Can't wait to call into Amazon customer service and get Ong.
04-06-2022 10:27 AM
#30226
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Can't wait to call into Amazon customer service and get Ong. | |
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04-07-2022 12:11 PM
#30227
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Apparently their main employer link is Direct Line, they're insurers, but I'm really not interested in taking phone calls and selling insurance. But they do say they have lots of opportunities for those who complete the course, so hopefully there will be something more appealing for me. | |
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04-08-2022 04:51 PM
#30228
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congrats Ong | |
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04-08-2022 05:26 PM
#30229
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There's a difference between justifying a violent act an empathising with a violent act. I'm empathising, not justifying. What he did is not ok. But my experience shows that even I, a non-violent person, understand there's a fine line between restraint and a fight. And as much as we might try our hardest not to be, we're all just animals, with primal instincts. Not everyone can control them equally. It's not about the world I want to live in, it's the world I do live in. You're an optimist and I'm a realist. | |
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04-09-2022 04:02 AM
#30230
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I don't get what there is to disagree or even discuss about the slapgate. They both acted poorly, Smith more so. End of story. | |
04-11-2022 12:25 AM
#30231
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PokerStars, MicrostakesHold'em No Limit - 10/20 (3 ante) - 6 players | |
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04-11-2022 05:12 AM
#30232
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lol "jizzy" | |
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04-11-2022 05:21 AM
#30233
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAssho...to_dairy_milk/ | |
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04-11-2022 05:44 AM
#30234
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That's a fucking great title, made me laugh out loud. I haven't even started reading it. | |
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04-11-2022 05:54 AM
#30235
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Not the asshole. | |
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04-11-2022 09:29 AM
#30236
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Sharing milk is not a big deal she says. | |
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04-11-2022 10:03 AM
#30237
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My favourite part is where she treatens to call the cops on her roommate because the milk she stole made her shit her pants. I'd love to see that go to court. | |
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04-11-2022 11:01 AM
#30238
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04-12-2022 05:26 AM
#30239
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Freezeout huh? | |
Last edited by OngBonga; 04-12-2022 at 05:28 AM. | |
04-13-2022 12:12 AM
#30240
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Ok, I think we see it in a very similar way. I'm not sure I'm an optimist-- ofc I get that we're all imperfect humans, but establishing and holding ourselves to ideals is how we best mitigate the worst parts of our humanness. | |
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04-13-2022 12:18 AM
#30241
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04-13-2022 05:01 AM
#30242
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04-13-2022 06:38 AM
#30243
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Reductio stream-of-consciousnessmo. | |
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04-13-2022 08:06 AM
#30244
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How is Japan "a particularly civilised Western country"? Like the same Japan that has tentacle pedo porn, used underwear vending machines and cheese-flavored Kitkats? What they don't have is law prohibiting racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Corporal punishment of children was legal until 2020. Probably no need to mention their work culture or suicide rates. Honor codes still being relevant is IMO another strong argument against their civility. That Japan? | |
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04-13-2022 08:24 AM
#30245
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04-13-2022 09:00 AM
#30246
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04-13-2022 09:06 AM
#30247
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As for Japanese culture, take a look at their crime statistics. Sure they have some weird cultural fetishes, but wanking into used underwear isn't something I would call "immoral", so quite why anyone would use it as an example of their society not being civilised is strange to me. Seems a bit judgemental, frankly. And did a Finn really just point to their suicide rates? | |
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04-13-2022 11:05 AM
#30248
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But your example is worse because the initial act is one of violence, and mine wasn't. An act of violence in response to violence is different than an act of violence in response to something non-violent. That's the whole point. | |
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04-13-2022 11:18 AM
#30249
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Et tu, la banane? | |
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04-13-2022 11:19 AM
#30250
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I've heard of the "fighting words" doctrine, but I had to google it to see what it actually is, and it turns out it's basically archaic non-law by this point. | |
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04-13-2022 11:36 AM
#30251
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04-13-2022 11:38 AM
#30252
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04-13-2022 12:08 PM
#30253
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04-13-2022 12:12 PM
#30254
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My only note is it is interesting to speculate what the public response would have been if the genders and/or races of the slapper and slappee were different. | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 04-13-2022 at 12:14 PM.
