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Postby New England and The Maritimes » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:27 pm

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The Truth and Light wrote:Mostly debunked and antiquated.

Dokesh.

BF Skinner?

Skinner is by no means universally accepted. Anti-skinner sentiment has been rising for the past three decades. Behaviorism at its core is pretty stupid.
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Postby Mystletainn » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:28 pm

Vredlandia wrote:Evening people =)

Yo.
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Postby GrandKirche » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:28 pm

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Really? Wow. Impressive.

I'm an electronic engineer and music technologist, I only really need to know how to do maths and point a microphone.


You're still over-qualified for the dirty film industry.
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Postby Slembana » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:28 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Slembana wrote:Bloody hell, they're still here.

Who.what are?

Slembana wrote:My foot hurts.

Take some gorram painkillers then.

My mum is inviting some people round. They've been here for, like, 3 hours now.

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Postby Veceria » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:28 pm

The Zeonic States wrote:
Veceria wrote:Piranhas eat algae and such stuff, mainly. IIRC, that is. They're not really as aggressive as movies try to make us believe.


I knew they were omnivores but i didn't know that the "Blood" Frenzy thing was a myth.

I thought they were like some species sharks in that regard

Sharks aren't 'mean and evil killing machines' either :P
They just confuse humans with seals, tuna or something, sometimes ;D

I think that piranha-myth came from their little, razor-sharp teeth, their swarm-intelligence and because they eat drowned/drowning animals, sometimes. They're not strong enough to pull animals underwater, though.
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Postby Auremena » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:28 pm

Veceria wrote:
GrandKirche wrote:If they're nobles though don't you get a title?
My mother's side descended from Prussian and Russian royalty, and yet I get no title either. If the actual royalty stopped to exist, the right for titles tend to vanish as well.
Same here. I could have been ruler of Spain, the Netherlands, and Austria, but new dynasties rule all of those.
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Postby Mystletainn » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:29 pm

New England and The Maritimes wrote:
Mystletainn wrote:Dokesh.

BF Skinner?

Skinner is by no means universally accepted. Anti-skinner sentiment has been rising for the past three decades. Behaviorism at its core is pretty stupid.

Agreed.... I hate conditioning in all forms.

How about Abraham Maslow?
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Postby Vredlandia » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:29 pm

Slembana wrote:
Vredlandia wrote:Evening people =)

Hi Vred.


Slem! :hug: How are you?

Mystletainn wrote:
Vredlandia wrote:Evening people =)

Yo.


Yo! Sup?

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Postby Hurdegaryp » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:29 pm

DesAnges wrote:
Slembana wrote:Bloody hell, they're still here.

Who.what are?

It's probably us. We are the stain that just won't go away.
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Postby Slembana » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:29 pm

Vredlandia wrote:
Slembana wrote:Hi Vred.


Slem! :hug: How are you?

Mystletainn wrote:Yo.


Yo! Sup?

Not too good. You?

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Postby Cill Airne » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

GrandKirche wrote:
Veceria wrote:My mother's side descended from Prussian and Russian royalty, and yet I get no title either. If the actual royalty stopped to exist, the right for titles tend to vanish as well.


I thought you could still use the title, just without it being a legal thing that matters like it would be in countries with a monarchy.

To my knowledge the laws in Austria are pretty clear that titles were abolished and can no longer be used. "Von" isn't even permitted in names, officially.
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Postby GrandKirche » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

Hurdegaryp wrote:
DesAnges wrote:Who.what are?

It's probably us. We are the stain that just won't go away.


Have you tried soaking it in vanish?
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Outside of here I do lead a rather unusual and colourful life. As a Spinster.

I just want a nice man with a good accent and the manners of a Royal.

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Postby The Zeonic States » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

Veceria wrote:
The Zeonic States wrote:
I knew they were omnivores but i didn't know that the "Blood" Frenzy thing was a myth.

I thought they were like some species sharks in that regard

Sharks aren't 'mean and evil killing machines' either :P
They just confuse humans with seals, tuna or something, sometimes ;D

I think that piranha-myth came from their little, razor-sharp teeth, their swarm-intelligence and because they eat drowned/drowning animals, sometimes. They're not strong enough to pull animals underwater, though.


<_< Bull Sharks make this adorable almost...Purring noise when you pet the front of their head.

I have only be that close to babies though.

Sharks are such majestic creatures.
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Postby New England and The Maritimes » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

Mystletainn wrote:
New England and The Maritimes wrote:Skinner is by no means universally accepted. Anti-skinner sentiment has been rising for the past three decades. Behaviorism at its core is pretty stupid.

Agreed.... I hate conditioning in all forms.

