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MorbidFaithless posted...

If you believe in baseless fantastic claims it's not hard to believe in other baseless fantastic claims

Especially if you outright refuse to let your faith be shaken by facts.

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Mead posted...

You have no warning its just attacking you right now as you are reading this

full grown swan

If that's actual size, no problem.

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This is why bare-knuckle swan fighting was a popular street sport in late medieval Europe. Successful fighting swans became celebrities in their own right, and some became quite wealthy by the time they retired.

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CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

I keep saying it...christians are taught about the anti christ then follow along the first person that checks all boxes.

Christians: Satan's most gullible disciples?

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mustachedmystic posted...

the military made people who found the balloons keep it secret, they feared if the japanese learned that any of them made it here, they would send ones armed with chemical weapons.

That makes no sense. "So long as we have no proof that they're actually effective, we'll keep wasting ones armed with conventional bombs."

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Full Throttle posted...

Rachel was put off by his comments and how people supported him but gradually came out when she realized as a white woman, she was UNDER ATTACK and felt minorities were going to run her and her store out of business because of BLM.

Rachel also attended anti-mask rallies and raged on lockdowns as she accused health officials of exaggerating the number of deaths and won't get a vaccine that will turn them into "minions".

The mindscape of a Trumper really is a surreal parallel universe, isn't it? "I'm white, so that means BLM are going to close my store, which means the coronavirus is a hoax!" It's the twists and turns, leaps and backflips of bizarre logic that are so fascinating. Trumpism isn't so much a political ideology as a mental illness.

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You can't be blamed for falling in love with someone else. You can be blamed for chasing after them as if you were a free agent when you're not.

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Only when liberals become afraid to stand up and defend their core values. (A hypothetical example would be getting cold feet over opposing female genital mutilation, because opposition seems disrespectful of cultural differences.)

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Zeus posted...

If somebody is raised in a family with racial views of some sort or another, they will likely hold those same views at some point in their life

Sometimes radicalization can also be a conscious rejection of the milieu you were brought up in, and represent your own stupid, shitty idea of teenage rebellion.

But I agree, you can soak up the cultural values around you like a strip of litmus paper and that can gradually soften you up for radicalization too.

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I've discussed this before, elsewhere on GameFAQS. I pissed away several years of my wasted (and now-distant) youth by serving my political apprenticeship as an activist on the extreme right. I'm a living, breathing example of that near-mythical creature: a reformed neo-Nazi.

Thank God, the only relics I've got left from those years are a couple of tattoos (Odal rune and wolf's hook, if you're interested) and the shaved head. There's a huge gulf that now separates me from that earlier life. One measure of that distance is that I went from supporting convicted loyalist terrorists in Ulster (in my time I've sloshed around with quite a few people you probably wouldn't want to share a drink, or a jail cell, with) to genuine human rights activism with organizations like Amnesty International. I turned my back on white separatist groups like the AWB and demonstrated against apartheid instead. (That's right: I am that old.)

So, what happened? Did I find Jesus? No, fuck that. Instead, it was something I refused to believe would be possible: I fell in love with a black girl, the one who became my first wife. It was a shock like having a beer glass smashed into my face. It was the start of a badly-needed education in how to be a proper, normal human being. I'm not going to bore you with an inspirational, heart-warming story of the redemptive, transforming power of love, blah blah. Having to sever connections with some people who were, let's say, a little surprised and less than happy at this unexpected turn of events was a rough fucking ride, not a fairytale. This is why it pisses me off to no end when some fuckwit bonehead tells me I'm only a liberal because I've locked myself into an ivory tower all my life.

Does all that make me a better person or a worse person that someone who never needed to make that same journey? No idea. Sometimes I feel like dragging my life around 180 degrees from where it was is the proudest achievement I've ever had (and probably ever will have), but there's always a shitload of regret that reminds me the slate isn't wiped squeaky clean.

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Favourite character? Either Miles or Hurley.

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If you want to hang a label round my neck, you could call me a "liberal" because for years, many of my views have been moderately left of centre. But I had to walk a long, rocky, and twisted road before I reached that destination. I say that because I'm ashamed to admit that I pissed away several years of my wasted youth as an activist on the extreme right. I'm a living, breathing example of that near-mythical political creature: a reformed neo-Nazi.

Older GameFAQers who know me from other boards and accounts probably wouldn't make that connection because -- thank God -- I'm a radically different person to the person I once was. The only relics I have left from that part of my life are a couple of tattoos plus the shaved head.

