I don't really know which side to pick, but I'm not against zoos. The purpose of a zoo is to inhabitant animals and rehabilitate and raise them so as to not go extinct. Considering, most animals in zoos are endangered species, and if you put them back in the wild, they will be wiped out. Plus, the letting people see the animals part of a zoo is probably to make the situation a win/win for the zoos. Meaning, the people that go to the zoos and pay to get in and who donate money within it, the money gets used to help the animals. So, in a sense, it's like fundraising for the animals. And no one would really wanna just give the people $30 if they can't at least see the animals. The zoos are just the foreground to making the general public more aware of animals in the world, and it WORKS... it makes us more compassionate towards them and wanting to help them... and it leads people to give money to random animal preservation charities.

Therefore, they are not primarily in zoos for human entertainment. Because there actually is NOTHING entertaining about watching an animal locked in a caged home. In fact, zoos make me sad more than happy. But I love seeing the animals at the same time because they're more beautiful than the average human being. :-)

stereotyping helps produce statistics. A statistic of approx 45% of all married couples divorcing someday, is a statistic based on a stereotype. In 2005, 57% of illegal immigrants in the US, are from Mexico, is therefore a statistic and a stereotype that at least half of illegal immigrants are Mexicans.

No.

Partly because I wasn't raised to. Partly because I see no reason to. And partly because I don't want to.

I don't like the way religious people act, whatsoever. I don't like churches. They idea of worship is obnoxious. The belief that Jesus is suppose to be my role model, sounds like bullshit.

Therefore, if there is a God, he's not worth my time, mind, or energy. I'm a perfectly decent person without religion and God. And best of all, I'm not a hypocrite! Woot!

I thought men ruled with their dicks? :-)

Find it funny yet that women are saying no and men are saying yes? Ha.Ha.Ha.

Stereotypes are statistics. You wanna ignore stereotypes, then go ahead and ignore statistics too.

Well, you have no better grounds to know if that was a racial issue or if those black guys are perhaps, listed fugitives.

It does sound racist, but blacks DO have a higher rate of unlawful behavior. There have even black men admitting to it.

Therefore, I think cops, (not all, but some) use the facts to determine what they might have to deal with when they come in contact with a white man, vs. a black man, and even vs. a Mexican. I mean, shit, blacks may be more likely to pull a gun on you and drive off, but Mexicans are more likely to start running like hell (back to the border, hehe). Like, I said, this doesn't apply to every cop or every man of any race or color, but it's pretty much statistics.

Yes.

Here's why: there's this one quote in the movie 'What happens in Vegas' that I effin admire... the judge declares that it's not gays that ruin marriage, but people that go to Vegas (or a place similar to it, or no where really) and get married on impulse, and then go on and get divorces... therefore, treating marriage like a bit, fat, joke.

Seriously, marriages should be banned in places like Vegas, places loaded with alcohol and immature behavior, banned for people that have known each other, perhaps, for less than a year, people that treat marriage like a piece of shit. At LEAST gays are fighting for the goddamn thing out of respect, integrity, and love.

So, yes, gays should have the right to marry because they're more serious about it than the common straight couple is. I don't care what's in between someone's fucking legs, it's the motives, desire, commitment and love that counts.

No one is ever hated by everyone as a whole. Therefore, just in today's world, there are a handful of people that dislike me, maybe even hate my being, but there's also a wider portion that like/love me. Therefore, I would rather, and I will, die being hated (and loved), than forgotten.

I become more annoyed and annoyed seeing men say women are so irrational as if we accept "2+2=5." That's not irrationality, that's lack of education, and it sure doesn't apply to the majority of women.

I think there's been a misconception... women aren't irrational, we're rather seen as "emotional." Emotional to the point of "don't fuck with me." Which I guess I can see how the emotions can lead to a sense of irrationality, but do you men also realize we're mainly only really emotional one awesome week a month? At least, that's how it applys to me. I don't become irrational through it, but I do become an emotional "fuck off."

Therefore, I do think this 'women are irrational' statement being made by men is ridiculous and sexist and flawed. Men are seriously just as irrational a species.

Otherwise, I'm interested in hearing what you men find so hard to understand about women. So, we, women, can sit here and bring you enlightenment and solve all your problems.

You forgot to mention the huge rise in obese Americans... another major result of American's laziness.

Plus, it doesn't help this country when useless junk keeps being invented that just allows you to be lazier. Or that crappy processed food is being more and more produced and American's aren't educating themselves that they can still eat healthy on low income. I mean, no one can seriously blame the producers of processed foods, lazy inventions, and all the other junk resulting in obesity and laziness. Lots of Americans really are JUST lazy.

I agree. These aren't really two topics that can fairly compared. The Jews definitely went through some serious inhumane and hellish situations because of Hitler and the losers that decided to follow and obey him. Nothing can really be compared to the Holocaust; it was just horrendously awful.