How about Abraham Maslow?

You can bring up as many names as you like, but a bad idea is a bad idea. Aristotle understood foundational logic very well, and syllogisms are just a basic fact, but was a shitty observer when it came to biology. Most thinkers are deficient in at least one area regardless of their excellence in others.
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Postby Mystletainn » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

Vredlandia wrote:
Mystletainn wrote:Yo.


Yo! Sup?

Hungry as usual, you?
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Postby GrandKirche » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:30 pm

Cill Airne wrote:
GrandKirche wrote:
I thought you could still use the title, just without it being a legal thing that matters like it would be in countries with a monarchy.

To my knowledge the laws in Austria are pretty clear that titles were abolished and can no longer be used. "Von" isn't even permitted in names, officially.


Officially, but don't people still use them socially?
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Outside of here I do lead a rather unusual and colourful life. As a Spinster.

I just want a nice man with a good accent and the manners of a Royal.

British, a really cliché G in LGBTQ gentleman a lot of the time.

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Postby DesAnges » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:31 pm

Slembana wrote:
DesAnges wrote:Who.what are?

My mum is inviting some people round. They've been here for, like, 3 hours now.

Hmm. TUrn up the music in your head?

GrandKirche wrote:
DesAnges wrote:I'm an electronic engineer and music technologist, I only really need to know how to do maths and point a microphone.


You're still over-qualified for the dirty film industry.

Not exactly where I was expecting to get a career.
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Postby Vredlandia » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:31 pm

Mystletainn wrote:
Vredlandia wrote:


Yo! Sup?

Hungry as usual, you?


Thirsty as usual :P

Slembana wrote:
Vredlandia wrote:
Slem! :hug: How are you?

Not too good. You?


I'm fine. What happened?

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Postby Mystletainn » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:32 pm

New England and The Maritimes wrote:
Mystletainn wrote:Agreed.... I hate conditioning in all forms.

How about Abraham Maslow?

You can bring up as many names as you like, but a bad idea is a bad idea. Aristotle understood foundational logic very well, and syllogisms are just a basic fact, but was a shitty observer when it came to biology. Most thinkers are deficient in at least one area regardless of their excellence in others.

Master of most, except that one teeny tiny bit in the corner.

Why was I bring up names again....
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Postby Slembana » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:32 pm

They're getting louder. Crapping hell.

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Postby Veceria » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:32 pm

The Zeonic States wrote:
Veceria wrote:My grandpa was a deserter, technically. But a very special one >_>

That's good, at least one line you can stick to. Same with my relatives, funnily. Dad's family is full of radical Catholics, mum's is nice and open-minded.


He abandoned his Nation?

That's...I can't even comprehend that to be honest.

He didn't abandon anything. He was Austrian (or more specifically, Russian immigrant to Austria), not German. I could tell the whole story, but it's a bit long.

GrandKirche wrote:
Veceria wrote:My mother's side descended from Prussian and Russian royalty, and yet I get no title either. If the actual royalty stopped to exist, the right for titles tend to vanish as well.


I thought you could still use the title, just without it being a legal thing that matters like it would be in countries with a monarchy.

Cill answered why it's not really possible anymore :P
Especially because I'm neither living in Russia nor Prussia.
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Postby GrandKirche » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:32 pm

DesAnges wrote:
GrandKirche wrote:
You're still over-qualified for the dirty film industry.

Not exactly where I was expecting to get a career.


There's a recession, take what you can get.
Read "A Man For All Seasons". That explains most of what I believe in. Except the Catholic bits.

Outside of here I do lead a rather unusual and colourful life. As a Spinster.

I just want a nice man with a good accent and the manners of a Royal.

British, a really cliché G in LGBTQ gentleman a lot of the time.

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Postby Veceria » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:33 pm

The Zeonic States wrote:
Veceria wrote:Sharks aren't 'mean and evil killing machines' either :P
They just confuse humans with seals, tuna or something, sometimes ;D

I think that piranha-myth came from their little, razor-sharp teeth, their swarm-intelligence and because they eat drowned/drowning animals, sometimes. They're not strong enough to pull animals underwater, though.


<_< Bull Sharks make this adorable almost...Purring noise when you pet the front of their head.

I have only be that close to babies though.

Sharks are such majestic creatures.

Indeed, they are.
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Then suddenly fights broke out because hey, it's the internet.

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Postby Mystletainn » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:34 pm

Veceria wrote:
The Zeonic States wrote:
<_< Bull Sharks make this adorable almost...Purring noise when you pet the front of their head.

I have only be that close to babies though.

Sharks are such majestic creatures.

Indeed, they are.

Sharks are cute :3
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