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- Case: Corsair 650D Case
- Power Supply: OCZ ZX 850 Gold Rated PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz Sandybridge overclocked to 4.60GHz
- Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: OcUK H2 Flo Extreme Cooler
- RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (16GB Upgrade Available)
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 6GB/s SATA-II 32MB Cache & SSD Options
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- Sound: Asus Xonar DG 5.1 Audio
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If it doesn't run BF3 on Ultra settings it's getting another GTX 580.
*edit - Got another 580 anyway and upped the RAM to 16GB.
- Case: Corsair 650D Case
- Power Supply: OCZ ZX 850 Gold Rated PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz Sandybridge overclocked to 4.60GHz
- Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: OcUK H2 Flo Extreme Cooler
- RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (16GB Upgrade Available)
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 6GB/s SATA-II 32MB Cache & SSD Options
- Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Sound: Asus Xonar DG 5.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black
If it doesn't run BF3 on Ultra settings it's getting another GTX 580.
*edit - Got another 580 anyway and upped the RAM to 16GB.
By the way my sig is a quote from Chris Rock...because it's funny.
That's frightening, but going by some of the posts here that statement really doesn't surprise me at all and I certainly won't argue with it. Turquoise is the only one with anything intelligent to say so far and to you I say no, the soldiers don't make the 'stupid' decisions but that doesn't stop them from acting in a professional manner; so what does?RAIMIUS wrote:
The US military is better educated than our general population.
Gunslinger, I've read your posts over the last year and a half or so and quite frankly you epitomise what I consider a typical US grunt. 'Morally flexible'? I sure as hell wouldn't want to give you the responsibility of 'liberating' a nation let alone give you a gun!
God I really am bored now. I went to Oxford university before you question my levels of intelligence. You try and get in. I'm done with this thread and if you still don't believe what I say why not ask the rest of the world who have reached the same conclusion. I'm sure the war in Iraq will all end swimmingly and all your troops will come home mentally fit with glowing references from the Iraqi population!
Lol, debate and serious talk! Try the Oxford Union for some proper debate.
Lol, debate and serious talk! Try the Oxford Union for some proper debate.
I'm not talking about arrogance and frankly I'm bored with this now. If you send badly trained, ill educated people into a combat zone and let them get shot at they are going to do horrible things and come home with more than a tour of duty medal. Simple and quite obvious. British troops are far more professional and it's no coincidence we managed to pretty much colonise the world and leave said countries feeling that we'd ultimately helped them. Why can't you do the same?
Err, I think you were supposed to say "your" apostrophes...san4 wrote:
You appear to have some trouble with you're apostrophes.RicardoBlanco wrote:
I'm not being nationalist and certainly not in it's basest form, that'd be US troops screaming "fuck yeah, go america" as they shoot at Iraqi civilians.imortal wrote:
Wow. As a former American soldier, I WILL take offense at your remarks. Apart from being the basest form of blind nationalism, you make sterotypical statements which many people on here can assure you are false. I spent 14 years in the military; 6 years in my state National Guard, then servfed for 8 years in active durty. I would like to think I am a bit more aquainted with the population of the United States military than you.
At least you prove that arrogance is not soley an American attribute. Perhaps the very reason you do not hear as many cases of the misdeeds of British troops may have something to do with the amount of soldiers involved. If the same percentage of soldiers form both armies do somethign wrong, you will hear far more stories of American troops than british ones, simply because there are so many American troops there.
Oh, and I have met several groups of British troops, both in Bosnia and while they were on leave back in the UK. I have even met German and French troops. Oh, as well as Sweedish, Danish, and Norwegian troops. I can say there is no real difference in average intelligence between any of the countries. If there is an apparent difference in what you refer to as 'civilized,' this comes more from the culture and the history of the units involved than in the soldiers in general.
Your comments would have looked more at home 150 years ago, as you look upon a group of colonials that would be so uncouth as to not act by what you deem to be proper. You, sir, are the personification of the American stereotype of a "proper" British stuck-up prig.
