Forum: BBV4Life
12-01-2007, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 164
Views: 17,231
Re: ENOUGH WITH THE DAMN JAILBAIT
I only wish I had something along these lines to post, I would gladly immolate my sn to protest this. I liked Dids until exactly when he said that.
Everything good he has ever said, done, or been...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
11-22-2007, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 689
Re: Executing Child Rapists
Child molesters aren't going to stop; evidence furthermore suggests that their recidivism rate is obscene. Right now many children are killed because, after they have been abused, the offender is...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
11-22-2007, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,305
Re: what do artists get out of creating art
My second paragraph was a confused jumble of three different thoughts, that may be why it was lost on you.
Bipolar artists tend to be productive during manic episodes, in some cases these periods...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
11-22-2007, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,305
Re: what do artists get out of creating art
As a kafka fan, you should have a special insight into this one. Op mentioned financial gain as one of the motivating factors for expression, but it was less a factor for many greats, such as Kafka,...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
09-19-2007, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 75
Re: Your thoughts on intellectuals and society...
This cabinet member was merely pointing out the fact that intellectuals are important in what they can accomplish for their patrons. When he says that the intellectuals provide rationalizations which...
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Forum: EDF
09-18-2007, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 465
Re: scared of being nice to kids -
I used to be a delivery driver for a while, and once was making a delivery in a quite rural section of SW VA. I stopped at a trailer to deliver a package, and rang the doorbell. A young girl of...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
09-15-2007, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 667
Re: Watches
The functionality of a time piece GREATLY affects value in the higher priced pieces. A tourbillon is a $40,000 addition to a wristwatch, and that is just to build to predesigned specs; after...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
08-21-2007, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 211
Views: 4,071
Re: Books: What are you reading tonight?
I'm currently reading "Justine" by Marquis de Sade, and am also lightly perusing a collection of prose from Robert Lowell. I just finished a short collection of Kafka and "Notes from the Underground"...
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Forum: BBV4Life
08-18-2007, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 461
Views: 5,330
Re: For all you Emma Watson fans.
Sorry to bump what may be a cliche'd thread, but I would like to add that I would maim a kindergatrner to see Emma Watts and Emma Roberts do illegal things to eachother. That may not seem so special...
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Forum: EDF
07-25-2007, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 131
Re: Watches With Doodads
Very impressive runkmund, I didn't expect anyone to come with a non-round face; that is whole new world and in it you can find some real works of art!
That Tourbillon may be out of even a fine...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
07-24-2007, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 291
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Forum: EDF
07-24-2007, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 131
Re: Watches With Doodads
I'll advise you to avoid the omega's because of the unpredictability of their resale value.
I will also admit that I know jack **** about ladies watches, but keep in mind that the to have...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-19-2007, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 102
Re: How should we deal with the unanswerable?
Bunny, you say that a rational faith is possible, but isn't your conception of faith one which holds it to be the belief in things which cannot be demonstrated?
I believe the sun will come up...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-18-2007, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 88
Shrooms
So what is the new, super-official reservoir for info on all things magical mushroomish?
I used to peruse the shroomery when I needed some advice, but after taking several years off from my...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-18-2007, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 150
Views: 874
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-18-2007, 03:14 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 102
Re: How should we deal with the unanswerable?
Whenever I happen upon a question I can't answer, I just cmpose the existence of an omnipotent sky deity, and within minutes, I have certainty. It works rather well, and I honestly can;t see a single...
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Forum: BBV4Life
07-10-2007, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 202
Views: 1,541
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Forum: EDF
07-06-2007, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 526
Re: Unjustly imprisoned people
An employee of mine has a good friend who was imprisoned for 13 years on a rape charge and was recently released because of DNA evidence. He was a participant in a prison pen pal program, and...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-04-2007, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 523
Re: Boondock Saints
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OMG, the self-indulgence of that post is dripping on to this one.
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In the case of a movie, being irreverent of the pervading cinematic atmosphere is a requisite of making any...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-04-2007, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 523
Re: Boondock Saints
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There is a carnival in my town right now and it's absolutley astounding how little fathers will allow their daugthters to wear. It' also astounding to just what extent they will...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-03-2007, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 523
Re: Boondock Saints
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I say anyone who uses the word irreverent in a review of anything should be gang-raped by a group of carnies.
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Even if the word is used referentially...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
07-03-2007, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 523
Re: Boondock Saints
I say anyone who uses the word irreverent in a review of anything should be gang-raped by a group of carnies.
Cam
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Forum: EDF
06-21-2007, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 353
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
06-09-2007, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 419
Re: Lindsay Lohan and Rehab
My housemate regularly does OCs, and it is not at all like the other orthodox painkillers. It is jet fuel compared to morphine, and is equatable with heroine. Sometimes, he will actually speak in...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
06-09-2007, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 419
Re: Lindsay Lohan and Rehab
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I've just been skimming this thread, but the argument that smart people are inherently better able to feel pain or dispair or whatever really, really irks me. I don't see how being...
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