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 Topic: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
donnie_darko
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:23 am Subject: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
I was born the day before so quite possibly...
Edit: I mean two days before (December 30, 1989) Sorry for the confusion. 
Wow, and we're both from Oregon! I was born on January 16, 1990 so yo ... |
| Topic: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 51
Views: 2457
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:56 pm Subject: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
1990 is basically when the internet became widespread use.
Heck yeah its changed 
I thought the Net wasn't really widely used until 1994-96. Unless you count Prodigy and AOL as basically the ... |
| Topic: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 51
Views: 2457
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:10 pm Subject: Was the world destroyed and re-made on January 1, 1990? |
| The first Web server was created on Christmas Day 1990. Maybe that could be thought of as the birth of a "New world" if not so much the death of an old one? (Of course the Internet is 20 years older ... |
| Topic: Jean Luc Picard on capitalism |
donnie_darko
Replies: 37
Views: 813
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:31 am Subject: Jean Luc Picard on capitalism |
Have we run out of non-fictional critiques of capitalism then?
There are thousands of reasons to criticize capitalism. |
| Topic: Jean Luc Picard on capitalism |
donnie_darko
Replies: 37
Views: 813
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:06 am Subject: Jean Luc Picard on capitalism |
Um...ok... Let's try implementing a system like that in today's society. People would starve and suffer.
Free-er markets are what allow people to rise from the bottom. They are responsible for t ... |
| Topic: Why did you leave your religion of birth? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 48
Views: 3276
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:10 am Subject: Why did you leave your religion of birth? |
| Eternal torment and the belief animals don't have souls. |
| Topic: Peter Schiff Admits Capitalism Stinks |
donnie_darko
Replies: 16
Views: 840
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:33 am Subject: Peter Schiff Admits Capitalism Stinks |
They can quit or leave. It might not be practical but they can whereas a slave cannot.
The landless wage laborer can also move up.
A slave could quit too. They'd just die. |
| Topic: Hindu extremists in India claim Valentine's Day causes rape |
donnie_darko
Replies: 14
Views: 780
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:32 am Subject: Hindu extremists in India claim Valentine's Day causes rape |
| Wasn't the Forbidden City pretty much a temple full of the emperor's rape victims? I mean I bet a lot of those women didn't even want to be there. Saying the Far East doesn't have sexual violence is a ... |
| Topic: Rampant issues with feminism.... |
donnie_darko
Replies: 419
Views: 15138
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:05 am Subject: Rampant issues with feminism.... |
Like any decent human being, I support female equality but I don't think believing women are human means that you must believe in all the college campus dogma.
I see feminism as being a lot more t ... |
| Topic: My craziest idea yet: female hormone supplements |
donnie_darko
Replies: 60
Views: 1821
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:35 pm Subject: My craziest idea yet: female hormone supplements |
| Women's perspective? No. I hold the male brain theory to be extremely flawed and naive. If it was true would we not see alleviation of symptoms in spectrum women on birth control (if we're talking min ... |
| Topic: Does consciousness begin at conception? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 156
Views: 10179
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:30 pm Subject: Does consciousness begin at conception? |
consciousness of a sort begins as soon a the fetus has developed a brain and nervous system.
ruveyn
Yup. For example, even though I was born in (January) 1990, I was alive in the 1980s. I would ... |
| Topic: Is There a Link Between AS and Handedness? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 33
Views: 2439
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:23 am Subject: Is There a Link Between AS and Handedness? |
| Seems like AS are indeed more likely to be lefties, though lefties are still a minority among them. |
| Topic: How conventional are you? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 20
Views: 498
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:08 am Subject: How conventional are you? |
This is a little test I'm making. It's not scientific or anything but I thought it might be fun.
There are 30 questions and every 'true' answer is 1 point in favor of being conventional.
0-9: Un ... |
| Topic: Does consciousness begin at conception? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 156
Views: 10179
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:14 am Subject: Does consciousness begin at conception? |
| I think there is a sort of consciousness from maybe 3 to 5 months before birth up to about 24 months after birth, and then your fully developed consciousness starts around age 2 to 5 depending on the ... |
| Topic: Is it right to hate Adam Lanza? |
donnie_darko
Replies: 37
Views: 3426
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:04 am Subject: Is it right to hate Adam Lanza? |
Do you think it's right to hate Adam Lanza or do you think we should feel sorry for someone who is messed up enough to do something so horrible?
What are your thoughts... |
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