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Completely Unrelated / Re: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children
« on: 2011-06-29 05:23:16 »Please share your stories.lol, it's not really stories. It's mostly what you were saying about inbreeding. I saw this thing on 60 Minutes about Gottes Wille. It made me so angry to think that they were continuing to cause their children to be born with such disorders, and calling it "God's Will". Maybe it's God's way of telling you to stop inbreeding!
That and puppy mills.
I actually saw a billboard on my last venture through Amish town. It was a graphic of an Amish woman holding a dead dog saying, "Welcome to the Puppy Mill Capitol!"
I was very glad to see some awareness.
I just feel like their selfish disdain for the lives of others (both of other species and their own offspring) is the antithesis of what you'd think they stand for.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Any Bronies here?
« on: 2011-06-28 23:15:28 »Here in eastern Washington, we often call ourselves brownsiders because this is the side of the state that farms the food that the Seattle-ites think comes from Safeway. Does that count?Sure, that can count! But I don't think I'm gonna eat you. Thanks for offering anyways.
Edit - I just thought of this, and wanted to share:
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children
« on: 2011-06-28 23:11:22 »If these children are being sheltered from society and kept ignorant of social norms, they won't be able to fit in when they grow up.I definitely agree with this point, and the point about making it harder to find a mate. Plenty of people who were reared in normal society are still awkward and can't find partners, or even friends.
Setting your kid up to fail at interacting with others (letting him dress like a girl without explaining that others will think he's a girl) is going to make it hard for him to identify with and interact with peers.
The part of the article that made me angry is where they ask Jazz if it hurts his feelings when others think he's a girl, and they talk about how he didn't like being picked on for looking like a girl at school so they pulled him out.
I definitely agree with you there, that this kid will have a hard time interacting with others when he grows up. Puberty is hard enough. Keeping your kid away from others his age is probably going to make it worse.
We are arguably herd animals. We want to feel part of a group (this is due to safety in numbers). Exclusion from a group in the wild, would mean certain death. We still have that horrible feeling when we are excluded nowadays. It's ingrained in us. Yes, sometimes to the detriment of society. But in general, letting your kid feel somewhat normal isn't bad.
So I agree with your point in general.
Actually, that achievement belongs to the Amish.Oh geeze, don't get me started on the Amish
Now there is a group that really grinds my gears.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Six-year-old charged with sexual assault
« on: 2011-06-28 23:00:28 »I know of a child with "minor" autism (whatever that means) who not only tried to fool with a canine's anus, but apparently played with her sister's vagina (yep) while she was sleeping.That doesn't sound very mild.
But seems like a case of "I'll show you your if you show me mine". Okay, maybe a little bit further than that. But he's fricking 6. I doubt he really knows what he's doing.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Where Should I Start? (life advice)
« on: 2011-06-28 22:54:19 »I fear that you miss the point.I'll concede that there's a statute of limitations on boasting. What someone achieved 5+ years ago is no longer necessarily relevant to their current situation. Akin to reliving your glory days as head cheerleader, from high school, when you're over 40.
You see, Jeff was boasting about his tremendous academic ability. His booksmarts.
Surely a person is in no position to boast about his booksmarts if he has not even graduated from university? Nothing children study in high school (at least not in the English-speaking world) requires particularly high intelligence; the only way that one can assess whether a person truly does have scholarly talent, and isn't just good at memorisation and simple calculation, is by testing them with more advanced material.
However, I don't believe that assessing scholarly talent is only possible through higher education. Perhaps I've fallen victim to a Good Will Hunting hollywood fable. But I believe that success through self-teaching is possible. Look at Monty Oum. While flaws have been pointed out in his work, he still produces impressive stuff even though he's a dropout himself.
And plenty of people who didn't make it through college are later given honorary degrees for displaying intelligence. From Bill Gates to Stephen Colbert.
