Weaksauce

[Marbing]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:04 PM, The_Warpact said:

I just help ya! 🙂 

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That means more to me than you know, thank you so much! 😄 🤣

[battlewraith]

  On 7/31/2022 at 4:35 PM, arcane said:

Someone did something bad once so everyone must be doing bad things all the time. 

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1. Disgruntled people cite some inner circle conspiracy.  

2. Skeptics laugh it off--that sort of thing doesn't happen.

3. People point out that something like that did happen--ie the private secret server. 

4. Skeptic shifts the goalposts--

 

Someone did something bad once so everyone must be doing bad things all the time. 

 

I think there are better answers to these circumstances than conspiracies. And there are better ways to answer conspiracy claims than glib distortions of what those people are actually suggesting.

[Bill Z Bubba]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:08 PM, battlewraith said:

Someone did something bad once so everyone must be doing bad things all the time. 

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I view this game and its community no different than the way I view any other section of, or even the entirety, of our species.

 

Someone is doing something bad all the time because humans are generally very nasty, self-centered, short-sighted, tribal and bigoted.

[arcane]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:20 PM, Bill Z Bubba said:

 

I view this game and its community no different than the way I view any other section of, or even the entirety, of our species.

 

Someone is doing something bad all the time because humans are generally very nasty, self-centered, short-sighted, tribal and bigoted.

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Absolute truth. Unfortunately it is still fallacious to imply that wrongdoing is afoot *here* just because a sizable fraction of 8 billion people are doing bad stuff at any given moment. I’m sure *you’re* not implying that, but no need to give any ideas to those less prone to reason.

 

…Worth noting though I’m destroying all of you in the thumbs-down rankings so maybe you shouldn’t listen to me.

Edited July 31, 2022 by arcane

[Troo]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:08 PM, battlewraith said:

 

1. Disgruntled people cite some inner circle conspiracy.  

2. Skeptics laugh it off--that sort of thing doesn't happen.

3. People point out that something like that did happen--ie the private secret server. 

4. Skeptic shifts the goalposts--

 

Someone did something bad once so everyone must be doing bad things all the time. 

 

I think there are better answers to these circumstances than conspiracies. And there are better ways to answer conspiracy claims than glib distortions of what those people are actually suggesting.

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hey just so you know, I'm not saying this, but because you don't have a customized avatar, your opinion means less. 😜

 

u too @arcane@SwitchFade@Excraft@Astralock@Spectral and everyone else who wasn't a quick grab from another not to be mentioned thread/poll..

 

let the thumbs down continue to rain.

 

 

 

[battlewraith]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:20 PM, Bill Z Bubba said:

 

I view this game and its community no different than the way I view any other section of, or even the entirety, of our species.

 

Someone is doing something bad all the time because humans are generally very nasty, self-centered, short-sighted, tribal and bigoted.

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So it's our natural state?

 

"In such condition, there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

 

What's the solution? I think it boils down to rational thought, no? And thinking well is better than thinking poorly.

[Marbing]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:25 PM, arcane said:

Absolute truth. Unfortunately it is still fallacious to imply that wrongdoing is afoot *here* just because a sizable fraction of 8 billion people are doing bad stuff at any given moment. I’m sure *you’re* not implying that, but no need to give any ideas to those less prone to reason.

 

…Worth noting though I’m destroying all of you in the thumbs-down rankings so maybe you shouldn’t listen to me.

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Idk man I think when it comes to ratio of reactions, @MoonSheep has you beat:

 

Wear them proudly, @MoonSheep.

[arcane]

Ratios? We don’t need no stinking ratios.

 

 

This is the level of unpopularity to beat boys, now come at me.

[Glacier Peak]

  On 7/31/2022 at 4:07 PM, Troo said:

 

there is always a decider.

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Funny fact, he actually speaks like this in person, it's not just a facade (at least the times I've heard him). He's got a folksy sentence pattern that mixes well with his Texas drawl. 

[MoonSheep]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:31 PM, Marbing said:

Idk man I think when it comes to ratio of reactions, @MoonSheep has you beat:

 

Wear them proudly, @MoonSheep.

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its true, my refusal to blindly praise AE has resulted in many beatings 🤕

[Bill Z Bubba]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:30 PM, battlewraith said:

 

So it's our natural state?

 

"In such condition, there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

 

What's the solution? I think it boils down to rational thought, no? And thinking well is better than thinking poorly.

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All the good stuff out there is a vain attempt to rise above our natural state. People CAN be selfless and caring and kind, they just usually aren't.

Edited July 31, 2022 by Bill Z Bubba

[Troo]

So close to 100

 

 

  some thumbs down votes are worth two! so close!

Edited July 31, 2022 by Troo

[Marbing]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:34 PM, arcane said:

Ratios? We don’t need no stinking ratios.

 

 

This is the level of unpopularity to beat boys, now come at me.

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Idk man, you also get a lot of positive feedback as well. I think in general people like you, unlike some of us.... 🤣 

 

Of course I am almost certainly wrong about this...

[catsi563]

*pull Troos pants down*

 

*run away giggling*

[arcane]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:40 PM, Troo said:

So close to 100

 

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I can’t put my finger on it but your posts really suck lately. Thumbs down. Again.

[Marbing]

Make Troo Great Again.

[Troo]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:43 PM, arcane said:

I can’t put my finger on it but your posts really suck lately. Thumbs down. Again.

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don't make me.. oh now you did it

 

 

[Troo]

Woot! 100! wait, that was premature or someone pulled out on a thumb down.

 

Edited July 31, 2022 by Troo

[Marbing]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:56 PM, Troo said:

Woot! 100! wait, that was premature or someone pulled out on a thumb down.

 

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Dont you hate it when someone pulls their thumb out...?

[Troo]

  On 7/31/2022 at 6:00 PM, Marbing said:

Dont you hate it when someone pulls their thumb out...?

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I was so close

[SwitchFade]

Troo, what have you done?!

 

Oh and, I thought I had you all beat for hate, because of the obligatory "I'm sorry, that's not how economics works," that I text bomb.

 

Sadly, it appears I can't even touch @arcane @MoonSheep

 

also, I haven't a clue how to attach or imbed pics, and I only post from my phone.

 

Also, I like pie 

[Troo]

boom 

thanks for giving me a hand and getting me there.

I'm spent..

 

 

Edited July 31, 2022 by Troo

[The_Warpact]

  On 7/31/2022 at 6:04 PM, Troo said:

 

I'm spent..

 

 

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There goes your future in the porn industry...

[Marbing]

  On 7/31/2022 at 6:04 PM, Troo said:

boom 

thanks for giving me a hand and getting me there.

I'm spent..

 

 

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Doing my part for the betterment of whatever this was.... I am dedicated to ambiguous causes...

[Troo]

  On 7/31/2022 at 5:42 PM, catsi563 said:

*pull Troos pants down*

 

*run away giggling*

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  vacillating between "Pants are for mortals" and "that wasn't my pants"