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Jastiger is just super jealous of his neighbour's cattle.
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I covet my neighbor's murder trophies. They're all golden cattle, which is odd IMO.
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Feb 8, 2017 01:02
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I don't care whose ox is gored
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Feb 8, 2017 01:42
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Trolls was better than Moana.
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Feb 8, 2017 01:56
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lol at the last page of people tiptoeing around the realization that communism is the only way our species can survive
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Feb 8, 2017 02:18
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zh1 posted:lol at the last page of people tiptoeing around the realization that communism is the only way our species can survive Pretty much everyone reading this would benefit from communism, but they don't want Communism. Because Communism is a dirty word in the western world.
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Feb 8, 2017 02:57
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people conflate Communism with Stalinism
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Feb 8, 2017 03:04
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we just need better Democratic Socialism and stamp on the neck anyone caught involved in corruption
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Feb 8, 2017 03:05
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starkebn posted:we just need better Democratic Socialism and stamp on the neck anyone caught involved in corruption This. Henchman of Santa posted:Not killing, not stealing and not trying to gently caress people's wives are pretty reasonable. I'll grant the first two, but 2 out of 10..yeah. 10 commandments are garbage. Also new opinion: Bill Maher loving owns and is right like 90% of the time.
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Feb 8, 2017 04:03
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Henchman of Santa posted:Not killing, not stealing and not trying to gently caress people's wives are pretty reasonable. Sure, those are good ones. But look at the full list:
The first four are just "be Christian". Five sounds good, but some parents really don't deserve honouring. Six, eight, nine and ten are pretty good if a little oversimplified. Seven is a bit of a problem, depending on how you interpret it. If you take it to mean "don't be unfaithful to those who love you" then it's fine, but if you interpret it more literally then it's dumb. So you've got four relatively good ones, two maybes, and four that are just really Christian-specific.
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Feb 8, 2017 04:24
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Tiggum posted:Sure, those are good ones. But look at the full list: It's in the Jewish book though
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Feb 8, 2017 04:29
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If you jettison the first 4 due to being Christian and just want to concentrate on the non religious ones they're pretty good. They basically say "be a good person".
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Feb 8, 2017 04:33
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George Carlin did this bit already and better. Wrap it up guys.
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Feb 8, 2017 04:44
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There is absolutely no reason priests shouldn't be allowed to get married. It started as a lovely property scheme and it needs to die as one. There's also zero reason not to legalize prostitution and it's bizarre we've come this far without doing it.
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Feb 8, 2017 04:49
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Solice Kirsk posted:George Carlin did this bit already and better. Wrap it up guys. Yea, all I could think of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8ooMBIyC8
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Feb 8, 2017 04:52
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Lol if you think the recent renaming to "human trafficing victim" regardless of actual status is meant to do anything other than make sure prostitution is never legalized
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Feb 8, 2017 04:53
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Seems like banning all sex instead of just rape TBH.
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Feb 8, 2017 04:58
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Das Boo posted:There's also zero reason not to legalize prostitution and it's bizarre we've come this far without doing it. Legal prostitution still has a ton of problems. My preferred option would be to change the law so it's no longer illegal to be a prostitute but is illegal to hire one.
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Feb 8, 2017 05:48
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There is also the option of allowing both the buying and selling of sex, but not pimping. Some places have legal prostitution, but in an attempt to lessen the possibility of exploitation, it is not legal to earn money of prostitution as a middle-man or manager.
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Feb 8, 2017 06:06
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Neither of those is without problems, as buying being illegal still drives it underground, and any form of organizing, such as hiring security, can be considered pimping.
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Feb 8, 2017 06:21
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Reading about sex slavery and human trafficking and sexual violence makes me weep. It is so imperative that we become energy beings of pure consciousness as soon as possible. We MUST do away with our base carnal nature and purge ourselves of our lower animalistic urges if we are to ascend to a new level of reality. I have already done this and exist purely on the higher cosmic plane, descending only to take wicked dumps and rip farts and eat boogers (the only carnal pleasures that are acceptable, imo), then ascending again to dwell in pure bliss.
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Feb 8, 2017 06:41
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Blue Star posted:Reading about sex slavery and human trafficking and sexual violence makes me weep. It is so imperative that we become energy beings of pure consciousness as soon as possible. We MUST do away with our base carnal nature and purge ourselves of our lower animalistic urges if we are to ascend to a new level of reality. I have already done this and exist purely on the higher cosmic plane, descending only to take wicked dumps and rip farts and eat boogers (the only carnal pleasures that are acceptable, imo), then ascending again to dwell in pure bliss. Your obsession with dumps, farts and boogers makes you look and sound like an 8 year old, and what we truly need is not those things, but a Demolition Man style world where vulgarity is punished and all sex is virtual. Maybe in that world you can get your boggle sorted out.
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Feb 8, 2017 07:03
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Your obsession with dumps, farts and boogers makes you look and sound like an 8 year old, and what we truly need is not those things, but a Demolition Man style world where vulgarity is punished and all sex is virtual. Maybe in that world you can get your boggle sorted out. no Anyway, as a trans woman, i'm not really a woman. I cant get pregnant and my boobs are gross fat man-boobs, LOL. I was raised male and dont know anything about what its like to grow up female. I think biological sex matters because whether or not you have one type of body or another determines how you are treated by society. If you have a vagina and uterus, society has expectations of you and pigeon holes you; same for when you have a dick and dangly wrinkly hairy balls. All my opinoons on feminist issues (and all other issues, to be honest, but thats neither here nor there) are worthless. But people, especially feminists, are very nice and accomodating, even if I dont believe for one second that they really think I'm a woman XD .