As for there being less British troops in Iraq, that's true and if you want to extrapolate levels of abuse based on percentages of troops who are US or British then go for it. I still stand by what I said.
Levels of civility are not based on nationality, rather education. Your troops behave in a less civilised way because, on the whole, there are not as educated. It might be painful for you but it's true. Furthemore, and as if to prove my point, you're spelling is atrocious!
I'm not being nationalist and certainly not in it's basest form, that'd be US troops screaming "fuck yeah, go america" as they shoot at Iraqi civilians.imortal wrote:
Wow. As a former American soldier, I WILL take offense at your remarks. Apart from being the basest form of blind nationalism, you make sterotypical statements which many people on here can assure you are false. I spent 14 years in the military; 6 years in my state National Guard, then servfed for 8 years in active durty. I would like to think I am a bit more aquainted with the population of the United States military than you.RicardoBlanco wrote:
The problem with the average US soldier is they aren't particularly bright, hence ending up in the army in the first place. If you stick them in a situation where they are going to get shot and you also give them weapons, you can't expect anything else. The British ones are far more intelligent and, dare I say, civilised, which is why you don't hear any where near as many stories of civilian rape/murder/abuse from our boys. Simple really.
At least you prove that arrogance is not soley an American attribute. Perhaps the very reason you do not hear as many cases of the misdeeds of British troops may have something to do with the amount of soldiers involved. If the same percentage of soldiers form both armies do somethign wrong, you will hear far more stories of American troops than british ones, simply because there are so many American troops there.
Oh, and I have met several groups of British troops, both in Bosnia and while they were on leave back in the UK. I have even met German and French troops. Oh, as well as Sweedish, Danish, and Norwegian troops. I can say there is no real difference in average intelligence between any of the countries. If there is an apparent difference in what you refer to as 'civilized,' this comes more from the culture and the history of the units involved than in the soldiers in general.
Your comments would have looked more at home 150 years ago, as you look upon a group of colonials that would be so uncouth as to not act by what you deem to be proper. You, sir, are the personification of the American stereotype of a "proper" British stuck-up prig.
As for there being less British troops in Iraq, that's true and if you want to extrapolate levels of abuse based on percentages of troops who are US or British then go for it. I still stand by what I said.
Levels of civility are not based on nationality, rather education. Your troops behave in a less civilised way because, on the whole, there are not as educated. It might be painful for you but it's true. Furthemore, and as if to prove my point, you're spelling is atrocious!
I'd argue slapping a few kids around is a lot more civilised than raping them. Remember you're boys in Haditha?Fallschirmjager10 wrote:
I remember seeing a video on here where a bunch of brits beat up a few kids. Real civilized.RicardoBlanco wrote:
The problem with the average US soldier is they aren't particularly bright, hence ending up in the army in the first place. If you stick them in a situation where they are going to get shot and you also give them weapons, you can't expect anything else. The British ones are far more intelligent and, dare I say, civilised, which is why you don't hear any where near as many stories of civilian rape/murder/abuse from our boys. Simple really.
Edit: And you seem like a real prick, I get the feeling you look at Americans as if they are lower then you.
The problem with the average US soldier is they aren't particularly bright, hence ending up in the army in the first place. If you stick them in a situation where they are going to get shot and you also give them weapons, you can't expect anything else. The British ones are far more intelligent and, dare I say, civilised, which is why you don't hear any where near as many stories of civilian rape/murder/abuse from our boys. Simple really.
There Is No Such Thing As Racism.
Err, a $15 rise over four years isn't exactly spectacular...Ok it peaked at $66 in '05 from $20 in '03 but who'd have sold then?
Hmm, stocks surge on retail sales report. And how do you think people are paying for said retail surge? Credit. The fact that rich traders in the city are profiting from this should be worrying to any US citizen. Just because they're trading doesn't mean its a good thing for the economy. If you can't afford the repayments on your house, don't go shopping!
