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« Reply #75 on: February 03, 2022, 08:53:21 pm »
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I don't know any of this stuff

And you've been hanging around here how long now?

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and you people like to twist information to suit your ideology. For instance, Reps. Omar and Tlaib, whom you admire, both made tweets wishing the Jewish community a happy Hanukkah last year

Please explain how this is a "twist" of information to suit our ideology?


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« Reply #76 on: February 04, 2022, 08:34:46 am »
Please explain how this is a "twist" of information to suit our ideology?
Both representatives criticize Israel, yet you don't put them in the 'Enemies' category when they made the aforesaid Hanukkah tweets.
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« Reply #77 on: February 04, 2022, 01:33:03 pm »
Please explain how this is a "twist" of information to suit our ideology?
Both representatives criticize Israel, yet you don't put them in the 'Enemies' category when they made the aforesaid Hanukkah tweets.

Doing dumb stuff doesn't necessarily warrant a spot in the enemies category does it? Should we also put everyone with terrible reading comprehension in the enemies category as well, because if we did you would have been in it a long time ago!

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« Reply #78 on: February 04, 2022, 03:20:57 pm »
Doing dumb stuff doesn't necessarily warrant a spot in the enemies category does it? Should we also put everyone with terrible reading comprehension in the enemies category as well, because if we did you would have been in it a long time ago!
You slander me by insulting my literacy, yet you criticize Westerners for their obsession over intelligence. You're a hypocrite.

National Socialism ≠ Nazism

Aryan ≠ 'White'.

Race = Quality && Race ≠ Ethnicity.

History is written by the victors.

The truth fears no investigation.

(He) who controls the past controls the future; (he) who controls the present controls the past.

UNITY THROUGH NOBILITY.

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« Reply #79 on: March 01, 2022, 03:24:40 pm »
Mushroom canoe? That’s a fungi idea
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A student in Nebraska has grown a canoe made out of mushrooms.
Katy Ayers, 28, fashioned the 8ft vessel from mycelium, the fibrous roots of the mushroom that are typically found beneath soil which are also dense, buoyant and waterproof.
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The boat, which she calls “Myconoe”, remains a living thing: every time it is used it sprouts fresh mushrooms.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mushroom-canoe-thats-a-fungi-idea-jpcv6vc0d

Mush love!


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« Reply #80 on: March 02, 2022, 12:03:56 am »
Mini rant, but I hate when people say “They deserved to get scammed because they were stupid enough to fall for it” or, put more gently, “People who fall for scams deserve it” (which still implies that intelligence in and of itself is valued while people who lack it are inherently less valuable). SO many people have this kind of attitude, even self proclaimed liberals and leftists to an extent. Does it not occur to them that nobody chooses to be “stupid enough to fall for a scam”? Why would they want that to happen to themselves? If they’re simply referring to people who are unmindful, a lack of mindfulness is still FAR less of an offense than scamming. And even if them falling for a scam is exactly because of their level of intelligence, why does that mean they deserve bad things to happen to them for an attribute they can’t control? Once again, it’s victim blaming, and it also an implicit condoning of scammers
« Last Edit: March 02, 2022, 12:16:30 am by SirGalahad »

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« Reply #81 on: March 02, 2022, 01:04:45 am »
I think it depends on the kind of scam. If the scam involves appealing to the mark's greed, and the mark falls for it due to being unable to resist temptation, then the mark does deserve it. Whereas if the scam involves appealing to the mark's compassion, and the mark falls for it out of a sincere wish to help a good cause, then the mark of course does not deserve it.

"Does it not occur to them that nobody chooses to be “stupid enough to fall for a scam”? Why would they want that to happen to themselves?"

No one wants to fall for a scam, but many people want profit unearned through honest labour, hence fall for greed scams which apparently offer this to them. Would you agree that X who does not want unearned profit deserves better than Y who does? If so, then since X will avoid the greed scam that Y will fall for, then would you agree that both got what they deserved?

It is true that Z who (like Y) also wants unearned profit but who (unlike Y) is smart enough to see through the greed scam will (like X) also not fall for it, but then it is Z who has not gotten what they deserve. Comparing X to Z, X is still the better person, yet Z by compensating with mere intelligence is doing no worse than X is. Does this not seem unfair to you? Or comparing Y and Z, both are equally bad people, but Z by compensating with mere intelligence is doing better than Y. Does this not seem unfair to you?

We should want a greed scam to exist that both Y and Z fall for, leaving only X unscathed. Do you not want this?

"condoning of scammers"

If the scammer uses only greed scams and is scamming purely to take down Y and Z and all others like them, and then using the gains to help X and others like them, the scammer is doing God's work. If the scammer is in it for personal gain, but still only uses greed scams, at least they are only gaining at the expense of other bad people, which makes them harmless. The only scammers who are our enemies are those who use compassion scams.

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« Reply #82 on: March 02, 2022, 02:00:53 am »
"We should want a greed scam to exist that both Y and Z fall for, leaving only X unscathed. Do you not want this?"

Of course.

"If the scammer uses only greed scams and is scamming purely to take down Y and Z and all others like them, and then using the gains to help X and others like them, the scammer is doing God's work. If the scammer is in it for personal gain, but still only uses greed scams, at least they are only gaining at the expense of other bad people, which makes them harmless. The only scammers who are our enemies are those who use compassion scams."

I agree. I was originally going to end my comment with "The only people who deserve to be scammed are scammers", although as you point out, the statement isn't specific enough since scamming ignoble non-scammers would also be valid.

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« Reply #83 on: March 02, 2022, 01:46:10 pm »
Interesting points guys, but what about the mushroom canoe? Don't you want to row, row, row your boat gently down the stream,  and produce fresh healthy mushrooms while doing so?

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« Reply #84 on: March 04, 2022, 10:45:40 pm »
Seems like it might be a bit smelly, but mushrooms seem like an intriguing substitute for plastics in certain situations.

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« Reply #85 on: March 05, 2022, 10:02:27 pm »
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Drowning Lizard Gets CPR From Kind Woman | This little lizard was drowning in a pool — so this woman did whatever it took to save him.


I've never given CPR to a lizard before, but it is amazing how many insects will resuscitate after drowning simply by cupping them in your hands and using your warm breath on them. It's sad how many animals die from drowning in swimming pools, that is for sure. Looking forward to selling my pool service business and going fully into gourmet mushrooms....

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« Reply #86 on: March 28, 2022, 10:29:11 pm »
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« Reply #87 on: April 16, 2022, 03:43:19 pm »
dog doing the dishes

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« Reply #88 on: April 28, 2022, 02:04:08 pm »
Kangaroo's are a bit odd I've recently discovered on YouTube....

Man punches a Kangaroo Now he's back for REVENGE !


The Barn was Destroyed. (creating a new species)


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« Reply #89 on: June 11, 2022, 03:04:03 pm »
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The story of the last German WW2 'super ace', Knight's Cross holder Hugo Broch, who is 100 years old.