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personally, i think the democrats are the least of 2 evils. my first choice was kucinich. he's one of the few noble politicians who does what's right.

voting for lesser of 2 evils = voting for evil = condoning evil = condoning our sham of a democratic process that has no checks and balances or oversight.

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Until they stop whipping votes, this means squat.

You've touched on the key difference between Catholics and Protestants: the importance of scripture over tradition. Sure, there's nothing in the text that makes Mary into a significant figure, but Catholic tradition has remained the same (regarding Mary) for thousands of years.

That's true. I guess that makes sense given that the Catholic framework allows the Pope to speak with infallibility, essentially turning tradition into canon. I guess this brings up yet another deeper issue, which is that the Catholic church glorifies some people above others. Mary, of course - but also Popes, Cardinals/Bishops/etc., essentially making the regular churchgoers the peons of the church. This seems like another instance of the people in the church striving to further glorify man. So, in quasi-conclusion to this rambling post, I suppose I see it that Catholics place a lot of emphasis on man. Whereas protestant worship is (for the most part) focused solely on God, Catholic focus is spread out from God to Mary, saints, the church hierarchy, and the self (because *your* works help get you to heaven). Wow, I've really enjoyed this thread...There have been a surprising number of insightful remarks and a good amount of input and discussion with a minimum of flaming. Good work, Reddit. I don't think this would have worked at all on Digg...

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It's gone now :/

Is a human being not a collection of cells?

a human being is more than just a collection of cells.

I love Jackie Chan, lately he's done some shit, he needs to get back on his game and make the last movie in the Drunken Master Trilogy.

He should just make one last bad ass movie, and then accidentally die from complications from the most badass kung fu stunt ever made. Which gets put in the film. That way I don't have to watch him grow old and sickly, and I don't have to face my own mortality.

Well I am very interested to see the comments for THIS submission. What bothers me is that the same people here who would say that BPA , or hormones in cows (milk), or pthalates, or aspartame is dangerous EVEN THOUGH the longstanding science states otherwise... all side with Global Warming. What bugs me is that everyone but the most right wing idiots will be inclined to listen to something claiming to hurt the environment. We all want to save the environment. Yet those same people praising Gore get upset if any suggestions are made that would seriously retard our way of life. Most people here don't trust the media, and don't trust politicians. Yet they trust the media when they push GW, and they trust politicians when they push GW. It also bothers me that the last time climate change was an issue was in the 70s - when we were also having an energy crisis. And doesn't anyone wonder why no policians are talking about Peak Oil? Or the fact that Mexico, who supplies 14% of US oil, will be importing oil within the next decade? Isn't it weird that both ideas get people to save energy? Isn't it weird that the G8 (7?) nations cannot use Peak Oil to try and persuade developing nations to save energy, but Global Warming CAN be used in that way? I don't trust anything.

If everyone would focus on energy independance through alternative sources (wind/solar/nuclear/algae), then Global Warming would eventually become a non-issue. When we focus on reducing carbon emissions, carbon offsets, pollution controls, etc, we are promoting methods that hurt the economy. On the other hand, alternative energy investment greatly helps the economy. Imagine if the U.S. government had invested $150 Billion in solar and wind power from U.S. manufacturers instead of the tax rebates? I think the economic and environmental impact would have been far greater. We're pretty darn lucky the world has a relatively limited supply of oil ... our ability to warm the planet is somewhat restrained by our inability to tap vast quantities of energy-rich organic material.

There are excellent bike lanes that go to pretty much every destination. They're called "roads". I ride them all the time!

In my area, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, as in most developed cities in the inland US, urban sprawl means your destination may be 30 minutes to an hour drive away, and only accessible by highway. That eliminates the possibility of biking. Also, belligerent drivers will honk, scream in your ear as they drive by, laugh at you, throw bottles and trash at you, flip you off, run you off the road, or just run you over. I actually live in Denton, which you would think would be great for bicycling because it's a college town, but the drivers are so hostile that I'm afraid for my life.

True. However, he was speaking of morality in general. I've yet to hear a truly satisfactory morality without Christ.

Be good for the sake of being good, rather than because someone tells you to and they will punish you if you disobey them. How can you get more moral than that?

My computer believes in evolution...

Zarshniq? Shut OU812

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Fucking thing SUCKS! We'll do it LIVE!

I accidentally the fungible.

Link delivers. That was awesome. (and 200 on your speedo is not 200 in actuality, you twat).

However, 8 inches *IN* your Speedo is actually 8 inches.

I have, and it's bad. I think that it depends on what kind of movies you watch. I would probably watch "Anchorman" on it. I would definitely not watch "Mulholland Drive" on it.

There is one particular scene in Mulholland Drive that I would rather watch as large as possible, too. :P holy hotness batman

It may be "very few" in the mid-range sciences (that is, from physics to medicine; neither mathematics nor the social sciences pay), but there's definitely a large number of BAs who have no idea why they went to college at all besides that they were expected to.

Exactly. I'm a programmer working with a bunch of guys without degrees. All my degree really got me is a ton of debt.

*Now if you look at this graph right here...*

lol!!!! The government is spying on my daughter's wedding.

Having sex. I miss it. I guess it's just you and me again tonight, lefty.

Having sex. I miss it. I guess it's just you and me again tonight, lefty.

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How about $20,000 and 200 miles, then we have a deal

How often do you drive 200miles in a day? A long commute is 50 miles each way and this car could do that - just remember to plug it in every night. I've got a 35 mile round trip commute so I wouldn't mind if it was cheaper and had a shorter range - say 60 miles.

I never understood why not. Why should we be compliant when browsers are not?

I never understood why not. Why should we be compliant when browsers are not?