Nope. Eastern WA, in fact. Why do ya ask? Did I accidentally make some reference I'm not getting?Dropping the verb "to be" is really common where I live. So when you said "needed dealt with" rather than "needed dealing with" or "needed to be dealt with" I thought you were a neighbor
Apparently you're a brother of another... coast.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Where Should I Start? (life advice)
« on: 2011-06-28 21:01:56 »You don't even mention ever going to college.College isn't necessarily the be-all end-all. Currently, the US has its highest rate of unemployment, at the same time it's facing a skilled labor shortage. It's only because we've been hooked on a spin that people who aren't cut-out for a four year college can only handle a "vocational consolation prize". While coming out of college as a programmer, an engineer or health care provider is wonderful, tons of students are coming out unemployed, with no direction to their life.
Being a paper-pusher at a desk job is not better or worse than manual work. To quote Mike Rowe we have millions of "shovel ready" jobs for a society that doesn't encourage picking up a shovel.
While I must agree that going to college helped me develop personally, I don't believe that skipping college obfuscates that developmental opportunity from others. They might have to try harder, but it can still come.
It reminds me of Office Space. Sitting at a desk isn't necessarily what we all want deep down. It's just what we're told we want.
Wait, do you believe in chivalry?I believe in equality.
he was a problem that needed dealt with,Covarr - do you happen to be from western PA?
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children
« on: 2011-06-28 18:08:35 »
I don't think homeschooling equates to social awkwardness.
As long as your kids are involved in community sports, groups, etc they will still have ample interaction with peers.
There are also network homeschooling options. You can have a group of parents working together, with designated subjects. You can print curricula for coursework covered each year, and create your lesson plans following regulated standards.
When being homeschooled, kids are never held up by "slow learners" in the class. And if they have trouble grasping something, they are provided individual attention.
Obviously it's not for everyone. I doubt I'd have time or money to stay at home and teach my own children, if I had them. But it's not necessarily a life-debilitating decision.
If you're smart, but live somewhere without good education options. Rather than send your kids off to sub-par schools, you can ensure a good education.
As long as your kids are involved in community sports, groups, etc they will still have ample interaction with peers.
There are also network homeschooling options. You can have a group of parents working together, with designated subjects. You can print curricula for coursework covered each year, and create your lesson plans following regulated standards.
When being homeschooled, kids are never held up by "slow learners" in the class. And if they have trouble grasping something, they are provided individual attention.
Obviously it's not for everyone. I doubt I'd have time or money to stay at home and teach my own children, if I had them. But it's not necessarily a life-debilitating decision.
If you're smart, but live somewhere without good education options. Rather than send your kids off to sub-par schools, you can ensure a good education.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Any Bronies here?
« on: 2011-06-28 16:48:29 »
Any Brownies here?
I'm kinda hungry.
I'm kinda hungry.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Im going to be a father!
« on: 2011-06-28 14:57:34 »
Congrats NFITC1
Sorry to hear about your previous issues. Our thoughts will be with you and the wife this time!
He has a good point though. General advise is to not announce a pregnancy until the end of the first trimester. As miscarriages are very common early on.
However, I'd guess JDM didn't get a false positive, seeing as how most first timers probably don't test until after their period is already AWOL. But you're right that it's best to be cautiously happy atm.
Sorry to hear about your previous issues. Our thoughts will be with you and the wife this time!
He has a good point though. General advise is to not announce a pregnancy until the end of the first trimester. As miscarriages are very common early on.
However, I'd guess JDM didn't get a false positive, seeing as how most first timers probably don't test until after their period is already AWOL. But you're right that it's best to be cautiously happy atm.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Where Should I Start? (life advice)
« on: 2011-06-27 20:59:04 »they werent raised in Southern Baptist Christian households and raised to be good people. Maybe 50% of the population was raised to be good people, and you can tell it.
Being raised a certain religious belief ≠ being good people.
