All Posts by Praetoriani

Only if I can unlock and roll a King David hero class.

King David's slingshot crits for 5938!

Goliath dies, you gain 937 experience points.

Originally posted by DeserttFoxx

Who cares...

 

I can never understand how people feel sorry for people who commit suicide, which is one of the most selfish acts a person can do, it makes no effort to take into account the feelings of the people around you, friends, family, loved ones.

Maybe because they are incapable of doing so. Chronic depression, borderline syndrome, bipolar disorder and many other mental disorders - especially if left untreated by medication or therapy - make a person do things like these without regard for others, simply because they can't in some cases and certain periods of time. You can't really see it as selfish because it's not that they don't make the effort of taking account other people's feelings, it's because many of them are unable to do so. You likely wouldn't blame someone with Down's syndrome for being who they are, and you likely wouldn't tell an asthma patient to 'quit it and breathe like normal people' when he/she is having an attack.

Mental disorders are very real. It saddens me to see how many people do not take them as serious as somatic sickness people can 'see'.

I'm not blaming you for thinking like that, however! You're by far not the only one. :)

Very well done!

Originally posted by declaredemer

The other part of residence where they like never work is psychiatry.

 

That's where clinical psychologists do all the actual work! ;-)

Hello, fellow psychology student! I tried to get the same message across a couple of times, only much less elaborate out of 'tl;dr' fear.

So, yes. I agree with your general opinion.

I've had the pleasure of meeting some very smart and kind Texans. All master's degree and above in theoretical physics and psychology. Perceptions like these are mostly always subjective.

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by declaredemer

Originally posted by Fishermage

Ah, more "argument by attack" from you. What have two years of democratic control done? made matters worse. This is a republicrat problem, not a Republican one.

 

Any bill passed by the Democrats will get a nice "veto" from Bush.

 

We need a super-majority to really build from the ashes and ruins of republican policies.

 

We are going rebuild, reinvigorate, and repair this great nation - whether you like it or not.

• Fear-mongering - not going to work
• War-mongering - not going to work
• Anti-gay talk - not going to work
• Tax cut for the rich - neither need 'em or want 'em (just want to rebuild the USA again)

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The Next President:  Honor & Opportunity to Serve a Great Nation and People

 

The next President should relish such a chance as this to "fix" the greatest country in history.

Fix the laws, restore the Constitution, repair the finance sector, return a middle-class perspective to the table of discussion, rebuild the infrastructure and energy, and reform a foreign policy.  It is sitting on 2 trillion dollars of surplus, and the USA is sitting on 12 trillion dollars + of debt.  With a population of its size, and a history of wisdom, yes, I am watching China.

 

We lost a decade of opportunity.  We nearly lost our super-power status.  China will choose, post crisis, to either go the way of the British Empire or America in terms of finance and economics.

 

Let's rebuild America.  

Get excited.

This too shall pass.  The Republican party shall pass.

Our best days are ahead of us.  We will not be persuaded or influenced by war-mongering, fear-mongering, or gay-bashing.  We are Americans.  We are America.  The future is ours.

 

"The greatest country in history" oh please, get over yourself. It's one thing to be patriotic, it's another thing to be downright arrogant.

And nationalistic to the point of delusional. America is a great country, I'd not mind living there. There are some countries I'd rather live in, but it's definitely on my list. It's in no way or shape the 'greatest country ever' and 'the future is ours' sounds like something an environmentalist superhero would say.

 I have a friend whose name is literally 'Jan Alleman'. Dutchies may find it funny. It's pretty much the Dutch version of 'John Doe'.

I can actually respect that in a politician to some extent. It's better than acting with a big smile all the time. He's human, too.

Originally posted by Samuraisword

Originally posted by Bigdavo

Or maybe its because of the disgusting amount of repetitive bullshit political threads clogging these forums, you people are pathetic and make me sick, good riddance and don't come back, you won't be missed.

 

You mean like the repetitive McCain/Palin attack threads?

Exactly like that. So why can't one side show themselves to be the mature ones and not result to pathetic mudslinging? I can never understand that. Is anyone honestly thinking they can convince anyone on the other side?

Welcome to OU! I'm currently not playing myself, because all my real life friends are WoW players and wouldn't think about playing a game with UO's graphics, but still, I feel UO is the best game I played since I played SWG.

There's no way you can objectively 'poll' how racist someone is on a scale large enough to show a real representation.

Star Wars Galaxies had an amazing system.

I still miss it. :(

Originally posted by Leemeg

Originally posted by SgtFrog

Originally posted by VengeSunsoar

Originally posted by SgtFrog

Originally posted by Leemeg

Everquest2 do have a couple servers that selling gold/item/characters are allowed. Those servers are marked Exchange (Exc).

They do not accept that kind of trades on the normal servers.

 

i think you made that up....

 

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. But just in case you are not, it is true.  Here is an old link for it.

http://stationexchange.station.sony.com/livegamer.vm

Venge Sunsoar

wow my mistake...QQ.

i would have thought more people would have be complaining about this.

