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12th July 2014, 01:40 PM
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12th July 2014, 01:39 PM
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6th July 2014, 11:17 AM
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6th July 2014, 11:16 AM
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Views: 2,069 Re: The intellectual joke thread
A hydrogen atom walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "Can you help me? I've lost my electron."
The bartender asks, "Are you sure?" and the atom replies, "I'm positive."
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2nd July 2014, 11:35 AM
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Views: 1,097 Re: The sanity paradox
You and bizgrower got the cause and effect backwards. Obviously most people who are naturally calm don't snap. It's just that people who DO snap are so often perceived as having been so calm and...
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1st July 2014, 10:33 AM
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1st July 2014, 10:28 AM
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Views: 1,097 Re: The sanity paradox
Would you trust someone who continuously appeared to be quiet and calm? Doesn't it tend to be that kind of person who "snaps" one day?
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30th June 2014, 03:26 PM
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Views: 1,097 Re: The sanity paradox
I'd say that what someone is comfortable doing is "personally normal" - to them - but it may not be "socially normal."
OTOH, a person who is socially normal in every single aspect probably...
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29th June 2014, 09:09 PM
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Views: 1,097 The sanity paradox
Heard this from a friend of mine a few years ago. The more forum posts I read, the more believable it gets.
All normal adults question their sanity once in a while. Only the truly crazy are sure...
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27th June 2014, 04:01 PM
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Views: 1,206 Re: Why do most people fear death?
I think writeaway might be confusing "fearing death" with "not yet being ready to die." Most people in Western culture don't feel ready to die, even if they're elderly and/or terminally ill, but that...
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26th June 2014, 12:06 PM
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24th June 2014, 04:23 PM
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24th June 2014, 04:19 PM
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24th June 2014, 10:17 AM
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23rd June 2014, 05:08 PM
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Views: 594 Re: Cool dog
And another cool dog:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img832/9384/hatersgonnahatecooldog.jpg
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23rd June 2014, 12:12 PM
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20th June 2014, 03:26 PM
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20th June 2014, 12:03 PM
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20th June 2014, 11:56 AM
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Views: 847 Re: People are gullible.
Agreed, but what's described above is not the same as gullibility. Truly gullible individuals are receptive to believing just about anything.
Trust me. ;)
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19th June 2014, 12:33 PM
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Views: 3,011 Re: Thailand Won't Make You Happy
Strictly speaking, everything on this planet is made of nuclear waste from those processes. ;)
Plus, you've got entropy to deal with. Everything decays over time, meaning that it's all doomed...
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18th June 2014, 03:45 PM
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18th June 2014, 02:05 PM
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18th June 2014, 02:04 PM
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18th June 2014, 02:03 PM
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17th June 2014, 04:16 PM
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Views: 2,036 Re: Interesting Observation
Given that another WWII is not a possibility, the U.S. had better come up with another proactive economic plan, instead of the "invisible hand" nonsense that the Cato Institute and other, um,...
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17th June 2014, 03:02 PM
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17th June 2014, 02:59 PM
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Views: 2,036 Re: Interesting Observation
You may understand it analytically, but what you're overlooking is that without the success of FDR's agenda, there would have been a real chance for a communist revolution. People truly did feel that...
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16th June 2014, 09:25 PM
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Views: 932 Re: I Believe
Is it just me, or does the Ghana eagle look like it's exposing itself? :eek:
http://blog.seekbromance.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/usghana.gif
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16th June 2014, 01:52 PM
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Views: 2,036 Re: Interesting Observation
Good for you. I've seen too many Bush apologists hiding behind the doctrine of less government (how's that for ironic?), so forgive me if I'm a trifle suspicious.
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15th June 2014, 10:33 PM
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15th June 2014, 10:28 PM
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15th June 2014, 10:19 PM
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13th June 2014, 02:27 PM
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12th June 2014, 12:43 PM
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12th June 2014, 12:31 PM
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6th June 2014, 10:59 AM
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Views: 1,865 Re: Hello Master or Hello, Master?
If you're speaking to Claude directly, you would say, "Hi, Claude, who are my master."
Unless, of course, you meant to ask him the question: "Hi, Claude; who is my master?"
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5th June 2014, 12:44 PM
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4th June 2014, 05:10 PM
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4th June 2014, 05:02 PM
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4th June 2014, 04:51 PM
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Views: 1,260 Re: Would you be OK with this?
Tracking no financial data whatsoever will make it considerably harder to fight money laundering.
Maybe it's worth the sacrifice and maybe it isn't, but have you even thought of that?
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1st June 2014, 01:42 PM
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30th May 2014, 03:48 PM
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Views: 3,914 Re: Gaudy enough for you???
The new design reminds me of how Newsmax used to look in its childhood. (It's still almost as annoying.)
Maybe we could switch to some Mardi Gras purple and gold. :D
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30th May 2014, 03:43 PM
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Views: 1,260 Re: Would you be OK with this?
Ron hinted at the solution already. Data is worthless if it can't be used against people.
The solution is sensible legislation that covers exactly what the government can and can't do with all...
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15th May 2014, 06:21 PM
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Views: 2,077 Re: Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
In that case, why not be completely aboveboard and state that all human life has equal value except for your own, which has more value than anyone else's as a consequence of your survival instinct? ...
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15th May 2014, 03:15 PM
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15th May 2014, 02:11 PM
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Views: 2,077 Re: Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
That being the case, how can you claim that every individual human life has the same value as every other, when you know that you can't behave in a way that's consistent with this principle?
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15th May 2014, 11:46 AM
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Views: 2,077 Re: Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
I must have missed a step in following how you reached that conclusion. What is it that makes failing to switch tracks "not an option?" Granted, it's not a pleasant option but it's still physically...
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14th May 2014, 07:43 PM
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Views: 2,077 Re: Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
That option has a couple of problems, though.
The first issue is legal: as soon as you move the switch, it's murder no matter how you look at it - whereas if you do nothing, it's just...
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14th May 2014, 05:11 PM
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14th May 2014, 04:33 PM
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Views: 2,077 Re: Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
Okay, let's suppose - just to clarify - that switching the tracks isn't actually your job; you just happen to be in the tower because of a set of random circumstances. (And the person on the tracks...
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14th May 2014, 02:58 PM
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Views: 2,077 Just for fun: a philosophy/ethics question
The following is a hypothetical situation. If you want to participate, please explain what you would do and why.
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You are in a tower at a rail yard where you can control one switch. A...
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14th May 2014, 02:55 PM
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Views: 1,255 Re: What can I do to live on my own?
One word of caution here: to do really well in sales you have to be exceptionally good at selling - which hardly anyone is.
However, learning how to sell even adequately is a very important skill...
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13th May 2014, 08:29 PM
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Views: 1,255 Re: What can I do to live on my own?
I agree with April: start with a 'day job.' While you're there, decide on an online business that you can be both good at and passionate about, and develop it as a side business at first.
Good...
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13th May 2014, 08:23 PM
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Views: 1,048 Re: Ever Just Quit Your Job?
Once you have at least 6 months of personal and business expenses set aside - plus however much capital you want to use to ramp up your online efforts - you're probably ready.
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