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04-13-2022 12:13 PM
#30255
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04-13-2022 12:17 PM
#30256
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04-13-2022 12:20 PM
#30257
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You mean you need fewer police to police a small country? Ok, sure. Whatever. | |
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04-13-2022 12:23 PM
#30258
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04-13-2022 12:26 PM
#30259
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I'm not excusing the attacker; he still should have controlled himself. I'm saying the person doing the insulting deserves less sympathy. | |
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04-13-2022 12:29 PM
#30260
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Fine, they can be good little citizens sometimes. Cleaning up a stadium is pretty small beer though. | |
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04-13-2022 12:29 PM
#30261
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04-13-2022 12:31 PM
#30262
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04-13-2022 12:38 PM
#30263
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Ever hear of recessive genes? They're more likely to co-occur in the offspring of related couples, and a lot of them are pretty bad to have a pair of. Cystic fibrosis for one. | |
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04-13-2022 12:38 PM
#30264
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04-13-2022 12:40 PM
#30265
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Fun fact - over 10% of marriages in the entire world are between first or second cousins. | |
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04-13-2022 12:45 PM
#30266
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On the Wikipedia page for cousin marriage, the word "Japan" is mentioned twice, the first a link relating to historical arranged marriage, and the second is a point about how it's legal but not common in modern times. That's it. | |
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04-13-2022 12:45 PM
#30267
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04-13-2022 12:47 PM
#30268
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04-13-2022 12:49 PM
#30269
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04-13-2022 01:05 PM
#30270
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Well that was a long time ago, but even so, I'm not going to pin the blame for this on the Japanese people. Having asshole leaders a century ago is not so much a cultural problem. | |
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04-13-2022 01:19 PM
#30271
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04-13-2022 01:23 PM
#30272
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Yeah it surprised me too, I assumed first cousin marriage was illegal here in the UK. Turns out it's not. | |
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04-13-2022 02:24 PM
#30273
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04-13-2022 03:19 PM
#30274
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Ehh... I'm pretty sure inbreeding is basically a non-issue unless it goes on for many generations. | |
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04-13-2022 04:32 PM
#30275
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04-14-2022 06:02 AM
#30276
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Last edited by Poopadoop; 04-14-2022 at 06:07 AM.
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04-14-2022 06:08 AM
#30277
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I read that on wiki yesterday as I was glancing through this topic, but I also read elsewhere on wiki that there are prominent people in the field of biology who feel the risks are exaggerated by people motivated by a sense of morality. I don't think it's as clear cut as we presume. | |
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04-14-2022 06:15 AM
#30278
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But yeah, over generations, famously the greatest experiment in inbreeding took place in the European royal families. Definitely some mutants were spawned out of that bit of real-life Japanese porn. | |
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04-14-2022 06:16 AM
#30279
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lol using bad art as an example of mutants. | |
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04-14-2022 06:21 AM
#30280
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It depends a fair bit on how different the four grandparents are. If they all come from different parts of the world, like mine did, then a first cousin marriage is probably not a big deal. I don't even look I'm related to most of my cousins. | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 04-14-2022 at 06:45 AM.
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04-14-2022 06:23 AM
#30281
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04-14-2022 06:31 AM
#30282
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If anyone were thinking of boinking their cousin though, I'll just leave you with this scientifically accurate rendition of your first child: | |
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04-14-2022 07:35 AM
#30283
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Eh, all my cousins are ugly | |
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04-14-2022 10:57 AM
#30284
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I can't tell you how much I miss Luco's high quality content. | |
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04-14-2022 11:01 AM
#30285
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Ok, I'm actually proud of this one | |
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04-14-2022 11:02 AM
#30286
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04-14-2022 11:30 AM
#30287
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04-14-2022 11:58 AM
#30288
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He might well have been inbred as fuck, my point is that centuries old artwork is not particularly good evidence of this. | |
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04-14-2022 12:01 PM
#30289
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04-14-2022 12:02 PM
#30290
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Evidence Mary and Joseph were cousins. | |
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04-14-2022 02:20 PM
#30291
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Fun fact... Billy Redden was the banjo kid in Deliverance, and he couldn't even play the banjo (at the time). | |
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04-14-2022 04:34 PM
#30292
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Ong flailing around as usual. I say "these guys were inbred" which is pretty common knowledge to anyone who's read a book. He comes back with an argument about artwork. lol | |
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04-14-2022 05:01 PM
#30293
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Poop read it in a book. Ok you win. | |
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04-14-2022 06:06 PM
#30294
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04-14-2022 06:25 PM
#30295
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I mean... ong's argument was fine, and poopy's was poopy. | |
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04-14-2022 09:44 PM
#30296
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The part where I made it. | |
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04-15-2022 05:20 AM
#30297
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04-15-2022 10:28 AM
#30298
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So by that rationale, Jay Leno is inbred..? | |
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04-15-2022 12:39 PM
#30299
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You guys really crack me up. Of course a painting isn't evidence. The painting is just to give you an idea how freakish they looked. There's plenty of other evidence, like the fact the guy couldn't even chew his own food because of his mutant jaw. | |
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04-15-2022 12:44 PM
#30300
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Watch to the end. | |
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