WOW

 

Its on a couple servers only, not in general.

Do they have European servers doing that now too?

Originally posted by Draenor

Originally posted by Praetoriani

Originally posted by Draenor

Originally posted by olddaddy

"Everything I say is a lie"

 

We're losing a poetic device by dumbing it down for the masses.

 

 

Then 'the masses' would pretty much be anyone that does not have a degree in language, because in that case I've seen people from all walks of life using it the wrong way. From writers, to doctors of psychology and biology, MScs in physics and garbage collectors.

 

As I said...the definition is changing as a result of misuse of the word...much like the word ironic has changed slightly in definition due to popular incorrect use of the word.  It's what happens when people who don't really know any better get a hold of something that they don't really understand.

I agree, in a way. On the other hand, can it not simply be called an evolution of a language? It's stuff like this that makes a language change from ye olde English to American-English. I'm not a specialist in language, however - so how do you feel about that?

Originally posted by Draenor

Originally posted by olddaddy

"Everything I say is a lie"

 

We're losing a poetic device by dumbing it down for the masses.

 

Then 'the masses' would pretty much be anyone that does not have a degree in language, because in that case I've seen people from all walks of life using it the wrong way. From writers, to doctors of psychology and biology, MScs in physics and garbage collectors.

I love the Big Bang Theory, and I loved this episode. Not much of an AoC fan, but still.

Originally posted by Finwe

Originally posted by Sharajat

Originally posted by Fishermage

Prove God does not exist.

And yes you blew it with the quote.

 

Prove that unicorns don't exist.  Prove there aren't 30,000 teapots orbitting uranus.  Prove that the government has not all be abducted and replaced by alien clones.  Demonstrate the non-existence of Bigfoot. 

At least all of these ideas aren't internally contradictory, which is more than I can say for most notions of 'God.'

Define why you believe in your particular 'God'  and not anyone else's.  Realize I don't believe in any of those other 'Gods' either.    Now you just have to make the next logical step and ask yourself if the reason that you don't believe in all those other Gods can be applied to yours...

 

P.S.  Your argument was a great example of blowing it.  Showing the flaws in it is really the most trivial thing in the world.  Of course what can I expect, I guess?

 

Uh oh. My radar is detecting a self-conscious atheist who is so sadly unsure of their faith for the lack of deity that they're started to slip into unsuredness and in a scared tactic last out to deists in the attempt at swaying them towards their side for self-assurance, so scared is this one that they de-rail a thread for it's cause!

I think your radar detects wrong, actually. Although i can't speak for him. It's a point I bring up a lot with my girlfriend, who is fiercly Christian, while I'm an agnostic science student. What makes your God, of whatever religion you may believe in, more believable and just than the God(s) of the other major and minor religions around the globe or, yes, even religions one could make up on the spot?

I agree it's a very simplistic argument to make, and often a bit of a cheap shot. Because, of course, it works both ways for atheists too! Which is why I'd always say I'm agnostic leaning towards atheism. I am, however, having problems saying one faith (be that christianity or atheism) is the one without having convincing proof. Of course I believe evolution is real, and we all stem from single celled organisms. But that does not in any way disprove any God. Perhaps not even the Christian God when using some other interpretations. In the end I'm willing to admit that "I'm not sure." And I'm fine with that.

Originally posted by Gazenthia

Originally posted by Praetoriani

The economical and international political damage that would cause to the United States would be enormous.

It has been in the back of my mind that the contamination was deliberate this time, a subliminal threat. Seriously, the instant coffee and tea? Bottom line is that China is consistently sending over DEADLY, LETHAL products to us. I don't think we are catching more than a fraction of the tainted crap at any given time. But oh noez lets not upset the Chinese, or lose the popularity contest... its better for our kids to chew on lead toys and our pets to die from various poisons in their food.

Well, you could always stop buying Chinese products yourself if you don't want that to happen. Either that or more quality control before import. You shouldn't always trust on the government to babysit everyone.

I'm not, however, an economist in any way beyond an advanced introductory course. I know a few things on global politics from several university courses but I am not in any way a PhD (or even a BSc) specialising in that subject. It would just seem that from a country as gigantic as China with its huge trade output, there are bound to be a few incidents with less-than-healthy materials. Especially considering their poor quality control. This debate springs up every now and then this happens, but would it really justify banning that juggernaut of a country in trade? It's not a popularity contest you're talking about - this is global politics. And I feel the common plebians (that includes me) play armchair-diplomat/world leader too much while knowing far too little while posting on public forums.

Please don't take anything I said for granted. Like I said, I suspect I know far too little to say anything intelligent about the situation. But I suspect that counts for just about everybody in here.

Also, that 'golly gee wiz' line sounded rather patronising. Might want to avoid that in the future.

Originally posted by Dekron

I don't think it should stop at dairy products. A ban on all Chinese-made products should be implemented. I do understand a vast majority of products are from China, but we need to start depending on ourselves again and not the tainted products of China.

The economical and international political damage that would cause to the United States would be enormous.