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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:55 am

Geneviev wrote:
Dogmeat wrote:People have been saying that for thousands of years. One day they'll be right, but not today.

It might be today, or tomorrow, or this week. It probably hopefully will be.

I think you might be overreacting but if you're really down about this, we do have a list of resources to help people feeling depressed.

*puts on Mod hat & looms ominously*

Let's stop arguing and saying "Nonsense" and try to be more supportive, shall we?
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:56 am

Geneviev wrote:
Dogmeat wrote:People have been saying that for thousands of years. One day they'll be right, but not today.

It might be today, or tomorrow, or this week. It probably hopefully will be.

You weren't alive during 9/11, were you? Experiencing that as it was happening put a lot of things into perspective.
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Postby Geneviev » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:58 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Geneviev wrote:But a lot more people are doing these things now. So the world is ending.

That's not true.

The Witch Trials killed between 20,000 and 100,000 innocent women in ritual violence between the 1400s and 1800s.

20,000 Indigenous Australians were ethnically cleansed between 1788 and 1934

200,000 were killed by Cromwell's conquest of Ireland between 1649 and 1653.

Yes, terrorism is bad. It's traumatic and it's wicked. But there are not more people wanting to harm than have done so over the centuries. And I'm sure plenty of people -- at various points in all these previous periods (I could list more, but I don't want to press the point) -- felt the world was ending.

Yet, we're still here.

Yeah... okay never mind. The world isn't going to end then. Yet.

I should probably go outside and do something else.
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:06 am

Geneviev wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:Not really. People have been injuring and killing each other for thousands of years and the world hasn't ended...

It probably will. Because a terrorist attack in London when your friend is in London is when the world ends.

Ffs, i was in the station when the last moron tried to bomb athe subways. Most people survived, and live healthy productive lives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/nyre ... quare.html
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

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Sovaal
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Postby Sovaal » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:08 am

Geneviev wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:Yes, London. The suspect was arrested at the scene, under suspicion of terrorism offences. But no official announcement has been made AFAIK.

No-one was killed.

That doesn't mean the world is ending. It just means that people are people. A percentage of people have always wanted to harm other people, and they've always found an excuse to do it. That's not the wider percentage of humanity.

But a lot more people are doing these things now. So the world is ending.

Hardly. The world isn't ending.
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:23 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Geneviev wrote:It probably will. Because a terrorist attack in London when your friend is in London is when the world ends.

Ffs, i was in the station when the last moron tried to bomb athe subways. Most people survived, and live healthy productive lives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/nyre ... quare.html

Or the fact that there have been numerous terror attacks in London, including the Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings in '82...
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White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
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Postby Gallade » Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:27 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Geneviev wrote:It probably will. Because a terrorist attack in London when your friend is in London is when the world ends.

Ffs, i was in the station when the last moron tried to bomb athe subways. Most people survived, and live healthy productive lives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/nyre ... quare.html

Co-worker lost family in the Nice truck incident a few years back, he'd probably be a bit disgusted at giving in to panic.

Bit of decorum, lads! We're all hale and hearty and have nothing to fret or complain over.
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Postby Idzequitch » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:16 am

Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.
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Postby Gallade » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:24 am

Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.

Unless you've brought lollipops to placate this aggravated rabble you've got a storm a coming.

Sour apple for me, thank you.
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The Supreme Magnificent High Swaglord
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Postby The Supreme Magnificent High Swaglord » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:26 am

Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.


Hello again, Idz! I’m glad to see you once more; how was your missionary/humanitarian work?
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My NS stats are not indicative of my OOC views. NS stats are meant to be rather silly. My OOC political and ideological inspirations are as such:
The Republic, by Plato | Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes | The Confucian civil service system of imperial China | The "Golden Liberty" elective
monarchy system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | The corporatist/technocratic philosophy of Henri de Saint-Simon | The communitarian
ideological framework of the Singaporean People's Action Party | "New Deal"-style societal regimentation | Kantian/Mohist/Stoic philosophy
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:26 am

Gallade wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.