I know that's not exactly the point you are making. But I just wanted to point out that plenty of good people come out of households without strict religious beliefs.
And plenty of gang members walk around with crosses on their necks.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Any Bronies here?
« on: 2011-06-26 16:22:51 »
Wow. I actually just logged on my comp to catch up on the end of the last season. (I've been very busy lately)
And then I see this post...
I wouldn't have admitted to it first. But yeah... brohoof.
Note: but I don't think anything "bro" necessarily denotes gender. justsayin
Update: OMG, I just read a transcript from NPR where Bill Cllinton is asked questions about Equestria... No, I'm not kidding. (The questions starts about half-way down the article.)
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job?sc=fb&cc=fp
Bill Clinton, closet brony?
And then I see this post...
I wouldn't have admitted to it first. But yeah... brohoof.
Note: but I don't think anything "bro" necessarily denotes gender. justsayin
Update: OMG, I just read a transcript from NPR where Bill Cllinton is asked questions about Equestria... No, I'm not kidding. (The questions starts about half-way down the article.)
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job?sc=fb&cc=fp
Bill Clinton, closet brony?
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Where Should I Start? (life advice)
« on: 2011-06-26 16:19:50 »Wow, you sound like a piece of shit IMHO.Before you go around pointing at "uncalled for" quotes...
Anyway, you don't need to come from money and power to make a difference. But you will need to acquire it along the way.
If you really truly want to do something huge and important it is going to take a consistent huge amount of effort on your part.
My favorite biography is that of Monty Roberts. Monty started out a farm boy with an abusive father. He ended up being praised by the queen of England. It's truly inspirational if you have an aspiration that seems impossible.
He was told time and again that what he wanted to do was impossible. He was beaten by his father in hopes he'd abandon his dreams, his teacher gave him an F when he wrote a paper stating what he wanted to do. He nearly starved to death, living off nothing but metrocal shakes for months. He even got imprisoned along the way. But he ended up changing the way we domesticate horses forever, and all around the world.
If you want to make a big difference, you will have to make that your main priority. No one can make a difference, on the side. I don't think you could get a job working with games, and still save Africa in your spare time.
If you really want to work with Africa, I would start by looking at volunteer opportunities there. You could do a study abroad in Africa while you're in college. And join the Peace Corps once you graduate. I'm sure there's a way you could be a positive figure there. But be prepared to spend your whole life working at it.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Preparing to open my own PC business.
« on: 2011-06-21 15:58:19 »
Doesn't Malwarebytes EULA say it's not for commercial use?
Would you have to get a special license to do that?
Would you have to get a special license to do that?
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General Discussion / Re: Kingdom Hearts series
« on: 2011-06-17 16:59:48 »
I really loved the first one, but I could not get into the second one.
*SPOILERS*
1st KH) Start off by running around your beautiful island home.
2nd KH) Start off by... getting a job? Seriously..? I already have a job, that's how I afforded this game. I am playing this game to not think about work!
1st) KH, run around exploring new worlds and sealing them all.
2nd) Run around all the same worlds that you already sealed, because they need to be sealed again... Why even have me play the first one?
1st) Run into characters you love in scenerios you didn't expect.
2nd) Run into characters you love as pint size fairies?
/SPOILERS
Meh, just not my thing. I didn't get rid of it, though.
Maybe I'll get around to finishing it some day.
*SPOILERS*
1st KH) Start off by running around your beautiful island home.
2nd KH) Start off by... getting a job? Seriously..? I already have a job, that's how I afforded this game. I am playing this game to not think about work!
1st) KH, run around exploring new worlds and sealing them all.
2nd) Run around all the same worlds that you already sealed, because they need to be sealed again... Why even have me play the first one?
1st) Run into characters you love in scenerios you didn't expect.
2nd) Run into characters you love as pint size fairies?
/SPOILERS
Meh, just not my thing. I didn't get rid of it, though.
Maybe I'll get around to finishing it some day.
