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wolfwood

@Monkey:

Kenjitr was funny because aside from the "Muslims don't rape people ever ever" thing, he was a wonderful wonderful ball of irony.
He insisted Americans and Turks might as well be from different planets, but aside from the above he was INCREDIBLY familiar in every single way lol. We have lots of Kenjitr's here, and they've been extra loud lately.

Here as in AP or here as in the general New York area?

Also, on a separate note, didn't he mention something about a time machine based on King Solomon's old designs?

TheCrystalShip

I'm sorry but I actually watched the first video long enough to reach the point where he doodles the effects of estrogen on the body and

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That is exactly how it works, yes, complete with cloud of magic dust.

DarkFalcon

@wolfwood:

Here as in AP or here as in the general New York area?

Also, on a separate note, didn't he mention something about a time machine based on King Solomon's old designs?

Well, that would be really cool time machine.

Monkey King

@wolfwood:

Here as in AP or here as in the general New York area?

The US in general. The Tea Party is basically Kenjitr.

Coby

My worst Stormfront moment was when i went into a thread titles "Why are black people so stupid". I nearly blew up from all the stupidity. And the worst part is that they could be your neighbors.

TheCrystalShip

@Coby:

My worst Stormfront moment was when i went into a thread titles "Why are black people so stupid". I nearly blew up from all the stupidity. And the worst part is that they could be your neighbors.

I have had many a bad experience when I, or one of my friends,
absentmindedly let slip one too many details around the wrong people.

square

@Coby:

My worst Stormfront moment was when i went into a thread titles "Why are black people so stupid". I nearly blew up from all the stupidity. And the worst part is that they could be your neighbors.

I wouldn't dwell on that so much, literally everyone is stupid in their own way.

Thanks for the thread title though, this stuff is gold.

Smudger

@TheCrystalShip:

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! EDIT NO WAIT I FOUND THE ORIGINAL. IT'S WAY SHORTER AND WAY FUNNIER:
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father runs a filtration company and has been going on about this for years.

! http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jun/02/water-system-toxic-contraceptive-pill
! > Britain faces a £30bn bill to clean up rivers, streams and drinking watersupplies contaminated by synthetic hormones from contraceptive pills. Drastic reductions in these chemicals, which have been linked to collapses in fish populations, are proposed in the latest European Union water framework directive.

But the plan, which would involve upgrading the sewage network and significantly increasing household water bills, is controversial. Water and pharmaceutical companies dispute the science involved and argue the costs are prohibitive. By contrast, many environmental researchers say the proposal is sound. Ethinyl estradiol (EE2), the main active ingredient of contraceptive pills, can trigger a condition known as intersex in freshwater fish, which has caused significant drops in populations in many species – although no links have yet been made with human health. "That does not mean we will not find impacts in future," said toxicologist Professor Richard Owen of Exeter University. "But do we want to wait until we see effects in humans, as we did with thalidomide and BSE, or do we act before harm is done?"
Preventing EE2 from having environmental or health effects is difficult, however. "Ethinyl estradiol is a very potent chemical," said Professor Susan Jobling of Brunel University. "It is designed to have effects in the human body at very low levels. That means it will also have a significant impact in the environment."
More than 2.5 million women take birth control pills in the UK. Their EE2 content is excreted and washed into sewage systems and rivers. Even at very low concentrations, this chemical has harmful effects on fish. Males suffer reduced sperm production, with severe effects on populations. In one recent trial, in a Canadian lake, researchers added EE2 until levels in the water reached five parts per trillion (ppt), a minute concentration. Yet fish populations suffered severe problems with one species, the fathead minnow, collapsing completely.
In Britain, research by Jobling found that at 50 sites 80% had noticeable levels of EE2 in their water. The closer a downstream sampling point was to a sewage works, the higher the level of EE2 tended to be. Similar levels are found elsewhere in Europe.
To reduce dangers posed by these concentrations, the EU proposed in January that it would set a level of 0.035ppt for ethinyl estradiol in water in Europe. Achieving that target will not be easy, as Owen and Jobling point out in a recent issue of Nature. They calculate that, for a town of about 250,000 people, it would cost about £6m to install a system that uses granular activated carbon to cut EE2 levels, with a further £600,000 being needed to operate the system each year. To upgrade the 1,400 sewage waterworks in England and Wales would cost a total of more than £30bn, they add. "The question we have to ask ourselves is straightforward," said Owen, a former head of environment and health at the UK Environment Agency. "Are we willing to pay up or would we rather settle for environmental damage associated with flexible fertility?"
A final decision on introducing the EU's plans to cut EE2 levels will be taken in November by the European parliament. Water and pharmaceutical companies have already begun to lobby to block the plan and it is expected other parties will become involved. "There is a danger that the battle will take place behind closed doors," said Jobling. "The public need to be told what the issues are and make its voice heard. It may be happy to pay the extra cost and so avoid the risk of ill-health in the future."
Nor is it necessary that the public should pick up the tab, added Owen. "The pharmaceutical industry makes billions out of the drugs and treatments it sells. If these pollute the environment, what is wrong with making them pay to have it cleaned up?"
However, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry rejected the idea and disputed the scientific basis of the EU plans. "Feminisation in fish populations has been observed in a number of field surveys, but a detrimental impact on the level of those populations has not been established," said a spokesman. "It would be premature to require such intensive upgrading of waste water treatment."
An official at Water UK, the trade body for the water industry, also attacked the plan and criticised the European commission for focusing on "end of pipe treatments" rather than tackling the issue of what enters the waste water stream.
! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-105466/Fertility-timebomb-drinking-water.html
! > The fertility of a generation of men is being put at risk because a hormone found in the Pill is getting into drinking water, scientists fear.

