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Life Advice / Re: Piercings
« on: January 05, 2011, 10:19:24 pm »
"anti-eyebrow" sounds like a marketing gimmick to me, saying "I'm the rebel of the rebels". It's... there's no reason anyone would do that.
I see a lot of piercings the same way. They work to erase your personality, not express it.

Thus, if I wanted to do something along these lines, I'd go with a tattoo. Not a solid black one (and definately no chinese symbols), but the ones where someone looks at it and says "wow, that's awesome". Be willing to pay extra to go to some high-quality guy, as there aren't regulations for tattoo and piercing guys in most states. Then, roughly design it yourself. The artist can fill in the details if they're halfway decent.

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General Discussion / Re: Regarding the state of the forums.
« on: January 05, 2011, 10:06:18 pm »
Quote from: FuzzyZergling on January 05, 2011, 09:59:00 pm
I have not read this entire thread, but I would like to say that I have never been offended at anything I have read on these forums. (Not even the Atheist Threads!)
As such, I do not see any reason why any change to the forum rules, or anything else greatly affecting forumites, would be necessary.
Just my opinion.
speaking of which, as a relatively active participator in the recent atheism thread, I'm very impressed with how relevant it's stayed. We only had a couple of trolls, which were largely ignored or addressed properly. Other such threads across this series of tubes, in my experience, fall apart within the first couple pages, and never fully recover. I generally have to fight honest-meaning trolls and malicious one-sentence hacks for the entire thread until I give up and get something to drink.

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General Discussion / Re: The economy
« on: January 05, 2011, 09:57:57 pm »
Quote from: AntiAntiMatter on January 05, 2011, 06:14:18 pm
Quote from: malimbar04 on January 05, 2011, 05:57:36 pm
Like "in god we trust" not being required on currency until 1955 (or for that matter, in the pledge of allegiance). I always thought "one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" sounded weird. knowing it was written "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" make a lot more grammatical sense, and to me just sounds prettier.
Not to mention the fact that a nation founded on the ideas of freedom of religion and the separation of church and state shouldn't specifically reference a religion in this manner.
So true, but maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that tidbit, it can easily derail this into the atheism thread.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: January 05, 2011, 08:01:04 pm »
A dwarfily productive day, combinering has just had it's first real siege after the humans came. no less than 30 goblins and a squad of trolls appeared. At least 2 named goblins were killed during the siege, along with a couple dozen trolls and goblins. I don't know how many got away, but far too many. Two of my soldiers were killed, and apparently 3 peasants were wounded. Though I was attacked form all sides, and had no traps or choke points to my advantage, we did very well.

It never ceases to amaze me to look at the battle reports. The two that died were brutally cut down while alone, fighting valiantly but ultimate the effort was ultimately futile.  Let this be a lesson to you: don't charge into battle without a buddy to back you up.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Weaponizing a Waterfall
« on: January 05, 2011, 07:30:03 pm »
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cleanliness and happiness are elffy thoughts
haha... elves don't even use soap, as it comes from an animal. They're dirty little tree huggers.

Looking forward to part 2 though, water has great weaponization potential.

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General Discussion / Re: The economy
« on: January 05, 2011, 05:57:36 pm »
I find it interesting all the craziness that has happened in american in teh last 100 years. The income tax actually didn't even exist until the civil war (the government got it's money through tariffs and such). Then they eliminated it in 1872, moving taxes to things like tobacco and alcohol. in 1895, the supreme court ruled income taxes as unconstitutional, and it stayed that way until the 16th amendment in 1913.

We barely had a tax system at all until 16 years before the first great depression.

Source here: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html.

It's just one of those things that people don't think about, and assume it's always been the current way. Like "in god we trust" not being required on currency until 1955 (or for that matter, in the pledge of allegiance). I always thought "one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" sounded weird. knowing it was written "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" make a lot more grammatical sense, and to me just sounds prettier.


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General Discussion / Re: Question about U.S.(Texas) Law regarding self defense
« on: January 05, 2011, 05:35:38 pm »
Quote from: Sowelu on January 05, 2011, 05:32:47 pm
Also, let me ask:  Fighting words.  Are you a sane and stable enough guy that absolutely NOTHING could EVER get you to hit someone?  No words?  No words at ALL?  Are you sure?  Let's say the guy whispers that he's planning to kill your family and then do unsavory things to their bodies.  At some point, you're going to deck him, and witnesses will see you do it, without necessarily knowing what provoked it.  Hell, maybe you see some guy kicking the shit out of a dog--maybe it's your dog!--or doing something that's considered very, very odious...but maybe not even a felony.  Maybe he's spraypainting unpleasantries on your garage.  Or your dog.  At some point, somewhere...you're gonna hit the guy.

And now he has the legal right to kill you.  Great.

That is scary, very scary. And this is why we don't have vigilante justice.

