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Serious / Re: What do you predict to happen to Africa in the future?
« on: August 16, 2014, 12:06:32 PM »
I reckon it will develop a little bit, what with 1st world technology slowly bleeding in to the African cities now and some of it being developed specifically for there (African Nokia 130, anyone?)


But...if Frank's Theory is correct, our lovely Trans/Multi-National Companies will keep Africa poor, and keep the perpetual machine of debt repayment going and keep them reliant on us. Development will still occur, just not as fast as perhaps Africa has the potential too if it were in control.


But that would be a rather pessimistic and cynical way to look at their future.


 

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The Flood / Re: How many of you?
« on: August 16, 2014, 11:58:16 AM »
I like the countryside that surrounds me. Towns and cities may be interesting, but they are a bit too packed and busy for my liking.


..Aaaand I always feel like a country bumpkin whenever I go there, gawking at all the shinies.

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The Flood / Re: What book(s) are you reading at the moment?
« on: August 15, 2014, 11:04:54 AM »
Just started on "Dragon" by Clive Cussler.

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The Flood / Re: Why do white people get so mad over the word "nigga"?
« on: August 14, 2014, 06:42:32 AM »
2 centuries ago? What rock do you live under? Segregation was around until fairly recently, and you still have extremely racist people today who say that word.


I only meant slavery. Of course there was still the South African Apartheid in the 80's (and obviously it had been bubbling away for decades before), and plenty of racism today, but certainly a lot less where in the 18th century a black man would be considered a product or a workhorse rather than a person in most developed countries.

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The Flood / Re: Got my A-level results back today
« on: August 14, 2014, 06:35:39 AM »
I got in to Cardiff Uni to do Geology, thank god.


Got 3 C's (ICT, History and Geography), and a D from AS Physics last year. Oh and the Welsh Baccalaureate thing (which if you pass is an automatic A, but I don't really count it, thankfully Uni's do).


Should be fun.

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Gaming / Re: Consoles are a gigantic scam.
« on: August 13, 2014, 05:09:22 PM »
Kinda right.


Then again, we are a lazy bunch. Why think about nonsensical things like RAM,CPU Ghz's, power outputs and whether or not 'Modern-Gears-of-Battleduty-Warfield 5' will run ok, when you can just buy a box that is guaranteed to play a selection of games at a decent setting.


Then you factor in how many lazy people there are, then how many buy it, and then you're left with the people who know better, but all their friends have it. So it becomes a decision of "Buy expensive thing to play with friends", or "Buy cheaper thing that's better but alone"


With that being said, I'd rather buy parts and build my own PC over buying a pre-built one at an inflated cost. I wouldn't say either are a gigantic scam, but a scam nontheless.

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The Flood / Re: Why do white people get so mad over the word "nigga"?
« on: August 13, 2014, 05:00:34 PM »
As R.D.H said when explaining his use of the word:


"I never knew the word "nigga" could offend an audience of middle-class white people"


Honestly I think it's because it's a mix of OTT political correctness ("How dare you, you could possibly offend a black person!") and white guilt for the whole slavery thing nearly 2 centuries ago.


It created a mindset of "We should them show we have become better people since then by being offended by the thing our (predecessors?) did, otherwise we are still terrible, etc, etc"

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The Flood / Re: How cool are you?
« on: August 13, 2014, 11:48:24 AM »
However cool The Dude is.

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Serious / Re: Sunni vs Shiite Islam: Do You Know the Difference?
« on: August 11, 2014, 11:50:46 AM »
The quiz was broken for me so it didn't give me any results  >:(  (but guessing by the wrong answers I had, I'm probably under 50%)


But at least I know a bit more. Now I know Allawhites(?) are a sect-within-a-sect, rather than a separate sect entirely.

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The Flood / Re: Rule Change Feedback
« on: August 11, 2014, 04:52:42 AM »
I dunno...


If I wanted to go see NSFW stuff I'd go somewhere else anyway for it.


And then, say if we allowed it. A(nother) thread about Israel and Palestine pops up on the Serious board with an NSFW tag. OP goes on about how X side is evil because (insert attachment of blown up corpses here). A one sided discussion, ignoring any facts and simply focusing on the picture. Not much really to discuss tbh.


Another example. Say Rose got back on and started posting those weird pictures again, this time with an NSFW tag. He's tagged it, spoiler'd them, maybe even generated some bullshit discussion about them. We all know the motive is shock value, but would it be a ban-able post?


I just don't really see how it would add to discussion, and as many have already said, is ripe for abuse of the system if it were in place. I'm happy for NSFW-ish stuff to be talked about, but I'm not really interested in seeing a pictures or videos of it. I've got LiveLeak and 95% of the internet to see gore and porn.

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The Flood / Re: A question on Forgiveness: What would you do?
« on: August 11, 2014, 04:38:49 AM »
Question him. Ask him why.


If he feels no guilt or repent, deck that fucker.

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The Flood / Re: SHOULD THE CAPS STAY?
« on: August 10, 2014, 09:01:50 PM »
If anything, they make it easier to read.


Keep 'em

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The Flood / Re: Most recognizable users on the Flood?
« on: August 10, 2014, 07:28:37 PM »

This one or the 7?

The one you have here.

What if I told you lukeanatr and Onion Beetle were the same person ;)

I had a hunch.

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The Flood / Re: ITT: Describe your dumps with movie titles.
« on: August 10, 2014, 06:53:32 PM »
The Thing.

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The Flood / Re: Most recognizable users on the Flood?
« on: August 10, 2014, 06:52:07 PM »
Here? I practically know everyone by the avatar picture. And then Spook for his stance on Israel/Palestine atm.

