Yes, you're actually right. God does not exist. Goddess exists. Eris exists. I have personally spoken to her on many occasions, and she as been so kind as to lecture to me on the wrongs of my Kingdom Hearts hating ways, and she has also been nice enough to play a game of Pump It Up! with me at the arcade. And man, can the Goddess move.
God isn't dead -- he never existed.
All Hail Eris!
This message brought to you by Brother Neutron Bomb of the Shortened Path of the Discordian Sub-Committe of the Committe for Obfuscation of the Unitarian Jihad.
No, if the victim died of a gunshot wound, posession of a gun on part of the defendant would not show intent. It would show means.
There are three things to remember:
Means
Motive
Opportunity
Owning a gun is means. Intent means crap. If I shoot a gun at someone with the intent of blowing off their kneecap, and later they die, I am guilt of Premeditated Murder, not of Assault with a Deadly Weapon. It doesn't matter that I didn't intend to kill him.
IANALBMDIAO (I Am Not A Lawyer, But My Dad Is Almost One)
Loanwords. Also, the history of English is a history of bastardisation from conquerors. And then don't forget the large period where the King's english was French.
I should expect that kind of talk coming from a young, low uid person like yourself. You kids don't know how good you have it these days. Fancy computer graphics and a machine to keep track of details for you, letting you have your 'action' in 'real time.'
Back in my day, we had cardboard cutouts, if we were lucky! Most of us used hand made lead figures that we had to paint by hand! And it could take hours just to do one massive battle because we had to do everything ourselves!
In the snow! In our parent's basements!
Pssh. You young people these days.
I don't want your opinion until your UID is in the lower 50% of the population.
PSssh. Kids. Think they know everything.
In my day, we were lucky if we knew nothing! You were lucky just to not be a negative container of knowledge, sucking it out of other people until everyone knew nothing. Pssh. Kids.
Sorry to disappoint you, but about sixty percent of the English language comes directly from latin. That's why someone who can speak latin can very easily grasp english word meanings.
Yes, but there's something you're forgetting. Ignoring Voyager and Enterprise, those commonplace grains are bits of diamond, and those rare gems are just quartz.
While not created by Cleese, this is by far one of the funniest, wittiest, and sadly most fitting things I have read in a long time.
The parts about having too many lawyers and therapists and not being adult enough to solve one's problems without resorting to violence is particularly spot-on. In this once great country of America, we really do seem to have a big problem, and I can bring it down to two points.
Problems:
No one wants to take responsibility for their actions.
As a nation, we are a bully.
Let me clarify and expand upon both of these points. Firstly, the idea that no one desires to take responsibility for their own actions. We go a great deal out of our way to excuse all sorts of behaviour that is not acceptable in society. Such things as not minding one's own god damn business, and by that I mean, "Stay out of my life when I'm not killing or raping anyone," and another such thing as no one is responsible for anything anyone.
I'm sorry, little Timmy, but the video game didn't make you kill Billy. You're fourteen. You got the gun out of the locked safe yourself, loaded it, went to Billy's house, aimed at him, and pulled the trigger. Five times. Yes, you're dead.
The second point, that as a nation we are a bully, can easily be illuminated by the nation of Iran. Let me see here. I might be getting the years wrong, so I'll use terms of 'time ago.' Such as '50 years ago,' et cetera. Actually, no. That's not even neccessary.
Iran: Had a democratically elected government. Said government would not tow America's line. Deemed 'bad for our interests.' Said democratically elected government was overthrown by our own government, and set up a dictator in its place. The Shah. The Shah was then overthrown, and an Islamic Extremist came into power. Now they hate us and we (some of us) wonder why.
As people (most of us, anyway,) and as a nation, we need to do two things: Accept responsibility for our actions, and stop interfering in other's lives.
Now, I think I'll just sit back with some nice Earl Grey and a Hot Dog (It's still Friday! Hail Eris!), and wait for the Department of Vaterland Uber Alles to come by and pick me up for speaking against the Fuhrer.
Or for my geek card to be revoked for purposefully invoking Godwin's law.
Last time I checked, in English, aye dee aye oh tee is the correct spelling for the word 'idiot.' Now, why he's using a possessive pronoun where he clearly needs a form of the verb to be, why, that's anyone's guess.
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I could say the same for you, for you are not me, and therefore how do you know if I am or am not a Discordian?
In the words of a wise man, "There are no real Discordians anywhere."
Or maybe it was, "A real Discordian would fucking anybody!"
You say insecure like it's a bad thing. I happen to have it on good authority that insecure is about to be the next big cool buzzword.
Bobby: Hey, it says here on this review that this software is really insecure.
James: So, we don't wanna go with that right?
Tim: Are you kidding? They're INsecure. That's gotta be like, what, THOUSANDS of times better than just 'secure.'
Bobby: Clerk? We'll take ten thousand units.
Oh, that's okay. You won't have to worry about that.
With a /. UID that low, your hand's gonna start flashing red any second now.
Is that some sort of crack about my UID?