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what kind of help would that be? is someone going to re-wire her brain so she is no longer a sociopath? "helping" her in my opinion would be like trying to turn a gay person straight thru therapy. it's not gonna happen, she is who she is. I personally hope she gets mauled by a lion/tiger/liger

Reddit, where clinical psychologists get together to discuss the latest research.

In packages, with labels?

The park?

What's more stupid is that the government can legislate where and how you store your gun in your home. I have no idea about Germany's legal system, but it's getting gay even here in the US.

I think it should apply to children having homes only. Those little rats get into *everything* this is common knowledge. There would be no prior restraint, which is a ridiculous concept in america, along with pre-emptive striking countries for imaginary reasons. But there would be severe penalties if you were discovered w a child in the house and a gun not stored properly.

I have an SUV and don't drive much, yet the "green" people will bitch and moan at me, instead of the Prius driver driving 30k miles a year. We have IT people commuting. Why? 99% of IT jobs can be done from home. IT companies that do not support telecommuting should be forced to pay extra taxes.

Based on some of the problems that companies see from "at work" computer usage, they don't trust IT "guys" to "work" at home. ...any anecdotal evidence in the field that it's easier for women in IT to be allowed to telecommute?

the main page has been up for at least four years. I should know... I used it as a reference for TLAP day in '04. Besides that... your claim of >the Wikipedia page provides better context and history is seriously flawed since the "Background" section of the article on the Wikipedia page sites the official TLAP website several times. The only information in the background section that doesn't come from the TLAP website isn't about TLAP day, it's about Long John Silver. Being that the wikipedia page is essentially an annotated version of talklikeapirate.com, your argument is flaccid. Yarr.

Well you make good points. To me, it's a question of "brand" I suppose. I send lots of information to people on a day to day basis -- both here, on blogs, via email, etc. I've been burned by resources going away, or changing in a big way. Wikipedia isn't perfect of course, but they have established a "brand" (in my mind anyway) that equates to a certain level of quality.

And the logging industry knows that better than anybody, nowadays.

I'm not quite sure what you're implying.

Anyone else of sick of czars? Hell, even the NAME Czar pisses me off when used in American politics. Naming a non-voted in member of the US Gov after a Russian king who was slaughtered by the lower classes on their march towards communism... what could possibly be misconstrued about that?

They're just not trying to hide it anymore.

I find all of these tests are best approached by answering all the questions as Ned Flanders. As long as you don't think about it honestly and create this abstract little worker bee who answers all the questions for you, you're set! If you're too fucking lazy to interview me properly to see if my personality matches the job, I'm too fucking lazy to do it for you.

This is exactly the type of character type I envisioned when I took this type of test in the past. A friend of mine failed it and was angry because he had analyzed the questions beyond what was necessary. Pretend you are a little goodie two shoes and just answer them as that type of person.

there are many different versions.

Well I know that but I wasn't aware of a different "regular" version. Obviously there are different versions

just feed the prisoners MDMA. shit's like a truth serum.

...well, drugs as a general interogation tool are already mentioned in their [manual](http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB27/01-01.htm) I think. Maybe not MDMA specifically though.

Determine what you know. Determine what you don't know. Determine what you need to know. Navigate from there. Note: need is not the same as want.

But what about the unknown unknowns, and the knowns we don't know we know?

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I find it funny that you say your "4chan hoax" set is simply silly and not explicitly sexy. Firstly, you obviously took a lot of time to set your poses and camera up to take pictures of yourself. Secondly, you're pretty much showing off every body part you have on the internet not to mention putting it specifically on the NSFW gonewild forum..so I don't see how you meant it to be just a silly post and not explicitly sexy post. Shameless promoter. And I don't agree that people upvote if they just like the picture. It's often times shock factor, or how different or interesting the topic or picture is.

It's hard to survive if you can't laugh at tragedy. Doesn't mean they don't care.

at your own tragedy, not at somebody elses

It makes me feel so bad to know that I've earned the ire of one of Rando's pathetic, pathetic, fucking pathetic followers.

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What does the law say? Does he have to obey the officer? I bet he broke the law by not doing what he said.

So...I would like for you to expound on this point. I agree that the driver was an idiot/argumentative/stupid, etc., but I just don't know how we got to the point that simply disobeying an officer became an offense punishable by electo-shock. The police officer is put (by policies and management) into a situation where he becomes judge, jury, and executioner simply to save-face for the police department.

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Damn. You looked too fine when you were thick. Bet nobodies ever said that before? Hah.

'scientists shone an ultra-powerful laser (briefly producing the same amount of energy as the sun falling on the entire surface of the Earth)' That sounds like a hell of a lot of energy expended to make a small amount of it. Makes the solar energy potential somewhat less realistic.

First of all, I'm pretty sure the article is an exaggeration. The total sunlight falling on the Earth is 174 PW. The most powerful laser pulse ever created, at least last I heard, was somewhere around 0.75% of that at 1.3 PW. Anyway, even if it's not, the thing to keep in mind is that all of these high powered lasers have an unbelievably high instantaneous power, but they fire for such tiny, tiny fractions of a second that it works out to be tiny power use overall. I can't find exact numbers, but if memory serves most of these high power lasers fire for mere nanoseconds or femtoseconds. A 1 Petawatt laser firing for 60 femtoseconds would have the power output of an incandescent light bulb switched on for 1 second. In other words, not nearly as much as it sounds.

Haha, yeah. Have you seen [this?](http://www.worthalaugh.com/2008/06/29/pleasing-15-women-in-one-day/)

UGH i clicked it. now i hafta kill myself.

Anodized Aluminium = Lindows It's meant to combine the non-stickness of Teflon with the heat holding capacity and durablity of Stainless Steel. In the best of cases, it gives you advantages of both although sadly, it's more often the case that it combines the worst of both worlds.