*edit If you want to make some real money from your portfolio move it to China like I did, or at least the majority. Watch the dividend cheques roll in and enjoy a ride that's going to last at least a decade. Most of you seem like stock market retards so here's tip number one...go for growth, something that's lacking in the US market.
*edit If you want to make some real money from your portfolio move it to China like I did, or at least the majority. Watch the dividend cheques roll in and enjoy a ride that's going to last at least a decade. Most of you seem like stock market retards so here's tip number one...go for growth, something that's lacking in the US market.
It's not so much concern as outright disbelief. With so much going for you why is it the US and it's government are a laughing stock. Your people are considered fat and stupid and your government incompetent and aggressive. Europe on the other hand is admired worldwide in pretty much every respect. You have a long way to go.Hunter/Jumper wrote:
Tell me now. I want to know why European governments and certain people in Europe are so goddamned concerned about The United States of America? A nation that lies several thousands of miles away from European territory. Enlighten me. The plethora of “ The United States of America sucks“ threads at the moment is mind-boggling - I haven't seen anything about The United States of America on the TV for a while so I can only imagine that European TV is bombarding its citizens with propaganda to legitimize more Anti-American action. Let's remember that The United States of America is a democracy in North America which whilst being an Multi Cultural Society is remarkably progressive, with female politicians, doctors, lawyers, a highly educated middle class and the freedom to practice any religions and none are enshrined in their legal systems. Before you post please scan your response for any inherent double standards please. Notable things to keep in mind: Any country that can match The United States of America’s contributions to the world.
Saying that though we shouldn't expect too much from such a young nation. You'll learn, just like Europe did.
I've always had an inkling the mind played a larger role than previously thought; unfortunately I can't find any evidence to back it up.
Being called random is usually derogatory. They're laughing at you not with you. As for ponies raping you at night, that's neither funny nor random, just stupid.
Smoking is enjoyable and cool. Why wouldn't you want to smoke? If you happen to die from it, so be it, there are plenty of things you can die from and most aren't nearly as fun.
Condolences to your Grandfather, I mean that, but he's had a good innings.
Condolences to your Grandfather, I mean that, but he's had a good innings.
It's called 'medieval'. Europe was like this hundreds of years ago and the US would have been if it was old enough; which it isn't. Just let them get on with it, they'll learn.Cougar wrote:
I was thinking about this today, after looking at the news and reading about the chaos and terror in the middle east. I tried to compare it to the U.S. and use recognizable comparisons to put it into scope.
If the United States acted like a typical Middle Eastern state we would have or do:
Christians would kill people from any other religion that happened to live in their city.
Methodists and Lutherans would blow each others churches up and have mobile death squads roaming around each others neighborhoods.
Going to Wal-Mart might result in you or a family member getting blown up.
Democrats and Republicans would wage full fledged armed combat in the streets.
Independent's would be gassed to death by either Republicans or Democrats, depending on which one held power for the time.
There would be no trash collectors or working landfills/garbage treatment plants, however the oil fields would be at the top of their game.
The Russian army would patrol our streets in armored vehicles to "defend their homeland".
Illegal Mexicans would claim California. The U.N. would make it legal. Mexifornia would then kick the shit out of Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.
You wouldn't be able to drink tap water without getting diarrhea or cholera.
Russians would come into your house at 3 in the morning and take your father/brother away and not give a reason.
Snipers would randomly shoot at you while on your way to work.
Driving down a busy highway would be like playing a really hard game of Minesweeper.
"Freedom Fighters" from Canada, Cuba and Mexico would come to our country and kill us, in order to "help us".
The car next to you in traffic just might explode at any minute.
You or someone you know get kidnapped, held for ransom, tortured and killed for no apparent reason.
Imagine going to church and wondering if the person in the pew next to you has a vest full of C4 on.
Young girls would be dragged to City Hall and stoned to death for giving her boyfriend a kiss.
Your children's favorite game would be "Throw rocks at the Russian Tank".
