I remember back when I was a teenager circa 1980 and the UN and virtually everyone else confidently explained that the world was running out of oil, that oil would only grow more rare and more expensive and that anybody who claimed otherwise was just a payed shrill of the oil industry.
And that is happening right now. So, what was wrong with that sentiment?
We live in a world of perfect access to information, and we expect to be able to know everything, and we assume we have complete control as well.
We do?
I'm not sure what world you live on, but on Earth, we don't - and I don't know very many people who believe this. I hear some anonymous strangers on the internet saying things like this, but when it comes to people I actually know and trust, I haven't ever heard anyone express this opinion.
Whether humans are 10% or 90% responsible for climate change doesn't really matter. What matters is that sea levels are rising, and more chaotic weather patterns are predicted, regardless of the cause. Saying "it's not our fault" doesn't stop the sea from rising, or weather patterns affecting our lives. So, we have to adapt to that.
The climate change "skeptics" mostly come from a position of not wanting to change anything about the way we live on this planet. They never really cared about environmental effects, whether natural or man-made. I don't think this report is going to help their credibility anyway, because it's not like they ever cared about the effects of climate change, as long as we could keep on living in a wasteful (and profitable) way.
But it's not clear that all the German "pro gamers" mentioned in the article are actually paid professional gamers. That seems unlikely. It is more likely that the article is using this term to refer to "gaming enthusiasts" or "hardcore gamers" or whatever.
The freeway one is probably 1 1/4 the size of the mall one. It never stocks any new PC games until 1-2 weeks after release. The one at the mall stocks them with 2 days
It wasn't until they banned 'red rover' that this sort of bad finger pointing started to happen...
Fellating the family's dog is not a particularly wholesome thing to do. I'm not surprised there was finger-pointing involved. If you'd been sticking the finger in other unseemly parts of the dog, I'm also not surprised that the finger was "bad."
For example: discussion proceeds (the information is free) until someone invokes Godwin's law (invokes the state secret law) and then you can't talk about whatever it is anymore.
You don't seem to have any idea of what Godwin's Law is. It does not prevent further discussion, or stop information from being "free." It is simply a statement of probability. This is what Godwin's Law says:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
It says nothing about such comparisons being valid or invalid. It says nothing about discontinuing the discussion, or winning an argument - as so many people mistakenly argue. It just says that lengthy online discussions are more likely to contain comparisons to Nazis than brief discussions.
Consensus. If all the other cars on the road are going 60 and you are going 40, then you are the problem, regardless of what the posted limit is.
No, the problem is that so many people are fragrantly disobeying the road laws. They are the ones committing an illegal act, the driver at the speed limit is the one who is in the clear.
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Godwinized before it even began. When God wins, humans lose.
And that is happening right now. So, what was wrong with that sentiment?
We do?
I'm not sure what world you live on, but on Earth, we don't - and I don't know very many people who believe this. I hear some anonymous strangers on the internet saying things like this, but when it comes to people I actually know and trust, I haven't ever heard anyone express this opinion.
The climate change "skeptics" mostly come from a position of not wanting to change anything about the way we live on this planet. They never really cared about environmental effects, whether natural or man-made. I don't think this report is going to help their credibility anyway, because it's not like they ever cared about the effects of climate change, as long as we could keep on living in a wasteful (and profitable) way.
Indeed, it is a terrible burden on my soul. I often wake at 3am in a cold sweat.
Can you fuck them? If not, then they are nothing like a real cocktail waitress.
That's a perfectly cromulent attitude.
You misspelled "deciderer."
Oh yeah? So how do you explain Condoleeza Rice, then?
They aren't just neighbours, they're good friends.
But now you have one less bottle of brandy. Get your priorities straight, man.
But it's not clear that all the German "pro gamers" mentioned in the article are actually paid professional gamers. That seems unlikely. It is more likely that the article is using this term to refer to "gaming enthusiasts" or "hardcore gamers" or whatever.
Why does the bigger store have less stock?
Why couldn't you play Counterstrike with a joystick?
Fellating the family's dog is not a particularly wholesome thing to do. I'm not surprised there was finger-pointing involved. If you'd been sticking the finger in other unseemly parts of the dog, I'm also not surprised that the finger was "bad."
That's Sir Ben Elton, you whoreson of a weasel-eating leprosy-ridden harlot!
You don't seem to have any idea of what Godwin's Law is. It does not prevent further discussion, or stop information from being "free." It is simply a statement of probability. This is what Godwin's Law says:
It says nothing about such comparisons being valid or invalid. It says nothing about discontinuing the discussion, or winning an argument - as so many people mistakenly argue. It just says that lengthy online discussions are more likely to contain comparisons to Nazis than brief discussions.
If these are professional gamers, that implies that they game for a living. Who pays them? What service do they pay them for, exactly?
No, the problem is that so many people are fragrantly disobeying the road laws. They are the ones committing an illegal act, the driver at the speed limit is the one who is in the clear.
You do realize that the others all give Edison wedgies whenever possible, don't you?
Ever heard of a paragraph?
Said while sitting in a rocking-chair whittling Miis.
And after all that, numbers were defined as "bummers" because I can't pay my bar tab.
That is crazy. Zero contains at least one zero, possibly more. The answer to this equation could be any number up to infinity, except zero.