You have a gift, sir or madam.

She was walking out of the store with my 1 year old son in a stroller and a bag of groceries that she purchased. All I know at this point is that two customers restrained her when the sensors went off and that she filed a police report about them at the scene after reviewing the tape with Walmart staff and the police. --- I just got off the phone with my wife and she is on her way home. She and my son are OK although she is about as distraught as it gets. The video tape should show where a heavy set woman grabbed my wife from behind and pried her arms off of her shopping cart. I was mistaken about the bag and it was an assumption on my part because I could not get the whole story from my wife at the moment because of the chaos with the police. Walmart did not allow my wife to see the footage, however there has to be a way for my wife to find these people and press charges. I would assume they are on camera all over the place, right? From the moment they entered the nearest intersection, to when they got out of that same car in the Walmart parking lot, and then paid for their own stuff? Why do I feel like we are going to need a lawyer to perform basic investigative stuff? Please, any advice is helpful. I will try to answer any questions to the best of my knowledge without speculation. My wife should be home in a minute. --- I have my wife in my arms while I am typing this and she knows the power of people on the Internet can help us and this is comforting her. She is a very emotional person and this is part of why I love her. I just want her to know that we will find a way to make sure this does not happen to another mother and child at another Walmart. The good news is that the initial incident ended without serious injury but we still don't know about how the police process works or where to go next. Thank you all so much for your help. Again, any advice is appreciated. --- We are looking for a way to file a grievance with Walmart over this. It seems to me like someone yelling "fire" in a theater. We are NOT after money. Just so you know. --- I just spoke with the manager on duty at this Walmart and he said he was vaguely aware of the issue but I have the feeling he had seen the tape. He gave me the whole shpiel about how Walmart does not want customer's to fear for their safety and that he would look into the issue with an objective point of view. I found him to be polite yet very, and appropriately defensive of his store. He also stated that the only way we will ever see the tape is if the police turn it over to us, which most definitely means getting a lawyer. We don't have any money for a lawyer, we shop at Walmart FFS. --- Thank you all so much for your advice. I have come up with a good list of things to do to move forward with this. To those of you who provided the tips about going to consumerist, the police, TV and news stations, grievance filing with Walmart corporate, I just want to say thanks because it is hard to come up with this kind of stuff in a state of shock. I still can't believe what happened. And for those of you who insist on regurgitating each other's perspective on our "suing" Walmart (which most likely is not going to happen), for those of you who insist that this is part of life, (part of life that can be easily prevented), and for those of you who have generally been sarcastic and suspiciously defensive of Walmart I have nothing for you. Perhaps you should seek attention of your own elsewhere instead of polluting topics of discussion where people are simply asking for help, not more harassment.

not your personal army

I think you may need to rethink who, exactly, is crazy...

Try and read this article (I say "try" because it is a painful read), and you'll see where he's coming from: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121694247343482821.html The craziest thing about it is someone out there is still trying to defend Bush.

Photos are actually not points in time, but cover (often short) ranges. In this case it covers the duration of the flash. If that duration were known it might be possible to establish the velocity, as there is a small amount of motion-blur, most markedly of his arm.

Shutter speed on cameras are typically 1/60 of a second when the flash is enabled. First one to calculate his velocity wins the Internets.

Personally I consider the Old Testament to be an example of mythology and a historical document more than anything. Then again, I'm not a traditional Christian. Historically speaking there were some early Christian sects who actually believed that the God in the Old Testament is a completely different God than in the New Testament, and that the kind forgiving New Testament God defeated and replaced the spiteful vengeful Old Testament God.

Why do they believe this? Is there some scripture that tells the story of one god defeating another? I'm a bit confused because god is supposed to be omnipotent, so if there was a god that could defeat him then he wouldn't be omnipotent and wouldn't have been god in the first place. Or is this some kind of personality thing where the "good" side of god beat out the "evil" side? This has got to be a very interesting story.

The bit about the "90's" is incorrect. It's '90s. The apostrophe is to indicate missing characters, not possession or anything else. It's always 2000s, unless it's '00s.

Unless you are making the year possessive, for example 2001's economy was harsh.

I'm gonna donate if that turns out as awesome as it looks.

You cannot sadly. It would be illegal for the mod team to receive money for a product that was created using Valve intellectual property or something like that. If you want the proper explanation, you need to search the BM:S forums.

Funny, I recognized it as one unit cell of the word 'Godel' in periodic boundary conditions. Life must be so boring if you're not a physicist.

It is, we common folk spend our entire lives waiting for you're next discovery, so we can revel in the brief excitement that is emitted from you greatest of people.

The LA Galaxy only pays David Beckham $1 million a year.

didn't he sign a 5 year 250 million dollar contract?!

Yes, but the show makes a good point. Writing 'I will not do (blank)' however many times will not change anyone's behavior.

I disagree - I don't think you've ever had to do it. It's not that the punishment is so bad, it's just that it makes you actually reflect on what you did. Part of the reason kids go right back and do the same stupid thing over and over is because they immediately forget about it. It's not the answer to all of life's problems, but there is some psychological logic to it.

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There is scientific debate. And then there are activists and talking heads on both sides that have distorted the issue beyond reason. Sadly, the political activism has taken a life of its own and has largely divorced itself from the current scientific reality. And thus, discussing this topic is usually made more difficult by uncritical proponents from both sides rehashing the same old talking points.

I barely watch baseball but it seems I've seen that Runge idiot involved in one conflict or another about 5 times in the past couple of years. I hate when refs/umps step out of line and try to do more than their supposed to. Whatever, Ichiro is a first ballot hall of famer and is arguably the best overall lead-off man all-time.

