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On October 11 2013 01:28 jcarlsoniv wrote:
I have been intentionally leaving specific party names out of my discussion because it's not one side that's the problem - it's the fact that there are two "sides".
It's just all a silly clusterfuck.
Also, this is why I like you guys. We're capable of having a civil political discussion. Granted, there aren't any hugely opposing ideas being flung around like in the GD threads, but I've always liked having discussions about it because I've always tried to remain unbiased when considering things of this nature.
This thread is more free and intelligent than the USA.
MoonBear for president.
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the only reason it's "civil" is because instead of trying to argue why one side sucks more we're just saying they both suck
pretty easy to say doesnt require much research or free thought at all
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Or you have to be pretty passionate to argue your case in politics thread and we're just making passing remarks in the LoL off-topic thread... 
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On October 11 2013 01:26 xes wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 01:16 Vegetarian Wolf wrote:On October 11 2013 01:12 xes wrote:On October 11 2013 01:06 Vegetarian Wolf wrote:
The one thing that is different about this "crisis" is that we're on track to witness, for the first time in recent memory, the Republicans caving instead of the Democrats pussying out like always for once. Republicans and Democrats are pretty much the same party on any of the important issues (see: Obama's 2nd term being pretty much a repeat of Bush). Everything else is just fluff and pandering on social issues. They're not the most divergent, but it'd be disingenuous to say there's absolutely no difference. They might be minute, but the differences are still there. For the average citizen, no, there's no tangible effect most of the time, but if you want to adopt a more holistic view, there's certainly something to be said for supporting one over the other on an ideological basis. I would disagree and say politically they are different parties, but ideologically they are quite the same. In fact, I think the Tea Party is one of the true parties we have because they are actually ideologically consistent. For the general republican and democratic representatives, their ideology extends insofar as it supports the political aims of their benefactors and constituents (in that priority order).
IDK I think there are notably differences in what the two major parties do, or at least profess to do, and I think it's substantial.
I mean most of the debates are just pissing contests designed to appeal to their respective bases, but no matter the underlying motivation, the end result is that there is at least some tangible difference in enacted policies.
On October 11 2013 01:49 Slayer91 wrote:
the only reason it's "civil" is because instead of trying to argue why one side sucks more we're just saying they both suck
pretty easy to say doesnt require much research or free thought at all
yea, well, maybe you suck
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Must be nice to have what to debate, in Romania they don't even pretend to have ideologies anymore. There's an alliance (i.e. they send one candidate together) between a left party and a right party.
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Democrat or Republicans, they're inconsequential. Lobbyists control Washington,.
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On October 11 2013 02:31 wei2coolman wrote:
Democrat or Republicans, they're inconsequential. Lobbyists control Washington,.
On October 11 2013 01:09 Slayer91 wrote:
political party system is always going to be flawed. Need money to win elections -->parties are under the influence of those with money -->people with money profit blah blah blah 1%
am i wrong or are these 2 statements equivalent
im not that politically clued in
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On October 11 2013 02:32 Slayer91 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 02:31 wei2coolman wrote:
Democrat or Republicans, they're inconsequential. Lobbyists control Washington,. Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 01:09 Slayer91 wrote:
political party system is always going to be flawed. Need money to win elections -->parties are under the influence of those with money -->people with money profit blah blah blah 1%
am i wrong or are these 2 statements equivalent im not that politically clued in
Yeah, pretty much. But mine is more targeted at corporations, his is more at rich individual constituents.
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I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys.
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On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys.
Do you guys know what PvP / community aspects of this game exist? Somebody creative should come up with some sort of challenge / community battling event thingymajigs that happen so its more interesting.
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On October 11 2013 02:48 ReketSomething wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys. Do you guys know what PvP / community aspects of this game exist? Somebody creative should come up with some sort of challenge / community battling event thingymajigs that happen so its more interesting.
Well if we're doing that then I'm totally not Nuzlocking, will be optimizing from the start lol. If we want to do a friendly XY competition for first runs, that'd be cool. Actually, that'd be really cool.
Nuzlocke rules (dupes/shiny clause on), submit:
-Time played
-Team levels
-Pokemon caught
-Pokemon died
Give it a few weeks to a month to let everyone get through, then we'll see who had the best nuzlocke adventure.
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On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys.
Name them off of TL memes.
FishPuns, Romanians, Pokemon, RequizenSucks, They'reallAsians, Mathies, RufflesHaveRidges, etc
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On October 11 2013 03:07 GhandiEAGLE wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys. Name them off of TL memes. FishPuns, Romanians, Pokemon, RequizenSucks, They'reallAsians, Mathies, RufflesHaveRidges, etc
I will excommunicate you from the church.
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On October 11 2013 02:40 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 02:32 Slayer91 wrote:On October 11 2013 02:31 wei2coolman wrote:
Democrat or Republicans, they're inconsequential. Lobbyists control Washington,. On October 11 2013 01:09 Slayer91 wrote:
political party system is always going to be flawed. Need money to win elections -->parties are under the influence of those with money -->people with money profit blah blah blah 1%
am i wrong or are these 2 statements equivalent im not that politically clued in Yeah, pretty much. But mine is more targeted at corporations, his is more at rich individual constituents.
inot many individuals who aren't part of corporations that rich, profit for the corp == profit for the ceo or w/e cause of bonuses
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On October 11 2013 03:07 GhandiEAGLE wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys. Name them off of TL memes. FishPuns, Romanians, Pokemon, RequizenSucks, They'reallAsians, Mathies, RufflesHaveRidges, etc
No, but your name should be Requizen and you should name every Pokemon after a TL member that's thematically appropriate.
For example, you could name your Fennekin "Roffles" because he likes to flame people.
If you caught a Mareep you could name it "Cheep" for obvious reasons.
First Dark Pokemon has to be Neo.
etc.
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Thee's a new guy in USPol named Vegetarian and it really confused me.
There really is nothing to argue about the shutdown, its stupid. The Republican tactic of taking something that should be routine and saying "no we won't do this unless you give us X" is ridiculous.
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So where's the shakedrizzle cool kids fan club for this weekend at?
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On October 11 2013 03:20 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2013 03:07 GhandiEAGLE wrote:On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys. Name them off of TL memes. FishPuns, Romanians, Pokemon, RequizenSucks, They'reallAsians, Mathies, RufflesHaveRidges, etc No, but your name should be Requizen and you should name every Pokemon after a TL member that's thematically appropriate. For example, you could name your Fennekin "Roffles" because he likes to flame people. If you caught a Mareep you could name it "Cheep" for obvious reasons. First Dark Pokemon has to be Neo. etc.
If Neo dies do I get banned?
NEO PLZ I'LL DO MY BEST
Edit also not starting Fennekin fuck that noise
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On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys.
Fuck that. I'm picking my frog, and you guys ain't touching my naming convention (spoiler: I don't give them nicknames).
I'm going to need some real strong happy drugs when my froggie dies...
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