Jet Fighters would bomb a house on your block every other day.
You would have to wait 13 hours in line to fill up your gas tank.
You only have electricity 4 hours a day.
Sometimes your toilet will flush, sometimes not. Sometimes you have to shit in the street.
Your entire town meets on Main Street to host a violent mob protest to burn effigies and flags, then someone blows themself up in the middle of the crowd to end the festivities.
Your local news reporter gets kidnapped and beheaded for no apparent reason.
Your children only go to school 3 days a week with no school supplies and get shot at on the way there.
Those are just a few...., I mean, this is pure madness! What the fuck is wrong with these people!?
I've got the Night-Rod.
I work for the company so it made it more affordable but still cost me ~£9,000 (about $18,000). Just out of interest, why a copy and not a Harley?This one looks right up your street...
I work for the company so it made it more affordable but still cost me ~£9,000 (about $18,000). Just out of interest, why a copy and not a Harley?This one looks right up your street...
Agreed. You can get rid of pit bulls but you can't get rid of bad owners.ATG wrote:
Against Pit Bulls.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstat … 79386.html
Happened yesterday.
These animals need to be exterminated, wiped out, rounded up and put to death. Eliminated as a breed.
They are unpredictable animals that maim and kill dozen every year.
Enough.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_scared_of_pit.html
Wow. So you both believe he was elected because he was only up against a racist and a 'communist woman'!? Thats a remarkable insight in to your levels of knowledge into European politics.Bertster7 wrote:
And a racist. Don't forget Le Pen.doctastrangelove1964 wrote:
He only got elected because his opponent was a commie and a woman.RicardoBlanco wrote:
I'm at a loss as to why people are having a go at Sarkozy. He's the best thing that has happened to France for years, is driving radical reforms and doing so with cross party support. He was voted in by one of the most informed electorates in Europe in an election that was a triumph of democracy with one of the highest voter turnouts ever.
Regardless, France is going to thrive as a result of his leadership and it wouldn't surprise me if, in the not too distant future, there was a new 'special relationship' in which France played the 'trusted ally' to the US.
I'm at a loss as to why people are having a go at Sarkozy. He's the best thing that has happened to France for years, is driving radical reforms and doing so with cross party support. He was voted in by one of the most informed electorates in Europe in an election that was a triumph of democracy with one of the highest voter turnouts ever.
The cost. We can afford the changes to our lifestyle, India etc can't. Why should they either; we got to where we are by polluting and raping resources, let them have the chance to do it while the west cleans up it's act. It'll be their turn in 50 years or so. There's plenty of time, water world is a long way off.Cougar wrote:
If in fact, global warming is false, why not go through the environmental protection guidelines that were proposed to reverse or prevent global warming anyways? Through all of the debate, arguing and bickering, what difference does it make? If we do these things we prevent global warming, if global warming in fact, turns out to be false, we are still improving the quality of our environment and making the earth a cleaner place to live. So what is the major malfunction here?
What? The world being Iceland or something!? Last time I checked there was all sorts of rhetoric being fired between the west and Iran, not to mention a rather large military build up in the Gulf!!ATG wrote:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/document_iran_c.html
And the world sits silent.
Nobody debates the occurrence of the Holocaust, only the extent to which it happened. A worthwhile debate considering is was such a fundamental moment in our past. Lets get it right.ATG wrote:
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070605/D8PIOCKO0.html
It boggles the mind that there are people still actually debating as to whether or not the Holocaust ever happened. Forget the government of Iran, as they are nothing but trouble making rabblerousers.
Do you think that this will douse the flame of denial, or fan the flames of " exageration ".
The Holocaust will happen again if the Islamofacist militants get their way.
http://www.zionism-israel.com/ezine/Isllam2.jpg
It's not irrelevant. People were saying exactly the same about Iraq and how it'd be a piece of piss to just go in there and take control. Now they look stupid, and if you think Iran is going to be a walkover you're frankly stupid too.Cerpin_Taxt wrote:
Huh? That is completely irrelevant.RicardoBlanco wrote:
Like Iraq?Cerpin_Taxt wrote:
There wouldn't need to be an invasion or occupation. Just a week of bombing to take out their nuclear facilities and any mechanized military or airforce they have left. It would probably be over before we realized it started.
