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@XLAV
Yeah but this is an interesting case. You have a world champion women's team vs. a no where near as good men's team. I think the women can pull it off. The only thing the men would have on their side is strength. But you don't really need strength if you have superb plays. I just wonder how much faster the men are than the women. That would really be a handicap.
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@Castin
I know he wasn't. I was just showing how the media just lies all over the place when it comes to guns. Even when they talk about accidents... they say if you own a gun you are 20 times more likely to accidentally shot yourself. I've heard that from some online people... they kept saying look look owning a gun you are x times more likely to die. When if they were honest... they would say you have .0001 percent chance to accidentally hurt yourself. Which sounds a lot better odds than hearing a big number thinking it's common. So the same applies to his OP. Girls are whatever times more likely... no more like you have less than a fraction of a percent chance.
Plus, deaths from blunt objects or sharp objects are pretty high themselves. Just run away from a psychopath boyfriend/girlfriend. If the person is crazy enough to beat you to in inch of your life... then, you should suspect that he/she can kill you too. I just hate how people blame everything on the object when it is the reality of it that needs to change. Lock the abuser up, run away, call the police... and i will even agree... if they have an abusive history, don't sell them a gun like i think is the case in California. But even still... sell a gun or not, someone willing to shot you would be just as willing to beat or stab you to death. Run Run Run... people need to learn they control their surroundings and no law can help them if they don't help themselves.
I know i might be a little short sighted to the severity of the event. Maybe some can't get away from such situations. Then we as a society need to help out. All i know is that it has very little to do with the object if you really want to fix these issues. Especially when the object will always be there... we are never in the near future going to ban guns (if ever). So it seems like a waste of time arguing about that angle instead of figuring out something that will actually do something about it.
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I've been on a binge watching Women's football highlights and wow... Morgan, Pugh, Long and Rapinoe, etc.. look brilliant together. I've not seen such beautiful team plays in awhile. I don't care if guys are stronger or faster... i think the women's team would destroy them.
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@Imabench
You know... i had to go through the citizen test. Do you want to know what the question were? 5 questions with basically the same choice of answers.
"If a jew did x to you would you"
A) talk to him about it
B) yell at him
C) be his frined
D) Hit him and fight
E) Kill him.
Literally... that was my test.
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@EtrnlVw
NOTHING-not anything; no single thing
I told you i didn't mean the literal definition of nothing. You know just as well that metaphysical conjecture uses words differently. I explained exactly what i meant in the analogies i provided. The infinite consciousness is everything without it having to be actualized. Therefore, technically there is nothing there "to see" ... until it manifests itself into becoming something. For instance, as an observer of the infinite sand you would say there is no sand castle if it isn't manifested. However, the sand castle exists within the sand... it just hasn't been actualized yet. Therefore, until it is actualized... from an observer perspective, you would see nothing there, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Get it?
I never refuted this or the definition of consciousness. I am only saying that in the source state you are a different awareness or consciousness by being those two infinitely. Therefore, it really isn't existing when you know the beginning and end of every story. At least for me, that wouldn't be existing. I define existing as having an individual experience. Of course, you are still existing in general... as a different entity however that is all powerful. I find knowing everything to be a curse, and not truly existing. This is subjective i guess. Some may like that feeling. It's the same if i said i am not truly existing playing the piano... i feel like i am existing playing the drums. Same thing is what i mean.
None of what you wrote above have I said otherwise. Not sure how you didn't know that I believe in the projection of the soul, which is an individualized expression of the infinite. I thought we had that covered :(
I don't know. Then why did you refute when i explained first i become the source, and slowly wake up to being an individual source. I explained that source is your home, but you start to individualize "within the source or other" i'm not sure of that... but, individualize and then pick your next experience. You refuted that.
Then at this point I know you haven't even listened to what I've said, wow. I've said that over and over, that we are an individualization. How did you not know that?
You will have to explain again why you refuted what i said "you will be the source than your individualized source state." I thought you had agreed to the individualized state... but, i think we define it slightly different... i don't know. I don't have a great memory when it comes to specifics such as this... you just refuted so i am confused where you find it different than what i said.
