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Dis Guy Is Un-fucking-believable

These parents legit piss me off, I had to start drinking just to deal with watching these.

Trigger Warning: If you have a moral compass, or have ever been abused as a kid. Mentally or physically (both.) You will see striking similarities with these scenarios and may piss you off for one extra reason. There's you're fucking warning.

(More of a clip show that is far more graphic then I bet a lot of people that do know about this channel from Phillip DeFranco only.)

(This is more in depth and has less goofy interludes.)

What Are You Listening To?

Music Appreciation Thread

@Heat Ah, but not just a power metal band, Thee power metal band. ;P It's just that chorus man, it's infectious.

7/10 It's Opeth, so not surprising that I enjoyed it.

Early 2000's pop. When you could find more than a few mainstream artists that at least tried, those were the days. Nothing exactly groundbreaking but it IS pop.

Inkarnate's Music Discussion Thread

@Fabricant451 Well I'm half done with your suggestions, overall I'm grateful for your suggestions. Found a lot of good music, I probably wouldn't of found myself. Here's some of my thoughts of them and will post opinion of the 2nd half eventually. It's a lot of music to go through. :P

Ween – I liked it. (My favorite album thus far.) I'd call it enjoyable, unique and interesting music. Brilliant and purely positive lyrical writing? Not as sure about that. “The Blarney Stone”/ “Cold Blows The Wind” are kind of dark lyrically in particular. “Waving My Dick In The Wind” Instantly reminded of me of something Biffy Clyro would write. (not a good OR bad thing mind.) Most lyrics overall remind of the Beatles “I'm The Eggman” (which was made to be nonsense, as a joke.) I doubt I'm suppose to be analyzing the lyrics of this music. (And now I will know the “Waving My Dick In The Wind” band, wrote “The Loop De Loop” song for Spongebob...thank you youtube. I'm not sure if I needed that insight. But I have it now.)

The Flaming Lips – Another one I enjoyed. Had good lyrics, but I just didn't get very positive lyrical vibes from a lot of these songs. Several songs had something that had a dark tone to it.
(“But life without death is just impossible, Oh, to realize something is ending within us. Feelin' yourself disintegrate.” “I accidentally touched my head and noticed that it had been bleeding.
for how long i did not know. What was this, I thought, that struck me?” “Theirs is to win if it kills them.
They're just humans with wives and children.”)

Animal Collective – Very first track apparently has to do with accidental love/abortion according to a website, but it's not very happy sounding lyrically regardless. ^-^' This is also apparently supposed to be a break up album...or at least the last half of one. Some of these songs are pretty simple lyrically. “Bees” for one example. Also wasn't my favorite. Their constant odd vocal squeals I suppose do add a silly vibe. But I don't think it adds much to the songs otherwise.

Deerhoof – The lyrics are as basic and simple (to the point of childish.) as they can get.
“Pan-da Night-night Pan-da Beep-beep Pan-da Tung-sun Pan-da Ding-ding” But it's decent noise rock. The vocals do bring a lighter mood, albeit far too obnoxious for my taste. (Listened to the entire album from the song that was on.)

Moullinex – It was really hard to locate official lyrics for a lot of it, but it seemed like pretty standard dance/electronica music. It was happy though I doubt their was many complex/well thought out lyrics. Take A Chance was an enjoyable track.

The Polyphonic Spree – (Again listened to whole album.) Really liked the opening track and this definitely gives off positive vibes, lots of chanting and is also musically interesting at parts. Not sure if the lyrics are that great, but probably the best example I've heard thus far of what I was looking for. (Also they were in “Scrubs” which basically gives them a free pass from criticism.)

Stevie Wonder – Does this sound lyrically happy to you? xP
“Broken glass is everywhere
It's a bloody scene
Killing plagues the citizens
Unless they own police
Children play with rusted cars
Sores cover their hands
Politicians laugh and drink-drunk to all demands”

“Starvation roams the streets
Babies die before they're born
Infected by the grief
Now some folks say that we should be
Glad for what we have
Tell me would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land?”

This was not the only example of darkness in the lyrics, (Saturn is another example.) Though I'll be honest and I've never listened to Stevie Wonder, but it's clear from what I listened to that he's a pretty great song writer and I did enjoy this album, and that track in particular. He's definitely more than a love song writer, which was what many gave me the impression he was. But I don't know if this does anything but help my case. Because the stronger/more poignant songs on this album have lyrics that have some darkness in them. (And now I know Pastime Paradise inspired, Gangster paradise and subsequently the much better Amish Paradise. So he get's extra brownie points in my eye. :P)

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I do not know what this is.

@Sherlock Holmes

Basically is a vocal machine singing.

