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Topic | Would you support the death penalty for the florida school shooter? |
Zeus 02/17/18 2:12:43 AM #36 | Given that I don't support the death penalty except for leaders of criminal or terrorist organizations, no. Krazy_Kirby posted... there have been interviews with people on death row who believe that there would be more murder w/o the death penalty If you mean as a deterrent for people already in prison, maybe. After all, what can you threaten a guy who has a life sentence with? More prison? As for the general population, it's *never* been a deterrent. In fact, the murder rate in our country is DOWN despite states increasingly restricting or banning the death penalty. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/17/18 2:10:04 AM #91 | Golden Road posted... Zeus posted...It's a pizza... The fact it has pizza dough, toppings, and is baked in a brick oven make it a pizza. Krazy_Kirby posted... no sauce, (not even white, which is borderline pizza) and no cheese. thats not pizza. Pizza doesn't need cheese, that's literally the whole point here. And it has a sauce of some sort. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why am I not surprised that the Florida shooter is an altright white nationalist |
Zeus 02/17/18 2:07:38 AM #28 | Mead posted... Zeus posted...Said the guy posting yet another topic designed to instigate a petty political argument. You make a helluva lot more topics than me and plenty of them are designed to stir the pot. Smarkil posted... https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/16/florida-shooting-white-nationalists-415672 Given the event itself, this news is completely unsurprising. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Sarah Winchester |
Zeus 02/17/18 1:59:24 AM #2 | Oh, right, Mary Winchester was the Supernatural mom. Sarah Winchester is just the Winchester Mansion one. tbh, I enjoyed the Ghost Hunt arc featuring a Winchester House. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/17/18 1:50:45 AM #88 | LinkPizza posted... What is that "pizza" made out of? Like what's the vegetable on top. And is that... jelly? Arugula. And that's balsamic vinegar on top. It also has prosciutto. The actual pizza dough portion is still just pizza dough. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Will white kids be able to dress as Black Panther for next Halloween? |
Zeus 02/17/18 1:23:28 AM #50 | Squall28 posted... While that pic is contrived, you completely missed the point. When you are a minority, and you finally get representation, that person holds a very special place in your heart. Seeing someone get the last of something that means more to you is a terrible feeling. The roundabout justifications and excuses for what effectively amounts to segregation these days. GuillermoGage posted... not so with Superman and whiteness. It was kind of central to Superman as well, considering it was part of the all-American look at the time. Additionally, part of his creation was done to specifically avert the "-American", which was strictly a white thing since blacks were just called blacks at the time. GuillermoGage posted... But it is important to understand that most black people didn't care about Black Panther/T'Challa or any other black character that fits whatever definition of "superhero" until very recently. "Superheroes" are just one specific genre of entertainment. Where are you going with that argument? Are you arguing that because collectively they're late adopters they should be more entitled to it? Because that's kind of a weird position. If anything, you've kinda argued that Black Panther is a "white thing" rather than a black thing. 16-BITTER posted... Squall28 posted...While that pic is contrived, you completely missed the point. When you are a minority, and you finally get representation, that person holds a very special place in your heart. Seeing someone get the last of something that means more to you is a terrible feeling. tbh, Meteor Man will always be my favorite black superhero movie. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Have you noticed a dramatic increase in interracial relationships in movies? |
Zeus 02/17/18 1:09:53 AM #36 | Whatever sells tickets. byrone posted... Gunvalkyrie2 posted...byrone posted...I don't see a weirdly large amount on TV and I see plenty IRL. idk, man, sounds like you're "strawmanning" him, to misuse the phrase the way you misuse it. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | This was the HERO Mom who Busted her HUSBAND and DAUGHTER having INCEST SEX!!! |
Zeus 02/17/18 12:58:39 AM #40 | Revelation34 posted... Zeus posted...RoboXgp89 posted...no those people are mentally ill, there's a 25percent chance of genetic defects I think that kinda reflects the nature of the social taboo rather than the actual genetic reasoning. Basically an extension of the Westermarck Effect, where a significant portion of the portion of the population experiences it and anything that deviates from it seems strange. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/17/18 12:54:14 AM #86 | streamofthesky posted... Zeus posted...LinkPizza posted...Are you going to tell us what that is? No, this is an actual pizza. Golden Road posted... That's not pizza. That's just bread. That's a pizza. LinkPizza posted... That is not a pizza... That's a pizza. LOLIAmAnAlt posted... GranAures posted...Doesn't look to bad actually. That's a pizza. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | How would you react if Nintendo said this in an interview? |
Zeus 02/17/18 12:52:17 AM #11 | I'm just going to go ahead and block Horu until he gets banned. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Apparently the killer of Net Neutrality guy... was bribed $4 billion |
Zeus 02/17/18 12:49:05 AM #16 | |
Topic | Longsword vs Katana |
Zeus 02/16/18 10:37:32 PM #82 | Lokarin posted... you're able to unscrew the pommel from your sword and then throw it at them Only if you want to end them rightly >_> --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Longsword vs Katana |