Pollution due to the chemical, a powerful form of oestrogen, is causing up to half the male fish in our lowland rivers to change sex, research shows.
Experts believe the hormone could be getting into drinking water and affecting men's sperm counts. They say sewage treatment does not remove the chemical entirely from drinking supplies, although the water industry insists there is no evidence of a risk to health.
A study to be published by the Environment Agency later this month says entire fish stocks in some stretches of water are irreversibly affected. Scientists believe the synthetic oestrogen can feminise-fish at levels as low as one part per billion.
Professor Charles Tyler, one of the leaders of the research, told BBC1's Countryfile: 'Some of the concentrations where we are seeing effects on fish are below the detection limit in place for testing our drinking water. So we cannot be sure that some of these compounds aren't getting into our drinking water.'
The study on roach stocks from ten rivers found nearly half of male fish had eggs in their testes or female reproductive ducts. A tenth were sterile and another quarter had damaged sperm.
Dr Susan Jobling, from the research team, said: 'There are very real reasons to be worried about whether male reproductive health could also be affected.'
The discovery that half the male fish in Britain's rivers are changing sex - and that the hormone responsible may be getting into drinking water - is just the latest example of how nature can give us nasty surprises.
For, despite our frequent boast that we have conquered the natural world, it has a habit of striking back in ways we least expect.
Millions of women have found the Pill to be a blessing and, although it might pose some health risks, no one expected it to cause an environmental crisis. On the contrary, it promised to avert catastrophe by helping to slow population growth.
But now scientists have found that ethanol oestradiol - a chemical used in the Pill which is between 50 to 100 times more powerful than natural oestrogens - is responsible for feminising fish.
Excreted in women's urine and passing through sewage works, it is causing the fish to develop eggs in their testes and, in some cases, creating female reproductive ducts.
Although scientists do not yet know whether this is affecting people, we do know that one-third of our drinking water comes from rivers - most of it
from stretches situated below sewage works. And we also know that sperm counts have been dropping alarmingly.
One study by the Medical Research Council found that Scottish men born since 1970 are 25 per cent less fertile than those born 20 years earlier - and that fertility is continuing to drop by two per cent a year.
Of course, other chemicals may be responsible, for we are increasingly discovering that we are surrounded by 'gender-bending' substances.
Many pesticides and plastics, for example, contain chemicals that disrupt the hormone system.
They have also been widely found in food and drink, including in baby milk formula.
These developments underline three lessons we must learn about nature.
First, it is far too complex for us to predict how it will react to changes brought about by man. Second, it gives little away for free - and if we make heavy demands, it exacts a high price.
And last, it has no reset button: we cannot quickly put things back the way they were, if at all.
! Side note: Lets just act like i didn't quote the dailymail k.At least it will eventually stem the concern of the planet being overpopulated. Though this probably wont be noticeable for another 50 years.

