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For the record, I’m still undecided on participating here. It’ll still come down to my schedule.
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Hmmmmm… Something smells fishy about this game… but then again, this is a Wylted game. I wouldn’t expect anything else.
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@RationalMadman
I think I have a good brain for chess; I'm just rather new (been playing for just over a year). I have a good understanding of chess principles... but I just need more experience to start recognizing some of the patterns good chess players can notice consistently. I've been climbing the elo ladder, so that's a good sign.
I don't think I could be a good fighter. I could be skilled enough to defend myself in sufficiently a typical street fight, but I don't expect myself to be stepping in any sort of rings any time soon... or at any point, ever.
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@RationalMadman
I was using Rapid. I'm traaaaaaash at Blitz (~500) and Bullet (~400). Now that I think about it, you're probably far above me in those time controls (most people are, I think).
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@RationalMadman
Just curious… I wanted to know if you were around my level. I’m ~1100 and would be willing to 1v1 if you were around that range.
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@RationalMadman
What's ur CC elo... LC works too ig
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@WyIted
I’ll think about it. My schedule is starting to free up a bit more, but mafia takes time. I’ll let you know by Saturday.
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@RationalMadman
The topic doesn’t matter too much to me.
Recently I’ve been voting if it’s an easy vote to cast. I don’t really have the time to break down competitive debates, just the ones with forfeits, concessions, or one side that barely makes any arguments at all.
That being said, my schedule is starting to free up a bit more, so I may be able to cast one or two votes on a more high-level debate per day.
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@Intelligence_06
You'd also need to find users that are interesting enough to interview, but not crazy enough to derail the interview.
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@cristo71
Typing my thoughts as I listen along:
I like the start. The vocals are nice as well. The guitar adds another layer. I don't completely understand the meaning of the lyrics, but I think I get the gist of it. The guitar solo is amazing. The ending is a nice, clean way to wrap things up.
Wow. I've heard synth before, but I've never heard anything like that. It's fantastic.
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@HistoryBuff
I've been around this website on and off for awhile. My assumptions are well founded. Many people on this website are trump cultists.
I'm seriously questioning what you define as a cultist, but I'll ignore that for a moment. There's a reason I said "irl communication" earlier. While rational people exist on the internet, it is always the unreasonable that are the loudest and most seen. Many of the more rational minds can't stomach the idea of internet conversations these days, as a result. This applies for both wings.
I mean, why would you? There are very few people out there who "love" biden or the democrats. there are millions of people out there would literally kill and die for donald trump.
That is a perception you have, but I don't see a whole lot of evidence for it. I'd bet that if "millions of people" were really that willing, we'd see a lot more political violence than we currently do. Nothing you could even cite includes anywhere near that large of a number.
But I have shown people, on this website and elsewhere, quotes of donald trump saying he thinks he can suspend all laws including the constitution. And the response is something like "well he didn't mean it". I agree polorization is a problem. But the mindset of the maga subset of the republican party engages in cult like thinking. They will worship trump no matter what. He says he wants to end the constitution but they still believe he wants to protect it. He has slept with porn stars, cheated on his wives, sexually assaulted women, admitted that he likes sexually assaulting women on tape, but millions of people think he defends family values. He publicly made the republicans stop a bill to protect the border, but his followers still believe he is the one that wants to protect the border. That isn't politics, its a cult.
All of this is a perception you have of previous debates. I likely wasn't there for any of those, but I get the sense there is more to the story than what you are telling me. I'm not accusing you of lying, but I'm keenly aware of how two people with different perspectives can easily fail to be on the same page. Most of the accusations you just levied against Trump are ones I don't believe to be true, because they are based on reports that are lacking context. I am open to discussing these at a later date when I am not as busy (tbh, I probably shouldn't be responding here; I think I'll just let you have the last word after this post), on a thread dedicated to those topics.
Here's the thing: You've collected a list of things you believe are falsehoods purported by Trump supporters. At the end of the day, all of these are disagreements. Someone will be right and someone will be wrong in debates about all of these, but holding incorrect political beliefs and defending them does not reach the level of "cult-like behavior." Your argument is basically that Trump supporters are cultists because they are wrong on a bunch of things. I could collect the same amount of things I believe to be ridiculous defenses of prominent Democrats and leftist ideals, but that doesn't suddenly make the people who believe those things "cultists." To understate: A real cult has a bit more going on than just incorrect beliefs.
I mean, you say that. But donald trump managed to get a crowd of people to attack the capitol and try to overthrow democracy. You say there isn't a sizeable amout of people who would advocate committing crimes for trump. My response is, if you actually believe that then you aren't paying attention.