Even hall of famers get ejected from games. It isn't that big a deal. Blaming the umpire in this situation is nonsense what Ichiro did would get anyone ejected, you don't show up the umpires. The umpire didn't step out off line. You don't argue balls and strikes, and if you plan on doing so you don't make lines in the dirt and show up the umpire. This is well known and and established rule of baseball.

What is the male/female breakdown?

100:0

Hey, there's nothing wrong with a bit of a jungle adventure!

It smells worse, it tastes worse, it looks worse. There are a few.

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I'll sometimes call my dad and have him look at the doppler radar if I'm out at the zoo or something and the clouds are looking threatening. You can see EXACTLY where the rain is and when it will hit. It's super helpful to know with fair precision when I need to really to pack up, and if the rain might pass to the south or something. This has saved many outdoor events for my family by knowing instead of guessing.

I almost have an addiction to doppler radar now that the internet exists.....lol

No, but the LP wanted to support him. They should have said "We already have a principled politician on the ballot that we agree with and would rather our members support his bid." They wouldn't have pissed away fund raising dollars just to muddy the field even more.

Ron Paul explicitly said on more than one occasion that he would not accept the LP nomination. And, it's been said more than once recently that he will not endorse a 3rd Party candidate because he does not want to jeopardize his seat on the House Banking Committee.

What is the connection between the duodenum and high-fructose corn syrup? PLEASE EXPLAIN. Thank you.

The most important thing to note here is that high fructose corn syrup is actually metabolized in almost the exact same way as sucrose, common table sugar. Because the two substances have almost the same concentrations at the location of uptake (principally, the duodenum and jejunum of the small intestine), they are really very similar in terms of nutritional value… or lack thereof. http://www.naturalcondition.com/2008/01/23/on-high-fructose-corn-syrup At this time, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that humans utilize either HFCS-42 or HFCS-55 any differently than sucrose. All my intuition and also an article which I have lost tract of that stated the uptake of HFCS was more efficient than natural sucrose in the duodenum suggest that HFCS correlated as a cause to Type 2 diabetes since the ubiquitous use of HFCS corresponds with the epidemic of the disease and the phenomenon of HFCS into our diet parallel. .

You found my comment indignant? Because it was obviously the same as yours but referring to language not photography. What I was trying to point out was that a lot of people thought that your initial comment was *not* well-meaning and compassionate, but dripping with contempt for shutterbugs. I'm sure that you were trying to help, but think about how my post made you feel. That's how your post made us feel. That's why you have so many downmods. We appreciate people who share their knowledge, that's why we're here. We don't appreciate superiority. Just a heads up, friend.

You didn't say anything honestly about my use of language - you mixed up my sentences into a word salad, as a game. That's fine. I don't mind that kind of banter. But when someone's not being altogether honest on the internet, I tend to reply to their inferred and underlying meaning, rather than the overt meaning. Your indignance is in the same vein as hodges, and nopointinnames... and so I addressed your indignance in that light. Your complaint was that you see me as being pretentious. My answer, was that I have very little patience for people who are sour towards those who wish to offer them kindly words of advice. Promoting excellence in art is not contempt. The contempt is something you read into a very short interjection of mine. You'll have to learn to a be a little bit less reactive on the internet, where there are no facial cues or vocal intonation to let you know the intentions behind the statement. In fact, the invective on the internet towards a person who is presumed to be "snobbish" creates the social problem. The original comment in and of itself does not. Do you see that? As I already said to someone else today at reddit: Downmodding and upmodding at reddit means nothing. If you have been here over the course of the last few months - you know that what are known as "karma whores" cause all the disturbances. They spout invective, in order to seek to gain karma. Isn't that friendly? Wow. Notwithstanding, in the last week or so, voting has all of a sudden started to work in the way it was intended, years ago... I hope that trend continues.

SS or it didn't happen.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Economic_Council

That you are expected to either rent or own in order to live somewhere. Where you can't find ANY new houses to buy that are small? Where you are suposed to go to college, be in debt, buy a big house (more debt), get married, have kids & anything other than that is looked at as somehow wrong. It pisses me off because the only choices I have to live is to either rent a small appartment or get in debt & buy a house that I have to keep up on a regular basis (mow the lawn, pay overinflated property tax etc. etc..). Let me tell you.... what the unibomber did is starting to look pretty good (the building a shack out in the wilderness thing.... NOT the bombing thing). Do you know how hard it is to live apart from what everyone is supposed to do? I'd LOVE to live in an RV, but that in itself is like pissing against the wind. You cant get a driver's license without a permanent address, you cant park anywhere (boodock) without getting hassled by the police. You cant even pay your taxes without an address. To every government/local agency you have to be neatly filed away with a confirmed address etc. etc. in order to pay taxes. Its just frustrating to know that you cant make it in this world without having to be just like everyone else.

"you cant even pay your an address" - seems a good reason to an

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Sorry, I went to a college where I got bombarded with explanations about the perfection involved in analog formats, 'n it drove me semi-nuts. Then again, I go lossless when I can, and oversample to absurd degrees when I import things digitally. I like the durability of digital formats, especially with the right setup for optimal redundancy. As to your question, I really have to own up to my ignorance in the matter. I don't know much about it aside from the fact that the Blu-ray format is capable of 30-36 bit color depth, meaning with the right encode it would come down to the display, much like sound is now that there are 24-bit/192khz sound formats(tho they're not as common as I wish they were, but I like ripping the few DVD-A's I've been able to buy for albums I like to FLAC). Not sure if it's used often in films tho. So much like LP's, folks can still hold onto their... film reels? o_0 --- As a side note, the one thing I don't really like about some Blu-ray films, especially CG ones (Ratatouille comes to mind), is the need to show the film running at 60fps. For live action I get the soap opera/home movie effect, and CG films look like video games. I really hope "blend down to 24/30fps" becomes an option in future Blu-ray players.

