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TopicBest decade: 70s, 80s, or 90s?
Firewerx
10/25/19 5:41:13 PM
#12
Best decade for what? For who?
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Badwired
TopicHow the fuck do people drink red wine, this shit is awful!
Firewerx
10/25/19 4:30:38 PM
#39
yillin posted...
Merlot is a rough starter wine. Probably should've gotten a Cabernet Sauvignon. Maybe even a Zinfandel.


I like a nice Malbec.

I've been a beer drinker for most of my life; but during the last couple of years I've gotten more and more of a taste for red wine, and I've found I have a far more enjoyable relationship with it than I had with beer.
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Badwired
TopicScariest movie you can think of? I need something good for Halloween.
Firewerx
10/25/19 4:12:25 PM
#42
garan posted...
Trick 'r Treat is the best Halloween movie.

But if you want to go for something really scary, Session 9 is great.


Hello Gordon.
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Badwired
Topic<insert controversial topic here>
Firewerx
10/25/19 4:09:13 PM
#39
Melissa McCarthy was smokin' red hawt in Mike and Molly.
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TopicStrangest Topping/Condiment you put on your Pizza?
Firewerx
10/25/19 4:07:31 PM
#29
Extra cheese and olives.
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TopicMan, sure is easy to make napalm.
Firewerx
10/24/19 2:16:26 PM
#30
And termites are free if you know where to look.
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TopicWait is it against the rules to be more attracted to one race than others?
Firewerx
10/23/19 4:24:11 PM
#38
joe40001 posted...
Firewerx posted...
AmericaTheBrave posted...
It's always black girls people do this with.


I know. The way I see it is: their (those people's) loss.

But even if you (that's a generic "you", by the way) are "racist" for not feeling yourself sexually attracted to women of certain races, I feel this isn't an instance of the kind of "racism" that really matters. So long as you're conscious of the issue and you're careful not to discriminate against anyone in ways that might actually impact them, and you treat them as far as possible with fairness and respect, it won't matter either to them or to you that you're not going to sleep with them. You may not be doing yourself any favours by missing out, but hey, you probably won't be doing them any disservice either.

It becomes a problem when it's symptomatic of deeper attitudes that more generally affect the way you think about and act towards people of other races. In other words, it becomes a problem when "I'm not attracted to..." is really codespeak for "... because they're not really human beings."


But I think to project that codespeak on to anybody is very very dangerous, and going to be almost always wrong.


Oh, I agree that we should tone down all the aggressively accusatory finger-jabbing a smidgeon. But believe me, there are very definitely some people whose opinion about the (un)attractiveness of other races is conditioned by their underlying, general views about people of those races.

However, again as you say, I don't think it's fair to make your mind up about someone simply for admitting they've got a preference -- not unless there's other evidence that signposts where they're coming from.
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TopicWait is it against the rules to be more attracted to one race than others?
Firewerx
10/23/19 4:00:09 PM
#34
AmericaTheBrave posted...
It's always black girls people do this with.


I know. The way I see it is: their (those people's) loss.

But even if you (that's a generic "you", by the way) are "racist" for not feeling yourself sexually attracted to women of certain races, I feel this isn't an instance of the kind of "racism" that really matters. So long as you're conscious of the issue and you're careful not to discriminate against anyone in ways that might actually impact them, and you treat them as far as possible with fairness and respect, it won't matter either to them or to you that you're not going to sleep with them. You may not be doing yourself any favours by missing out, but hey, you probably won't be doing them any disservice either.

It becomes a problem when it's symptomatic of deeper attitudes that more generally affect the way you think about and act towards people of other races. In other words, it becomes a problem when "I'm not attracted to..." is really codespeak for "... because they're not really human beings."
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TopicWhen do you think the inevitable war with china will happen? aka WW3
Firewerx
10/23/19 3:35:18 PM
#19
Questionmarktarius posted...
Firewerx posted...
Examples?

UK and France, essentially forever.
UK and Germany, at least twice.


Highly dubious that the Seven Years' War was a case of one empire in the ascendant while the other was in decline; it was more a case of two imperial rivals whose stars were both on the rise after Spain fell behind as Europe's foremost colonial power. And the British Empire was arguably not in decline in the summer of 1914.
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TopicWhy do atheists dismiss the literary magnificence of the Bible?
Firewerx
10/23/19 3:22:21 PM
#24
When the hell are they going to come out with the sequel?!
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TopicWhen do you think the inevitable war with china will happen? aka WW3
Firewerx
10/23/19 3:18:39 PM
#12
YokoGeri posted...
There is an interesting theory of what happens when a world superpower is on decline, while another power is on a meteoric rise: At the point of inflection where the rising one is about to overtake, or recently overtook the declining one, they always end going to war.


