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@TimRunsHisMouth @robreiner Scratch a progressive and you'll find a totalitarian yearning to come to the surface
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Raymond Sestmann
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Raymond Sestmann
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Raymond Sestmann Father, primate, purveyor of nuclear provisions, part time sworn peace officer Licensed rotary pilot, chartered oceanic tours available
New Twatt เข้าร่วม Ekim 2008
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@Infi_Gabe95 @Cary_Bleasdale @WatcherontheWeb Not the same, however
You've introduced a reason for people to risk their lives, and a person to save exists outside of the selecting pool that was imperilled prior to the decision point
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@Cary_Bleasdale @WatcherontheWeb I have a better example, you see a flipped car with some people trying to lift it, you don't know who they are or why they are lifting the car. If not enough people help lift the car, it will fall and crush everybody trying to lift it. Will you help or not.
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Some of you seem very confused
The question is not, and has never been "Would you sacrifice to save others"
MANY people, myself included, who have ALREADY proven they would pick red
The question is "Would you put yourself in a situation in which others will be forced to save you"
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@Cary_Bleasdale @WatcherontheWeb That's a radically different scenario
Did the helicopter pilot choose to go to Mogadishu knowing he would die unless 51% of the other pilots also flew with him?
And for no purpose beyond seeing if enough people would fly to Mogadishu to spare the lives of people that flew?
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@WatcherontheWeb The point is to illustrate real life moral questions.
A helicopter pilot has crashed after getting shot down in Mogidishu. You and your friend don't know if hes dead or alive. You've already been ordered not to go after him. Should you continue pushing to go after him?
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@JamesK80P @LadyNimby Some people aren't habitual smilers though
RBF is a thing
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Told a grumpy gym employee who never smiles that i liked his shaved head. He said “thanks, I shave it every year to honor my son who died of cancer”
Normally this would throw me off and I would awkwardly apologize for bringing it up, but I thought of the grieving parents on here who have said over and over that they enjoy talking about their kids, so I asked about his son.
He absolutely lit up and told me all about what a wonderful man he grew into, obviously just happy to share his memory. So thanks, everyone, for sharing. It makes a difference irl
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@whoooooowhooo @paramounttactcl They were very popular amongst the Sasquatch Community
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@paramounttactcl He must’ve missed all those 8646 shirts for sale couple years ago
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A lady saw me taking the picture, and I’m 90% certain she’s a schoolteacher. She asked if I approved. “Not even close.”
We are now in an environment where calling for the death of a political opponent and a democratically elected president is not only acceptable but encouraged.
It’s hard to see a future that doesn’t involve civil war. It’s no longer Democrats versus Republicans. We are not the same. Our beliefs are irreconcilable.
It’s good versus evil.
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We’re quiet about it? Really?
Our national anthem is a poem written by a lawyer watching the failed British siege and subsequent bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, during that war… which, some months later, you also lost.
youtu.be/YaxGNQE5ZLA?si…
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Very Brexit Problems@VeryBrexitProbs
Americans love banging on about the War of Independence. They’re quieter on the War of 1812. Here’s why. In 1812, America declared war on Britain. The plan was to march into Canada and annex it. Thomas Jefferson said it would be “a mere matter of marching.” It wasn’t. The Canadians sent them packing. Two years later, the British sailed up the Potomac. American forces collapsed at Bladensburg in what’s still called “the Bladensburg Races” because of how fast they ran. President Madison had already fled to Maryland. The British walked into Washington unopposed. They sat down in the White House, ate the dinner Dolley Madison had laid out for forty guests, used the President’s silver, then set fire to the building. Then they burned the Capitol, the Treasury and the Navy Yard. A freak thunderstorm put the fires out the next day. The British left when they were ready. It’s still the only time a foreign army has captured the US capital. You can see why it doesn’t come up much.
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@AnthonyGalli @ScottJenningsKY Wait until
You hear what his follow republicans have said about him
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DEM: "We haven’t had an African American Republican governor since reconstruction!"
ME: “The Republicans tried to elect one in Virginia.”
DEM: “Okay...” 😳
ME: "Then you got a white Democrat who gerrymandered the state! It’s all crumbling, John!"
