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#1081856
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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I don’t really keep up on UK politics since I’m an ignorant American, but this is just absurd in it’s brazenness.

Usually politicians aren’t so up front with their ‘security over freedom/rights’ agenda, they just quietly pass bills that advance that agenda; but May’s coming right out and saying that human rights are something that can be revoked if need be. Sheesh.

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#1081311
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What's the Weather Like Where You Live?
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yhwx said:

Having a temperature system for normal Earth humans that only ranges from -10 to 30 degrees makes no objective sense. Centigrade units is the only part of the metric system that I have serious problems with.

And I call it centigrade because it sounds cooler.

I agree. For most measurement systems, I’d say the rest of the world has it right, and America’s wrong. But not in this case. Fahrenheit just makes more sense.

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#1081259
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What do you HATE about the EU?
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DuracellEnergizer said:

Another thing I hate about the nuEU: the en masse recanonization of so much of the old EU’s minutiae.

For example, take Evazan and Ponda Baba’s backstories. In the old EU, they were effectively the SW Universe’s Dr. Frankenstein and Igor. Now here comes the nuEU, wiping the slate clean, giving the writers a fresh, blank canvas on which to reinterpret these characters in whole new different, interesting ways. So what do the writers do? Make the characters Dr. Frankenstein and Igor again.

I suppose the idea is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Maybe you think it is broke, though, I don’t know.

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#1080673
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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IsanRido said:

Transfer all of Anakin’s anger from Obi-Wan to Mace Windu. For instance, his response to Padme’s “you are more mature now” could easily be edited to “Master Windu manages not to see it”. Cut his rant. This could tie with Windu’s distrust of Anakin in the first film, and would pay off when he gets his hand chopped off. This way you can retain a good friendship with Obi-Wan and frustration with the Council.

Very good idea, actually. If you consider TCW to be canon, Anakin has even more reason to dislike Windu.

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#1080224
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Doomsday Thread
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generalfrevious said:

WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?

This seems like a very self-centered viewpoint. There are actual, real people out there who have actual, non-imagined problems. There are people trapped in the limbo between being unable to afford college and being unable to get a job without a degree. There are people who don’t have access to clean water. There are people who live in warzones where both sides are just as despicable as each other. Feeling sorry for yourself to this degree over problems that don’t exist just isn’t healthy.

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#1079332
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

darthrush said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t know the other two but Bill Maher is a piece of shit.

What has he done? He can be quite an ass at times and I disagree with him on many things but I appreciate his views on religion and political correctness.

Just for starters, he’s a massive misogynist. And because I’m a liberal, I’ll use a conservative site:

http://www.lifezette.com/popzette/misogynist-bill-maher-strikes-again/

Bill Maher, around the same time frame, called Sarah Palin… a “MILF.”

Definitely the most offensive thing Maher’s ever said.

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#1078153
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Posts you wish you hadn't made
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Ratio Tile said:

I regret my first post here in the megathread requesting an invite to myspleen. I should have just not posted that and waited till I had been active in the forums a little longer. Now my post is lost a few pages back and not likely to get noticed. Oh well, I’ll survive

I’m glad you stuck around. I dislike when people just ask for an invite and dip. If you still need an invite, hmu.