Unless you've brought lollipops to placate this aggravated rabble you've got a storm a coming.

Sour apple for me, thank you.

Lemon for me, thanks
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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The Free Joy State
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Postby The Free Joy State » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:34 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:Unless you've brought lollipops to placate this aggravated rabble you've got a storm a coming.

Sour apple for me, thank you.

Lemon for me, thanks

I'll go for something sweeter; can I have a raspberry one? Thank you.
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Farnhamia
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Postby Farnhamia » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:35 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Lemon for me, thanks

I'll go for something sweeter; can I have a raspberry one? Thank you.

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Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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The Supreme Magnificent High Swaglord
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Postby The Supreme Magnificent High Swaglord » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:35 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Lemon for me, thanks

I'll go for something sweeter; can I have a raspberry one? Thank you.


If you don’t mind me asking, may I please have a cherry-flavored one?
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My NS stats are not indicative of my OOC views. NS stats are meant to be rather silly. My OOC political and ideological inspirations are as such:
The Republic, by Plato | Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes | The Confucian civil service system of imperial China | The "Golden Liberty" elective
monarchy system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | The corporatist/technocratic philosophy of Henri de Saint-Simon | The communitarian
ideological framework of the Singaporean People's Action Party | "New Deal"-style societal regimentation | Kantian/Mohist/Stoic philosophy
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Postby Farnhamia » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:37 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Gallade wrote:Unless you've brought lollipops to placate this aggravated rabble you've got a storm a coming.

Sour apple for me, thank you.

Lemon for me, thanks

The sour apple sounds good. And mine and Ethel's need to be sugar-free.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
This is the eighth line. If your signature is longer, it's too long.
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The Free Joy State
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Postby The Free Joy State » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:37 am

Farnhamia wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:I'll go for something sweeter; can I have a raspberry one? Thank you.

Image

Should've seen it coming...

… Should've but didn't.

EDIT: Couldn't you have found me a sweeter raspberry, Farn?
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Postby Farnhamia » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:38 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:
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Should've seen it coming...

… Should've but didn't.

Hang around here more often, you'll develop a TET-sense.
Make Earth Great Again: Stop Continental Drift!
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
<Sigh> NSG...where even the atheists are Augustinians. ~ The Archregimancy
Now the foot is on the other hand ~ Kannap
RIP Dyakovo ... Ashmoria (Freedom ... or cake)
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:46 am

Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.

Indeed, occasional serious detours balance out the joviality.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.
White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:58 am

Did I miss something?
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:00 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Did I miss something?

We were talking about terrorism.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.
White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Postby The Holy Therns » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:01 am

The New California Republic wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Did I miss something?

We were talking about terrorism.


Who isn't, these days?
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:05 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:We were talking about terrorism.


Who isn't, these days?

My aunt. She must be some kind of Übermensch that has transcended such banal things.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.
White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:08 am

Farnhamia wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Lemon for me, thanks

The sour apple sounds good. And mine and Ethel's need to be sugar-free.

Danke
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby Idzequitch » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:19 am

The Supreme Magnificent High Swaglord wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.


Hello again, Idz! I’m glad to see you once more; how was your missionary/humanitarian work?

Swag! Longtime no see. The trip was really good, and now I'm back to the American grind. How have you been?
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Postby Idzequitch » Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:21 am

Gallade wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:Well. What a cheery bunch of lads and lasses we are today.

Unless you've brought lollipops to placate this aggravated rabble you've got a storm a coming.

Sour apple for me, thank you.

What do I look like, the Easter bunny? Doesn't he only bring candy for the good boys and girls? Or am I creating holiday hybrids again?
Twenty-something, male, heterosexual, Protestant Christian. Politically unaffiliated libertarian-ish centrist.
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Enneagram Type 9.
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