TheCrystalShip

@Smudger:

! http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jun/02/water-system-toxic-contraceptive-pill
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-105466/Fertility-timebomb-drinking-water.html
! Side note: Lets just act like i didn't quote the dailymail k.At least it will eventually stem the concern of the planet being overpopulated. Though this probably wont be noticeable for another 50 years.

What the fuck where are MY ovaries!?

And if that's really the same estradiol that's in birth control and the same estradiol that I take, then people must be ingesting it pretty infrequently or in very low doses or both. If not, then we'd be living in a lesbian utopia by now.

Smudger

Its weird when you think about the possibilities of the future.

Sexism and racism will be removed when we have a race of asexually reproducing humans that share the same skin color. By then we will probably find a new feature to nitpick and use to carry on the age old practice of segregation. That or rely on abusing religion as a means to kill other people.

TheCrystalShip

@Smudger:

Its weird when you think about the possibilities of the future.

Sexism and racism will be removed when we have a race of asexually reproducing humans that share the same skin color. By then we will probably find a new feature to nitpick and use to carry on the age old practice of segregation. That or rely on abusing religion as a means to kill other people.

We could technically achieve the "sexless" part of that scenario by administering hormone blockers to everyone at a young age. Unlike estrogen or testosterone, I don't think that blockers interfere with your ability to sexually procreate, at least not permanently. And that one guy was able to go off testosterone and get pregnant several times, so.

EDIT: In the future, Bruce Willis will look back at this post and curse me.

desa

Stormfront is for white Americans or for white in general?

DarkFalcon

It would be cool if people would make an effort and learned to accept differences it would be way better, than removing differences (which is boring and disrespectful).

Smudger

@TheCrystalShip:

We could technically achieve the "sexless" part of that scenario by administering hormone blockers to everyone at a young age. Unlike estrogen or testosterone, I don't think that blockers interfere with your ability to sexually procreate, at least not permanently. And that one guy was able to go off testosterone and get pregnant several times, so.

EDIT: In the future, Bruce Willis will look back at this post and curse me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/atesh/12MonkeysWeDidIt.jpg

I read what you posted. Then i saw this video…
http://faithtap.com/874/christian-dads-experience-what-it-feels-like-to-give-birth/#t/874/
…and all i can say is HELL NO! lol im enjoying the pro's of being a guy.

square

@DarkFalcon:

It would be cool if people would make an effort and learned to accept differences it would be way better, than removing differences (which is boring and disrespectful).

Yeah… that's never going to happen without outside intervention.

Coby

@desa:

Stormfront is for white Americans or for white in general?

it's for whites in general

Light Bro

@square:

Yeah… that's never going to happen without outside intervention.

There's always genetic alteration of psyche.

Monkey King

@Smudger:

Its weird when you think about the possibilities of the future.

Sexism and racism will be removed when we have a race of asexually reproducing humans that share the same skin color. By then we will probably find a new feature to nitpick and use to carry on the age old practice of segregation. That or rely on abusing religion as a means to kill other people.

I think Australia first needs to work on not calling white people "Aussie" before it worries about any of this lol.

Bluenose

I have question, It doesn't really fit into this thread, but it has the potential to fill out next 3 or more pages.
Please don't take this question the wrong way, I'm not an asshole as it may seem but…
Is there a rule about staying away from taken girls (especially if they are in a 3 year relationship)?

It probably doesn't fit here, but I'd like to ask mods not to remove it, but simply move it to a more fitting thread, if they got the time

valiantt

@Bluenose:

I have question, It doesn't really fit into this thread, but it has the potential to fill out next 3 or more pages.
Please don't take this question the wrong way, I'm not an asshole as it may seem but…
Is there a rule about staying away from taken girls (especially if they are in a 3 year relationship)?

It probably doesn't fit here, but I'd like to ask mods not to remove it, but simply move it to a more fitting thread, if they got the time

Yep, it's called being a decent person with respect for another's relationship (they're "in a relationship" for a reason unless its one of those weirdo open relationships). Though if one wants to be a cheating asshole and drag someone else down to their scum level, sure go ahead. Who am I to stop such an affair?

