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by Jeff250
Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:58 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: People wasting money on games. 60k and more
Replies: 14
Views: 9349

Re: People wasting money on games. 60k and more

Wow, only 63.73 USD. I think most of my purchases have been external (Humble Bundles, Kickstarters, etc.). Also, I run Linux, so I have a fraction of the temptation available as to what most of you have. ;)
by Jeff250
Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:57 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ivanka for President.
Replies: 22
Views: 7014

Re: Ivanka for President.

But you always predict the Republican will win. I don't think that you have any special insight just because sometimes Republicans win.
by Jeff250
Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Collusion Illusion
Replies: 25
Views: 5829

Re: Collusion Illusion

Is your premise here that any criminal investigation which finds a person to have not committed a crime never should have been initiated in the first place?
by Jeff250
Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Opioids lead to suicide
Replies: 9
Views: 2944

Re: Opioids lead to suicide

Like you indicated however, too much of the Acetaminophen is bad for the kidneys, so I try not to take more than 1000mg total in a day. Fortunately, 500mg is usually sufficient. Unfortunately, having taken it for so many years has already affected my kidney function slightly. The price I've paid to...
by Jeff250
Thu Jan 24, 2019 2:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Clueless voters. A threat to Democracy?
Replies: 32
Views: 6185

Re: Clueless voters. A threat to Democracy?

I genuinely want an IQ test as a prerequisite to voting. I don't give a ★■◆● if it's a poll tax. Stupid inbred ★■◆● should have absolutely no say over the future of this planet. Is there actual evidence that an IQ requirement would even change the outcome of elections? I mean, maybe you would be in...
by Jeff250
Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Midterms.
Replies: 10
Views: 2729

Re: Midterms.

I voted by email yesterday. It's not the most secure or resilient way of voting... but then again, regular mail probably isn't any more secure or resilient.
by Jeff250
Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Former men are winning womens' sports competitions...
Replies: 26
Views: 3334

Re: Former men are winning womens' sports competitions...

Is a woman being born with a man's body any different than any other natural advantage that a woman can be born with? At the highest levels, athletic competition comes down to genetic and environmental luck. Why is it more unfair for a woman to win because she was born with a man's body versus for a...
by Jeff250
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:58 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...
Replies: 124
Views: 18969

Re: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...

I suggest the admins/mods get together and craft a code of conduct I'm keen to do this. It seems like a code of conduct is sorely missing from here and might help fill in a lot of the gaps that currently exist in our rules. I'll start a thread in the moderator forum to gauge interest. Assuming this...
by Jeff250
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:45 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...
Replies: 124
Views: 18969

Re: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...

Nightshade wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:03 pmSo the professor that is risking his name and career must also not understand the bill if he sees it as a threat from the government.
No, I think that he must misunderstand the bill because the claims that he makes about it are not grounded in reality and have been rebuffed by legal scholars.
by Jeff250
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:31 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...
Replies: 124
Views: 18969

Re: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...

You have no free speech because you have no free speech protections. You just have speech the government hasn't decided to silence yet. Freedom of speech is a protected right under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The right to free speech isn't absolute in any country. For instance sexual h...
by Jeff250
Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...
Replies: 124
Views: 18969

Re: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...

Tunnelcat wrote: Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:50 pmIf Jeff or you don't think that something I put in the trash should be there, it can be moved back at your discretion.
Your discretion is good enough for me.
by Jeff250
Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:21 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...
Replies: 124
Views: 18969

Re: The rampage of the unhinged MOB...

Nightshade wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:54 pmThe only speech that needs protection is that which makes the majority uncomfortable.
Conversely, according to the Supreme Court, the only speech that has constitutional value is that which is true. So confirming everyone hates you shouldn't be your only metric of personal success.
by Jeff250
Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:54 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Members
Replies: 19
Views: 7634

Re: Members

CUDA wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:03 pmAnd that I should be dead he said the chances under normal conditions of survival was 2%. I did it while walking 1.5 miles on top of it. I guess God wasnt done with me yet. So here I am.
Amazing story! Good to hear from you, and stay well!
by Jeff250
Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: "Evil is a make-believe concept...
Replies: 40
Views: 3327

Re: "Evil is a make-believe concept...

