so right now, with america so divided, this is easy.
You have your GOP base, which, if polled will probably with 90% accuracy, say that "anything that supports our country is patriotic, and if my friends knew that I said "NO I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT" that they would be ousted from their community.
And then you have your liberal base, of which I would say probably a 1/3 are the more conservative, gun toting liberals, who will say the same thing - and of course these people are no different than the same types on the GOP that just vote one way or another because that is what their friends vote.
So... yah - there's your 2/3's.
And before you think i'm trying to troll, please look in the mirror. I don't vote... too scared of that new world order thing:P
I see a problem with it being to 18 year olds because some are still in high school. There was an article I believe was posted here on/. saying that your highest learning potential was at age 17... then it declines. Take that with a grain of salt because there are a lot more details to it.
That being said, if you make it like alcohol - 21 years old, high school *kids* who should stay away from anything mind altering, would have less access to it - it would become difficult to get - like alcohol. Sure you can steal the drug of your choice from your parents, but at least you can't ask them for it.
Government funding technology??? Maybe I was just looping back to a strange, twilight zone-ish 8 years for some reason.
And before you mark this as a troll or flamebait, just remember that during this 8 years I speak of, we stopped funding the UN for AIDS education in Africa because funding for abortion also came from that funding. So anyone want to chime in on how Africa is doing as a whole? Better or worse? I sound like an optician here...
Maybe its more "in" to be positive on the west coast, and negative on the east coast.
I work with people from all over the US, and I would have 99% certainty that the people on the west coast are always more positive and better to work with than those on the east coast. Midwest people aren't so bad, but its really just a coin toss when it comes to the midwest or east coast.
I can pretty much count on people in california being in a good mood no matter what time of day.
Also to note is that if this is a "popular" thing to do, then the younger crowd is going to be more involved, so what does that say for our up and coming generation? As a gen X'er, i've been pretty scared by the notion that people that are 24 and younger couldn't live a day without their cell phone.
I heard it described that way.... You wouldn't necessarily see it by flying overhead, but if you were in the "soup" apparently, you would have very small plastic particles all around you - I forget how deep - maybe 5 feet or so? I can't recall correctly.
You won't really see a picture because only the water in a glass jar would then look "funky." I believe the article I read about it did have samples of different parts of the "island" and you could definitely see the little particles... So like I said - think of it as a soup. No - you won't be walking on it, but yeah... you could eat it, and last I checked, it wouldn't be all that great for you.
In the Midwest, our forests are just plain nasty... I would be surprised if the Japanese have anything close to ragweed. My family is originally from up north, so we are all allergic to this, but correlation does not blah blah blah
.I wonder if they have to worry about ticks, with all the fun stuff they carry, as well over there on that island. I'm thinking the plant life just might be different. I grew up playing in a greenbelt full of poison ivy and ragweed, along with scrub trees that put off that layer of pollen that will cover your car, so after RTA, I can't say which side of the coin I prefer I'm afraid.
or you might be trolling? I wasn't pissed off when I left - I just got tired of seeing everyone's bowel movement activities and what they had for lunch.
Oh, I agree - reconnecting is the best thing, but its lackluster, to me at least. Maybe I never made serious connections as a youngster that I would want to reconnect with.
...that horrible information gathering site. I deactivated my account about 2 months ago - would have been sooner if I hadn't make quite a bit of progress in backyard monsters! Hahaha...
One person I know said it best - "I won't sign up for a facebook account because its like an after highschool popularity contest. And yes - I realize that you can "reconnect" with people from your past, but how much of a reconnection besides of couple of messages back and forth have you had? (rhetorical question - I really don't care)
So yea - if you had an account and deleted it for whatever reason, i'd like to hear.
Don't get any tattoos. I can only name 2 people that I know that don't have something...
