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  9. Posted · Report reply

    After having been hit by a few of these things, I have no sympathy. I have no symathy for myself or for others. We try to conquer nature rather than coincide with it, and therefore we somehow we see ourselves as better than other aspects of nature. As more worthy of life. I don't care if I die. It's part of the NATURAL ORDER of things. Natural disasters are just proof of this natural order. Life cannot exist without death. Let this be a reminder of how fragile life is, and let it remind you of your place in the scheme of things. I know it has reminded me of mine.

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    Eh

    It's impossible to maintain on a long-term basis without oil. The things you would need to produce this fuel are all produced with the aid of oil. Also, there are transportation costs associated with centralizing the trash, and for something that would only meet about 5% of the US daily energy needs (using all the garbage produced on a daily basis), it doesn't seem worth it.

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    My response would have to be:

     

    "I like babies.  I just can never finish a whole one..."

     

    Converting biomass to a diesel substitute solves a lot of problems that the biomas -> methane has with storage and production. 

     

    If this is fast and cheap enough, it may just be viable.  And what is better, it may be easy enough to do in your own back 40, assuming you have the proper setup.

    199820[/snapback]

     

    It's actually not practical at all and would only meet like 5% of our energy needs; I was just trying to be funny.

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    No, real men get banned.

     

    Although I've been denoobed twice, once when I was already denoobed, so I'm on my way.

     

    #GM from SirDan: it would suck to get hard in a thong

    #GM from SirDan: well

    #GM from g0dshot: I'd laff at whoever did.

    #GM from SirDan: if you were surronded by...

    #GM from Ragnarok: If I got hard in a thong, I'd be showing it off.

    #GM from Anastasia: Heh

    #GM from Anastasia: If I got hard in a thong,...

    #GM from Anastasia: Wait...

     

    Good times... good times...

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    Anastasia while it may be generally accepted it is incorrect. we are the united states not america. america is a continental name i.e. north america and south america which are both continents. by saying that we are americans (allthough it is a true statement) it generalizes the rest of the americas to the outside world. i also share the idea that the mexicans and canadians arent really shook up about our bastardization of the word but we must not generalize and say all of them are completely fine with it.

     

    Actually we're called Americans because our country is called the United States of America. It's not incorrect. I'm not going to refer to myself as a "citizen of the United States" every time I want to refer to myself based on my country. Most people around the globe see the term "Americans" as "citizens of the United States." So I don't really give a rat's ass if a few people are upset with the use of the word "American." I mean... if I wanted to talk about everyone on North America I would say "North Americans," and I would say "South Americans" for South America. I would just say "North and South Americans" if I wanted to talk about both. As would most other people.

     

    In short:

    American = Citizen of the United States

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    I'm not suggesting that you or any other contemporary American is responsible for that. I was aiming primarily at scarab's moronic comment telling Lyr to shut up for stating an obvious fact: that the contemporary "American nation" is a mixture of immigrants and that there are hardly no native Americans left.

     

    But that's what being American is. It's an immigrant nation. However most Americans (who have been here for a few generations) have some Native American blood in them.

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    just because youre born in america doesnt mean youre better than everyone else like americans tend to believe. and if you think youll be a productive member of society, we'll just see about that.. cuz i dont know a single productive member of society. most americans think they are better than everyone else and they take what they have for granted.. live in any other country for a few years and youll see what it is to be an american.

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    I get it. You hate America.

     

    But seriously... don't throw all Americans into one category. I didn't ever state that I was better than anyone else just because I'm American. On the contrary, I'm better than everyone else because I just rock that damn much. It has nothing to do with my birth country. Plenty of Americans are productive members of society. They go to work; they abide by the laws (for the most part, a little marijuana now and then never hurt anyone); they try to help others. A lot of people not just in America take what they have for granted. It's human nature to do so. I've never actually been outside of the United States, but I've had friends who have. One such friend lived in Egypt for a few years, and somehow we share similar ideas to "what it is to be an American." Going to another country might give one some perspective, but looking around and observing careful will give the same perspective.

     

    ... Kidding about the marijuana thing. I don't do drugs.

     

     

    Dragburn... it's commonly accepted that "Americans" refers to the citizens of the United States. Canadians and Mexicans have their own names, so I don't think they're really too shook up over us using the term "Americans."

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