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Topic: Serious Discussion / The high divorce rate

Originally posted by Draconavin:

Feminism.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Gay Marriage

In related news, today the Minnesota senate passed a bill that allows gays to marry in that state. Now, since our governor, Mark Dayton, is pro-gay marriage, this basically means that we’ll have one more state in the union where you can marry your partner.

EDIT:

Originally posted by TheBSG:

And so, my state joins the modern world.

BSG, are you a Minnesnowtan?

Topic: Off-topic / OT's Official Tinychat Thread (OOTT)

Get in here

Topic: Off-topic / 4563456345643563456

Depends, do you want try smoking marijuana? Now, if you do, do. If you don’t, don’t.

Don’t fake who you are to gain popularity. If smoking marijuana isn’t something you want to do, and it’s not someone you want to be, don’t be that guy. If you’re alright with it, go ahead.

Topic: Serious Discussion / The ideal military government?

The army maintains lavish, lavish, constant social-political engagements. You should look at the massive amount of ridiculous posh spending the army has for its pretty faces.

Yes, the fact that we’re issued ASUs and on rare occasion have military banquets, balls, or ceremonies are the biggest costs. Even though many of those are paid for either by donations or out of pocket, THAT is where the cost in the military comes in.

Army Grunts still make far better coin then working grunts. But why argue this like it matters what your opinion is? This is numbers, they’re quantifiable

I hope you realize how long it takes to rank up. Sure E-1 to E-4 is a total of 2 years, but any promotions beyond that take a while. In your second link, the army is assuming a lot of benefits you typically get in the civilian world are all on you, and they are a little overzealous in calling out your “special duty” pay. That is a huge variable in and of itself. Again, they also say the housing allowance is a lot, but that’s probably their max housing allowance, the typical number is quite a bit lower depending on where you’re stationed. Basically, that’s recruiter sales pitch to make the Army look more profitable than it really is.

They joined because they had no other options, or because it was that or jail. What’s debatable is whether it’s STILL like that.

We don’t live in the Vietnam era, this belief that soldiers are dirtbags that are trash who are copping out of prison is simply wrong. First of all the “war or jail” choice is gone now. They don’t do that any more. Add to that how difficult it is to get into the military as a whole now days, especially with a mark or two on your record and I can’t help but be confused by where you’re coming from.

Topic: Off-topic / effective, unconventional ways to kill yourself?

Drink a lot of piss

Topic: Serious Discussion / Gun Issues

Originally posted by Draconavin:

A word to the wise.
Ignore this troll.
Let him cohabit with rest of the OT trolls who aren’t worth anyone’s time or patience.

I’m seeing a lot of “YOUS A TROLL” and not much debate from you. I mean, if you want to throw up ad hominem all day, be everyone’s guest, but it isn’t getting you far.

EDIT:

Originally posted by PatriotSaint:

Originally posted by onlineidiot1994:

I think it’s funny how most of SD completely rejects anyone who’s conservative and resorts to name calling. It makes me almost ashamed to consider myself liberal.

That said, weapons only lead to more violence. The idea of protecting yourself is a nice excuse but then, what about those who are morally against using violence, even in self defense?

What about them?

How about gasp *choosing (whoa) to be a pacifist under all circumstances and get murdered in a Chicago alley at night?

Thus perpetuating the idea that more guns = more violence.

Not to mention if everyone’s packing heat everywhere, if tensions flare up between you and another individual, you’re a bad decision and reaching into your pocket away from going to prison.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Gun Issues

I think it’s funny how most of SD completely rejects anyone who’s conservative and resorts to name calling. It makes me almost ashamed to consider myself liberal.

That said, weapons only lead to more violence. The idea of protecting yourself is a nice excuse but then, what about those who are morally against using violence, even in self defense?

Topic: Serious Discussion / The ideal military government?

I have to say, those of you who are calling the military a place for poor rejects and the like really have no fucking clue what it’s like here. Are there people here who are mostly in it for the money? Yeah. Are they the majority? Hell no. Most of the people here that I’ve talked to joined up because they legitimately wanted to serve their country, or for personal reasons. Hell, I myself joined just to prove to myself that I could do something difficult outside the realms of academia. I could’ve gone to college, done well, made some friends, and went about becoming a working Joe, but I decided I wanted to push myself to do something difficult that would be a source of pride. I still plan on going to college when I get out, and a hell of a lot of the people that I’ve met so far do as well. Shit, the Army promotes people who go through any schooling, military or civilian, faster than those who don’t, simply because it wants the strongest, smartest, best people be its leaders.

Topic: Serious Discussion / The ideal military government?