I suspect you are misconstruing my use of the word waking up. What i mean is you become the source... everything. But before you pick your next experience, you individualize then decide from there. In other words,or my words, you wake up from being everything to you again before choosing the next experience you will have. I'm not sure about this... the source can very well dictate your next experience. However, i would rather it be an individual choice. And for it to be that, there needs to be another state where you individualize before manifesting into another vessel. That's what i mean.
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@EtrnlVw
I can say the same thing to you. Instead of asserting you are making sense and logic, demonstrate where my logic doesn't make sense. I made it quite clear with my analogies what i mean. And, btw... those analogies, except for the author one, isn't my analogy. Obviously, someone else gets it, but i won't use that fallacy to say i am right. You either get what i am saying or don't. Be honest if you don't get something. You don't know everything, man. Don't pretend you do. I am quite clear that my belief only applies to what i know can happen to me. It can very well be different for you... but nothing i said doesn't follow a logical line of reasoning in metaphysical conjecture.
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@EtrnlVw
Your not understanding how something that is everything is also not existing in the sense we are aware of existing. It's not literally nothing, you are being too realist right now on the definition. To be everything you are an "it" bc you are in a state of indifference with absolute knowledge. But mainly, not existing and existing at the same time. An infinite everything is every opposite you can think of. It wouldn't be truly existing at the same time existing as something. It is infinitely intelligent and omnipotent. And with that comes a state of non-existence. The same as a book not existing. The author knows everything about the book... from beginning to end. But it isn't truly being experienced until the author puts that down on paper so that the book can be experienced. Or think of an infinite stretch of sand. One can make a sand castle and actualize the castle and/or experience it. However, one doesn't need to create the castle. Even without the castle being created... it already exists in the sand. Everything exists in the sand even without creating it. It is truly being experienced once it is formed. So, there is no castle... i.e. nothing, but the castle exists already in the sand without it being created... it's there even if you don't see it.. and is truly being experienced once it is formed.
By definition these bodies are us, bc it is me that is in the body. The body is a vessel which i can agree with, but it is a vessel carrying the individual called Outplayz. This individual is part of this infinite consciousness, and when it goes back to the source... it is not me anymore. I have to individualize to be me. I can't be everything and still be who i am now and/or who i am as an individual... by definition. That is why i know i am not going to stay in the source state... it isn't a reality i prefer personally and more so scares the crap out of me. Which is also why i am here existing as me instead of being in the source self. But you don't believe we have individualized from the source state... i do. I believe we have evolved out of the source as an individual source. Everyone will go back to the source bc that is home, but soon individualize again to prepared for your next individual experience. I don't believe we stay in a source state bc in that source state you won't have individual choice. It would be the source state that dictates your next experience... not you, again by definition if you are everyone and everything it isn't you choosing. I believe i can choose, therefore, it follows i have an individual source state. Maybe that isn't true for everyone, but i choose to believe it is true for me.
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@EtrnlVw
I wouldn't exactly say it's "nothing" because if you are That, and It is you It's the reason you are here so you would be a projection of That.
It is nothing in the sense that it is everything. You become the start and finish, know every beginning and end, are everything. So by extension you are also nothing. You're not the same person you are now, a limited entity. You will be unlimited. And, to be unlimited isn't sustainable for your current self. It isn't living when you know the story from beginning to end. Every story you have ever lived or could live. You become truly infinite and bc of that, you aren't truly existing.
That's entirely possible, if that's what your desires dictate but as I said you may not want to come back here so soon or at least in this realm once you see how grand it is away from the body.
You got it a bit wrong. I don't believe you will stay as the source for long for the reasons above. You will likely momentarily be within the source but soon "wake up" back to your individual source. One might stay in their individual source for a little while bc at that point you will already have started blocking your infinite knowledge out. But even then you will have a personal type of omniscience. You won't truly be experiencing until you pick an experience. Now... i don't think i will be coming back to this specific reality for a long time. I will likely manifest in a reality where there is magic / powers. That is the type of person i am... a fan of fantasy, so my next experience which will quickly happen from my source self will be another mortal experience but within a different reality. Actually, as you know... i may not even be technically mortal in my next experience if i pick something on the lines of being a vampire. But, even if i am immortal in that experience i will still be limited, and death will always be an option eventually coming to pass. So maybe not a mortal experience but a finite one.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Lol how funny. I wish i could go back in time to do a medical career.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
What do you currently do?
