I just want to say that one more time:
Wake up sheeple.
10-06-2015 11:56 AM
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I just want to say that one more time: | |
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10-06-2015 02:34 PM
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Im an almost lawyer, struggling to find a job. In 3 days, I find out if I have to pay $1000 to re-take the bar exam or not. The exam I took apparently has the lowest pass rate since 1988. | |
10-06-2015 02:38 PM
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This is an issue with protected classes and such. Race is, so anything that discriminates based on race needs both a compelling governmental interest, and the discrimination needs to be necessary for that interest. But intelligence isnt protected (not even low intelligence), so such a policy can exist so long as it is rationally related to a legit state interest. | |
10-06-2015 03:34 PM
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Suspect class designation is like the court saying its measurements have so much uncertainty that they must rely on assumptions and these assumptions include the assumption of guilt before proven innocence. |
10-06-2015 03:48 PM
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That does change some things. I don't have an opinion on it, just want to point out that my comment is directed at people who themselves get offended. Being offended and using back channels to dispense justice is all one needs to know that he/she is in the wrong. It leaves ideas untested and thus perpetuates bad ideas. |
10-06-2015 05:08 PM
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I get what you're trying to say, but I just can't agree with it. Here's what I think's going on: |
10-06-2015 05:50 PM
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10-06-2015 05:54 PM
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Nice! http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...whitemen-tweet | |
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10-06-2015 08:28 PM
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That's an empty looking face right there. Hard to imagine there's much going on behind those eyes. | |
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10-06-2015 08:59 PM
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So, it certainly is possible that you have a better grasp on the reality of the opposing sides, but I'm highly skeptical. There's a wuleftwugy (you several years ago possibly?) who would claim that the vast majority of 2nd amendment supporters are gun nuts who think the solution to school shootings is arming every kindergarten teacher with at minimum a drum fed AR15 and a side arm with an extended clip. | |
10-06-2015 09:05 PM
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10-06-2015 09:22 PM
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Here's the thing, both Group 1 and Group 2 claim they have landed on Point J. It's interesting that the group that more or less correlates with your ideology is given to actually have landed on Point J in your allegory. | |
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10-06-2015 10:11 PM
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I skimmed some Tolkien a few years ago. That's enough for me to have formed an unshakeable opinion on this matter. It is truth that he hates you, the 2nd amendment, and everything you stand for. | |
10-06-2015 10:16 PM
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Attack my argument, not my character. |
10-06-2015 10:34 PM
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The ability to learn and overturn your wrong convictions is a badge of honor. |
10-06-2015 11:28 PM
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I think you're seeing monsters where there are only shadows; I did not attack your character. | |
10-07-2015 12:07 AM
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Implicitly. Explicitly you attacked how I characterized my argument instead of the argument itself. |
Last edited by wufwugy; 10-07-2015 at 12:12 AM. | |
10-07-2015 12:39 AM
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Yeah, that was a silly question, seeing as it's a disparaging term, I guess no one sees themselves as an ideologue. | |
10-07-2015 07:34 AM
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Nah, I was just throwing it out there because I thought you guys would think it was interesting. It was related to this you said: | |
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10-07-2015 10:51 AM
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Doubling back to the gun rights debate, I want to point out a couple of things that might affect how people argue those points. | |
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10-07-2015 12:14 PM
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just want to post the full Tolkien quote on allegory here because it's badass: | |
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10-07-2015 12:39 PM
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10-07-2015 04:59 PM
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I thought Frodo was Jesus tho. Actually, I don't remember. But I feel like there was some serious Christian allegory going on | |
10-07-2015 05:03 PM
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I hated all of his work. | |
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10-07-2015 05:06 PM
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i'm actually not a big Tolkien person and never read LoTR in full, but I knew the quote, and I like it on its own. However, yes, I've heard that Christianity is a big part of LoTR lore. If we're to take his quote at face value you could make the argument that he was aware of this influence but didn't specifically write any element of the story to be rigidly correlated with the bible.. that being the difference between applicability and authorial domination. | |
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10-07-2015 07:37 PM
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I read about three pages of LotR. What a load of shite. | |
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10-07-2015 07:54 PM
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Serious question: | |
10-07-2015 07:56 PM
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I mean, I read the first 3 chapters of the Fellowship. After 50 pages of Bilbo describing his lame ass birthday party in excruciating detail, I threw it away. | |
10-07-2015 08:17 PM
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As I understand it: the whole fantasy world of ogres, trolls, elves, dwarves, etc. was really nothing but random folk tales until Tolkien wrote those books. He is credited with creating that genre of fantasy fiction, AFAIK. | |
10-07-2015 10:31 PM
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10-07-2015 11:58 PM
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Ah, right, yeah, I think I was caught off guard and thought it was a direct response and possibly a rebuttal of my post, but it didn't make sense as that. | |
10-08-2015 12:01 AM
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10-08-2015 08:06 AM
