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Septagon / Re: What're the measurements for nameplates?
« on: October 12, 2014, 06:24:11 PM »
3000 post requirement? That's a load of horseshit.

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Serious / Re: Lego ends Shell partnership following Greenpeace campaign
« on: October 12, 2014, 06:22:48 PM »
a possible Tsjernobyl 2.0.

Impossible with modern technology. The fact is that nuclear is the most promising form of alternative, clean energy. Fearmongering like this is what sets it back.

Shit like the BP oil spill or hundreds of other environmental tragedies should be given the same treatment or worse, but it doesn't. We just get angry on the internet for a month and get back to business as usual. Nuclear power is safe, abundant, and clean. There's absolutely no excuse to oppose its progress. Opposing nuclear power is just free shilling for big oil companies.

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Septagon / Re: What're the measurements for nameplates?
« on: October 12, 2014, 06:13:03 PM »
How do you get the ability to upload a custom nameplate?

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Serious / Re: An interesting thing about Satan and God
« on: October 12, 2014, 06:11:10 PM »
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For one to exist, the other must exist as well
In Abrahamic religions, Satan and every other angel was created by God, so their existence obviously isn't contingent on one another.

I'm not sure I understand the point of your post.
I think what he means is that for God to be "good" someone has to be "bad".

I'm not sure if I agree with that. If goodness was contingent on the existence of evil, then you could say that evil is also good because it allows goodness to exist, a statement which refutes itself.

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Serious / Re: An interesting thing about Satan and God
« on: October 12, 2014, 05:51:00 PM »
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For one to exist, the other must exist as well
In Abrahamic religions, Satan and every other angel was created by God, so their existence obviously isn't contingent on one another.

I'm not sure I understand the point of your post.

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Theology hasn't asserted the ontological argument for hundreds of years.

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I wouldn't consider either unethical, but if I had to choose I'd say using embryonic stem cells, since I value any human life higher than a fly.

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Gaming / Re: Destiny VoG Normal Xbox One, need 4 players
« on: October 10, 2014, 11:51:45 PM »
I'm DTF Saturday night.

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Serious / Re: Do you believe Attempted Suicide should remain a crime?
« on: October 09, 2014, 08:44:47 PM »
Remain a crime? It isn't even a crime currently. But no, it obviously shouldn't be a criminal offense.

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Serious / Re: Do you think Buddhism is really a religion?
« on: October 09, 2014, 06:10:46 PM »
What separates it from a philosophy is the organizational nature of it and the quality that it's deeply ingrained in a culture.

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Gaming / Re: Destiny actually made me cry
« on: October 09, 2014, 05:54:12 PM »
It's absolutely beautiful. I think it would've been cool to be able to just run around the environments and scenery.

A bit nitpicky, but the sun is way too big. It'd look about three times as large as we see it on Earth, it wouldn't take up the entire horizon.

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Gaming / Re: Anyone who buys a PS4 or an Xbone is a prick
« on: October 09, 2014, 02:55:28 PM »
I vowed that I wouldn't contribute my hard earned money towards buying an Xbox One, so I robbed a bunch of hobos for the cash. It took a pretty long time, but I think it was worth it in the end.

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Serious / Re: Do you believe in a god, if so why?
« on: October 08, 2014, 01:19:08 AM »
*gasp*

Supernatural

Do you watch Supernatural? Did you see tonight's episode?

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Serious / China's one-party system is superior to democracy
« on: October 08, 2014, 01:17:38 AM »

https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems?language=en

Or so says this guy on TED talks. I know TED is not always the enlightened, scientific platform it tends to advertise itself as, but this just screams propaganda. I'm not super familiar with China's current affairs or recent history, but this really struck me the wrong way.

I read a few responses, so I'm confident that the guy is basically full of shit, but I was just wondering what your thoughts are (preferably without looking up rebuttals and paraphrasing those points here).

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Serious / Re: Liberals (on Bill Maher) debate what to do about Islam
« on: October 07, 2014, 05:06:47 PM »
Why is Ben Affleck there?

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Gaming / Re: SERVERS ARE UP FOR DESTINY OMG MY LIFE IS COMPLETE NOW
« on: October 07, 2014, 12:55:42 PM »
Still down for me.

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The Flood / Re: I'M ALL ABOUT THAT BASS
« on: October 07, 2014, 12:28:51 PM »
First of all, I think it's a catchy song and I like that it's not just a cookie-cutter love song.

