Maybe, but it's not that far off reality. When I was young, we weren't rich, but we had enough money that my parents bought me a toy or two. Still, the most fun we (me + friends) had was when my mom brought home cardboard boxes from work (she worked retail and could take home the empty delivery boxes, we had a wood stove and they burned well). Those boxes came in all possible sizes, were sturdy (they were made from corrugated cardboard) yet easy to work with.
In a nutshell, our favorite toys were Stanley knives and gaffer tape. And we could be as deliberately destructive with our toys as we wanted without any parents yelling at us for destroying them. They were heating fuel anyway.
Did someone names Jesus exist in or around Jerusalem around 0-30AD? Is that a trick question? Jesus (or Yeshua) was not really an uncommon name, it's like asking if there's a Michael in New York.
Define a "kind" of animal and I'll show you why the whole Arc story is bullshit. Because however you define it, it blows the whole story out of water. Pun intended.
Not to mention that the whole "infallible god" stuff is going out the window no later than Genesis 6:6.
And between all that we have talking donkeys, talking snakes, people dying and coming back to life and people living for hundreds of years.
You're SERIOUSLY asking why this is considered a fantasy story? Fuck, Harry Potter has less magic and a more convincing plot.
People should read only the Bible (Jewish Old Testament and Christian New Testament) - the Quran is worthless and evil.
And the bible isn't? Dude, if they made a series about the bible, most episodes would be PG13, a lot more M and a few couldn't get shown on TV altogether. Murder, pillage and rape, and all in the name of the god...
I agree. I read the bible. Numerous times. And there has rarely been a tool more suited to making a thinking man an athest.
The bible is a lot like Mein Kampf: Many people had it, and if more had read it, a lot of atrocities could have been avoided because they would've seen just WHAT kind of bullshit they are supposed to follow.
Our brains still work for groups of 5 to 10 individuals. Not more. You will NEVER have any kind of strong "feelings" for anyone outside that 5 to 10 people group. Whether it's work or your private life, yes, you might work for a large corporation with thousands of people, but the only ones you really care about are the maybe 5 or 10 people in your immediate organization group.
That is, by the way, the very reason these groups are organized that way. Because that's the size of groups that we can handle instinctively.
You mean someone would pay to watch me hack a server?
You know why "hacking" in movies is unrealistic? Because the reality is FUCKING BORING to watch. Even if you know what the person is doing, it's by no means a spectator sport. Twice so if you have no idea what's going on.
"The study found that while the participants watched 4.6% more TV overall when they had the free on-demand service, they did not stop using BitTorrent to pirate movies and TV shows that were not included in the offering."
(emphasis mine)
You're REALLY surprised that people kept downloading the stuff they couldn't get from your package? How on earth is this in any way a miracle? Or a proof that people would still "pirate" if they could stream it for free?
Here's the problem, let me put it in bold so you actually might get it: You did not offer what people wanted.
If you stream I Love Lucy for free, it will not convince anyone wanting Game of Thrones to stop downloading it.
I honestly wonder whether you're so stupid or whether you hope lawmakers are stupid enough to believe you.
I get paid by the hour, 1.5 rate after 20:00, 2x rate on weekends, with no more than 10 hours per day allowed. Extra hours have to be paid, and while I have to get them signed off to be allowed to do them (within the limits of 10 hours a day), given the workload we normally have it's usually met with "could you do more?" instead of refusal.
Mmm... I've been to the US, I've been to China, and while on average there's more places in the US than in China that I'd like to be in, there ARE places in China I would prefer over some of the areas I had to stay in in the US.
The Chinese quickly learned how to build luxury apartments and hotels!
Actually, at the high-end meetings I have been to in China, there is a nice young lady whose job it seem to be to grin at you and keep the pot with the tea leaves filled and hot.
You should go to better high-level meetings, tea bags are actually pretty much an insult to anyone who likes tea.
I for one enjoy a nice evening in my favorite bar. That can easily run the vicinity of 100 bucks for the evening. Could I save that? Sure, I don't really need to go out for cocktails and cigars. I could actually do the same at home, with equally exquisite spirits and tobacco for much less.
Since I go there every other week or so, that's about 2500 a year. Give or take. Then again, why should I not do it? Because of the money? So what would I do instead with the money? Invest it? Ok, for what? To have more money? Ok, for what?
You see, money is a tool to get what I want. And, lo and behold, it already does that. It buys me cocktails and cigars.
What he's essentially telling you is to forgo whatever you actually want to do and "invest" instead. Because if we really lack something right now, it's money on the investment side. Jeesh.
Talk for yourself. How many here are working in jobs where they can easily pile on more hours because there's perpetual crunch and ever project is late?
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Your sig line is oddly ironic in this context.
Hmm... eternal life... let's see, what do I have to do to get it...
Ok, no screwing around, no lying, no stealing, no pillaging (all of them unless god says so)...
why the fuck would I want eternal life, then?
Maybe, but it's not that far off reality. When I was young, we weren't rich, but we had enough money that my parents bought me a toy or two. Still, the most fun we (me + friends) had was when my mom brought home cardboard boxes from work (she worked retail and could take home the empty delivery boxes, we had a wood stove and they burned well). Those boxes came in all possible sizes, were sturdy (they were made from corrugated cardboard) yet easy to work with.
