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Off Topic / Re: 2017 WORLD POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

« on: January 16, 2017, 10:56:38 PM »

Well you should at least name a few factors contributing to terrorism that you consider to be of greater influence than Islam.
There aren't any.

First of all, consider the fact that Germany united under the banner of racial superiority in response to the struggles they had in the Weimar Republic. It was a common trait among most of the German populace, and it allowed them a higher ground to persecute minorities during the Holocaust.

The borders in the Middle East are the result of European imperialists who drew borders based on geographic features and political preferences, rather than ethnoreligious boundaries. As a result, Iraq looks like this:



The problems with the Middle East run really deep into 20th century history, but the fact of the matter is that lots of groups in the Middle East are extremely pissed at Western civilization for the fact that we've continuously invaded their lands for the past century (likewise we're pissed at them because they kill our soldiers and blow up our buildings). It is logistically impossible for them to unite against us under an ethnic or national identity, because the ethnic groups are fragmented and the national borders were invented by colonialists. Instead, they unite under the fact that they share a common religion: Sunni Islam.

The way I look at it is that religion is a convenient common trait that they can unite with, in opposition to Westerners. But if another viable ideology existed which Iraqis, or Syrians, or Arabs in general could unite under, they might have picked it instead.

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Off Topic / Re: [APOCALYPSE] Woman in nevada killed by antibiotic-resistant superbug

« on: January 16, 2017, 10:44:40 PM »

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest up-and-coming problems for humanity, but this case probably isn't the start of the apocalypse.

For one, the woman who died was 70+ years old, lived in India, and had health problems. She was probably immunocompromised, which might be why she died after antibiotics failed. All of you, on the other hand, are spry young teenagers who are less likely to die from a bacterial infection, antibiotics or not.

Stories like these are really bad news for hospitals, but I doubt there's cause to buy a fallout shelter right now. Unless, like, you want to, or something.

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Off Topic / Re: 2017 WORLD POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

« on: January 16, 2017, 09:26:20 PM »

"Oh man, Christians are so bad!"

Your graph doesn't have any source, so as far as I know that data is completely made-up.

Let us assume it's true though: the point is that religion isn't the prime motivating factor in terrorist attacks. If it was, Christians would be terrorists too, since there's plenty of Bible scriptures that encourage war against infidels and stoning heretics. The way I see it is that blaming it on messages in the Quran is just textbook scapegoating behavior. People don't want to actually learn the complicated factors that contribute to terrorism, and so they pick a simplistic explanation that makes it easy to blanket-label a group of people as 'the problem'.

The reason Christians aren't terrorists has nothing to do with the Bible being nicer (because we've already shown it really isn't). It's because the average Christian in the modern age lives a completely different life than the average Syrian Sunni Muslim.

Also, for what it's worth, your graph shows that right-wing American extremists killed more people than Jidahists (clarification: in the US) for nearly every single year after 2001. That's not a very flattering statistic by any interpretation.

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Off Topic / Re: (Project Veritas) Undercover investigation exposes plot against inauguration

« on: January 16, 2017, 09:11:55 PM »

The meeting, captured on hidden camera, was held at Comet Ping Pong, a DC pizza restaurant that is better known as the location of the Pizzagate controversy. The coalition members discuss the steps they would need to take to halt the Deploraball event. Project Veritas notified the FBI, Secret Service and DC Metro Police of the content of this video prior to its release.

Project Veritas just ruined their credibility for life. Investigative journalism is a good thing, but not when you're just flat-out making stuff up.

I know this is gonna spiral into a huge argument, but I'm gonna try not to get sucked into it. Just know that if you really believe that 4chan users uncovered a secret Democratic love-trafficking conspiracy operating in the basement of a pizza parlor - you are handicapped.

I mean, Jesus Christ, the guy on the video literally has the stereotypical schizo bulletin board with the strings connecting photos together.