Thanks for your answer. My degree is in film production and one of the issues I've always had with video is its limited contrast ratio. I'm sure it's better under HD, I've just never seen data on how much better. Everyone's talked about several important reasons why DRM for video will die. I will just add one more: Almost everyone is so confused. In order to actually get the superior HD experience, everything in the chain has to support it. And there are 2 standards called HD. And with the higher one you don't even notice the difference unless you have a very large screen. Then on top of that, DRM comes in and bonks you on the head when it *thinks* you're a pirate. I know what happens when consumers spend a whole lot of money for "plays for sure" (Ha, ha, ha, ha) and then it doesn't. They get more than slightly angry. Consumer confusion and frustration limits adoption severely in ways that none of these media companies will admit. They know it, but like Bush voters, they are driven more by fear than logic. As we've seen before, earlyish adopters who accept DRM very often get screwed for being "honest". "Pirates" acknowledge the technology has permanently destroyed old business models while the executives hang on for their white-knuckle ride to hell.

Actually im opposed to veganism. Mans nature is that of the omnivore that he is suppose to eat meat. Mans is also a beast at heart. He can suppress the beast within but if he does for too long he becomes a emasculated robot to society. And animals are just part of that grand cycle of life and death. They are, like i said, lesser beasts ready to be consumed because man simply out fit them by leaps and bounds. And thats the rule of nature and evolution. I don't support the psychopath sticking her tongue out at the activist and i don't support the activist either. To me and man, nature is just there to be exploited like everything else, for out own wants and needs (Such as recreation). That is all.

Supposed to? By whom? The rule of nature and evolution? Who wrote those, exactly? Did they fall from the sky on a stone tablet? You are full of the cognitive dissonance my friend. You are a thinking being: make your own rules to live by. I don't hurt anyone/thing that doesn't deserve if I can help it. I get all my nutrition from plants, delicious, delicous plants (and several supplements, of course. I'm not stupid). Animals are for petting. And no, my nutritional needs are met: better than a meat eater. Oh, but douchebags who say 'it's the way of things' to justify their crapulence, those I would eat, if I could get away with it.

The problem I've always had with the argument that it is overdiagnosed, is that a "normal" brain wouldn't respond to a stimulant in the same manner as an ADD brain. Quite conversely give a "normal" brain something like Ritalin and it should become more easily distracted. I suppose with a small enough dose it's about the same as a cup of coffee.

is pretty much like coffee. In fact, I'm really my ADD with caffeine some fairly difficult behavior modifications. seems work about as as the I was on, without, know, that whole damage thing. I'm honestly surprised at how many people to even pushing for!) putting into kids, when Ritalin has a potential to kidney damage, the them, like Adderal and haven't out long enough for us know the long term effects and It would have make big in quality of life for them to be it. or course, for some kids.

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Did it? I could have been dealing with my kid but I just remember the ship going fast. Did it show the speed?

Doghouse?

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It is biologically unlikely because of the "[cube-square law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube-square_law)". For the same reason that classical "giants" (as portrayed in mythology and D&D) are not likely to occur. From the Wikipedia entry: "For example, a cube with a side length of 1 meter has a surface area of 6 m² and a volume of 1 m³. If its side length were doubled, its surface area would be increased to 24 m² and its volume would be increased to 8 m³. This principle applies to all solids." At some point, you reach the physical load-bearing limit of even a diamond or carbon fiber skeleton/exoskeleton - it would not be able to support the weight of the creature.

It's partially why I a broad shouldered fellow with a long torso and legs that are average for a man who is 5'10" but am actually 6'3" way so much more than fellows who are 6'0" vs. the difference between a guy who's 6'0" and a guy who's 5"9".

I wondered where I left that! Whew....takes a lickin', but keeps on....

Keeps on WHAT?!?! Don't leave me hangin like this!

So I've been poking around the atheism subreddit for a while now, and the more I see the type of stories that get upvotes, and the type of comments that are made, the more a few questions keep popping up in my mind. In the interest of full disclosure, I'll explain my position. I grew up in a fairly evangelical family, although not nearly as horrific as the stories I see here. I'm 23 now, and over the course of the last 6 years or so have finally decided I don't fit in with the basic evangelical christian mindset. If pushed, I'd put myself firmly in the "I don't know" camp on the question of whether God (or a god) exists. That said, I've spent much of college at a very secular engineering school in the LA area, and I've always leaned toward the logical, reasoning arguments in my own mind. I'd like to think these twin points of view give me a decent perspective (at least in broad terms) on both sides of the debate. So anyway, with that setting, I've had a few questions for those of you who seem to populate this subreddit, and I'm genuinely interested in your answers. There will always be snarky comments, but think of this as a chance to show off your non-snarky side. The questions (in no particular order) ***** Question 1 A concerning amount of what this subreddit spends its time on is posting examples of the craziest theists it can get its hands on. The more fundamental and mentally ill, the better. Now I understand that such things are naturally interesting, if not disturbing, to watch, but why must they be such a focus? I don't assume that you are collectively assuming that the "dark side" woman is an accurate representation of the average Christian, so why is that sort of example focused on? Shouldn't there be praise of good examples? How does implying that pastors are likely to be child porn addicts make you any better than fundies who claim that all atheists want to reenact the communist purges? tl;dnr -- Why do most articles pick on the outrageous examples of the bad and imply they somehow speak for the whole? Isn't this the exact intellectual dishonesty you hate when employed by fundies? ***** Question 2 Why must the focus be on negative examples of Christianity in the first place? (For the record, you can substitute theist for Christian here...i'm just speaking to the majority of cases) I for one would much rather hear about Joe Schmoe Atheist who has done great philanthropic work because of his belief in the importance of the golden rule, than yet another snarky headline about how this one time, a preacher did something hypocritical....lol! Where are the comments speaking about what atheism has to give....all I see at the top are snarky yahoo answers where three teenage atheists slap each other on the back about how immensely clever their responses are. tl;dnr -- Can't we upvote positive articles? Is the main point of this subreddit really mocking theism? ***** Question 3 More of an overall question for this last one. I've noticed that the majority of internet atheists (yes, i know i'm generalizing, give me a second) seem to act like their only tools of argument are sarcasm and a drive to "get back" at every theist they find. Why, as a community, is it seen as okay to encourage trolling of Christian forums? Or Christian IRC channels? Isn't this sort of childish behavior exactly what a community like this should be discouraging? Don't you want to rise above that kind of pettiness and truly distinguish yourselves as the rational, enlightened people you claim to be? tl;dnr Why are internet atheists so damn snarky? Why is this allowed/approved of? ***** Okay..long post...sorry for the makeshift formatting. I recognize you will almost certainly not agree with everything I've said. Like I have said, these are my own observations from watching this and other atheistic communities across the web, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts. I'd also be glad to help with any questions you may have about the other side of the fence...although I can't pretend that I completely understand or speak for Christians (obviously, since I've already said I don't agree with them on many points).