It's funny how if you actually click the video link it says this in the video's own description: Story from Pluralist is somewhat Fake. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-couple-american-cyclists-tajikistan-isis-lauren-geoghegan-jay-austin/ Check the CBS source. It says it wasnt so much abou...
by Jeff250
Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:43 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: secure login?
Replies: 7
Views: 14799

Re: secure login?

Nice, and it looks like there is a 301 redirect now to the https site.
by Jeff250
Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:42 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

But we don't know if there's a "gay gene..." something else could be causing homosexuality, like in that link that Tunnelcat posted There may or may not be a gay gene, however you define that, but the answer to that question doesn't make your bad argument that no life can come from a same...
by Jeff250
Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

Jeff, you said that raising a child is a way of passing on genes, so if nature doesn't create anything that would mean its own end, that means something else is creating homosexuals, and how we raise our children may have a lot to do with it. What I'm describing isn't nurture. It's genetic. For ins...
by Jeff250
Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

Burlyman wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:52 am So basically what you're saying is that nature doesn't create abominations but we do
I don't follow.
by Jeff250
Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:15 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

Are you talking about epigenetics? No. Parenting can be thought of as two steps, (1) creation of something that is genetically similar to you and (2) raising it so that it can one day parent itself. The necessity of step (1) is hopefully obvious. What might not be obvious is that step (2) is just a...
by Jeff250
Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:46 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

Burlyman wrote: Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:56 am O.K. how can one pass on genes by raising a child? Through the air?
If it's your child, because it's genetically similar to you. If it's your sibling's child, also because it's genetically similar to you.
by Jeff250
Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

So what do you think would be an "evolutionary" reason for changing gender roles, considering that nature would never create anything that would mean its own end? You know, since no life can come from a homosexual relationship. Having children is only one possible way of passing on your g...
by Jeff250
Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:08 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What's your ride?
Replies: 54
Views: 33600

Re: What's your ride?

A couple of years ago I became one of those loathsome carless city people.
by Jeff250
Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Are you gender confused? :)
Replies: 77
Views: 7324

Re: Are you gender confused? :)

Secondly, there are huge ethical questions to deal with. Who gets to define what's normal or abnormal? Who gets to define what's proper or improper? Who is it that gets to make that final choice to have someone reprogrammed, especially if it's against their will? I can think of all sorts of dark dy...
by Jeff250
Wed May 23, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Deadlier than being in a war zone
Replies: 9
Views: 945

Re: Deadlier than being in a war zone

I genuinely think that anyone whose child accesses an unsecured firearm and kills someone with it should be charged with the same level of murder as the child. It's ★■◆●ing disgusting. I don't like that solution because it creates the possibility for moral luck . I might be in favor of making it il...
by Jeff250
Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Does this forum need ThunderBunny? :)
Replies: 8
Views: 1377

Re: Does this forum need ThunderBunny? :)

Other right-wing types headed to the exits a while back. It's more difficult to be the right-wing type when it's a Republican in office because it puts you on constant defense. It's especially more difficult when it is someone who is not easy to defend like Trump, especially when you are normally t...
by Jeff250
Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Does this forum need ThunderBunny? :)
Replies: 8
Views: 1377

Re: Does this forum need ThunderBunny? :)

Vander wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:18 pm I miss the people who would actually discuss things, like Will Robinson and Lothar.
And Foil, Kilarin, Snoopy, Dracona... (list not intended to exclude anyone but probably missed a lot).
by Jeff250
Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I bought pot
Replies: 18
Views: 1946

Re: I bought pot

I'm somewhat jealous. When I moved to the great white north, buying marijuana from a store was one of the things I was looking forward to doing, but it's still months away here at the earliest. On the plus side, when it's finally legalized up here it will be on both the provincial and federal level.
by Jeff250
Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bootlicker
Replies: 4
Views: 730

Re: Bootlicker

Putin says compliments about Trump from time to time. I really don't think Putin needs to have anything more on Trump than that to elicit the desired behavior.
by Jeff250
Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:12 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: What is that??
Replies: 14
Views: 12649

Re: What is that??

