01-25-2016 12:47 PM
#20326
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01-25-2016 12:51 PM
#20327
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I was more mocking the concept of you haveing an "audience" here on the FTR commune. That concept amused me somewhat. Like, an audience of five or six. | |
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01-25-2016 12:51 PM
#20328
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don't worry, your posts on the topic have been valuable. |
Last edited by wufwugy; 01-25-2016 at 12:54 PM. | |
01-25-2016 12:57 PM
#20329
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Sexism will always exist so long as men are twats and women are moaning bitches. | |
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01-25-2016 12:59 PM
#20330
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I really don't care enough about this subject to throw anything more than an irrelevant one liner in. I'm already bored thinking about it. | |
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01-25-2016 01:01 PM
#20331
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it's easy to get mileage out of things that matter. |
01-25-2016 01:03 PM
#20332
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01-25-2016 01:07 PM
#20333
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probably true, but if i believe nothing matters im fucked. |
01-25-2016 01:14 PM
#20334
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btw your posts on sexism have been integral to shifting my opinion. it takes somebody pushing a different idea for me to want research it, especially if there are interesting pieces of logic and data involved. i was honestly pretty pro-feminist two years ago, mostly because that's just what the information i was given reflected. ofc my change on it has mostly to do with investigation elsewhere and listening to a wide range of views. sometimes tangentially related ones (like economic history) have the most impact. |
01-25-2016 01:25 PM
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on a similar note, i wonder if people ever truly change their minds. naturally, im not pro-feminism and am pro-firearm. i mean, when im in my most normal state of being, i tend to think the feminist narrative is bullshit and the anti-gun narrative is bullshit. but after i got into politics, i went dramatically towards the left and believed the pro-feminist narrative and most of the anti-gun narrative. still, i have a hard time thinking that wasn't an affectation borne out of some personal problems i was having, as well as perhaps being influenced by an amateur (yet growing) understanding of the topics. |
01-25-2016 01:26 PM
#20336
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I don't even know how my view on sexism can change. I'm not sexist. I'm not going to be. I recognise that both males and females experience different degrees of prejudism and discrimination. I understand that feminists are idiots. I also understand that men and women have different instinctive motives and different strengths and weaknesses. Men who hate women have a problem. Women who hate men have a problem. Who gives a fuck about people with a problem? I don't. Thus, sexism doesn't matter to me. I can't be giving a fuck about other peoples' bigotry, otherwise I'd be giving a whole lot of fucks. | |
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01-25-2016 01:28 PM
#20337
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I can change my mind if I can be convinced I'm wrong. But if it's just a difference of opinion, and neither are right or wrong, well no, I'm not going to change my way of thinking based on who provides the superior argument. | |
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01-25-2016 01:34 PM
#20338
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how can you tell if something is more likely right or wrong than by quality of argument? |
01-25-2016 01:50 PM
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It depends what you mean by "quality of argument". Is a quality argument one that is based on fact alone and not opinion, or one that is based on opinion that is expressed in a particularly compelling manner? Or one that is based entirely on fact, and expressed in a particularly compelling manner? It also depends on the subject matter. Noone can convince me god exists, for example, no matter how compelling their argument, because it can never be based on fact. I can be convinced I'm wrong about, say, 9/11 conspiracy, if someone could demonstrate clearly that the buildings could fall like that blah fucking blah. But not by someone of high intelligence that just used language better than the next person to get his opinion across. | |
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01-25-2016 01:55 PM
#20340
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argument quality is exclusively about quality of evidence and logic. even what we call opinion can still have that and often does (experts give credible opinion on lots of stuff dealing with their fields). |
01-25-2016 02:09 PM
#20341
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If your opinion is in line with facts, then fair enough. But often in debate, the line between right and wrong is blurry. Such as gun control. Should the people have guns? There's arguments for and against both positions. So if spoon says yeah, sure they should, and JKDS says nah, take them away, who's right? The one who argues the best? There is no right and wrong, just polarity of opinion. | |
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01-25-2016 02:16 PM
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there are tons of facts in the gun debate. they go mostly ignored. im not saying anybody here ignores them, but on a political level, one side has a shitload more facts and sound logic than the other. this doesn't seem the case on a superficial glance since the only narrative the media pushes is the one devoid of facts and sound logic. |
01-25-2016 02:26 PM
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01-25-2016 02:31 PM
#20344
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01-25-2016 02:33 PM
#20345
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01-25-2016 02:36 PM
#20346
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the only manipulation ong is vulnerable to is reverse psychology. |
01-25-2016 02:41 PM
#20347
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01-25-2016 02:42 PM
#20348
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Spoon is now thinking up a way to manipulate me... | |
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01-25-2016 03:17 PM
#20349
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01-25-2016 03:24 PM
#20350
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01-25-2016 03:26 PM
#20351
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01-25-2016 03:30 PM
#20352
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[not trolling] | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 01-25-2016 at 03:38 PM. | |
01-25-2016 10:55 PM
#20353
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01-25-2016 11:02 PM
#20354
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My teachers at school when I was around 8 told me that I had a bright future as an accountant, because I was easily the most gifted at maths in my year. | |
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01-25-2016 11:05 PM
#20355
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01-25-2016 11:08 PM
#20356
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01-26-2016 02:28 AM
#20357
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You don't need to be good at maths to be an accountant. | |
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01-26-2016 02:33 AM
#20358
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I guess we all try to rationalise and justify the decisions we make and the position we're in. Could you imagine how depressing it must be to acknowledge that you made a ton of mistakes, hate where you are and what you do, it's too late to do anything about it and it's all your fault. | |
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01-26-2016 07:10 AM
#20359
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And why would you be with a woman you can't stand? If you had a job you'd be less undesirable and would have improved options with women. | |
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01-26-2016 07:12 AM