I don't believe he is responsible for Jan 6, and I don't believe everyone there was attempting to overthrow the government. Add that to the list of things I'd be willing to discuss at a later date.
Once again, nothing you could cite reaches the amount of people in the millions, or even close to it (not even when combined). The amount of people at Jan 6 is nowhere close to sizable, not in a country with ~330 Million people that can pull ~150 Million votes in one election, with about half going to each candidate.
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@HistoryBuff
Perhaps you should start by not assuming the worst. This whole “Trump supporters are a bunch of cultists” garbage led you to think this guy was actually being serious.
I’m a pretty strong conservative, but you would never catch me calling liberals, Democrats, and Biden supporters “cultists.” They are simply people who disagree with me. Some are idiotic, but most are people of normal or high intelligence, who simply drew the wrong conclusions.
Demonization of the other side of the aisle is exactly how we get polarization, lackluster debates/communication, censorship (in some cases), and (in this case) situations where people miss an obvious joke.
Sure, there are always going to be some people on both sides that would unironically advocate for voter fraud, but that is not all of them. If you think even a sizable amount of people (percentage-wise) on the other side of aisle would post this unironically, you are wrong, and desperately in need of some irl communication with people on the other side.
In the case of Wylted here, I highly doubt he’s seriously advocating for election fraud. He may have just wanted to discuss what he believes to be voter fraud on part of the Democratic Party, and created this troll thread to bait people into conversation. Alternatively, he may have just been wanting to troll, and then saw an opportunity to have this discussion once you replied.
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inb4 someone takes this thread seriously
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@sadolite
Synth music isn’t “played” by anyone. It’s composed by people, and I argue it requires some talent. Not as much as some other genres, but some nonetheless. Anyway, I find it nice to listen to.
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@Mall
I’m a Christian man and I know where I’ll be after I die. I just want to experience a full life before I go.
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@Mall
I wouldn't fear death unless it's an early one.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
There it is. I was waiting for those remarks.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Your thread definitely encouraged me to do that.
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Ok. I will now think orange man = bad because someone else thinks so.
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WE DUNKING ALL OVER THE LIBS WITH THIS DRIP!!!!!!!!!! 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯
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@TheUnderdog
Someone who, in theory, holds values that compliment our country’s founding as well as Judeo-Christian culture; in practice, they are completely spineless in defending those values.
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@Lunatic
REMINDER FOR LUNATIC: DebateArt.com is a website that exists.
(It is truly one of the websites of all time.)
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@WyIted
This phenomenon affects inanimate objects as well. I went to Walmart the other day to buy a TV for my dorm room. I was stunned when the employee recommended I get an LGTV. It’s just so sickening how the big gay has infected our televisions.
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@Theweakeredge
This place is a cesspot of conspiracy theories, bigotry, and fierce anti-intellectualism
There's definitely some conspiracy theories, and plenty of anti-intellectualism. There's been a bit of bigotry as well. That being said, I have a feeling that less than half of what you'd cite as bigotry is actual bigotry, and I'm curious as to what you'd cite as anti-intellectualism as well.
Nonetheless, goodbye. I've never met or debated you (so I don't really know the type of person you are), but I wish you a good life from here on out.
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@Greyparrot
Imagine paying money to Jeff Bezos for “journalism” just so you can make ad hom threads on DART lmao
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@zedvictor4
I’ve never had anchovies before. I don’t think I want to try them at any point, either.
Red peppers make for a nice choice though.
I’m kind of a 5-meat kinda guy, but recently I’ve been trying a bit of variety.
Last night I had a pizza slice with sliced beef strips, green peppers, black olives, and some kind of spicy sauce on top. It was pretty good.
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There’s a lot of pizza types out there.
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@sadolite
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@Mall
There's already a thread for this lol https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/6249-if-you-have-a-random-thought-post-it-here?page=1
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@Tejretics
Well enough, personally.
This site is looking rough tho. I hope the new owner(s) (when Mike finds a suitable buyer) will respect the potential and culture this site has, unlike Juggle did with DDO.
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@Intelligence_06
Welp. Looks like the end is near fellas. Again.
Ebuc, I know you remember it well; as do I. "Fun" times, am I right?
Intelligence, were you there when the collapse of DDO happened?
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@Greyparrot
I was in a theater to watch the latest Transformers movie months ago (which sucked too btw- Bumblebee gave me false hope for Rise of the Beasts), when I saw an ad for Wish. Because I saw it was Disney, I decided to forget about its existence. I'm just now being reminded, and from what else I'm seeing online, it looks like I made a good decision.
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@Sam_Flynn
A sequel? In this day and age of the film industry? It's probably not gonna be good.
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@Vader
Common thought was something like this. Retrospective thought tells us the NFC East teams + Ravens were bound to collapse.
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