'cause now they're gonna be coming out of the woodwork, whipper-snapper.
Yes, but the revolution will not be televised:
Nothing is true. Everything is permissible.
You remind me of someone I know.
Are you a Discordian, by the by?
I beg your pardon?
Yes, you're actually right. God does not exist. Goddess exists. Eris exists. I have personally spoken to her on many occasions, and she as been so kind as to lecture to me on the wrongs of my Kingdom Hearts hating ways, and she has also been nice enough to play a game of Pump It Up! with me at the arcade. And man, can the Goddess move.
God isn't dead -- he never existed.
All Hail Eris!
This message brought to you by Brother Neutron Bomb of the Shortened Path of the Discordian Sub-Committe of the Committe for Obfuscation of the Unitarian Jihad.
The Computer is a General Purpose device. The Human Brain is Not.
I think your calculations need to be revised.
My Goddess, if you were female, I think I'd have to say, "You really are the perfect woman."
No, if the victim died of a gunshot wound, posession of a gun on part of the defendant would not show intent. It would show means.
There are three things to remember:
Owning a gun is means. Intent means crap. If I shoot a gun at someone with the intent of blowing off their kneecap, and later they die, I am guilt of Premeditated Murder, not of Assault with a Deadly Weapon. It doesn't matter that I didn't intend to kill him.
IANALBMDIAO (I Am Not A Lawyer, But My Dad Is Almost One)
Loanwords. Also, the history of English is a history of bastardisation from conquerors. And then don't forget the large period where the King's english was French.
I should expect that kind of talk coming from a young, low uid person like yourself. You kids don't know how good you have it these days. Fancy computer graphics and a machine to keep track of details for you, letting you have your 'action' in 'real time.' Back in my day, we had cardboard cutouts, if we were lucky! Most of us used hand made lead figures that we had to paint by hand! And it could take hours just to do one massive battle because we had to do everything ourselves! In the snow! In our parent's basements! Pssh. You young people these days. I don't want your opinion until your UID is in the lower 50% of the population. PSssh. Kids. Think they know everything. In my day, we were lucky if we knew nothing! You were lucky just to not be a negative container of knowledge, sucking it out of other people until everyone knew nothing. Pssh. Kids.
Sorry to disappoint you, but about sixty percent of the English language comes directly from latin. That's why someone who can speak latin can very easily grasp english word meanings.
That would take about five human brains. How about a 1 Petabyte brain drive... and you can be the first donor?
Yes, but there's something you're forgetting. Ignoring Voyager and Enterprise, those commonplace grains are bits of diamond, and those rare gems are just quartz.
I am lead to believe your name is Alice and you live in Germany.
Feh. That thing? Utada Hikaru, please.
While not created by Cleese, this is by far one of the funniest, wittiest, and sadly most fitting things I have read in a long time.
The parts about having too many lawyers and therapists and not being adult enough to solve one's problems without resorting to violence is particularly spot-on. In this once great country of America, we really do seem to have a big problem, and I can bring it down to two points.
Let me clarify and expand upon both of these points. Firstly, the idea that no one desires to take responsibility for their own actions. We go a great deal out of our way to excuse all sorts of behaviour that is not acceptable in society. Such things as not minding one's own god damn business, and by that I mean, "Stay out of my life when I'm not killing or raping anyone," and another such thing as no one is responsible for anything anyone.
I'm sorry, little Timmy, but the video game didn't make you kill Billy. You're fourteen. You got the gun out of the locked safe yourself, loaded it, went to Billy's house, aimed at him, and pulled the trigger. Five times. Yes, you're dead.
The second point, that as a nation we are a bully, can easily be illuminated by the nation of Iran. Let me see here. I might be getting the years wrong, so I'll use terms of 'time ago.' Such as '50 years ago,' et cetera. Actually, no. That's not even neccessary.
Iran: Had a democratically elected government. Said government would not tow America's line. Deemed 'bad for our interests.' Said democratically elected government was overthrown by our own government, and set up a dictator in its place. The Shah. The Shah was then overthrown, and an Islamic Extremist came into power. Now they hate us and we (some of us) wonder why.
As people (most of us, anyway,) and as a nation, we need to do two things: Accept responsibility for our actions, and stop interfering in other's lives.
Now, I think I'll just sit back with some nice Earl Grey and a Hot Dog (It's still Friday! Hail Eris!), and wait for the Department of Vaterland Uber Alles to come by and pick me up for speaking against the Fuhrer.
Or for my geek card to be revoked for purposefully invoking Godwin's law.
As someone who played the game, I'd like to point out it's Final Fantasy XI -- That's 11, for the latin challenged.
The parent being modded informative is an example of irony.
Ye cannot change the script once ye've said it!
Last time I checked, in English, aye dee aye oh tee is the correct spelling for the word 'idiot.' Now, why he's using a possessive pronoun where he clearly needs a form of the verb to be, why, that's anyone's guess.
Why is that post funny?! It should be informative!
This post should be funny!
Ai! Ai! Cthulhu Fhtagn!