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General Discussion / Re: Atheism Redux
« on: January 05, 2011, 05:26:36 pm »
Quote from: Siquo on January 05, 2011, 04:52:06 pm
Quote from: Leafsnail on January 05, 2011, 04:04:30 pm
Grassroots religion?  I mean, most of the people in poor areas did have small, local religions before bigger ones came in and told them theirs was better.  Is there any evidence that those with a tribal religion are less happy due to it?
Good point, but how is that not organised, they're still listening to one guy who says he knows it all?
They converted because the bigchurchguys brought schools, hospitals and western wealth with them. Everybody likes gadgets :)
It depends on how small you're talking about, and what you consider organized. I would think you could have a loose faith in certain traditions without having a formal structure, with leaders and so forth. It could have no particularly holy heros, and be taught from parents to children. I can't think of any decent-sized religion that has no spiritual leader, but I can imagine their being one.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 05, 2011, 05:20:56 pm »
Quote from: Duke 2.0 on January 05, 2011, 05:09:14 pm
And again I run into the mental brick wall of a friend being depressed, and finding myself in a weird situation. I want to help them, but every time they get like this I draw a blank and forget everything they like and what makes them happy. I am powerless to help them. And it tears me up knowing that they are miserable.

 And for added weirdness I'm getting a vibe that they are starting to bully me through this. This friend does have a very... strong personality, but recent questions and remarks are giving the real impression that they are using their sadness to get what they want. If I assume my assumptions are true then I really don't know what to do. If I'm wrong then I have a doublesad friend.

 Friendship is hard.

Something that almost everyone likes: food.
Something else almost everyone likes: playing a game (board game, video game, anything multiplayer)
Hopefully that's just enough to get them to talk to you, which is the huge gateway into helping a person.

Ideally you want them to use you for social things (you want to use them too! they're your friend). So, if you can, patiently try to get them to do the fun things. Eventually they might realize "hey, this is how I get to be happy, doing fun things with friends", and then the problem is basically solved.

Quote from: MaximumZero on January 05, 2011, 04:57:55 pm
For some reason, my computer stopped connecting to the internet. It connects to the router fine, but won't go any further. So, I'm stuck using the wife's laptop. I despise laptop keyboards. :(

However, I second the rum'n'coke. It does make for a better day.
I wonder if... oh we should probably put troubleshooting on a different thread.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Panic! Rooms
« on: January 05, 2011, 04:58:17 pm »
I've had problems with nobles food stockpiles never being full (the same with prisoner food stockpiles), so I just use the main dining room as a panic room. All 8 doors can be locked, which is all that matters for my purpose. It also tends to be somewhere in the deep in the fort than the entrance, so my guards have a decent time guarding it.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: Best use of adamantine?
« on: January 05, 2011, 04:54:37 pm »
Quote from: Jachim on January 05, 2011, 03:18:09 pm
Adamantine war hammers are perfect for your captain of the guard. :] twice now hes beat up people and merely caused wounds even though he is a legendary hammerdorf.

Look at this gigantic beautiful unearthly and expensive hammer! *WHACK*

what was that? a wet noodle?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: What's going on in your fort?
« on: January 05, 2011, 04:26:25 pm »
Just found out something, dwarves can have triplets!

Ala, a mechanic of mine, has proven so. I went to her profile to see if there were any fertility-related things, and... I have don't think so. Though looking through her personality, she seems the type:
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She rarely feels discouraged. She is self-conscious. She has a good awareness of her own emotions. She is uncomfortable with change. She is not affected by the suffering of others. When she's bored, she constantly rolls her eyes. She always scratches her head when she's trying to remember something. She chews her nails when she's thinking. She laughs very loudly whenever she's suprised. She needs alcohol to through the working day and is starting to work slowly due to its scarcity.
Though, maybe it's the husband. Who would want to sleep with a dwarvish lady who "is not affected by teh suffering of others" and seems otherwise so anti-social? apparently Ulban.
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He can handle stress. He is very active. He isn't given to flights of fancy. He appreciates art and natural beauty. He is put off by authority and tradition. He is trusting. He is candid and sincere in dealings with others. He is truly fulfilled by assisting those in need. He is confident. He finds rules confining. He needs alcohol to get through the working day

And now I'm thinking... opposites must really attract.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 05, 2011, 02:41:49 pm »
My christmas order from amazon was sent to the wrong address, and apparently is being sent back to the warehouse. My front right tire on my vehicle is flat (on it's rim flat), which means I also can't take the dog to get his nails trimmed at the groomer. I would do it at home, but he wines, bites, pulls away, and drools of nervousness if you try take anything to his nails. 

This is of course compounded on all the other life stressers I've had for months, job related, school related, and home related.

Well, at least My wife bought coca cola, and we have spiced rum around the house. Rum and coke makes a bad day a little better.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: Boatmurdered - The Animation
« on: January 05, 2011, 02:09:55 pm »
Well the good news about this thread not dying is that I get to see it. It is now my background, and I promise to hold there for a month.

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General Discussion / Re: The God Particle and it's removal
« on: January 05, 2011, 12:50:28 pm »
Quote from: Tellemurius on January 05, 2011, 12:21:51 pm
Quote from: malimbar04 on January 05, 2011, 12:19:51 pm
Quote from: Cheese on January 05, 2011, 12:03:03 pm
Isn't matter travelling backwards through time in fact antimatter?
no. no it's not.

Antimatter is when it has the opposite properties, like a an electron with positive charge (called a positron) circling a proton with a negative charge (don't know what this is called), thus making like hydrogen, but opposite. If it touches real hydrogen, the particles collide and make energy (waves I think? light?), and annihilate themselves.
no they make pure energy, those collisions are massive energy outputs as the masses of both matter are converted into energy, think nuclear.
Nuclear, thanks. So in other words "yes and yes", since that produces huge waves, lots of light, and lots of heat. Just clarifying so I don't confuse it with the abstract form of "moving ghost" definitino of energy.

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