I know how that is. My cousin Nicholas was older than me when I was a kid, but he had CP really bad. He couldn't do anything but lay on the couch, his muscles atrophied to the point where he looked like a skeleton with a head attached. You could talk to him and he might smile, but couldn't react. According to the doctors he could understand everything that was going on, and hear when you talked to him, but it was like being trapped where his body just couldn't react or enact what his brain was trying to tell it. He made it to around 20-21 before he died, but I can't even imagine being in that position. At least he was never neglected at least.

If it got to the point where the person really, truly wanted to die and there was absolutely NO hope that they would get better or cured, then yea, I would. Like said, there are legal issues that would have to be dealt with, but if the legal thing were out of the way, then sure. That's also assuming they couldn't do it themselves. If they could off themselves, then they should do it instead of putting me in that position, if they're brain-dead or in so much pain that they can't, then I could be a friend and step up. The way I look at it, if I were in that position, I would want someone to do it for me too.

If she looked like Fapper or Willie she would get a bigger tip for added boner.

It sucks, but it's human nature to look for aesthetics and pleasing features in anything and everything. You could be the least superficial person on the planet, but when you see another person your brain deduces whether you find them attractive, what features you like most and what you don't, and then makes a judgement about that person based on those features. We like to think that we aren't superficial, but it's hardwired into our brains since the primitive days of looking for certain traits in mates. It's whether or not we let those first impressions sway our judgement. When you see someone, say a 9 or 10 with a slobby looking 3 or 4, have to remember the small things that cause physical attraction. Humor, attitude, confidence, money (sadly), and social status. Human nature. We can try to avoid it, but can't get rid of it completely.

I know I've spent too much time on this site when my first thought while looking at the first pic was "Wow, that mountain in the background looks just like a giant titty."

How else are they supposed to get their lawns mowed for next to nothing?

Nah, it's 2013. Someone would've found a way to charge for that shit.

Neat. But not $650 neat.

So we know one thing for certain, moustaches are evil.

To be fair, in 1776 I think interracial marriage was the least of our priorities.

I don't know, haven't seen it myself either. :S I just thought I remembered seeing that scene from the previews so I googled it. lol

I agree Fapper. All I'm saying is that we are far from being the only ones.

#10 I believe is from the new Evil Dead remake.

The Exorcist still holds up really well as well. And the original Evil Dead movies didn't have the greatest special effects or anything for being so low budget, but they still hold up well with the creepy factor.

My favorite horror movie of all time. (and not just because I think Kurt Russel is awesome as fuck) And yea, I watched the new "The Thing" and it was just ruined with the CGI. There's just nothing like the old man-made animatronics and make-up effects.

Not to mention the definition of "perfect" could mean different things. If they used it as it's used in the New Testament for instance, doesn't mean the same thing as "perfect" in the common vernacular.

I don't disagree that we've done a lot of bad things involving war and conflicts, but it's not like we're the only ones out there, no matter how much people want to believe that the "big bad 'muricans are causing war all over the world." Like I said, it comes with the title of being a global superpower. We have money (sort of) we have tech, we have a huge military, and we have geopolitical power, so we find ourselves in the middle of a lot of things that smaller countries don't. It also doesn't help that we're focused on constantly by the media. We have a long reach in the world and it shows.

Name a place on Earth with a large human population that isn't involved in generation after generation of some sort of conflict or another. They may not be as large-scale as the US conflicts, comes with being a world superpower, but they're there. I'm not saying it's a "good" thing, but it's not like the US should stand out above others.

Well I don't know many other civilizations that had centuries of warlords constantly warring and killing each other to the point that they eventually build a gigantic wall. Then again, China could probably use another one of those for population control.

I knew some of these, didn't know the others. Love the knowledge, good post.

I never said anything otherwise. But they are the most "popular" and expensive brand I'm aware of, thus the analogy. I had the same problem with my generic brand. (Mistiq) Needless to say I've tried e-cigs, and I'm still smoking, just didn't do it for me. Hopefully others have better luck.