The Native Americans were definitely treated like shit too. In fact, what the Europeans did to the Natives to gain control of America, is the main foundation of why I think this country is a corrupted and crass place. America is better than other countries just because we're a fascist Democracy? Not in my opinion. Europeans forced ownership of something that is in no ways, rightfully their owns. It's an insult to Native American's, to their culture, and to this country. Native Americans deserve a lot more respect and payback than they've been given.

So, really, two totally different situations. The Natives have been robbed of peace, ownership, and respect, and the Jews were robbed of any sense of humanity, as they were treated as if they were annoying pests.

The FDA is corrupted. They pass what they want and ignore what they want. They pass alcohol and that stuff ain't healthy either. Plus, there ARE products that are just tobacco... they're mostly known as cigars. Smokers know they have the option of other tobacco products over cigs... and pretty much every cig smoker is aware they're addicted to them, and they're aware they're addicting from someone else's verdict when they decided to smoke some anyway. I really don't think the FDA is responsible for it all. Everyone likes to blame the FDA for the countries troubles with drugs and even FOOD. HA!

I say no because it's the companies choice. It is no other person's fault than the smokers choosing to buy these cigs full of garbage. Not the companies.

MY preference would be cremation because I consider a burial a waste of money and LAND.

However, I'm leaving it up to my husband, or parents, or children... depends when I die and who I want to make the decision. Knowing my husband and his family, they'd opt to have my buried, being the traditional Christians that they are. My mom would have my cremated. I don't know what anyone else would choose, but I just.don't.care. As long as my organs are donated, I'm otherwise dead and a useless body. :-)

It really doesn't matter to me. I just shove the TP on the thing and voila. But I do recognize it as usually appearing as Side B.

Depends on ones idea of fashion. I won't follow "trends" or the most new fashions going around every month. I always dressed in what makes me comfortable, even if it's jeans and a tank. It might not be hollywood fashion, but it's fashionable in a Me-ish way. I otherwise, don't think it's worth the money to keep up with society's obsession with fashion and trends. Is it just me, or are skinny jeans the grossest jeans ever? I'll never get over how much I love boot cut jeans.

I'm not familiar with Norse mythology. But I know the Greeks, and I think they're totally neat. :-)

Yes it takes skill. I mean, there's 5...6...7 different pieces on a drum ensemble, and each drum makes a different beat, and you have to be in sync with the music, and hit the right drums, with the right amount of power, in the right order... I pretty much suck at them.

But I wonder if Bongo's count as an instrument? I friggin love bongos!

"An atheist that plays God."

Is this your favorite line or something to make yourself feel like God? Get a life dude.

Well if you want to sit there and make yourself sound like God, why don't you actually post something that has to do with this topic? Otherwise, there's a ton of religion debates you can go dominate.

I'd also like to note that I LOVE book stores. Small ones, Barnes and Nobles especially, Borders, etc. If books cease to exist, will these places go out of business? Then what? Instead of being able to read in a corner of a semi-quiet store that only tempts you to read, we'd have to go elsewhere...typically some loud place, like Starbucks.

What about libraries? When students do research... is EVERY antique book of valuable information going to be on computers instead? That's no fun (thought easier for research), but still.

Actually, I'm pretty confident physical books will NOT dissapear. Because there's still a handful of Americans that will never be able to afford that... computer book thingy... and be able to keep up with it. Unless you're in the middle class and above, getting one fo those things and thinking they're worth it would probably be out of your league. Plus, we'd still probably be expected to pay like $20-200 per e-book, because otherwise, how are the writers going to make any profit? That's a lot of money to spend to shove onto a little computer device that wil eventually break down and you lose all your books! Technology is getting out of hand, seriously. The beauty of a book is once you buy it, it's physically there forever. (Unless in a fire or stolen or something). But it's there more than an e-book ever will be. Plus, part of the perks of books is "page turning," not "down scrolling" or whatever.

I pick scientists as being more openminded because religious people aren't that open minded. Most religious people I know, reject science as a whole. Including my own husband who was raised as a Protestant. He won't listen to anything I have to say about anything scientific. Although, I've noticed he's admitting some things I've said, months later, but at the moment I tell him, he'll call it ridicule and won't want to listen (though I make him sometimes, hehe).

Here's my arguments: us that follow science more than religion... it's not that we're really close-minded towards religion, because in fact, we spend lots of our damn lives finding the truth between it all, and that means examining science and religion. We just have the ability to fall back on science instead of religion. Rather religious people, like I said, won't examine both sides of the image, they stick to theirs and call the rest blasphemy. (Doesn't occur to every religious person though. There really are a handful that choose to be religious despite knowing every scientific fact in the world, but they come off "genuine" and not like an annoying robot). So, even though we accept science over religion, we still listen to it all and might even have experienced church and read the bible and blah blah, but we rightfully reject it as a way of life. Personally, I think man-made religions are creepy as hell and that's why I don't like being involved in religious situations.

