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Serious / Re: The Crusades were justified by the standards of the day.
« on: October 06, 2015, 05:18:10 PM »
I don't think it's all protected under the veil of presentism.
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Serious / Re: The Crusades were justified by the standards of the day.« on: October 06, 2015, 05:18:10 PM »
I don't think it's all protected under the veil of presentism.
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The Flood / Re: Why do you go here?« on: October 06, 2015, 05:14:51 PM »
To ease the passing of time.
And hey, most of you lot aren't that bad to talk to. Mostly. 2883
Gaming / Re: Pic related: You people every time I point out how awful FO4 is« on: October 06, 2015, 03:23:51 PM »
Don't make me get the sloth muffling gif again.
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Gaming / Re: Far Cry Primal - Announcement Trailer« on: October 06, 2015, 12:31:46 PM »
Oh, that's certainly a change from shooting and killing in some war torn place in the world.
Does seem like it'll be loosing a lot less in terms of content - hunting still there (obvs), not much to kill with I imagine or any story past survival. But meh, I know virtually nothing about it. We will see. 2885
Serious / Re: Suitable Punishment for an 11 year old Murderer?« on: October 06, 2015, 12:26:33 PM »
Psychological rehabilitation, coupled with some time in a min. security psych ward.
Jail time would do him no favours, but neither would him being let off relatively scott-free. 2886
The Flood / Re: Women are getting "pissed off" about the patriarchy #pissforequality« on: October 06, 2015, 12:23:30 PM »
Oh my shit, they fell for it?
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The Flood / Re: Stop what you're doing, and look at this.« on: October 05, 2015, 08:02:09 PM »
NO!
*Goes back to doing what I'm doing* 2888
Gaming / Re: I'm gonna make a Sep7agon Community on PS4« on: October 05, 2015, 07:34:18 PM »
I'll join, but I can't just yet. Haven't got a PS4 you see.
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The Flood / Re: When I Was 15, 16...« on: October 05, 2015, 07:33:27 PM »
You're leaking RAM there, a bit.
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The Flood / Re: What do you want most in life?« on: October 05, 2015, 05:22:42 AM »
A more decent quality of life
Needs education and funding. 2891
The Flood / Re: ITT: Users that your parents would hate« on: October 05, 2015, 05:16:21 AM »
My Dad's pretty tolerant. Mum would hate all of you and think you're all shifty as fuck.
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The Flood / Re: The Four Temperaments« on: October 04, 2015, 09:53:49 PM »Lol what is this test.How did you answer the questions? How I would like any other personality or political stance test. Normally they come out with something I can generally agree with but that result was virtually the polar opposite. 2893
The Flood / Re: Your Ethnic Composition?« on: October 04, 2015, 08:44:50 PM »
50/50 Irish/Welsh.
Got O'Mahony's and O'Donnell's on the Irish side, Williams' on the other. Not sure past my great grandparents, however. 2894
The Flood / Re: The Four Temperaments« on: October 04, 2015, 08:37:49 PM »
Lol what is this test.
Thought I was melancholic; got sanguine. I'm in no way extroverted, and barely charismatic with friends, let alone strangers. I don't really give a shit about people, either. 2895
Gaming / Re: Fallout 4 is not a Fallout game« on: October 04, 2015, 02:28:36 PM »
Ohhh Door...
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The Flood / Re: I'M ON THE LAST DAY!« on: October 04, 2015, 10:51:42 AM »
Can't tell if sarcasm. Already had it before? 2897
The Flood / Re: I'M ON THE LAST DAY!« on: October 04, 2015, 10:43:57 AM »Any particular theme you want? I.e. a particular fruit or something else entirely. Strawberry Pip Tom ate oh Persons In Perspective Py-Pip++ First things that came to me brain. 2898
The Flood / Re: I'M ON THE LAST DAY!« on: October 04, 2015, 10:34:04 AM »
Any particular theme you want? i.e. a particular fruit, something that has/goes with "pip", or something else entirely.
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Serious / Re: Simple Question Sunday: Does might make right?« on: October 04, 2015, 10:32:20 AM »
Not really no. The Middle East and the goings-on over there are a perfect example.