For example,
You could say: "The US wont use nukes in Iraq"
Then I could say: "Like in World War 2?"
...and it would be just as idiotic and irrelevant.
Berster, why do you think this is so different to Iraq? The common root of the problem is the insurgency and even if the US did overcome the Iranian army and Rev. Guard (which I'll admit is quite likely) the insurgents would wreak the same havoc as the do in Iraq.
The point of any attack would be to eliminate their nuclear capability. I just see the result as either a seriously pissed off country who's just had most of their infrastructure tactically removed or an occupied one with insurgents running riot. Either way this is going to end in tears.
Like Iraq?Cerpin_Taxt wrote:
There wouldn't need to be an invasion or occupation. Just a week of bombing to take out their nuclear facilities and any mechanized military or airforce they have left. It would probably be over before we realized it started.
I thought Blair was getting the job?
You sound shocked and/or surprised!? Grow up ATG, it's war, perhaps even an eye for an eye, get over it!ATG wrote:
Body Found in River That of US Soldier
http://apnews.myway.com//article/200705 … GIO83.html
Hassan al-Jibouri, 32, said he saw the body with head wounds and whip marks on its back floating on the river Wednesday morning. He and others then alerted police.
Iraqis and terrorist know what happens when they are captured by Americans; they go to jail.
Americans know what happens if they get captured by Islamic militants.
If you don't want them in your country don't employ them. Still, why the average american doesn't want a manservant or semi-slave is beyond me; think how useful they'd be!
OMG. Where has this game been all my life? I'm a complete noob and utterly overwhelmed by the vastness and potential of the game but that's what make it so exciting!! I'm just doing missions until I find out what the game's really about so if anyone knows any quick money making tips please let me know.
How did you miss this one.liquidat0r wrote:
http://pown.alluc.org/?uid=412
This site just cracks me up. But this is the funniest by far.
How would one type the lyrics?
http://pown.alluc.org/?uid=832
It's both, and according to the wiki article it's genetics which play a more important role later in life as the person develops. Precisely the scenario in my hypothesis.Bertster7 wrote:
Exactly.Kmarion wrote:
Behavior is not genetically encoded into our genes. It is produced by culture.
What's wrong with a 35 hour week? Ever heard of quality over quantity?
My opinion is not in question and I haven't drawn any conclusions.Bertster7 wrote:
Ok, then the conclusions of the hypothesis are flawed.RicardoBlanco wrote:
Ah, the age old question. I still say genetics.Bertster7 wrote:
Um, no it isn't. As I pointed out social factors are by far the biggest factor in determining someones behavioural characteristics.
So you are saying that all people of the same race all behave the same way?
If so, you are a racist. If not, your OP is inaccurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_versus_nurture
And please don't play the race card either, my 'OP' is not racist, it's a hypothesis and therefore can't really be inaccurate.
You still haven't answered the most important question, which is quite simple. It's a yes or no question, there are two possible responses.
Do you believe that all people of the same race behave the same way?
Yes or No?
I'm arguing against our right to make a value judgement on said man by calling him racist when he's the one with the fundamental experience to be drawing any conclusions at all. If you want to play the race card and insinuate, patronisingly, that I'm a racist then fine, you won't garner any credibility from me.
Genetics play a huge part in our behaviour and it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect tension between groups of different genetic make-ups.
Ah, the age old question. I still say genetics.Bertster7 wrote:
Um, no it isn't. As I pointed out social factors are by far the biggest factor in determining someones behavioural characteristics.
So you are saying that all people of the same race all behave the same way?
If so, you are a racist. If not, your OP is inaccurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_versus_nurture
And please don't play the race card either, my 'OP' is not racist, it's a hypothesis and therefore can't really be inaccurate.