However, I think the feedback it's garnered is really bizarre. There's a change of attitude in society about rejecting the notion that women have to be skinny to be pretty. This song isn't about fat-acceptance, it's about acceptance of your body, using herself as a role model. Yeah she's not obese but keep in mind this is criticizing the perspective of media that considers Jennifer Lawrence a "fat actress".

It's not about fat acceptance or skinny shaming; she frames the "skinny shaming" as a joke, and shows that she understands the psychology behind that lifestyle by saying "I know you think you're fat but...every inch of you is perfect".

I dunno. I'm not one to take a liking to pop music, so it irritates me when songs with some actual value come along and then get blasted hypocritically from both sides.

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Serious / Re: Not teaching creationism is limiting a student's education
« on: October 07, 2014, 11:49:28 AM »
Yeah, and not teaching music theory in a math class is also limiting their education. As a Christian, I don't even want creationism in a science class. Western Creationism is a joke of a philosophy.

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Gaming / Re: Are the severs up yet for Destiny?
« on: October 07, 2014, 11:41:25 AM »
That's a negative, Ghostrider.

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Serious / Re: Police Officer helps young mother
« on: October 07, 2014, 01:27:06 AM »
I've honestly missed you, Turkey.
<3
I love that you uploaded the default avatar to use here.

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Serious / Re: Police Officer helps young mother
« on: October 07, 2014, 01:24:28 AM »
This just in: most cops aren't assholes!

If they truly weren't, they wouldn't be police.

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News / Re: Staff Change
« on: October 07, 2014, 01:02:13 AM »
Just promote HurtfulTurkey and avoid all this drama. I've moderated two other sites before, and I'm universally loved by all. Not to mention that I have a nearly unlimited supply of cute cat gifs.
Proof:

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Serious / Re: Police Officer helps young mother
« on: October 07, 2014, 12:59:35 AM »
This just in: most cops aren't assholes!

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The Flood / Re: Guide for a fit and healthy lifestyle: Sep7agon edition
« on: October 06, 2014, 05:58:31 PM »
I lift and think a solid routine can be important, but whenever these guides are listed it's always from a BB/powerlifter/etc. perspective. There are plenty of awesome ways to be fit out there that don't revolve around weightlifting routines. And specializing in an area of fitness for a reason other than to look good isn't a bad thing, either.

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Gaming / Re: CEO of Dell compares GamerGate to ISIS.
« on: October 06, 2014, 05:56:08 PM »

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Serious / Re: Math Whining Thread
« on: October 05, 2014, 11:46:25 PM »
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"Given f and g are bounded, provide a rigorous proof for why f-g+fg is bounded as well"

As an engineering student, this is how I'd feel trying to answer anything theoretical on a quiz:


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I don't really see the value in doing this to your kids, and screwing with their emotions for attention on YouTube is reprehensible, in my opinion. I did love seeing the one example of kids not caring that their parents did it because they love them anyway.

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Gaming / Re: Kid Spends 46,381 Dollars In Free-to-Play Game
« on: October 05, 2014, 05:35:34 PM »


>Expecting me to believe gramps has a $46k credit limit

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Serious / Re: Using nukes to blow up asteroids
« on: October 05, 2014, 04:29:50 PM »
Let's clear some misconceptions about nuclear weapons detonating in space:

1. There would be no physical blast. Shockwaves are a result of pressure moving particles in the atmosphere; when something is destroyed by an explosion, it's because it's pushing huge quantities of air at a very high velocity into it. In space, there is no air so there's nothing to carry a blast. This is also why sound doesn't travel in space; sound is a reverberation of particles in an atmosphere.

2. There would be no transfer of heat because that radiation travels through a medium also. You could be right next to a nuclear explosion and, aside from shrapnel and the other forms of radiation, you'd feel nothing.

3. The significant threat is nuclear radiation, which is normally dispersed through the air. It's still a huge hazard in-atmosphere, but in space the radiation will travel outward until it hits something.

So no, nukes won't really do anything to an asteroid. The Armageddon tactic was actually pretty sound, since drilling into the asteroid will mean the explosion will attenuate off of the asteroid's tiny atmosphere of trailing gases and ice.

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Serious / Re: sex ed + free contraception = wow!
« on: October 03, 2014, 11:14:16 PM »
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IUD

I really hope not. I'd much rather take a pill than get something surgically implanted somewhere.
To each their own, I guess. A simple procedure that is good for 10+ years is preferable to having to take a pill every day, IMO

I certainly agreed that men need something besides condoms to rely on.

What's your definition of simple? An IUD is just inserted up the vagina. Guys don't have a (relatively) wide  hole to put stuff into.


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