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Hi Jim, fellow vancouverite :)

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I love picklebacks. Really just for the pickle juice.

i too enjoy picklebacks

Same here

Judging people for what they do, assuming they can control it and not be a total tool - is dud territory

― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, March 16, 2017 4:07 PM (three hours ago)

my controversial opinion is that you should totally judge people for what they do

It's almost impossible..we're conditioned to judge our whole lives.

And I'm talking specifically about the post upthread calling those who drink and do drugs "idiots" FWIW.

contenderizer otm judgement is awesome and ppl are their actions

my opinion is that ppl who take comfort in fixing others somewhere into their personal moral order are pitiful and sometimes dangerous

the nuances of actual and/vs potential are v thorny but I think it's best not to gloss over them

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I assume that the soundtrack to drinking picklebacks is Nickelback

Seems to me like the cost/benefit of space exploration/colonization makes a lot of sense since the potential benefit might mean the continued survival of our species.

― Mordy, Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Controversial opinion: our species should maybe limit ourselves to despoiling just the one planet.

why? what's so special about lifeless rocks in space that we shouldn't despoil them?

I hear if a human touches a planet the universe kicks it out of its nest

If God wanted us to destroy other planets' ecosystems he'd have created us on them.

is the continued survival of our species a cost or a benefit

We are not destroying the planet, we are destroying ourselves.

We can do both! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html

If God wanted us to destroy other planets' ecosystems he'd have created us on them.

Counterpoint: If God didn't want us to destroy other planets' ecosystems he wouldn't have made them so sexy

"Sorry if you're offended" is grand

"I'm sorry I offended you" is not the same as "I'm sorry if you were offended"

i think ogmor is OTM

"I'm sorry if you're offended" is great but only as a backhand when the stakes are low

Mordy otm. The only reason the environmental crisis here on Earth is a crisis is because it threatens human life. I don't care about spoiling the landscape of Jupiter.

You don't know what kind of life is or isn't on Jupiter jesus christ

Unrelated to thread topic but while we're discussing pass-agg communication, I came across this beautiful little number yesterday:

In 1964, when King criticized the FBI for inadequately responding to civil rights complaints, Hoover publicly stated that King was “the most notorious liar in the country.” King responded diplomatically, “I cannot conceive of Mr. Hoover making a statement like this without being under extreme pressure. He has apparently faltered under the awesome burdens, complexities and responsibilities of his office, therefore, I cannot engage in a public debate with him. I have nothing but sympathy for this man who has served his country so well.”

daaaamn

holy shit

Jupiter is a gas giant, don't think it has a landscape as such, don't make me sic caek on you.

You don't know what kind of life is or isn't on Jupiter jesus christ

Giant whales iirc

what do you mean, I had this Nat'l Geographic book as a kid with clear evidence that there are awesome balloon bird things on Jupiter

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fastrobioloblog.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fjupiter-life.jpg&f=1

OMG I had that book too.

Mordy otm. The only reason the environmental crisis here on Earth is a crisis is because it threatens human life. I don't care about spoiling the landscape of Jupiter.

― Treeship, Friday, March 17, 2017 8:42 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

we probably will end up killing basically most flora and fauna on this planet

holy shit that was one of my favorite books as a kid xp

The evening standard will probably improve under george osborne's stewardship

anyone else remember the intro to the 1950s version of War of the Worlds, talking about all the planets the Martians considered but passed on before invading earth? Jupiter looked like Mordor.

Tekken 2 was Way better than Tekken 3.

gtfo, you just couldn't sidestep

we have the Cold War to thank for space exploration

and the nazis! thanks, Werner

gtfo, you just couldn't sidestep

― ogmor, Friday, 17 March 2017 18:54

True but when you consider the visual and sound design, the soundtrack, the atmosphere and Jin Kazama being a lame-ass substitute for Kazuya (although Bryan Fury is better than Bruce), Tekken 2 is obviously better. It was slower but more satisfying.

never played that much 2 tbh, but the 3 soundtrack (esp arcade) was awesome. ling & hwoarang are my 2 favs, yoshi was amazing, lei's haha step biz incredible, paul phoenix still irritating but it just felt like a huge expansion and i love the way it felt

anyway not to deny you your constitutional right to a controversial opinion itt, carry on

all you really need from 80's Wire is a copy of the "kidney bingos" 12-inch and the "ahead" 12-inch.

but you need all the colin solo records even It Seems which nobody thinks they need but you kinda do.

Bernie would have won, but it would only have delayed the disaster four years. Clinton was the only cure.

Also, if Bernie had dropped out back in April where he really had lost his chance, Clinton would have won. Despite the very many missteps she and her campaign did on their own.

Jesus doesn't walk

Jesus walked... on water!

nope - airboat