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Serious / Re: The President of the USA Must be a Natural Born Citizen
« on: October 15, 2014, 05:17:12 PM »I wouldn't want a foreigner as president.What if 80pc of your fellow Americans do?
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Serious / Re: The President of the USA Must be a Natural Born Citizen« on: October 15, 2014, 05:17:12 PM »I wouldn't want a foreigner as president.What if 80pc of your fellow Americans do? 11943
The Flood / Re: Just got back from seeing a comedian« on: October 15, 2014, 04:51:48 PM »Did you get any tips on how to actually be funny?I don't need any tips. You've taught me to do the opposite of whatever you do, because you're such a fucking bore to talk to. 11944
Serious / Lockheed Martin claims technological breakthrough with nuclear fusion« on: October 15, 2014, 04:47:52 PM »
From Reuters via Scientific America.
Quote By Andrea Shalal 11945
The Flood / Re: Just got back from seeing a comedian« on: October 15, 2014, 04:33:56 PM »
Words hurt, you guys. . .
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The Flood / Just got back from seeing a comedian« on: October 15, 2014, 03:54:26 PM »
His name was Mark Watson. He was actually quite funny. He kept picking out me and my mates because we were pretty much the only people there under 18.
Anybody else done anything interesting? 11947
Serious / Re: Do you believe in the "Elephant and the Blind Men" assertion?« on: October 15, 2014, 12:39:28 PM »
I can understand a sense of metaphysical deference to the views of others, but it really isn't essential. If somebody is going to profess a doctrine like substance dualism, they'd better damn well have a good reason.
As for just general epistemology? Yeah, I'm not going to allow people who deny science to get off that lightly. Somebody "having reasons" for something doesn't make it any more valid. It's just a stupid tautology. 11948
Serious / Man down! Man down! Greece has been hit; suspected K.I.A.« on: October 15, 2014, 12:36:26 PM »
From Business Insider.
Quote As if the world didn't have enough to be worried about (ISIS, Ebola, slowing China, Ukraine, slowing Germany, Fed tightening, etc.) now look what's back: Greece. And in a big way. Let's watch the European Central Bank fuck it up. 11949
Serious / 10,000 seeds sent to Arctic to safeguard humanity against climate change« on: October 15, 2014, 12:27:10 PM »
Batten down the hatches.
Quote In an effort to ensure global food security, 10,000 new varieties of crops from around the world are being added to the ‘doomsday’ seed vault in the Arctic. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, on an island off Norway’s northern coast, already stores 825,000 samples of seeds, which represent 13,000 years of agricultural history. The vault provides a back-up to the network of seed banks around the world, which store seeds but can be threatened by war, accidents and natural disasters. Protecting the diversity of the world’s crops is ‘fundamental’ for ensuring food security in the face of climate change, warned the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT), which manages the vault. Storm's a'brewing. 11950
The Flood / Re: The Sep7agon Awards(more updates)« on: October 15, 2014, 12:22:30 PM »That's a standard bolter, you inbred. 11951
Serious / Re: Expanding upon the 'inevitable socialism' and 'unsustainable capitalism' idea« on: October 15, 2014, 12:17:42 PM »Perhaps I'm mistaken in assuming a gift society must be anarchistic?I think so. I don't see why a gift economy would need to be anarchic. 11952
Serious / Re: Just saw gas at $2.95 today« on: October 15, 2014, 11:33:54 AM »
The government needs to stop taxing gas so much.
Fucking government. 11953
Serious / Re: How plausible is this statement?« on: October 15, 2014, 11:28:07 AM »subatomic particlesAre you including elementary particles in that? 11954
Serious / Re: Solipsism is objectively the best philosophy.« on: October 15, 2014, 11:26:09 AM »
Lol.
Hume effectively did away with Pyrrhonism centuries ago. 11955
Serious / Re: Expanding upon the 'inevitable socialism' and 'unsustainable capitalism' idea« on: October 15, 2014, 11:25:03 AM »Your post was essentially advocating a compromise though, if not to some degree, right?Yes, to the extent we shouldn't allow people to die and starve in the streets. I know Door is less conservative than me when it comes to fiscal policy, so his compromise would likely be larger than mine. 11956
The Flood / Re: Social movement comparisons« on: October 14, 2014, 07:33:45 PM »
I wouldn't want to live in a world without fat chicks.
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Serious / Re: Expanding upon the 'inevitable socialism' and 'unsustainable capitalism' idea« on: October 14, 2014, 07:29:26 PM »
It's not so much to do with a state of post-scarcity as it is with all of the jobs being automated. You can't have the means of supply owned privately without a labour force, and capitalism becomes a ridiculous structure in such a society.
In saying that, the rate of technological advancement won't necessarily abolish scarcity any time soon, but it'll certainly induce abundance. Although I don't think anybody here is advocating communism. I don't want to live without a government. 11958
The Flood / Re: Make fun of Meta while he showers.« on: October 14, 2014, 07:26:33 PM »
well well well
wots goin on ere 11959
The Flood / Re: Should I have a shower now or tomorrow?« on: October 14, 2014, 07:14:12 PM »
Right, I'm 'avin 1 nao den
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The Flood / Re: Where's Kiyo?« on: October 14, 2014, 07:09:27 PM »Maine Coons Wait, there are still some left? 11961
The Flood / Should I have a shower now or tomorrow?« on: October 14, 2014, 07:04:15 PM »
Basically I didn't have a shower last night, and I'm torn on whether or not to leave it tonight.
Tonight - it's just hassle having a shower at the minute. Tomorrow morning - most impractical option; will cause me to rush in the morning. Tomorrow evening - will get me clean and fresh right before I go out, but I'll have to spend the day at college tomorrow shower-less. 11962
The Flood / Re: Time to be serious - Le Dustin wasn't behind all of his bullshit« on: October 14, 2014, 07:01:35 PM »U WOT M9And some rolled up stinging nettles he managed to pass off as a blunt. 11963
The Flood / Re: Where's Kiyo?« on: October 14, 2014, 07:00:36 PM »Hey, the pig'll let me know if it doesn't want my willy. But I think your necrophilia is linked to your love of cider. Spoiler There's nothing like cracking open a cold one on a hot day. 11964
The Flood / Time to be serious - Le Dustin wasn't behind all of his bullshit« on: October 14, 2014, 06:56:59 PM »
Dustin's actually been locked in his own basement.
The person on his account is his evil twin brother. El Bustin'. 11965
The Flood / Re: So I just stumbled onto this« on: October 14, 2014, 06:55:30 PM »
I stumbled onto your grandma.
So I had sex with her. 11966
The Flood / Re: Where's Kiyo?« on: October 14, 2014, 06:53:37 PM »BTW just for the record, I'm taken.Kiyo confirmed for rapist. Spoiler Because corpses can't consent. 11967
The Flood / Re: I have a confession to make« on: October 14, 2014, 06:52:17 PM »
I thrive on chaos.
Drama is my bitch. 11968
The Flood / Re: The Sep7agon Awards(more updates)« on: October 14, 2014, 06:50:26 PM »
>is most informative
BOW TO THE SERIOUS BOARD 11969
Serious / Re: Parent destroys stupidity of Common Core« on: October 14, 2014, 06:35:12 PM »And here we see Denso Idiotus realising the threat posed by the more well-adapted enemy. In an attempt to re-assert his dominance, he refuses to acknowledge his fateful mistake and resorts to attacking the Logo Reasonablus in its attempts to improve its nest. |