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If anyone wants to dip their toes into the water of professional wrestling, you should do so in WWE's NXT product right now. They've eliminated a lot of what's wrong with professional wrestling today (compared to three decades ago). | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 10-08-2015 at 08:15 AM. | |
10-08-2015 01:00 PM
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Tolkien is like the literary equivalent to Wagner. Awesome substance packed between lots and lots of lard. | |
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10-08-2015 01:34 PM
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@aubrey: I recommend you check out the video game "The Beginner's Guide." | |
10-08-2015 02:11 PM
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I was reading your post about it in the game thread last night. I'm sufficiently intrigued, I'll check it out. thanks! | |
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10-08-2015 03:47 PM
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Yeah, I've read LotR and the hobbit more than once each | |
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10-08-2015 04:20 PM
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10-08-2015 07:58 PM
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If that was the case, I would say that my beliefs are based in sufficient evidence and others' beliefs aren't and that's what makes me more probably right than them. However, the actual case is that the robustness of some of my beliefs emerge from knowing I could never have sufficient evidence for them, and the oftentimes mendacity of peoples' beliefs arises from the assumption that sufficiency of evidence has been achieved. |
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10-08-2015 09:26 PM
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Great article |
10-08-2015 11:46 PM
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Nice. | |
10-09-2015 12:00 AM
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oh i see what you were getting at. you were talking a results orientation view. |
10-09-2015 07:08 AM
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I drop unexpectedly like bird shit. | |
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10-09-2015 08:30 PM
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I passed the bar exam! | |
10-09-2015 08:41 PM
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10-09-2015 10:37 PM
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Congrats. | |
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10-09-2015 11:54 PM
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Which type of lawyer are you going to be? | |
10-10-2015 04:00 AM
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Nah, you forgot one. | |
10-10-2015 07:32 AM
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Step 1: A Lawyer. Step 2: A Judge. Step 3: The Law. | |
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10-10-2015 02:24 PM
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Speaking of the most protected group of people on the planet (Islamic terrorists) |
10-10-2015 02:25 PM
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Congrats JKDS on passing the bar. Care if I ask how many hours of study specifically for the exam it took? |
10-10-2015 02:57 PM
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10-10-2015 03:34 PM
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Thanks for all the congrats guys. TBH, I thought I failed. The day before the exam I was a complete wreck, got very little sleep for both test days, and was completely surprised at how hard the questions were. Everyone I talked to after the exam felt similarly too. Finding out that the last obstacle to me practicing law is out of the way, and that its out of the way for my friends too is an incredible relief. | |
10-10-2015 04:54 PM
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Walk tall, man. I know the legal department at my company all rake in 100k+ starting and they each take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Hop into the world of big engineering contract disputes and make that sweet cash. Our former CEO was from Legal. | |
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10-10-2015 05:01 PM
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well done. pretty sure the 300s is low for passed bar study hours. |
10-10-2015 05:13 PM
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http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=6116 | |
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10-11-2015 01:44 AM
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That's crazy. With all the studies relating to brain damage and it's effect on intelligence, this is absolutely shocking. | |
10-11-2015 07:04 AM
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He touches on this, but it's the best deep-cover point to be made. | |
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10-11-2015 11:11 AM
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10-11-2015 05:26 PM
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10-12-2015 11:13 AM
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I did some internet on this, and it seems that the cited article is disputed and John Lorber, the author, has never published this particular case to a peer reviewed journal. There's no name of the patient and wikipedia says he might have misinterpreted the cat scans. Other sources on patients with hydrophallus and severely reduced brain mass comment on how incredible it is that the patient is able to respond to stimuli. Surprisingly responsive vegtables, if you will. | |
Last edited by oskar; 10-12-2015 at 02:45 PM.
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10-12-2015 02:17 PM
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10-12-2015 02:40 PM
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I would like to claim that I misspelled hydrocephalic for comic effect, and not because dumb. | |
Last edited by oskar; 10-12-2015 at 02:50 PM.
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10-12-2015 03:17 PM
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Damn. I take it back. | |
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10-12-2015 05:49 PM
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10-12-2015 06:13 PM
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why the fuck am I rewatching episodes of sex and the city. can someone please come here and put me out of my misery? | |
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10-12-2015 06:39 PM
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10-13-2015 12:46 PM
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10-13-2015 02:35 PM
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10-13-2015 03:24 PM
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touching. | |
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10-13-2015 09:21 PM
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10-13-2015 09:47 PM
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10-13-2015 10:27 PM
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10-13-2015 11:19 PM
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i just realized that fresh prince had a butler. i mean, i always knew he was a butler, but id never thought about it. how does a butler happen in the 90s? |
10-13-2015 11:55 PM
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