Bluenose

@valiantt:

Yep, it's called being a decent person with respect for another's relationship (they're "in a relationship" for a reason unless its one of those weirdo open relationships). Though if one wants to be a cheating asshole and drag someone else down to their scum level, sure go ahead. Who am I to stop such an affair?

Thank you for the reply, and just for the record I do respect another's relationship, that's why I wanted to make sure not to give out the wrong idea.

I'm really good at explaining.

Hiroy

What were you really asking? Unless you want a close intimate relationship yourself with someone that's already taken(that's not my bussiness, but cheating to me is a lousy thing to do), there's no rule saying you can't go near them. Married or hooked up peeps are allowed to have friends too.

Still, it's a weird thing to ask. If you don't mind sharing, why DID you ask?

wolfwood

I'd have to say that i trust no such honour code among horny bastards.

The only thing i trust in that situation is that my girl will shot 'em down.

Noqanky

@TheCrystalShip:

What the fuck where are MY ovaries!?

And if that's really the same estradiol that's in birth control and the same estradiol that I take, then people must be ingesting it pretty infrequently or in very low doses or both. If not, then we'd be living in a lesbian utopia by now.

I always miss the most interesting conversations. First the several pages about languages of the world and now this.

TheCrystalShip

@Smudger:

I read what you posted. Then i saw this video…
http://faithtap.com/874/christian-dads-experience-what-it-feels-like-to-give-birth/#t/874/
…and all i can say is HELL NO! lol im enjoying the pro's of being a guy.

Those are just people undergoing a simulation, though.

And as for enjoying the pros of being a guy, well I do understand that some people identify very strongly with a binary gender identity, so you could just take testosterone. I mean… Go off blockers, because I guess your body naturally produces testosterone? I forgot for a second that there are some guys who don't have to take T.

Shipmate

@valiantt:

Dreams….ahhh...such a silly notion when reality hits and the drudgery of work and social life starts to take its toll. Just know, there's always going to be someone better than you, or the possibility you will never achieve it and you only wasted your time. That's reality and I relish its oppressiveness.

First of all, let this latecomer apologize for digging this up when the topic has passed, but I believe that it is such a universal problem that it becomes relevant whenever it is discussed.
To be sure, I don't have a good grasp of what the discussion was about, but this particular comment piqued my interest, and I am pretty sure it is of interest to many as well. Maybe it is meant to be a joke, and I am being overly and unnecessarily serious, but I don't know how to read the air and am never good at etiquette, so here I go.
What I'm trying to say may not be unique, regardless, I believe that dream is not such a silly notion. The drudgery of work and social sure are intimidating and daunting, and they eat off your energy a lot. But that doesn't mean we have no time left to pursue your dream. Not when we have enough free time to surf the Internet, casually ridicule others for making bad posts in a message board.
Life throws a lot of shit at us, bad shit, good shit, horrible shit, wonderful shit, or just random shit, but it is up to us to make the best of whatever thrown at us.
Certainly, there's always going to be someone better than us, but the problem is not so much about how much we are gifted, but more about what we make of the gift given to us. It's not so much about being better than someone else, more about becoming better than ourselves of yesterday. It's not so much about struggling with others, with the system, with the world, with life, but more about struggling with ourselves, our own laziness, stagnancy, procrastination, insecurity, weak-willed-ness, excuse-making, negativity, vanity, pretension, and whatnot. And last but not least, it's not so much about what we dream, but more about how fiercely we dream.
I believe that if our dreams come from our innermost passions, our most authentic, genuine desires, and not just from a superficial interest in trends and fashion, in not losing face to our friends and other people, then no matter how shitty the situation, we will nonetheless have the motivation and strength to deal with it. My life has its fair share of shit, but I refuse to to let it put me down, and especially, I refuse to be daunted by the smug bastards, who look down from above and mutter: "Give it up! The likes of you will never make it", and the cynics, who giggle from the sidewalk of life and rave: "It's all futile and pointless! There is no meaning to your life, your struggle!". I will pay them no heed and keep walking.
This may sound cliched as shit, the sort of banal shit we see everyday in Facebook or some random motivational site, but sometimes we just need to stop sneering at others and move forward if we want to get somewhere. Make each small step forward each day, and we will be surprised at how far we can go. We won't know our limit unless we try hard until the last day, and by then, even if we fail, we can at least be proud and say: "I have walked my path to the end of my ability, and see the best of myself!". Time pursuing a dream is never time wasted, for pursuing is a great joy in of of itself, and if you are lucky, you will have someone else holding your hand and walking besides you along that path.
Just sharing my thoughts on the matter. Hopefully I am not bothering you like a pretentious piece of shit. Good luck to all of you! ^__^
@Epoida:

