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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 06, 2012, 10:17:02 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 09:58:14 pm »I would probably also support somebody who adheres to the second and seventh condiments.
I'm trying to figure out whether this was an intentional delicious typo.
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 09:36:35 pm »That's seems like a pretty apropos comparison for today's candidates. I'm tired of Theists, I want Deists. People who respect religion but don't turn to it as a solution for anything (governance, "guidance", vote mongering.) I'd prefer a Deist to an Atheist president, because I think an atheist can be just as abusive in the opposite direction. Maybe that's me going with the Golden Mean fallacy, but someone who acknowledges God but refuses to bring it into secular governance seems like the safest bet for all.
During the French Revolution, a Deist government was just as bad as any religious or non-religious government, though perhaps that was more a product of the Revolution's country-wide insanity.
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 09:05:17 pm »Weren't some of the early presidents Deists? Or were none of those elected?
Jefferson was an unabashed Deist. I vaguely recall evidence of George Washington having Deist inclinations as well.
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 09:02:04 pm »Which he begins undercutting with non-religious voters when he goes on long speeches about what god means to him and everything else. I know he's (probably?) doing it to connect with the evangelicals, but it makes secular-minded people nervous that it's the pre-show to a religious bias when in office.
Eh, I'm rather used to being tossed under the public relations bus with speeches which favor the Christian majority. If I were a Republican I'd never hope to get a candidate who shares my views on religion, and even with a Democratic president the best I can hope for is inclusion in an address about... well... inclusiveness. Which immediately receives a media backlash spearheaded by right-wing pundits...
Most non-believers I've heard seem to feel the same. It's only when a politician begins talking about the crazy beliefs he or she wants to implement via government that I start to get worried.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: (Slightly) Homebrewed *Rogue Trader* - Map Tools - FULL! Saturdays 3PM EST
« on: January 06, 2012, 08:08:22 pm »
With classes (hiatus paid off) and the Holidays over, I'm going to try starting this up again. Most people who run in the same Weekend RPG circle know it's supposed to happen already, but for the rest it'll be at the same time tomorrow as it was before the break: 12PM Pacific, 3PM EST, 8PM GMT.
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 08:00:02 pm »In all fairness, you're judging the voters by the actions of the corrupt politicians. There are similar charges to be leveled at Democrats, although not so many and none so grievous, to my mind. It's not an excuse, exactly, but it really is important to keep in mind when determining your approach the differences between malice, stupidity, and naivety.
Well, I did have the politicians in mind when I said that. Most voters probably believe they stand for lower taxes on everybody even though the things they support end up only favoring what becomes an elite of society.
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General Discussion / Re: American Election Megathread
« on: January 06, 2012, 07:52:37 pm »
Calls for lower taxes on corporations despite many paying 0% in taxes, attempts to incite anger against the impoverished whose income in too low to pay federal taxes while suggesting their taxes should be raised, refusal to support a tax cut for the middle class until they started getting major crap for it (at which point they pretended the idea was theirs all along), and at least one instance that I can think of where state Republican legislators increased taxes on the Middle/Lower Class to make up for tax cuts they gave to the wealthy. Yes... the Republicans stand for lower taxes on everybody... yep... because they say it and it's in their rhetoric, it must be true.
I don't know why I haven't taken up drinking yet.
I don't know why I haven't taken up drinking yet.
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Other Games / Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« on: January 06, 2012, 03:14:19 pm »Skyrim was actually a rare, true RPG. You actually do save the world, and when you do, people actually recognize you. Not only that, but they went a bit further and gave recognition for other little deeds too.
Was there another version of Skyrim that I'm missing? Because after completing the main quest and civil war quests with hardly any mention and plenty of dialogue pretending my victories never happened, I'm pretty sure we played different Skyrims.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 05, 2012, 01:03:21 am »The video is old.
Older than the Jan. 1 upload date (about when Santorum got a surge)? Alright then, nix that last part.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 05, 2012, 12:04:00 am »Truean posted this in the progressive rage thread and I made the mistake of watching it, despite the title. Ughhhhh.
Right now I'm in shock that somebody on FOX news acknowledges the hypocrisy in "open sexuality" with regards to hetero vs. homo sexual. Of course this sudden honesty could be more due to backing the establishment choice (Romney) and needing to take Santorum down a peg.
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Other Games / Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« on: January 04, 2012, 11:58:05 pm »
We need a topic to get this thread back to Skyrim.
How about... talk about the Creation Kit since they're supposed to release it this month? I plan to start a "Named Summon" project where players with Conjuration can bind specific Daedra to their service. It's also going to be a proving ground for some concepts I have regarding spellcasting.
How about... talk about the Creation Kit since they're supposed to release it this month? I plan to start a "Named Summon" project where players with Conjuration can bind specific Daedra to their service. It's also going to be a proving ground for some concepts I have regarding spellcasting.
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General Discussion / Re: Chill and Relaxed Progressive Irritation and Annoyance Thread
« on: January 04, 2012, 11:24:10 pm »Lack of evidence is neither evidence nor proof. It's... lack of evidence. Nothing.
It's just that it's most often safest to assume "false" rather than "true" to any assertion, which is why it's the generally accepted assumption when lack of evidence is presented. (man that's a confusing way to put it) IE, it doesn't mean assuming falsehood is any better grounded an assumption than the alternative, just one with less consequences if incorrect.
Okay, perhaps I should've said "Lack of evidence where it would be expected = evidence for the negative" to be entirely accurate. It is not a fallacy to say there doesn't appear to be an elephant in the room when an elephant can't be detected. Sure, it's technically possible that an elephant capable of evading all manners of detection exists in the room, but there is evidence directing the conclusion to "no". This is getting too off topic from matters Progressive
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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: January 04, 2012, 08:56:06 pm »Excel Saga:
wait what?
This is the appropriate response after finishing the series.
If you wish to watch more WTF animes, I suggest Gintama.