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Far eyes

Swimming 2 miles...   yaah i would be safe from this, being dead and all.

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Oniya

Quote from: gaggedLouise on April 11, 2016, 11:53:06 AM
It would be like the Kremlin wall....though what Trump wants might be closer to a modern-day Chinese Wall.  ;)

That worked so well against the Mongols...
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Far eyes

Quote from: Oniya on April 11, 2016, 12:36:00 PM
That worked so well against the Mongols...

Oh yah historically building random ass walls has always been a brilliant move.
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TheGlyphstone

The only exception I can think of is Hadrian's Wall, and that didn't really fall so much as was abandoned when Rome was forced to contract its borders.

Oniya

Quote from: TheGlyphstone on April 11, 2016, 12:45:28 PM
The only exception I can think of is Hadrian's Wall, and that didn't really fall so much as was abandoned when Rome was forced to contract its borders.

Hadrian's Wall was abandoned many times during the Roman occupation - mostly because they didn't have the manpower to staff it.  It also isn't so much of a 'wall' as it is a demarcation.  We're talking ridges of dirt and sod in many places, not brick and stone.
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Florence

Gamergaters slut shaming a woman they already got fired for allegedly having been a prostitute.

So, ya know, the usual.
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Far eyes

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Far eyes

Well in general a few things.

The article it self while being clickbaity and written in a very interesting fear mongering manner, classic reporting there. Dos not really directly link her to Gamergaters* they are mentioned with another case. And ultimately it was Nintendo who fired her, if it was for bad reasons they carry the brunt of the blame for that. In this long ass article none of the actually relevant information to any of that is shared in this or that way.
And yes people should not do things like this to each other


Also anything titled "The only guide to X" makes every skeptical bone in my body ache "Ironically, even progressives and anti-harassment activists have adopted the tactic: " i love this part, because its like saying "Well they started with the death camps, so if they had some we had to do it to." Oh wait its still fucking wrong, this is like watching two tribes of chimpanzees fight shitflinging every-ware and in the end everything is covered in it. 

As a whole, not this article specifically but more the underlying: The Horseshoe lives on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory
So bunch of shitty people doing shitty things to each other because they are in a pair of different "camps/tribes" and there images of each other have been distorted and made into such sub humans that they think any means justifies "the end" so awful all around.

Not directly related but while reading this i kept being reminded of this video
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Quote from: Lustful Bride on April 11, 2016, 09:19:21 AM
Three Suicide Bombers assault police station in Southern Russia. No casualties reported as the bombers were unable to get inside and simply decided to explode on the walls. But the explosions did not go all the way through.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/three-suicide-bombers-attack-police-station-in-south-russia/ar-BBrBG9I?ocid=spartandhp

In Soviet Russia, wall kill you!

Far eyes

More like "In Soviet Russia we can make bigger bangs, dont piss us off"
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Quote from: Oniya on April 11, 2016, 01:06:48 PM
Hadrian's Wall was abandoned many times during the Roman occupation - mostly because they didn't have the manpower to staff it.  It also isn't so much of a 'wall' as it is a demarcation.  We're talking ridges of dirt and sod in many places, not brick and stone.

It was more like a speedbump than a wall. :P

Oniya

Quote from: Zakharra on April 13, 2016, 01:38:11 PM
It was more like a speedbump than a wall. :P

'S about right.
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TaintedAndDelish


This is a gem however, I don't think what they are doing will motivate masturbators viewers to climb out of the closet and repeal this law. I do like this though. Another downfall is that radicalized Christians might view this as progress as they not only made it legal to discriminate against people they are prejudiced against on religious grounds, but a porn site has become unavailable to them too.

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Kulich told HuffPost that the company’s statistics show that North Carolinians are more open-minded — at least about their porn — than laws like HB2 might suggest.

“Back in March, we had 400,000 hits for the term ‘Transsexual’ from North Carolina alone,” he said. “People from that state searched ‘Gay’ 319,907 times,” he added.

Far eyes

LOl... The grate Porn Drought of twoosixteen.. .
... old man in a rocking chair "I was there...  we were jerking off to ikea catalogs by the end, it eint prty"
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Quote from: TaintedAndDelish on April 13, 2016, 04:34:16 PM
This is a gem however, I don't think what they are doing will motivate masturbators viewers to climb out of the closet and repeal this law. I do like this though. Another downfall is that radicalized Christians might view this as progress as they not only made it legal to discriminate against people they are prejudiced against on religious grounds, but a porn site has become unavailable to them too.