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@ravensjt
I most certainly know that I am talking about a step by step banning of guns....starting with assault weapons that you say both exist and don't exist. I never said you dont care who dies, that either means:
You specifically gave a number of people dying and sad i must not care... so you can't just tuck tail and say you didn't imply that of me. And, i am not a mind reader... i am judging you off what you say and i didn't know you are a full gun ban type until you just said it here. You should be straight forward about that in the beginning since you are a fringe type of belief people don't assume first.
We can debate the 2nd Amendment and it's original intent in another thread. I was honest alrdy about my stance on gun bans. You really should ask instead of trying to sound smarter than you are as it pertains to me
It's original intent was to have an armed citizenry to fight injustice foreign or domestic. But i guess i digress if you don't want to talk about it. I never heard you say you want a full gun ban. Thank for telling me i am smart enough to start deducing it.
And my stance on this issue has nothing to do with my politics, unlike you (I assume) I can be "liberal" on some issues and "conservative" on others, I am a free thinker and dont let others do it for me.Universal background checks are useless when weapons are stolen or sold on the Black Market.... unless you are willing to punish the Seller or original Owner when a weapon is used in a crime, I would compromise with that.Getting rid of gun free zones is illogical and whats truly nonsensical is thinking that having more guns in more areas will create less crime. Fender benders and arguments and fist fights would be a thing of the past and the ridiculous notion of "stand your ground" would overrun the judicial system (imo)
Free thinker or not... you fall under a specific group. It is just words to define what type of policy you are giving. The left's thinking is to ban guns, so you have a leftist view on guns. Who cares... i call myself centrist bc that is what best defines free thinking... it's still a position people will understand when i say it. When you say "free thinker" no one knows where you stand until you start talking... if you like being a little deceptive as your style of getting information... whatever, that's cool with me.
Universal background checks aren't "useless", but if you mean in regards to a sale that is under the table... well, obviously. And yes... if it is an illegal sale of a firearm... i believe the punishment should be severe, especially if it is used in the commission of a crime. I believe harsh law is a deterrent when it acts like a deterrent. If 1 years worth of torture for selling to a criminal was the case.. a lot less people would sell to criminals. But are law isn't harsh and i don't like that.
Where is your proof that it turns into the wild west if there are no GFZ? Vermont would be a slap in the face to your logic above. What we know is that in 1996 the GFZ act was passed. What we also know is things like school shootings rocketed. Could it be a correlation? I think it is, although not a cause, but a correlation. When you have a sign that no one can enforce.. it is useless. At the very least, have armed guards protect every place that is a GFZ... at least.
You know what the irony to all this is... i think it is people like you that are causing the deaths of so many people. Get rid of guns, you are killing people bc more would die, get raped, robbed, if they can't protect themselves. More kids dead in schools bc there is no one to protect them, or they can't protect themselves. Every policy you are proposing will lead to more death than the alternative. Bc guns are a deterrent to criminals. Without them... it would likely look a lot like our neighbors in central and south america.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
It's actually really hard "starting" work as a paralegal. That is something they never teach you in school. I applied to probably about 100 places when i just got my license and no one called back. But, in the end i got lucky. My mom's a hairstylist and had an attorney client that hooked me up with a job. As soon as i got 3 years experiences... working for cheap btw, it was easier to get interviews and work in the field. What i like about being a paralegal is once you have the experience you can always find a job. That is why i went this route... it's sorta recession proof. Plus, you are also your own boss which is needed for my type of personality. I'm not very much a team player lol.
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@Greyparrot
I am pretty sure i know which chemicals make me feel happy and sedated... and they have nothing to do with god. I actually feel like the devil when i sedate myself... so, you're a little off.
The idea of a "god" makes me feel nothing. Not happiness or sadness. The idea personally scares the crap out of me at the same time giving me a weird sense of hope. I like exactly who i am now... i don't want that to change. However, my spiritual belief implicates i will momentarily change and become infinite consciousness just like everyone else. You can call this point god if you wish... but, it is nothing, it is emptiness... immortality is correlative to hell for me and i suspect everyone else living here. So, god isn't the feel good experience as you portray. I believe i will become god for a moment, but very quickly after i will be me again... a mortal experiencing another mortal experience.
