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matthayter700
@matthayter700
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Joined: May 29, 2004
Topics: 49 / Replies: 732
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RE: commercials

but penguin ads help you know what's in the market, what's the latest thing out there, like plasma tvs, i found out about them through advertisment. a...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

Idea that wants conviction must have lots of evidence. How is that hard to understand?  Not hard to understand in and of itself, I just wasn...

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RE: This theme...I've seen it before...

I'd consider the background where Haruhi's looking at the stars from some balcony/roof/whatever more tasteful than the one with her in the c...

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RE: did you leave a sonic game at the store?

While I agree than being a fan does not necessarily mean buying everything with the brand name on it, the collector in me won't let me pass it by. It ...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

I disagree. Any faith should be expected to stand up to the scientific method."Expected" in what sense? o.o

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RE: did you leave a sonic game at the store?

While I agree than being a fan does not necessarily mean buying everything with the brand name on it, the collector in me won't let me pass it by. It ...

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RE: This theme...I've seen it before...

I'd consider the background where Haruhi's looking at the stars from some balcony/roof/whatever more tasteful than the one with her in the c...

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RE: MoFo Tropes

I've changed in the way that I've recently been quoted as not thinking that the Mobius Forum can be approximated neatly into tropes. Then I realize I ...

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RE: did you leave a sonic game at the store?

yesterday i froze when i saw sonic colors in the store... the shopkeeper kept asking me if i'm taking it or not cause i keep putting it infront of me ...

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RE: Tokyo puts limits on manga and anime

So it applies only to manga, anime, and video game, NOT to other media. Like a lot of similar laws, it starts with addressing something that does nee...

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RE: MoFo Tropes

Wow, I entirely forgot I made this thread. My how I've changed *laughs*.What exactly are you referring to? o.o

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RE: MoFo Tropes

I figured since I posted in this earlier, may as well now that I'm a little more familiar with TVT. First off, I know I'm bumping an old thread but I ...

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RE: Tokyo puts limits on manga and anime

castro dear there is no way kids wont get effected. thats just one of life's biggest most repeated experianced facts, children copy tv shows...

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RE: vegetarianism

Cows are a nonrenewable resource when you consider that so is the sun. I tried to be vegan once. I don't suggest it; you will crave meat all the time...

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RE: Reverse sexism.

When I said "ancestors" I probably sounded very specific about the whole slavery business.  I meant to include any disenfranchised group who feel...

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RE: Reverse sexism.

Scapegoats are just an excuse to direct attention away from real problems.  You also cannot find any individual or group to blame for sexism, sin...

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RE: Reverse sexism.

There's no such thing as "reverse sexism." That phrase is as idiotic as "reverse racism." I'm just using it because I find it a convenient short...

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RE: Reverse sexism.

women are a minority in power, the workforceThe workforce? I'd say if still a minority, they're not a very small minority like blacks or his...

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RE: Reverse sexism.

There's no such thing as "reverse sexism." That phrase is as idiotic as "reverse racism." I'm just using it because I find it a convenient shorth...

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RE: Is it wrong to be cruel to cruel people?

I found the article that Matt linked to be rather disturbing, but I also think there is a good degree of hope to be found in the ideal of the closing ...

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RE: Is it wrong to be cruel to cruel people?

I think the death penalty is unfair. It's not punishment enough!Reminds me of another perspective; the idea that to some of them, keeping them in jail...

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RE: photoexchange!

The idea was to see what it says about people's guesses here about my offline self. For what it's worth, they were more frequent in the earlier days t...

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RE: photoexchange!

... yeah, that is not very specific. o.o Alternate question: If I were to, let's say, a few years ago, ask what you would guess I would have look...

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RE: Is it wrong to be cruel to cruel people?

You're assuming a behavior labels a person. A person is not their behavior. So whatever you're labeling them, "cruel", "rude", &qu...

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RE: photoexchange!

I'm considering actually uploading some soon (depending on whether I decide I can trust this site to keep it restricted to this site, etc.) so I'm goi...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

... but it's not just about instinct either. If we were as polite to rude people as we were to polite people, wouldn't that be a little unfair to poli...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

Yeah, I see what you're driving at. I suppose the phrase "in this example" was more relevant than I thought. That said, my earlier posts were based on...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

To preempt the inevitable LOLpost after this from Matt not getting the analogy for the millionth timeWhat, do you think you have me all figured o...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

... yes, you were arguing it would not have that big an impact, but again, my point is that you never know how big an impact it could have.

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

And that's thrice you've missed the point now. Re-read my last post, especially the blunt part of it.I didn't really miss the point in the first place...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

You missed my point as well Matt: sure, having some sort of theory/belief/whatever makes a difference on a larger scale (for example in the way that y...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

And my point is that, while it does reflect poorly on her, it shouldn't be the only factor that anyone should use to consider whether she's a good par...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

Matt: while what Mrs. Petkov has done is despicable and cruel, that doesn't mean that she is necessarily a bad parent.  You're judging her entire...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

"No, people wouldn't condone it, Matt.  No one in their right mind would.  But Toby's point is that they wouldn't see minorities getting thi...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

The present is eternal. There is no one past. The past is nonexistant just like the future. You get what I am saying but you are withstanding acceptan...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

I love how people doing this kinda thing only get branded as "evil" if they are doing to what appears to be a cute little white girl.I think the relev...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

What category of the official grounds for divorce would that come under?... I don't know much about how the legal approach to divorce works, but I do ...

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RE: A couple taunting a terminally-ill 7-year-old. ( D: )

‘My husband is a good person and I hope he doesn’t lose his job. I hope our family doesn’t lose his job. I’m the bad pers...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

There is not one past.... all you are doing is just repeating your earlier claim. What the hell is that supposed to mean, not one past? Where do you t...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

I meant that the past isn't real. There is only the present. There is no one real past!... what?

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

He didn't communicate badly, though - his point was quite clear...*we*, that is the current human race, don't have anything solid to say for sure whic...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

You don't get my point.Communicating badly and then acting smug when you're misunderstood isn't cleverness, Shifty. o.o

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

... yes, but as of yet, evolution is the best explanation. Really, if we refused to base decisions on anything that wasn't completely certain wha...

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RE: Yeah, but evolution is just a theory, right?

Silvershadow0 wrote:I'm honestly shocked no-one has yet pointed out in this thread that the Bible itself gives two differing accounts of creation. Tha...

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RE: On the "difference" between joking and serious.

Matt, you're implying that there's something logical and rational which causes dislike of this kind. Prejudice is more often than not absoloutely irra...

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RE: On the "difference" between joking and serious.

There probably was a START to all of these jokes, and to be honest I think the whole thing started with the whole French Armada thing and the stigma o...

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RE: On the "difference" between joking and serious.

There is no country that makes better lovers than any other; it's just taking the mickey of France's somewhat less offensive stereotype for being very...

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RE: On the "difference" between joking and serious.

I think people who believe the coward thing are just jealous that the French make the best lovers, maybe tied with the Italians o.-... I wouldn't pres...

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