this is the proverbial choir. we find humour in the absurdity of religion, we enjoy mocking the insanity -- probably because it isn't social acceptable in a public forum. this reddit isn't here as some sort of evangelical centre -- althought it does provide knowledge to bring rationality to the religious community. If you wanted a balanced, rational arguement for atheism you could find many people willing to provide such here. But we aren't about to sit around trying spending all our time providing each other with such arguements or examples. (Interestingly enough, the religious can't stop doing this amongst themselves.)

you mean this? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=42385501735388990

I watched the first 45 minutes, started off interesting but went downhill pretty quick. Her main argument is that the "New Age Bibles" are bad translations because of the texts which they are translated from, but the KJV is a good bible because it used a different text when it was translated. Her reasons for saying this is because of a study which discovered equi-distant letter sequences which contained peoples names, citys, dates embeded in the book of Genesis. Apparently the same study was unable to find the equi-distant letter sequences in the texts which the new age bibles were translated from. . Here is the trouble with her view: The texts which new translations are based upon are much older than the texts which were used for the KJV. She complains that bibles such as the NIV omit a lot of scriptures which can be found in the KJV, but what she doesn't say is that there is a very good reason they are omitted and it is because it has been found that those scriptures were added by copyists. I'd say if anything its more likely that the text the KJV was based on added the equi-distant letters to Genesis just as it had added other extra scriptures such as the various mentions of fasting. Although I haven't seen the study so really I cant judge it, but isnt it possible to find names of people and places in just about any document of significant length? The only thing I actually really found interesting is her claim that [Rudolf Kittel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Kittel) who compiled the Biblia Hebraica was a anti-semitic and that his son was Hitlers' High Priest and was tried for war crimes. Thats pretty disturbing. I'll have to look into it.

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Contrary to popular belief, most of the band members stayed pretty distant from drugs. The glaring exception being Syd of course, but by this time, he was long gone.

Oh, I get it- so the only people allowed to vote, or scrutinize their government, or have any sort of opinion about anything are the experts in those specific topics? Furthermore, if you believe this yourself, then why are you posting in this subreddit at all? It would seem to me that only experts on religion should be making claims in this place at all, yet you seem to be making them all over the place. Also, I don't need to be a doctor or a scientist to make my original claim: *if something is free, more people are going to use it*. That's basic human nature, not health science. Finally, I have yet to mention the bible or my religion, or anything. It's a good guess because of the subreddit you are in, but would you be acting so patronizing if I just said I didn't approve of abortions being covered for free by healthcare?

Yes! If you don't try to understand, that is the way it will end up eventually. The point is we all try to understand these things, instead of pushing our little views on everyone, and we all suffer. This is called the tyranny of the majority. This concept resulted in a long history of monarchy and the USA's representative government. It's something we have to avoid by being responsible and educating ourselves instead of spouting our worthless opinions. If you don't want to be controlled by an elite, then get your facts straight yourself. The saying "use it or lose it" comes to mind. I'm posting in this subreddit because of this. I agree that free stuff will likely be used more. But I think healthcare will continue to suck in America, because of what we've been talking about.

Awesome, another concept that excites everybody until it slowly fades into the realm of overzealous claims. Can we stop submitting stories about the 'next best car' until any of these articles have some damn facts and sources to back them up?

Actually, ultracapacitors are anything but. They may not be mainstream yet, but they're far from the usual vaporware we see on reddit. They exist, and it's a viable technology. The only question is whether they mature and catch on before something else does. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_double-layer_capacitor

A mere $50 saving seems like a really poor reason for choosing a desktop operating system.

I would pay $50 more to have a Linux distro preloaded actually.

You did not answer my question. You are arguing for a free market. Cite me an example of a working free market.

You're not asking a question... you're making a statement.... based upon an assumption. The implementation of a system isn't based upon its greatness, especially when power and influence is involved. Such is the case that I illustrated... we can all agree that corruption should be eliminated, and if this were the ideal environment, why would a place free of corruption not be found? Neither require a complete implementation to provide progress.

If you look at the [nutrition label](http://www.waldenfarms.com/nutrit40.jpg) you will see that it is in fact NOT calorie free. It's a Splenda-sweetened gum essentially with peanut flavor. Products like this generally use a trick of small serving size in conjunction with a NLEA loophole that allows rounding down of values less than 0.5 on labels. So, for example those butter sprays that say 0g fat are lying through their teeth, they've just cranked down the serving size to a ridiculously small size and then rounded down. For a whipped product like this one 2 tablespoons actually probably weighs very little and thus contains very little actual product. Also, from that label: I wouldn't want to touch this product with a 50 foot pole. It's full of artificial processed crap and absolutely no nutritive value.