Perhaps I could be a young, aspiring mangaka trying to find out the purpose of her life, making friends along the way. And who also loves to eat dango. :)

All the best luck to you, my friend. ^.^

TheCrystalShip

@Shipmate:

First of all, let this latecomer apologize for digging this up when the topic has passed, but I believe that it is such a universal problem that it becomes relevant whenever it is discussed.
To be sure, I don't have a good grasp of what the discussion was about, but this particular comment piqued my interest, and I am pretty sure it is of interest to many as well. Maybe it is meant to be a joke, and I am being overly and unnecessarily serious, but I don't know how to read the air and am never good at etiquette, so here I go.

Are you Panda's alt or what.

@Shipmate:

What I'm trying to say may not be unique, regardless, I believe that dream is not such a silly notion. The drudgery of work and social sure are intimidating and daunting, and they eat off your energy a lot. But that doesn't mean we have no time left to pursue your dream. Not when we have enough free time to surf the Internet, casually ridicule others for making bad posts in a message board.

Dreams (otherwise known as hopes)
were insidiously designed to extend your lifespan, prolong your suffering, and squeeze every ounce of labor out of you as possible.

@Shipmate:

The rest of it.

Well, I like the part where you tear into smug bastards.

But really, their existence and their inherent superiority, negate the need for my existence in this world.
I don't have an animated television series, an EP on which I play the ukulele that I painstakingly crafted out of a bicycle wheel and plastic tubes.

Nothing like that.

Epoida

I want to leave home someday, but I don't want to be all alone…

square

@Shipmate:

First of all, let this latecomer apologize for digging this up when the topic has passed, but I believe that it is such a universal problem that it becomes relevant whenever it is discussed.
To be sure, I don't have a good grasp of what the discussion was about, but this particular comment piqued my interest, and I am pretty sure it is of interest to many as well. Maybe it is meant to be a joke, and I am being overly and unnecessarily serious, but I don't know how to read the air and am never good at etiquette, so here I go.
What I'm trying to say may not be unique, regardless, I believe that dream is not such a silly notion. The drudgery of work and social sure are intimidating and daunting, and they eat off your energy a lot. But that doesn't mean we have no time left to pursue your dream. Not when we have enough free time to surf the Internet, casually ridicule others for making bad posts in a message board.
Life throws a lot of shit at us, bad shit, good shit, horrible shit, wonderful shit, or just random shit, but it is up to us to make the best of whatever thrown at us.
Certainly, there's always going to be someone better than us, but the problem is not so much about how much we are gifted, but more about what we make of the gift given to us. It's not so much about being better than someone else, more about becoming better than ourselves of yesterday. It's not so much about struggling with others, with the system, with the world, with life, but more about struggling with ourselves, our own laziness, stagnancy, procrastination, insecurity, weak-willed-ness, excuse-making, negativity, vanity, pretension, and whatnot. And last but not least, it's not so much about what we dream, but more about how fiercely we dream.
I believe that if our dreams come from our innermost passions, our most authentic, genuine desires, and not just from a superficial interest in trends and fashion, in not losing face to our friends and other people, then no matter how shitty the situation, we will nonetheless have the motivation and strength to deal with it. My life has its fair share of shit, but I refuse to to let it put me down, and especially, I refuse to be daunted by the smug bastards, who look down from above and mutter: "Give it up! The likes of you will never make it", and the cynics, who giggle from the sidewalk of life and rave: "It's all futile and pointless! There is no meaning to your life, your struggle!". I will pay them no heed and keep walking.
This may sound cliched as shit, the sort of banal shit we see everyday in Facebook or some random motivational site, but sometimes we just need to stop sneering at others and move forward if we want to get somewhere. Make each small step forward each day, and we will be surprised at how far we can go. We won't know our limit unless we try hard until the last day, and by then, even if we fail, we can at least be proud and say: "I have walked my path to the end of my ability, and see the best of myself!". Time pursuing a dream is never time wasted, for pursuing is a great joy in of of itself, and if you are lucky, you will have someone else holding your hand and walking besides you along that path.
Just sharing my thoughts on the matter. Hopefully I am not bothering you like a pretentious piece of shit. Good luck to all of you! ^__^

