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2019-10-15, 03:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
Last edited by enderlord99; 2019-10-15 at 03:38 PM.
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2019-10-15, 03:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
Hey! As a former resident of The One True Birmingham who never got any time off for snow, I take offence at that. I'll have you know I had to wade through shin-high snow to get to my first ever university exam. And I still aced it.
You're commiting the logical fallacy of assuming that a trait applicable to some members of a group (scary dogs are scary) is applicable to the whole group (dogs are scary).
Scary dogs = scary.
Scary dogs ∈ dogs.
Pitbulls ∈ dogs.
Pitbulls != scary.
∴Pitbulls !∈ scary dogs.
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2019-10-15, 03:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 03:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
Yeah, I really need to find a teacher for them. It's one of the weirdest things, in that I can hold a tune but I struggle with pitch vatiation.
Also, I've tried shaving body hair before, mainly out of curiosity, and boy is it a hassle. The itching is an absolute terror too. Would not recommend.
I'd share a picture as evidence, but I don't want to go through the hassle of making it board-safe.
Nearly blind as a small child+dogs being interested=lots of dogs suddenly appearing right in front of me. The effects still persist decades later.
Except for British Bulldogs, they're the only breed to be universily cute.
EDIT: @SZbNAhL you're making the mistake that I'm speaking just for myself. I have a general discomfort and low level fear of canines from experiences as a toddler, and I'm definitely not the only person I know to dislike dogs.
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2019-10-15, 04:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
Yeah I don't get how people find the modern British Bulldog breed cute TBH...Some of the older versions or recreations (like the Olde English Bulldogge) sure but the modern ones, they just strike a so "WRONG", and they have always brought out a mix of anger and pained empathy in me that I can never be comfortable around them.
well their eye and spinal problems don't help. but the lack of a proper nose (and the associated horrifying breathing noises) is the biggie.
So I went to boarding school where we had a museum of paleontology on campus and I spent a lot of time around bones to the point where I picked up a kind of mental visual filter where you can "see"/track bones in living moving creatures (damn humans are weird organisms)...and dog breeds like the English bulldog, basset hounds, pugs, dachshunds, greyhounds, pop out massively as a distorted mess and thus kinda give me the creeps (and things like a Bedlington Terrier seem just fine in spite of their weird trims for the same reason)
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2019-10-15, 04:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
Last edited by Bartmanhomer; 2019-10-15 at 04:16 PM.
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2019-10-15, 04:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 04:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
No one said they were evil. Animals aren't naturally safe to interact with, we bred them to act in ways we can control. Zebras bite and kick regardless of training, it is their instinct not to let you touch or ride them. You can't pen a gazelle, it will beat itself to death against the sides of the pen until they die.
Domestic animals share a hierarchy that humans can usurp. Horses live in fixed orders, we just convinced them we are on top of that order. Dogs live in packs, we live in herds so it is easy to get them to treat us as their parents.
No rhino can be made safe for human riding. You might get it to do what you want with enough sticks and carrots, but you can't be sure it is safe. A pet wolf is safer then a pet tiger, and a pet dog is tens of times safer then a pet wolf. Animals are never totally safe or predictable, it is about how much they average out.
So the question is if the breed of pit bulls makes them more dangerous then other dogs, or if bad pet owners just like pit bulls. The same question came up with bull dogs, rottweilers, dobermans, and dalmatians over the last century.
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2019-10-15, 04:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
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2019-10-15, 04:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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If that were true then I would meet a PC at some point, presumably. Will I know they are a PC, or will I assume they are an NPC like me?
Are celebrities PCs or just really fancy NPCs for the PCs to meet? How many PCs are there for there to be so many NPCs? Is being a recurring NPC a blessing because your meaning in life was more important then selling McDonalds to a PC one time, or a curse because your life is crazy and tragic?
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2019-10-15, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 09:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Gotta have the bread and milk. It drives me nuts when I have to grocery shop and a bunch of people are out buying bread and milk because of an impending snowstorm. Where I live you should expect some snow. I’m north of Pittsburgh fyi. My area is close enough to a certain Great Lake that snow is a common occurrence in winter.
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2019-10-15, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 10:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 10:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-15, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sure I can bear these great lake puns any longer.
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2019-10-15, 11:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Thufir's Third Random Banter #224
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-10-15, 11:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-16, 12:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-16, 01:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-10-16, 06:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Has any one seen my jar of anti-protons or my cyclotron of positrons?
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Professor Emeritus:Studies of Supernatural Events and Countermeasures;
Miscatonic University, Nashville Campus
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2019-10-16, 06:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-10-16, 07:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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