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Off Topic / Re: funny steam messages

« on: January 16, 2017, 04:41:17 AM »

is this real

you've really gotta ask yourself that? lol

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Off Topic / Re: GREWYR X GLASSBOT XXX

« on: January 16, 2017, 03:28:09 AM »

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Off Topic / Re: apparently i'm a "know it all" in people's eyes when i correct them on something

« on: January 16, 2017, 02:09:15 AM »

i said no and then she gave me the argument that "you'll get a cold/pnemonia if you go out there without multiple layers on". i told her that's not true and explain they're caused by viruses. then the whole "mother knows all" charade and she angrily storms off.

There's research showing immune system markers dropping after exposure to cold temperatures, but there's not an overwhelming consensus over whether that causes more people to get sick during the winter. There's also some evidence that cold weather makes it harder to fight off viruses.

It's true that you gotta get exposed to viruses before you can get sick, but consider the fact that literally every surface in schools/households/etc is covered with viruses that can infect you. You're probably exposed to cold viruses pretty regularly, but you don't always get sick because your innate immune system handles it before it becomes a problem. Decreasing your immune system (possibly through cold weather) might be a much more contributing factor than exposure, since you're probably already exposed to viruses anyway.

Honestly though, the main reason people get sick more during the winter is just because they're inside all day. More opportunities for transmission means more people get sick. But the jury's out over whether that's the only cause.

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Off Topic / Re: Imagining Everyone is Your Best Friend

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:32:50 AM »

I imagine the person really hard being someone they're not when I talk to them because it removes my anxiety and it makes me feel a little bit more secure. I imagine they're someone I'm really relaxed with.

I've got some advice with this. Here's an alternate approach:

Every time a penny passes through your hands, stick it up your ass. You don’t just stick them up your ass. You spend them. Now like I said, It’s a long-term strategy. I’ve been doing this for 11 years now. Every day for the past 11 years, I’ve stuck $30 dollars in pennies up my ass. I use them for everything: cab rides, movie theater, groceries.

That’s a lot of ass pennies I’ve got out there my friend. And here’s where the magic comes in: When I meet with someone who intimidates me, who put me on edge, a real hard-ass, I just think to myself they’ve probably handled one of my ass pennies. In fact they probably have one in their pocket right then. That just seems to give me the upper hand. I mean, hey, I haven’t touched anything that was in their ass.

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Off Topic / Re: 2017 WORLD POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:19:59 AM »

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:17-18

the law's purpose was fulfilled with the birth of Christ, and so was replaced with the higher law of the Gospel. if what the ot says worries you then watch out for the Jews not the Christians

What a cogent explanation. Obviously no Christians follow the teachings of the Old Testament, which is why absolutely no Christians are against gay-marriage, since the whole "homoloveuality is an abomination" thing comes from Leviticus.

Neither are they against abortion either, since all the 'life begins at conception' stuff is interpreted from verses in Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Psalms.

Hell, you'll never see the Ten Commandments hanging up in a Christian church, since that's 100% Old Testament jew-lore.

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Off Topic / Re: Imagining Everyone is Your Best Friend

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:14:41 AM »

relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmxT_TABaw

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Off Topic / Re: southern arizona sucks

« on: January 15, 2017, 04:24:42 PM »

is op even in south arizona anymore

"so yeah, I kept going south in Arizona, and now there's this big cbrown town with a bunch of rainforests and stuff. wow arizona sucks"

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Off Topic / Re: I believe I am disassociated. I don't know what to do

« on: January 14, 2017, 08:14:58 PM »

I know somebody with the symptoms you described. They were diagnosed with depression, prescribed some SSRIs, and the problem disappeared entirely. See a psychiatrist, it might help.

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Off Topic / Re: Should we ban all people with mental conditions from voting?

« on: January 14, 2017, 04:23:30 AM »

There's nothing about having a mental condition that makes you incapable of holding valid political beliefs. Lots of people are too stupid to understand the issues they're even voting on, but we don't deny them the right to vote.

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Off Topic / Re: are u gonna miss obama

« on: January 13, 2017, 12:12:25 AM »

(((independent)))

Hey, even the ones with a historically-conservative bend were reporting Hillary in the lead.

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Off Topic / Re: 2017 WORLD POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

« on: January 12, 2017, 11:54:33 PM »

Thats the part where I was taking the piss my man

Ah okay that clears it up. Didn't catch that the first time.