Hmm...I don't know about that myself, but it doesn't seem too far outside of the realm of possibility.

Looking at a lot of these guys, I'm not sure if E-cigs are what they are smoking.

They have a lot of different brands, each one is different pricing. Blu E-cigs for instance, are the Rolls-Royce of e-cigs, and it's like $100 for the starting package that comes with everything (charger, case, 5 or so cartridges, 2 batteries) Cheaper brands you can get all that for $30-$40. Refills come at about $14 or so for 3-5 of them (again, depending on brand) and each refill is around as much as a pack of cigarettes, maybe a pack and a half. Basically it's more expensive at first, but it pays off a bit after smoking them for awhile. Even the strongest % of nicotine isn't quite the same as a real full-flavor though, so beware of that if you like the strong tobacco flavor.

Here in MO you can get a carton of the name-brand (such as Marlboro, Camel, etc.) for around 4.00-4.50 per pack, maybe 38.00-40.00 per carton. I smoke Sonoma and they're 3.57 per pack. Cheapest cig tax in the nation. One good thing about it.

I'd like to know, in this Anarchic Utopia...how it makes sense that letting the government use violence on us all when necessary while preventing violence on each other is somehow worse than letting everyone be violent to each other at all times for any reason they feel like. I kind of like the fact that I don't have to worry about my neighbors sneaking into my house at night, robbing me blind, and killing my family. Maybe I'm just strange like that.

Agreed, but the difference would be that the cop was doing his job and his responsibility. The citizen would be breaking the laws. (even if they were fully in the right...bureaucratic BS) And yes, he should be held accountable to a degree. He messed up, he made a mistake, and he should answer for it. But not much, I think the fact that he has to live with having killed this innocent girl is punishment enough. But you can ask any cop out there, no matter how much they're "trained" to deal with this sort of thing, it's not the same as actually finding yourself in the middle of it. Why do you think so many soldiers come back with PTSD? They're trained to handle those kinds of situations, but reality is generally much different than the training. It's sad all around, the girl, the cop...and I honestly think the person that should take the full amount of blame is the criminal. Since he's dead that won't happen though.

They're human beings first IV, and cops second. You can't blame them for not being perfect.

That was a complete joke...

And by the way, I have nothing against the idea, but it just always seemed to me that when you marry someone, you marry the because you not only love them, but they fulfill you completely spiritually, emotionally, sexually...all of that. If you bring someone else in to liven up your sex lives that's one thing. But bringing someone else in because you want to marry another is why I ask if maybe something might be lacking in your current marriage in which you're looking for that extra fulfillment...a gap that has to be filled by a seconds wife. No judgement here, just curious.

My point is, why do you need to get married then? Why not just leave it as an open marriage with a good friend?

Everyone wants freedom. Freedom to do what they want, when they please, and how they please. This is what happens when everyone gets that freedom. Sadly you can't pick and choose. People need to stop being politically correct bleeding heart fuckheads all the time, or deal with the consequences of letting everyone walk all over them.

In all seriousness though, maybe there is something lacking in your relationship with your current wife that causes you to seek more outside? Just a thought, might want to figure out if there are any problems currently before you try and bring someone else into it.

I think polygamist marriages are stupid personally, but whatever floats your boat, it doesn't affect me one way or the other. Solution? Get a divorce. (after agreeing to not pay alimony) Move to a state that allows gay marriage, let the women marry each other and let you be the dick filling in their lesbian oreo, and it also gets you out of having any legal or financial obligations should things go to shit.

People like you give good service men and women a bad name.

loughts out lowd

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Yay science.