Zeus 02/16/18 10:32:41 PM #80 | Babbit55 posted... plate armour had no "unprotected sections" really, even then the joints had plates covering them and chain would often be patched onto the padding beneath to add extra protection (Double stacking Chain and plate was pointless and would have been really tiring too!) ...the protection at the joints tended to be far more vulnerable because it wasn't a solid piece of metal and, even then, you'd have some mail at the gaps. Thrusting through mail is far easier than thrusting through plate although, it should be mentioned, even mail provides solid protection and you'd usually have an additional layer of padding (like a gambeson) under the mail. Cacciato posted... You can have a suit of armor with covered joints and still be easily mobile. You can clearly see mail at the joints (and in even more areas than that), which isn't going to be able to resist penetration nearly as well as solid plate. (After all, if it could, people would have just stuck with wearing mail instead of plate.) And it's worth noting that -- depending on where you strike -- you technically don't need to pierce the mail to seriously injure an opponent. For example, blunt force trauma to the neck can prove fatal. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:57:34 PM #80 | LinkPizza posted... Are you going to tell us what that is? It's a pizza... --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Apparently the killer of Net Neutrality guy... was bribed $4 billion |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:54:23 PM #11 | |
Topic | Anybody on here watch Grimm? |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:50:25 PM #2 | It was perhaps the worst show I closely followed. The characterization and writing tended to get sloppier each season. Adalind is one of the worst victims of this, since her personality and motivations keep flipping. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | OoT was and still is the best Zelda game. |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:35:06 PM #60 | SlashmanSG posted... TheGrindery posted...It's GOOD that kids shit on Ocarina of Time. Actually, it was released in 1991. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:33:50 PM #77 | SusanGreenEyes posted... LaggnFragnLarry posted...Zeus posted... LinkPizza posted... What the hell is that, Zeus? Because it sure as hell ain't pizza... --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | This was the HERO Mom who Busted her HUSBAND and DAUGHTER having INCEST SEX!!! |
Zeus 02/16/18 9:31:46 PM #36 | RoboXgp89 posted... no those people are mentally ill, there's a 25percent chance of genetic defects Pretty sure that's a 25% increased chance, not a flat 25% chance (ie, a 1% chance would go up to 1.25%). And even then they'd need to be at risk for specific genetic defects. In general, though, it's an argument against incestuous progeny rather than the relationship itself whereas society has the relationship itself outlawed. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why am I not surprised that the Florida shooter is an altright white nationalist |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:43:27 PM #15 | Mead posted... Zeus posted...RedPixel posted...Why am I not surprised that PotD is a constant whiny left vs right fight Said the guy posting yet another topic designed to instigate a petty political argument. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | SasukeChaos account was warned |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:26:26 PM #6 | Thanks for using your sig so I know to block you right away. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Just got the third Star in Super Mario RPG |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:25:45 PM #8 | Ogurisama posted... Mead posted...Lokarin posted...Mead posted...Game is around 30-35 hours iirc How the fuck did you only do 15 hours for SMRPG? I wasn't halfway done in 15 hours. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why am I not surprised that the Florida shooter is an altright white nationalist |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:11:38 PM #6 | RedPixel posted... Why am I not surprised that PotD is a constant whiny left vs right fight Pretty much. The real takeaway is that political extremism is generally bad... that and police departments should bother investigating tips, especially when there are 19 phone calls or whatever it was. At any rate, I'm not sure how much the shooter's ideology played into the attack since he seemed to be targeting everybody. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Apparently the killer of Net Neutrality guy... was bribed $4 billion |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:08:17 PM #9 | Zeus posted... Uh, that's not even what it says. It's not even close to what it says. Damn, I seriously typo'd that. I need to stop posting when I'm half-asleep. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Forget which is the GOAT NBA player; is MJ or LeBron the GOAT reaction gif? |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:03:45 PM #18 | Jordan will always be the greatest everything, tbh. Except baseball player. That meme is very useful, unless the JaBroni one. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | OoT was and still is the best Zelda game. |
Zeus 02/16/18 8:00:44 PM #57 | idk, OoT is still a pretty good game although it shows its age pretty bad. As for Minish Cap, I'm always surprised it has fans. The dungeons were so-so and it had too much story filler in-between, with annoying little subquests, etc, you had to do. Vaati is one of my fave Zelda villains, though. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | I would like Star Wars more if it wasn't so "Star Wars" |
Zeus 02/16/18 4:34:35 AM #4 | idk, I was an Aayla Secura fan myself. And, of course, Mace Windu. tbh, I really need to watch The Clone Wars one of these days. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Just got the third Star in Super Mario RPG |
