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I use to watch a lot of creepy pasta narration videos on youtube. I eventually quite because the uploaders wouldn't mark their videos as part an ongoing series. I expected a complete stand alone story but it kept seeming like nothing really happened in what was being read. Because of this I lost interest.

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Other: Ending censorship in the public space.
All other problems cannot be appropriately addressed if the people are unable to talk about them.

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It was reported that dead people voted in the last US election. Why would they be unable to vote in the next one?

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That's Oogie Boogie. For some reason someone drew him in a suit.

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adjl posted...

Perhaps (you could test that hypothesis by finding data on IQ loss following induced comas, incidentally), but if surviving the virus requires an induced coma, that distinction is largely academic.

I imagine data on induced coma might be difficult because it's most often implemented for traumatic brain injuries and loss of cognitive function is already expected. You would need data on perfectly healthy people being placed in a coma to truly isolate the variable.

Conversely, data on people who tested positive but never developed symptoms would isolate the variable of infection from the treatment.

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I present to you, one honey in a bear.


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Full Throttle posted...

And virus survivors who had to be on ventilators lost the equivalent of 7 IQ points

Maybe that's less of the virus and more of the induced coma.

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Sycophant posted...

It would solve homelessness if there were sweatshops in the USA but even they pay

I don't think the workers live in the sweatshop.

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I think there was an issue of Tales from the Crypt which had a story like that.
A man has cancer.
He goes to a witch to save his life.
He still has cancer but it won't kill him.
As his body keeps growing he's constantly hungry.
Eventually the townspeople seal him in a cave.

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DeltaBladeX posted...

an RPG that uses your suffering to power movement and attacks

Oh, sort of like in Omikron how the game is sucking out your soul in order to replace you with a demon as you play it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfo-iQDI5fo

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Why is mine post #3? Is post #2 a lost episode?

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Minimun Wage should '$0.00'

Volunteering and Internships are things that exist.

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Muscles posted...

You can't show off your cake and eat it too

Mukbang is a thing that exists.

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When I'm having cake, I'm also eating it. I don't know why people find that so difficult to do.

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I think his name is Malcolm. Not sure, I never watched it either.

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I think the quality dropped. They became more about sci-fi concepts and recurring characters than they are about the horror aspect.

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bshwalker posted...

No one listens to them nor do they listen to anyone that knows about them.
I completely understand why they dont say much about it

So it makes sense that I wouldn't have heard about that. It sounds like it wouldn't be common knowledge to know to look up information on. I had heard that the US government restricts people from growing their own food. It sounds like this is happening on a larger scale. As for the mines, what do the people there want done with them and what is getting in the way of that?

Gaawa_chan posted...

Thank you very much for illustrating my point for me. You are not interested in the topic at hand

I said as much several posts back.

Gaawa_chan posted...

You aren't asking questions to learn- you're asking questions in the hopes that someone will have some sort of "hole" that you can insert some hack's snarky one-liner into

Sometimes I just want to have something to talk about.

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Gaawa_chan posted...

Perhaps I am not phrasing this well...

I think you're making your point just fine. I see whether a person is a man or a woman an entirely functional issue. If you're not performing that function with them it doesn't matter. I think what you're trying to address is that methods for determining if a person is compatible in that function is often best guess. No one is really thinking about chromosomal composition when making that determination. Further people can confuse cultural practices meant to facilitate that function with something that is innate to the sexes as opposed to being learned.

Gaawa_chan posted...

If you're even just mildly into the history of taxonomy

I'm not, but I expect there was some new discovery or a better tool for analysis that lead to rethinking previous conclusions. That's of interest to me.

Gaawa_chan posted...

seeing old examples of people rigorously trying to defense Linnaeus' work is, um... pretty pathetic, tbh.

Now I'm curious what their arguments were. Did they not trust the new methods? I assume it was DNA research which may not have been accessible to many.
To wikipedia...
Wait, did he think minerals were living things?
Looks like the micro-organisms really muddled things up too.


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wydrah posted...

Can you give me some guidance for what you're looking for?

I will have to get back to you on that.

Gaawa_chan posted...

You've never had anyone pull down their pants to help you determine their sex, nor demanded a chromosome test.

I would prefer that most people don't show me their genitals. I'm not looking to do anything with them.

Gaawa_chan posted...

Example: A person walks up to you. This person has quite a bit of body hair, wide shoulders, but also appears to have breasts and small hands. What is this person's sex?

From the description it doesn't sound like I would find this person physically attractive. Their sex is irrelevant.

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wydrah posted...

hahaha i knew throwing those two words in there would trigger one of you morons to focus on that rather than the larger point

Well I certainly fell for it, but what I fell for I don't know. You gave an example to demonstrate what you were saying and I evaluated how well that example supports the point you made. That's a normal part of discussion as I see it.

wydrah posted...

i obviously disagree with you for reasons you would dismiss, so let's skip to that part. next essay pls

Oh, I'm unprepared. Normally I keep someone talking until they tell me how to undermine their position. Since I'm picking let's treat the US is a continuing "work in progress". What factors would you say are a hindrance that progress?

