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  1. opaltiger

    GM Foods

    So earlier today I was linked to this article about the danger of genetically modified foods. If you can't be bothered to read it: it's called "GM Foods: The Cause of Shocking Birth Defects". If you read it, though, you will find out that "the cause of shocking birth defects" is actually a...
  2. opaltiger

    The QUILTBAG Club (formerly the LGBT club)

    Oh dear lord, can we refrain from engaging in pop evolutionary psychology. Saying "humans are pack animals and that's why we behave the way we do" is at best ludicrously simplistic.
  3. opaltiger

    The QUILTBAG Club (formerly the LGBT club)

    It's about fucking time.
  4. opaltiger

    The "Fwee" Thread

    Re: The "Fwee" Thread, Mk. IV Francois Hollande elected President of France. Thank fucking god.
  5. opaltiger

    Voting USA 2012?

    Vaguely off-topic, but I don't think we really need two US politics threads: do you guys think Hillary Clinton would have done better?
  6. opaltiger

    Voting USA 2012?

    It's unfair to put too much blame on Obama for the lack of progress he's shown regarding his legislative agenda. Yeah, he had control of the House for a while, but during that time the Republicans did absolutely everything to stonewall his policies. His bills usually passed in the House -- but...
  7. opaltiger

    Voting USA 2012?

    That doesn't mean liberals shouldn't stop pushing Obama. Maybe then come the next elections he will be able to do something. And even now, there's a symbolic value in, say, the (Democrat-controlled) Senate passing a bill, even if it gets voted down in the House.
  8. opaltiger

    If you were an admin here...

    No, you're right. But our general attitude is that there's no harm in keeping people modded, and they might always come back. :P
  9. opaltiger

    \o/ \o/ changed my title&name

    Congratulations, love. :3
  10. opaltiger

    Voting USA 2012?

    Huh. That is pretty cool. Where do you live? I really, really wish people were given the option to vote either for a candidate or against a candidate. Mathematically it would work out the same, and you wouldn't have to vote for a lesser evil - only against a greater one. Also, re: the meaning...
  11. opaltiger

    all the yens

    Today Cirrus and I spent ¥6000 at the Pokemon Center in Tokyo. :D It was magical. Even if they were out of Litwick line charms. vo.ov Also last week I had a ¥8250 Kobe beef steak. But we don't speak of that. (And, you know, the rest of Japan is pretty cool too.)
  12. opaltiger

    Happy birthday, Cirrus!

    Yay, you're nineteen! Yay, you still look twelve! Everything is great. Also you're in Japan, I guess.
  13. opaltiger

    Gender

    Well. It's complicated. What do you mean by biological form? External sex (based on primary sexual characteristics) can be male, female, or somewhere in between, yes. Genetic sex is a bit more unambiguous. It's not defined in terms of XY and XX, but purely in terms of Y. Having a Y is male, not...
  14. opaltiger

    The "Fwee" Thread

    Re: The "Fwee" Thread, Mk. IV I beat Alexander Guttenplan at Trivial Pursuit. Life is complete.
  15. opaltiger

    Gender

    I see how there are much better alternatives (i.e. "non-binary") but why is saying "a third gender" inherently problematic? It's not suggesting that there are only three genders (as "the third gender" would), simply that the person is talking about a gender that isn't in the binary (i.e. a third...
  16. opaltiger

    Religion and Lack of Religion

    Phantom's post clearly shows the contradiction, so I'll drop this. You're using parts of the Bible to "independently" verify the Bible. Forgive me if I am not convinced. Maybe you could actually name some of these. It did in the next century, though. The Bible's had two thousand years and...
  17. opaltiger

    Religion and Lack of Religion

    Genesis 2:5-7 imply that there is no life on Earth before Adam, though I grant you it doesn't specify about animals. It definitely confirms that plants came after Adam, though, which contradicts Genesis 1. You can't just say things like "independently observed and verified many times over". I...
  18. opaltiger

    Religion and Lack of Religion

    Genesis 1 says God created other animals before Adam. Genesis 2 says God created Adam before other animals. I'm not sure how you can possibly explain that, and surely the Creation is one of the things you'd really hope the Bible would get right. You seem to be implying the Bible has the same...
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    Religion and Lack of Religion

    It's interesting that you see this as a point against science. Of course science is always changing - it's always changing because we are always learning new things. Do you think the Bible is so universal that, in the last 2000 years of human history, it hasn't needed to be changed in any way...
  20. opaltiger

    Your Sex Life In Pokemon Moves

    Could you try not to make rape jokes in the future? Thanks.
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