Crap, this is great!
by Jeff250
Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Should we give land and power back to Native "Americans?"
Replies: 39
Views: 2158

Re: Should we give land and power back to Native "Americans?"

Should we give land and power back to Native "Americans?" I think that we have historically committed horrible crimes against Native Americans. I don't know what the best way forward is. I don't think there is any way to undo what we've done. What I think is lacking in many conversations ...
by Jeff250
Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:11 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religion?
Replies: 60
Views: 5472

Re: Religion?

Tunnelcat wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:12 pm I can't elaborate right now, but I just had an experience that has me seriously considering the possibility that there IS an actual God and he just proved it to me in a profound way.
I'd be interested in hearing about it if and when you are comfortable sharing it.
by Jeff250
Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religion?
Replies: 60
Views: 5472

Re: Religion?

given the level of complexity of the mammalian brain, that some things are FAR from 'understood' is pretty predictable. Give it time. You may of course be right--I would never go as far as to say that it's impossible. But it's one thing to say that one day we will fully understand how the brain mak...
by Jeff250
Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:02 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religion?
Replies: 60
Views: 5472

Re: Religion?

there is a huge body of work that goes far in explaining how large series' of electrical impulses and chemical reactions shape the neurological phenomenon we call 'experience'(with recall of experience being 'memory') Yeah, but problems like understanding how memories of events are stored in the br...
by Jeff250
Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Religion?
Replies: 60
Views: 5472

Re: Religion?

There are two questions that bother me as someone who's nonreligious. The first is the classic question of "why is there anything and not nothing?" I suppose this question isn't unique to the nonreligious as most religions seem to make even worse of this problem by replacing the universe a...
by Jeff250
Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fleeing a 'socialist utopia.'
Replies: 14
Views: 859

Re: Fleeing a 'socialist utopia.'

Is that like how free markets require parasitism upon government regulation? Thunderbunny, I've never seen anyone on this board advocate for the kind of socialism that you continue to so bravely attack over and over again. Everyone here is for a mixed economy of some kind or another.
by Jeff250
Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: This Bannon fella is a genius
Replies: 53
Views: 3930

Re: This Bannon fella is a genius

Tunnelcat wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2017 4:24 pmI'm inclined to believe her.
I'm inclined to agree. The only reason I see for people not to believe her is political inconvenience.
by Jeff250
Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:00 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Trump making America great
Replies: 22
Views: 1409

Re: Trump making America great

Woodchip, what do you think Trump has done to improve the U.S. economy?
by Jeff250
Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:55 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Trump making America great
Replies: 22
Views: 1409

Re: Trump making America great

callmeslick wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:27 amWe are down 11% vs the Euro
Yeah, another way of thinking about this is that if instead of investing in the US market you had instead invested in a bunch of Euros stuffed under your mattress, even this "investment" would be up 11%.
by Jeff250
Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Trump making America great
Replies: 22
Views: 1409

Re: Trump making America great

The DOW isn't a very good indicator of the U.S. economy. You're just cherry-picking the index that makes you look the best. The S&P 500 is a much better indicator. That said, the S&P 500 is still up a lot in terms of USD. But as Slick mentioned, the value of the USD is down. This isn't some ...
by Jeff250
Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: This Bannon fella is a genius
Replies: 53
Views: 3930

Re: This Bannon fella is a genius

Tunnelcat wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:00 pmJennifer Flowers
An extramarital affair is one thing. What do you (or anyone else) think about Juanita Broaddrick's accusation that Bill Clinton raped her?