Perhaps downvoting should be entirely disabled? Then people can only up vote best arguments, and result in the same thing going on right now (most voted will climb the chart and leave the regular ones where they are instead of strolling to the bottom). But then, I realize the downvoting is the one thing that determines efficiency... so...eh. Perhaps we have to suck it up and accept the idiots that like to push buttons?

Huh... this isn't a thread for you to belittle atheists. In fact, your response had nothing to do with the subject at hand- Just in case you wonder why you're being downvoted.

Yea, I agree. You've basically phrased everything I want to tell people about religion, in a better way than I would ever be able to.

I do realize my statement was a little...all over the place. What i meant was, that in many stories (movies and books), those that have contact with entities, are those that have suffered some sort of trauma that somehow, makes them more "sensitive" to the presence of spirits. I've seen about 3 ghost movies over the past 2 weeks, and that's been the bottom line in them of why a selected view can sense entities, compared to otherwise "truly healthy" people, who have no experienced any serious trauma or whose life isn't hanging on the line... in the sense of a physical complication within them (cancer, tumors, AIDS, anything). That's what I was trying to say though.

English is a pain in the ass, and it's my primary language since birth. Here's why: I found out I Had a hearing loss at age 6, that was also when I started First Grade and was learning english basics. How you say words, how they're typically spelt, so on. Since I couldn't necessarily "hear" people saying words in a sense that I'd say it the way they say it, I taught myself to speak english based on what I learned. The main thing I learned was like, the vowel is strong if followed by an e... amongst other things. So I taught myself by sounding them out the way they looked. Here's the fuck-up: 15 years later I was told I was saying practically every english word wrong. Apparently the shit I learned a piece of shit lesson. Basically, it felt like you don't learn english by anything you read, but you learn it by pronouncing it all exactly the way everyone else says it. Because it seems almost every word breaks the rules of standard english. Pain in my ass. But I'm sure it has something to do with us taking so many of our words from other languages and deciding they're "english." Psh.

I love physical books. I'm sure with technology, they will start to disperse. But like many awesome vintage things, they will still exist and there will be a handful of people collecting and trading them because they'll be worth more money than they are right now.

I WANT physical books to be around forever. I don't particularly like e-books whatsoever. Staring at a computer screen and scrolling down often just sucks. I get so bored I'll start to do something else. The illumination of the computer screen isn't great to be looking at for extended periods of time either. Physical books hold more comfort of being able to go anywhere, being easier on the eyes, and so forth.

However, I CAN see some perks to e-books, if they evolve the software more. Being able to change the font of the book to the style and size of our choice would be a pro. Because I have issues with really big font and really small font. I like really average font (size 10 on computers). And some fonts flow better in our eyes to read. (I particularly like Book Antiqua). Also, if there was a side notepad within the book to bookmark and label easier than in actual books (would be really convenient with textbooks) and having a "find" feature to track it down in seconds. So, e-books can be convenient, mainly for school instead of carrying those huge suckers and they'd probably be a ton more convenient and cheaper than $100! But we still use physical books for a reason.

Yea, seriously, I agree with the other guys against you... you're not understanding the psychology of entering a child into this stuff. You're making it all seem so simple-minded; 'they have a choice, and if they do it for 20 years, they MUST LIKE IT!" Doesn't work that way. They could've been doing it for so long because they weren't given the opportunity to realize there's more to life than pageants. They could also have been threatened into remaining in pageants, as well as, manipulated, and/or on a contract.

I posted a debate a month ago about a kid that was actually like 12 or something, that didn't want to do western medicine methods of curing his cancer. His parents agreed with him, or perhaps actually just convinced him to agree that he shouldn't get it done the western way. Either way, his parents got the upper hand... and unfortunately, the government had the upper hand against all of them. Point being, any child can say what they want, but if you're under 18, it's going to happen the way your parents want it to happen, period.

That makes sense. I was finding it coincidental of the people experiencing all the supernatural stuff because they were near a chemical plant. Maybe there was a leak in the air causing most of the citizens to experience the same side effects of the leak, leading to hallucinogens. The premonitions though, would have to be looked into. Maybe they had nothing to do with the "real" story but were added in the movie to make it more suspenceful? What would be reasoning for this Mothman being visible in a lot of other cities though? And then dissapearing and being in a new city?

