Arceus Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 At least maybe Erdogan learned something never mind, he threw > 1,500 more people in jail now. 2 "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veiva Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I'd still rather vote for Trump/Pence than Hillary. If I was American I would definitely be voting for Johnson or Stein. I couldn't in good conscience vote for either of the major party candidates. As a libertarian for the past 6 years I obviously support Johnson but he will never win. Best thing he can do is pull a Ron Paul and be seen as a moderate republican with a decent fiscal policy. I'm not under any illusions about Johnson's chances of actually winning, but given that I am unable to support a candidate with a chance of winning I might as well support one who is closest to my views. There's also the (possibly naive) idea that if a third party candidate gets a significant showing of popular support, mainstream candidates might tailor their positions to appeal to that base to some extent. I'd still rather vote for Trump/Pence than Hillary. In what world is Trump/Pence better than Hillary Clinton, unless you actually agree with Trump and Pence's political views? I'm voting for neither presidential candidate, nor the third-party ones. I will only vote for the other offices in November. Why not vote for a third party? Or do you just not agree with their policies in the same manner as the front runners? I don't agree, even weakly, with the policies of any third-party candidates. I'm not going to vote for someone I substantially disagree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Fair enough. --------------------- So it looks like the coup failed. There are some really graphic videos going around....I guess this is the new normal for these sorts of events with everyone having a cell phone and internet connection. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Violence isn't anything new. Phone cameras and instant global uploading is new Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Violence isn't anything new. Phone cameras and instant global uploading is new Right, I meant that having this much footage so quickly is the new normal. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxx Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Finally home from Greece. Was a pretty rough 2 weeks. Long hours, not a lot of sleep, didn't eat well either. Really happy to be home. Got kind of fed up with the people i was living with as well. If they are a representation of "the average Greek", then i'm actually stunned. These people, although very nice and very kind, were also very ignorant and uninformed about so many things. I kind of got the impression that they were brainwashed by their government/media, after hearing some of the things they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Given how shit Greece is financially I have to imagine it's reflected in their education Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 You can't judge a book by it's cover. And you also can't judge the education of the nation on a few people. Estonia used to be a piss-poor country. Yet we have topped USA in PISA tests and OECD comparisons for education every single year we have been valid.And our GDP is still like two thirds of American. Money alone does not good education make. But on a different news,today I drank alone for the first time. I hate myself. And the situation I am in.Funniest thing was trying to ride a bicycle past cops, while being pretty much blackout drunk.Luckily, I succeeded or I wouldn't be writing here. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Yeah but Estonia literally doesn't have any good universities, so there's that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Drunk biking is the best. Just don't try to drunk bike and smoke at the same time, learned that the hard way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 US test scores are garbage because most of the intelligence from the US comes from one fairly small chunk of the country with a few here-and-there not idiots (even a few smart intelligent people) sprinkled everywhere else. I've thought pretty hard about it and unless the South decides it wants to part ways again I don't see a cure for it either Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I wouldn't say we don't have a single good university. Our national university, University of Tartu, is consistently in the top 300 in the world. Considering how small our country is, and that tuition is FREE [bleep]ES for every Estonian who gets in and studies well enough, that is quite an achievement.Nearly a quarter of students here are foreigners (no free tuition for them), so I wouldn't say the levels are bad... So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Levelled Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Are all Estonians this Nationalistic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I wouldn't say we don't have a single good university. Our national university, University of Tartu, is consistently in the top 300 in the world. Considering how small our country is, and that tuition is FREE [bleep]ES for every Estonian who gets in and studies well enough, that is quite an achievement.Nearly a quarter of students here are foreigners (no free tuition for them), so I wouldn't say the levels are bad...It is ranked below FSU and that is all I need to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Are all Estonians this Nationalistic? In my experience Europeans as a whole are more nationalistic than North Americans 1 "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are so large compared to European countries. It's tough to have a strong community bond with people so far away from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Dash Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Are all Estonians this Nationalistic?In my experience Europeans as a whole are more nationalistic than North Americans I was actually having this conversation with a Hungarian man last night. He was explaining how his people are extremely nationalistic, but they aren't quite so flamboyantly 'Murrica [bleep] Yeah!' about it. I also pulled out the camera again. Look at that nice pink color. (it normally hides all day, so I had to get a picture while it was being photogenic) “I had a feeling we weren’t coming back from this fight when it began.”“Do you have any regrets?”“I don’t. It seems surprising, I know, but I wouldn’t change a thing. This is how it was meant to be.”“Huh, you never really notice how lovely the day is until you realize you’ll never see it again.”“Mmmhmm.