I despise those who support this, it sets a terrible precedent. How long until its okay to ban Jews from stores? Or refusing service to the Disabled? Might as well start forcing everyone to get tattoos, I better get mine for being a disident /rebel! *

ugh *all pissed* I hate this because I actually plan to move to NC in a year but this...ugh...*slamming face into keyboard* I pray that they repeal this law before we start having other states adopt it.


QuoteKulich told HuffPost that the company’s statistics show that North Carolinians are more open-minded — at least about their porn — than laws like HB2 might suggest.

“Back in March, we had 400,000 hits for the term ‘Transsexual’ from North Carolina alone,” he said. “People from that state searched ‘Gay’ 319,907 times,” he added

Ah so it is just as I suspected, its not the people that have a problem, just the poiticians.  *Inception music*


EDIT: * Yes I know its the slippery slope fallacy but I think it should still apply to this.

Far eyes

Just spend a bit looking for what the heck this thing is, i mean actually.

So this is the toilet bill, well toilets and changing rooms. Honestly reading over it its so..   pointless. I am against its principle because it could technically be used for other things, but its fucking stupid. Its idiotic, unless you have a plan to anchor other things onto it or use it as a precedent. But it feels more like one of those "think of the children" things ware people flip the fuck out because they do not want to understand and fear mongering is easy.

Its sounds like one of those laws people make because they do not want to have the conversation with little Jenny why some people are like this and some are like that.   
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Quote from: Far eyes on April 13, 2016, 06:04:52 PM
Just spend a bit looking for what the heck this thing is, i mean actually.

So this is the toilet bill, well toilets and changing rooms. Honestly reading over it its so..   pointless. I am against its principle because it could technically be used for other things, but its fucking stupid. Its idiotic, unless you have a plan to anchor other things onto it or use it as a precedent. But it feels more like one of those "think of the children" things ware people flip the fuck out because they do not want to understand and fear mongering is easy.

Its sounds like one of those laws people make because they do not want to have the conversation with little Jenny why some people are like this and some are like that.

It is pretty idiotic, especially when you consider that a transman (born a woman) who has gone through even a modicum of hormone therapy is going to develop masculine characteristics - including facial hair.  A transwoman in a similar situation will develop feminine characteristics, including breasts.  Now, tell these people that they have to go into the restroom that matches what they were 'born as', and imagine the reactions.  They can range 'uncomfortable stares' at best to very dangerous situations at worst.
"Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women.~*~*~Don't think it's all been done before
And in that endeavor, laziness will not do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think we're never gonna win this war
Robin Williams-Dead Poets Society ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think your world's gonna fall apart
I do have a cause, though.  It's obscenity.  I'm for it.  - Tom Lehrer~*~All you need is your beautiful heart
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Lustful Bride

Quote from: Oniya on April 13, 2016, 06:26:14 PM
It is pretty idiotic, especially when you consider that a transman (born a woman) who has gone through even a modicum of hormone therapy is going to develop masculine characteristics - including facial hair.  A transwoman in a similar situation will develop feminine characteristics, including breasts.  Now, tell these people that they have to go into the restroom that matches what they were 'born as', and imagine the reactions.  They can range 'uncomfortable stares' at best to very dangerous situations at worst.

Well what do you expect from a politician? Its not like they actually think things through. Thinking is for poor people.

Zakharra

Quote from: Oniya on April 13, 2016, 06:26:14 PM
It is pretty idiotic, especially when you consider that a transman (born a woman) who has gone through even a modicum of hormone therapy is going to develop masculine characteristics - including facial hair.  A transwoman in a similar situation will develop feminine characteristics, including breasts.  Now, tell these people that they have to go into the restroom that matches what they were 'born as', and imagine the reactions.  They can range 'uncomfortable stares' at best to very dangerous situations at worst.

Quote from: Lustful Bride on April 13, 2016, 06:40:34 PM
Well what do you expect from a politician? Its not like they actually think things through. Thinking is for poor people.

It's idiotic politicians going 'we know what is best for you' because it soothes their own particular, and peculiar prejudices.

gaggedLouise

NASA are looking into how to develop potatoes that could be grown on Mars.


Very interesting idea - of course, if there's to be any long-term human presence on the red planet you'd have to grow food there, but the conditions with very cold and grainy soils, no rain and extremely low atmospheric pressure are going to be tricky.

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