The older I get, the older that the "hip" crowd gets, and it just looks plain pathetic to be 30+ and have all these tattoos... Just think how bad the population is going to look 20 years from now - you'll have all these 40 yr olds that have way too much "ink" and you'll have none. I can't wait to be one of the very very few people who can say "I didn't get a tattoo because I wanted to be unique" at my 20 yr high school reunion.
"Microchips... CPU's... We're going to probably be at war with China in twenty years and these things can put a ballistic missile up a camels ass from about 100 miles."
I'm not saying this will happen, but when you're going to have hostilities with anyone, step one is cutting off communication. Or have I forgotten Sun Tzu?
Yes, there will be the earths gravity, but the temp of space would freeze it? Then you have an awesome replacement for the Hubble's lens, if it needs to be upgraded (not from what I've seen though).
Absolutely. But you cannot ignore the obvious - such as - we know certain wavelengths are dangerous. Does the cellphone wavelength fall into dangerous? It might even be good for you! However, I fall on the side of caution.
Unfortunately, we know that UV rays cause cancer, so we can't live outside now can we - especially with the UV ray's at their highest in human history, thanks to... HUMANS. For what? FOR NOT PLANNING AHEAD.
But go ahead and ignore the future, and go ahead and quote me and put "ok."
my father worked for one of the large corps you've heard of that was bought out by BP.
He worked on methods of undersea drilling and always wondered what they would do if something like this happened. Their answer was "dunno." He did say that his company had better safe guards and didn't cut as many corners however.
they are all about the same
famous last words... I'm not an alarmist - just one who would like to play it safe. I don't know if cell phones cause cancer. It hasn't been proven or dis-proven. Time will tell - that is if the powers that be don't wack anyone who might prove something in a way that doesn't benefit them.
its better safe than sorry. Take the oil rig disaster. Had *PROPER* precautions been taken, it wouldn't have happened. Same with that brain cancer you are hoping not to get. It might hit your testicles as well - think about where that iPhone that never stops transmitting data is right now.
Count me in with the "nut jobs" who would rather think in FUTURE tense and could be wrong than thinking only in present tense and thinking the outcome is always going to be "on my side."
Ignorance may be bliss, but its no way to live your life. Hey, I just came up with that - I would say that's a pretty good notable quotable, eh?
And they don't recognize a trend coming at them like a freight train. We started using email for convenience. Now that has been replaced somewhat by texting. Now that has been replaced by an even MORE in-personal way of communicating - the most evil thing in the history of the internets - facebook. The "After school popularity contest." People don't want to have conversations with others - they certainly don't want to see someone and have the other person see them - that's what text is for. To me - this is a step backwards.
Also, it might be good to know i've already deactivated my facebook account, without any qualms - after all, I had "ignored" 80% of people on there because... well - I don't want to hear about your baby's every bowel movement because you are extremely bored....
And two - its a breeding ground for ignorance. I always posted articles that I thought were.. thought provoking - very few people commented, but WATCH OUT if someone says "I'm going to have sushi for lunch."
Maybe this whole thing is indicitive of something else, but I think it caters too much to the "me" generation... What are we calling them? Gen Z? I'll tell you right now, Gen Z doesn't want to look at people when they are talking to them, so good luck there apple - I think you just wasted money.
I learned to fly... it makes nightmares non-existent as I know i'm sleeping, and just "neo" away from whatever is bothering me... Pretty fun stuff - this will sound utterly retarded, but I once flew so fast and so far that I broke through space and met two odd green creatures who were looking down at the universe within a globe. I don't remember our conversation. Doh.
But the key is to become aware that you are dreaming, and that you *can* do anything... It eliminates nightmares.
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so right now, with america so divided, this is easy.
... yah - there's your 2/3's.
:P
You have your GOP base, which, if polled will probably with 90% accuracy, say that "anything that supports our country is patriotic, and if my friends knew that I said "NO I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT" that they would be ousted from their community.
And then you have your liberal base, of which I would say probably a 1/3 are the more conservative, gun toting liberals, who will say the same thing - and of course these people are no different than the same types on the GOP that just vote one way or another because that is what their friends vote.