*sigh* I miss the forums. That was my nirvana. I don't mind the new discussion posts like this, but it's just not the same. :(

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I think out of all of the members on here over the years, the only one who REALLY got under my skin (ashamed that I let it get that far) was BigBullNuts...not because he was smart or had valid points...he was just literally so stupid and pulled comments out of his ass-bag of randomness, that it literally hurt my brain to argue points with him. Then he stalked me on basically every page making dumb comments and insults at me. Was funny and annoying all at the same time. At least he's gone now. (except maybe a DA)

Ehh, I try not to let it get to me. I'll be the first to admit, I consider myself extremely intelligent (although no, I definitely do not know everything) and somewhat egotistical and full of myself at times. And arguing with idiots just makes me feel like an idiot as well, especially once I realize they just...for some unknown reason...cannot grasp simple logic and simple concepts of higher thought.
Then there are those whom I just strongly disagree with, but that doesn't offend me. Boris, JustenCase, even TheObamessiah and Fapper on occasion. But I look at it as helping me to expand my mind to other viewpoints and how people work psychologically that leads them to think they way they do and believe in the things they do. I don't fault them for this, and I don't dislike them in the least bit. The idiots on the other hand, I "generally" try to avoid.

Apparently he uses the banhammer.

Hear hear.

That's the price for living in the center of the US. We get to avoid hurricanes, typhoons, etc. But we get tornados in return.

Egads, that's terrifying.

And now I feel bad for derailing g0g3t's tragic thread with dick jokes.

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...I'm having too much fun with this.

Eww...

Stop thy bitching lest thou becometh a dick rider.
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I live in Missouri, dead center of that entire mess. I'll be 28 this year and I have never once in my life seen a tornado touch down, though I have seen a couple form. It's not like these things happen every day, and the ones that do happen often, typically are small enough to not cause much damage. So when one big one forms, and does cause havoc, yes, it's shocking and terrible.

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To help explain.

Mhm, when someone's refrigerator is flying around at 300 miles per hour, it's bound to do some damage.

Utah has mormons. I guess we're all moving to Nevada.

I know a lot of people who were involved or knew someone involved in the Joplin disaster, and this insults them.

Tornado's can easily lift 20-ton railroad cars and drive blades of grass through trees and telephone poles. Unless you're building a nuclear fallout shelter you really can't "build a roof/windows" that could withstand it. Oh, and here is a map of where tornado's occur, I guess we should just evacuate half of the country then...oh and the coasts too because they can have earthquakes and hurricanes...
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No no, FG shouldn't stop especially if he's brightening someone's day, I'm just stating about how paranoid and mistrusting people in the states have become in this day and age. (and rightly so sadly) You could do that in the small town I grew up in, everyone was more trusting. Anything bigger than a 1k population though and you risk a woman pulling out a can of pepper spray.

I get you, and sadly it's true. I went to all of those bible-camps and youth groups and stuff when I was a kid and still naive. They always had a problem with me though because I didn't follow blindly and since we were poor as fuck, never had the money to donate. Sorry your holiness, food > your new pool table.

Yup, luckily I don't care, because aside from showing off your dick to other guys at the gym or something, does it really matter how big it is when it's soft? It's what you can do when it's hard that matters. Plus you hardly ever have to worry about getting it caught in the zipper.

No, I understand that, it's just that with so many weirdos here in the states these days, if you walked by and randomly complemented someone, 9/10 times they would probably think you were getting ready to molest them. lol

Of course there is no difference technically, there is just different "socially-accepted" norms. I would eat a dog or a cat if I thought they were worth the trouble, but it's easier to just go buy a couple of pounds of fresh beef and make a big, juicy, delicious cheeseburger.

If only it were that easy here FG. In most cases if you walked up to a random person and complimented them here, they would think you were creepy.

I agree with the sentiment, but I think it depends on the situation. Where I used to live we had a small church right across the street and every morning they offered a free breakfast with food, milk, juice, etc. to anyone who wanted to come in, church member or not. They also gave out loaves of bread and things like that to the needy. So essentially in some cases you could be doing both, but I get your point.

