without relying on some one-size-fits-all approach like "just hide 'till they make big ships then pop down and say hi lul"
What do you have to say about my other points in post 46?
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@fauxlaw
yes, it is possible
I'll be sending you a debate challenge to that effect in an hour or two. You may take that time to explain to everyone why you are going to decline the challenge when I do send it.
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@fauxlaw
What's to stop an infinite increase?
Debate Resolution: It is Possible for Someone to Have Infinite Money in a Normal Economy.
Go ahead and tell everyone whether you are pro or con on this one.
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@3RU7AL
I'm not supporting the practice of studying ancient cultures in that way. To imply that I do support that practice by trying to get me to defend it is misleading.
I'm just pointing out that doing so doesn't violate the prime directive.
Oh and also I am saying I don't like the prime directive.
I'm just pointing out that doing so doesn't violate the prime directive.
Oh and also I am saying I don't like the prime directive.
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@User_2006
San Francisco: The world leading sweatshop for passenger vehicles, fuel, and... grenades?
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@3RU7AL
Posessing the trait of hypocrisy requires that they say they believe some thing then act against that same thing they say they believe.
The thing that the Federation says is "cultural contamination"/ interference is bad.
The thing that they do is violate privacy
Therefore to say that they are hypocritical is to say that the philosophy of avoiding cultural contamination/interference and the philosophy of respecting privacy are synonymous.
The problem is that these are actually not synonymous.
The prime directive is a prohibition against interference with less technologically advanced civilizations. It is as relevant to the issue of protecting the privacy of natives as the Magna Carta is relevant to the issue of nuclear proliferation.
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@3RU7AL
How can one live in a society without influencing it?
They literally use invisibility technology to spy on them and when the cloak fails temporarily they send a team disguised as natives into a nearby settlement to determine the extent of "cultural contamination". These actions are allowed and encouraged by the prime directive. If this is your idea of what privacy laws should look like then you are a horrible horrible person.If you want to have a conversation about privacy rights then make a thread about privacy rights rather than necroposting on a thread whose OP and title have nothing to do with the topic.
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@3RU7AL
Have you ever watched Star Trek? I want you to answer that question before saying anything else because it sounds like you have no idea what the prime directive is and are just making unreasonable mental leaps to interpret it despite having no actual info about the topic.
The prime directive is a prohibition against interference with less technologically advanced civilizations. It is as relevant to the issue of protecting the privacy of natives as the Magna Carta is relevant to the issue of nuclear proliferation.
Like I said before the Federation regularly engages in archeological studies of technologically primitive species such as in the episode "Who Watches the Watchers?".
They literally use invisibility technology to spy on them and when the cloak fails temporarily they send a team disguised as natives into a nearby settlement to determine the extent of "cultural contamination". These actions are allowed and encouraged by the prime directive. If this is your idea of what privacy laws should look like then you are a horrible horrible person.
If you want to have a conversation about privacy rights then make a thread about privacy rights rather than necroposting on a thread whose OP and title have nothing to do with the topic.
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Tetris.
I mean, if something like The Emoji Movie can exist then we can have a movie where we literally just watch a series of Tetris games be played one after another with no context or narration whatsoever.
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@3RU7AL
Are you suggesting that the prime directive is a form of privacy law?
It isn't...
You can literally get high tech plastic surgery to look like a native and spy on them for years at a time without breaking the directive. Such activity os not prohibited by the directive and the Federation regularly engages in such activity in the show.
If the prime directive is a privacy law it is the most permissive one known to me.
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@Vader
Al Capone had a pretty good rap sheet. Why didn't he make the list?
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@Vader
You're making everyone's profile pic look the same 😕
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@WaterPhoenix
Huh I guess not. You can blame supa for making everyone's profile pics the same.
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