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2018-12-27 at 7:28 AM UTC in I lurk, therefore I amI tried to but my audio is disabled right now.
I'd have to turn off my TV (which, incidentally, I only put on to help me fall asleep).
I have only one audio input to my stereo system.
It's a darn tragedy is what it is.
It's the whole proletarian lifestyle.
I eat my gruel, drink my swish, and watch and listen to EITHER my computer or my TV. -
2018-12-27 at 7:25 AM UTC in ecofascism nowWould you approve if your daughter married an African tree?
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2018-12-27 at 7:24 AM UTC in I lurk, therefore I am
Originally posted by Rizzo in a box maybe you aren't woke and don't listen to poppy, but in case you need to be enlightened
you're right though, lyrics might as well have been written by me. probably why i love it.
If "woke" means cool and/or aware, I'm a coma patient that was hit by a truck, and rendered vegetative, in the 1970's. -
2018-12-27 at 7:22 AM UTC in nike footwear clearance sale
Originally posted by Grabelacei Cheap Nike Air Max 97 is integrated around the ankle joint to provide some breathability.
I was integrated around yo momma's ankle joint last night and I gave her plenty of breathability (at least when my cock wasn't crammed in her mouth).
Nah, but she a respectable lady.
She couldn't stop talking about her shoe-salesman of a son. -
2018-12-27 at 7:19 AM UTC in nike footwear clearance saleI agree.
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2018-12-27 at 7:18 AM UTC in ecofascism nowWhat about black African trees?
Kill or save? -
2018-12-27 at 7:17 AM UTC in I lurk, therefore I am
Originally posted by Rizzo in a box I don't need air to breathe
when you kill the bees
and every riverbed is dry as a bone
I'll still survive when the plants have died
And the atmosphere is a big hole
Exponentially, every day I'm growing my memory
You wouldn't believe
Your life is meaningless, you're just like cockroaches
Extermination's your only hope
Human history, pollution, and overcrowded cities
That's your legacy
But don't look so depressed
You'll soon be nothingness
Oh my God, you don't even know
Is that from something? or are you poetizing?
Either way, it's depressing.
But trademark Rizzo content though.
Are you drinking vermouth right now?
I'm drinking Strongbow (hard) apple cider mixed with Fireball whiskey.
It's actually kind of a Christmasy drink.
And I'm not too fond of Christmas (spent the entire Christmas alone). -
2018-12-27 at 7:14 AM UTC in I lurk, therefore I amOh, and for context for anyone confused:
https://niggasin.space/thread/32012
By the way, I skimmed through the thread, and I appreciated the responses.
Juicebox, especially, I think gets where I'm coming from.
I want to reiterate that I am not drawing an analogy between NiS and a bunch of older kids hanging out outside the school pushing drugs and saying "come on, it's just a bit of weed/alcohol/meth/heroin/etc, just join us and be high, it's all good."
While there may be a lot of drug-positive talk around here, it's inconsequential in and of itself.
It's the fact that my brain has made a connection between posting on Internet forums and increasing my levels of intoxication. That's it.
I could be a moderator on a Christian youth forum, or a Kia car enthusiasts forum, or even an NA/AA sobriety forum...
Something about posting on online forums drives my drinking.
Juicebox gets it.
I just wanted to get that out there for anyone out there who doesn't get it.
I am pro-NiS.
I just can't post here (all that often). -
2018-12-27 at 7:04 AM UTC in I lurk, therefore I amHey my fellow space niggas,
I occasionally lurk (while signed out), but thought I'd mention it.
Not every day.
I'm weaning myself off gradually.
But you may see the occasional post from me when the alcohol + urge-to-post surpass a certain threshold.
If I don't end up responding to a post you make at some point, maybe even referring to me directly, never take it personally.
I've either seen it and am not posting because I'm trying to stick to certain habits, or I missed it altogether.
I consider every last one of you a friend (of sorts), so I don't want to give any impression of impropriety.
Also, I think I'm only lurking right now because I've been drinking*.
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2018-12-27 at 6:58 AM UTC in Concerta. Sort it?IV everything.
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2018-12-22 at 10:36 PM UTC in I woke up today sweating and shaking and had a realization (also, I'll be leaving NiS for a while)By falling asleep at the wheel (figuratively speaking), I have somehow lapsed into full-blown alcoholism.
I've been able to sustain a NIGHTLY drinking habit for over a decade, with exemplary results.
But somehow I've started drinking earlier and earlier.
One contributing factor has been having a job where I telecommute, so I have the opportunity to start drinking earlier.
But also, I think posting on NiS has had a contribution as well.
As long as I can remember, I have associated all my Internet forum activities (mainly surrounding the Totse/Zoklet/NiS sphere) with drinking and drug use. I have a tendency to drink when I post, and to post when I drink, and I think that's having an impact as well.
So, I must say my (at least temporary) goodbye's.
I had started typing up long personalized messages to posters, but then realized that I would feel kinda shitty if I left anyone out.
Also, I really need to accelerate this process as much as I can.
I mean, the occasional hangover is one thing, I can handle that, but waking up with full-blown withdrawal symptoms is scary.
I'm not deleting my account or anything. I can't remember if I saw any code in ISS repo pertaining to auto-unregistering users after a given segment of time.
And I also wanted to leave with some closure, because I did post a lot of mopey, depressing threads, referencing suicide and all. I figured it would be kind of discourteous to leave any question in people's minds on all of that.
Anyway, it's been a blast.
