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Trollheart 02-12-2018 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1926046)
And by proactive you mean vote for people for whom climate change is at best not their top priority and at worse a hoax. What else do you do to combat global warming, Chula? Do you carpool? Turn the light off when you leave a room? Post pithy memes on Facebook?

I'm pretty sure he's just making a joke about inserting chips with that gif he's posted. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1926048)
Oxfam is a bunch of bull**** neoliberalism. This example aside, donating to them is almost exactly like voting for Democrats. It makes you a part of the problem instead a part of the solution.

I don't donate to them, but they and charities like them are always clogging up the streets, knocking at doors and trying to get us to sign up. I hate that high-pressure selling. And if they know you're a guy they'll make sure it's some pretty girl in a miniskirt they send in to "convince" you to donate.

The Batlord 02-12-2018 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1926051)
What in God's name are you blabbering about?



http://media2.giphy.com/media/b9aScKLxdv0Y0/giphy.gif

I'm asking you, if you're going to tell me to be proactive, what the hell you're doing to save the planet? Cause you seem like an arbitrary middle-aged guy living a middle-class life doing middle-class things who concerns himself with politics as a hobby along with playing the guitar and golfing but really doesn't do anything else besides maybe turning the light off when you leave a room. You know, like most normal people. Those same normal people who've led to this state of events both by their actions and inactions.

But maybe I'm wrong and you write letters to your congressman, organize environmental... things, or just, you know, take meaningful time out of your life to do ANYTHING. So, Chula, how are you helping to stop the world from being set on fire?

Frownland 02-12-2018 07:34 PM

He buys water bottles that use 75% less plastic than leading brands.

OccultHawk 02-12-2018 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1926071)
He buys water bottles that use 75% less plastic than leading brands.



You know that RVs do wonders for the environment.

Janszoon 02-12-2018 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1926067)
I'm asking you, if you're going to tell me to be proactive, what the hell you're doing to save the planet? Cause you seem like an arbitrary middle-aged guy living a middle-class life doing middle-class things who concerns himself with politics as a hobby along with playing the guitar and golfing but really doesn't do anything else besides maybe turning the light off when you leave a room. You know, like most normal people. Those same normal people who've led to this state of events both by their actions and inactions.

But maybe I'm wrong and you write letters to your congressman, organize environmental... things, or just, you know, take meaningful time out of your life to do ANYTHING. So, Chula, how are you helping to stop the world from being set on fire?

It looked like he was just making a joke via pi. But maybe it's just me.

bulbasaur 02-12-2018 08:22 PM

glad somebody had the courage to say it bats

Frownland 02-12-2018 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1926067)
I'm asking you, if you're going to tell me to be proactive, what the hell you're doing to save the planet?

*you:

And *ar'ou.

OccultHawk 02-12-2018 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1926087)
*you:

And *ar'ou.

Grammar Nazi fail.

Frownland 02-12-2018 09:23 PM

Part of being a Nazi is implementing your own ridiculous rules.

Chula Vista 02-12-2018 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1926067)
I'm asking you, if you're going to tell me to be proactive.

Proactive about getting a chip out of your brain dumbass.

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So, Chula, how are you helping to stop the world from being set on fire?
Again, WTF are you babbling about?

Also, if I rate arbitrary on the scale of human usefulness and contributions to the big picture, where the hell you you sit on the same scale?

OccultHawk 02-12-2018 11:24 PM

*do

The Batlord 02-13-2018 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1926098)
Proactive about getting a chip out of your brain dumbass.

Oh.

*walks off*

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Again, WTF are you babbling about?

Also, if I rate arbitrary on the scale of human usefulness and contributions to the big picture, where the hell you you sit on the same scale?
Considering all the cars I haven't driven and homes I haven't owned, combined with my bike riding, I imagine my carbon footprint could fit in your nose by comparison.

Akai 02-13-2018 10:48 AM

This put a smile on my face.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a3764096.html

OccultHawk 02-13-2018 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Akai (Post 1926219)

Definitely needs pics

Trollheart 02-13-2018 10:55 AM

:clap:
Don't **** with the king of the jungle, human! :D
That is some mean pussy!

Frownland 02-13-2018 10:56 AM

Let people cook their eggs however they want imo

Cuthbert 02-13-2018 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1926225)
:clap:
Don't **** with the king of the jungle, human! :D
That is some mean pussy!

