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At 12/31/14 02:48 AM, coaliscool42 wrote: 2014 so far has had two confirmed plane crashes and one missing flight. Better luck next year I suppose.

Sorry, that was incorrect, I meant major crashes. There have so far been 8 crashes in 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft#2014

Edit - Added link

This was posted to Reddit about 2 hours ago.

Here is the CNN article and video.

I'll try to summarize: After Flight QZ8501 went missing for several days, it was found off the coast of Indonesia (Borneo island) in the Java Sea. Helicopters recovered bodies and wreckage from the plane on live tv. 155 passengers were found at the crash site. The plane is believed to have crashed because the pilot changed the route of the flight due to bad weather. The black boxes in the plane have not yet been found. Nations such as the US and Singapore have stepped in to offer assistance.

2014 so far has had two confirmed plane crashes and one missing flight. Better luck next year I suppose.

I'm just gonna ignore the content of your post and say that the US is not in trouble.

At 12/31/14 02:06 AM, AboboJoe wrote: It's -12 degrees celsius outside, and I'm not aloud to toke up in my apartment...

Oh please, Newgrounds is for AMERICANS. Stop spreading your communist propaganda of so called 'celsisus'.

www.reddit.com/r/polandball

In approximately 30 Pacific time hours, we will finally get mass scale access to hoverboards! I also heard some store in 'hill valley' is going to start selling almanacs logging every sports win since the 1950s!

Also, Flying cars.

At 12/24/14 04:16 PM, klompors wrote: I got a few creepy gifs and I want to post them all but I fear it may be against the rules

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This is my personal creepiest gif currently:

Coal. It has skyrocketed in value over the past years.

In fact, Santa Claus probably regrets giving out coal for all those years. He most likely damaged the ecosystem severly. Coal is not great for the envirment when burned.

Maybe hes the reason the north pole is melting. He is slowly killing himself.

New England clam chowder

At 12/17/14 10:02 PM, LordJaric wrote: With Sony's pulling The Interview due to threats could this potentially open the door to limiting freedom of speech when it comes to the film industry?

The government didn't directly tell anyone to not play the movie. Sony made the decision. I do not see why it would limit others parts of the industry.

Should Sony have just gone ahead and shown the movie or were they in the right to cancel the film. Just where do we draw the line between standing up to threats and backing down.

Yes. Empty threats lead to nothing. The North Korean government knows this. If they attack, the US attacks right back.

Sony is just screwing themselves over by not showing the movie.

At 12/10/14 04:29 AM, lapis wrote:

At 12/9/14 08:01 PM, coaliscool42 wrote: Also, can you provide me with sources that say Muslim slavers were in the Congo 600 years ago?

Settlement of the Swahili coast, from which the slaves were exported to the Arab world, had been going on for hundreds of years in 1400; Mombasa was already a mentionworthy trade port in the 12th century. Determining whether slaver expeditions had reached the Congo by then would require written history, which was not or poorly kept by both the Congolese and the Swahili people, so I find your request offensively Euro-centric.

So what your saying is that you just made up what you said about Muslim slavers? We don't have proof of the slavers being in the Congo until the early 1800s.

If we all still were in hunter gatherer societys the population would not have grown to the amount it is today.

Exactly! And why do you think that would be? Birth control? Family planning? I actually think mortality, both for adults and infants, was a big factor here. And I actually like not having to die, either directly or eventually because I become useless to the tribe, when some minor wound gets infected.

Population growth in the human race is bad for the planet. If we were able to keep it under control many of the environmental problems today would not exist.

Ethiopia was exploited by Arabs and Europeans for longer than five years. The people and land were slaves to other empires.

To give some other examples, nations like Ireland and Finland really were exploited for centuries; today they are among the richest in the developed world.

The reason why Ireland is so rich today is because all the natives were killed and english people moved in. The same case for the United States and Canada.

Finland on the other hand got support from the Allies to rebuild.

Okay sure, if they had ended up under the totalitarian Communism of the Kim dynasty their lives would indeed have sucked. Still, Mobutu was also supported by the US during the Cold War but whereas he and his cronies embezzled billions the South Koreans actually managed to use the money they gained from trade and aid to improve the conditions of their people.

Whats your point here? Are you saying that if the US did not get involved South Korea would have won the war?

What? No, I'm saying that the investment in South Korea trickled down to the people while in Congo (Zaire) it went to Mobutu and his cronies. And that the difference between those two approaches is visible today.

Im sure that the second worst holocaust in history did not effect anything in terms of advancement. It's not like the citizens of the Congo had absoulotly no say in how investments wereally used.