TTYL, y'all! -
2018-12-22 at 10:26 PM UTC in I used to think Flat Earthers were just being satirical and/or trolling
Originally posted by HTS I would argue that education does not always teach people to think critically about what they're taught.
I agree that a grade 12 public education may not guarantee critical thinking skills, but they at least attempt to instill such capabilities in us with it.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, etc.
Originally posted by HTS Empirically is another funny choice of words. What is empiricism, if not valuing what is materially sensed? Empirical evidence is only empirical to those who observe it. This is why empirical evidence must be able to be obtained repeatedly/repeatably for it to be considered valid in the scientific sense. And taking it on blind faith that you can repeat the experiment and obtain empirical support for your position, but never actually doing so, is not exactly laudable. Essentially, you have no empirical evidence that the evidence you believe to be empirically and scientifically valid actually is empirical itself, until you yourself observe it. Empirical evidence is an anecdote unless gathered yourself.
There's a reason I mentioned logically directly alongside empirically.
They both build our knowledge together.
I do not really solely on reason nor solely on my own personal empirical observations or solely on those made by others, but a combination of all three. -
2018-12-22 at 10:19 PM UTC in I used to think Flat Earthers were just being satirical and/or trolling
Originally posted by vindicktive vinny the anecdotal evidences of dragons are decorated all over temples of both middle/east asia and central/south america.
humans and dragons had coexisted for millions of years and its just a matter of time before archeologists dig them up and loled at how wrong they were before this.
Ok, I'll await those archeological results before I start believing in dragons. -
2018-12-22 at 10:17 PM UTC in What happened to Sophie/Psychomanthis?
Originally posted by Loing I specifically framed the scenario so there would be a persistent and imminent but non-lethal threat of your child getting raped by the neighbor, and the authorities refuse to protect you from it.
Ok, I missed the implication that he was going to continue.
I thought he was done.
Then, yeah, sure, whatever, in that particular scenario, I might resort to lethal violence.
I still maintain that it is fundamentally different from your first scenario though. -
2018-12-22 at 5:43 AM UTC in I used to think Flat Earthers were just being satirical and/or trolling
Originally posted by HTS I rarely, if ever, see a globe gobbler do more than reference an experiment performed by someone else. The shape of the Earth is a foregone conclusion to them, not worth proving.
That's because the burden of proof lies on the one making the claim that goes against conventional wisdom.
I suppose there's something admirable about at least attempting to find evidence, but it's not really necessary for the one taking the standard position.
A standard high school education provides sufficient reason to believe the standard position.
Educated people don't just "take the teacher's (or textbook's) word for it".
The conclusion that the Earth is round is constructed logically and empirically.
Originally posted by HTS And yeah, there are a lot of flerfers who use youtube videos, but there are also a lot of globeheads who use youtube videos to try and explain how/show that the Earth is a globe. Youtube is full of valuable educational material. The fact that the information is on youtube surely doesn't make it false, neh?
There's absolutely nothing inherent about YouTube that makes it any less valuable of an information source than any other public website.
Heck, like 90% of my programming / computer science education is from YouTube (and it was enough to land me a job).
But, there's a lot of misinformation too.
Anyone can post whatever they want on YouTube. -
2018-12-22 at 4:09 AM UTC in ORANGE MAN STILL BAD
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2018-12-22 at 3:52 AM UTC in I used to think Flat Earthers were just being satirical and/or trolling
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING III: The Quest for 911 Truth We don't live on a "planet". What you see is what you get. Why is that hard to understand?
So then WTF do we live on/in?
If it's not a "planet", then what is it? And why the heck do we have such elaborately constructed cosmological/astronomical theories?
So physicists like Stephen Hawking and such were just all part of some elaborate scheme to perpetuate this particular narrative?
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING III: The Quest for 911 Truth Your comments on the difficulty of keeping reality hidden are nonsense. For thousands of years people believed in various silly things, why would they suddenly stop?
The existence of dragons has been independently confirmed in the history (myth and legends) of every civilisation we know of, yet you don't believe in them. Why?
Dafuq?
What exactly do you mean by "confirmed"?
Common mythological beliefs across cultures are only evidence of certain psychological patterns that have developed as a product of evolution. -
2018-12-22 at 2:45 AM UTC in I used to think Flat Earthers were just being satirical and/or trolling
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING III: The Quest for 911 Truth By controlling trade.
The modern world is built on interest/debt-based money/banking and that works by businesses borrowing money to supply things people want.
So you borrow money in order to build ships in order to buy tea to import it to Britain. The principal + interest is repaid by the success of your business venture.
At some stage the aristocracy decided they could make more money by manipulating people's understanding of geography. For instance the most fertile tea growing regions of India are approximately 50 miles east from London, in the "North Sea". A clipper could do 3 runs a day in perfect weather.
However by convincing people that India is thousands of miles and several weeks away merchants could earn massive profits on their imports. Part of this con involved the fiction of the "globe" and the "discovery" of the distant lost continent of the "Americas".
The world actually consists of only 3 actual continents, and bears almost no relation to traditional maps - or "globes" if wrapping a map around a football is your kick.
This would make fascinating science fiction or alternative history fiction.
But, as with any conspiracy theory, it just falls apart when you think about just how many people would have to be on on it and keep it a secret.
I respect that you don't dedicate yourself to any particular non-spherical shape. It shows that you are thinking at least somewhat critically about it.
But think of the logistics of sustaining such a secret for so long... That should be enough to at least make you consider that you could be wrong.
I could totally be wrong about the shape of the Earth. For all I know, it's a donut or a cylinder or a Mobius strip...
But if I had to place my bets, I would go with round.
