Ego stroking is always a possibility, but I can safely say it's doubtful in my instance... I tend to have a lot of frank and open dialogue with my partners about sex. But if you think about it, the gliding mechanism that the foreskin provides means you can hit all the nice areas inside a woman without it creating uncomfortable friction, so it would make sense that it would feel better. I dunno, just my guess.
Because it's the norm in the states. Women in the rest of the developed western world prefer uncut men.
I'm not circumsized, and was the first uncut man most of my partners had. I was told that the sex was much better than with cut partners. *shrug*
I rather like my foreskin, and am grateful to my parents for not having me mutilated just to prop up some bullshit cultural tradition bogged in bad science and a complete misunderstanding of male anatomy.
I'm in agreement. I was just pointing out to the person who threw a little god tantrum that bashing creationists is not necessarily the same as bashing the religious. The line is fuzzy, to be sure, but it's there.
How could a company that consistently produced quality entertainment for nearly two decades be reduced to a mere shadow of its former self? What happened?
As probably one of the few people on/. that actually loved FFXI, I have to say, FFXIV was a complete waste of time. FFXI was fun, but it didn't age well, and there were a lot of things that SE could have learned from and done better. Instead of learning from their mistakes, they ended up making a less fun, more frustrating version of FFXI, and thought that making it pretty would solve everything. Well, it didn't, and now they're paying the price for it.
SE needs to go back to the mindset that they had when they were just Square. They need to stop cranking out duds every 3 months. We need games that are on the caliber of FFVI, Chrono Trigger, and Xenogears. Otherwise, the world will simply stop caring about them... that is, if we haven't stopped caring already.
Ah, libertarians, the very definition of misplaced idealism. Always insistent that the invisible hand of the free market can solve everything and makes everything better. Even though limited federal involvement (herp derp don't want to violate states' rights) made pretty much every single civil issue WORSE in this country. Remember slavery? Or segregation? Or how about all those southern states that wanna teach kids that the world isn't billions of years old?
Don't you have a Ron Paul convention to go to or something?
Pretty sure Hawking never said we should ALL live on a spaceship. His point is that we need to begin colonization of space, and give humanity a much higher chance of continued survival.
Perfect for that conference you're about to have with the crew of that Klingon warship that's approaching with phasers and torpedoes armed. Open hailing frequencies...
A healthy application of skepticism towards my own views rather than those that did not agree with me. It wasn't easy, but once I decided that I cared more about holding as many true beliefs and as few false beliefs as possible, I quickly discovered just how shaky and indefensible my position was.
Also, I was an Alex Jones disciple for a while, and over time I noticed that he was actually insane, and when he tried to talk about science it was a big red flag. That man is an idiot and he doesn't know what he's talking about most of the time.
I suppose that could be the case for those that believed that Bush masterminded the whole thing by himself, but the Truther community is largely composed of those who believe the evil NWO global shadow government that secretly controls everything and wants to kill us all masterminded it. Meh. It's all bullshit and it kind of makes me nauseous to think about how credulous and ignorant those people are.
No no no no no. You have obviously never been a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.
9/11 Truthers are invariably libertarians of the Alex Jones flavor. I'd wager that the percentage of 9/11 Truthers who are democrats is VASTLY lower than the number who would define themselves as either libertarian or paleoconservative.
I can vouch for this as a former truther.
Actually, I didn't see anything Anti-American about it. It was private military working for a company, not the United States, and therefore was not related to America enough to be anti-American.
So conservatives would be okay with a gay couple deciding to get married? Or with decriminalizing marijuana? Or legalizing liquor sales on sundays?
What makes the conservatives any less "elitist" for thinking that they can make better decisions for other people? I shouldn't be barred from buying a bottle of wine on Sunday because it might upset a hyper conservative Christian. Or if I was gay, I shouldn't be barred from entering into a simple legally binding contract with another consenting adult who happened to be the same sex. I'd say it's pretty damned "elitist" to make those decisions based on dogmatic values or personal prejudices.
In my mind, the most "adult" games have always been RPGs. The cornerstone of an RPG is the story. It is essentially an interactive novel, complete with excellent graphics, music, and complex plot lines. The goal is not to mindlessly button mash, but to soak in the story. My love for reading was fostered by playing RPGs, and my need to get lost in more stories.
I've seen the terrible film, and I can confirm it's terrible.