Originally posted by PatriotSaint:

How about a country where people are willing to volunteer? Wait…

Volunteer? For the military? Who would do such a thing?

Topic: Serious Discussion / The ideal military government?

That’s a really, really terrible idea. It’s essentially the elite educated don’t have to worry about being a part of the military that is so intrinsic to the focus of this culture, while officers elect other officers to make all the decisions of everyone else.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Clean, renewable ENERGY

Both clean and renewable energy are rarely cost efficient compared to sources such as coal. Now, probably my favorite energy source, although not popular, is nuclear, as it is cost efficient and incredibly clean, although it uses a nonrenewable source. The obvious problem is that in the event of a catastrophe, they’re incredibly difficult to recover from, rare though these instances are. Then there are sources that are renewable, but really they have a pretty painful environmental footprint compared to fossil fuels even. Hydroelectric, while both cheap and renewable, destroys ecosystems, land that could be otherwise used, and are expensive to reclaim. They also pose the threat to break and cause damage to property and habitat if the dams that often support them fail. Wind power is one of the few clean and renewable sources that is actually cost effective, at least in the US. The Great Plains region of the United States is one of the windiest places on land, and is where the cost per kilowatt hour is competitive with other sources of energy. Geothermal is also a cheap source with almost no environmental impact, and is effective as a means to maintain a steady temperature all year round.

Topic: Off-topic / Your opinion on Windows 8

By far the most dramatic shift I’ve seen in a Windows OS change so far, but the more I get used to it the more I like it. Still has some bugs they need to patch out, but I definitely give it a solid 8/10.

Topic: Off-topic / Any item from a game

X-Wing from Star Wars Battlefront 2.

Topic: Off-topic / People who beat people who are younger than they're up.

Well, I think beating younger people is a good thing. It teaches them that no matter how good they are, there is always someone better, bigger, stronger, smarter, etc. They learn a little humility. Will they cry? Yes. Will they learn competition? Most definitely. Of course, if they’re not quitters, if they’re not doing wrong, it may be okay to let them win one or two games, just so they keep their self confidence. After all, you keep beating them in every game, no matter what, you’ll start to get an ego yourself.

Topic: Off-topic / GameSpy shut down

Originally posted by DMinor:

I’ve never read anything on GameSpy. I don’t really like reading game reviews (I skip that section in Game Informer) because I like being able to form my own opinions without a little nagging voice in the back of my head going “Remember what so-and-so said about this game?”
I make an exception for Yahtzee because he’s pretty funny.

Isn’t that all GameInformer is?

Topic: Off-topic / If you were about to receive heart surgery, would you rather have the surgeon be blind or drunk?

Drunk, because he might puke in me, and that’s a good story no matter who tells it.

Topic: Off-topic / What is your least favorite letter of the alphabet?

S. Too many last names start with “S”. When names are called in alphabetical order, I, whose last name begins with a letter after “s” have to wait forever until “s” is complete.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Gun Issues

Not only should everyone have a weapon to defend themselves and/or everyone around them, they should also have EOD training, extensive knowledge of martial arts, first aid (or at least CLS) understanding, and the knowledge of how to do all these things in an NBC environment. That’s just for civilians, too. If you think for a moment that this is ridiculous to teach our citizens this at say, grade school level, you obviously don’t understand how dangerous this world is, and you’re a stupid weak minded no heart liberal who hates their country.

Topic: Off-topic / Compliments <3

You’re fluffy.

Topic: Off-topic / Do you guys have any idea what are these?

I pooped.

Topic: Off-topic / No fap week

Too easy.

The longest I’ve gone with no faps was 9 weeks.

Topic: Off-topic / I Make Pizzas for a Living

Originally posted by Rich112:

That menu isn’t that bad. I was worked in a pizza shop once that only have like 30 pizzas and it was just the same 15 pizza just one had white sauce.

I worked at a pizza shop and even though there was a fair bit of variety, it sucked because the people that I worked with were bitchy, and I always smelled like pizza dough when I left.

Topic: Off-topic / I know what North Korea needs

Huh, a friend of mine showed me this comic earlier today.

0/10 for no creativity, OP.

Topic: Off-topic / Americans

Originally posted by CarlSweatpants:

Originally posted by thedude0:

Originally posted by DemonOfMist:

We are fat cause we can afford food, while other countries are starving. This shows we are wealthy.

What about the UK then?
We are wealthy as well yet there are no stereotypes of us being fat.
Btw I don’t think that ALL americans are fat but many are, america is quite big so 25% is a lot.

Most people in the UK are overweight lol

JUST LIKE UR MOM