Beating the Death Game (Sword Art Online)

SaintXSerafina&TheWanderer

Location: Mishe (Weathercock Pavilion)

The sounds of chomping and slurping weren't noticed by the many other lively patrons. As empty plates towered the table, SaintXSerafina stacked another one before leaning back in her seat with satisfied sound escaping her lips. TheWanderer simply watched with a smile, while the server eventually walked up and took half of the plates in each arm, looking with a stare of admiration that she actually ate everything she ordered. SaintXSerafina put money down on the table and stood upright as TheWanderer sat up and followed behind her outside the restaurant and proceeded going upstairs, both remaining quiet until reaching their room. Closing the door behind them and locking it, she quickly changed out of her armor into more casual clothing before walking toward and falling backwards, landing on the bed. He walked up to the bed for a moment, while she placed a green vile down on the nightstand.

“Huh? Is that the Supreme Armor Polish?” He uttered with surprise.

“Yeah, took me only six hours of grinding to find it. I got lucky, usually takes around eight or nine.” She answered with a yawn. “You can use that on your gauntlet, so it doesn't break. That's what you were worried about yesterday wasn't it?” His eyes lit up, taking the green vial from the nightstand.

“You're the best mentor ever!” He exclaimed cheerfully. She closed her eyes and covered herself with the blanket but briefly smiled underneath the covers.

“I'm exhausted, I'm going to take a quick nap and then we'll proceed into maneuverability training.” She uttered. TheWanderer sat down on his bed starting to remove his gauntlet and apply the polish, starting to unconsciously chew on his shirt underneath his thick fur coat. “Don't chew on your shirt.” She scolded in a motherly way, peaking her head through the covers, causing him to quickly stop. Once finished he changed into more casual clothes and just laid back on the bed sighing, already hearing the sounds of snoring coming from his mentor.

Digimon: Genesis [On Temporary Hiatus]

@SleepingSilence Hope you dont mind I send Mirko into the black forest you mentioned. We could meet, or not.

@TalijaKey

Nah that's perfectly cool. Always good to use integration in rp's. ;3

Beating the Death Game (Sword Art Online)

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Fair enough. :3

Also will try to write a post tomorrow morning, regardless of people that have yet to post. Unless told otherwise to wait. ^3^

@SleepingSilence

This was before I woke up with a migraine that I still have in the late afternoon. >.< Will still try to write but might be delayed until the pain subsides.

How *I* See Communism: A Discussion of Spamtastic Proportions

@Vilageidiotx Didn't notice that you replied to me. Here's my belated response.

People who don't like communism? Propaganda doesn't mean "Evil conspiracy theory." Most beliefs have somebody out there producing propaganda for it.

I'm not saying the numbers were made up whole-cloth btw, i'm saying they are being too liberal with how they calculate causation and it makes for oversimplified history.

1. That really does not answer my question in the slightest. Maybe people don't like communism because of the actual facts they have easy access to opposed to the evidence that it was a lie in any regard. I know what you're saying, but you've given literally nothing here to extend the conversation. :/ I want a link of evidence. Or names of people who miscalculated the numbers or the real numbers...Not everyone "dislikes" communism so those real number MUST be somewhere.

I'm on board with this. I also think we should be more nuanced with causation, because oversimplification means we failed to truly understand history and are susceptible to the same failures.

2. I have a slight feeling I'm getting into a "Not Real (insert opinion which has a lot of damning evidence against it here)" argument right now. Millions of death is something to avoid...regardless of how many millions it is...(Feel like a one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic discussion.

If I say this is basically the only system that's killed 100 million people. Through awful famines and guns pressed to mothers and children's heads and the reaction I'm getting is "Well actually those numbers are probably lower than that!" 1. Is that remotely a good defense? 2. Sounds in poor taste to disregard the dead. 3. Seems like the can be nothing gained from the rest. I'm not hearing many pro's, just strong denial of the (SEVERITY) of the cons.

I feel like if you don't deny what communism has done. That's all it has under it's belt. So I don't understand why it is worth defending...

Communism is the primary topic of the conversation. I have made direct comparisons to several things that happened in communist countries. But I do need to draw from other systems if I am to make comparisons.

I don't recall, did I say the United States specifically? I'm out here making more general comparisons. I didn't pick democracy and capitalism because the US, I picked those because they are the status quo at the moment.

3. But why attempt to tell me about fringe examples of "democracies and (monarch run)capitalists" if not to draw comparison to the united states...You did them together as well? When everything else has been single examples. And argued I was being pedantic when I said we were not a democracy, instead of telling me I was correct but that totally wasn't what you were saying. So it seems like that's exactly what you did that for. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

I don't quite understand what evidence you need me to produce, because my argument is about methodology. I'm not saying they are inventing deaths that don't exist, I'm saying they are playing too fast and loose with causation.