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wydrah posted...

Standing Rock?

That's the pipeline that went through land which was set aside. From what I understand Native Americans have the same citizenship and rights that are granted to anyone born within the US. And the US government would absolutely do the same to anyone living in the path of something they want to build regardless of ancestry. Native Americans are treated no worse than any other citizen of the US which is a rather low bar to start with.

I do not attribute this to European culture. You don't have to go back to the 1500s to find causes for modern events. The original concept for US government is that people would hold their representatives responsible. Yet they re-elect politicians who do things that they don't agree with. Further the Native Americans were not fully integrated into the rest of society. They are still spoken of as a separate group even though 500 years should have been enough time to develop a shared culture.

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wydrah posted...

jesus took a spear and you can't even take a needle?

I don't think that's an apt comparison unless you are.

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wydrah posted...

consider the ramifications of colonialism "exporting" European culture globally.

Despite what happened centuries ago I think each country has developed on it's own since then and doesn't resemble European culture as it existed then or as it exists today. Making those ramifications a moot point.

But since we're on the subject what about a modern day example? How do you feel about the US's relationship with Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam? Should the US cut ties with those regions and let them develop independently?

ShinVegaI posted...

All I know is Abraham Lincoln did NOT like black people - he simply used them to disrupt the souths economy and ability to wage war.

Yet he is credited with ending slavery in the US. Despite his feelings on the matter he did good. Calling back to my early point on thought vs action.

wydrah posted...

I'm also continuing my practice of not reading past the first thing I decide to comment on in your posts.

So it's not just me. Maybe you have a short attention span.

Gaawa_chan posted...

There is an exception to outlawing slavery still enshrined in the Constitution

"except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted"
Community service is a bs sentence. I agree the US should do away with that.

Gaawa_chan posted...

What originally defined a woman vs a man? We usually use superficial sex characteristics to do that, but these are nebulous

Originally, it was determined by where a person's reproductive organs were located. There's nothing superficial or nebulous about that. It was purely utilitarian in regard to the method for passing on of genes. The modern day definition is far more nebulous.

Gaawa_chan posted...

now imagine you have a bunch of people screaming about how Phylogenetic Taxonomy is a communist plot that is changing the meaning of the word "mammal." That is what you sound like to us. :-/

This is a fair point on perspective and I think it relates to something that was said earlier.
"It's like you're debating Christian theology without having read the Bible simply because you're against religion."
I can say the crusades were bad without thinking it was an accurate reflection of the message in the Bible.
I can criticize certain practices within Islam without condemning the Quran.
I can perceive anti-racism as a detrimental social movement without dismissing Critical Race Theory as baseless.
I think we need to have the ability to differentiate between an ideology and the people who profess to follow it.

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Zareth posted...

You said that there was widespread election fraud

That's not the same thing.

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Zareth posted...

SKAR thinks Trump won the election

I have never argued that.

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Mead posted...

take your pick

The Windows XP operating system.

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wydrah posted...

if you could read you might know where you are

Oh, I know I'm on Poll of the Day. You're exactly what I expect from other users here.

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wydrah posted...

You have no idea what CRT is. If you want to go debate racism in general, whatever, idc. But you're in this thread as if you have ever read a single sentence of CRT.

Have I said anything about Critical Race Theory in any of my posts?

Mead posted...

you are willfully ignorant if you dont know that the system is designed to put most minority groups at a severe disadvantage

Which system specifically are you referring to? In most countries the minority of wealthy and influential people have things far better than the majority of the population.

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wydrah posted...

are we acting like a conversation where only one side has actually done the required reading is a legitimate conversation?

You are not only a hypocrite but an elitist. This sentence demsonstrated that you don't think people can think for themselves. To you it's not enough for people to see what is happening around them and form their own opinion on it.

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wydrah posted...

The only time you're clever is when you're copying me

So you'll criticize me for being lazy and misinterpreted what you posted, but it's fine when you do the same. I believe that's called hypocrisy.

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wydrah posted...

translated:
American society has been carefully constructed over hundreds of years to advantage Whites.

I can see why you would misunderstand a simple statement.

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Mead posted...

our entire system is fucked towards certain races

Assuming this premise is true I don't think the solution to it is to increase the amount of discrimination.

CoorsLight posted...

He'll just do some handwaving that he doesn't believe it is that way.

You forget my tendency to argue within the parameters the other person has set.

CoorsLight posted...

It's better to have been racist or wrong about things and reform yourself than to always stay ignorant if the conversation gets uncomfortable.

Here's a good example. The parameters you set are that a person does not believe the premise is true. From their perspective everyone already receives equal treatment. Efforts to change this will result in some being treated better or worse than others. Thus defeating the goal of equality.

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wydrah posted...

the hypocrisy of someone who has read zero CRT calling someone who has actually studied CRT lazy

Are you saying that because I haven't read material on this specific subject I'm too lazy to read at all?

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Sounds like you're just rationalizing being lazy.

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wydrah posted...

lazy

Says the person who stopped reading after one sentence.

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wydrah posted...