You should say which god you are talking about... bc not all god concepts are rainbows.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
While there are people that decided to take some LSD doing years... it is so broken. Punishment is suppose to be a deter ... and fuck no... all those you put up should be in jail for years. We can reduce crime dramatically if criminals were scared of the system. I'm kinda a part of the problem bc i am a paralegal helping others circumvent the law... but, that isn't my fault.. it's there when it shouldn't be there. But you know what the funny thing is coming back to the OP... as much as criminals do not care to break the law, they are scared to break into a person's house bc you know what... that punishment is permanent. At least we are doing that right although there are people dumb enough to try and take that away.
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@Vaarka
Imma try to put one song from every genre i am currently listening to... i might leave some out though bc my memory isn't that good. Remind me of a genre if i forget.
Rock/alternative:
Drum and Bass:
Female vocal dubstep:
Pop:
Black Metal:
Death Metal:
Hardcore Metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7vCgH-0P6k (i love the lyrics... ;)
Hardcore Metal female vocal:
Hip Hop:
Underground Rap:
Oldies but goodies... i like from 40s, 50s and 60s .. i just can't remember them.
I love 80s
Female vocal:
Catholic music:
Medieval Music
Nightcore:
French and world songs: (The original of this song is really good, but this is a good cover you don't have a soul if your head doesn't at least move :)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Reg vs. the risk i agree with you. Your idea is good but it wouldn't stop illegal selling of guns. People with the intention to sell to criminals wouldn't need to look at the license. I guess it would help a little to not sell to a criminal on accident, so it is good in that way. But the best way is to make harsh laws that would deter someone from doing it in the first place. Maybe something like 10 years, no plea, if caught selling a weapon knowingly to someone that used it in a crime. I think harsh punishments deter. But, if someone knows they will just serve a month, they don't care. I went to jail twice, not passed the holding cells, but i noticed people there were happy to be there. Jail has "regulars" ... One guy said, "i'm back, time to hang out with the homies for a couple months." That is a criminals mentality. The guy was caught for having a loaded gun selling drugs next to a school. They don't care if the punishment isn't harsh.
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@EtrnlVw
Kinda... i've tried only eating fruits, i get sick of it quick. I'm telling you man, i'm a natural carnivore. I really like meat.
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@EtrnlVw
The trailer looked good. I'll keep my eye out for it. I have 4 streaming platforms lol. So hopefully it's on one of them.
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@EtrnlVw
Or, check his channel out and watch a video you'd like... he mainly talks about the absolute infinite and ties everything into that, so some other videos focus on that. I'm always amazed when someone gets close to this type of belief.
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@EtrnlVw
No i've never seen that movie. Oh, i just remembered a person i wanted to show you. I saw a Youtube guy that explains what we do in a way but is super inetersting take. Check this out when you have time.
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@EtrnlVw
We'll see. I can do the carnivore diet first, i just love meat. But, if it doesn't do what i am looking for i will try a plant based diet, which is nearly impossible for me bc i hate vegetables... but there are certain veggies i like that i can focus on. I just want to see which one gives me more energy bc my depression manifests as lack of energy. I've tried a bunch of stuff. Uptake in vitamin D is helping a little, so that is a cool revelation. Everyone's body is different and reacts to different things. I remember my energy was perfect when i was younger, so i am trying to remember what i did then i am not doing now. What i remember is i ate mainly meat. I'd be picky with veggies and fruits. So i'll just have to see.
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@EtrnlVw
Most people can't handle a flat out change in diet, in this case I would say then try adding some new things, healthy things. Try adding much more fruits to your intake while getting the courage to take a break from meat, dairy products and fast foods. Actually try replacing some of your normal meals for a fruit salad or even a raw veggie salad and watch the difference in energy. It may make you irritable at times but that's only your body craving your bad habits. If this does not interest you fine, if it does I can expand more on it.
To be honest, i am about to do the carnivore-diet. A lot of people with depression say it is a god-send. Read Jordan Peterson and his daughters, Mikhaila's blogs about it... it sounds like a miracle.
