Recent posts by dd790 on Kongregate

Topic: Serious Discussion / Does God exists? and why?

Originally posted by Sroft:

guys, it doesnt matter if you believe that god exists, it only matters that there are people out there who do. And if it gets them through life and allows them to die peacefully without fear and anguish, then let them believe in god. It is not up to you to decide what other people believe in.

It probably matters to this man, and his family, and friends, and to all the witnesses who saw a man murdered in the street in the name of a so called ‘god’

God’s are used to justify the un-justifiable, always have and always will be.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Chat room owning.

Originally posted by 75yt2:

But what about all of the people who rarely, if ever, go to the forums. Would they not be involved enough in the site to be good moderators or chat room owners. If that is the case then maybe kongregate should try some campaign or promotion to try and encourage more people to try and become involved within the site and the forums.

Kongregate have made it abundantly clear they don’t care in the slightest about the SD forum, no idea about the others as this is the only one I use, with adblock on, don’t see why Kongregate should make money off SD in it’s current state

Topic: Serious Discussion / Does God exists? and why?

Originally posted by Draconavin:

Originally posted by Draconavin:

No.
End of Story.

I thought I addressed this already on the first page :)

In SD it is generally the idea to actually support claims with evidence or at least some thought, specially when the thread asks for an explanation.

That is why you have been ignored, and debates would generally be rather dull if we just waited for your opinion then accepted it as fact and stopped discussing the topic

Topic: Serious Discussion / Global Climate Change - Get off our lazy butts!

Originally posted by HolyLasagna:

I said you can doubt it if you have a very good reason – dd790 and most climate change deniers DO NOT.

Firstly, you base this on what? Typing climate change into Google and parroting the top response?

Secondly, “climate change deniers” you make it sound like holocaust denial or some other crazy notion, all I have ever suggested is that human impact on climate change is actually not a big enough impact to justify all the environment taxes that the doomsday concept of “global warming” was coined to justify.

Finally, I have never suggested that climate change does not occur, it does, we can see this throughout history and what tends to happen is the Earth pushes the reset button, normally with a glaciation, and then carries on turning

Topic: Serious Discussion / does the "female" belong in the kitchen?

Trolls don’t even try these days

Topic: Serious Discussion / Nepotism In Western Media

If we ran three day news coverage every time there was a bomb in the Middle East then news would fall behind. It mhappens too often to be considered news anymore. Bigger news would be if a week went by without then bombing each other

Topic: Serious Discussion / Global Climate Change - Get off our lazy butts!

Originally posted by HolyLasagna:
I just don’t get why people keep doubting the scientific consensus without knowing jack-shit about the subject

Originally posted by HolyLasagna:
“Nobody except somebody said X.” Ergo, somebody said X. It was precisely because of dd790’s post that I made mine.

I guess all those years I spent on an honours degree for the very topic really were wasted then, someone on a forum thinks they know it all!

Global warming is a concept invented by governments to justify environment taxes, climate change is a real thing which scientists support the concept of, but don’t claim we cause. It is claimed we are accelerating climate change, but credible scientists don’t claim we are the sole cause.

Topic: Serious Discussion / NHS (socialist medicine) and "emotion bonus"

know what you mean about records and paper trail, every time I have been to hospital with someone they get asked the same set of questions by 5-6 different people because there doesn’t seem to be any centralised data.

But if hospitals are anything like the job I work in then auditors don’t care about what you send customers, as long as your paper trail is fine

Topic: Serious Discussion / NHS (socialist medicine) and "emotion bonus"

I live in the UK so this is basically about the NHS, but I guess the point has implications in all socialized medicine concepts.

This is a different slant on the usual thread, normally threads are about the idea vs society, what I propose here is the cost of universal health care vs wages to staff.

Here in the UK the NHS is paid for out of income tax, I have also recently found out a friend as a trainee nurse makes 149% my wage. They are paid out of my wage, I work for a company that exports product to 72 other countries, one of the few British countries that brings money into British economy, while the NHS haemorrhages money. NHS workers get higher pay for “emotional impact”

Basically my question is, given the NHS is struggling, should bonus wage be given to workers for “emotional reasons”. The skill level needed to be an average NHS worker is equal to that of the average minimum wage worker, maybe you have to tick a couple of academic boxes but academia is pretty much worthless in real-world applications.