Examples?
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TopicTrump gives the FINGER to Female ASTRONAUTS in SPACE cause they CORRECTED him!!!
Firewerx
10/23/19 2:57:46 PM
#18
Look, if you're going to create a topic every time spiteful snowflake Trump pulls some vindictive shit over something trivial because his ego bruises like a peach, you'll be flooding the board.
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TopicIs an Adam's Apple on a girl called a Madam's Apple?
Firewerx
10/23/19 2:51:06 PM
#8
Heh. Nice pun.
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TopicWait is it against the rules to be more attracted to one race than others?
Firewerx
10/23/19 2:44:19 PM
#15
Bishop9800 posted...
Just as Error1355 said.... you are not allowed to make racist generalizations.

If you don't like it, leave


A racist generalization would be: "Black girls aren't attractive".
A harmless expression of preference would be: "I haven't found myself attracted to black girls".
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TopicWhen do you think the inevitable war with china will happen? aka WW3
Firewerx
10/23/19 1:59:41 PM
#9
About as long as it took for the "inevitable" war with the USSR to happen.
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TopicThey let fucking teenagers rule the kingdoms of Westeros
Firewerx
10/22/19 4:45:25 PM
#8
Zikten posted...
people were considered adults at puberty. and if you were royal, you had to do your ruler duties. even if you are 13


And the real power behind the throne would be the uncle who advised you.
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TopicC/D: if lotsa bums are obese, your country doesn't have serious poverty.
Firewerx
10/18/19 4:57:33 PM
#8
Raddest_Chad posted...
Real talk: outside of mental problems, I think being a hobo in a rich country is largely a reflection on the person. In Somalia or something, youre really at the mercy of lots of bad stuff.


Real talk: you've clearly no direct personal experience of how people can genuinely slip between the cracks. You imagine that in Western countries, there's a safety net that will always catch almost everyone and stop them from falling too far. I'm here to tell you: the safety net has more holes in it than you know, and if you fall through them, you can fall a long way down. It's scary as fuck when you make that discovery.
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TopicIs cgi the best thing to grace the industry iyo?
Firewerx
10/18/19 3:30:15 PM
#3
No, in my opinion, far from it.
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TopicThe London tube kind of amazes me every time I use it.
Firewerx
10/18/19 3:28:38 PM
#16
a-c-a-b posted...
I've only seen pictures of the map, but the London tube system seems like it would be very difficult to navigate your way thru, especially if you're drunk.


Actually quite easy when you're sober. Harder when you're drunk. If you're very drunk, you're probably just going to sleep it off down there.
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TopicDid you like the Wesley Snipes Blade movies?
Firewerx
10/18/19 3:22:14 PM
#24
Krazy_Kirby posted...
1 was good, 2 was ok, 3 was bad

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TopicWould you date a co-worker?
Firewerx
10/18/19 3:12:36 PM
#27
Ended up marrying one.

We worked together (not closely, but we did interact every day), so it might have seemed a bit of a gamble from a work point of view. But I already risked a lot just by going out with her, so the chance that things might get awkward at work was a minor worry.
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TopicWould you ask your SO's father for permission to marry her?
Firewerx
10/18/19 3:09:13 PM
#14
Been married twice, certainly didn't ask my fathers-in-law-to-be for their permission. It's not like their daughters were their property.
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TopicDo you think all humans are selfish?
Firewerx
10/16/19 5:11:06 PM
#8
Ultima Dragon posted...
I don't see how we aren't. Everything we do is essentially reward-based. If there was no reward, we wouldn't do it.

Even stuff like volunteering is rewarding in the sense that you feel good for doing it. If not, how many would still invest their money and time to something they got absolutely nothing out of?


So you think that when people risk or even sacrifice their lives for a loved one ("take me hostage/kill me instead"), it's not really out of love but because they want to feel a warm glow of self-righteousness?
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TopicDoes CE remember me as a poster?
Firewerx
10/16/19 4:14:00 PM
#4
Are you the guy who claimed he was brought up by dolphins for the first 12 years of his life?
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TopicA*tism test
Firewerx
10/16/19 4:10:21 PM
#136
Your score was 41 out of a possible 50.

Scores in the 33-50 range indicate significant Austistic traits (Autism).


I'm not bothered. This is my normal.
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Badwired
TopicSo how did Noah capture bears, hippos, lions
Firewerx
10/15/19 3:42:10 PM
#28
Foppe posted...
He collected DNA samples and embryos that were put in cold storage.