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@Deb-8-a-bull
I'm just sad i didn't get any points. Why are you not giving me points? This is my world... i am suppose to get POINTS. What's up dude... if this is a solipsistic reality and mine, bc who else's would it be, then i say "hey!"
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@Willows
Well now that isn't true... i mean, i am pretty sure i exist. =)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Oh okay... that is what i meant. I believe people that are a danger to themselves and others should not be allowed to get weapons. Also, i think that is the best way to define what kind of mental health shouldn't have access to weapons. I hate it when people say bi polar or depressed people shouldn't have guns either... that is just stupid. But... if someone is found to be a danger to themselves and others... maybe they shouldn't have a gun. It makes no sense to me why every state doesn't enforce that they must be on the NICS system. A lot of people that are a danger can get a gun... which just isn't a good idea.
What you were referring to is a harder question when it comes to private sellers. Yes, just letting someone borrow your gun and having to get a background check to do so would be annoying. But, understand that private sellers that have bad intentions can abuse this current system. But, i don't see how you can enforce people with bad intentions. They will do it with a law or not. The only people a law for private sellers to go through NICS would effect is good people. I don't even think it would deter someone that wants to sell guns to a gang member for example. So, i don't believe in the private seller thing other than a non-gun control law such as harsh punishments for people selling guns in bulk for illegal activity.
Registration without the fear of gun confiscation would be a good idea. It would be much easier to track back criminal use of a gun. But like i said... the left exists so i would never be for registration bc i am sure they will use it for buy backs and confiscation. The left hurts the left.
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@DBlaze
Cool good to know. I will be using DDO again when it is functional so it's good to know so we don't do any double talk. Plus, i remember people more from their avatars than names lol. I'll have to check and see.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Isn't the NICS system the database where people that are found to be mentally unsafe to themselves or others are suppose to be uploaded to? I was under the impression that it isn't "required" by every state to upload onto the NICS system where about a couple million of these people aren't on the database when they should be.
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@DBlaze
No, same name on DDO but i was mainly in the religion forum. I only debated guns on politics... sometimes i think other things but mainly only the gun threads.
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@DebateArt.com
Well, good luck. It's a road that must be traveled but i'm sure you'll get to your destination. The more people use this site should also help from what i remember, so i'll make sure i'm posting =)
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@DBlaze
Well that is the beauty of being Centrist. On gun issues i would say i am further right. However, on something like abortion that you mentioned i am pro-abortion. I will admit, i might be right leaning at this point, but that usually goes back and forth. I always hover in the center. For guns, i do believe there are some logical gun-control laws we can pass like universal background checks and/or making it law every state uses the NICS system. I would even be for registration, but i am not for that currently bc the left exists... i don't trust them not to take advantage of something like registration to ban guns. Those are basically the only two gun-control measures i believe would do anything to help gun violence. So i am mainly right on gun issues.
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@DebateArt.com
There will be lots of new interesting features once I am done with the basics (editing and deleting stuff, admin interface and a couple more), I promise that ^_^
Cool. I'll be looking forward to it.
Nah, those days have gone I am afraid, keywords are barely important these days :(
Yeah, i thought the algorithms would be changed by now. The hardest thing about marketing was to keep up with that and find a way to manipulate the algorithms. But, usually it is something similar. It just takes a bunch of trial and error to see what works. I would have to read my internet marketing book again to figure it out. Have you tried watching any Youtube videos regarding seo? They may have something, bc even if its changed, there is still something tricky you can probably do.
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@DBlaze
That said, I agree with you, but both sides do it.
Yeah that is why i consider myself a Centrist. I can clearly see both sides acting like fools. They are the loud minority however, but still dangerous. Bc the loud minority is also the most motivated to get out and vote. Unlike most centrist that just sit on the sidelines. I honestly think the majority are centrists, it's just the majority isn't as motivated to get out and do dumb protests and get their voices heard. The biggest problem in politics is ignorance of politics. People voting a side without trying to understand the person's policy or personality. If everyone was informed, maybe things would be better and good law passed more quickly. Instead of protesting things they have no clue about that ultimately is frivolous as well.