I lolled.92
Completely Unrelated / Re: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children
« on: 2011-05-30 15:58:17 »
DLPB you got the experiment right. I remember learning about that one too. The rats all ended up performing something akin to superstitious rituals before they'd attempt to get the food - in case that action had been what triggered the food release before.
It's because living things have to be able to recognize patterns to survive. (e.g. "you can find this type of food growing at this certain location." or "eating that particular type of food makes you ill").
Of course, I have to say my turtles haven't figured this out, as they try to eat the rocks in their tank. But higher intelligence animals look for patterns.
It's because living things have to be able to recognize patterns to survive. (e.g. "you can find this type of food growing at this certain location." or "eating that particular type of food makes you ill").
Of course, I have to say my turtles haven't figured this out, as they try to eat the rocks in their tank. But higher intelligence animals look for patterns.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Some people shouldn't be allowed to have children
« on: 2011-05-30 15:38:36 »While I think it's an interesting idea, I feel that it's one of the forbidden experiments. Same thing if you gave birth to a child, and locked them in a cage in the middle of nowhere, and gave them food and whatnot 3 times a day, with no human contact, ever, and saw how they developed, a show of true human nature.They did this with monkeys, just to see what happened.
They all turned out crazy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow#Partial_and_total_isolation_of_infant_monkeys
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Time for some cardio workouts
« on: 2011-05-28 16:47:59 »
I've seen people who do weight training without any cardio to "get in shape". All they do is build up muscle underneath their fat, making them look even rounder.
While it's true that dieting will lose the fat (arguably more easily than cardio), what fun is life if you can't eat good food, and drink good beer?
While it's true that dieting will lose the fat (arguably more easily than cardio), what fun is life if you can't eat good food, and drink good beer?
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Completely Unrelated / Re: RAAAAAAAGE!!!!
« on: 2011-05-28 15:26:09 »
Tuesday night was the first night in our new apartment.
At 10:23pm four cops showed up pounding on our door. Apparently, the previous tenant is wanted by the law. They'd had our apartment under surveillance for a while. When they saw the lights on when we moved in, they thought the old tenant had returned, and came ready to take them in.
So... We're searching the air vents, toilet tanks and AC units! Nothing found yet.
At 10:23pm four cops showed up pounding on our door. Apparently, the previous tenant is wanted by the law. They'd had our apartment under surveillance for a while. When they saw the lights on when we moved in, they thought the old tenant had returned, and came ready to take them in.
So... We're searching the air vents, toilet tanks and AC units! Nothing found yet.
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General Discussion / Re: Male Characters and their Masculinity?
« on: 2011-05-27 17:06:08 »
I don't think it's just Japan fashion.
I think androgynous beauty is something currently admired worldwide.
Probably just a trend. But it's what's *in* now.
I think androgynous beauty is something currently admired worldwide.
Probably just a trend. But it's what's *in* now.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: More bad news for Square-Enix
« on: 2011-05-12 20:41:50 »You kidding me? The company needs fresh talent; if anything he'll help.Oh I def agree! I just hope they don't try to cut budget corners by letting people go.
Or at least, not letting new people go.
Hopefully that's exactly why they hired new people - was to change things around.
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Completely Unrelated / Re: More bad news for Square-Enix
« on: 2011-05-12 17:54:22 »
Bad time for L. Spiro to join 
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Completely Unrelated / Re: Food Additctions?
« on: 2011-05-12 00:43:00 »
Food addictions. amidoinitrite?
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Completely Unrelated / Re: I AM ABSOLUTELY GUTTED!
« on: 2011-05-04 14:52:48 »He might not have had weapons, but he had a shield.I heard this morning that they are now saying that wasn't true.
He was apparently fully willing to put his wife's body in front of his own in order to protect himself.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-osama-used-his-wife-as-human-shield/
Only the people there can actually know what happened. I doubt we'll ever good details.