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General Discussion / Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« on: January 18, 2015, 02:59:40 pm »
which version of D&D though, because if you say 4th ed you are abad person and should feel bad. TTRPGs aren't MMOs.

3.5 was okay though, though I prefer Pathfinder.

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I keep hearing more and more examples of this absurd double standard.

I feel like a lessening of police presence in general would be nice, an overhaul of the entire system best.

There's just a lot of police that shouldn't be police, and they have their department covering for them.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 14, 2015, 09:15:06 pm »
I've been deeply depressed for a little while now, and being sick isn't helping it.  :'(

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Dreamlike [Suggestion Game]
« on: January 14, 2015, 09:07:43 pm »
Venra Nali, Female.

+1 on this one.

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First fallout and Morrowind, though the second fallout is pretty cool too. Nothing beats the first fallout, even with all it's flaws.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 11, 2015, 06:58:24 pm »
This thread, and many others. Are actually teaching me something about Russia, and helping me learn to communicate with other cultures. This forum in general is helping me communicate with people of different beliefs, which is a good thing. Just thought I'd say that.

Carry on.

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General Discussion / Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« on: January 11, 2015, 06:56:08 pm »
I don't understand this. This weird need to justify terror attacks that are not muslim oriented in any way but terror.


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General Discussion / Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:53:05 pm »
Yeah, the KKK is more tied to skincolor. It's bad, yes, but Muslim extremists are worse because they came a few decades later when they could have easier access to things like automatic weaponry and rocket launchers. Muslim extremists are also not as opposed to suicide bombings.


KKK is a firmly christian organization. It is part and parcel of their beliefs.

I rarely communicate ideas well, it seems.

Perhaps it is because I am accustomed to speaking to a different audience, one that is more likely to understand my intent as it is delivered.

Don't equivocate. Hateful extremists using twisted, heretical ideas to justify murder has absolutely no bearing on a religion as it is defined in and of itself- viz. the Nicene Creed, or sola scriptura if you would like. Don't confuse the religion with heretical offshoots.

I am not, I am saying there is a double standard about this. Someone even clarified this for you.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:50:40 pm »
It s pretty basic that a child picks gender stereotypes mostly from parents. Guess what happens when both parents are same gender.

And yes, I'm aware that some studies show it partially is inherited. But I'm not going down to any kind of suggestions of what should be done about that.

Wow, no that is not basic at all. You are speaking from ignorance and a complete lack of any data backing that up.

It is not inherited either, though the path you were going down with that scares me.

Perhaps you should do some actual research before coming up with ideas on how gayness works off the top of your head.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:49:25 pm »
or a lion. Lions get all kinds of gay for each other.

Or really a ton of other animals. Though bisexuality is far more common.

This is a pretty natural occurrence in any animal, humans included. It is only social norms that make people feel it is abhorrent.

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General Discussion / Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:47:19 pm »
Yeah, the KKK is more tied to skincolor. It's bad, yes, but Muslim extremists are worse because they came a few decades later when they could have easier access to things like automatic weaponry and rocket launchers. Muslim extremists are also not as opposed to suicide bombings.


KKK is a firmly christian organization. It is part and parcel of their beliefs.

I rarely communicate ideas well, it seems.

Perhaps it is because I am accustomed to speaking to a different audience, one that is more likely to understand my intent as it is delivered.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:45:59 pm »
There is evidence that a part of it is genetic. I can't recall any where they compared adopted and non-adopted siblings to see if it was tied to upbringing, but I've heard that there are also some links to early-life lifestyle.

well, it is genetic, but insomuch as you will see it in the genes, but it is in everyones' genes. A lesbian getting pregnant is no more or less liking to produce homosexual offspring than a heterosexual woman.

I've heard studies saying, also, that it is something that is solidified by the age of three, during which time our sexuality and gender identity are formed (which I guess is possible.) But you can't condition or train your kids not to be gay or identify with a different gender. But those studies are outliers and I would reject them as the majority of geneticists and doctors say it is from birth.

The point is, if you are expecting homosexuality to die out so that proper, decent heterosexuals can go on without them, you might want to consider that homosexuality has been around since the beginning and has yet to die off.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:33:04 pm »
They cannot have natural-born children who can learn from them for obvious reasons. Hopefully they won't be able to adopt a child, at least in Russia. They can hardly spread their way of life over anyone else given they do not show affection to each other in public.

Therefore, their happy gay couple will eventually die of old age in happiness, making it two less gays in this world in total.

wow.

Oh wow.

So many things wrong with that statement, but let me assure you, gay people aren't going to die out.

Homosexuality is not "taught", it is not even passed down from parents to children.

oh god, that... wow.

Like do you think there's this ancient cult or lineage of gays passing down gay secrets from one generation to the next and now that will all stop? What do imagine happens in these gay cult meetings?

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General Discussion / Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:30:05 pm »
I'm not attacking christianity. I am exposing a double standard.

It was an anti-muslim attack and yes it was religiously motivated, regardless of what he did or didn't shout.

Same with the KKK or abortion clinic bombers.

My point is, those things don't get blamed on the entirety of christianity. But extremists on the muslim end cause people to condemn all of Islam or demand that they make apologies for something they aren't even connected to.

Calm down, I'm not saying your religion is evil, I'm saying neither is Islam.

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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 10, 2015, 07:25:35 pm »
Well I'm not denying that there's a stigma on homosexuality in Russia, I'm just saying that there should either be a similar stigma on heterosexuality or no stigma on any sexuality whatsoever for our society to be fair. But I will repeat myself: you are grossly exaggerating the problem with gays in Russia being unable to speak out.

Also, asexual? What kinds of problems with a non-rural society can asexual people possibly have?

And P., Sergarr, a question, since we are talking about that anyway: if you were to know a man who is gay, but keeps it to himself and to the area behind closed doors, would you treat him as any other man? Would you allow him to marry another similarly quietly gay man?

Well, why not. I have no power to stop people from that, and why should I in first place. No chance for these folks to procreate in any way.

the heterosexuals were so evil they banned any public mention of sex in USSR

any public display of sexuality - any sexuality - was considered indecent there

you can't explain that
I don't know about the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community during the Soviet Union, tbh.

It didn't exist, therefore had no rights. There were mental institutions for those. Except maybe asexuals.

what does the bold even mean, lol?

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