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@HazelAppleyard Meanwhile, they never stop to ask how many people that selected blue were merely selecting Canadian Healthcare
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I’ve never seen people get more vicious online than they have over this red button blue button thing 🤯
People are attacking each other as if their choices are personally killing their beloved family members for real 😂
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@SandyofCthulhu @Willadeanwhy They look cool
And maybe as a means of carrying while traveling... but the thought of unsheathing or worse sheathing, 'in the moment' makes me wince
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@Willadeanwhy Oh my gosh yes. The back scabbard gives me fits every time I see it.
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There is no objectively "best sword", because a sword needs to be paired with a fighting style in order to work.
A weaponsmith at the Texas Ren Faire told me about the time he was at another Ren Faire (not in Texas), and a shirtless guy cosplaying a barbarian (I assume) admired one of the smith's Italianesque schiavonas. He picked it up, and the smith said, "Careful. It's sharp." The faux barbarian said, "Don't worry. I'm an expert." He then immediately started doing Kendo-style katana movies. The smith went to stop him, but it was too late. Faux barbarian slid the schiavona over his shoulder (perfectly safe with a katana) and the double-edged, razor blade left a 6 inch gash in his trapezius.
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@SandyofCthulhu Also: How is your opponent equipped in terms of arms and armor?
Swords evolved in response to armor and vice versa
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A Muslim migrant stands in front of a train in Paris & throws stones, while shouting “Allah Akbar”.
How do we change this type of behavior?
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@TaraBull I'd say it's second to the idiots that mask up and as a group and kick on doors at night
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@doxntme Aside from providing the method of death for the blues...
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What is it with red button pushers rewriting the question, like you're presenting an entirely different scenario
Rock Solid@ShitpostRock2
Dumbest fucking hypothetical ever posted
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@ProofOfKeags @MarcoTrotz @MrBeast 1. Reds will always put themselves before you.
2. Reds won't do anything for the greater good if it costs them.
3. Reds are willing to let others die as long as they get no consequences.
4. Reds think altruism is virtue signaling and use that as an excuse to be sociopaths.
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Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press? BE HONEST.
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@BenisKen Our house rule for 20s:
If, with your bonus/penalty could not mathematically succeed even with a 20, you either got a 2nd roll or succeed with a negative effect (you disarm the trap, but broke the lock)
If you could succeed on the math, you get a critical success/hit
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If the highest possible roll does not clear the stat check then you failed as a DM in balancing the game.
Nerdcognito@Nerdcognito
You're the DM? Have you broken a modern gamer lately? Teach them than natural 20 is not an insta-win, the hard way!
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@abhay @jasonc_nc I know I covered my last yacht in my nut milk...
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@jasonc_nc When you buy the yacht do you smash a bottle of nut milk on the bow and name it?
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Yes, after each coffee shop reaches its one year anniversary we all gather and help the owner pick out their yacht.
Nothing like that first store yacht, the fifth one just doesn’t hit the same.
Jason, Coffee Shop Oligarch@jasonc_nc
I just can’t sometimes.
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@THATCH_ARISES @Tanyaelisabeth 1) We're all the same height when we're horizontal
2) Short men and tall women are the perfect match for slow dancing
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@Tanyaelisabeth One of the taller girls in my high school class married one of the shorter boys.
They have been together for 40 years now. How stupid would it be to let something like height stand in the way of that? What they have is priceless.
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My husband and I met online.
I am a tall woman so after a few times of meeting someone for a date who I was taller than, I made it policy to ask so that we might avoid the awkwardness.
When we were talking I asked him how tall he was making it clear that I was tall. This man would not tell me. He just told me don’t worry. I got you. This is how he is, just tons of confidence, even when unwarranted 😂
To me he made it sound like he was so tall I had so much clearance so of course I wore heeled boots, I mean why not right??
Well dear reader we met and we were the same height, it was the funniest thing I have ever experienced, we both died laughing
He thought I was exaggerating over how tall I was and I thought he was making it clear he was so tall there was no way a woman would be that height.
It worked out cause now we are married and all our kids are very tall thanks to me.
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@Tanyaelisabeth When I was in the dating pool, a short man, I had success with tall women
As a teen I worked on a loading dock with a guy shorter than I, with a big nose and a gut
His wife was a 5'11" statuesque red head
He shared his secret: We're all the same height when we're horizontal
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