The reason science is "elitist" and denies intelligent design as a theory is because IT ISN'T ONE. It is not a valid scientific theory, so why should it be taught along with valid ones? Science is not a democracy; what the majority of people think sounds good doesn't get to be a theory, and wanting something to be true really badly has no impact on reality.
Scientists are more than welcome to have independent thought and scientists change their minds on closely held theories all the time. The fact is that there is no evidence for a "god," so why should scientists try to include one? A god would have to be infinitely complex, and everything we know about the universe shows that you have to start with simple and work your way to complex. An infinitely complex entity with no origin, other creator, or evolutionary development is nothing more than an untestable, untenable hypothesis.
If the ID people had a valid scientific theory, they would be published in the peer reviewed literature like everyone else. But they don't.
Michael Moore's drivel doesn't even hold a candle to the mountain of bullshit that is Expelled.
I just watched it, and I can confirm it's awful. If you like conspiracy theories about the big evil atheist scientists that conspire against intelligent honest researchers that just want the truth, you'll probably nod your poor brainwashed head repeatedly as you watch it. Anyone with an IQ of 90 or above won't fall for it, though.
While he indeed is non-born-again, and is at odds with the religious right, he still claims that this country was founded on Christian principles (it wasn't). He is clueless about the economy, foreign policy, and history. For the first time in my life, I'll be voting Democrat this year.
Not believing a God created the world doesn't give one a nihilistic suicidal outlook on life. In fact, I'm appalled that you would even think such a thing. Clearly, you don't know too many people who grew up being atheists, or became atheists later in life.
As someone who WAS a suicidal nihilist WITH a religious outlook on life, I can tell you that you're full of it.
A person is not a religion.
Dawkins comes off as being abrasive and cold, but his personality is useful in demonstrating just how ridiculous religion is. He doesn't feign respect of religion (as many scientists feel compelled to do), and instead points out exactly what is wrong with it.
To be a religion, you have to have shared tenets, rituals, dogma, etc. Dawkins does not advertise any of this, and neither does atheism in general.
Not collecting stamps is not a hobby. Bald is not a hair color. Etc, etc.
There is no inspiration in replacing "We don't know yet" with "God did it." Replacing one unknown (the universe's beginning) with another unknown (supernatural deity) is intellectual sloth.
If you didn't want a theocracy, you'd vote for Ron Paul. Because the religious right is in bed with all the other remaining GOP candidates. When fascism comes to this country, it's going to be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
My wife actually sent this email to the crazy hack...
Ms. Lawrence,
I was delighted to see your debate on Fox recently. Though, I regret to inform you that you are completely incorrect about "Mass Effect". Coming from a mother of three wonderful kids I truly feel as though the game was severely misrepresented. I certainly would not let my youngest two(3&6) play, but I had no qualms buying if for my myself, my husband, and oldest daughter(15). In fact, my oldest daughter learned to read well at 3 as a result of video games. She is a mature, healthy, and athletic girl who enjoys soccer and pom. I feel as though the media places too much focus on video games and not enough on television and films(if they must attack something). I honestly don't believe these forms of entertainment are our enemies. Parents have become lazy and un-involved in their children's lives. I don't let any form of media do my job by raising my kids for me. The game itself has a very brief moment of nudity. My family and I never even noticed it until it became such a fuss. I love how involved my daughter gets in the storyline and makes important decisions regarding the game. This prepares her to make similar decisions in life. Also, I seriously suggest you play the entire game before you pass judgment, otherwise most intelligent people will not respect your opinions. I assure you that your research is extremely inaccurate. My kids have a thriving social life and have no skewed concept of the world, as you stated. I hate to see such a strong attack on a form of media that is purely optional. First of all, you must actually own a system and buy these games that are supposedly ruining our children's lives. I would much rather see children using their minds while reading a book or interacting with a video game than drooling in front of a TV like mindless zombies. Also, we prefer to culture our children in GOOD games...not crap like "Pretty Pony Princesses" or whatever that panelist said he bought his poor daughter.
I don't expect you to really see my point much less read this email, but thank you nonetheless.
~B. M. Hacker
And no, we don't really have kids...she was just trying to make a point.