If you actively ignore race

I don't. I passively ignore race. This takes less effort than to acknowledge it.

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wydrah posted...

Okay, you are ignorant.

I'm quite indifferent to race. It's not where my interests lie. I'd rather ignore the subject entirely. Except I see people wanting to reshape society to put greater emphasis on race and I don't agree with that.

wydrah posted...

you think learning something in 5th grade gives you credibility.

No, but it forms the basis for how I engage with the subject. Since 5th grade I have built on that premise with new data points. I'm open to discussing which definition for racism holds a stronger position. Prejudice vs discrimination, thought vs action. As I see it the discrimination (or prejudice) is the issue. The alternate definition seems to me to be a way to excuse prejudice on the part of certain people in service of a racial agenda.

wydrah posted...

You probably only have read his "I Have a Dream" speech (years ago in 11th grade). You are such a scholar lmao.

I know that one quote is something I agree with. I see more focus being placed on skin color than content of character when discussion of social issues come up. I'm not saying he wanted people to disregard race entirely. I am not a scholar in this matter nor do I claim to be. I don't think I have to know whether MLK was a racial indentarian or opposed them to recognize that he had some good ideas.

EvilMegas posted...

I have him marked as CP enthusiast, so that makes your sex Ed joke a little more fun to me lol

This again? The only CP I'm familiar with is Captain Picard. As for what you meant... Do you really think you're winning anything by bringing up that I don't believe cartoons can be the victim of a crime?

wydrah posted...

The nefariousness of systemic racism is it does not depend upon individuals to be overtly, willfully racist.

I think this ties into something you said earlier.
"This would mean that racists in power, for some reason, never used their power to corrupt the systems they were in charge of in order to perpetuate racism further."
If this true of racists influencing government to corrupt it then what about decent people being able to influence government in opposite ways?
I don't deny there were bad people in power. Instead my understanding of anti-racism is that it denies there were ever any good people in power who could in turn right the system.

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wydrah posted...

What do you mean by the "classical" definition of racism.

The definition I was taught in primary school.

wydrah posted...

You remind me of people who argue (fallaciously) that MLK wanted a colorblind society and that CRT and anti-racism undermine his vision.

You mean this quote...
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Do the anti-racists care about the content of a person's character?

wydrah posted...

What's the relevance here? I literally said CRT deserves criticism.

Post #4 where I got modded for doing so.

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wydrah posted...

Here's Wikipedia's definition of critical theory: "Critical theory (also capitalized as Critical Theory)[1] is an approach to social philosophy that focuses on reflective assessment and critique of society and culture in order to reveal and challenge power structures."

I recall hearing a while back that racism was redefined as prejudice plus power. My critism of anti-racism is that it only cares about the power aspect of that definition. Instead of denouncing the prejudice aspect it's treated as a useful tool to exert power over society. I believe in the classical definition that racism is discrimination on the basis of race. Under this definition anti-racists are more descriminatory and more obsessed with race than the average person.

wydrah posted...

As Derrick Bell wrote in one of the essays I mentioned above: "Criticism brings awareness."

Yet it's been made taboo to criticize anti-racism.
Here's another quote, though I don't know by whom: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

Mead posted...

I dont think most liberal people are even trying to adamantly defend it, a lot of us had never even heard of it before conservatives started losing their minds about it

I dont think most liberal people know what's really going on in politics. I consider myself liberal because I oppose the authoritarianism shown on the left. Though I suspect that by liberal you meant the political left.

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EvilMegas posted...

Too much CP has rotted your brain, dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1WuYvNSb_4

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Assuming the secret society has influence over regular society then they have people doing things for them. They don't need to adapt to new advancements because it doesn't make their lives easier. Advancements will make the lives of their servants easier.

hypnox posted...

The biggest example is Harry Potter.

If a wizard wants to move they wave a wand and speak a few words until everything is shrunken down to fit in a suitcase. Then they just hop on a broom.
If a muggle wants to move they need a carpenter to build a cart and domesticated horses to pull it. Eventually they'll invent the automobile, and hand trucks, and winches to make the process just a little easier.
The wizard doesn't need new ways of doing things.

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I think what they fail to understand is that anti-racism isn't about opposing racism. Anti-racism is about being racist in a way that changes who benefits from it.

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I just noticed the typo in the title.

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Johnny Eagle posted...

interesting that the "conservative" part of that tag is the only part you're complaining about...

I can disprove the latter. The best I can hope to do is dissuade someone of the former.

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Lorthremar posted...

https://i.imgur.com/Nc5Ndet.png

That's crazy. I'm not even conservative.

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The doesn't sound like groveling. That sounds like he needed to clarify that he criticized the movie, not the actress.
People should apologize to him for the misunderstanding.

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We're pretty close to being unable to buy or sell without it. So far no mark on the hand or the forehead. Though I'm not ruling out that the government will start to tattoo people to identify them.

If not the Mark of the Beast then it's a precursor to it. Either a trial run to measure acceptance or there is more that will be implemented in association with it.

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Metal Hurl On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPh8kG4eiZc

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