Is it a juicy contradiction?

Someone has to do it now that Ronjen isn't around anymore.

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that he's orange like Michaelangelo, yet has Raphael's sai?

One of my favorite quotes, I love it, even if it is sadly true.

Honestly it reminds me of another quote.
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence."
- Charles Bukowski

Never had shrooms or acid. To be quite honest, the thought of "freeing" or "expanding" my mind scares the everliving shit out of me. The thing tends to run on too many cylinders most times as it is...

-taken the opposite road and let their religion shape them for the worst. All I'm saying is that sometimes there is a lot more involved in these arguments than "Religion is bad." Religion is just a personal or group belief in a higher being or power. It's what people do with it that gives it a bad name. If it wasn't religion, it would be something else. Hateful people are hateful, religion many times is the scapegoat.

To finish, get over it, it's not going to change any time soon.

I'm agnostic, borderline atheist. The biggest problem I see is people confusing religion as a whole, with religious zealots. 90% of religious people tend to be quiet about it, and practice in private or small groups, not shoving it down the throats of others, and definitely not killing others over it. But those aren't the ones that get the national spotlight.
Do I think religion makes sense? Not at all...but there is absolutely no harm in the majority of those who practice whatever religion they want to believe while hurting no one in the process.
In developmental psychology I learned a lot about the different paradigms that shape the human brain and our belief structures. For some people their personal paradigms are shaped by their upbringings, others it is religious views, for others it is countless other things. None of them are any better than the other.
But if these religious beliefs are what shape a person to have good morals and values while not harming others, then good on them. Obviously some have-

My dad slipped a disc to the point where he couldn't even stand up for about a week straight one day after stepping off of the front stairs into a hole. He tried about everything, but it was only a temporary fix. If they can do anything, surgery may be the best bet if you want something long-term. Good luck man, and sorry to hear about that. My back sucks too, so I feel you.

Almost as bad as the Situation during the roast of Donald Trump.
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I think Salvador Dali must've been tripping 24/7 honestly.

I'd rather have Jason Voorhees babysit my kids.

What do you mean? If that's not love I don't know what is...

Billy...I have some bad news, you're going to have a shitty day very soon involving a wooden cross, some thorns, and a pointy stick.

Oh, and the way Joe is gazing longingly at CapnNate is adorable.

It's kind of funny and yet sad really. Remember Tony Twist? Used to be the Blues old enforcer, that guy would tangle with anyone, even if he couldn't play hockey for shit. These days he is the spokesperson for a local vitamin supplement store. How the mighty have fallen.

Hmm...haven't kept up on my NHL for awhile now. It's one of the only sports I can stand watching, but it seems like I never have the time. :(

I always thought it was the water that caused it to sink. Guess you learn something new every day.

I don't know...just read in the paper yesterday that some woman from a nearby city just died at 110 years old, she beat her husband, all of her siblings, pretty much all of her children, and some of her grandkids...fuck going through all of that.

Doesn't help that the Blues haven't been as good as they were back in the day for a long time. Back in the days of Brett Hull, Grant Fuhr, Chris Pronger, and Al MacInnis. I blame Gretzky, got him past his prime, he sucked, and the blues have had trouble ever since. lol

...on the middle of this road, with my pissed off neighbor coming up right behind us. He got out of the car and approached my friend's. All I could think was "oh shit, Aaron (big guy) is gonna kill him." He literally ripped him out of the car and started pushing him, screaming about his cell phone getting soaked with water. My buddy went from being a total wannabe badass to close to crying when this guy had hold of him. Nothing happened out of it, and luckily I was good friends with the guy so I was able to keep my buddy from getting his ass beat, but he had to buy him a new phone. It's always funnier when it happens to someone else.