As for Bungie, I recognise:
Binman59 (Used to play Halo 3 with him, but he's not online nor on the site anymore)
Mr Psycho(logist)
Zizou (Your avatar is just memorable for some reason, I don't know why)
Raptor X7 (for his war/military threads)
Declined A1 (For reasons unknown)
Onion Beetle
Lukeantr (Had some stupidly interesting threads)
MyNameIsCharlie
Lonepaul (because at the time he was the only regular who used Jorge's face as an avatar)

Everyone else (previous to being here) I did not recognise.
 

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[IRISH INTENSIFIES]

If you would kindly.


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Serious / Re: Who should you vote for? (the iSideWith test)
« on: August 10, 2014, 12:59:28 PM »
For the UK:



For the US:


I'm rather surprised I'm siding with the Lib Dems, as currently in this coalition government I have seen them do fuck all. I guess this quiz assumes the party I side with does stuff...

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The Flood / Re: Favorite Type of Beer
« on: August 10, 2014, 11:35:09 AM »
Guinness is a stout, I believe (though correct me if I'm wrong)


Yes, I know it's stereotype-y.

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Serious / Re: BNP Youth - fight back
« on: August 10, 2014, 07:59:58 AM »
I have heard BNP is pretty terrible.


It certainly attracts the far-right extremists. (Just think 'Merica, but 'Nglund instead) Same for UKIP who are a slightly lesser-BNP, but still attract nutters, like an MP who got dismissed recently after calling someone a slut on TV (His defence was he was using it in older terms...) and publicly saying Africans should return to "Bongo-Bongo Land".


Need I say anymore about how retarded they are. It's fine to be moderately nationalistic, but the extremists take the piss.




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Gaming / Re: Gears of War 3
« on: August 10, 2014, 07:50:21 AM »
Why did you stop at 100? All of the experience you get after level 100 is a waste. If you go to the "Stats/Awards" screen, you can press "X" to Re-up, which will set you back to level 1 but it will be colored green, and you get an achievement for it and unlock some things in the game. You can re-up three times and level 400 is the max level. I am Level 163 right now.


To re-up, you need to have the DLC (of which I have none).

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The Flood / Re: Interesting Stories
« on: August 08, 2014, 12:35:51 PM »
My earliest memory is of me putting my finger in a mysterious flickering orange thing. I learned the hard way that fire is hot, and painful.


I fractured my wrist after being pushed down a driveway on those little kiddie-cars and hit the pavement when I was 8. The guy who pushed the car was a cousin of my friend, and he never said sorry so as you can I guess I wasn't (and still aren't) pleased.


I used to have a stream in my garden (I say garden...it was more of a field) that led to the ocean where I lived in Ireland, and one day me and my friend who stayed over for the day decided to walk along it to hang out at the beach. When we came back in near-darkness, my friend's parents had been waiting for over an hour and weren't exactly happy. Despite that, I don't remember getting into trouble for it myself with my parents, but I assume they were pissed off with me.



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The Flood / Re: How many B.net alts do you have?
« on: August 08, 2014, 08:39:49 AM »
None. Still Pale Irish is my only bungie account, as I've never really needed another one.

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Serious / Re: What would you kill for? Die for?
« on: August 08, 2014, 08:34:33 AM »
I'd kill if it meant my continued existence, or for revenge of the death of a family member.


As for sacrificing my life? It would have to be pretty worthy, I get no advantage from dying in this situation.

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The Flood / Re: Are you happier single, or in a relationship?
« on: August 08, 2014, 05:53:36 AM »
Once you get into a relationship, it is like a drug. I felt content. It's also a nice confidence boost (at least for me, anyway). I was happy that I made them happy.


Before I made no effort to try to be in a relationship, mostly tried to avoid it. Now, I least feel I'd be more inclined to act on if I had a crush or whatever.


Spoiler
And by acting on it, I don't mean running around, getting off with people willy-nilly. I value a serious thing rather than the physical aspect.

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The Flood / Re: Fictional character you identify with most
« on: August 08, 2014, 05:24:05 AM »
Gordon Freeman (Freeman's Mind version)


Silent and largely neurotic.

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Gaming / Re: Gears of War 3
« on: August 08, 2014, 05:14:14 AM »
How often do you play?


I used to play almost daily until I got to 100, now I play when I'm bored, but I'm happy to play "on request". Kinda depends on the timings though, what with UK and US being vastly out of sync.

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The Flood / Re: We have Ninjas, now we need Mentors.
« on: August 07, 2014, 07:20:40 PM »
Mentors? No way.


I doubt anyone is qualified to teach.

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Serious / Re: Here's a solution to Israel and Palestine
« on: August 07, 2014, 06:44:36 PM »
I couldn't agree more.

I at no stage said to forgive either side for what has occurred. My role has always been devil's advocate. To show the other side of the coin/story. The truths and realities that people ignore because it simply doesn't suit their opinion.


You may be playing devil's advocate, but it comes across as very pro-Israel.


I think we can agree, both are bastards.

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Serious / Re: Here's a solution to Israel and Palestine
« on: August 07, 2014, 06:13:22 PM »
Precisely.

They had good intentions and it's created this.

Yet at the beginning of this entire thread people were saying the bloodthirsty Jews did all this on their own, invading, raping, pillaging and destroying.

Common sense is beginning to prevail!


Just because they weren't bad then doesn't absolve them of their sins now. (Neither does it for Hamas either)

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Gaming / Re: Gears of War 3
« on: August 07, 2014, 05:27:07 PM »
Just a quick note, I'm playing GoW 3 right now so message me there if you wanna play for a while.


(Superirish19)

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