I now want a picture of Noah holding the fridge power plug, looking for a socket on the Ark, and saying, "Damn, I knew there was something...!"
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Badwired
TopicSo how did Noah capture bears, hippos, lions
Firewerx
10/15/19 3:30:45 PM
#26
Zikten posted...
that movie "Noah" from like 5 years ago actually had an interesting explanation for why dinosaurs died

near the end of the movie, a crazy guy on the boat attacks the family and Noah finds a dead dinosaur slaughtered in the hull of the ship. it's supposed to be why they went extinct cause the dude killed off the ones Noah took on the boat


Respect to the guy for managing to slaughter the tyrannosaurs with a fruit knife, or whatever.
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TopicSo how did Noah capture bears, hippos, lions
Firewerx
10/15/19 3:22:47 PM
#23
Noah probably wiped out entire species because he had to feed them to the carnivores.
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TopicIn general are you a fan of the mcu films?
Firewerx
10/15/19 3:19:12 PM
#25
Not a fan of comic book superheroes.
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TopicSo how did Noah capture bears, hippos, lions
Firewerx
10/15/19 2:56:04 PM
#3
HylianFox posted...
don't forget Fundies also think dinosaurs were on the ark

(they died off after the flood)


And of course, the aquatic dinosaurs drowned during the Flood, because aquatic dinosaurs can't survive in the... Oh, hold on...
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Badwired
TopicDo women care about da size of da diamond ring?
Firewerx
10/14/19 3:31:37 PM
#16
If it seems to be all she cares about, you ought to question whether you really should be marrying this woman.
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TopicRepublican shares a Pic of himself in BLACKFACE in a bid to be TRANSPARENT!!!
Firewerx
10/14/19 3:11:31 PM
#18
If he wanted to be transparent, shouldn't he have gone for clearface?
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TopicUnpopular opinions topic
Firewerx
10/13/19 2:57:53 PM
#21
You should leave comic book characters and Star Wars behind and consign them to the attic room of your childhood memories by the time you reach 15, instead of turning them into a fucking religious cult.
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TopicBrie Larson listed as one of People's Women Changing the World in 2019
Firewerx
10/12/19 4:31:45 PM
#23
Apparently the world is much, much smaller than we thought.
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TopicWhat planet are you from?
Firewerx
10/12/19 4:26:47 PM
#7
I'm from Mutaara, one of the twin moons of G other.
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TopicI never thought I would ever see the day people would say
Firewerx
10/12/19 4:19:50 PM
#3
wwinterj25 posted...
Yes folk do recall their childhood years as being the best in most cases as they are more care free then.


That's as may be, but the 90s weren't my childhood years yet I still think it was a superior decade for TV.

What I always found a little odd was the nostalgia for the 1980s atmosphere of GTA: Vice City from people who weren't alive at the time.
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TopicWhy does god allow babies to be born with tumors and get cancer?
Firewerx
10/12/19 4:09:29 PM
#30
Now you know what God's sense of humor is like.
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TopicHave you ever seen the movie Alive?
Firewerx
10/12/19 4:07:28 PM
#6
Passenger to flight attendant taking meal orders: "Never mind the menu, just bring me the passenger list."
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TopicWhat type of FEMALES are ATTRACTED to you?
Firewerx
10/11/19 4:23:31 PM
#49
Fat girls -- very fat girls, especially. There's almost always seemed to be some chemistry fizzing between us. Whenever I've flirted with them (which is a lot!), I've usually found I'm pushing at an open window of opportunity. But then, that's because I genuinely find fat girls sexy and fun; so maybe it's all down to subliminal eye-contact and body-language signals.
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TopicWhen did neo nazis become a thing?
Firewerx
10/10/19 2:55:26 PM
#9
Arguably October 2, 1949 with the formation of the Socialist Reich Party.
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Topicwho do you people think you are?
Firewerx
10/09/19 3:28:25 PM
#5
We are not who we are.
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TopicWhat is Disney's obsession with girls marrying princes?
Firewerx
10/09/19 3:01:11 PM
#16
lightwarrior78 posted...
Most of those were the message fiction of their day trying to impart rewards come to decent people and bad people get bad ends.


They've also taught us that pigs often rely on cheap and substandard construction materials when building homes, that your bedridden grandmother might be a wolf in disguise, and that elderly women living alone in the woods will almost certainly try to eat your children. A wealth of wisdom, really.
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TopicWhy is China so out of touch with the reality?
Firewerx
10/08/19 4:38:25 PM
#26
TigerTycoon posted...
Companies do bend over backwards to please and target the Chinese market. It's been happening for over a decade now. The Chinese market is too large and too tempting for most companies to just choose to not care about. And you know what you have to do to get access to the Chinese market? Not upset the Chinese government.


That's market forces for you. Let's not expect big business to have a sudden fit of ethics.
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TopicRacism that you experienced? (Part 2)
Firewerx
10/08/19 4:05:52 PM
#34
Threatened by former associates for falling in love with a black woman.
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