Everything posted by Gfted1
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Welcome to 2030, I Own Nothing...
China had nowhere to go but up. But you know me Ros, I'm never going to be in the socialist camp. Its a perspective Ive never lived in and honestly it rubs me a little wrong. I cant stand moochers, and yes there are people truly in need, but most are capable of supporting themselves. I also agree that self policing should exceed government policing but someone has to watch the sheep. We already have prisons full of people that failed at self policing. Our various societies have established rules for living in them, and people have to deal with those rules.
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Welcome to 2030, I Own Nothing...
Maybe if you squint hard enough. But to me there is a vast difference between, say, stealing a loaf of bread to feed your family and going out and mugging someone to buy your next bag of dope. For example.
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Welcome to 2030, I Own Nothing...
IMO, sometimes for need but mostly for greed.
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Welcome to 2030, I Own Nothing...
Oh noes! You "mistakenly" left out the "public places" part of my post. That surely explains the misunderstanding. Also, yes the world is an imperfect construct where things are sometimes misunderstood and excesses of power exist everywhere. We should probably just switch over to the honor system where people self police.
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Welcome to 2030, I Own Nothing...
I find England's surveillance and weapons laws interesting and I'm a little on the fence about it. I don't really have a problem with there being cameras in public places but I don't have any real world knowledge of living in that type of society. I mean, it sounds like a good idea. People are on their best behavior when they know they are being watched. The internet stuff seems over the top. Don't you guys have to "opt in" for porn or something like that? That ticks a box in some database somewhere. And cant carry a pocket knife? Thats why brick-in-a-sock crimes are up!
- NFL 2016 Season
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Not anymore. But now Dungeon Keeper is.
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What leveling or class system do you like most?
Party based game, fixed classes. Single character game, multiclass.
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New Scientific Discoveries, Part Deux
Antimatter Looks Surprisingly Like Regular Matter.
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Russian ambassador in Turkey killed in gun attack at Ankara photo exhibit.
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor. That doesnt even look like a real sentence.
- Lost link to game network
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What You Did Today
We went to a family Christmas party last night and a good time was had by all. These are the family memebers I usually one see once a year so it was fun to catch up with them. Good food and a bunch or rugrats running around playing. The host had a unlabeled mason jar of clear liquid sitting in his bar, and when I asked him about it, he immediately whipped out a row of shot glasses and poured us all some "moonshine". Or as I shall refer to it, rocket fuel. I dont know anything about authentic moonshine but this stuff was pretty rough going down. We also do this thing where we all bring a mystery present and toss them in a pile. After dinner we all gather around a draw a number from a hat. As your number is called, you can pick any of the random presents still in the pile (and you must open it) or you can steal one of the presents that someone before you has already opened. We count up the list and then down the list so everyone gets a shot at everything. Its hilarious to watch some of the people jockeying for position to steal some gift they have their eye on.
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What are you playing right now
My buzz is now suitably harshed.
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What are you playing right now
I bought War for the Overworld since its on sale for 75% off and it looks like a Dungeon Keeper clone. I loved DK1 so hopefully this comes close.
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Politics 2016
How can agency A preemptively block agency B from hacking an unsecured agency C?
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New Scientific Discoveries, Part Deux
'Star in a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy.
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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
*NSFW* Savvy on riddles? Solve Forest Fenn’s and become a multi-millionaire. *NSFW*
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What You Did Today
Damn, sorry to hear that.
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The Funny Things Thread
Good news everyone, we dont do either of those things!* *Unless you use the Report button for Dislike.
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What You Did Today
HUZZAH! Congrats to Mrs. Sands. Between this afternoon and tomorrow evening were supposed to get between 6-10" of snow, so Ive got that to look forward to.
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The Funny Things Thread
^Took me a second of mental singing but I finally got it.
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New Scientific Discoveries, Part Deux
Japan Sends Long Electric Whip Into Orbit, To Tame Space Junk.