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@Shila
Not stuck. Just not caring to move.
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@Best.Korea
They cant decide about that. Not their body. Babys body doesnt belong to parents. It belongs only to baby. The opposite case would be slavery. In that case, I dont see why you oppose to dictatorship.
Losing a tiny flap of skin is far from being forced into involuntary servitude. If you want to see involuntary servitude, try wearing kimmy boy's goofy ass haircut. He'll imprison your family in a labor camp for stealing his look. I don't know why he has that cut in the first place. Mans got the minecraft steve.
No. It has no observable medical benefits for a baby.
Circumcised males have a lower UTI and STD rate over the course of their lifetime. It also prevents that nasty gunk from showing up. So nasty that I hate knowing about it. Still cleaner than North Korean water though.
"As for mutilation, it's a small flap of skin. You're not losing anything significant."Okay, can I cut off your ear? You will still have the other one, so no big deal.
Having both of your ears is helpful for hearing and balance. Speaking of balance, the North Korean diet is very balanced. No grains, no meat, no vegetables, no fruits, none of anything else! A nutritional value of 0 for every food group! Truly balanced!
Now, since you obviously like violating other peoples bodies, I dont think you have a right to speak against anyone on anything.
Speaking of violating people's bodies, you should talk to the prison guards in your country. They seem to be up to no good.
So far everything Kim family has done was supported by more than 90% of their population. You assume this is out of fear. No evidence for that. But when we look at history, its the US government who used fear to justify wars, bombarding, circumcisions, punishments, abuses of human rights, tortures...ect.
North Korea: A country with so much nationalist support that leaving the country is banned! Truly amazing! But defectors seem to say otherwise. I don't know why they escaped such a 'great' country. Maybe they just didn't like their daily prison camp torture.
But when we look at history, its the US government who used fear to justify wars, bombarding, circumcisions, punishments, abuses of human rights, tortures...ect.
Finally, we agree on something! Our government does suck! Good thing we can vote some of them out. Not a option in North Korea.
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@Shila
Nope. I just didn't care to think anything more than "frog."
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@Shila
Oh yeah, I forgot I ended that server cause I decided it wasn't needed. Also, I'm not sure what your point is, and chances are I won't care.
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@Best.Korea
Optional? Sorry, could you explain to me how is it optional for a baby? Are you saying babies consent to have their penises cut and mutilated?Also, you say its not rape. Lets see: 1) nonconsensual 2) touching, cutting and penetration of genitals... yeah its rape.
Optional for parents to decide. Also, it's a medical procedure, not a sex act. As for mutilation, it's a small flap of skin. You're not losing anything significant.
Speaking of rape, have you heard of how women are treated in North Korean prisons?
Also, you seem to believe that North Korea is dictatorship. However, Kim family has approval rating of over 90% by their citizens. Compared to that, most US presidents dont even have 55%. Awkward.
This is because Americans have the freedom to criticize their politicians. In North Korea, you do not.
You might wanna tell your boss you're doing an awful job. Don't worry, rocket man kimmy will coddle you and say 'saranghaeyeong,' since he can say it and teenagers in North Korea can't. It's too South Korean of a phrase, apparently.
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@Best.Korea
You don't know what rape is then.
Also, the procedure is optional, unlike voting for Kim Jong-Un in North Korea.
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Right to self determination with masses being the masters of everything in their society is the central idea of Kim Jong Ils Juche Socialism.
Nothing says self-determination like living under a dictator!
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@Shila
idk man I was just thinking about frogs at the time
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@ILikePie5
Like the purple dinosaur? Ya, I can take him
Pie caught in 4K
down horrendous man
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Every illegal immigrant and their mom will claim asylum to try to get in. You think they're just going to leave if their appeal gets rejected? And how many of them have actually applied for asylum? Many of these people are here knowing they're going to get rejected or that they're not going to apply. At that point, it's premeditated crime, so we might as well call a spade a spade.
Meanwhile, we have many people applying for green cards outside of the US and their process is being slowed down because we're trying to process green card decisions for people who crossed the border before applying, many of whom will get rejected and will refuse to honor the ruling.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
If you think this failed, you missed the point. Politicians make rulings from DC. They don't often care about the issues voters deal with; they would rather use their partisan lines. The stunt asks the question "How can the American public be expected to care for illegal immigrants when the wealthiest politicians refuse to do so?"
