At 8/20/08 10:33 PM, Bolo wrote: I miss Ozcar, period.

I second that...

And Captain-Jack never really lived up the standard that everyone claimed she occupied.

Well, unless you missed the Nephthys era, you're far off on this one. I miss a lot of those older users, and I wonder if they are like me and come on for a few posts every now and then or if they have faded away completely. 90% of my posts were before 2006, and now it's just a few here and there. Is it the same for them, or do they not show up at all?

At 8/20/08 09:46 PM, FrozenSheep wrote: I don't understand why this thread has to keep going.

Weeks from now maybe days, the same argument will be made.

I'm glad you decided to succinctly sum up the BBS in one line. EVERY SINGLE THREAD is repeated at least twice within the first week of coming out. Welcome to the internets.

I have to admit, I didn't read the whole thread before responding, but I am definitely one of those guys who wishes for the good old days. But at the same time, I think it's just because I don't spend as much time on here anymore. Maybe there are just a lot more shitty threads due to how many people there are now. Oh well, we shall never know.

I'm glad you spend so much effort worrying about this.

At 8/14/08 02:55 AM, Twerpo wrote: I'm under 18, and on vacation, so buying a pipe isn't really going to work. I'm thinking I could make some stuff out of a socket and various pipes lying around my house, but I heard the galvinized steel is bad for you.

Once again, if you're on vacation, you're not looking for something too long term. Just buy some apples and get it done. It's quick, easy, not too suspicious, and disposable. But if you continue to refuse my advice, then I will stop trying to help you.

I miss being my level 16 and my nunchucks. Now I'm douchebag Raphael and his sais.

At 8/14/08 02:42 AM, Twerpo wrote:

At 8/14/08 02:41 AM, Back-Door-Baron wrote: Apples. Figure it out for yourself.

I was hoping for something a little more long term lasting.

What's the use of household ones if you want long-term? Household pipes are only necessary if you're desperate. Otherwise, just shell out $5 for the simplest of pipes. No household pipe will be long-term and healthy for you.

Apples. Figure it out for yourself.

At 8/14/08 02:24 AM, thatoneguyfromDD wrote:

At 8/14/08 02:22 AM, Back-Door-Baron wrote: More cool Stuff that doesnt fit here.

Ha ha, why doesn't it fit here?? Because we're actually having a conversation and not flaming each other like most NGBBS posters would be?

We kinda have different meanings of "realistic" I guess.

It's nice to see someone come to this kind of conclusion. Most of the time in a disagreement there's just one simple point in which the two parties disagree. They can't reconcile this point, so they go to war. You, my friend, have pointed out the single point in which we have a difference in opinion, and we cannot change each other's opinion on that point-- we can only explain to the other for why we feel that way. I respect that kind of intellectual reasoning from someone from this BBS, so I applaud you for that.

I misposted earlier because I thought this was a post created by the person I was replying to (I had just replied to a post by this user earlier). But my logic still holds-- it's the father's fault that his daughter is committing such acts at an age he wouldn't want her to. You owe no one any apology. Apologizing will just make the father think he has done a decent job of teaching his daughter to wait until an age where she knows what she's doing to have sex, but clearly that's not the case. Just let it go-- you're not expected to be a man at this age, he is. He needs to come to terms with his failure and let life go on.

At 8/14/08 02:18 AM, thatoneguyfromDD wrote:

At 8/14/08 02:16 AM, Back-Door-Baron wrote: Stuff

In most of the ones I have,I feel like Im awake.

That's what i meant by feeling "Real"

Okay, I can see that, but the definition of a lucid dream is having conscious awareness of being in a dream. But I understand what you're saying-- a lucid dream definitely feels real, but my point was that you know it can't be real because it is a dream. I love lucid dreams, and I just wish I had more control over them than I do-- as soon as I reach lucidity, I usually lose some control since my consciousness is now rebelling to what it thinks can't be true.

At 8/14/08 01:57 AM, thatoneguyfromDD wrote: I have one almost every night.

It feels EXACTLY like real life.

Ummmm... no. Lucid dreams can't feel like real life because you know you're in a dream. You can think and feel, though, but you realize it's not real. It's one of the most amazing feelings ever. I only have one kind of lucid dream-- the one where I'm flying. Usually I'm flying without care but once I become lucid I really can't fly to the same level; now it's more like jumping really high and eventually falling. But I've had a few where I could still fly like normal, and those have been my favorites.

