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I have trouble believing that either phone or person could survive that...but I guess crazier things have happened. (e): ENGLISH

Unrelated: something's broken with the avatar system (see: Woldan and myself). Can't upload anything. pls fix admin (e): That person seems likely to be dead...surprised by how quickly the footage was somehow recovered, though.

Some context: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3gr1bh/huge_explosion_reported_in_chinese_port_city_of/cu0odde

Explosion in China.

Way-Off Topic posts stop counting recently for some reason...in other words, I'll be stuck in the 700s for the next few years. (e): Officially, I blame Raithe for spamming the funny things thread.

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1533/

So...basically, my ideal scenarios would be (with it becoming less and less ideal as we go down): 1. Bernie wins the Democrat nomination as well as the Presidential Election. 2. Bernie wins the Democrat nomination, but is unable to win the majority in the general election...but neither are the Republicans, very possibly because of the antics of Trump. Difficult to predict what would happen as a result. 3. Bernie does NOT win the Democrat nomination, but runs as an independent...as does Trump, who similarly failed to secure the Republican nomination. The two of them manage to split the vote for both Democrats and Republicans so badly that a few states actually manage to go independent, resulting in the same outcome as above (though with significantly less chance, I think, for Bernie to become president...and absolutely so if Trump manages to knock him out of the top three). 4. Bernie does NOT win the Democrat nomination and runs as an independent, but Trump somehow wins the Republican nomination. I simply cannot see Trump possibly getting even close to winning the general election, so it falls to Bernie and any other third parties to take away votes and steal a state or two from the Democrat nomination (whom would likely be Hillary at this point, though that may change in the future) and make a mess of things. In this scenario, Bernie would technically have a better chance if it came to a general election deadlock, but it would seem like there's much less of a chance of that happening. It seems most likely the Democrat nominee would win in this scenario. 5. Bernie, having lost his Democrat nomination bid, does not run at all. Trump loses his Republican nomination bid and runs as an independent, however, and somehow manages to steal a few states and cause a general election deadlock like above. Much more likely, the Democrat nominee just outright wins it in the general election, though. 6. All other possibilities likely result in one of two crappy nominees (based on past presidential elections, anyways) winning, and que sera, sera and nihil sub sole novum and etc. Though I generally identify (lol) as more of a Republican than a Democrat (political leaning tests usually always place me right in between the two, so I'm really more an independent that's dissatisfied with both, ), I'm tempted to register as a Democrat to vote for Bernie to help him win the Democrat nomination, since all the potential Republican candidates seem universally terrible, whereas I at least sort of respect and like Bernie.

If Bernie Sanders cannot win the Democrat nomination, then I would love to see him run as an independent: I would like to see the election ending up with no-one being elected with a majority in this ridiculous presidential election system, and seeing what absolute nonsense the House would cook up when it decides who becomes president (House decides it in the event of no majority, from what I recall from high school, right?) and the subsequent outrage from the population.

You didn't really answer his question...

The only thing I wish is that there'd be a Democrat equivalent...I'd rather see the process break down on both sides, not just the Republicans.

What about if I extract the CD-key from my Steam version of Stalker?

Yeah, but he's a Republican who legitimately doesn't seem to really give a crap about whether he's winning or losing...but seems much more dead-set on exploding this whole entire farce of a presidential election system...particularly on the Republican side. Bernie, on the other hand, is just trying to stay in the Democrat race as best as he can, and doesn't need any media complications or accusations of being racist or whatever else other stupidity that people might conjure up against him.

Better to have one speech go wrong (...and hopefully it remains just one speech...) than to allow the media ammunition in which to demonize him.

You were also the one that almost killed them, but I suppose that's besides the point. @Woldan: "truckloads of data of Iceland"? Data about what about Iceland? Just the sort of information you already brought up? I can't remember what you do for a living, but if you can get a good job there and it seems like a perfect fit, why not?

Dangit! Earlier, when you had mentioned "snidely passive-agressive dismissals", I considered snarking, "Are we talking about Nonek or Bruce, here? ", but ultimately decided against it. Alas, such opportunities, once passed, are gone with the wind... (e): Why do I need to have a space after for it to work? What nonsense!