So far, it's pretty clear that politicians are out of touch and outright hypocrites on this issue. While feel-good stories about community donations may seem to let them off the hook, they really don't. It only shows politicians are more than willing to let the citizens do the charity alone, without writing a check themselves. And this ignores even bigger questions. Where is this compassion when our own people can't afford food? And what about the legal immigrants? Will these donations last, and how many more migrants are coming now that we've accepted some? We can't care for all of them, no matter how generous we get. We should give prioirty to our own citizens, be it by birth or legal immigration.
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I only will only buy Overwatch 2 if public lobbies are casual.
I am not making the same mistake I made playing Fortnite. I quit that game after 2 years of playing because public lobbies became so incredibly sweaty.
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@n8nrgim
Sometimes.
There's not really much more to say here. Sometimes someone is objectively right when I am objectively wrong, and so I change my opinion on the issue because I can't find anything to debunk their argument.
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This is a series I've been wanting to do for a while, but now that I've decided to go to college after 2 gap years, it think this would be a good (and fun) way to practice my writing skills. Especially since my declared major is in Journalism. Maybe I should opt for a concentration in Sports Media. Anyways, I hope this turns out to be a good read. Also, this is all in humor.
The field of 16 drivers for the NASCAR playoffs has been set. Among them are drivers who have been class acts all season. They rarely show unjustified anger, and all of them have proven their skills... or just got lucky enough (more on that later).
This list is not about them. It's about having a laugh at the most irritating drivers (and others) on the circuit of NASCAR. Call it salt, and you'd be correct. I really don't care. With out further ado, here is my NASCAR Black Flag List:
1. Cody Ware
Quite possibly the biggest example of nepotism in NASCAR, Cody Ware proves time and time again that with enough money, even your dreams can come true! Why yes little Timmy, you can be a star! Just win a championship in the small overseas Asian Le Mans Series where you were uncontested for the championship in your division that year, and you too, can kickstart your NASCAR career! Just ask his dad, Rick Ware, owner of Cody Ware's No. 51 for Rick Ware Racing!
Since joining NASCAR, Cody Ware's performance has been putrid in all three of NASCAR's National Divisions (Trucks, Xfinity, and Cup). With an average career finish of 30.9 in the Cup Series, you'd think he should drop back down to the Truck Series, where he has an much more impressive average finish of... 23.1. Okay, so maybe that won't make too much of a difference. But hey, at least he got his first career Top 10 in The Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona last weekend! He's improving! Gee, it only took 28 of the 37 cars in the field wrecking out of contention... plate racing, amirite?
The only other notable thing Ware has accomplished this season was attracting the ire of a championship contender at Bristol, when he chased down Chase Elliot under caution to show displeasure after he got loose because he ran out of tal- er, got spun out by Elliot. Yeah. That's totally what happened. That's being said, it'll be difficult to get all sides of the story since Elliot might not remember it. He didn't remember who Ware was, after all! You'd think it's because Ware rarely sees Elliot on the track, but I have a counterpoint to prove Elliot's memory loss issues once and for all: He laps Ware several times a week! How could he NOT know who Ware is?!
Ya know, personally I wonder if this whole racing thing for Ware is just a front for Nurtec ODT to sell more migraine pills. He certainly is causing headaches for the other drivers and fans! I know it's bit of an unfounded conspiracy theory, but I'm sure it'll catch on quicker than Ware is on the track.
2. Ross Chastain
The son of a watermelon farmer and one of his watermelons, Ross Chastain is a driver who hit the Cup Series full-time (kinda) in 2018 driving the No. 15 for Premium Motorsports, with which he acheived less than premium results. Chastain failed to score a Top 15 until 2019, when he got a Top 10 at the Daytona 500 after 29 of the 40 cars in the field wrecked out of contention... plate racing, amirite (again)?
After dropping back down to Xfinity in 2020, his fortunes would improve when a dying Chip Ganassi Racing picked him up for a full time ride in 2021 to drive their No. 42 car. With this oppurtunity, Chastain finally got to run at front of the pack every once in a while, where he finally had plenty of opportunities! To wreck out the actual contenders and make every driver around him angry, that is. At the end of the season, Chastain finished 20th in points, Top 3 in most enemies made, and 1st in the I-got-cut-by-Chip-Ganassi-Racing-and-all-I-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt award. The corresponding trophy Chastain got for his award was: You guessed it! A lousy t-shirt! NOTE: Still more fashionable than Chastain's t-shaped beard.