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Ego stroking is always a possibility, but I can safely say it's doubtful in my instance... I tend to have a lot of frank and open dialogue with my partners about sex. But if you think about it, the gliding mechanism that the foreskin provides means you can hit all the nice areas inside a woman without it creating uncomfortable friction, so it would make sense that it would feel better. I dunno, just my guess.
Because it's the norm in the states. Women in the rest of the developed western world prefer uncut men. I'm not circumsized, and was the first uncut man most of my partners had. I was told that the sex was much better than with cut partners. *shrug* I rather like my foreskin, and am grateful to my parents for not having me mutilated just to prop up some bullshit cultural tradition bogged in bad science and a complete misunderstanding of male anatomy.
I'm in agreement. I was just pointing out to the person who threw a little god tantrum that bashing creationists is not necessarily the same as bashing the religious. The line is fuzzy, to be sure, but it's there.
Being a theist does not equal being a creationist. Not everyone who believes in a deity is an ID proponent.
How could a company that consistently produced quality entertainment for nearly two decades be reduced to a mere shadow of its former self? What happened? As probably one of the few people on /. that actually loved FFXI, I have to say, FFXIV was a complete waste of time. FFXI was fun, but it didn't age well, and there were a lot of things that SE could have learned from and done better. Instead of learning from their mistakes, they ended up making a less fun, more frustrating version of FFXI, and thought that making it pretty would solve everything. Well, it didn't, and now they're paying the price for it.
SE needs to go back to the mindset that they had when they were just Square. They need to stop cranking out duds every 3 months. We need games that are on the caliber of FFVI, Chrono Trigger, and Xenogears. Otherwise, the world will simply stop caring about them... that is, if we haven't stopped caring already.
Ah, libertarians, the very definition of misplaced idealism. Always insistent that the invisible hand of the free market can solve everything and makes everything better. Even though limited federal involvement (herp derp don't want to violate states' rights) made pretty much every single civil issue WORSE in this country. Remember slavery? Or segregation? Or how about all those southern states that wanna teach kids that the world isn't billions of years old?
Don't you have a Ron Paul convention to go to or something?
Pretty sure Hawking never said we should ALL live on a spaceship. His point is that we need to begin colonization of space, and give humanity a much higher chance of continued survival.
Perfect for that conference you're about to have with the crew of that Klingon warship that's approaching with phasers and torpedoes armed. Open hailing frequencies...
A healthy application of skepticism towards my own views rather than those that did not agree with me. It wasn't easy, but once I decided that I cared more about holding as many true beliefs and as few false beliefs as possible, I quickly discovered just how shaky and indefensible my position was.
Also, I was an Alex Jones disciple for a while, and over time I noticed that he was actually insane, and when he tried to talk about science it was a big red flag. That man is an idiot and he doesn't know what he's talking about most of the time.
I suppose that could be the case for those that believed that Bush masterminded the whole thing by himself, but the Truther community is largely composed of those who believe the evil NWO global shadow government that secretly controls everything and wants to kill us all masterminded it. Meh. It's all bullshit and it kind of makes me nauseous to think about how credulous and ignorant those people are.
No no no no no. You have obviously never been a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. 9/11 Truthers are invariably libertarians of the Alex Jones flavor. I'd wager that the percentage of 9/11 Truthers who are democrats is VASTLY lower than the number who would define themselves as either libertarian or paleoconservative. I can vouch for this as a former truther.
...they were running Final Fantasy XI?
He doesn't allow it, people just post it at such a high frequency that it's not possible to delete & ban fast enough.
Actually, I didn't see anything Anti-American about it. It was private military working for a company, not the United States, and therefore was not related to America enough to be anti-American.
So conservatives would be okay with a gay couple deciding to get married? Or with decriminalizing marijuana? Or legalizing liquor sales on sundays? What makes the conservatives any less "elitist" for thinking that they can make better decisions for other people? I shouldn't be barred from buying a bottle of wine on Sunday because it might upset a hyper conservative Christian. Or if I was gay, I shouldn't be barred from entering into a simple legally binding contract with another consenting adult who happened to be the same sex. I'd say it's pretty damned "elitist" to make those decisions based on dogmatic values or personal prejudices.
In my mind, the most "adult" games have always been RPGs. The cornerstone of an RPG is the story. It is essentially an interactive novel, complete with excellent graphics, music, and complex plot lines. The goal is not to mindlessly button mash, but to soak in the story. My love for reading was fostered by playing RPGs, and my need to get lost in more stories.