In south3 Korea, the citizens and government did little in the Korean war. America handled the troops, supplies, and econmy.

In fact, hunter gatherer societys stop the spread of disease because instead of a whole country dying, a tribe dies.

Actually, in isolated hunter-gatherer societies the immune systems of the tribesmen do not develop because they do not get tested (at least compared to cattle-rearing peoples), so if they then suddenly do get exposed to an exotic disease due to trade (or are you also against trade now?) they all suddenly start dying. The kind of society you're advocating is extremely fragile.

Actually their immune systems grew stronger. The immune survived and procreated creating children who were immune.

Senicide was never actually used as punishment.

I didn't say it was. I said it happened when you "no longer contribute to society.

A punishment is a penalty for a certain action. Not contributing is an action.

As I already said senicide was rarely ever used. Saying it happened every time soneone got old would be like saying everyone who commits crimes in America gets the death penalty

The difference is the person who went to Harvard was born into a family which motivated him and could afford to send him to Harvard.

Well done; what a daft way to dodge the question. Again, though, what does that mean? What are the consequences of saying that everything - everything - is down to luck?

The fact you happened to be one of 40 million sperm cells and ended up being born where you were eventally able to type your comment is proof.

Edit - fixed mistakes I made on phone.

At 12/9/14 10:02 PM, NippleManOfMilk wrote:

At 12/9/14 09:53 PM, coaliscool42 wrote: People will always be idiots, don't make assumptions about an entire countries culture because some of the citizens are stupid.

That's justifying my point. We need something to force us together because we're weak idiots. A strong foundation with a clear set of standards. Unfortunately people like you and yurgen think the only two choices are total freedom or dictatorship.

So if a minority of stupid people act stupid it should represent the entire group? I really think you are going to far with this. America is not "breaking apart as a culture" it is just as cultured as it was 10 years ago. It is just as cultured as it was 100 years ago.

Saying America is losing/or separating from its culture is a very broad and untrue claim.

Why did you say "people will always be idiots" like you're not one of them?

I guess that could be inferred from the statement. You can believe what you feel it means.

At 12/9/14 09:38 PM, NippleManOfMilk wrote: This statement right here is a perfect example of what's wrong with Americas culture. There is no longer a standard. An undisputable commandment written in stone, about what is and what is not acceptable. Instead everyone is left up to their own devices while equality is forced down our throats.

Can you name a time in history where this was not a reality?

Its easy to jump to the conclusion of "Amerika is the worst country ever! It never be the same as it once was!" Unfortunately, its just not true.

People will always be idiots, don't make assumptions about an entire countries culture because some of the citizens are stupid.

At 12/9/14 09:32 PM, Bit wrote: I use DuckDuckGo because I actually value my freedom.

Me too! Although roughly half of my searchs are !g

At 12/9/14 06:54 AM, lapis wrote:

At 12/7/14 09:09 AM, coaliscool42 wrote: Hunter gatherer societys were arguably better than industrial/agricultural societys. Hunter gatherers could move freely, had an easier time surviving, and had more free time to focus on the finer things in life like art.

Romanticisation.

I don't understand your focus on European colonialism anyway; why not just go back to the root of the issue and blame the wicked Mesopotamians and Egyptians for inventing agriculture? I mean, I could be out hunting boar instead of talking to people on the Internet. Of course, if I'd get hurt there would be no hospital to go to and I'd probably just wither away in the tribe suffering from my injury all the time, but I'd at least be free to live happily in an individual society.

I agree with this statement. The agricultural revolution has lead to the decline of humanity.

Remember, written evidence is not always needed to see what happened in a given area.

I agree; I'm inferring from the behaviour of the tribes and accounts of explorers that there was war, slavery and cannibalism. What you cannot do without written history in this case is making a reasonable guess as to whether life was better 600 years ago compared to, say, life in Belgian Congo after 1908, because you cannot quantify the positive and negative effects and weigh them off against each other.

Associating writing with history is a Euro-centric idea.

Apparently so is rational thought :/

Euro-centrism strikes again.

Hunter gatherers societys mainly lived in central and eastern tribes with far less conflict.

But those tribes were geographically much closer to the Muslim slaver dominions.

Muslim slavers were colonists. I am saying that places like the Congo would be better off without colonialism. Also, can you provide me with sources that say Muslim slavers were in the Congo 600 years ago?

In small hunter gatherer central society in central Congo, many tribes did not need to exploit the land. With hunter gatherer society little damage was done to the environment.