But of course. We don't need to let what others think shape us, because our beliefs are the most important. We don't need advice or help, because questioning ourselves means we stop making progress.

We don't need critics, we need villains. We don't need to co-exist, we need to surpass. For everything that says we are wrong, the more justified our goal is.

Oh, don't mind me, as long as you're happy my words don't need to mean anything to you.

Smudger

@Monkey:

I think Australia first needs to work on not calling white people "Aussie" before it worries about any of this lol.

Isnt that like saying all white people in the US cant call themselves american?

@TheCrystalShip:

Those are just people undergoing a simulation, though.

Its still gives me a big enough indication that childbirth is a horribly painful experience. Only superseded by C-sections!

That is without a doubt something i could never watch, hear or be in the same room with. Just no no no not for me no!

And as for enjoying the pros of being a guy, well I do understand that some people identify very strongly with a binary gender identity, so you could just take testosterone. I mean… Go off blockers, because I guess your body naturally produces testosterone? I forgot for a second that there are some guys who don't have to take T.

lol yeah my testosterone levels are pretty high. Though that can be a good thing.
[http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/men/13-surprising-facts-about-testosterone-1

T](http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/men/13-surprising-facts-about-testosterone-1)hat said; my hairline is probably 15 years ahead of its time. :(

Cruithne

@Epoida:

I want to leave home someday, but I don't want to be all alone…

The answer is cat.

You'll still be able to talk to your family after you move out, and you'll have co-workers and whatnot so you can talk to them. You can also volunteer or go to a club to get social relations outside your day-to-day routine.

And if you really need another human to live with, you can always get a roommate.

TheCrystalShip

@Smudger:

Isnt that like saying all white people in the US cant call themselves american?

Well, if they only refer to themselves and other white people as Americans, then yeah that's weird.

Here's a map to show you where folks predominantly answer that their ancestry is "American":

@Smudger:

lol yeah my testosterone levels are pretty high. Though that can be a good thing.
[http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/men/13-surprising-facts-about-testosterone-1

T](http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/men/13-surprising-facts-about-testosterone-1)hat said; my hairline is probably 15 years ahead of its time. :(

They don't mention that it gives you acne. :P

Smudger

@TheCrystalShip:

Well, if they only refer to themselves and other white people as Americans, then yeah that's weird.

Here's a map to show you where folks predominantly answer that their ancestry is "American":

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County.svg

Da fuck is up with Germany? mindblown

And what the hells up with the English chilling in utah? why utah? why
(on second thoughts it sounds great)

They don't mention that it gives you acne. :P

Where? @_@

And as for the effects on women; well damn.

TheCrystalShip

@Smudger:

Da fuck is up with Germany? mindblown

I guess that's just the most common ancestry for white folks in the US, as opposed to English, Italian, whatever.

@Smudger:

Where? @_@

Well, it just causes the sebaceous glands to produce more sebum.

HRT really cleared up my acne, in addition to the other effects on my skin.

@Smudger:

And as for the effects on women; well damn.

Uh yeah well it's designed to give you male secondary sex characteristics, so. :P

Monkey King

@Smudger:

Isnt that like saying all white people in the US cant call themselves american?

That would be like not white people….Anglo-German-Celtic white people exclusively being called Americans, and black people, hispanics, asians, and the other white people being whatever else rather than Americans. Or Canadians if we wanted to compare to Canada.
That's a fuck up, big time fuck up, on what diaspora countries are supposed to be like. I don't know how it is in New Zealand, but the North American wing of the Anglo-Babies is shaking their heads something fierce at this critical mistake.

TheCrystalShip

So Australia really does that like it's commonplace?