What was your characters' names? I played FR too. Do you remember Radd or Radan?
I've seen the terrible film, and I can confirm it's terrible.
The reason science is "elitist" and denies intelligent design as a theory is because IT ISN'T ONE. It is not a valid scientific theory, so why should it be taught along with valid ones? Science is not a democracy; what the majority of people think sounds good doesn't get to be a theory, and wanting something to be true really badly has no impact on reality.
Scientists are more than welcome to have independent thought and scientists change their minds on closely held theories all the time. The fact is that there is no evidence for a "god," so why should scientists try to include one? A god would have to be infinitely complex, and everything we know about the universe shows that you have to start with simple and work your way to complex. An infinitely complex entity with no origin, other creator, or evolutionary development is nothing more than an untestable, untenable hypothesis.
If the ID people had a valid scientific theory, they would be published in the peer reviewed literature like everyone else. But they don't.
Michael Moore's drivel doesn't even hold a candle to the mountain of bullshit that is Expelled.
I just watched it, and I can confirm it's awful. If you like conspiracy theories about the big evil atheist scientists that conspire against intelligent honest researchers that just want the truth, you'll probably nod your poor brainwashed head repeatedly as you watch it. Anyone with an IQ of 90 or above won't fall for it, though.
While he indeed is non-born-again, and is at odds with the religious right, he still claims that this country was founded on Christian principles (it wasn't). He is clueless about the economy, foreign policy, and history. For the first time in my life, I'll be voting Democrat this year.
Not believing a God created the world doesn't give one a nihilistic suicidal outlook on life. In fact, I'm appalled that you would even think such a thing. Clearly, you don't know too many people who grew up being atheists, or became atheists later in life.
As someone who WAS a suicidal nihilist WITH a religious outlook on life, I can tell you that you're full of it.
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A person is not a religion. Dawkins comes off as being abrasive and cold, but his personality is useful in demonstrating just how ridiculous religion is. He doesn't feign respect of religion (as many scientists feel compelled to do), and instead points out exactly what is wrong with it. To be a religion, you have to have shared tenets, rituals, dogma, etc. Dawkins does not advertise any of this, and neither does atheism in general. Not collecting stamps is not a hobby. Bald is not a hair color. Etc, etc.
There is no inspiration in replacing "We don't know yet" with "God did it." Replacing one unknown (the universe's beginning) with another unknown (supernatural deity) is intellectual sloth.
If you didn't want a theocracy, you'd vote for Ron Paul. Because the religious right is in bed with all the other remaining GOP candidates. When fascism comes to this country, it's going to be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
My wife actually sent this email to the crazy hack...
Ms. Lawrence,
I was delighted to see your debate on Fox recently. Though, I regret to inform you that you are completely incorrect about "Mass Effect". Coming from a mother of three wonderful kids I truly feel as though the game was severely misrepresented. I certainly would not let my youngest two(3&6) play, but I had no qualms buying if for my myself, my husband, and oldest daughter(15). In fact, my oldest daughter learned to read well at 3 as a result of video games. She is a mature, healthy, and athletic girl who enjoys soccer and pom. I feel as though the media places too much focus on video games and not enough on television and films(if they must attack something). I honestly don't believe these forms of entertainment are our enemies. Parents have become lazy and un-involved in their children's lives. I don't let any form of media do my job by raising my kids for me. The game itself has a very brief moment of nudity. My family and I never even noticed it until it became such a fuss. I love how involved my daughter gets in the storyline and makes important decisions regarding the game. This prepares her to make similar decisions in life. Also, I seriously suggest you play the entire game before you pass judgment, otherwise most intelligent people will not respect your opinions. I assure you that your research is extremely inaccurate. My kids have a thriving social life and have no skewed concept of the world, as you stated. I hate to see such a strong attack on a form of media that is purely optional. First of all, you must actually own a system and buy these games that are supposedly ruining our children's lives. I would much rather see children using their minds while reading a book or interacting with a video game than drooling in front of a TV like mindless zombies. Also, we prefer to culture our children in GOOD games...not crap like "Pretty Pony Princesses" or whatever that panelist said he bought his poor daughter.
I don't expect you to really see my point much less read this email, but thank you nonetheless.
~B. M. Hacker
And no, we don't really have kids...she was just trying to make a point.