Fast foward to the present, and Chastain is finally a contender! He scored two wins! By wrecking everyone in front of him out, that is. Now, you might be asking, just who is "everyone?" Well, by "everyone" I mean Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, AJ Allmendinger, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliot, Martin Truex Jr, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Kurt Busch, Autin Dillon, Erik Jones, and track boundaries. There's probably others, but I'm confident I've spent more time researching this than Chastain has spent racing cleanly. If there's any good news, it sounds like the other drivers are going to pay back Chastain during the playoffs. I am eagerly waiting for the longest YouTuber-level apology Chastain has ever given once it happens.
3. The NASCAR Playoffs
NASCAR as an organization, seems to be comitted to making and defending the worst decisions imaginable. From the 1969 Talledega 500 to the 2022 Coke Zero 400, NASCAR has seen some bad races over the years; In addition, from Jeff Gordon in 2004 to Martin Truex Jr in 2022, drivers have been screwed over by poor format decisions from NASCAR. I would say Bill France Sr. would be rolling his grave, but this seems par for the course for the organization he created. Legend has it, the ghost of France Sr. is still crushing driver unions in the afterlife. Thankfully for him, he doesn't have to deal with the ghost of Lee Roy Yarbrough.
Back to more recent times, the second least competitively fair era in NASCAR began in 2004, after it was decided that drivers like 2003 champion Matt Kenseth can't just walk in and completely outclass most of the field on a weekly basis to win championships. "No, no, no! Bad 1-win driver! Why couldn't you have been more like the 8-win Ryan Newman and have 7 DNFs!" said Brain France after some drinks and pills, probably.
In the Chase era drivers had to be "ACTUALLY GOOD"... for only the last 10 races of a season. So, what does one expect from a system where you only need to be merely decent for the first 26 races of a season? Exploitation, of course! Most notably, 7-time champion Jimmie Johnson would use the regular season as more of a "tune-up" for the Chase by driving at a relaxed pace. While the Chase created artificial exitement for a short amount of time, it would prove to make the sport even less exiting than the average Indy road course wreck-fest. After Johnson captured his sixth championship in 2013, NASCAR decided to drasically emphasise what they believed was the single most important skill a driver needed: Being lucky.
The actual least competitivly fair era began in 2014 when NASCAR introduced the Playoffs. This system revolved around the last 10 races like before; however, the difference was that those 10 races were splits up into four rounds with the first 3 being races each, culminating in a 'winner take all' season finale. This resulted in a system about as reliable as the single-lug wheel. Drivers nowadays frequently have great seasons only to have one bad race mid-playoffs and get screwed. "What's that Carl Edwards? You had a league best average finish of 7.2 and got wrecked out in the final race of the season? I guess that means you're only the fourth best driver!" said Brian France two years before getting arrested for DUI, probably.
Most recently, NASCAR added playoffs points and stage racing (with its own points), creating a motorsport so convoluted they needed a celebrity ad campaign for their system. Personally I think Jim France should've been the guy presenting the system. Nothing makes the public understand what your system is about quite like showcasing the geriatric man behind it all! Unfortunately for us, NASCAR seems to value their public image more than things like good officiating, so we got 4-time Grammy winner Keith Urban to spoonfeed the system to us. Hey NASCAR, since you've shown you can spend money on celebrities, can you spend some money on a car that absorbes impact better? No? Ah, well then. Godspeed in your concussion recovery, Kurt Busch! I hope NASCAR's virtue signaling will help other drivers avoid the same injuries!
Serving Pit Road Penalties to avoid being Black Flagged: Bubba Wallace, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Next Gen Car, Single Lug Tire, Rain Tires, and Chase Elliot fans.
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"Guys gravity doesn't exist, weight is what's pulling all these objects down!"
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The ability to change the email address linked to my account. I signed up for this site with a high school email years ago.
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@RationalMadman
I likely won't. I'm trying college again this fall; I leave for campus in less than a week.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Gee, that's a good way to start a beneficial conversation!
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@RationalMadman
I might try it out. It'll be in starting in September, right?
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@RationalMadman
Because the last one ended with only a few people even bothering. Admittedly I lost interest in the middle of it last time.
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@RationalMadman
@ILikePie5
We've done it before, but I'd be down
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@RationalMadman
I would call that Libertarian left. Doesn’t matter too much though.