That's...that seems really unusual, particularly if your brain instantly shut itself down. Bad enough when somebody suddenly dies of heart failure from a birth defect that was never detected or something: at least they have a few seconds before everything goes dark. You didn't even have that much...fine one second, braindead the next. Man, that's terrifying, particularly since there was no apparent cause to be found...I'd be so scared of that happening again... Here's what I suggest you do in regards to this thread: (EDIT): that is meant to be like an "abandon thread" gif, JUST IN CASE that wasn't clear. I should think about these things before I post.

I can't play CK because there's too many rulers with different traits and just too many variables in general: trying to play that game makes me actually a little physically ill because of my OCD-like behavior. I enjoy EU4, though, particularly considering it's an immeasurable step up in complexity over like, the Total War games, which I thought were decent for a long while until actually trying EU4...at which point the TW games come across more as bad jokes to me. (e): How do people ninja-post before me so many times around here? I never feel like quoting the post I'm replying to because it doesn't seem necessary (since I'm posting directly after the person I'm replying to), but I always have to edit my post to put the quote back in after actually hitting post.

What the heck actually happened that caused that, if you don't mind saying (and if you know)? You make it sound like your brain was directly hit with a bulldozer or something.

Yeah, I know: no way to rely on anything like it actually being correct...so you have no choice but to live the one life you know that you have...and fear your swiftly approaching, very possibly totally permanent death all the while. I don't want to believe that...and I'm hoping I don't go to my grave believing that, though I fear I might. Also, I'm not sure if your "life is fun?" comment was actually directed at me: I definitely agree with you on that point. Just that, if we're constantly being reborn, I don't think it would matter as much/be as horrible and tragic and unfair as it is. Hey, now I know FOUR people who have died! Lucky me...and lucky Gfted1, since he now knows one, too! Funny how people report such different experiences when dying...which lends credence to my belief that it's all in our (physical) heads while it's happening, I suppose (though it doesn't necessarily contradict there being something actually beyond, of course...just that we appear to be unable to remember such, unfortunately).

That's not too concerning to me, personally: indeed, it would actually put my mind at ease in some respects. All suffering would be temporary: what does one lifetime (or more!) of dismality and subsequent meaningless death matter when an infinity of lives stretch beyond you? At that point, I would become much more concerned with the future of the human race in general and propagating to other planets and escaping this possibly dying universe...if that's even possible...than merely the lives of myself and my loved ones. Our lives and the bonds we make with others would not matter as much: all would be broken and remade as we live out each life...so long as the cycle actually continues. If there is no cycle (or, I guess, if it works like Judaic and probably some other religions envision things do), then what we make of our lives and the people within them is instead probably the most meaningful thing. That's not really a reality I want to live by...but I can't help but always feel this is all some sort of cosmic accident/joke, even though, for the sake of my own sanity, I wish I could think otherwise, haha. That's life, I suppose. (e): I should say, though...non-existence frightens me more than anything else I can imagine. Conceptually, I would prefer to spend a conscious eternity in some sort of Judaic tradition-inspired hell than to cease existing. I'm not sure how well that would hold up after so long of never-ending pain, but that's how I've always felt about it, regardless.

Well can you ask them whats waiting after death? I need to know if I can go for the life of sin, followed by a presto-change-o deathbed repentance, or if it doesn't matter because theres nothing after death. Well, personally, I don't believe that, if there is an afterlife, memories of it could ever come back to a person revived... But also, I'm terrified of death, and it's not something I've ever considered asking anyone who's died and has come back. Things are looking...perhaps a touch better today (for the future) than they did yesterday, although as the result of terrible, terrible things like Namutree suggested may need to happen for the situation to improve (though they didn't actually try to murder each other or anything). We'll see in the coming days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3fwdmh/steam_accidentally_leaks_the_queue_page_for_the/

I know two...possibly three if you count an online friend. @Lexx: about the same as Namutree. Whenever horrible things haven't been happening in my life, it's otherwise been pretty unremarkable...unless you consider the occasional bouts of crippling depression (interspersed with the NON-crippling depression! ) to be remarkable, but you know, I wouldn't.

I heard something about them having an out of body experience or something: don't know the full details. Sorry. @Namutree: unfortunately, 2 year olds are a little squishier than teenagers...

One of the parents literally died yesterday because of their lunacy...and so far, it doesn't seem to be having any effect upon them. If they had actually stayed dead, it would've made this situation a fair bit simpler...but alas, it seems it was not to be.