Replies to pony, page 59
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@pony i know
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@pony heyyyy that is what i did :D
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@pony popeye is the reason i like spinach and vegetables
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@pony My dad showed me the website and that's where I read it the most. Got through a fair chunk of the 80s
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@pony Personally I send all my name, ix and devcoins to Vircurex and get exchange them for BTC when they reach the minimum sales threshholds. Then I can decide if I want to withdraw the BTC to cash or spend it on more GH's
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@pony Debatable. I think not?
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@pony what, improperly tipping servers?
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@pony like being too busy being in love to tip the server at the expensive restaurant they ate at
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@pony most likely naughty stuff
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@pony No. Bad Pony. Democracy is too slow.
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@pony >Go into TPP chat
>Type "anarchy"
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@pony TPP became less fun when they started this whole democracy vs. anarchy mess.
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@pony apparently I get belligerent in the early hours, so if I said anything stupid or hot-headed I apologize :(
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@prettypurpleprincesspublicprincesstimeline on second thought nevermind. I don't want to waste the effort.
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@pony so if I understand correctly, you're setting terms for the continued discussion that I agree to any and all meanings of words you wish to change, and that my adherence to the standard of conventional language will not be given any respect in this regard? It is unfair that you do not wish to continue the discussion because your personal interpretations of words aren't given the same credence as culturally-accepted meanings? You expect me, without any quid-pro-quo or exchange, to reconstruct my entire platform to fit how you alone, out of millions of people, use specific words? (Or am I given an arbitrary number of words to redefine, in order to keep the discussion fair?) Mind you, a discussion that defaults does not prove or refute either position's claims
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@pony I have an "aversion" to religion the same way you might have an aversion to being called a "murderer" - as far as I know it isn't true so no one has any business calling you a murderer or saying my lack of beliefs is a belief. Don't accuse me or anyone else of being close-minded until you yourself start acknowledging even a single word I say, instead of deflecting it or dismissing it altogether. I have been very patient, but you are constantly arguing against a position I do not have - this is called "strawman" argument. The idea is, if you can get away with calling my lack of belief a belief, you can lump me into your anecdotal, unsupported viewpoints on belief. I made a direct statement that our difference in position is that I am skeptical, where you have made yourself plain in meaning that your beliefs validate your comfort or experiences. You then try to say everyone does with belief that you do, which is obviously not true.
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@pony Yeah, you /can/ do that, and I have in the past, but it's still poor design if you had to do that.
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@pony 1. Look up "religion." 2. Look up "dogma." Do not call someone, or a group of people, something that they're not. Making up stuff, for example by saying my lack of religion is religion, will not give you the common ground you want. Speaking from an uninformed position will never give you common ground. You want common ground? Become a skeptic. Or just be skeptical for once. Question the validity of claims. Here's an easy one: if everyone claims their religion is right, doesn't it seem odd that a reported 90-some percent of religious people have the same belief system as their parents? Isn't that strange? You don't see that kind of indoctrination in the world of finding natural explanations for the world around us. Once you start asking questions, and abandon the comfort of complacent belief, you'll find common ground.
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@pony Framing a lack of beliefs as a rigid dogma demands a level of hyperbole that becomes quite obvious once the claim is made.
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@pony would you consider *not* playing sports, a sport? Or *no* collecting stamps, a hobby? See what I'm getting at here? Having no religion, is not a religion. Many people have trie to frame atheism as a religion to make it easier to criticize or attack, but it requires a perversion of several definitions in order to do so. (Like the meaning of religion)
