Recent content by The-Epicly-Named-Man

The Children of Húrin. It still astounds me that a story as simple The Hobbit could be in anyway related to some half-baked tragedy involving incest and suicide.

I'm Irish, so technically European, but not in any practical sense. Europe's so filled with various cultures and ethnic groups, even within individual nations, that classifying them all in one group is a massive generalisation. (Also: Where the hell is New Zealand on that poll? I mean Christ...

Sounds fun, I'll get to work on my character sheet.

I'm interested, but curious as to how exactly this works. I mean when, and indeed how, do we play? Sorry, I'm sort of a noob when it comes to RP.

Gaelic Ireland, for purely nationalistic reasons. Ancient Greece would be cool to see as well, cradle of Western civilisation, and all that. But honestly, I'm more interested in seeing a future civilisation to be completely honest though. Edit: Oi, the Romans were afraid of the Irish as well!

The vast majority here are Catholic, which means the education system tries to omit anything that might anger the conservatives, who falsely claim to represent all Catholics, (like anything that contradicts Young Earth Creationism, or education on artificial contraception) from the curriculum...

I am disappoint. North American architecture in that era doesn't really compare to some European cities. Ultimately, I feel the French or Russian Revolutions would be much more effective settings.

You're right, species have gone extinct for reasons other than lack of resources. Perhaps there's been a confusion and/or I haven't made myself clear, but that wasn't what I meant. I simply meant over 99% of all species that have ever existed have become extinct, not that it was all caused by...

Again, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Over 99% of all species that have ever lived are gone, this an established fact. Bio diversity is a direct result of evolution, extinction is an integral part of this process. When a species becomes unsuited to it's environment, it's...

I'm not quite sure what your point is bringing up the Ice Age. I said that we'll probably just die from an eventual drain of resources, which has been the case for every extinct species (that's over 99% of all species that have ever existed). We have been a resilient species in the past, but...

Why not? It might be nice to see us live longer, perhaps we may even be the first (known) Earth species to populate another planet. But in all likelyhood, we'll probably just die out. Probably not from nuclear war, or from climate change, just from a gradual decline in our resources that will...

Hated in Ireland too, North and South. Her solution to the troubles just increased the divide between Catholics and Protestants.

Are you joking? The damage caused during the Rising was due to British ships shelling the shit out of a city they claimed was part of their own country, not the small group of ill-equipped idealists who were making more of a protest than revolution. OT: To be honest, I can't muster much anger...

That's entirely correct, some ignorant f*cks call them all Nigerians, and some members of the older generations refer to them as darkies. But on average, black is considered acceptable. We have a history of being slaves as opposed to owning them, so most of us (except the incredibly moronic)...

This. I really don't understand why an eye processing light makes a difference on the movement of subatomic particles.