The role of nurse’s in the NHS is to do basic checks and to complete paper work, basically what any worker that has a first aid qualification can do, yet they are paid over 1.5 times minimum wage while working for a government department that is loosing money faster than any other.

Maybe I am callous but I fail to see why there is such a high starting wage in a public funded department that is constantly complaining about low wages. As someone who pays £40 tax on my £278 a week wage I feel I have some right to question where that £40 I worked for is going

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why are breasts considered "private" parts?

Originally posted by LinkinPark037:

Be mature about it, everyone is beautiful.

Short but one of the best posts in this thread

Topic: Serious Discussion / Global Climate Change - Get off our lazy butts!

I still missed the bit where global warming was proved to be man made and going to cause imminent extinction (other than in The Day After Tomorrow ofcourse but I don’t think that is a reputable source…)

Sadly I don’t have the time to go searching for real data these days and all quick searches give is biased rubbish. Normally graphs of CO2 levels show a curve that goes almost vertically upward in “near future” though I question just how this will happen when the same doom sayers tell us the very fuels that will cause this will run out shortly…

Though any of this could be the AX: ofcourse, will need to wait for one to be added to know though

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why doesn't Kongregate have a "Point and Click" games category?

Originally posted by Ninjitsu_Pirate:

Originally posted by dd790:

Originally posted by Ninjitsu_Pirate:

I agree.

You would, now go away

Why should I go away?

Right now you seem to just be spamming every thread in SD with a brief meaningless post, your pretty much just getting +1’s for your post count aren’t you?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why doesn't Kongregate have a "Point and Click" games category?

Originally posted by Ninjitsu_Pirate:

I agree.

You would, now go away

Topic: Serious Discussion / Should the Law have some control over what is done to one's own body?

I am all for people doing whatever they want to their bodies, until they expect the NHS to pick up the tab.

Self inflicted health problems (issues from smoking, drinking, drugs, eating till you can’t walk etc) shouldn’t be covered by the NHS, and normally people with serious problems caused by these things tend to have difficulty doing/finding/keeping a job, thus don’t pay taxes and maybe even get support money. I dislike that my wage goes to paying for the NHS to try and help people who chose to be ill, A&E and helping people who didn’t choose to become ill with my tax money is fine, I will expect the favour back should I fall ill, but all the self inflicted illnesses are destroying the NHS and forcing up the health budget, and thus taxes and other cuts to cover the costs

Topic: Serious Discussion / Does God exists? and why?

Originally posted by DakotaDante:

The probability of any deity existing is 00.1%.

This is because it is impossible to straight up disprove such a claim, as nothing tangible exists to disprove. For example, I could make delicious claims about unicorns being real, and the percentage of chance that my claims may be true would be the exact same as the percentage of chance that your God exists.

Not really sure that is how probability works…

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why are breasts considered "private" parts?

“Men get aroused looking at them”? Really? All men? Any breasts? That is a blanket statement and one I hasten to say is utter rubbish.

They are a very sensitive area that can be very arousing for the lady by touch and sensation which in turn should be arousing for the man.

However from pure aesthetics I’d take a pretty neck, a beautiful back and some highly defined cheek bones over breasts any day

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why are breasts considered "private" parts?

Originally posted by karmakoolkid:

dd, there are some “studies” that “indicate” breast-feed kids are more “well-adjusted” ppl.

I would hazard that it is more the upbringing along side parents willing to breast feed rather than the act itself

Topic: Serious Discussion / Boston Marathon Double Explosions

Originally posted by thepunisher52:

Originally posted by jhco50:

How come we don’t license bombers? You know, do extended background checks for those trying to buy a pressure cooker or backpack? Personally, I think they should just ban pressure cookers.