If you don't want to associate yourself with this account, just stop using it and create a new account. But really, just use it and keep going. You don't even have 1,000 posts. Once you hit that, no one will care what you posted in the beginning. You can always hide your early posts, but you can never take away your start date. My suggestion? Keep your current account and just use it the way you've always wanted to use it.

At 8/14/08 01:52 AM, killaboy69 wrote: I wish i could have 999999999999 recurring wishes

Recurring? So you're saying if you wished just once that you'd have a longer penis, that would repeat itself 999999999999 times? That would suck, because if the genie gave you even a 0.1" increase in length, our penis would then be almost 19,000,000 feet long. That would suck. Or do you mean having that many wishes that recur once? Because then your penis would only increase in size by 0.2", and that would also suck. Remember, the exercise is to make your wish as idiot-proof as possible, and you have to assume you have the dumbest genie ever.

At 8/13/08 09:30 PM, OsAmARaMa wrote: I've seen people reach the maximum B/P rank in less than a year.

Unfortunately that's not me. 4.5 years later and I'm still plenty away from EGSC. But I've slowed down since I first started, and I doubt my 10 b/s a week will get me there anytime soon.

At 8/12/08 12:47 PM, ClockMuffin wrote: The Dark Knight advertised the fuck out of it, and it turned out great. They even made a roller coaster in six flags. Your logic has been shitted upon.

And your logic was stated an hour and a half before you posted it. Regardless, I agree. Hyping a movie can be for two reasons: The movie is awesome and you want to remind everyone of why they want to see it, or it sucks and you want to make everyone think it's amazing so they should go see it. Personally, it has potential but can fall flat, so I'll wait for my more gullible friends to go see it and see how the more reliable ones think, then I'll make my choice to see it now or wait for the dollar theaters.

At 8/14/08 01:36 AM, Lagatag wrote: Who's next? Samuel L. Jackson?

Morgan Freeman (he's hospitalized)

At 8/14/08 01:29 AM, DanTheBard wrote: its not the dads fault idiot the girl knew what she was doing she wanted to get fucked that night and she was going to just leave the dad alone hes pretty pissed and if you have to say sorry just do it he wont do nothing

Wow, look at your sentence and tell me who's the idiot. But I won't get into an argument with you. Do what you want, then look back at it in a few years and see if it's really what you wanted to do.

One question: If you don't want advice from people who have experience, why do you ask for it? Is it your goal in life to ask a stupid question and then flame people who give you realistic, life-inspired advice? Take my word for it, just leave it alone. She didn't know what she wanted and neither did you.

At 8/14/08 01:10 AM, anarchist665 wrote: So in this instance, the correct way to wish for a PB&J would be "I wish I had a PB&J sandwich on a plate being held in my hand." specific stuff like that. Have fun!

Are you sure? Because if I were that genie, I would give you a platypus brain & juror sandwichh on a plate being held in your hand, but the juror would be too heavy and your radius and ulnar bones would break under the pressure. Way to fail.

I would wish for an infinite number of wishes that will only come true when I say them out loud and only as I intend them. ftw

At 8/14/08 01:26 AM, DanTheBard wrote:

At 8/14/08 01:25 AM, Zombified wrote: Real men don't need weapons! >:(

i did ask whats the manliest way to fight i ask manly weapons

What Zombified meant was, "Manliest weapons are your own fists, you gun totin' douchebag!:

Don't worry about it. It's his fault his daughter is having sex at the age she is-- if he did his job as a father she would have waited until she knew what she was doing. I know what it was like being 14, and trust me, you don't know what you're doing. Give yourself a few more years and you will.

Regardless, he knows it's his fault and not your fault, so don't worry about it. If you apologize, it will just make him feel like he didn't do as shitty of a job being a father.

At 6/22/08 02:33 AM, Alex-Cortes wrote: Right and wrong threesomes depends on your taste just so you know.Like if you want 2 same gender (you)/1 different gender threesomes or you want the three same genders.

But there's still one that's right for you. Only you can make that decision, grasshopper.

My fiancee is in Mexico and I'm taking care of her 18 year old cat who I've known for 6 years and adopted as my own as well. Two days into her vacation her cat has a massive stroke. I'm up all night watching her die, and she took her last breaths in my arms. My fiancee took the next flight home and came home in time to say goodbye, but her kitty had been dead for 10 hours already. I had to clean up the house with her lying on the couch, wrapped up and waiting for her mother to let her go.

