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Originally posted by Masonious your sig states that hope is the denial of reality. yet, i can definitely see a kid hoping to stick a screwdriver in the back of some pimp to get some pay dirt and then actually doing it and obtaining his PimpCash in a video game. was Raistlin wrong or are you?

hope is the denial of reality = (paraphrased) go through life with your eyes open, keep an open mind but don't get swindled by bullshit or unsubstantiated nonsense or "hopes".

so im not getting how that quote is at odds with what ive posted.

sure, a kid MIGHT emulate what they see in a game. but that's the price, we as a society, must be willing to accept in order to receive the benefits of particular activities. we're all ready to accept road deaths so we can have vehicles. objectification of women so we can have porn. drink driving, violence, poor judgement, bad mixing so we can have alcohol. etc etc etc.

the above should be limited as much as possible, but you can't take the worst case scenario as a reason for banning anything. its illogical and completely inconsistent.

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i was trying to make that sound more bullshit than it was. it was a joke. fail.

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Originally posted by Masonious I was attempting to make it sound more bullshit more than it was is, it was a joke. I've Failed.

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Originally posted by Lilith

and what exactly was the point of such corrections? if the answer is spite you need to wait a while before such edits bear any fruit. if you honestly think that sentence needed editing, save for the, 'intarweb humour' and capitalization, please pick up some English books and try again.

I was just replying in kind at the your & you're earlier. Thought you'd see the humour in it.

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Originally posted by Lilith I was just replying in kind at the your & you're earlier. Thought you'd see the humour in it.

haha!

Masonious, memory like a sieve.

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Originally posted by Lilith I was just replying in kind at the your & you're earlier. Thought you'd see the humour in it.

lol i did actually. I sent a lol to walker (orbax) over IM.

again. i fail.


FUCK

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN haha! Masonious, memory like a sieve.

thats now how memory works dude. Bad analogy.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN haha! Masonious, memory like a sieve.

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH

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Originally posted by Orbax thats now how memory works dude. Bad analogy.

eh?

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN eh?

Memory is not very well understood, but today we understand principles such as encoding that are necessary for the retention of data. Some kind of vessel holding water with holes in it is not a catch-all for the word retention. We think of it as paths of less resistance when we are referring to the chemical neuro-net that makes up the human brain. Like I said though, memory is ill-understood but we do know enough to know memory doesnt literally dribble out.

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Originally posted by Orbax we do know enough to know memory doesnt literally dribble out.

well duh!

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