Originally posted by dd790:

Originally posted by jhco50:

How come we don’t license bombers? You know, do extended background checks for those trying to buy a pressure cooker or backpack? Personally, I think they should just ban pressure cookers.

If more people had bombs then they could defend themselves against the nutters with bombs. All bombings happen in bomb free areas where civilians don’t have bombs with which to defend themselves from bombers

Not the time

Well if jhco50 will try and make idiotic pro-gun arguments out of a tragedy then I am going to mock them for it as I find it firstly stupid and secondly, sickening

Topic: Serious Discussion / Gun Issues

Originally posted by darkninja210:

You people want a reason to buy and own an assault rifle hows this:
darkninja is in the military; darkninja does not get to fire his service rifle as often as you think once a year if darkninja is lucky. So darkninja builds himself an semiauto M4 replica with an M68 and everything cept the PAQ-15. This is so darkninja may actually be able to preform some what decently in the event darkninja should ever have to fire his M4 and so when its time to qual darkninja doesnt seem like a complete noob

I think your military has some issues if there are no was to train firing a gun apart from on leave with a home made gun. I would of thought a military would train people to shoot the weapon they are issued with and have rifle ranges etc

Topic: Serious Discussion / Why are breasts considered "private" parts?

Originally posted by shhbearbear:

I love this topic!! I am all for feeding your child openly or if you want closed off ( in your house, car..ect) as long as it safe and healthy. Now, that being said, I mean “healthy” for you and your child. A clean place where you can feed your child in a comfortable manner.If you are comfortable outside..then so be it. I am all for feeding your child the best way you can, by the breast. That childs grades and immune system will be just some of the rewards from it. I am all for alil exposure..
=)

Citation needed. Are you saying that breast feeding leads to children getting higher grades at school?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Boston Marathon Double Explosions

Originally posted by jhco50:

How come we don’t license bombers? You know, do extended background checks for those trying to buy a pressure cooker or backpack? Personally, I think they should just ban pressure cookers.

If more people had bombs then they could defend themselves against the nutters with bombs. All bombings happen in bomb free areas where civilians don’t have bombs with which to defend themselves from bombers

Topic: Serious Discussion / Age Gap Psychology

Originally posted by 4rkain3:

If she says that you’re too young for her, she may just not be attracted to younger guys. It doesn’t mean she’s talking about maturity.

Yes, I know that people are attracted to different things, and I have covered that;

Originally posted by dd790:

Some people are not attracted to some other people, I get that and I never push a lady who says no.

Thing is I know older women who will fantasise about young celebrities, yet still say I am too young for them, it is a case of double standards and broken logic. It doesn’t bother me as I like women who have coherent thought, which such ladies don’t carry, however it is an interesting character loop that ladies will fantasise about young celebrities but not give younger men the time of day.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Age Gap Psychology

Thought this may make a semi interesting conversation amongst all the OT rubbish and debates that have devolved to right wing vs left wing.

This is a thread on relationships, however it’s not a “help me acquire girls” thread, it is more a discussion on the thought processes involved in relationships.

I am a man who has a preference for older women, I find naivety very unattractive, I like a lady who is mature and knows what she likes and I have no problems finding such ladies, that isn’t what this debate is about.

What I would like to talk about is the number of mature girls who cannot see past an age gap. I find plenty of ladies who can, but in my search I also find plenty of ladies who will use such phrases as “You’re too young”. Maybe I am wrong but if you are trying to play the mature card then using an arbitrary value such as age is a poor excuse.

Some people are not attracted to some other people, I get that and I never push a lady who says no. However I find it ironically immature for a lady who is supposedly too mature for me to judge maturity on a scale such as age.

There are many men older than me who are less mature, and I am sure that there are those younger who are more mature.

And that is my point, why is age such a defining factor in a relationship? Surely it should be the personality of the individual, but that seems to not be the case in a majority of cases.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Kim Jong UN

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Topic: Serious Discussion / Does God exists? and why?

Originally posted by beauval:

Only on Monty Python.

I did think when I wrote it that I actually have used the phrase a couple times around Python fans