There's a huge gulf that separates me from that earlier life. One measure of that distance is that I went from supporting convicted loyalist terrorists in Ulster (in my time I've sloshed around with quite a few people you probably wouldn't want to share a drink, or a jail cell, with) to genuine human rights activism with organizations like Amnesty International. I turned my back on white separatist groups like the AWB and demonstrated against apartheid instead. (Yes, that's right: I am that old.)

So, what happened? Did I find Jesus? Fuck that. Instead, it was something I refused to believe would be possible: I fell in love with a black girl. It was a shock like having a beer glass smashed into my face. Which other metaphor should I go for here: it "turned my life turned upside down", or, "it opened a door and let in the light"? Whatever, you get the idea. I'm not going to bore you with an inspirational, heart-warming story of the redemptive, transforming power of love, blah blah.

So, am I a worse person or a better person than someone who never needed to make a journey like that? I don't know. All I know is, I was essentially a fucking car-crash failure as a normal human being and I spent a good chunk of my life since then working at being a far better person than I was. I don't beg for or expect forgiveness; I've tried to put things right because, quite simply, it was the right thing to do. I'm not going to pretend to be a hero, saint and martyr, and know I can still be a shitty person in some ways, on some days.

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hockey7318 posted...

Wait what's wrong with skinny jeans?

I have to wear skinny jeans, because my legs look like garden canes and regular fit just looks baggy on me...!

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joe40001 posted...

Sure, but even then if they are of the opposite sex and I talk to them being friendly I might make them uncomfortable.

That is a risk you'll just have to take. You can't go through life being too scared to say anything in case it bores people, or your attempts at humour fall flat, or it makes you seem a little needy, awkward, or weird. Hell, if everyone else was worried about it and kept their mouths shut, no one would say anything to anyone! Just join the rest of us idiots making fools of ourselves.

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Will_VIIII posted...

Whichever one results in endless wiping where no progress is being made

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joe40001 posted...

I wouldn't want to make people uncomfortable or creep them out by saying something like that

Then try getting to know them a little before you think about dating them (probably sound advice for anyone...), and don't let your first verbal contact be a pick-up line or anything that sounds like a pick-up line. Maybe just get some basic practice in simply communicating with people, before you try to make your conversations "go somewhere".

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Lunch breaks? I went to the pub.

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Blue_Inigo posted...

Imagine eating fucking Doritos with your salmon lmao

Doesn't sound such a bad idea...

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I had a golden rule when it came to my cat, which was never to have her around when my pants were down. She had a terrifying record of attacking things that she thought looked "interesting".

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I'm not sure that relationships with a big age difference are likely to last.

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A few months ago all the right-wing klaxons were shrieking about big pharma poisoning people for profit, and how greedy corporations were working hand in glove with the "deep state" to enslave Americans through vaccines and media brainwashing. For a few glorious weeks, right-wingers were suddenly preaching about the evils of greed and how no one should trust the terrifying power of corporate America. It was a hilarious turnabout, but all knew that wasn't going to last.

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Two years.

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Depends what you mean by "life". Very simple microorganisms, quite possibly. That'll be exciting enough by itself.

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Preference implies there are alternatives available. But people don't have an alternative to being themselves.

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GregShmedley posted...

If you can find it, give Headhunter a try. It's a very cool storyline and they do a great job building the world.

I used to hate the training levels...!

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"Guaranteed" in what way? That someone in Britain will definitely have that name? Someone in your town probably has that name.

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Solid Snake07 posted...

Because Stalin stuck to murdering his own citizens for the most part

And there's a perception that Stalin was an equal opportunities mass murderer; everyone in their right mind feared the knock at the door at midnight. Generally true, but some nationalities were at times singled out for harsh treatment.

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Duncanwii posted...

I dont understand how one could look at the state of the Soviet Union and think "Yeah I want that here."

Optimism. "Well, obviously some things didn't go quite right back then; but y'know, we'll learn from the mistakes and I'm pretty sure we'll get it right next time."

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You might ask why people solemnly intone the mantra "never again!" when it comes to looking back at the Holocaust -- and yet in the 75 years since the end of WWII, the reality has been "again", "again", and "again"?

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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Germany and Russia were not "allied" together. The Pact was a non-interventionalist pact that outlined new borders, and the closest thing they ever did to actually support each other militarily was some pre-war cooperative tank development in the early 1930s

There was a definite example of military cooperation in the first days of September 1939: at von Ribbentrop's request, which he relayed from the military, the Soviet radio station at Minsk broadcast signals to help guide German bomber crews to their targets in Poland during the invasion.