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@ravensjt
Because 2% of innocent people being killed is 2% too many. 15,549 people were killed by guns last year. 2% of that is 310.... If 310 Terrorists killed people a year then I doubt you would have the same stance (ironically you would probable call for more guns though)And I don't know what "side" your referring to and my lack of agreeing with you doesnt make me ignorant. I'm a free thinker Bro and dont lean "Left" (politically)I also notice that you spend the majority of your post defending assault weapons (even calling them your favorite), then ending your post saying that they dont exist (boogle)Makes me wonder if you even know what you are protesting
Now you are just forcing something to be wrong by playing word games. Do you not get the implications of banning something that doesn't exist? Assault rifles by definition are already banned or restricted greatly. What you are talking about is banning rifles... which account for only 2% of gun deaths. That is nonsensical. You are trying to put the burden of "i don't care who dies on me" ... yes i do. That is why it is nonsensical. If you want to ban a gun that will make a difference, you ban handguns that account for up to the 80% tile worth of gun violence, but therein lies your ignorance of the implications of your words... you are talking about "gun bans" and you don't even know it.
Unlike you, i am protesting dumb law. One, i do not want weapons banned bc i believe in the second amendment. And two, i am protesting doing stupid laws that won't fix anything in a quantifiable way. The laws that will have the most impact on gun violence aren't gun-control issues. Unless of course, you want to start banning weapons. Where do you stop. You ban rifles, you will notice people using shotguns. You ban shotguns, you will notice people using handguns. You ban bullets, all we are left with is 22 caliber BB guns. Your solution is a gun ban... so be honest about that.
And to sides... the side you are on is correlative with the left's proposals on gun issues. I have no idea if you are left, i myself am a centrist. So, i do believe in "reasonable" gun-control laws. For instance, universal background checks. Other than that however, i am for enforcing the laws we have, and strengthening other non-gun control related laws. Getting rid of gun free zones would be one start. To do things that make a difference instead of dreaming of an entire gun ban. You can hold that belief if you want, but again, it is an ignorant belief that won't fix anything bc it won't happen and you shouldn't want it to happen as a free American (if that is where you live).
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@DebateArt.com
Yeah, exactly, I've had only a few months to come up with this site and therefore it lacks lots of fundamental things which I try to cover first (we didn't have posts editing a couple of weeks ago). After this part is done, which can take some time, we'll move to the more exciting features that we can develop together and which cannot be found on the other websites. It's just a matter of time.
You know, this is exactly why in general i will likely stick around. You are really involved which is a good thing. My only thing will be how lenient you'll be in regards to moderation. I personally like the freedom to be offensive when it's called for, so i hope it won't be like Debate-island. That is why i left that one bc even a little bit of getting offensive was met with warning. Debate gets under your skin sometimes and to be able to lash out i feel is warranted. Of course nothing like death threat or direct threats of violence should be allowed, but other than that... that is one thing i really like about DDO, you're free to be a D if you want to. Other than that, i am really liking this site. Not only bc of your involvement, but also to your efforts in making it good. In truth, i am not thinking of leaving here, although i will use DDO when it is back up... i like this site too. Add a thumbs up thumbs down feature on these comments i will likely never leave. I thought the little options you can do on debate Island was really cool... the only thing that almost kept me there was the options to say "persuaded, fallacy, agree, disagree, etc." That was really cool. If you can get that here, i personally would give it two thumbs up.
That's also not that easy. First of all, Google takes its time to index the website and since it's only 1 month old, it's naive to expect good positioning.
Yep i'm aware. It takes some time and other sites like DDO are pretty grounded into the coding. There are some things you can do to speed up the process. Its been a little time since i have dealt with Google so the algorithms have probably changed. One trick would be to put the word "debate" in-between your site's coding wherever you can. Of course, the more users you get here and more posts there are... that will also rank you higher, but that takes time. The trick i shared is a way to get around the waiting a little. But... i image you would have to manipulate the code with a couple thousand keywords since other sites are years old. It most def. is time consuming.