Look at Syria and the Arab Spring uprisings all along North Africa and the Middle East. Al Assad is teetering on power backed by his military and aid from Russia (and probably a few other unnamed ME countries), and I nor anyone else could call his use of chemical weapons and bombing civilians indiscriminately a "right" thing to be doing. The same goes for Iraq during Saddam Hussein's control. Was he right to impose his will and invade Kuwait and "liberate" it considering the valuable oil fields there? America had more of a just cause retaliating and then invading, even if that's a bit contentious for the original purpose of it.Israel I doubt deserved it's right to erase a country and have little disregard for the refugees it created in the process, and it's mighty influence on the region doesn't justify it either. Pushing back the other countries back to their own countries, yes, but maintaining a vice-like grip on the "buffer zones" and then building settlements on them, I don't think so. And to diverge from the Middle East, Russia annexing much of Eastern Europe in the 40's/50's, and a throwback to it's roots more recently the annexation of Crimea. I'm sure defending the native Russians living in Crimea was far more the right thing to do, and not just the coincidental gateway to the Black sea was the main issue there. "Great" Britain was totally in the right to colonise as many countries as it did because of it's superior naval forces and technologies at the time. Shame it didn't capitalize on those features and come to their aid when Famine struck in Ireland and in fact shipped food out of it rather than in. Sorry, had a bit of a rant there but you get the idea. On the other hand, "might is right" really depends on which side you are on. A staunch Assad supporter might think it's perfectly justified to bomb the rebellious regions of his nation, and he's trying to stabilise his country to stop the tide of ISIS from overwhelming them also. A Russian in Crimea could justify its annexation because a majority of the people living there are Russian-born. An Israeli could defend the buffer zones annexed in his enemies' countries because otherwise they could attack again, and they can always return them back once they are considered peaceful allies (like the Sinai desert being returned to Egypt... though since the uprising I don't know how well that's going). TLDR; It really depends on who has the might and the "right" thing they are doing. It's impossible to make such a sweeping claim when it works on a country by county and even case by case. 2900
The Flood / Re: Who here has the best memory?« on: October 04, 2015, 08:31:04 AM »
I remember things that are currently the most useful to me.
After that, I remember more long-term memories as I did them, sorta like remembering scenes from movies, although long quotes are summarised to the point in my head.. Nothing too specific like "The colour of X person's t-shirt at the party in july, 2008". That's next-level shit, or just random things that decide to get jammed in your head for no reason. 2901
The Flood / Re: So what's up this morning?« on: October 04, 2015, 06:17:46 AM »Lol early morning. I got up half an hour ago (11am). No problem, it's a slow R&R week for me. 2902
The Flood / Re: So what's up this morning?« on: October 04, 2015, 05:35:13 AM »
Lol early morning. I got up half an hour ago (11am).
Need to do laundry, restock fridge and then make my timetable for this year at uni. Then grind tanks and battleships and get a bit further on wolfenstein. 2903
Gaming / Re: Sep7agooks BF4 Server will be going up today« on: October 04, 2015, 05:12:57 AM »
I demand adminship on par with this guy:
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The Flood / Re: Who is the smartest person in Serious?« on: October 03, 2015, 09:12:06 PM »
I'd say no one.
Everyone has their specialisation in something; most just don't post about it or discuss it because it doesn't come up. Then the other stuff is down to personal opinion and your own moral code, so there's really very little you can do with that except argue. 2905
The Flood / Re: Favorite Beer. List them.« on: October 03, 2015, 09:04:54 PM »
Stout Guinness and Cobra beer.
That or some Leffe Belgian stuff. 2906
The Flood / Re: There should be a fee for having a child on a plane« on: October 03, 2015, 08:29:16 PM »Earplugs? Headphones?On domestic flights, there's only first class and coach, separated by a curtain, not anything that stops sound.In the words of Taj Manzoor:I'd gladly pay extra for a no-child flight, but those don't exist. Not in the US at least Doing absolutely nothing to remedy the problem on your side is a bit one-sided. 2908
The Flood / Re: There should be a fee for having a child on a plane« on: October 03, 2015, 07:35:17 PM »In the words of Taj Manzoor:I'd gladly pay extra for a no-child flight, but those don't exist. Not in the US at least First/Business class flights don't exist? Most parents can't or won't bother with an expensive flight when there's a cheaper option. No guaranteed child-free flights, but a far less likely chance of getting one. Plus you get the added bonus of comfortable seats, leg room, etc... not that EasyJet bullshit. 2910
Gaming / Re: Which game has your favorite art style?« on: October 03, 2015, 05:32:59 PM »
-Deus Ex HR (though a tad too yellow and black)
-Comic book style Borderlands and most Telltale games...cellshaded or whatever it's called? -Wolfenstein TNO. Just got into it and I quite like the design of it all, though similarly cell shaded in areas. |