So
And before you think i'm trying to troll, please look in the mirror. I don't vote... too scared of that new world order thing
and if you try to perform these commands in game, the listen server has to have sv_cheats set to 1 or it won't take the commands.
So everyone that has been saying "This isn't supposed to be played like this" can shut up now because you can't unless the server op enables cheats.
So, wait... you're telling me that a poison that deadens nerves is 500 dollars??? Geez... The costs to kill yourself these days is crazy!!
I see a problem with it being to 18 year olds because some are still in high school. There was an article I believe was posted here on /. saying that your highest learning potential was at age 17... then it declines. Take that with a grain of salt because there are a lot more details to it.
That being said, if you make it like alcohol - 21 years old, high school *kids* who should stay away from anything mind altering, would have less access to it - it would become difficult to get - like alcohol. Sure you can steal the drug of your choice from your parents, but at least you can't ask them for it.
Government funding technology??? Maybe I was just looping back to a strange, twilight zone-ish 8 years for some reason.
And before you mark this as a troll or flamebait, just remember that during this 8 years I speak of, we stopped funding the UN for AIDS education in Africa because funding for abortion also came from that funding. So anyone want to chime in on how Africa is doing as a whole? Better or worse? I sound like an optician here...
Maybe its more "in" to be positive on the west coast, and negative on the east coast.
I work with people from all over the US, and I would have 99% certainty that the people on the west coast are always more positive and better to work with than those on the east coast. Midwest people aren't so bad, but its really just a coin toss when it comes to the midwest or east coast.
I can pretty much count on people in california being in a good mood no matter what time of day.
Also to note is that if this is a "popular" thing to do, then the younger crowd is going to be more involved, so what does that say for our up and coming generation? As a gen X'er, i've been pretty scared by the notion that people that are 24 and younger couldn't live a day without their cell phone.
I heard it described that way.... You wouldn't necessarily see it by flying overhead, but if you were in the "soup" apparently, you would have very small plastic particles all around you - I forget how deep - maybe 5 feet or so? I can't recall correctly.
You won't really see a picture because only the water in a glass jar would then look "funky." I believe the article I read about it did have samples of different parts of the "island" and you could definitely see the little particles... So like I said - think of it as a soup. No - you won't be walking on it, but yeah... you could eat it, and last I checked, it wouldn't be all that great for you.
In the Midwest, our forests are just plain nasty... I would be surprised if the Japanese have anything close to ragweed. My family is originally from up north, so we are all allergic to this, but correlation does not blah blah blah
.I wonder if they have to worry about ticks, with all the fun stuff they carry, as well over there on that island. I'm thinking the plant life just might be different. I grew up playing in a greenbelt full of poison ivy and ragweed, along with scrub trees that put off that layer of pollen that will cover your car, so after RTA, I can't say which side of the coin I prefer I'm afraid.
or you might be trolling? I wasn't pissed off when I left - I just got tired of seeing everyone's bowel movement activities and what they had for lunch.
Oh, I agree - reconnecting is the best thing, but its lackluster, to me at least. Maybe I never made serious connections as a youngster that I would want to reconnect with.
Where maybe == true.
To compare motives.
...that horrible information gathering site. I deactivated my account about 2 months ago - would have been sooner if I hadn't make quite a bit of progress in backyard monsters! Hahaha...
One person I know said it best - "I won't sign up for a facebook account because its like an after highschool popularity contest. And yes - I realize that you can "reconnect" with people from your past, but how much of a reconnection besides of couple of messages back and forth have you had? (rhetorical question - I really don't care)
So yea - if you had an account and deleted it for whatever reason, i'd like to hear.
Don't get any tattoos. I can only name 2 people that I know that don't have something...