It is true.Bertster7 wrote:
That's not true.RicardoBlanco wrote:
Genetics dictate behaviour and therefore society and culture. It's obvious if you look at groups with similar genetic patterns, they tend to fall into things we call countries.Volatile_Squirrel wrote:
Ok.Bertster7 wrote:
Race is determined by genetics, not culture. Therefore we must be talking about genetics.
This makes no sense then. What is there to experience? What is there to judge if you're not assessing their behavior, which is influenced by culture?
The hypothetical question involves black people to keep it simple. Whether the people he's lived with are Black/Asian/Chinese etc is irrelevant.
The level of genetic diversity that is prevalent throughout modern cosmopolitan societies makes your argument fairly redundant. Social factors have the greatest impact on behavioural characteristics and those are not influenced by race.
Are you trying to suggest that all people of the same race behave in the same way? That's quite clearly not true.
The level of diversity you talk about is precisely why we have a word called racism; we generally just don't get on, hence a term for it. I'd argue the genetic differences between us have led to us creating countries, borders and patriotism precisely to keep us apart, limit confrontation and allow us to mingle with people of similar genetic heritage.
It is no coincidence that the world is the way it is today.
Captivating. +1gene_pool wrote:
Other then a select few, I think they are. I have possibly had the worst day of my life. And I won't be documenting everything as to why it was. Also, before reading, I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense I am writing this under the influence of rage and very cold hands due to walking around the block at the middle of night in pyjamas before I smashed something or someone.
Today started off just fine, was actually happy to wake up and go to school because my half yearly's were over. So i started off with history, getting my results. Was happy with them getting a beefy score of 18/20 in a topic I wasn't too confident with. Next up was maths, eager to see my results as I just flew threw the test, I get my results. 50/82. The fuck. Turned out I got marked down heaps because I didn't do working out. Oh, ok, I'm sorry I'm too fucking smart for your pathetic test and don't need to write out a huge problem to solve an equation. Getting marked down because I can do things in my head, GG. I like that logic. Then that lesson continued on with me sucking hardcore because I was away for the start of the new topic, then the teacher tells me to 'hurry up'. Excuse me lady, if I don't know what I am doing, and you refuse to tell me, how do you suggest I 'hurry up'? Fuck knows how you got a job teaching, because last time I checked, mentally handicapped people aren't eligible for a teachers position.
After that the school day got worse with me ending up getting in deep trouble with the head teacher because I headlocked some little grade 7 brat that thought he could fight me. What am I meant to do? Sit there and watch the midget try to hit me? Oh, its fine because hes shorter then me. Great logic head teacher, great logic midget. Both examples of prime thinking disorders. After that I didn't feel like playing handball or anything, so I sat on a bench by myself to hopefully rid my own little world of complete retards for maybe 20 minutes. 3 minutes into that, I had to go to the head office to explain 4 'unexplained absences' which took all of lunch and a bit before the brain-dead front office people realized that the one absence I actually had, my mother had rang up and explained as to why I couldn't attend. Then the 3 others was due to me being away playing Golf with the school. GG, front office people, couldn't understand simple English "I was at golf with the school". Fuck sake
I would like you to keep in mind that I am attending a new school in a completely new state, so I do not have as many friends as I used to have, and the ones I do have I don't feel completely safe with. I am really stressed, possibly on my way to being depressed, right now. And I don't really have anyone to fall back on. So i've just been gaming more and more, later nights and a higher intake of caffeine through Coke zero then what is recommended. So I suppose you could say I am a bit of an emotional wreck, which I shouldn't be going through at 14 years of age. And it doesn't help that even at my reasonable young age that I have more common sense then everyone in my age group, and most people in senior years, heck, even some adults. Many of the adults that I game with say that they can talk to me as though I am an adult compared with others from my age group.
