If it means they don't have to stop driving around in their SUVs and not change their way of life, people are quite ready to believe anything you throw at them.
The main focus is still the money, not the role play. It's not two people who get a kick out of the situation of pretending to pay for sex, if anything, it's one person getting a kick out of it and one person doing it mainly 'cause they get paid for it.
Awareness that there is something like this is pretty much as one would expect: People in countries with a free or mostly free press and open and affordable access to the internet are way more informed about it than people in countries where information is scarce, hard to come by or government controlled. Also, the more spare time people have to waste, the more informed they claim to be.
The map on whether it's caused by humans is interesting. Why is practically all of South America convinced that humans are the source of global warming? There is also an interesting difference between Western/Middle Europe and Eastern Europe/Russia, with the former being more convinced of human caused global warming than the latter. It's not quite the divide the Iron Curtain formed, rather it seems to be more a matter between former USSR countries being less convinced than the Rest of Europe, with some noteworthy exceptions in the BeNeLux states and England. And Japan being a real puzzle, being absolutely convinced of human-caused global warming and it being a threat.
Really interesting is now, though, when you compare that map (human caused yes/no) with the last map that deals with the question whether people think that global warming is a threat. It looks like whether people consider climate change a threat is more dependent on the country having a free press than whether they think it's human made. It's also interesting that in Western Europe more people think it's a threat than people think it's caused by humans.
I don't give a fuck about being a good person, what I want is to survive and preferably without unwashed masses storming the hill I live on to escape the rising sea levels.
Question is, though, what if the police comes and finds out that the houses actually ARE on fire. Will you at least then agree to call the fire department? Or are you too upset that you were wrong that you'd rather see your house burn down than admit you were wrong?
Ok, then it's just getting warmer and warmer in your house, do you try to find out whether there's a fire burning in your basement or are you just happy that you can save on the heating bill?
I went to a catholic school for a good portion of my education. Nothing had more influence on me becoming an Atheist than those years.
Mostly 'cause we did read the bible a lot. The bible is a lot like Mein Kampf. I'm pretty sure a lot of atrocities could have been avoided if more people had actually read the works of their leaders and learned just how much bullshit the stuff they're supposed to follow is.
No. It's actually very easy. Unless the "compensation" is part of the role play, we're in the area of prostitution. I did have a few partners in the past that got off on the idea of prostitution, but it was always part of the act, so to speak. You agree on it beforehand, and (that's the important part) it's part of the play. It's not something they really need. If it is something they have to do to make the money for the next meal or, to stay in your example, to save a loved one, we're leaving the area of role play and enter reality. Then we're dealing with real prostitution. For me personally, that's pretty much the point where the turn off is bad enough that a truckload of Viagra couldn't cure it.
In the case of the nutjobs that like to be killed and eaten, well, as much as I try to understand every fetish, there are some that I can't wrap my mind around. Anything where permanent damage is at the very least likely is certainly nothing I'd want to participate in.
The line is easy to draw: Role play vs. reality. If you can't tell the difference, you might want to abstain altogether.
Rape fantasies usually circulate around the idea of an unwilling victim. And yes, I'm aware of people fantasizing about being said victim. And of course I know the old meme of "can't rape the willing".
The point here is that those fantasies revolve partly around non-con play. And that is where the line is drawn.
I'd even be cool with pictures, as long as it's something where someone put a pen onto a sheet of paper and draws it without hurting anyone.
Crimes that happen inside someone's mind are none. That's why Stephen King is a celebrated artist and not locked up in an asylum for the criminally insane.
If not, it's his business alone. I can't in good conscience condemn a man for his thoughts, dreams, ideas and wishes. Mostly 'cause you can't even imagine how often I had thoughts that start with "If I could wipe out the life on this planet..."
Just about a dozen time only from reading the comments on this story.
Maybe you could inform us what hardware you're using so we can in the future buy stuff that actually works in Linux? It would certainly be much appreciated.
Atheist myself, just very much enjoying poking fun at religions and watching fundies squirm when busting a hernia from the mental gymnastics they attempt to defend their holy books.
Genesis 6 is especially great material (plus Leviticus, that book is a wealth of insanity). But Gen6 already starts off with a huge problem: God regretting making human. Because that's the one thing god cannot do if he's supposed to be the god of the bible: He cannot regret anything.
Odd. I don't know anyone who plays his computer games on anything but PCs. Maybe because I'm over 40 and don't hang out with people who enjoy wasting money on toys that can't be anything but toys.
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But CO2 is what plants crave!
If it means they don't have to stop driving around in their SUVs and not change their way of life, people are quite ready to believe anything you throw at them.
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Next question?
Yeah, why work for oil corporations and say everything's great when you can get a fraction of the money predicting doom.
The main focus is still the money, not the role play. It's not two people who get a kick out of the situation of pretending to pay for sex, if anything, it's one person getting a kick out of it and one person doing it mainly 'cause they get paid for it.