At 6/22/08 02:21 AM, Alex-Cortes wrote: Thats why its called a threesome.

Because its with three people regardless of gender.

But let it be known that there IS a right threesome and a wrong threesome. You don't want to be caught in the wrong one.

As to the question of both other participants not knowing you're messing with the other, if there are three of you in the room doing anything of that nature then it's a threesome.

You gotta do what feels right. You asked us what WE would do, and to answer that I would have been dancing like an idiot along with them because I enjoy that. I don't care what people think of me, as long as I'm having fun. But if that's not your bag, then don't fall in line with the others.

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And who decides what is "objective"? By what system should we base laws if not on our own morality and idea of a "just" society? I mean, I can see where you're coming from, but unless our governing body is an advanced AI capable of social management, there's going to be nothing apart from our own morals and ethics on which we can base laws.

Because what else is capital punishment "for the good of the society" but utilitarianism and a lack of faith in an individual concerning his resocialization? All our decisions are based on our own morals and ethics because as of the moment, there is no mathematical formula which can calculate the best laws, from an objective standpoint.

At least in my opinion, feel free to correct me.

You're absolutely right in saying that objectivism is impossible given the subjective nature of the human mentality. But the hope is that with so many differing opinions, the only ones that will prevail are the ones that some people might not agree with individually but see the benefits to society. While I said morality does not equate legality, I never said they weren't parallel in their goals. For the most part what we consider moral will be turned into law. My point was that there are some things some of us might not consider moral that need to be legal in order for our society to progress. Destroying all law will lead to a chaos that will not only hinder societal progression, but will even turn towards societal regression.

Now I never meant this to become a debate of capital punishment or abortion, but since you brought it up I feel the need to respond. You're 100% correct-- capital punishment is completely utilitarian. But it's not due to lack of faith in the resocialization of an individual; instead, it's due to lack of a better system. Look at the re-incarceration stats. Prison is NOT rehabilitating criminals, and those who commit crimes that can lead to societal regression (malevolent taking of one's life, etc.) need to be dealt with differently. I'm not saying it's the best option, I'm just saying it's an option that has its merits.

You concentrated on just one half of my argument, though. I said that killing in general is immoral, but two forms need to be legal in order to allow for societal progression. I'm just curious why you concentrated on one half and ignored the other half. But I didn't want to turn this into that debate, so this is the last I will talk of it.

Great job, Shrappers! I'm glad you stuck with it. After 2 years in med school I became very disillusioned with the direction medicine was heading in America, so I cut my losses and left. I hope it's better for you, and if you ever come back to Newgrounds drop me a line!

At 4/24/08 12:01 PM, JackPhantasm wrote: I feel like a lot of atheists look at life as boring when they should love every second of that.

Of course this is only from the posts they make where they're trying to be sarcastic/funny. So it's probably not an accurate perspective to be judging from.

No, I think you hit it on the head there. The aetheists I've known (and I've known plenty) who love life usually can be convinced that maybe there's something else behind the creation of everything, and science is only what we observe. It's the ones who are bored with life who cannot be swayed. They seem to think they know everything and it's not worth trying to figure things out anymore.

Anyone who claims they know exactly how the universe works, either by religion or science, is a complete and utter moron. Or extremely faithful. But yes, aetheism is a religion unto itself, whose God is not a singular persona that interacts with His creations, but is instead the conceptual, indirectly interacting notion of Science.

Government exists for a reason. Each and every group needs a governing body-- in a family it's the parents, in a job it's the management, in a school it's the administration, etc. Why? Because individual people are too dumb for complete anarchy to result in civilized society. So a group of 300 million people do indeed need a governing body to tell them what's right and wrong.

My big beef is everyone who believes legality and morality are the same thing. Guess what-- they're not. Sometimes laws need to be immoral for society to progress. No matter how you cut it, killing someone is immoral, whether it's via capital punishment or abortion. But in my mind both need to exist in order for our society to progress. I would not condone either, but understand the need for both. Remember, morality does NOT equate legality. Morality is too subjective, and for society to mature we need objective laws whose only purpose is to sustain forward progress.

That's a marathon crawl. Good luck, I wish I could join you. Will you be drinking watered down ale or hard bavarian lager? Drink one for me, making it 19 pints!