4. Without any evidence to back up an argument, it completely falls apart. I assume what you're saying has no evidence to back it up, basically making it conjecture at best. That's why I wanted evidence...it's necessary for this conversation to go farther then. "Here's evidence" "oh well...that's wrong! Because I say so." Doesn't really "a great debate/discussion" make.

I disagree; malicious effort is worse than inefficiency.

5. I wouldn't argue that, but that doesn't change that neglect still gets your children taken away of you...if you don't save a drowning kid outisde of places in the U.S, and you can swim, you can be legally punished for that...Neglect isn't always/often blameless....

Also I asked you, who is to blame the dicatator and government people running it? Or is it a byproduct of the system? I can tell you it's not neither, it's happened in every single one of them. So the question is which is to blame...which is a question I would like answered.

The Revolutionary government of France was a Republic too btw.

If they aren't making the point I assume they're making, Then do they have a point to begin with?

^ I HAVE to assume, that was a writing/posting mistake because it makes no sense asking me what I asked you. :I

Once again, I feel like that doesn't help or add anything relevant here. :P

What I am saying is those stats defy common sense. I've been to the south, and if Britain is doing as bad as that, they'd be a third world country.

Which is why I severely doubt their methodology but don't have time to dig through it.

6. Once again your refusing evidence that I've provided...just because it "feels" like it's wrong. Well I'll refrain from an obvious quote I have i mind. But feelings but have much substance.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736056/B..

There we go found a link that says it's NOT as poor as mississippi, but everywhere else.



However the data, produced for The Spectator, also showed that without London the UK would rank far below even the most deprived state in the US.

When all the wealth generated in Britain each year is divided out equally among the population, it comes to just $36,202 each, compared to Alabama at $36,356 and Mississippi on $35,157.

All three are behind Missouri, where riots have been taking place, on $45,721, and far removed from the most well-off state, Alaska, which generates $80,741 dollars per person per year.

Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, said: 'If Britain were to somehow leave the European Union and become the 51st state of America, we would actually be one of the poor states.

'If you take our economic output, adjust for living costs and slot it into the US league table then the United Kingdom emerges as the second-poorest state in the union.

'We’re poorer than much-maligned Kansas and Alabama and well below Missouri, the scene of all the unrest in recent weeks.'

The Mirror also calculated that without London, which accounts for around 22 per cent of the UK's GDP, we would have a GDP per capita of $25,224 - almost $10,000 per year worse off than Mississippi.

The figures were also adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity, meaning researchers took into account how much you can buy for your money in each country, ensuring the fairest result.

Google: What is the average house size in the UK?

UK house size is relatively small at 76 m2 (818 ft2) while Canadian houses are quite big at 181 m2 (1,948 ft2
alabamanewscenter.com/2015/11/05/alaba..



Alabama has the smallest houses in the nation and have bigger houses than the average home in Canada...

Reading through that, he doesn't seem evil exactly. To quote...

In Link

In temperament, Marx could be cruel and authoritarian. He treated people with whom he disagreed in a crude and mean way, often ridiculing them in public gatherings. Marx had no hesitation about being a hypocrite; when he wanted something from someone he would flatter them in letters or conversation, but then attack them in nasty language behind their backs to others. He often used racial slurs and insulting words to describe the mannerisms or appearance of his opponents in the socialist movement.

For instance, in an 1862 letter to Frederick Engels, Marx described leading nineteenth-century German socialist, Ferdinand Lassalle, in the following way:

The Jewish Nigger Lassalle ... fortunately departs at the end of this week ... It is now absolutely clear to me that, as both the shape of his head and his hair texture shows – he descends from the Negros who joined Moses’ flight from Egypt (unless his mother or grandmother on the paternal side hybridized with a nigger). Now this combination of Germanness and Jewishness with a primarily Negro substance creates a strange product. The pushiness of the fellow is also nigger-like.

7. Called him an asshole. Which is more accurate. Another part of that link. Hate to see a defense for this. :/
But what GOOD did all of those people do? And HAS creating communism ever done anything GOOD?

Or all the deaths in the American Revolution on a Democracy death toll for that matter.

8. You're doing it again. :P But seriously is germany and hitler just misunderstood in ww2? Is the war that he caused and was the forefront of, was he not responsible and was it a super complicated buisness?

Yes, if you know for a fact you will cause violence and say it's inevitable with your system. That's probably not a good system to go with...I don't even know what else to say...

So yeh, all three have the essential problem. Communism couldn't retroactively cause a famine ten years prior to its implementation. But the second famine is put on Commie death tolls regardless of the extenuating circumstances.

Just haven't read any books that go into it in enough detail to make me feel comfortable.

9. I'll just throw up some conjecture for once and say, I doubt the communism helped much...

I feel like there hasn't been any detail for me to sink my teeth into. I've gotten a debate sandwich that's pretty light on actual meat.

Can you tell I haven't eaten any breakfast yet? Maybe I should go do that.