One of the reasons that the environment is increasingly damaged is population growth, meaning that in hunter-gatherer societies many who are currently alive in Congo would have died in a hunter-gatherer society. So you're saying that hunter-gatherers would be happier, but you're not taking the happiness of all the people that would have died in hunter-gatherer societies into account.

If we all still were in hunter gatherer societys the population would not have grown to the amount it is today.

Ethiopia was definitly not just colonized for 5 years. They had contact with Europeans and Arabs from 100s of years.

You're moving the goal posts; apparently now just having "contact" with Europeans means you're somehow unable to build a prosperous society. Then again, fine; I guess you're just arguing that the big sin committed here is that the Congolese are no longer to live in hunter-gatherer societies à la the tribes in the modern-day Amazon basin, and introducing these tribes to things such as medicine and rudimentary forms of government would already violate this.

Ethiopia was exploited by Arabs and Europeans for longer than five years. The people and land were slaves to other empires.

As for Korea. Do you think Korea became a rich country it is today by itself? I would argue it would be as poor as the north if America did not get involved in the Korean war.

Okay sure, if they had ended up under the totalitarian Communism of the Kim dynasty their lives would indeed have sucked. Still, Mobutu was also supported by the US during the Cold War but whereas he and his cronies embezzled billions the South Koreans actually managed to use the money they gained from trade and aid to improve the conditions of their people.

Whats your point here? Are you saying that if the US did not get involved South Korea would have won the war?

As for your third point, with no need of wealth there is no poor.

But without medicine there is still disease.

Colonization has caused more people to die from disease than to be saved from it. Europeans had carried over countless diseases to the Americas and caused millions of innocent people to die.

In fact, hunter gatherer societys stop the spread of disease because instead of a whole country dying, a tribe dies.

I would rather be living in a remote Inuit society in 3000 B.C.E than in the USA in 2014.

And be put on an icefloe when you no longer contribute to society and there's not enough food to go around?

Senicide was never actually used as punishment. It was incredibly rare to even happen. Not all of Inuit society used it. Saying Alaskan Inuits were like Inuits from Greenland would be like saying "People from Kansas follow the same customs as people from California.

Luck is the entirety of human history.

What are you even saying? What are the full consequences of your assertion? That if I get two applicants for a job in middle management in a finance company, one from a guy who graduated from Harvard and one from someone who dropped out of high school, that I shouldn't have a preference for either because their performance will ultimately all just be down to luck anyway?

The difference is the person who went to Harvard was born into a family which motivated him and could afford to send him to Harvard.

Time to put your knowledge and political opinions of Cyprus to the test! Many people don't have any knowledge of this dispute, I personally suggest glancing at this wiki page before you answer.

Which side do you stand on?

If you had to give Cyprus to a side would you give it to the Greeks or Turks?

Opinions on Pontic genocide?

Should Cyprus morph into a single independent nation?

Which empire had best control of territory (Egyptians, Hittite, Persians, Byzantines, Roman, Ottoman, British etc)? You have a crap ton of options to chose from (not just the ones I listed).

Opinions on UN buffer zones? Are they effective?

Do you currently view Cyprus as one country? Should nations like the US recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus?

What should happen to the abandoned cities of Cyprus? Should said abandoned towns be under UN or Turkish control?

Feminist is a term for the extreme view of women-kind.

Don't be surprised when people who believe in extremist ideals are illogical.

He committed a felony because of impersonation.. Although I don't think he will get in trouble with the law anytime soon.

IMO though yelling at someone at a mall for trying to get Black Friday deals is kinda unnecessary.

At 12/7/14 08:32 PM, Monster-64 wrote:

At 12/7/14 08:18 PM, coaliscool42 wrote:

At 12/7/14 07:45 PM, Monster-64 wrote: Which would you do if you saw a bleeding tortoise: rip its head off and eat it, lick it like a lollipop, or shove it up your ass?

Definitely go with shoving it up my ass. Thats the kind of thing I can get off to.

That gif made this post worth it.

Thank you for complimenting me on my gif craft skills. I've practiced for years to become the true gifsman.

At 12/7/14 07:45 PM, Monster-64 wrote: Which would you do if you saw a bleeding tortoise: rip its head off and eat it, lick it like a lollipop, or shove it up your ass?

Definitely go with shoving it up my ass. Thats the kind of thing I can get off to.

At 12/7/14 07:06 PM, K1LL80Y wrote: Do you like Steve Harvey?

I'd insert my phallus into that anyday.