Drop your geek card into the shredder provided on your way out. Thank you.
I can't really explain it, but it's at least interesting to ponder. Take a look at Climate change opinion by country.
Awareness that there is something like this is pretty much as one would expect: People in countries with a free or mostly free press and open and affordable access to the internet are way more informed about it than people in countries where information is scarce, hard to come by or government controlled. Also, the more spare time people have to waste, the more informed they claim to be.
The map on whether it's caused by humans is interesting. Why is practically all of South America convinced that humans are the source of global warming? There is also an interesting difference between Western/Middle Europe and Eastern Europe/Russia, with the former being more convinced of human caused global warming than the latter. It's not quite the divide the Iron Curtain formed, rather it seems to be more a matter between former USSR countries being less convinced than the Rest of Europe, with some noteworthy exceptions in the BeNeLux states and England. And Japan being a real puzzle, being absolutely convinced of human-caused global warming and it being a threat.
Really interesting is now, though, when you compare that map (human caused yes/no) with the last map that deals with the question whether people think that global warming is a threat. It looks like whether people consider climate change a threat is more dependent on the country having a free press than whether they think it's human made. It's also interesting that in Western Europe more people think it's a threat than people think it's caused by humans.
All in all, pretty interesting.
I don't give a fuck about being a good person, what I want is to survive and preferably without unwashed masses storming the hill I live on to escape the rising sea levels.
Question is, though, what if the police comes and finds out that the houses actually ARE on fire. Will you at least then agree to call the fire department? Or are you too upset that you were wrong that you'd rather see your house burn down than admit you were wrong?
Ok, then it's just getting warmer and warmer in your house, do you try to find out whether there's a fire burning in your basement or are you just happy that you can save on the heating bill?
Yes. It is. And a few million years ago it was WAY warmer than it is today.
A few million years ago, though, humans didn't want to survive on this marble.
I went to a catholic school for a good portion of my education. Nothing had more influence on me becoming an Atheist than those years.
Mostly 'cause we did read the bible a lot. The bible is a lot like Mein Kampf. I'm pretty sure a lot of atrocities could have been avoided if more people had actually read the works of their leaders and learned just how much bullshit the stuff they're supposed to follow is.
I guess it's like Bill Clinton vs. GW Bush: Better to have a prez that gets blowjobs than one that really needs one.
No. It's actually very easy. Unless the "compensation" is part of the role play, we're in the area of prostitution. I did have a few partners in the past that got off on the idea of prostitution, but it was always part of the act, so to speak. You agree on it beforehand, and (that's the important part) it's part of the play. It's not something they really need. If it is something they have to do to make the money for the next meal or, to stay in your example, to save a loved one, we're leaving the area of role play and enter reality. Then we're dealing with real prostitution. For me personally, that's pretty much the point where the turn off is bad enough that a truckload of Viagra couldn't cure it.
In the case of the nutjobs that like to be killed and eaten, well, as much as I try to understand every fetish, there are some that I can't wrap my mind around. Anything where permanent damage is at the very least likely is certainly nothing I'd want to participate in.
The line is easy to draw: Role play vs. reality. If you can't tell the difference, you might want to abstain altogether.
The keyword here being willingly.
Rape fantasies usually circulate around the idea of an unwilling victim. And yes, I'm aware of people fantasizing about being said victim. And of course I know the old meme of "can't rape the willing".
The point here is that those fantasies revolve partly around non-con play. And that is where the line is drawn.
I'd even be cool with pictures, as long as it's something where someone put a pen onto a sheet of paper and draws it without hurting anyone.
Crimes that happen inside someone's mind are none. That's why Stephen King is a celebrated artist and not locked up in an asylum for the criminally insane.
Mostly he was just, you know, hangin' around on a lazy Easter weekend.
If he acts on it, call the police.
If not, it's his business alone. I can't in good conscience condemn a man for his thoughts, dreams, ideas and wishes. Mostly 'cause you can't even imagine how often I had thoughts that start with "If I could wipe out the life on this planet..."
Just about a dozen time only from reading the comments on this story.
Devs as sadists, users as masochists...
Why the fuck would I care about a developer's sex life? Who gives a shit how he fucks as long as he doesn't fuck up the code he delivers?
But that's understandable, they all look the same.
Maybe you could inform us what hardware you're using so we can in the future buy stuff that actually works in Linux? It would certainly be much appreciated.
Atheist myself, just very much enjoying poking fun at religions and watching fundies squirm when busting a hernia from the mental gymnastics they attempt to defend their holy books.
Genesis 6 is especially great material (plus Leviticus, that book is a wealth of insanity). But Gen6 already starts off with a huge problem: God regretting making human. Because that's the one thing god cannot do if he's supposed to be the god of the bible: He cannot regret anything.
Odd. I don't know anyone who plays his computer games on anything but PCs. Maybe because I'm over 40 and don't hang out with people who enjoy wasting money on toys that can't be anything but toys.