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GlarnBoudin
Dec 16 2015, 08:05 PM
Man, humans do strange things when we get bored.
Like cutting of the ends of our penises, right.
For the record, as a proud foreskin owner, I wont be sprouting mushrooms or whatnot as long I practice basic hygine.
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Protectorates of the Proan Empire
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Bottle Beasts - This Universes version of Pokemon.
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The 'Verse Whale - The Homeworld of the two forces, a planet sized organism, and the unique life that has flourished on it.
замороженный конец - An Ice Age world populated by tripodal organisms.
[To Be Named] - A world of creatures with an arm for a head
[To Be Named] - The Homeworld of a species where only the males are sapient.
[To Be Named] - The home of a race of carnivorous, trap building beings.
[To Be Named] - A planet of organisms that can link their minds, where two forms of intelligence have arisen.
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Most people around here honestly just don't seem to give two craps about having a foreskin or not, that's basically my point of view. It honestly doesn't matter; having it done or not makes more or less no difference. But if we want to debate circumcision, we should make a topic in In-Depth Discourse, not debate here.
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As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them.
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seascorpion
Dec 17 2015, 07:49 AM
Well, circumcision is one of those issues that starts debates online a lot but not in real life.
To be honest, as far as I know, it's only really a debate in America. Virtually everyone I know who I've talked to about it thinks that it's immoral, as it isn't anywhere near as common here or in Europe or Latin America as it is in the US or Middle East. In a few countries there are laws against it, and perhaps more commonly, it is seen as an oddity of some societies.
f you're outside a context where it is normal or expected it is pretty strange that it could be considered normal in some countries to modify the genitals of infants without any actual medical justification or reason. Imagine if people pierced the clitoral hood of their daughters when they were born, sure in that culture it might be normal, and many of those girls would grow up feeling as though it was perfectly fine or even preferable, but across the pond it'd gross people out.
The supposed medical benefits are that it reduces risk of smegma or infection as it's easier to clean. But again it's a cultural thing, not really practised in Europe (not sure why America practises it).
Yes, but that's not actually medically necessary. You also have to regularly clean your teeth and practice dental hygiene, or wash your hair, having to clean your foreskin is not a big deal or a medical condition.
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the thing is with people like you,especially, the women, its that, in the darkest truths of things, you are just like spoiled children as you are so easily taken in by a pretty picture or small animal that you can't see a big picture, and there is a picture to be viewed. and it is a big picture. did you know that animals have evolved to look "cute" to other animals, and, especially, to humans who wuold otherwise be driven to slaughter them by there more practical natures. they develop large eyes and small nose like a human baby, in this way animals have manipulated into doing there bidding and not harming them, this naturally is most effective on the women as they like children have not, maybe they cannot, allow rationality to override there emotional response. how does it feel knowing that a dumb animal has exerted mind control over you for your entire life? this is why most slaughterhouse workers, butchers, soldier, police, fishermen, farmers are men. if left to the women we would all starve eating nothing but vegetables, roots, and unable to cull the plague of animals we would lose out and starve. our enemies too would plunder our lands seeing our weakness and affront at blood. it isnt practical to fall for the devious charms of animals nor pretty flowers, these are just a ruse. a man can do his duty and take from the land what his tribe needs to live, or his family, or his nation, he can take from the land with no remorse, he sees the cow as a resource not a baby, with his more practical and enlightened nature. the women will see the cow as nothing more than a baby or a baby doll toy, like a child, and will clutch at it even wile the cow eats all the food, and it shits on her floor, and it takes a man to save the women and children from themselves in this way. one thing that has caused this to get out of control, this suscptibility to animal manipulations is GMO make them more appealing to womens nature, these are secretlyplanted covert weapons to weaken the nation. no meat no hard labour - perfect plan to make the people soft and ripe for conquer. this was all started by the rise in "womens rights", before this, it was eay to strengthen the people. women were more content and men could be real men, strong defenders of tribes and nations. but, as you probably know, but deep down, deny, the "womens rights" caused a lack of procreation. women think that there time is better spent on small animals and carrers, than pleasing a husband - this is why there are less children, less families. women have cats, dogs, cows, instead of a baby, just animal substitutes, they cannot see that they aren't fufiled in life without the touch of a man, i think you have fallen for this. there is one way to save these women, like you, and others who believe silly emotional impulses and GMO propoganda and graphic sexual imagery/fantasy removed. if only you will stop trying to think with your own head, and instead, endless get mislead by your hearts, you can be strong! you can save your family!