At 12/7/14 07:48 PM, KevinButtchin wrote: whats your favorite ep of spongebob? i like the one with wormy

S105a is my favorite (Pizza Delivery)

At 12/7/14 06:51 PM, Slint wrote:

At 12/7/14 06:48 PM, coaliscool42 wrote: I would go with an orientation in which I could pleasure both entitys. I think I would get your mom to help me. She does a good job with that kind of thing.

I'll have to go with yes though.

Damn dude a mom joke right off the back you caught me with my hands down I was pummeled by that reply, absolutely destroyed, you showed me what's what.

Who is the second entity you'd have to pleasure though? One's the owner of said dick, and the other I assume is you.
In what situtation would you get the most pleasure then?

This is a pre-concived Euro-centric idealist thought. As the owner isn't really an owner. Can we really count the contents as the package?

At 12/7/14 07:06 PM, NGPulp wrote: So, why is coal cool?

The origin of this username came from a fabled game of Minecrap. Coal a begging resource in the game is very much needed to be successful in said game.

∴ one could consider it cool.

42 divided by 7 is 6. 6 divided by 2 is 3.

Half-life 3 confirmed.

At 12/7/14 06:56 PM, Jester wrote:

At 12/7/14 06:49 PM, coaliscool42 wrote:

At 12/7/14 06:48 PM, Jester wrote: Would you rather suck a bleeding cock or have your cock sucked roughly by a man with bleeding gums and no lips

Maybe.

what

Depends can you give me more details. It helps me get off better.

You can either suck an unkempt and unwashed dick that has a slice from a razor blade down the shaft long-ways that's oozing thick and possibly diseased blood, or you can be blown by a guy who's had the flesh around his mouth torn off so he looks kinda like Two-Face in The Dark Knight except only around the lower portion of his face. He has severe gingivitis and his gums are bleeding all over your flaccid cock, and he has no blowjob etiquette at all; he keeps scraping his teeth against both the shaft and head of your dick like it's a banana and he wants to peel it with his mouth.

Depends this can be kinky if you make it kinky. After all, did the thrid reich really ever end? Maybe. You have to use your imagination to imagine if you catch my drift.

The answer is yes.

At 12/7/14 06:54 PM, Cordyceps wrote: A 1200kg car traveling North at 110km/hr collides head on with a 3000kg pickup truck that was traveling South at 70 km/hr. What is the change in velocity that the car experiences during the collision? You may assume the colliusion is one dimensional and that the vehicles are stuck together after the collision.

A collision is all relative. The speed doesn't matter as much as the variables. What are you having a collison with. What climate are we in? What is the nantional flag of the country we are in.

Insufficient information. The color of the car is not provided.

At 12/7/14 06:57 PM, Lich wrote: If you were cursed with absolute Immortality and lived long enough to witness the destruction of the Earth and you were left as an Invincible but lonely human floating through the void of space, how would you cope with being alive untill the end of the universe? Or would you find a way to end yourself after billions of years of mental torture?

Time is all realitave. As it goes on in life time seems shorter. A year to an 80 year old seems longer than a year to a 10 year old.

∴, time would seem to be moving faster as time went on. So 1 year when your 1,000 years old could feel like half a year.

The brain has a limited memory, eventually you have to get rid of older ones to store new ones. As time goes on you create more memorys.

∴, as time moved along you forget older memorys and time seems sorter.

Eventually you forget your immortal and time moves so fast you cant even think because millions of years are passing in what seems like a second as you forget what you just did.

You would essentially be dead.

At 12/7/14 06:48 PM, 24901miles wrote: In what grammar constructs would you use the eight styles of punctuation dashes:
-

I use this when I can't make a longer dash and i'm lazy.

--

I use this one to piss people off because it doesn't look fully complete.

---

This one kinda seems like a good one to use for far sighted people. They cant see close-handed so it would be kind of allusioniny if you catch my drift

–

This one is what I could use if I had to do something simple in grammar. Shitters–Mcgee if you catch my drift.

––

This one is for worshipers of satan. Its too long and it brings my piss to a boil.

—

I don't like this one because it reminds me of the time I listened to Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog on repeat while finishing a paper for my english class.

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Underscores are cool in a sense.

=

No opinion

Thoroughly explain how they differ in use and vary in application.

Personal application varies.

Thank you for listening to my bullshit.

At 12/7/14 06:48 PM, Jester wrote: Would you rather suck a bleeding cock or have your cock sucked roughly by a man with bleeding gums and no lips

Maybe. Depends can you give me more details. It helps me get off better.