Well, it's first three ingredients are water, cellulose, and salt, none of which have calories. Even with air whipped in, the jar weighs 12 oz. with 12 servings. You're not incorrect about the 0.5 loophole in many foods, but this is genuinely made mostly from calorie free substances. Along with containing "trace calories", I'd say it contains trace food.

How am I putting words in your mouth? Allow me to quote you directly lest I be accused of attributing something to you that you didn't say - "Sure, it's her work and she should decide how to distribute it, but that doesn't justify her reaction to the leak." You are clearly saying that she is unjustified in getting upset about someone destroying her future earnings. How is me using an example 'putting words into your mouth'?

You set up a hypothetical situation which is a distortion of the current one, and then accused me of being 100% fine with that situation as-is. That's called a straw-man argument. I am not saying she's unjustified in being upset. I'm saying her reaction is far out of proportion to the original offense. Given that what occurred will not have an adverse affect on her ability to sell the book (only a draft of the first 12 chapters were leaked, anybody who wants to read that will want to read the rest of the book too), the appropriate reaction would have been to privately confront the person who leaked the draft. Publicly whining and threatening to pull the entire book is just childish and pretty stupid.

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So... she should continue to lead him on? She didn't say "SHUT THE FUCK UP I HAVE A BOYFRIEND." She casually referenced him so the OP wouldn't potentially embarrass himself.

Also the roads do not have the requisite width and "shoulder" area mandated by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The inaccurate portrayal of an interstate highway in this comic is distressing to say the least.

Well the inaccurate line paintings actually hinders ones comprehension of what's going on here. It is still rather ambiguous if it really is a divided highway. Maybe the FFFFFFUUUUU is that the truck in the left lane is barreling towards oncoming traffic for 45 minutes.

I am sure whateva bit we see of you no matter how dim the lighting may be is definitely worth it. it's gold and so seems to be your skin :D

You may disagree after you view [this](http://drop.io/ablgrwk).

Yes, exactly. And since we live in the real world where humans exhibit a range of behaviours, some closer to the "best" and many more closer to the "worst", Libertarianism is a fantasy. In the world imagined by Walt Disney I have no doubt that Libertarianism would flourish. History proves over and over again that people can not be trusted with unrestrained power,wealth or freedom.

Your implication that Libertarianism is a fantasy seems like a non-sequitur to me. Please clarify how 'And since we live in the real world where humans exhibit a range of behaviours, some closer to the "best" and many more closer to the "worst"' implies that libertarianism is a fantasy. I'm not sure why history proves that society can not be trusted with unrestrained power, wealth or freedom either. History proves that no *central* source can be trusted with unrestrained power, wealth or freedom. Not an entire society. Nevertheless, libertarianism says nothing about "unrestrained power, wealth or freedom"- it is simply "no initiation of force."

Super best friends, where Jesus teams up with Muhmanid and others to fight evil. I found this on wiki: "Seven of the 8 Super Best Friends are major religious characters: Jesus (Christianity), Moses (Judaism), Buddha (Buddhism), Muhammad (Islam), Krishna (Hinduism), Joseph Smith (Mormon), and Lao Tzu (Taoism). Sea Man is a reference to the comic book character Aquaman." ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Best_Friends

Ah yeah, I forgot about that one. Thanks!

how did this get on the front page without any points, and only 1 comment? Now with mine = 2.

Time of day. Erm.. and it's in the entertainment subreddit. Remember everything is normalized now, so smaller subreddits that you subscribed to have a chance to be on your hot page.

I fucking hate Michael Bay movies. They're cheap, shitty, and worst of all, horribly formulaic. They're like Goosebumps books. I haven't really understood where he got his style and why all his effing movies are the same. Until now. *Speed* *Speed* was a groundbreaking film for it's time. It was suspenseful, action-packed, full of ordinary people, at times tragic, and even funny once in a while. Plus the soundtrack breathed a constant sense of urgency into it. Michael Bay must have gotten the biggest goddamn boner of his life watching that movie because every single movie he's made since has followed the exact same formula, from the "every man" comedic relief situations, right down to the "impending excitement" soundtrack. Don't believe me? Go watch Speed right now, and then follow it with any Michael Bay movie. Bad Boys, Armageddon, The Island, Transformers... It really doesn't matter. They're all wolves in Speed's clothing.

I fucking hate people who rag on Michael Bay for making moderately mindless, action packed, exciting movies. I get it. You're fucking deep. You want a soul-searching experience from every _film_ Hollywood throws your way. Well guess what? I don't. I love a movie that makes me think. _When I'm in the mood_. And other times, I love _giant fucking robots_ fighting in a city and killing each other for two hours straight. I get off on that shit. So, on behalf of the other hundred million people who enjoyed Transformers, fuck you.

A scarier, possibly related brain oddity is that sometimes I'll be driving somewhere, and suddenly I'm almost there, and I realize I don't remember most of the trip there. Some part of my mind was paying attention, keeping me from running off the road, into trees, and other cars, but it's not really the part of me that I actively call "me." That part - the real me - was instead actively thinking about the Cut Man level of the Mega Man NES game, and maybe about getting a delicious Chicken Bacon Ranch from Subway.

I have that all the time when I'm drunk. The next day I remember *leaving* for home and *coming* home, but often not *how* I came home. It does seem I make it back unscathed. I just hope I always remember to pay the cabdriver.

what?