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@ravensjt
I could ask you the same thing... why are you so hell bent on banning assault rifles that only account for 2% of gun deaths? It makes no sense. Not only is it one of my favorite guns, it is also my preferred choice of weapon to protect myself with. In heated moments, my aim won't suffer and i don't have to worry about missing like i do with a handgun. It is my weapon of choice. You want to take that away from me and others that feel the same. Plus, all in all, it isn't logical at all since there is no such thing as "assault rifles" which means you won't be banning anything. It will not help, it will not make a difference banning "A-Rifles." It's a feel good law for the left and to get votes... it is pure ignorance of weapons that keeps your side blind to any lie you hear to get you to vote left.
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@Smithereens
Could be. I thought they are doing bc they were either trolls or want to continue trolling. Or, some people just like the feeling of tricking people to see their reactions when they don't know who they are talking to. In general, it's kinda weird to me. It almost yells i have something to hide. But... there can be other reasons i'm not thinking of. I've never been the type to hide in any scenario.
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@janesix
Nice fun... Jane asking for some poems, i'm down.
Here is a poem i wrote after looking up the list of colors on Wiki. I thought the colors sounded poetic so here we go:
If the color blue fought green then teal will take you through me because the color black
the brother of rainbow and all other such facts will fight white as Alice blue that took
94% red to become true. Amethyst shows her love while bittersweet shimmer adds a little remark
about blue who fought green and lost to become aqua where baby blue is queen. Bring them in
for the time of battleship grey with a crew of blizzard blue with warmth by black leather jacket and a hint of bisque.
The sky midnight blue slowly fades to evanescence where I can only see a queen dark scarlet eyes and
deep space sparkle omniscient to all! Electric crimson that kneels to flattery covering the ground where
the power of the queen is seen. Yet, be free…
ghost white mixed glitter to golden poppy to give gold fusion that our hearts are meant to be. Jade, Jasmine, jasper and jelly bean…
they like khaki and la salle green. No matter indigo, magenta or uneven lust that find maroon partying with mardi gras
you’ll always find magic mint chilling with June bud where I am found. Relaxed on lawn green daydreaming in forest green
while manipulating shades of grey blowing cool grey smoke of lavender finding beauty and pictures in manatee
to be ivory is my dream.
Here is one that was harder to write bc it is an iambic tetrameter form.
Take my blood oh frivolous rose,
As you lay on this cold, lone floor,
Most petals cracked, are falling down.
Feel me, empty my blood of veins,
Destructive bloom with beauty'n soul,
Bud show your beauty to my world,
Oh vain white rose with streaks of red.
So weep Oh rose, your tears are blood,
frivolous rose, your tears I hold,
We'll be enjoined in soul and mind,
until the end we'll both adhere,
Still sight of death in this cold year.
I usually wrote more horror type poems, but these are some of the more light ones =)
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@SkepticalOne
You beat me to it lol. I wonder what you think of his remark that "respected" theists don't describe god as a "who" bc i surely think they do.
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@Mopac
Well, at least you aren't as far off your meds as a theist would be thinking there is a sky daddy. I believe in an infinite intelligence, or that this form of "god" would be most possible. This would surely make it an "it"... it just is. It's everything. Skep already asked my second question, but you said you wouldn't be a pantheist. Technically... this infinite intelligence is everything, it is the universe, so pantheism would be closest description of what we are talking about. I forget however if pantheism gives any specific attributes to this universal god, if so... i wouldn't say that is accurate. An infinite intelligence would just be everything and at the same time be nothing.
I can jive with that definition of an absolute infinite. I just don't understand why you stick with theism and/or monotheism. Both implicate a god with attributes and/or a 'who.' You say most respected theologians don't do this, but they do. God created the flood, god manifested itself as jesus, etc. This isn't something an infinite intelligence would do. It would likely be indifferent since it knows every beginning and every end. It is everything and nothing. So on. The way theist explain it is more consistent with a "who."
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@Castin
In regards to your ventures into the unknown... keep bringing them reason, they need it. Lol. I always read other threads but i usually don't engage. I did for a little but it was mainly flamewars and i get bored easily of such things. There are some really cool members in the other forums though so it's worth the venture.
