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General Discussion / Re: Calm and Cool Progressive Discussion Thread
« on: January 18, 2014, 10:48:11 pm »
While that is very true of WWII Germany, I do think civilization has moved on a bit to the point where these days it is pretty safe to say that anybody identifying as a Nazi would have a thing about the Jews.

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General Discussion / Re: [ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ] WHY ARE WE YELLING? (Happy thread...?)
« on: January 18, 2014, 10:39:53 pm »
Quote from: My Name is Immaterial on January 18, 2014, 10:14:15 pm
It was a very satisfying conclusion.
Were you and I watching the same video? I think I annoyed my neighbors with my outbursts of "OH GOD NOT THE DRONES!!!!!"

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General Discussion / Re: [ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ] WHY ARE WE YELLING? (Happy thread...?)
« on: January 18, 2014, 10:10:14 pm »
Quote from: SHAD0Wdump on January 18, 2014, 09:53:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DUTWRreaH-M&list=SPujTwbNDCv6SfdfXixVTNLp4xcdmQY20f#t=1118

 I don't know what to say about this. Really... I'm too busy crapping myself laughing.
Dat yep.  :P

Slightly related, new Carbot Starcrafts is out.  :D

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 18, 2014, 09:43:38 pm »
Just earlier in this thread somebody was saying that prisoners should always be able to opt for the death penalty should they so choose...

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General Discussion / Re: Calm and Cool Progressive Discussion Thread
« on: January 18, 2014, 09:41:18 pm »
Well the difference would be that Nazis, pretty much by definition, are racist against Jews. You have a choice about being a Nazi or not, and as a racially motivated hate group, being racist is an intrinsic property. White people, do not by definition, hate black people. Some of them do, certainly! But getting a room full of white people and asserting that they are all racist is just incorrect. You don't have a choice about being white, so people who are born white aren't going to change that when they choose to not be racist.

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 18, 2014, 08:28:07 pm »
Quote from: Owlbread on January 18, 2014, 08:23:22 pm
You're right. Assisted suicide should be given to anyone of sound mind. People with depression or very advanced Alzheimer's or similar should not choose because they are no longer of sound mind.
But now we are back where we started, how do you cleave one from the other?

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 18, 2014, 06:14:11 pm »
Quote from: misko27 on January 18, 2014, 06:11:41 pm
Quick, solve the budget crisis next.
Already solved.
Really, is anybody going to kick up some dirt about not paying debts when you can nuke the entire world into submission? The US can just keep going into more and more debt and not suffer at all! /insanity

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 18, 2014, 05:39:38 pm »
I guess you could measure their levels of dopamine and serotonin and if they don't reach a specified minimum then they aren't allowed to commit suicide... So you know, go for a jog before you talk to your doctor.

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General Discussion / Re: [ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ] WHY ARE WE YELLING? (Happy thread...?)
« on: January 18, 2014, 03:15:38 pm »
Quote from: AlleeCat on January 18, 2014, 01:08:26 pm
I've been kicking ass at Hearthstone.
Spoiler: Hearthstone Babble (click to show/hide)
tl;dr I played a bunch of cards to get a really awesome minion early and kicked butt with it.
So... Were you playing against a warlock or paladin? Everybody else has some sort of removal for that.

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General Discussion / Re: [ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ] WHY ARE WE YELLING? (Happy thread...?)
« on: January 18, 2014, 03:33:05 am »
New Team Four Star episode... Yaaay.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Too Sexy For This Thread Edition
« on: January 18, 2014, 01:16:07 am »
It is about a billion degrees in the shade, the humidity is toying with the idea of actually being under water, there are storm clouds rumbling over head, and still the weather refuses to just break and rain and cool down! JUST FREAKING RAIN ALREADY!!!

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 17, 2014, 10:59:27 pm »
Although the proposed system is in a way the exact inversion. Instead of the state choosing a collector, the company paying tax would choose its own collector. Different employer means different priorities. Instead of looking to shake down the company for every last nickle, a practice that would drive their clients away, they would seek to bend the rules as far as they can to lower their tax payments beyond what would otherwise be possible...

In other news: Something about the US resorting to firing squads? Is this big news over there?

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General Discussion / Re: FJ's Murrican Politics Megathread 2: So dysfunction. Much Congress. Wow.
« on: January 17, 2014, 04:45:41 pm »
Quote from: Descan on January 17, 2014, 09:09:54 am
... How... How does that even work?

"You know that system we have in place, to appropriate funds to pay for all our public works? Let's make that a private company."

Like, how would you even make that profitable? I'm pretty sure appropriating tax payer money as "profit" is... Like, corruption. Not just a KIND of corruption, but the most basic definition of corruption. "Keeping public money as profit", pretty basic, foundational corruption.
Well right now when you pay your taxes there is a bundle of paperwork to hand over, to make sure it is all legitimate. Then the tax department needs to check over all that paperwork, and that takes a lot of man power... So instead in the new system you find a private tax firm, give them what ever paperwork they ask for, and then they confirm to the tax department that you paid the right amount.

Horrifically corruptible? No silly, didn't you know the free market fixes everything! Tax paying organisations will clearly seek out the firms most well known for going by the books and not granting undue tax breaks.

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General Discussion / Re: Transhumanism Discussion Thread
« on: January 17, 2014, 06:28:23 am »
Evolution isn't exactly the same process as innovation. Evolution is like water, it always flows downwards, but that doesn't mean it always finds the lowest point. It won't flow up the side of a basin to reach the floor, and in the same way evolution will rarely follow a path that is less well adapted in the short term, but can branch into something more well adapted in the long term. It is for this reason that we are full of all these biological redundancies and poor design choices as a species. I imagine your food creation method would be much the same, you would get a very refined dish, and it would change over time to suit shifts in cultural taste, but you would rarely, if ever see the kind of brand new innovation that is so indicative of human design.

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General Discussion / Re: Transhumanism Discussion Thread
« on: January 17, 2014, 03:19:43 am »
Quote from: Frumple on January 17, 2014, 03:06:09 am
It would be kinda' interesting to see cooks regulated to a sort of performance art, once machines are categorically better at preparing food in regards to taste, presentation, and nutrition. And hell, probably cost, too. "Look at the quaint person in a chef outfit trying to cook as good as a cookbot! Isn't it neat?" "Yes honey, that's very interesting, but very wasteful and it still doesn't taste all that good. Give the street performer a quarter and let's go home."
I think it is less the case that the robots would quickly get better than humans in such a human-ish field, but rather there is nothing else for the humans to actually do, the economy can support them doing nothing, so in the search for fulfillment enough people just start cooking as an art, for the fun of it. That way you can go out and eat for free and enjoy amazing meals, while the chefs have no need for payment as robots take care of their needs.

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