More simply than above: why doesn't Syfy focus on obtaining quality science fiction and allow the writers of the shows to worry about inclusiveness within their shows? When a network begins pandering to focus groups, it loses its focus on its mission. As an analogy, you recall how much more popular [Black Lightning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lightning) is than Superman? Oh, you don't? That's because Superman isn't the "white" superhero. DC tried to pander to people of color with Black Lightning in the 70s. Black Lightning #1 was published in 1977; that comic book title was canceled in 1978. They tried to bring him back in the 90s and he lasted 13 issues. When they made the most recent Green Lantern change from Hal Jordan (White) to [John Stewart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart_%28comics%29) (Black) was less intrusive as the Green Lantern mythos was already established. Herein is my argument. DC comics doesn't need a black superhero, it needs superheroes, some of whom represent various segments of their population. When you try to create an obese superhero, you end with [Matter-eater Lad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_Eater_Lad). Make a hero, then make him obese and he's **not** a pathetic stereotype. Syfy doesn't need LBGT SciFi; It needs SciFi, some of which represents various segments of their population.

Here in Saskatchewan Laura Secord didn't even check the answers. I looked at the question, and the store worker told me the "answer", and hers was wrong based on order of operations. Ignoring them though it was correct.

Hah, I've encountered the same playing McDonalds Monopoly; the questions had brackets but the answer ignored order of operations... How come there are no skill testing questions for roll-up-the-rim?

I couldn't get past the part where you think a domesticated life is an improvement over a natural life for these farm animals. I now see that later you did specify a preference for humane treatment. Let's just say I had a gut feeling about your neo-connitivity. And I definetly would have to say I think you are mistaken about human ability to emphasize with animals. Look at how much people really love their pets fir example. Could you eat your dog?

I already admitted that people have empathy for some animals, just not the ones that they eat. People usually don't eat their pets, after all, but this empathy isn't extended much further than pets, especially for non-mammals. This is why PETA's campaign to rename fish as "sea kittens" is such a laughable failure: you can't make people have a visceral emotional reaction if they aren't hardwired for it, so to speak.

do you have some examples? I have not noticed this, and it might be a pattern only among non-native speakers

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22to+not%22+site%3Areddit.com

are they still blocking the root account from running their video player on linux?

cereally?

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In Canada you have to pay the other party's fees if you lose. I might get downmodded since this is obviously not the sentiment here, but even though it may seem that the daughter is in the wrong here, I think she deserves to be heard in court. Her being drunk does not definitely mean that she was at fault, although it is pretty damning evidence that will be considered. We haven't seen all of the evidence and shouldn't be so quick to make a judgment. It's good that her case is being heard, it wouldn't be fair to have strict liability for intoxicated drivers.

Please provide examples when you can rear end someone and its not your fault. I am sure they exist but I would think they are rare.

Tardonaut. My new word of the day Edit - seriously guys, who did it? WHO??? tardonaut.com was just taken. What's left?

It's... not even a word... http://www.google.com/search?q=Tardonaut

It just seems like your issue lies more with organizations built around movements and not the movement itself. I can think of an example, Labor Unions.

Do not fool yourself in thinking that the problem can be avoided by simply refusing to form an official organization. At some level, the movement is an organization all to itself, even if it has no name and does not incorporate as a 501. You think that I can simply like unions in general, but criticize UAW or whatnot. However, the correct approach is to realize that unions *are* the problem. What should be remembered is that the (some of) the things they claim to work for are the real issue... fair wages, safe working conditions, etc. Do I worry that there might not be water to drink, or trees? Yes. But the movement as a whole remains corrupt, even if it claims it wants those things too.

Maybe its a matter of reaching the broadest audience possible?

I think you accidentally that sentence.

Hot Girl, nude scene...*fap fap fap*...rewind, repeat...THE END

Upvoted for reference to Wendy from Peter Pan

this is pretty tame and if i saw it at work i would not be worried. the problem is that nudity is now seen as taboo. why? it's a human body and we all have one.

I have two. But don't tell anyone.

Meh. I don't really see what the big deal is. The bitch wanted her baby dead, she got it.

Troll.

Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more.

Why does he have -1, while xAnarkix, who posted the same thing (but with some different grammatical quirks) *afterwards*, has +5?

You know.. it's actually my photo. A little warning would have been nice before people started rooting through my photobucket. I thought I had that thing set to private.

It's true. I did tell her I was gonna use it but I didn't expect so many people to think it was that funny. But if the internet is gonna run with it, fair enough.

Cumming in ass can be really messy and discomforting to the recipient. The stuff leaks out SLOOOWLY.

It comes out like a brownish bubble. it can't be unseen.

Norway? The nation that brought us Quisling?

Norway is also implementing the EU data retention directive.

The American show is meant for children, so it's not very surprising that it's not as interesting for adults as the British show. Comparing an Attenborough documentary to a kids' show and saying that it says something about the difference between American and British cultures is ridiculous.

Whether or not that particular show was meant for kids, I think you'll find that American shows by and large tend to have this patronizing sensationalized way of presenting themselves. I can't think of any American nature documentaries that are unlike the example. It's all dumbed down to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

How the fuck does this make it to number 1 on the front page without a single upvote? What the fuck? I have submitted dozens and dozens of good stories that never make it to one fucking upvote something is fucked here. Maybe I don't understand how this works or whatever but I assumed that a story had to get voted on to get to the front page. So why the hell does every single story I submitted in the years I been on Reddit never get to the frong page? Fuck the front page the 5th page the 15th page what the fuck!? Edit: I guess I really don't understand how the voting system works. Now this dropped down to number 11 on the list. The number 1 spot has 380 something while the number 4 has more than 1,000? How the hell does this work anyhow?

I'm bringing your votes back to equilibrium with an upvote. Not because I think your post was great, but you don't deserve to be downmodded. I also wondered why some stories make it to the front page without any upvotes. Thanks to your subsequent commentors for clarifying. Upvotes for them as well.