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxx Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 That thing is [bleep]ing terrifying. I wouldn't even be able to sleep knowing something like that is in my house, whether it's in a cage or not. Jesus christ. Do you ever like... play with it? Does it have a name? Do you think it has a personality like other animals have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Dash Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I don't play with my tarantulas, nor do I name them. They're also mindless bugs, so they don't really have 'personality' per se. Each individual is different, and they do act differently from each other (even within the same genus/species). I haven't counted in a while, but I think I have about 45 individuals at the moment. “I had a feeling we weren’t coming back from this fight when it began.”“Do you have any regrets?”“I don’t. It seems surprising, I know, but I wouldn’t change a thing. This is how it was meant to be.”“Huh, you never really notice how lovely the day is until you realize you’ll never see it again.”“Mmmhmm.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 You could probably call those differences a personality :v I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randox Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Some of the American and perhaps Canadian Nationalism might be masked by the fact that generally speaking, people from both countries seem pretty willing and open about criticizing their country, probably more so than most other nations. I don't think any nation is so open about their flaws while patting themselves on the back for being awesome as the Americans, and I think that attitude has rubbed off on us here north of the border as well, though the Americans certainly more open about it than we are. That extends to social interactions too I think, with many people being readily willing to talk about personal issues, such as social or medical problems, and I guess that just isn't a thing that people do in some other parts of the world. Also, why have pets if you aren't going to play with them? Not that playing with Spiders would really be my thing, but that's kind of why I've never considered one as a pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Dash Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They aren't really pets I guess. I like to think of them as fish or house plants. You just kinda feed them and watch them grow. A pet would be something that can recognize you and maybe reciprocate affection, and a tarantula can no neither. Also, I'm not too interested in accidentally hurting one of them or one of them purposefully hurting me, so I only really handle them if they make a dash up my arm or something. I never intentionally handle. 1 “I had a feeling we weren’t coming back from this fight when it began.”“Do you have any regrets?”“I don’t. It seems surprising, I know, but I wouldn’t change a thing. This is how it was meant to be.”“Huh, you never really notice how lovely the day is until you realize you’ll never see it again.”“Mmmhmm.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxx Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Some of the American and perhaps Canadian Nationalism might be masked by the fact that generally speaking, people from both countries seem pretty willing and open about criticizing their country, probably more so than most other nations. I don't think any nation is so open about their flaws while patting themselves on the back for being awesome as the Americans, and I think that attitude has rubbed off on us here north of the border as well, though the Americans certainly more open about it than we are. That extends to social interactions too I think, with many people being readily willing to talk about personal issues, such as social or medical problems, and I guess that just isn't a thing that people do in some other parts of the world. They're only readily willing to talk about the issues when it's with fellow countrymen. If anyone else decides to join the conversation they'r quickly met with a "well your country does x and y wrong" or "well at least we're better than you are". I find it literally impossible to talk to any American about their country unless i'm willing to just not give my opinion at all. I think some of the past "conversations" on this site is sufficient proof of that as well. Basically, as a "foreigner" you either need to praise the US or not say anything about it at all. I can't say that i have ever had an even remotely similar experience with someone from any other country. But i guess there's a chance that i just always happen to meet the unpatriotic ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They aren't really pets I guess. I like to think of them as fish or house plants. You just kinda feed them and watch them grow. A pet would be something that can recognize you and maybe reciprocate affection, and a tarantula can no neither. Also, I'm not too interested in accidentally hurting one of them or one of them purposefully hurting me, so I only really handle them if they make a dash up my arm or something. I never intentionally handle. That's an interesting way of thinking of it. I guess a lot of people do have fish, of which I've never seen much point. A tarantula would be much more novel. Some of the American and perhaps Canadian Nationalism might be masked by the fact that generally speaking, people from both countries seem pretty willing and open about criticizing their country, probably more so than most other nations. I don't think any nation is so open about their flaws while patting themselves on the back for being awesome as the Americans, and I think that attitude has rubbed off on us here north of the border as well, though the Americans certainly more open about it than we are. That extends to social interactions too I think, with many people being readily willing to talk about personal issues, such as social or medical problems, and I guess that just isn't a thing that people do in some other parts of the world.They're only readily willing to talk about the issues when it's with fellow countrymen. If anyone else decides to join the conversation they'r quickly met with a "well your country does x and y wrong" or "well at least we're better than you are". I find it literally impossible to talk to any American about their country unless i'm willing to just not give my opinion at all. I think some of the past "conversations" on this site is sufficient proof of that as well. Basically, as a "foreigner" you either need to praise the US or not say anything about it at all. I can't say that i have ever had an even remotely similar experience with someone from any other country. But i guess there's a chance that i just always happen to meet the unpatriotic ones. It also depends on how you approach the conversation. I've found trying to ask for opinions without sharing my own tends to help people open up, and most tend to be reasonable. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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