Anyway, continuing with some more babble of events from my day/week/month in no particular order centered around the topic that I am the only one that can manage more then an ounce of brain power....I left some torrents on to download while I was having a horrible time at school so I can come home and listen to some Morning Musume to calm down. I specifically told my mother, who I have trusted as the only person in this world besides me and a few others that aren't scatter brained, not to touch the computer at all while I was at school. I get home from my shit day, grab some Coke from the fridge and my Mother interrupts me a second before i get into my room to listen to some Jpop, and says "Oh, before you get on your computer, I was cleaning your table and bumped a cord out so I turned your computer off". Um, mother, thanks for cleaning my desk and all, but didn't I say don't touch my computer...? I later found out that she only bumped the monitor cord out and she decided that the sounds coming from my tower must mean that the computer is OBVIOUSLY inoperable, therefore she turned it off. This happened 5 minutes after I left for school, meaning I spent the rest of my evening downloading at 5k/bs. Grand.
So when my downloads finally finished (8 hours after they were meant to) I sat down and started up some Counterstrike: Source, listening to my favourite Asian pop band and my favourite singles by them such as Egao Yes Nude (Hold my hand, yes nude), Chokkan 2 (intuition 2) and Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (the many types of youth. All roughly translated, sorry for any mistakes). Anyway, I was actually doing quite well and CSS which is out of the usual for myself. Ended up quitting because a speed hacker came onto my server. So I was eating some scallops for a midnight snack chatting to a few people on vent. Had the most pathetic conversation ever. At one stage someone asked what the square root of 100 is, saying I'm 14 so I am obviously the stupidest person on that vent channel, I said 10. He said I was wrong and the answer was 15. Fail. Nice one scatter brain, I'm the dumb one and you're a high school drop out living on government payouts that can't figure out the square root of 100? I ended up giving up that conversation, when he was arguing about what cancer was and how eating McDonalds too much diagnoses you with it, with a Nano-scientist that is probably smarter then anyone who has graced the internet.
Then what really made me rage today, in my small stressful period I am in right now, my mother is just about the only person I can trust today. But that trust is slowly fading when she can not follow simple instructions, then bitches at me when I don't do something that she asks. And, I have told her multiple times NOT to bump my chair in game. She can say hello and stuff, but when I am in a game that I take seriously, she can not touch my chair because it swivels easy. She came in to say she was back, and I say "Not now, Seriously not now I am busy mother". She totally ignores me, comes in, bumps past my chair knocking my aim, to turn a light on so she could annoy me. I tell her to turn the light off because its one of them really bright lights that hurt your eyes if you've been in the dark for ages. She doesn't. I get up to turn it off while she is trying to say hello to me. All that to say hello.
Anyway she finally fucked off and then comes back in to tell me she is going to bed. YAY! TY4TELLING me. We both argued for awhile how I just wanted her out of my room because I was trying to concentrate, and she was just being stubborn and totally disregarding me. Turning the light on when I asked her not to, PURPOSELY bumping my chair because she knew it annoyed me. And when I started getting angry, I told her to get the fuck out of my room. I am a reasonable man after doing 2 years of anger management, but sometimes people just push it too far. She could tell I was getting angry, she knows that I have an anger management problem. It was like feeding your son who is allergic to peanuts, a peanutbutter sandwich. Then when I started getting really angry, I just put it behind me and fell onto my bed, as emo as it sounds, crying. Begging her to get out. She didn't even want anything anymore, she was just there purely to annoy me. She is my mother for fuck sake. Then she asks "what is wrong with you, why are you getting so angry easily". I tried explaining to her the only reason I am angry right now is because she isn't getting out of my personal space. She then said something about "trying to help". Listen here, because you are completely incapable of thought, if you wanted to help you would have left when I asked nicely the first 10 times. This argument went on for half an hour, before i got up admitting she finally accomplished her mission, I was driven completely insane, she could stop now before I charged out the door. Which is where my rant started off.
I know there will be a few people that will tell me to respect my parents, but tell me why, should i respect them if there not respecting me? Whatever, in your position sitting and listening, I probably sounded like an arsehole. But if you were there I think you would say that I was in all rights to get to that level of rage.