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Feb 8, 2017 07:33
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Blue Star posted:All my opinoons....are worthless. Well at least we can agree on one thing.
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Feb 8, 2017 07:50
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doverhog posted:Neither of those is without problems, as buying being illegal still drives it underground, and any form of organizing, such as hiring security, can be considered pimping.
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Feb 8, 2017 07:59
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Well at least we can agree on one thing. This is not an unpopular opinion!
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Feb 8, 2017 08:02
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Tiggum posted:Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Number two is actually pretty good (hhhehehe). Idol-worship is bad whether it be a golden calf, Doctor Who or some other anime, or that yellow Nazi flag with the snake on it.
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Feb 8, 2017 13:52
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Das Boo posted:There is absolutely no reason priests shouldn't be allowed to get married. It started as a lovely property scheme and it needs to die as one. I forget where I heard it, but the best argument for the legalization of prostitution I've ever heard was, "Why should it be illegal to charge for something that is 100% legal to give away."
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Feb 8, 2017 14:05
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Solice Kirsk posted:I forget where I heard it, but the best argument for the legalization of prostitution I've ever heard was, "Why should it be illegal to charge for something that is 100% legal to give away." So you support Nestle & al. in campaigning to make all potable water and, eventually, breathable air the property of megacorporations? Also free software 
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Feb 8, 2017 14:12
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That shits already happening so why not legalize prostitution? Let me choose between paying to get laid or being able to breathe each week.
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Feb 8, 2017 14:13
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Solice Kirsk posted:That shits already happening so why not legalize prostitution? I don't know I was just shitposting.
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Feb 8, 2017 14:14
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Jerry Cotton posted:I don't know I was just shitposting. As are we all friend. As are we all.
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Feb 8, 2017 14:14
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Hey, now! This is a thread for unpopular opinions!
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Feb 8, 2017 17:12
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Low Desert Punk posted:Trying to remain totally faithful to a book when adapting it to film or TV is absolutely ridiculous, and it's the reason why so many adaptations are terrible. It's a fundamental misunderstanding about how both mediums work, it's unreasonable and stupid to expect everything that happens in the book to happen in its adaptation with no changes. More often than not people who criticise these adaptations really are complaining about "the tone of the book" being changed, but can't articulate it in a way that makes sense and so focus in on specific details that are "wrong" as the cause of their dissatisfaction. Tom Bombadil was missing from The Lord of the Rings films, and so were the ideas about nature, power, love, isolation and inevitable decay that his presence introduced to rest of the narrative.
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Feb 8, 2017 17:16
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Before being able to hold office you should be required to work in thr service industry for at least a year.
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Feb 8, 2017 17:30
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oldpainless posted:If you jettison the first 4 due to being Christian and just want to concentrate on the non religious ones they're pretty good. They basically say "be a good person". I'm a fan of the Benjamin Franklin method of moral living - have a vast, complex set of moral standards that would belong in any self-help book. But, only make an effort to follow one a week. If you accidentally gently caress some dudes wife,  , wasn't adultery's week you see.
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Feb 8, 2017 17:51
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By default nature has the switch flipped to "on" for allowing us to procreate. The next step of society is we need to flip that switch to off. We should all be sterilized and BOTH parties need to wear a patch to enable conception. No tests to pass to get the patch, no fee, put the patch in vending machines on the street corner for all I care. But both parties need to be wearing the patch for a couple days at least before conception to be possible. Or take a pill, or get a shot. I don't care. But conscious and deliberate action to enable procreation instead of prevent is what I'm saying. Cut down on these "oops" babies.
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sassassin posted:More often than not people who criticise these adaptations really are complaining about "the tone of the book" being changed, but can't articulate it in a way that makes sense and so focus in on specific details that are "wrong" as the cause of their dissatisfaction. Speaking of adaptations, I thought The Exorcist was a really neat example of translation. Blatty wrote both the book and the screenplay with entire segments of dialogue are stripped straight from the book and placed on the screen. They're nearly identical and both work beautifully, but somehow in completely different ways. While the adaptation is a straight up horror movie, the book is almost entirely about Karras' inner struggle with his faith and uses the event to explore its rationalization through contemporary (at the time) psychology. Karras is never fully convinced of her possession and scrutinizes how Regan's actions can be explained using logic rather than faith. I love both takes. Another one that translated really well was The Haunting. The 1963 adaptation also strips entire conversations from the book, but changes the character of Grace(for the better, IMO). That's probably one of the closest adaptations I've seen that keeps the book's spirit fully intact.
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Feb 8, 2017 18:26
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It kinda sucks that Peter Jackson's LOTR films have become the official "version" of Tolkien's stories. If you look at various artwork made by different artists, many of them seem to base their own art on John Howe and Alan Lee's illustrations. The Nazgul all kinda look the same, the elves all kinda look the same, etc. Before the movies came out, it seemed like there was more room for personal interpretation. And i'm just talking about visual style, here. Just the look of the costumes and armour and castles. It really sucks that we didnt get Guillermo Del Toro's Hobbit movie.
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Blue Star posted:It really sucks that we didnt get Guillermo Del Toro's Hobbit movie. I sincerely lament this. Dude trained with Dick Smith, I trust his creature design fully. Not to mentioned his already established catalogue, but Dick Smith!
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