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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Drugs should be legal.

« on: April 21, 2014, 08:05:36 PM »

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/phoenix-mom-high-drove-baby-car-roof-probation-article-1.1756526

Drug abusers continue to amuse with how responsible they are, and how they're totally not a danger to society. At least she feels remorse and will perhaps feel twice before toking again.

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Arts & Entertainment / MOVED: Obama's manhood problem

« on: April 21, 2014, 03:17:56 AM »

This topic has been moved to Philosophy, Religion & Society.

http://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=1432.0

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Obama's manhood problem

« on: April 21, 2014, 03:17:37 AM »

Looking at the moderation log, it doesn't look like anyone moved it. Anyway, I'll put it in PR&S now.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Goku vs Superman

« on: April 20, 2014, 04:14:45 AM »

Lightsaber baseball. With Picard's head. That is all.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Goku vs Superman

« on: April 20, 2014, 02:17:49 AM »

Star Wars ships do too have shields, and yeah, enjoy your beams and phasers (or whatever stupid stuff Star Trek has) while all them Siths force grip the shit out of them and play lightsaber baseball with their severed heads.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Scripts on the forum

« on: April 19, 2014, 11:48:43 PM »

I had a quick look just to double-check, and as far as I can tell Google Analytics is the most offensive script we offer. Sounds like it's just you.

If anyone else notices anything suspicious, please let us know.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Goku vs Superman

« on: April 19, 2014, 06:03:42 PM »

Obama is also black.

Reported for racism.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Goku vs Superman

« on: April 19, 2014, 06:02:06 PM »

Obama and Clinton say otherwise.

Clinton is universally hated for his deviant sexual activities, and Obama ruined healthcare. Good examples right there.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Drugs should be legal.

« on: April 19, 2014, 05:54:54 PM »

All you weed addicts are just upset because you've been conclusively proven wrong. Marijuana makes you violent and will never be legalised at a federal level, thus always remaining a criminalised substance.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Goku vs Superman

« on: April 18, 2014, 11:18:01 PM »

Superman would win because he's an American conservative, and those always win by a landslide.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Drugs should be legal.

« on: April 18, 2014, 11:15:30 PM »

correlation causation robble robble robble

Are you suggesting the judiciary didn't take that into account in their assessment of the situation? Why would you do such a thing?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Drugs should be legal.

« on: April 18, 2014, 10:26:23 PM »

It's official. Cannabis makes you shoot people. The crazy liberals from Colorado have nowhere to hide now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10773592/Husband-shoots-dead-wife-after-eating-cannabis-in-Colorado.html

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: SpaceX commercial satellite launch

« on: April 17, 2014, 09:26:49 PM »

Also there is no thread on pseudo or stratelites on tfes.org.

That's not entirely true.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: The "Arctic Rim" Theory

« on: April 17, 2014, 09:25:07 PM »

Ah, so one explorer's findings are accepted while another's are discarded, depending on each report's convenience to the Society?

No. What explorers' findings have we discarded?

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Brimstone Head - Flat Earth Society claims one of four corners of world?

« on: April 17, 2014, 09:12:19 PM »

Ah, yes, I believe Iris was trying to resurrect the FES of Canada that I mentioned, but I haven't been keeping up with her work. Please let me know if you find out anything!

As for the origin of the corners, I'm not sure. Historically, there have been many societies under very similar names, often advocating very different views (or simply being parodies or using the Flat Earth Theory as a metaphor to inspire free-thinking), so it's very possible that some group somewhere did claim for those corners to exist. Or perhaps they didn't and someone just made up an urban legend which became viral. Hard to tell.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Civilization: Beyond Earth

« on: April 17, 2014, 09:03:27 PM »

Will this involve clicking on hexagons?

I sure hope so.

Also, this is exciting news, although I was looking forward to them making Civilization VI, recycling the logo gimmick they used in V, and just spelling it CiVIlization.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Brimstone Head - Flat Earth Society claims one of four corners of world?

« on: April 17, 2014, 08:55:55 PM »

Here's an excerpt from Colombo's book:

Fogo

This small fishing community, on Fogo Island, off the northeastern coast, is mentioned by name in the popular folksong "I'se the B'y that Builds the Boat." The so-called Fogo Process was developed here in 1967 by the National Film Board and Memorial University. Film and video are used to stimulate individual and group action to foster desirable community change. Fogo Island holds a special place in the mythology of the Flat Earth Society, members of which maintain that the Earth is shaped like a pancake with an Edge or Great Abyss which may be sighted (weather permitting) at the North Pole or off Fogo Island. This at least is the belief of the Flat Earth Society as reconstituted in Fredericton, N.B., in 1973. (The original Flat Earth Society of Great Britain fell into desuetude some time earlier.) The Canadian founders included poet Alden Nowlan, philosopher Leo Ferrari, and writer Raymond Fraser. Several hundred people are members, including Eugene Ionesco. It was the poet Al Pittman who first sighted 'the Edge" off Fogo Island, and the intrepid Dr. Ferrari actually fell over the edge, or so he alleges, but saved himself by clutching on a projecting rock and pulling himself back, the only man alive known to have survived such an ordeal.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Brimstone Head - Flat Earth Society claims one of four corners of world?

« on: April 17, 2014, 08:52:23 PM »

Hi fogo4, thanks for stopping by.

This claim about the Flat Earth Society seems to mostly appear in travel guides, advertisements, and parody sites. It appears to have very little to do with the Flat Earth Society or its past incarnations. As it stands, the FES does not believe that the world has corners, and there are no known records of it ever believing that.

That said, I would be interested in finding out how this rumour originated. There appears to be a link between this claim and the Flat Earth Society of Canada (a terrible misnomer, since they weren't actually a Flat Earth group), which was most likely originated by John Robert Colombo in his book Canadian Literary Landmarks (ISBN 978-0888820730). Colombo never had any history in the Society, and has not documented any of his encounters with it either, so it is most likely a work of his vivid imagination.

Sorry for the sparse information, but that's all I know. Hope it helps anyway!

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Edges...

« on: April 17, 2014, 12:02:04 AM »

Wind? Is that why your face looks like it was blurred out with the blur pen in Photoshop?

You can't see my face because it's completely covered in hair. I haven't cut it in a very long time, and the wind makes it go all over the place. Many of the pictures in that collection show my face, including this one.

Is that also why the body of that person looks like that of a female and not a male?

I think most females would have breasts. My chest is very flat.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Edges...

« on: April 16, 2014, 05:26:58 PM »

pictures can be fake how do we know that's not just cgi

You don't. That's why it's evidence and not proof. You could, of course, contact Spirit of Tasmania and ask them about booking 11101770, sailing to Melbourne on 14/9/2013, but for all you know, they could be in on the conspiracy trying to convince you that the Earth is flat.