Recent content by Nudu

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    Poll: Are We Entitled?

    If you think the game is bad, why would you be so interested in playing it that you would pirate it? Just to make it clear, I think the industry needs to improve, and I won't be buying Mass Effect 3. But that's the extent of my rights. It's their product, and they can charge whatever they...
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    Poll: Reality and Movies - How Many People Can Swim?

    Keep in mind that the escapist is not at all a representative sample.
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    Why do certain kids hate reading?

    I kind of like reading, I just don't like the senastion of holding a book in my hands. I just feel there's just no comfortable way of holding it. That's why buying a kindle was one of the best things I've ever done. Get your kid one of those.
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    The US should probably consider banning hate speech like the rest of the free world.

    These are the kind of people we should fight to protect. No one's ever going to try to take away your right to say "That sweater is blue.", "I like pizza." or "Racism is bad." Controversial speech IS what free speech is all about. Banning the freedom to express a viewpoint you disagree with...
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    Your Avatar vs Yourself

    I'm pretty sure I'd manage.
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    Poll: what do you want done with your body after you die

    Ask me when I'm dead. If I don't give any intelligent response you can throw me in a ditch on the side of the road for what I care.
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    Poll: Your Rock,Paper,Scissors opener

    My theory is that people are statistically more likely to go with rock because that sounds more solid then paper and scissors(and if this poll is representative, it turns out I'm right), so I always go with paper.
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    The TRUE root of all Nationalism/Evil!

    Don't take this the wrong way, but your writing style kind of reminds me of the time cube guy.
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    Evidence for evolution

    Well, natural selection is almost self-evident. Does he believe that offspring have traits similar to their parents? Does he believe that dead animals can't have children? There you go. As for evolution, I think among the more compelling evidence is to look at genes and see that they fold out...
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    Poll: Am I in the Wrong Here?

    "bat shit crazy" sounds about right. I refuse to believe that this was an isolated incident and that this guy is otherwise a intelligently charming and well-adjusted person. Assuming your side of the story shows the entire picture, of course.
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    Movies that you are told are bad, that you consider good.

    I like braindead action movies like Commando and Judge Dredd. I also think the Star Wars prequels (second one excluded) are enjoyable movies.
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    Poll: So... are we essentially good or evil?

    Good and evil are not objective concepts. It's probably more appropriate to talk about selfishness and altruism. I don't think I'm shattering anyones mind if I claim that all our actions are essentially selfish. When we act altruistically we do so either because we get something in return or...
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    Poll: What Is Your Virtue?

    More a fan of the sins myself, but I guess justice(diligence) fits me better then the others.
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    Recommend me some Lovecraft?

    I thought Mountains of Madness was pretty good. I also liked A Shadow Over Innsmouth, Call of Cthulhu and Rats in the Wall. Personally I'm not an enormous Lovecraft fan, though. Guess I'm not that good at existential angst.
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    Is death a product of evolution?

    One thing you seem to have misunderstood is that evolution works "for the good of the species". Evolution works at a gene-level. You exist not to ensure the survival of the species, or even strictly the survival of yourself, but the survival of your genes. Ageing does make sense on this level...