It was lions not tigers.

#js

Frownland 02-13-2018 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1926230)
It was lions not tigers.

#js

What is you just sayin? King of the jungle is a term that's been applied to lions for a long time.

The Batlord 02-13-2018 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Akai (Post 1926219)

There being one less poacher certainly gives me a warm feeling, but as far as I know most poachers are poor and just doing it cause there's nothing else but subsistence farming or whatever. I say we kill all the old Chinese people who still believe in that folk medicine nonsense that creates a market for tiger penis.

Cuthbert 02-13-2018 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1926232)
What is you just sayin? King of the jungle is a term that's been applied to lions for a long time.

A tiger would batter a lion though.

Frownland 02-13-2018 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1926235)
A tiger would batter a lion though.

Lions are better fighters despite the weight disadvantage. Tigers ain't used to getting ****ed with by elephants.

grindy 02-13-2018 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1926235)
A tiger would batter a lion though.

Not without 20+ pages of pointless arguing he wouldn't.

Frownland 02-13-2018 04:37 PM

https://www.10news.com/news/stone-br...stand-for-this

Psst, Stone, guess what: you're part of big beer too.

Paul Smeenus 02-14-2018 03:50 PM

Another mass shooting, neat.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...school-n848101

Trollheart 02-14-2018 03:52 PM

I guess his brother won't be visiting him again any time soon!
Peru jail twin who switched with brother is recaptured - BBC News

Cuthbert 02-14-2018 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1926559)

Is now the time to talk about gun control?

RIP to all killed.

Frownland 02-14-2018 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1926559)

It will never change in this country.

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1926559)


Paul Smeenus 02-14-2018 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1926563)
It will never change in this country.

Not as long as there are republicans and corporatist democrats in control, I agree.

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 04:43 PM

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Recent school shootings
NBC News has compiled a list of shooting incidents that have resulted in injuries and/or deaths at elementary, middle and high schools since the beginning of 2018. As of Feb. 2, a total of four people have been killed and 20 have been injured in these shootings.
Timeline Details
Feb. 1: Salvador Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, California. (2 students shot)
Jan. 23: Marshall County High School in in Benton, Kentucky (2 students killed, 18 injured)
Jan. 22: NET Charter High School in New Orleans, Louisiana (1 student injured)
Jan. 22: Italy High School in Italy, Texas (1 student injured)
Jan. 10: Coronado Elementary School in Sierra Vista, Arizona (1 student killed)

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1926574)
Not as long as there are republicans and corporatist democrats in control, I agree.

Awww come on! Mass shootings are as American as apple pie. Show a little patriotism!

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 04:50 PM


Paul Smeenus 02-14-2018 05:05 PM

Preliminary reports, 2 deceased, 14 injured. High school kids. smh

Chula Vista 02-14-2018 05:34 PM

Breaking News just popped up. 17 now confirmed dead.

Paul Smeenus 02-14-2018 05:50 PM

Remember how shocking the 17 deaths at Columbine were?

*correction: 13, 12 kids and 1 adult, plus the 2 shooters.

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 07:17 PM

For some reason, it has become a fairly regular way for Americans to express themselves. Maybe America is ****.

Exo 02-14-2018 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1926584)
Remember how shocking the 17 deaths at Columbine were?

*correction: 13, 12 kids and 1 adult, plus the 2 shooters.

17 dead. One shooter. Shooter in custody.

OccultHawk 02-14-2018 10:01 PM

Looks like it’s making the Top 5 school shootings lists.

We’re twisting again like we did last summer!

Seriously this plus all the other gun deaths we’ve already had in schools this year.

I’m just wondering outloud trying to figure out if there might be anyway to prevent this in the future. This might seem like a stupid question, I’m not sure, but... can people without guns shoot people?

Frownland 02-14-2018 10:07 PM

But then the criminals would be the only ones with guns. You know what happens when only one side has guns? Hitler. Congratulations, liberals, you just welcomed the Holocaust. And don't come at me with ridiculous notions of enforcing gun bans when we find criminals with guns, we both know that that never works so just stfu and let me go deaf at the shooting range to get my mind off of how microscopically tiny my dick is.

Lucem Ferre 02-15-2018 12:05 AM

Several different issues to discuss. Of course gun laws, but more importantly why the **** are we doing it? Cause you can't just blame guns. This is much more complicated than just guns.


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