I don't think you can speed this site up without some good marketing. By marketing i mean placement on searches. When anyone searches a debate site, or even debate... debate.org is usually the first site to pop up. That is what makes it super busy and always getting new people. I mean, i'm a marketing major and i can figure out how to do it for this site, but i do charge quite a bit to do so. Plus, i don't know if he would give me control of his entire site. But that is what is needed. And, since this is a new site... it takes a lot more marketing power to keep it high up on searches. DDO barely even needs a marketing person at this point. They are so OG that other factors keep them on top. So, the SEO work this site would need is pretty crazy and time consuming, and expensive. Best would be to find a marketing kid that just graduated willing to do it for this site for cheap... or learn it on Youtube. I haven't checked... but everything is on youtube.
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@Castin
You know what... i just might have to stick around and keep you all out of trouble ;p I've noticed you venturing out into the "popular" threads... where everyone knows each other except of course the cursed "religion people." Lol. I actually like it... the outcasts. I've always adored such a position. But... this site really does move slow... i've always been the 'in the fast lane' type of guy.
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@Polytheist-Witch
That's how i feel too. This isn't really different than DDO other than being slower in response time. You still get the same old stuff. Plus, DDO is the top debate site. When people search for debate sites, that is the first they'll see which means more users. Since i spend a lot of my time readying other comments, i prefer a faster paced site with various different users. Plus, i like that i am a little more free to say offensive stuff on DDO. I personally liked that.
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@ethang5
Thanks man. I also enjoy your company so you better get back to DDO when it's functional. I'm just too lazy to use two sites, lol. I'll give it a try, but to your point... comments do move really slow here.
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@secularmerlin
To be certain or proof of it is technically not possible. I know what i am observing to be real bc i can feel emotions and pain. I can tell others feel emotion and pain but i have no idea if it is pre-set to be that way. I don't think i / anyone can ever prove that. All we know is that we both seem to share this experience with what seems like the same emotions and feelings. Ultimately, my spiritual belief is sorta solipsistic in nature. That there is an infinite consciousness and everything is a manifestation of its thoughts. So technically, this would be one realization of its thoughts. However, that doesn't make this experience not real per se... it just makes it one of many experiences the observer, i, will have. It's sorta like a dream. Would you say a dream is not real? If so, that is what i think about this reality.
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@XLAV
Some members prefer to lurk and not post, you know.
Lol i missed your post before i posted but exactly. I guess i just forgot to post on other threads to win a "most popular member" trophy.
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@ethang5
Well, DDO slowly looks like it's coming back. I don't think i will be using this site when it does come back. I already stopped using debate island bc of this site... but, DDO is my main. I've been a loyal little soldier lol.
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@Smithereens
Neon sign saying you're largely disconnected from the rest of DDO. This is how it is though, the religion forum never really did interact with any of the other forums. You were your own island and now that you're seeing the rest of us for the first time we're unfamiliar faces. Everyone here however knows each other and knows the religious users. You know other religious users and nobody beyond that.
This isn't true for every religious forum user. I used Religion, politics and science/philosophy (in that order of importance). I also noticed the religious forum users frequent those threads as well. I tried using the other threads but mostly all i saw was AMA's and who do you think the hottest "guy/girl" member is. The other threads were boring and quite frankly childish. I come on here or ddo to discuss deep subjects on my mind... i have no interest in having a hangout with people over the internet mentality. I have real life for that, what real life lacks sometimes is deep conversations with people knowledgeable about deep subjects... so i fill that void online. I would say the other threads were irrelevant if you want to play the "i am so popular card." Plus, i am familiar with every user. Just bc i didn't post on other threads doesn't mean i didn't visit them... they lacked substance to respond to anything... that's why we didn't use it. I would bet a lot of the "religious" forum users did just that.
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@linate
Here, let me put this in perspective. If i don't own a knife... i am 0 times as likely to cut my hand. If i own a knife i am 100,000 times more likely to cut my hand. DUH! If you own something you are something times more likely to hurt yourself with it. Now when you actually crunch the numbers... for accidental gun violence... you actually have .001 percent chance to accidentally hurt yourself. There is a reason the MSM doesn't use percent but something "times" more likely. When you say it that way, the number looks bigger than it actually is. So now, knowing this... what do you think the percent is in regards to your OP? I'm sure it is something on the line of women are .00001% likely to get shot.
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