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I mean you'd think a desire to get laid would motivate you to do something. I mean, when you're watching porn, which I guess you do a lot, aren't you just desperately jealous that such a huge chunk of the male population is getting to do those things in reality which you just watch on a screen and lust over? | |
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01-26-2016 08:50 AM
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Jealous? No. Of course I miss sex, I'd be lying if I said I didn't. But it's not a strong motivation for me. I'm obviously aware that I'm single because I have no assets, ambition or prospects. But I'm in no hurry to change. | |
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01-26-2016 08:50 AM
#20362
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01-26-2016 08:56 AM
#20363
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One thing I would say ong, I'm jealous of the simplicity of your life. I imagine you have no real stress whatsoever. I on the other hand am probably due a heart attack in the near future. | |
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01-26-2016 09:00 AM
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01-26-2016 09:05 AM
#20365
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You know this is all BS, right? | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 01-26-2016 at 09:07 AM. | |
01-26-2016 09:21 AM
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I just want to say two things about this discussion regarding OngBonga's motivations, sex, etc: | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 01-26-2016 at 09:23 AM. | |
01-26-2016 09:55 AM
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Hey so I'm totally going to wave my dick around here, but if you search Google for casino writer (with no quotes), the only two things that beat me are Nicholas Pileggi (who wrote the classic mob movie Casino), and indeed.com, which is the largest job searching website running today in most industries. | |
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01-26-2016 10:10 AM
#20368
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You do realize google results are not universal, right? | |
01-26-2016 10:20 AM
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01-26-2016 10:28 AM
#20370
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Oh, wow, my bad.. I ctrl+F'd "Jesse" and "Eddleman" and nothing popped up. | |
01-26-2016 11:03 AM
#20371
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They are universal unless you have localized results enabled, or vice versa. The general gist of the ratings stays about the same, especially at the upper end. A lot of this is to make it more difficult for marketers to accurately check rankings for specific keywords so it's harder to figure out how to game the system (SEO, etc.) Also, it's been proven that they randomize the results to a degree from time to time for the same reasons. It's actually an extremely interesting topic that would probably need its own thread because there's just such a ridiculously large amount of shit that goes into it. | |
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01-26-2016 12:11 PM
#20372
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Second result for me. | |
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01-26-2016 01:58 PM
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ITT we learn that CTR from serps is a ranking factor. | |
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01-26-2016 06:07 PM
#20374
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My new screen saver... | |
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01-26-2016 08:40 PM
#20375
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How very 80's of you. | |
01-26-2016 08:52 PM
#20376
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I like having a screensaver when my comp is idle, I don't give a fuck what it is or isn't saving. | |
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01-26-2016 09:23 PM
#20377
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ongie hiding the fact that he's still using one o deez bad bois |
01-26-2016 09:31 PM
#20378
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Remember the days when we used to sit in front of particle accelerators which were pointed right at us? | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 01-26-2016 at 09:35 PM. | |
01-27-2016 09:05 AM
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Actually... | |
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01-27-2016 11:20 AM
#20380
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You probably have a 15,000+ Volt power source in that CRT. Also, a linear particle accelerator. | |
01-27-2016 11:52 AM
#20381
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I have a particle accelerator? Awesome. | |
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01-27-2016 05:28 PM
#20382
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I flat out refuse to believe that ong doesn't have a flatscreen | |
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01-27-2016 05:29 PM
#20383
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I mean I haven't seen a crt monitor actually being used by someone for a good 6-7 years | |
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01-27-2016 06:42 PM
#20384
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one o me besties was using a crt within 5 yrs. he only got a flatty since his gf bought it. if she hadnt done that, he would still be using the crt. dude was elite level gamer on that bullshit too. |
01-27-2016 08:17 PM
#20385
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01-27-2016 09:38 PM
#20386
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I have a flat screen, I just haven't got round to getting the right adapter to fit the port in the back of my shitty comp. So I use this fucking thing. Which is fine, because I have degauss. Who here has degauss? | |
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01-28-2016 08:22 AM
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We don't have degauss because our monitors don't acquire performance damaging defects through normal operation. | |
01-28-2016 09:15 AM
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How interesting. At my old house, I used to have this monitor literally sat on top of a large speaker, so whenever I moved the monitor, I had to degauss to restore the colours. I was obviously aware that it was magnetism causing it, but never looked in depth. I never knew what degauss actually did, but it made a cool electric noise and made the screen wobble. Sadly I haven't actually had to do it for a long time because it's no longer sat on top of a magnet. | |
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01-28-2016 01:35 PM
#20389
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01-29-2016 12:33 AM
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01-30-2016 06:13 AM
#20391
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done my bimonthly catchup on this thread , |
Last edited by Keith; 01-30-2016 at 06:16 AM. | |
01-30-2016 11:10 AM
#20392
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01-30-2016 12:30 PM
#20393
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^^^^love it. |
01-30-2016 07:29 PM
#20394
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well my fat ass is down to 215. been lifting again consistently for maybe two months now. am really close to one-arm 90-degree isometric pull up, so by the time i get to goal weight of 185 at lowest, i should pretty easily have hit my goal of being able to do one-arm pull ups. |
01-30-2016 07:33 PM
#20395
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01-31-2016 09:33 AM
#20396
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01-31-2016 10:14 AM
#20397
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Grats wuf. Keep it up! | |
01-31-2016 11:35 AM
#20398
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Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 01-31-2016 at 03:14 PM.
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02-01-2016 05:31 AM
#20399
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Japan is so fucking cool. | |
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02-01-2016 05:32 AM
#20400
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Meanwhile, in India... | |
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