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Am I the only one who thinks "putting it out of it's misery" is a sh*tty, inhuman euphemism? I know that no matter how badly crippled/uncared for I was, I'd still choose life over death. The world is just too hard to quit. When we allow humans a full natural life, why do we assume animals don't...

I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray right now, and I have to disagree. It's really hard to get motivated about this book when there are other ones that I'm really looking forward to reading right now (The Age of Reason - Sartre.) The conversations in this book are witty and sparkling with...

I don't know what you're talking about, doctors and medical facilities here are as good as anywhere else in the world if you can afford it. Unless you go for that ayurveda, "traditional remedies" stuff that may get you paralysed or whatever.

I like how Valve fans have carefully cultivated this admirable cognitive dissonance over the years... the hoops we have to jump through to continually justify Valve continually ignoring the people who got them to the top! Every soundbite that comes from Gabeco. is expected to be swallowed...

I third Bob Dylan. He truly inspires and comforts millions, preached peace and love, and "rituals" in his honor are conducted biweekly at universities the world over.

@Eejit, a corporation is not some faceless scourge, it a contract between all it's stakeholders to work together towards something. A moment's thought would reveal that corporations turning a profit is not a bad thing, it means something people want is getting created. The money made is what...

Imma gunna rumble in the jungle! :D Panasonic make really nice rice cookers, I'll be rooting for them.

As a wise poet said before me, "Hahaha, good one!" Every socioeconomic clusterf*ck that I can remember happened because government took your money to go to war, to subsidize crap below market rates (housing loans, as a recent example), or to thwart competition (forced purchase of insurance...

She was clearly a fembot, silly!

Laissez Faire capitalist. The only concession I'll make is a social security net funded by a modest tax, so the unemployed and sick don't starve. People will organize themselves to fund industry and infrastructure. Without the support of government (i.e military + police) I believe today's...

Darwin awards stuff right here, folks.

The ozone layer doesn't reflect sunlight, the only thing burning a hole in it will achieve is population culling by cancer (it blocks UV rays.)

Russia seriously suggested it. They've done it five times before, apparently. EDIT: Happy?

Fine, let's put religion to the test: How does it explain in-group preference? How does it explain depression? How does it explain acquired conditioning? Science has an answer to all of these. The answers may be wrong, but they have gotten more and more accurate with each decade's innovation...

Right now it's not that bad, but unlike Exxon-Valdez this pipeline is just going to keep spewing oil until it pretty much floods the gulf with oil-water slush and kills hundreds of thousands of birds, marine mammals and fish. Moreover, due to the depth of this leak it is much harder to contain...

Is this game really worth the effort? EDIT: Downloading it now. I'm really, really impressed with the MekTek team. They patched an offline mode into MTX (Download Link) and made it snappier within days, i.e. listened to the fans. And the intentions behind MTX are admirable (to keep the...

I have a hard time imagining anyone who'd want a 12'' statue in the first place... too big to keep on a desk, and too small to fondle sexually.

Thank you for improving my reading list for 2010. :) EDIT: I guess I should add something... I'm further into the Brothers Karamazov, but I'm not enjoying this as much as Crime and Punishment. The characters in the latter are more or less likeable, decent human beings. Almost every single one...

I'm thinking "Anti-Obama activity".

^True, dat. You rarely get the time (or a stable surface) to game on when on the go. You're asking for trouble if you try playing games on trains or whatever. I'd recommend a netbook and a good selection of Indie games. Save the rest for a top of the line PC/console, whatever floats your boat.