The older I get, the older that the "hip" crowd gets, and it just looks plain pathetic to be 30+ and have all these tattoos... Just think how bad the population is going to look 20 years from now - you'll have all these 40 yr olds that have way too much "ink" and you'll have none. I can't wait to be one of the very very few people who can say "I didn't get a tattoo because I wanted to be unique" at my 20 yr high school reunion.
"Microchips... CPU's... We're going to probably be at war with China in twenty years and these things can put a ballistic missile up a camels ass from about 100 miles."
I'm not saying this will happen, but when you're going to have hostilities with anyone, step one is cutting off communication. Or have I forgotten Sun Tzu?
Did I just feed a troll?
No, you showed what you thought. If you have to ask if you are feeding the troll, look in the mirror.
Really?
Yes, there will be the earths gravity, but the temp of space would freeze it? Then you have an awesome replacement for the Hubble's lens, if it needs to be upgraded (not from what I've seen though).
Or a whole new telescope all together.
Absolutely. But you cannot ignore the obvious - such as - we know certain wavelengths are dangerous. Does the cellphone wavelength fall into dangerous? It might even be good for you! However, I fall on the side of caution.
Unfortunately, we know that UV rays cause cancer, so we can't live outside now can we - especially with the UV ray's at their highest in human history, thanks to... HUMANS. For what? FOR NOT PLANNING AHEAD.
But go ahead and ignore the future, and go ahead and quote me and put "ok."
my father worked for one of the large corps you've heard of that was bought out by BP.
He worked on methods of undersea drilling and always wondered what they would do if something like this happened. Their answer was "dunno." He did say that his company had better safe guards and didn't cut as many corners however.
they are all about the same
famous last words... I'm not an alarmist - just one who would like to play it safe. I don't know if cell phones cause cancer. It hasn't been proven or dis-proven. Time will tell - that is if the powers that be don't wack anyone who might prove something in a way that doesn't benefit them.
its better safe than sorry. Take the oil rig disaster. Had *PROPER* precautions been taken, it wouldn't have happened. Same with that brain cancer you are hoping not to get. It might hit your testicles as well - think about where that iPhone that never stops transmitting data is right now.
Count me in with the "nut jobs" who would rather think in FUTURE tense and could be wrong than thinking only in present tense and thinking the outcome is always going to be "on my side."
Ignorance may be bliss, but its no way to live your life. Hey, I just came up with that - I would say that's a pretty good notable quotable, eh?
Don't forget "Staying up with the Kardashians"!!!
:P
Geez... I thought I was out of the loop!
But the rest of the world doesn't! Silly scientists with you wacky microscopes.
They are fruity....
And they don't recognize a trend coming at them like a freight train. We started using email for convenience. Now that has been replaced somewhat by texting. Now that has been replaced by an even MORE in-personal way of communicating - the most evil thing in the history of the internets - facebook. The "After school popularity contest." People don't want to have conversations with others - they certainly don't want to see someone and have the other person see them - that's what text is for. To me - this is a step backwards.
Also, it might be good to know i've already deactivated my facebook account, without any qualms - after all, I had "ignored" 80% of people on there because... well - I don't want to hear about your baby's every bowel movement because you are extremely bored....
And two - its a breeding ground for ignorance. I always posted articles that I thought were.. thought provoking - very few people commented, but WATCH OUT if someone says "I'm going to have sushi for lunch."
Maybe this whole thing is indicitive of something else, but I think it caters too much to the "me" generation... What are we calling them? Gen Z? I'll tell you right now, Gen Z doesn't want to look at people when they are talking to them, so good luck there apple - I think you just wasted money.
I learned to fly... it makes nightmares non-existent as I know i'm sleeping, and just "neo" away from whatever is bothering me... Pretty fun stuff - this will sound utterly retarded, but I once flew so fast and so far that I broke through space and met two odd green creatures who were looking down at the universe within a globe. I don't remember our conversation. Doh.
But the key is to become aware that you are dreaming, and that you *can* do anything... It eliminates nightmares.