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Mathuvan Union
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:01 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:You'd be surprised. On the British game show Pointless only about 3 out of 100 people knew who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started WW1...


He got murdered? :o Spoilers!

whoa! Didn't see that one coming on Europe: Reality Show!
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The New California Republic
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby The New California Republic » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:02 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:You'd be surprised. On the British game show Pointless only about 3 out of 100 people knew who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started WW1...


He got murdered? :o Spoilers!

Yes I should have used the spoiler tags. Silly me.

:p
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:02 am

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:
It was easier on their feet.


Arthritis pain was no joke back then. *nod*

Think about modern dentistry. All praise the first Dentist
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Minskiev
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Postby Minskiev » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:03 am

Mathuvan Union wrote:
Minskiev wrote:
Tell me, how would you know that? No seriously, how? How could anyone possibly find the cause of the first fire humans discovered all those millennia ago?

we have the brain cells of a neanderthal.


You know that doesn’t help. Anyways, avoiding potential argument.

Some candidates could be some medieval Popes. Also, Jesus. Not for the “they did good and bad” but more of, well, you know.
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Nancivania
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Postby Nancivania » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:04 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Arthritis pain was no joke back then. *nod*

Think about modern dentistry. All praise the first Dentist

After my experience with dentistry I refuse to do so
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West Leas Oros 2
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:04 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:You'd be surprised. On the British game show Pointless only about 3 out of 100 people knew who assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started WW1...


He got murdered? :o Spoilers!

Just wait till you hear about the sequel.
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Postby Minskiev » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:05 am

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:
He got murdered? :o Spoilers!

Just wait till you hear about the sequel.


:clap: :clap: Good. If only we could like posts.
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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:05 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Arthritis pain was no joke back then. *nod*

Think about modern dentistry. All praise the first Dentist


No unnecessary pulling of teeth that’s for sure. And anesthetic, sweet sweet anesthetic.

Controversial people! Them Tudor “dentists”.
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Mathuvan Union
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:06 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:
Arthritis pain was no joke back then. *nod*

Think about modern dentistry. All praise the first Dentist

the first Dentist' patient died. it was a long, long time ago.
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Update: apparently it’s bleating sheep.
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Minskiev
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Postby Minskiev » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:07 am

All Praise the..Millionth Dentist?
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:07 am

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:He got murdered? :o Spoilers!

Just wait till you hear about the sequel.

The third one was promised for years but was never made, because one of the contributors eventually backed out.
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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
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Postby Resilient Acceleration » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:07 am

Mathuvan Union wrote:
Dogmeat wrote:Are you writing this from after 2077?

who said humans? Yes, I'm backtracking, but a ton of wildlife kicked the bucket, too

Then the Chinese alchemist from the Tang dynasty who invented gunpowder will be the most controversial, as bombs have directly killed trillions upon quadrillions of insects, moss, ascomycetes, and bacteria within the last 400 years.
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West Leas Oros 2
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:08 am

The New California Republic wrote:
West Leas Oros 2 wrote:Just wait till you hear about the sequel.

The third one was promised for years but was never made, because one of the contributors eventually backed out.

That sure makes me MAD
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Mathuvan Union
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:10 am

Resilient Acceleration wrote:
Mathuvan Union wrote:who said humans? Yes, I'm backtracking, but a ton of wildlife kicked the bucket, too

Then the Chinese alchemist from the Tang dynasty who invented gunpowder will be the most controversial, as bombs have directly killed trillions upon quadrillions of insects, moss, ascomycetes, and bacteria within the last 400 years.

I have asked people to stop with this. I admitted I was factually incorrect.
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Postby Andsed » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:12 am

Napoleon would probably rank pretty high. A military genius who brought some much needed reforms into France, but was also kinda a warmonger.
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West Leas Oros 2
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:15 am

Andsed wrote:Napoleon would probably rank pretty high. A military genius who brought some much needed reforms into France, but was also kinda a warmonger.

Before Hitler came around, if you needed a historical figure to compare someone to as an insult, you picked Napoleon.
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How many South Americans need to be killed by the CIA before you realize socialism is bad?
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Postby Resilient Acceleration » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:16 am

In all seriousness, Muhammad is a very strong candidate due to Islam being a thing.
Mathuvan Union wrote:
Resilient Acceleration wrote:Then the Chinese alchemist from the Tang dynasty who invented gunpowder will be the most controversial, as bombs have directly killed trillions upon quadrillions of insects, moss, ascomycetes, and bacteria within the last 400 years.

I have asked people to stop with this. I admitted I was factually incorrect.

Aightt
Minskiev wrote:All Praise the..Millionth Dentist?

With enough luck it'll be my dentist, whose dental filling is made of a special material that apparently can just slide out of the teeth and I had to get a new filling. :D
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 TLDR News | Exclusive: GLOBAL DRONE CRISIS! "Hyper-advanced" Chinese military AI design leaked online by unknown groups, Pres. Yang issues warning of "major outbreak of 3D-printed drone swarm terrorist attacks to US civilians and assets" | Secretary Pasca to expand surveillance on all financial activities through pattern recognition AI to curb the supply chain of QAnon and other domestic terror grassroots
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:29 am

Mathuvan Union wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Think about modern dentistry. All praise the first Dentist

the first Dentist' patient died. it was a long, long time ago.

as John Maynard Keyes once said
" in the long run, we are all dead".
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. 

--H. Kissenger
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Ethel mermania
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Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:30 am

The New California Republic wrote:
West Leas Oros 2 wrote:Just wait till you hear about the sequel.

The third one was promised for years but was never made, because one of the contributors eventually backed out.

the soundtrack sucked, no dancing in the second act, and the third act has to go, they are losing the war
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. 

--H. Kissenger
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Postby Zarnicovia nova » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:33 am

literally, anyone who had an impact on history in a bad way
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West Leas Oros 2
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:34 am

Zarnicovia nova wrote:literally, anyone who had an impact on history in a bad way

Remove "in a bad way", and it's still true.
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How many South Americans need to be killed by the CIA before you realize socialism is bad?
I like to think I've come a long way since the days of the First WLO.
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Postby Major-Tom » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:36 am

Whoever came up with "Ska music." I think it's utter garbage, but apparently people like listening to it.
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Mathuvan Union
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:45 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Mathuvan Union wrote:the first Dentist' patient died. it was a long, long time ago.

as John Maynard Keyes once said
" in the long run, we are all dead".

intellect.
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Mathuvan Union
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:46 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:The third one was promised for years but was never made, because one of the contributors eventually backed out.

the soundtrack sucked, no dancing in the second act, and the third act has to go, they are losing the war

and were are the nukes? I was promised nukes!
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Nepleslia
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Right-wing Utopia

Postby Nepleslia » Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:48 am

Barack “Scandal-Free Administration” Obama.
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