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coh posted...

Couldnt it be both?

Why does it even have to be either? The idea that "Hitler only thought of exterminating the Jews because of the Holodomor" is absurd. How much was actually publicized about the details behind the Holodomor during the 1930s, other than the news that there had been "a dire bread shortage" in Ukraine and people had starved in terrible numbers? Nor did the Holodomor mirror the policies that the Nazis implemented against the Jews: segregation, deportation, ghettoization, mass shootings, mass gassings. Where's the evidence that Hitler, Himmler, or any Nazis were consciously modelling what they were doing on the Holodomor?

You can draw parallels between them, but to claim (without proof) that Hitler was directly inspired to do what he did by the Holodmor is just a back-handed attempt to somehow pin the blame for the Nazi Judeocide on Stalin.

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Mackorov posted...

Also interesting to note is that the idea of Holocaust was actually because Hitler was inspired by Stalin's Holodomor.

Rubbish. The Nazis probably took notes from Germany's own genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa between 1904-07, the first genocide of the 20th century.

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zinezinzadan posted...

I love it. This is the sexiest type of body because they tend to live the longest statically. The skinnier you are, less strain on your heart.

Karen Carpenter would probably disagree if she were still alive.

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It's not my ideal.

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Blightzkrieg posted...

what will antifa do now that fascism is cured oh boy i sure do wonder

Trump was as much symptom as he was cause. Trump may have shuffled out of the spotlight for now; the mentality he embodied will very likely grab and hold the spotlight in the months and years to come.

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The relative merit of the Lords is entirely subjective, really. If it rejects a bill that you oppose, it's shown itself to be a useful brake on a reckless government that's trying to ramrod through some bad legislation. If it rejects a bill that you support, it's undemocratically stonewalling badly-needed reform and the system is clearly rigged.

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Funkydog posted...

Don't forget when we had a chance to change our voting system we decided we liked it being shit.

It's kind of a Catch-22: the party that wins power through the first-past-the-post system is unlikely to see that system as a failure that needs reform.

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Not in his first term, anyway. If he'd had a second one? You could see how he kept turning the blowtorch on Iran. Not impossible to see that getting hotter.

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AsucaHayashi posted...

>science

"I'm a scientist. Actually I'm a chiropodist, and I'm just doing this because it's my hobby."

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superman 2000 posted...

Just sad. I feel sorry for this woman on a pure humanistic level, because in theory anyone can become that delusional with the right amount of brainwashing.

Extreme Trumpism seems to be that area of the Venn diagram where stupidity overlaps with mental illness.

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CouldBeAnAlt posted...

There's something about not spilling your seed on the ground or some shit

That's what Kleenex is for.

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Kaiganeer posted...

why do they refer to chips as crisps

Because they're crispy.

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Get utterly sick and tired of Trumpsters still harping on constantly about Trump.

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Talk about fucking worshipping false gods.

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LastTomorrow posted...

Wow... she really does believe Trump is Gos

"Trump says in the Bible that..."

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

they're actually saying "cup of" but due to their accent and speaking quickly it sounds like "cuppa"

Exactly. You might as well ask why in America, two of something is often referred to as a "coupler" something.

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A cooper is an artisan who makes barrels.

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I can see that lying can be a psychological defence mechanism -- e.g. the truth makes you feel too open and exposed, as if you're giving away secrets that you'd rather not tell because it's like giving away a part of yourself. But anxiety attacks? I don't know.

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ThyCorndog posted...

they were still nazis mentally. my dad met an old nazi decades ago and the guy was still extremely racist

I guess they made it illegal to espouse nazi ideology and educated the newer generations

I know that Germany takes some knocks for refusing to accept that there's such a thing as an absolute right to freedom of speech, but I believe that on balance they've taken the correct approach and it's largely paid off. Thanks to the twists and turns of their history, Germans are perhaps more acutely aware than many other peoples of the risks of too little free speech and of too much free speech.

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Suuuure. Astonishing how known, pro-Trump activists who've been identified among the crowd inside the Capitol suddenly turned out to be "really" moles who were working with Antifa all along... Makes you wonder, who can paranoid Trumpers trust in these treacherous times?!

"There is video of the vans... The footage isn't clear enough to prove anything, but that's all the proof I need to know for sure!" It's like a mass psychosis. These are the people whom you know would have been hanging witches at Salem and blacks in Alabama on the strength of whispers, rumours and lies.

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