Monkey King

@TheCrystalShip:

So Australia really does that like it's commonplace?

I've heard people talking like "Aussies as compared to (insert minority group)".

TheCrystalShip

@Monkey:

I've heard people talking like "Aussies as compared to (insert minority group)".

Smudger get your country's shit together.

Shipmate

@TheCrystalShip:

Are you Panda's alt or what.
Dreams (otherwise known as hopes) were insidiously designed to extend your lifespan, prolong your suffering, and squeeze every ounce of labor out of you as possible.

Regardless of how dream and passion come to be and what purpose they originally serve, it doesn't stop us from enjoying and pursuing them for their own sake. For example, the capacity for love and sexual pleasure, they are there because they are advantageous the reproduction and survival of the species, helping individuals to enjoy their reproductive acts and thus increase the chance of begetting offspring, strengthen their bond and intimacy do that they can take better care of children and steel themselves in the face of adversity. But that doesn't mean we cannot love for love's sake, and disregard any reproduction whatsoever. My tongue is designed to favor sweet things, because food with high amount of sugar provide a high amount of energy, and taste buds that have an aptitude for such food will gain a certain survival advantage. But that doesn't stop me from just enjoying sweet thing for the sheer pleasure of it. What was once only a means can become an end in itself.
Dream is all about passion, doing things you deeply enjoy and finding ways to keep doing them, even though they were originally an instrument of our selfish genes to keep the species from dying out of despair and boredom. And I don't see how you can't pursue them for their own sake and say "Fuck you, genes! If you want to stop me you can jump into a lake for all I care!" You labor for your own pleasure, and suffering, if not too extreme and damaging, add to the fascination of it all. When you get older and reflect on the past hardship, there is a certain joy as well as pride.

But really, their existence and their inherent superiority, negate the need for my existence in this world.

Don't negate your own necessity like that. You are unique and will make unique contribution that they don't. I don't believe in inherent superiority, only incommensurability.
And just because they are now in a more advantageous position than you doesn't mean it is necessarily that way and will keep being that way. Things change. And there are a lot you can do to change things.
The problem is that you need practice, a lot of practice to bring out your finest potential. It seems that you want to be a cartoonist or something of the sort. In that case, draw and draw and draw until your drawing hand is all numb. If you are really serious and passionate about your dream, focus your time and energy on it as much as possible, schedule your time so that you can spend your finest hour for it. Keep honing your skills and making necessary acquaintance and I believe you getting noticed is only a matter of time. Start small, make small but steadfast steps, and keep climbing the mountain, and you will read your goal. Or at least, by doing so you will increase the chance of coming closer tho your goal than just being pessimistic about it.
All the best of luck to you, Crystal. ^__^

Smudger

@Monkey:

That would be like not white people….Anglo-German-Celtic white people exclusively being called Americans, and black people, hispanics, asians, and the other white people being whatever else rather than Americans. Or Canadians if we wanted to compare to Canada.
That's a fuck up, big time fuck up, on what diaspora countries are supposed to be like. I don't know how it is in New Zealand, but the North American wing of the Anglo-Babies is shaking their heads something fierce at this critical mistake.

I read your post differently to be honest. I thought you were insinuating that the white population (or just everyone in general) shouldn't refer to themselves as 'aussies' when the natives or true aussies are actually the aboriginals. Which is why i pointed out the US, as the comparison would be saying everyone except the natives are cool to call themselves American.

Ugh just nevermind.

And wait a second, the phrase 'aussie' doesn't refer to the white populace alone. Like nobody does that, especially when we have so many kiwis, italians, brazilians, irish, english and some weird sub species called mancs among us.
@TheCrystalShip:

So Australia really does that like it's commonplace?

@Monkey:

I've heard people talking like "Aussies as compared to (insert minority group)".

You can't be referring to australians you've actually met or overheard, as they never really leave the country. As odd as that sounds i cant recall one that has ever gone further than bali.

@TheCrystalShip:

Smudger get your country's shit together.

Why is it always branded as MY country whenever its bad lol.

As for the whole debate about being australian. Well i don't know. Is it right to even call the aboriginals Australian if they didn't choose the name themselves. I guess its up to the aboriginal community to state its views, and in fairness probably have. They also have their own flag which in my eyes makes them more like a second state within the country that has no borders or divide.