Well, that was me told! Via facebook - no idea who this person is or why they sent me this. Not obvious from my profile that I'm a woman either so I guess he did a little stalking before he sent this : / someone really needs a new hobby...( or do I just need a man to save me from cows?)
Well, circumcision is one of those issues that starts debates online a lot but not in real life.
To be honest, as far as I know, it's only really a debate in America. Virtually everyone I know who I've talked to about it thinks that it's immoral, as it isn't anywhere near as common here or in Europe or Latin America as it is in the US or Middle East. In a few countries there are laws against it, and perhaps more commonly, it is seen as an oddity of some societies.
f you're outside a context where it is normal or expected it is pretty strange that it could be considered normal in some countries to modify the genitals of infants without any actual medical justification or reason. Imagine if people pierced the clitoral hood of their daughters when they were born, sure in that culture it might be normal, and many of those girls would grow up feeling as though it was perfectly fine or even preferable, but across the pond it'd gross people out.
The supposed medical benefits are that it reduces risk of smegma or infection as it's easier to clean. But again it's a cultural thing, not really practised in Europe (not sure why America practises it).
Yes, but that's not actually medically necessary. You also have to regularly clean your teeth and practice dental hygiene, or wash your hair, having to clean your foreskin is not a big deal or a medical condition.
I wasn't saying that the 'benefits' were drastically important and that cleaning the penis is somehow different to the cleaning the rest of the body. I was merely suggesting some of the reasons people say it's good. Plus I agree with Myo, I don't think anyone here is that bothered by circumcision anyway.
"you are about to try that on a species that clawed its way to the top of a 4 billion year deep corpse pile of evolution. one that has committed the genocide you are contemplating several times already. they are the pinnacle of intelligence-based survival techniques and outnumber you 7 billion to 1" - humans vs machine
the thing is with people like you,especially, the women, its that, in the darkest truths of things, you are just like spoiled children as you are so easily taken in by a pretty picture or small animal that you can't see a big picture, and there is a picture to be viewed. and it is a big picture. did you know that animals have evolved to look "cute" to other animals, and, especially, to humans who wuold otherwise be driven to slaughter them by there more practical natures. they develop large eyes and small nose like a human baby, in this way animals have manipulated into doing there bidding and not harming them, this naturally is most effective on the women as they like children have not, maybe they cannot, allow rationality to override there emotional response. how does it feel knowing that a dumb animal has exerted mind control over you for your entire life? this is why most slaughterhouse workers, butchers, soldier, police, fishermen, farmers are men. if left to the women we would all starve eating nothing but vegetables, roots, and unable to cull the plague of animals we would lose out and starve. our enemies too would plunder our lands seeing our weakness and affront at blood. it isnt practical to fall for the devious charms of animals nor pretty flowers, these are just a ruse. a man can do his duty and take from the land what his tribe needs to live, or his family, or his nation, he can take from the land with no remorse, he sees the cow as a resource not a baby, with his more practical and enlightened nature. the women will see the cow as nothing more than a baby or a baby doll toy, like a child, and will clutch at it even wile the cow eats all the food, and it shits on her floor, and it takes a man to save the women and children from themselves in this way. one thing that has caused this to get out of control, this suscptibility to animal manipulations is GMO make them more appealing to womens nature, these are secretlyplanted covert weapons to weaken the nation. no meat no hard labour - perfect plan to make the people soft and ripe for conquer. this was all started by the rise in "womens rights", before this, it was eay to strengthen the people. women were more content and men could be real men, strong defenders of tribes and nations. but, as you probably know, but deep down, deny, the "womens rights" caused a lack of procreation. women think that there time is better spent on small animals and carrers, than pleasing a husband - this is why there are less children, less families. women have cats, dogs, cows, instead of a baby, just animal substitutes, they cannot see that they aren't fufiled in life without the touch of a man, i think you have fallen for this. there is one way to save these women, like you, and others who believe silly emotional impulses and GMO propoganda and graphic sexual imagery/fantasy removed. if only you will stop trying to think with your own head, and instead, endless get mislead by your hearts, you can be strong! you can save your family!
Well, that was me told! Via facebook - no idea who this person is or why they sent me this. Not obvious from my profile that I'm a woman either so I guess he did a little stalking before he sent this : / someone really needs a new hobby...( or do I just need a man to save me from cows?)