Zeus 02/16/18 4:30:57 AM #4 | iirc, it wasn't that short. I never finished it, though. I was underleveled going into fight Smithy, etc, and then never bothered grinding to get my team ready to beat him. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/16/18 4:29:37 AM #51 | Nightengale posted... Lokarin posted...This is a BS overcorrection - I guess they caught on that many adults get the happy meals because they're 25% cheaper than the equivalent food ordered separately Well, yeah, that would be a pretty decent value. Then when you toss the toy on ebay, it practically pays for itself. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Apparently the killer of Net Neutrality guy... was bribed $4 billion |
Zeus 02/16/18 4:28:00 AM #7 | Uh, that's not even what it says. It's not even close to what it says. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Mcdonalds plans to alter happy meals |
Zeus 02/16/18 4:26:37 AM #49 | MICHALECOLE posted... Zeus posted...Now I don't want to accused of having a controversial opinion, but I hate cheese on burgers. The only place cheese belongs is on pizza and in lasagna, as far as I'm concerned... and even pizza I'm a bit split on. And you have terrible taste, sir. MICHALECOLE posted... Dude says he wants pizza with no cheese No, I didn't. I said I was split on it. Krazy_Kirby posted... thats not pizza Try it, it'll change the way you think! streamofthesky posted... Cheese is excellent on burgers. It also is an essential component of cheese steaks and tacos and a popular option as a snack on crackers. Had forgot tacos. I'm okay with the shredded cheese on them, or at least whatever Taco Bell and some other chains use. Cheesecake I find revolting, though. Get that shit out of here! --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | The United States is the most ARMED SOCIETY in the WORLD..Do you trust that?? |
Zeus 02/16/18 3:34:56 AM #2 | |
Topic | When you hear "Africa", what comes to mind first? |
Zeus 02/16/18 3:32:34 AM #90 | Sativa_Rose posted... Lorenzo_2003 posted...7. The Dogs of War mercenary movie Name brings to mind Lord of War (which is partly set in Africa), which was probably my fave Nic Cage movie. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Trump lawyer admits to paying off Stormy Daniels |
Zeus 02/16/18 3:30:28 AM #49 | Doctor Foxx posted... Lying about personal life while being in office, even if the event took place prior to election, is a shitty precedent. If it's happened many times already, it stops being a precedent... A precedent only really applies when this is some new or rare occurrence. Doctor Foxx posted... Are you genuinely asking why people may care that the leader of their country is ok with lying on the record? While I'm pleasantly amused by your naivete, do you *honestly* expect that it benefits a nation to have complete and total honesty on every issue from leaders? Politicians routinely lie about matters far more important than an affair -- ones that directly impact the American people -- where, in at least some cases, the truth may be detrimental although in most others it's simply to preserve faith in the government. When somebody lies about something minor or personal, it's nothing compared to the daily lies associated with the job. Frankly, even Jimmy Carter likely lied about something while in office. Doctor Foxx posted... And he wasn't punished for that. He was punished for lying under oath. >Says objection is based on Clinton lying under oath >Neglects the fact that Trump's denial wasn't under oath TheCyborgNinja posted... At least they're being investigated. The walking bag of sewage known as Justin Trudeau was found to have committed four ethics violations while in office (breaking the previous record of zero) but used his parliamentary majority to vote away the investigation. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! Even if Trump fired Mueller, there'd be consequences. Here it's an elected dictatorship if somebody gets a majority government, and we've got a guy who is as stupid as he is crazy, but in the opposite direction to America (and it's not better - extremes are bad). I can't wait until 2019 when he will almost certainly get the boot... The west never votes Liberal, and they certainly won't be making that mistake ever again. /rant Trudeau's their guy so they're going to play the double-standard card. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | how often do you work during your break? |
Zeus 02/16/18 3:19:10 AM #6 | You know, I've never given it much thought, but are salaried white collar workers supposed to get a 15 minute break or does that just apply to hourly workers in the service industry, etc? Granted, I slack off at work anyway at times, but I've never thought of it as an entitled break. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | "there's no downsides to sleeping too much" |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:59:33 AM #17 | Over-sleeping afaik has similar health impacts to sleep deprivation. Granted, a lot of the research into the subject has been kinda correlary. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | The United States is the most ARMED SOCIETY in the WORLD..Do you trust that??? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:54:25 AM #6 | mrduckbear posted... Statistics show that america is the most armed society in the world where the majority of the population, 90 guns per 100 people is packing away guns to police themselves..or others.. Bullshit. Gun ownership in the US on an individual basis is DOWN. More importantly, individual ownership is far more prevalent in countries like South Africa. The actual ownership is skewed towards collectors where a small fraction owns a lot of guns. And, afaik, most gun owners tend to own multiple guns. mrduckbear posted... Do you trust to live in a fully ARMED MILITARIZED SOCIETY where everyone is packing away guns? Armed and militarized aren't even close to being the same thing. Most of the nations with high ownership rates aren't even close to being considered militarized, it's almost always personal defense because the culture is violent (again, South Africa which, in addition to its massive violence issue, tends to lead the world in rapes -- hence people have a *very* good reason to be packing) --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | These 19 y/o Kids brought LOADED ASSAULT RIFLES to a High School!!! |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:49:17 AM #4 | Full Throttle posted... The criminal complaint against them didn't specify whether the guns were brought into school with them So they didn't actually bring them to school, meaning your headline was a lie. #FakeNews Although I guess a parking lot is close enough. At any rate, nobody brings weed and oxy if they were planning a mass shooting. They were clearly dealing. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | When you hear "Africa", what comes to mind first? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:46:44 AM #82 | Tribal stuff, mostly. I know the continent is home to Egypt as well as fairly developed regions (or developing, as the case may be -- I've met enough South African expats to know that many areas are still a work-in-progress), but popular culture has always highlighted the older side of things. L0Z posted... tbh, I still want to pick that up someday --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Has anyone else considered moving to another country before having kids? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:40:38 AM #22 | Mr_Biscuit posted... Its not a realistic concern for anybody There are kids who drown in toilet bowls. Does that mean that it's a prevalent threat people need to think about on a daily basis? The fact that somebody *could* die from an extreme outlier isn't particularly meaningful given the odds. Conceivably you may have more to worry about lightning than school shootings. A student is far more likely to commit suicide or die from an alcohol-related event than as the victim of a mass shooting in a school. The stuff that makes the biggest headlines aren't necessarily the things you most need to worry about. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Has anyone else considered moving to another country before having kids? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:37:05 AM #20 | Mr_Biscuit posted... Im giving serious thought to it due to the gun violence we have. Its February 15th lol, just lol... Mr_Biscuit posted... Its February 15th and weve had 30 school shootings this year. I dont like those odds and the right side of the aisle has long since taken the stance of cant prevent everything, so theres nothing to be done, so I have a hard time believing anythings gonna change... lol.... Those "school shootings" include multiple suicides (once such instance involving an adult in the parking lot of a building), the accidental discharge of a firearm, multiple incidents where nobody was hurt, etc. It's propaganda meant to hype a problem where it's not a realistic concern for anybody. Students are at a far higher risk of dying due to an alcohol-related issue than *any* kind of gun violence but nobody is talking about alcohol. If you're worried about risking your child in a public school, the greatest threat might be the abysmally low level of education given to American students. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Waitress fired over post after saying she wasn't tipped on $735 take out order |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:32:14 AM #183 | Given that her conduct was highly unprofessional and reflected badly on her employer -- specifically for calling out an entire church -- she had the firing coming. Had she not mentioned the church by name, she would have been fine. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | feminist Georgetown professor sued by German police for calling them Nazis |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:29:33 AM #83 | It's like Freddy vs Jason. Who the fuck should I be rooting for here? --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | The rape of Wonder Woman |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:27:10 AM #15 | Eh, not sure if I'd like the long-term continuity implications there. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why are Anime Americans so often alt-right? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:11:18 AM #15 | If you can't back up your baseless claim, you can just admit you can't back up your baseless claim. You don't have to hop around the question like that... unless you were trolling all along! Is that your game? --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why are Anime Americans so often alt-right? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:09:21 AM #12 | |
Topic | Where does one meet geeky girls? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:08:37 AM #13 | Other than cons and hobby groups, no idea. They're generally outnumbered by geek guys so you'd have your work cut out for you. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Is white supremacy an issue in the United States |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:05:18 AM #19 | LordRazziel posted... Is white supremacy an issue in the United States No, unless you're talking about "issue" in the most trivial sense of the word like people wearing socks with sandals are an issue. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Why are Anime Americans so often alt-right? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:03:13 AM #2 | [Citation needed.] --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
Topic | Should the United States have another revolution? |
Zeus 02/16/18 1:02:25 AM #6 | A revolution against what, exactly? Or is this the fun run equivalent of a rebellion? --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. |
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