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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2005, 09:37:13 PM »
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But I wasn't really thinking about it as I was writing.

A MAJOR mistake to make.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2005, 09:40:10 PM »
That would be funny. If the Statue of Liberty were made out of rock. What was this thread about anyway? I can't remember. Don't mention that I could just hit the back button that is located (on my mouse) right next to the left click button and scroll back to the original post. To much effort.

On a completely unrelated note,

Curse my incessant need to correct typos!!! >:(
« Last Edit: November 21, 2005, 09:40:40 PM by OneEyedGreenPerson »
"elantris or evisceration"-Entropy.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2005, 09:46:16 PM »
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A MAJOR mistake to make.


It's material doesn't really matter to my argument though.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2005, 10:02:10 PM »
The copperishness was a plot point in Xmen 1. Shame on you!

If you're ever in an argument and Entropy winds up looking staid and temperate in comparison, it might be time to cut your losses and start a new thread about something else :)

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2005, 10:07:27 PM »
I meant that not thinking before or while you were typing was a big mistake. And, I disagree. Its material is important to know because your lack of knowledge on the subject makes you appear foolish, and the opinions of fools are less likely to be accepted by those of intelligence.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2005, 10:28:48 PM »
Down, boy.
If you're ever in an argument and Entropy winds up looking staid and temperate in comparison, it might be time to cut your losses and start a new thread about something else :)

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2005, 10:41:58 PM »
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I meant that not thinking before or while you were typing was a big mistake. And, I disagree. Its material is important to know because your lack of knowledge on the subject makes you appear foolish, and the opinions of fools are less likely to be accepted by those of intelligence.


I was thinking before I was typing, my point is just that I was thinking about my argument and what I could compare that situation to, I decided to use the Statue of liberty. After my basic argument I decided I could mention how the radish is alive and the statue isn't. I wrote that the radish is alive and not made of stone.
I wasn't thinking about it's material, I was thinking about it's statueness, and the default material for statues in my head is stone. The problem just came from the fact that I was thinking more about my metaphor then the statue's material.

So when someone pointed out it was made from copper I changed it.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #22 on: November 21, 2005, 10:46:37 PM »
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Down, boy.

Hey, it's a nasty job, but someone has to do it.
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #23 on: November 21, 2005, 11:56:14 PM »
This is pointless.

I command:

LET IT CONTINUE!
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2005, 09:35:53 AM »
I don't think the comparison's valid at all.

But I don't think it really matters anyway.

I still think the vegetable lovers are silly.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2005, 05:54:45 PM »
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I don't think the comparison's valid at all.

But I don't think it really matters anyway.

I still think the vegetable lovers are silly.


I have to get out of the habit of using analogies whenever I wan't to prove something, because when I can't think up a good example I end up just using a bad one. Anyway, imagine my post was something more like; "just try to sypathize with them" or "look at things from their point of view" or whatever.

Look at me, the valiant defender of vegetable worshippers.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2005, 08:38:22 AM »
btw, great avatar.

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2005, 10:49:13 AM »
http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/va/20051122/113270795400.html

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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2005, 11:56:14 AM »
He makes a surprisingly lucid point:

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"The person that's influenced by a video game can be influenced by anything," he said.

"If we have to take away video games, then we have to think about other things," he said. "And then we have no entertainment because we might influence somebody who's crazy."
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Re: Weird stuff in the news
« Reply #29 on: November 23, 2005, 12:25:46 PM »
Naturally. Anyone who says video games don't affect people is talking out of their arse. Seriously. EVERY media you expose yourself to affects you. Books, movies, music, whatever.

However, people who say that playing GTA is going to turn you into a serial killer aren't just talking out of their arse, they're ignoring psychological principles entirely. Reading the bible a couple times doesn't make you a saint. A few games of GTA isn't going to make you run over your brother.