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@Double_R
I agree. Sources should be a part of the argument, not its own category. Conduct doesn’t matter in the matter of winning a debate (although it is appreciated), and Spelling and Grammar is not a huge issue as long as it’s legible.
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@rbelivb
There’s still a strong leftist presence here. Benjamin, Oromagi, FLRW, Double_R, Castin, Lady3Keys, Danielle, TheWeakerEdge, Speedrace, others, etc.
If the right holds a majority here, it isn’t a huge one. And if this is concerning to you, invite some people you think would be good for the site over. Heck, do it even if it’s not a concern.
If the right holds a majority here, it isn’t a huge one. And if this is concerning to you, invite some people you think would be good for the site over. Heck, do it even if it’s not a concern.
As for me, I’m not going to use any appeal to majority arguments. They’re incorrect and easy to call out.
The only thing I could see being an issue is ratios on the site, but honestly who the heck cares about the number of likes? To me all the button does is (somewhat) prevent users from posting ‘+1’ posts.
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@oromagi
@Athias
@SirAnonymous
@ComputerNerd
@That2User
Try this one out :)
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@RationalMadman
Until then, I’ll see if I can get people to join this one.
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@RationalMadman
I’ve been posting from vacation all week. I can try to start mine as soon as I get back.
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Current Mafia:
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Signups:
RationalMadman - Well-known Autistic Spectrum people
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Speedrace - MCU Disney+ Shows Mafia
Mharman - Indie Games Mafia
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Wylted - World Series of Poker (WSOP) Mafia
Supa - Kanye West Discography Mafia
Earth - Not another weebshit mafia game/Skyrim(Player choice)
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@RationalMadman
Aight. Your turn. Unless you need me to go ahead.
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@RationalMadman
Speedrace isn’t ready yet, so you’re up. If you need more time as well, let me know and I’ll go.
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Current Mafia:
N/A
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N/A
In the Hopper:
Speedrace - MCU Disney+ Shows Mafia
RationalMadman - Well-known Autistic Spectrum people
Mharman - Indie Games Mafia
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Earth - Not another weebshit mafia game/Skyrim(Player choice)
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@PREZ-HILTON
Pretty sure Speed is next though. Lemme message him on Discord real quick.
Then RM is after Speed.
I guess I’ll hop in after RM. I have two games that I already made while NFL Mafia was going on.
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4 INTJs so far. While typically a more rare personality (from what I looked up), it seems that the commonalities of certain personalities are altered when the test is applied exclusively to internet users.
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@MisterChris
I thought so. No American goes into Honduras for any other reason really. Stay safe, may the Lord be with you.
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@Reece101
When I say ‘figureheads’, I am talking about humans in this case. Yes, I do believe God is of infinite intelligence; however, the OP was about listing accomplishments made by humans to make the point that their side is correct because they are more intelligent (also, I think OP was trying to counter the ‘atheists are cowards’ thread as well).
My only counters to this are that not only is it true that this type of argument is only good for raising the ego of whichever side makes it, it is also completely false. If one is to go by the accomplishments of humans, then what they should find is that no particular side has an advantage.
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@ILikePie5
6 games it was.
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@Lunatic
MVP award or not, there’s almost always bound to be a good amount of salt in an endgame thread lol.
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@Polytheist-Witch
I wouldn’t be 100% pessimistic about convincing people, only 90%. I’ve had people here make arguments that were logical enough to change my mind on a few topics. It shouldn’t take a deep dive into human psychology and an entire flame war to change someone’s mind. All it should require is a couple of solid arguments. So, while it is true that debating on the internet is mostly fruitless, it isn’t completely fruitless. Same thing with debating people irl honestly. It’s a product of human nature. A society with no debating at all is a society in free fall. And yes, it is possible to have a social life irl and a meaningful discussion on this site.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Exactly. I tend to stay away from this particular forum for that exact reason. The only reason I posted in this one was because someone pointed me to over here and the OP irritated me.
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@Tradesecret
This thread is not helpful at all. No one is going to change their mind after being insulted.
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Don't you think that in general, Atheists are smarter than Theists? I know that there are a few exceptions.
No, not really. I don’t think one is smarter than the other.
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What did you think of the Atheists are cowards. in the Religion forum?
It’s a dumb thread that does nothing helpful.
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