Its pretty weird.

Nami

@Smudger:

Its still gives me a big enough indication that childbirth is a horribly painful experience. Only superseded by C-sections!

That is without a doubt something i could never watch, hear or be in the same room with. Just no no no not for me no!

Ahem >>
You're not gonna run off when I'm giving birth, you bastard. You'll be right next to me holding my hand until I break yours >,>
Run off and you'll never ever see the kid or me again <<

DarthAsthma

I think I'm done with drinking to get drunk on parties. I've had fun but it basically doesn't offer anything to me anymore and the hangover the next day just isn't worth it anymore.
I'm ok with having one or two beer on social occasions.

Kind of weird though for a long time that was the easiest way for me to connect with people and I've made 4 outstanding friendships through it but also suffered through a lot of awfully boring acquaintances.

Cymelion

@Monkey:

That would be like not white people….Anglo-German-Celtic white people exclusively being called Americans, and black people, hispanics, asians, and the other white people being whatever else rather than Americans. Or Canadians if we wanted to compare to Canada.
That's a fuck up, big time fuck up, on what diaspora countries are supposed to be like. I don't know how it is in New Zealand, but the North American wing of the Anglo-Babies is shaking their heads something fierce at this critical mistake.

I've read this 5 times and it isn't making any sense - not sure if its sarcasm or I've just missed too much of the conversation.

And in New Zealand they call usually refer to themselves as Kiwi's unless your Indegenious in which case that is Maori - but the Maori's refer to themselves eitherway I've found.

TheCrystalShip

I think that I'm turning straight, I mean I've known that something like this has been happening for almost a year now, it's probably been going on for much longer behind the scenes, but I just had an epiphany last night and now I'm pretty certain that's what's happening.

Maybe I'll never stop being attracted to women's bodies, but in terms of potential partners and the people who I turn absolutely fucking stupid around, it's starting to be men more and more. There have been a few times when I've gotten physically hot and bothered and my heart starts racing and I start talking about nothing and I have this goofy awkward smile going on, and I pray that my cheeks aren't red but I KNOW that they can tell and it's really fucking embarrassing. Especially considering my reputation, it's like my rep is going down the drain but I can't stop it from happening. Ugh. xD

wolfwood

You have a rep about not smooching guys?

But congratulations on your new love options, and my condolences about the death of your rep

TheCrystalShip

@wolfwood:

You have a rep about not smooching guys?

But congratulations on your new love options, and my condolences about the death of your rep

No I don't even know what rep I was talking about I guess it doesn't really matter. xD

Monkey King

@TheCrystalShip:

I think that I'm turning straight, I mean I've known that something like this has been happening for almost a year now, it's probably been going on for much longer behind the scenes, but I just had an epiphany last night and now I'm pretty certain that's what's happening.

Maybe I'll never stop being attracted to women's bodies, but in terms of potential partners and the people who I turn absolutely fucking stupid around, it's starting to be men more and more. There have been a few times when I've gotten physically hot and bothered and my heart starts racing and I start talking about nothing and I have this goofy awkward smile going on, and I pray that my cheeks aren't red but I KNOW that they can tell and it's really fucking embarrassing. Especially considering my reputation, it's like my rep is going down the drain but I can't stop it from happening. Ugh. xD

I dunno much about all this, I get that these things are really ultra super complicated.

But at the end of the day I don't think it's much simpler than "whatever".
So long as it's adult and consensual, why worry? Follow your heart and your loins. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Go have fun. Do whatever.
I mean that's the point at the end of the day right?

TheCrystalShip

@Monkey:

I dunno much about all this, I get that these things are really ultra super complicated.

But at the end of the day I don't think it's much simpler than "whatever".
So long as it's adult and consensual, why worry? Follow your heart and your loins. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Go have fun. Do whatever.
I mean that's the point at the end of the day right?

Yeah that's the thought I had later today, but I like to hyperfocus on things in the moment.

Monkey King

I'm glad my bizarre half-streamofconscious description of the forum people communicated to you lol.
Vomit out words and try and organize them before they hit the ground, boom it's art, leave the math heads confused, fuck em'.