Just... Everything is so frustrating. I try to tell someone something, and I have to repeat it four times, despite how pathetically easy it is. "Yes...Just click 'cut' and then 'paste' and it will move it from here, to there!" "wait, slow down, I don't understand"
I could go on but I doubt anyone will read past this, and my concentration is fading quickly due to lack of food and I need to piss. To anyone that Disagrees: Fuck your theory.
Genetics dictate behaviour and therefore society and culture. It's obvious if you look at groups with similar genetic patterns, they tend to fall into things we call countries.Volatile_Squirrel wrote:
Ok.Bertster7 wrote:
Race is determined by genetics, not culture. Therefore we must be talking about genetics.Volatile_Squirrel wrote:
Are we defining race as just genetics, or are we talking about culture too? It is completely irrational to deteste someone due to their genetic stock. Culture on the other hand isn't limited to race, and would seemingly be the problem with the OP's fictional character.This makes no sense then. What is there to experience? What is there to judge if you're not assessing their behavior, which is influenced by culture?RicardoBlanco wrote:
... he'd have more exposure to black people than anyone else and would therefore base his judgement on experience.
The hypothetical question involves black people to keep it simple. Whether the people he's lived with are Black/Asian/Chinese etc is irrelevant.
His opinion would be based on evidence related to the subject. As my example states, he's lived with black people all his life, who are we to call him racist when he's basing his opinion on everything he's seen and experienced? I'd argue you'd be prejudging him by calling him a racist.Bertster7 wrote:
It's not a bad example. I chose it very specifically because I anticipated you would respond like this.RicardoBlanco wrote:
No, he's a judge, he has to look at case related evidence and justify his ruling. Bad example. My man has just an opinion.Bertster7 wrote:
By your definition a judge who had been sentencing exclusively black people for 20 years could base his verdict purely upon their race, that is clearly racist. From an objective viewpoint this is exactly the same as your hypothetical scenario.
It demonstrates that the man in your example is prejudiced, since his opinion is not based on evidence related to the subject (the equivalent of the case), which in this instance will be any particular black person he encounters.
Unless he has met and has at least a reasonable level of knowledge about every black person, then his opinion is prejudiced. If he has met all the black people that there are, then his opinion would not be prejudiced. But that isn't even close to being feasible.
She's a seventeen year old receptionist!! I can assure you she won't offend anyone, lol.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
As long as she is no where near lowing in beliefs.RicardoBlanco wrote:
She works in my building and was nagging me to let her in on this site so I gave her a link. I tried to explain it was more of a boys club and that she didn't even like video games but to no avail. She wants to use the debate forum and I thought why not? Any objections?ghettoperson wrote:
Damn, Ricardo is in there!
Shame he doesn't appear to realise that there are no girls on the internets. Oh well.
jokes
She works in my building and was nagging me to let her in on this site so I gave her a link. I tried to explain it was more of a boys club and that she didn't even like video games but to no avail. She wants to use the debate forum and I thought why not? Any objections?ghettoperson wrote:
Damn, Ricardo is in there!
Shame he doesn't appear to realise that there are no girls on the internets. Oh well.
No, he's a judge, he has to look at case related evidence and justify his ruling. Bad example. My man has just an opinion.Bertster7 wrote:
By your definition a judge who had been sentencing exclusively black people for 20 years could base his verdict purely upon their race, that is clearly racist. From an objective viewpoint this is exactly the same as your hypothetical scenario.
You're right, prejudice is fundamental to racism but can you still be a racist if you're not prejudging blacks, rather basing your opinion on vast experience?Bertster7 wrote:
Prejudice can be defined as:
An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts
To know the difference between right and wrong and to live your life accordingly.
Just to clarify, are you saying there is a place for racism? No ulterior motive, just curious.derstralle wrote:
However I do not blame him for being racist as it is the logical thing to do in such a situation.