My road rage consists of cussing to myself, or occasionally flipping the bird or yelling at people that can't hear me to begin with. I've never gotten to the point of pulling someone to the side of the road and going after them with a tire iron or anything. Did get to experience major road rage first hand though. Was with my best friend back in high school, riding passenger in his crappy little hoopty. Going down gravel roads way too fast. The guy that lived right down the road from me was in his car with his brothers. (The guy was about 6'5" and at least 350 lbs, MASSIVE man) Anyway, they were in front of us, purposely going about 5 mph joking around and swerving if we tried to pass. So at the next little creek bed we came to, my buddy sped around them, about 2 inches from their car. The water from the creek was sent up in a wave that soaked the entirety of this guy's car, and everyone in it. He followed right on our ass the entire way, until my buddy's little stunt drowned his engine, so we were stranded...

Feel free to ride your bike all you want to. But if you become one of those people that hold up traffic or keep people stuck behind you doing 20 mph below speed limit, I'd want to hit you too.

In all fairness, those people are probably a hazard to society, LSD or no LSD. Give them a bottle of whiskey and you'd have the same problem. lol

I don't know about "better" as in my opinion, the first pic is the best. They do get more "artistic" though, at least more imaginative and creative.

I don't disagree, but I'm just a super cautious to the point of being paranoid type of person when it comes to safety risks. lol

Meramec Caverns, a 400 million year old, 4.6 mile long limestone cave. It's about an hour from St. Louis, in Stanton, MO. It's the cave that Jesse James and the James Gang hid out in back in the day. It's a really cool visit.

Maybe all buildings look like this, but China were the first ones to circumcise their skyscraper.

Reminds me of Meramec Caverns. Been there several times, extremely beautiful place.
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Not me. I tend to weigh risks all the time, so I don't find myself in many risky situations. So far have lucked out enough to only have suffered mostly minor injuries and have only been in one small fender-bender car wreck.

Boooooooooo! Sorry, I have a lot of respect for the Redwings, but I also have to hate on your guys. (STL Blues man here.) We always start rocking the season then the Blues come in against their rivals, the Redwings. Have so much trouble with that team. lol

Biology, Schmiology...you're just looking for a way out of paying for their college.

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Wife and kids obviously. Also, any kid below the age of a teenager, when they're still innocent. I had a conversation with my older sister awhile back about that, and she flat out told me that if my son, her nephew, or any other kid she didn't know was going to die, and by saving him that meant that she would die, then both my son and any stranger's kid are shit out of luck. I couldn't believe it myself. I don't want my kids to grow up without a dad, but if I had a chance to save someone else's child at the risk of my own life, I wouldn't hesitate for a second. My nephew almost fell off of the pier in Florida while my dumbass brother wasn't paying attention. I have a phobia of deep water, but I was fully prepared to jump in after him if I had to. (Note: the pier was about 30-feet above the water, about 200-300 feet from the beach.)

If it makes you feel better, a few years ago, at Wal-Mart ironically enough too, I saw some little shit acting up, screaming and throwing a tantrum in the floor because he didn't get his way on something. Next thing I know, I look over and his mom has a flip-flop off of the shoe rack beating him in his ass with it while dragging him across the floor with the other while the kid was yelling and kicking. Didn't know whether to laugh or feel bad for the kid. But the little shit did deserve to have his ass beat, and it was pretty funny.

Probably healthier too...

JC, I know you love to "poke the bear" when it comes to gun issues, but even you are smart enough to know better than to make a blanket statement as bad as "the only ones who own guns are cowards and the paranoid."

As much as I don't like the idea of government having as much control as they do these days...when I hear about stuff like this, all I can think of is giant groups of babies who all have a tantrum simultaneously when they don't get their way.

http://youtu.be/LU6nCzeWZE4
Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin
I usually prefer angry/revenge music over the depressing stuff when it comes to break-ups and whatnot.

"You had to have it all, well have you had enough? You greedy little bastard you will get what you deserve. When all is said and done, I will be the one, to leave you in the misery and hate what you've become."

Sooner or Later is another good one too though.
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