That guy's rant was so mind-numbingly idiotic that it was almost painful to read. Animals evolving to look "cute" to humans? (Never mind that "cute" is a subjective term). Animals exerting "mind control" over women? GMOs and women's rights being part of some bizarre conspiracy? Wtf?????????? People like that are an example of why I never assume I've seen the stupidest claims or statements I'll ever see. Cause I know that no matter how stupid something I find is, I'll probably at some point find something that somehow manages to be even stupider.
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I think a lot of dumb stuff out there is just people making fun of idiots, or people trying and failing to make a joke. For instance, this wonderfulness. This is satire, but it's juuust believable enough for it to be mistaken for genuine idiocy.
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A neat pixel animation of a future cowboy
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Hey, their right to get freaky ends when it goes up my nose.
I think a lot of dumb stuff out there is just people making fun of idiots, or people trying and failing to make a joke. For instance, this wonderfulness. This is satire, but it's juuust believable enough for it to be mistaken for genuine idiocy.
I tried to read a "utopian" story written by the worst libertarianism has to offer that has the US take a way more insane route to deal with the 9/11 attacks; the US ends up nuking every major muslim city in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent and by nuking the mecca Muslims shut down, the UN is America's complete slave and the world is happy and libertarian and rational. Then the illustrious RvBoMalley made a more real outcome for that insane scenario.
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Dec 17 2015, 07:34 PM
I tried to read a "utopian" story written by the worst libertarianism has to offer that has the US take a way more insane route to deal with the 9/11 attacks; the US ends up nuking every major muslim city in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent and by nuking the mecca Muslims shut down, the UN is America's complete slave and the world is happy and libertarian and rational. Then the illustrious RvBoMalley made a more real outcome for that insane scenario.
> Genocide is a 'rational' response to a terrorist attack
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Dec 17 2015, 07:10 PM
I think a lot of dumb stuff out there is just people making fun of idiots, or people trying and failing to make a joke. For instance, this wonderfulness. This is satire, but it's juuust believable enough for it to be mistaken for genuine idiocy.
Similarly Objective Ministries is a satire site that's fooled many people, including myself. I've even seen their pterosaur page and associated creationist material mentioned in a printed book, presented as something creationists really believe. On the other hand, they seem to cite genuine creationist literature pretty extensively.
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One of the annoying things about Poe's Law (the phenomenon I described earlier) is that lot of people assume young earth creationists are complete idiots because of people presenting satire like that as fact, or claiming that the nuttiest theories* are an accurate representation of what all of them believe (not that I'm one myself, otherwise I wouldn't be here). Most of these people aren't idiots, they just don't know too much about science. It's the same reason homeopathy is still practiced, even though anyone who knows the slightest thing about chemistry can completely destroy it.
This is why I tend to stare away from satirical and/or trolling jabs at this kind of thing. The way I see it, to encourage someone who is wrong, and refuses to to believe that they can even potentially be wrong, is akin to feeding a wild bear. Sure it might be cute at first, but somewhere down the line, someone's going to get mauled because of it. And Poe's Law makes it very east to do that, even if by accident.
F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.
At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.
Protectorates of the Proan Empire
The Sundered Realms - A fantasy realm where the world is divided into different sections. (Following names subject to change)
The Gavell Kingdom
The Everdark Forest
The Lunar Tundra
The Sand Sea
The Asteroid Cloud
The Rotting Shard
The Orbital River
The Outer Shadow
Bottle Beasts - This Universes version of Pokemon.
Worlds Impacted by the Enlightened/Visceral War
The 'Verse Whale - The Homeworld of the two forces, a planet sized organism, and the unique life that has flourished on it.
замороженный конец - An Ice Age world populated by tripodal organisms.
[To Be Named] - A world of creatures with an arm for a head
[To Be Named] - The Homeworld of a species where only the males are sapient.
[To Be Named] - The home of a race of carnivorous, trap building beings.
[To Be Named] - A planet of organisms that can link their minds, where two forms of intelligence have arisen.
Unaffiliated Universes
[To Be Named] - A parallel earth where the Synapsids took over after the Permian Extinction, among other resulting changes.
نيو نيو امستردام - An abandoned Dyson Cylinder containing an Ecumenopolis now catering to our former pets and pests. (A concept developed entirely separate from DroidSyber's Arcology, I swear.)
The Bleed - A vast universe where physics are more a suggestion than a rule.
Parakosmos Minor - Known Earth Pocket Universes, Natural or Artificial.
Island of Marsupials and Armadillos off the coast of South America
A world inhabited by Woodpecker descendants (Again, not meant to be a clone of Serina, I in no way have that much detail ready for this.)
Katiwala - Your typical Lost World...if i decide to go that route...
(And this is just the spec related stuff)
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