In a nutshell, our favorite toys were Stanley knives and gaffer tape. And we could be as deliberately destructive with our toys as we wanted without any parents yelling at us for destroying them. They were heating fuel anyway.
Did someone names Jesus exist in or around Jerusalem around 0-30AD? Is that a trick question? Jesus (or Yeshua) was not really an uncommon name, it's like asking if there's a Michael in New York.
Or a Jesus in Tijuana...
So ... god's a socialist government? Providing for his subjects while taxing those that produce?
That was really bad in the 90s but they are slowly recovering.
Poe's Law is in full effect. And for a change, even in its original meaning.
Define a "kind" of animal and I'll show you why the whole Arc story is bullshit. Because however you define it, it blows the whole story out of water. Pun intended.
Not to mention that the whole "infallible god" stuff is going out the window no later than Genesis 6:6.
And between all that we have talking donkeys, talking snakes, people dying and coming back to life and people living for hundreds of years.
You're SERIOUSLY asking why this is considered a fantasy story? Fuck, Harry Potter has less magic and a more convincing plot.
People should read only the Bible (Jewish Old Testament and Christian New Testament) - the Quran is worthless and evil.
And the bible isn't? Dude, if they made a series about the bible, most episodes would be PG13, a lot more M and a few couldn't get shown on TV altogether. Murder, pillage and rape, and all in the name of the god...
And that god's supposed to be the GOOD guy!
You know that an internet trend is over when my dad finds out about it.
He found Facebook last week.
I agree. I read the bible. Numerous times. And there has rarely been a tool more suited to making a thinking man an athest.
The bible is a lot like Mein Kampf: Many people had it, and if more had read it, a lot of atrocities could have been avoided because they would've seen just WHAT kind of bullshit they are supposed to follow.
Our brains still work for groups of 5 to 10 individuals. Not more. You will NEVER have any kind of strong "feelings" for anyone outside that 5 to 10 people group. Whether it's work or your private life, yes, you might work for a large corporation with thousands of people, but the only ones you really care about are the maybe 5 or 10 people in your immediate organization group.
That is, by the way, the very reason these groups are organized that way. Because that's the size of groups that we can handle instinctively.
That's called tutorials. That's more like watching a National Geographic special about some rare bird species than watching a football match.
You mean someone would pay to watch me hack a server?
You know why "hacking" in movies is unrealistic? Because the reality is FUCKING BORING to watch. Even if you know what the person is doing, it's by no means a spectator sport. Twice so if you have no idea what's going on.
Allow me to quote from TFS:
"The study found that while the participants watched 4.6% more TV overall when they had the free on-demand service, they did not stop using BitTorrent to pirate movies and TV shows that were not included in the offering."
(emphasis mine)
You're REALLY surprised that people kept downloading the stuff they couldn't get from your package? How on earth is this in any way a miracle? Or a proof that people would still "pirate" if they could stream it for free?
Here's the problem, let me put it in bold so you actually might get it: You did not offer what people wanted.
If you stream I Love Lucy for free, it will not convince anyone wanting Game of Thrones to stop downloading it.
I honestly wonder whether you're so stupid or whether you hope lawmakers are stupid enough to believe you.
I get paid by the hour, 1.5 rate after 20:00, 2x rate on weekends, with no more than 10 hours per day allowed. Extra hours have to be paid, and while I have to get them signed off to be allowed to do them (within the limits of 10 hours a day), given the workload we normally have it's usually met with "could you do more?" instead of refusal.
Welcome to the work laws of socialist Europe.
Mmm... I've been to the US, I've been to China, and while on average there's more places in the US than in China that I'd like to be in, there ARE places in China I would prefer over some of the areas I had to stay in in the US.
The Chinese quickly learned how to build luxury apartments and hotels!
Actually, at the high-end meetings I have been to in China, there is a nice young lady whose job it seem to be to grin at you and keep the pot with the tea leaves filled and hot.
You should go to better high-level meetings, tea bags are actually pretty much an insult to anyone who likes tea.
OK, now I get it.
Guess I really don't understand humans. Why would someone spend money he doesn't have on something he doesn't want?
And that they use a Dutch auction to trade them would have made it perfect.
They could have called them tulips instead of kittens, that would have been the story of the year.
I for one enjoy a nice evening in my favorite bar. That can easily run the vicinity of 100 bucks for the evening. Could I save that? Sure, I don't really need to go out for cocktails and cigars. I could actually do the same at home, with equally exquisite spirits and tobacco for much less.
Since I go there every other week or so, that's about 2500 a year. Give or take. Then again, why should I not do it? Because of the money? So what would I do instead with the money? Invest it? Ok, for what? To have more money? Ok, for what?
You see, money is a tool to get what I want. And, lo and behold, it already does that. It buys me cocktails and cigars.
What he's essentially telling you is to forgo whatever you actually want to do and "invest" instead. Because if we really lack something right now, it's money on the investment side. Jeesh.
Talk for yourself. How many here are working in jobs where they can easily pile on more hours because there's perpetual crunch and ever project is late?
That's basically the idea behind the Chinese economy boom. Produce the crap for the West but don't buy the shit yourself.
So... you'd pay for a place to go and wait for someone while using the WiFi?
I think I just had an idea for a business.