I just watched it not too long ago and was pretty freaked out of my soul. I'm not even religious, nor do I believe in God or spirits, but this movie came off FEELING like it was some religious scenarios that many people have witnessed/experienced. Considering it's based on a true story... and has been seen in many other areas in the world. In fact, it came off seeming like "mothman" is actually "Death." Whom pries on the weak and is in a sense, warning them all that they're going to die soon (although, not always straight up). I mean, is it just me, or is anyone else noticing that those that turn to God actually have weak minds? I don't mean weak as in will-power or mental clarity, but weak as in their life is hanging on the line (whether they know it or not), and they have to seek God, or God (and entities) seek them because they're closer to their deathbed than an otherwise healthy person?

Anyways, it made me think all that. But it also makes you ponder the supernatural further. And then it makes you wonder if the Mothman story (all of them) are successful myths, of a sort. Either way, it's effing creepy of a movie. I wanna know what anyone else that has seen it thinks.

I don't agree with you. Watching everyone we care for die away one after another is for sure, sad, but we're also capable of adjusting to it with a great sense of acceptance and wisdom if we allow ourselves.

However, I'm going to take into consideration the stories I've seen in movies of people (or creatures) that live forever, and none of them are happy about it. It becomes mundane, lonely, miserable and feeling like you're in a trap if you live forever. Personally, part of the beauty of life is that we all die. We have a rough time frame to make the most of our life and it's a lesson to not take anything for granted and fucking "LIVE." You're not living if you're spending your life preparing for your "life after death."

I wouldn't want to live forever. Nor would I want to die today. But I would like a more definite time-frame, to live til 100 years old, exactly.

Indeed. I think it's an expression of the "blunt truth" of things in society. As in, the side of reality many people don't want to see or acknowledge or step out of the box to ponder.

However, I personally don't watch the show just because it is cartoonish. They tend to bore me, so I don't prefer it if I can watch something else. Has to do with my hearing loss. But it is funny when I give it a chance.

Awesome. Says a lot about you. :-)

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My answer no because it is ridiculous. However, I think it's funny there's a small portion of us that are like "animals deserve their freedom and rights and shouldn't be treated under us!" and then there's the people saying animals are here for us to do whatever we want to them because we're stronger and more intelligent. We're also more stronger and intelligent than children. How seriously inhumane.

But really, I don't think they should be in cages at all. And I also think that people feel they should be in cages because some are dangerous and/or unpredictable and/or hard to completely control, and they should actually be put back in their natural habitats where they belong. In fact, I borderline think people having "pets" is inhumane too. :-)

Shannyn Sossamon has been my female crush for about 7 years. Heidi Klum is trailing behind her for a "natural looking blond in a super hot way." Playboy style blonds can go roll in horseshit.

No cable. And I don't use the internet for reading news. Too much reading I'd have to do online. I'd rather read a book if I'm going to read.

I'm more attracted to lesbians more than I am girl/boy combo's. Though, I am not a lesbian, nor bi. However, how it turns me on varies. For instance, girls that look like they truly enjoy it and know what they're doing, are sexy. But girls that are doing it for attention, or because they're friggin idiots and are being pried on because they have no self-worth (like in Girls Gone Wild videos...effing hate that shit), is a huge turn-off.

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The only negative effect that I've ever really heard that makes people worried about their children playing video games all the time, is them playing VIOLENT video games and transforming their behavior to what they see in the game. However, there have been studies done on this and it was pretty low. A child playing a violent video game isn't any more negative than a child watching a violent film. And even so, the ratio of them actually becoming violent was low.

Now, besides that, I guess it makes sense that if you play it ALL the effin time (like in the World of Warcrafts episode on south park, in which Cartmen became a serious addict to the game and gained 20+ lbs), you could gain weight. But not anymore than you'd also gain if you watch TV ALL the time (and it's easier to eat when watching tv than playing a video game, or reading). But seriously, serious addicts typically do have a higher weight than than their peers their age and in their environment. But I do know there are also serious addicts that are thin as hell because they never eat.

I'm sure it can also lead to heart problems, as well as other organ problems from lack of increased cardiovascular exercise, but 'eh. I'll say the effect is more on the body than the mind. The end.

My choices don't make sense. You're asking if that statement is true or false, but that's not the two options you've listed. Anyways, I do agree with the statement. And my reasoning is that when you see someone with a lot of money, you think they must be doing something right to get it. Or at least just doing something you might feel you're too stupid to figure out yourself to get all the money. So, a rich person gives the implication that they are intelligent, even though it has nothing to do with it... most of the time. In fact, most of the rich people in America are rich because they're manipulative, selfish, greedy and liars. Doesn't sound very smart to me. Sounds like some douchebags that I'd like to learn bank computer hacking just to steal their money. (Not totally serious here... I'm not that gutsy).

Yea, I totally agree. In fact, it's never the child's wish to do this stuff, it IS the parents (the mothers) desire to give her daughter something she could never accomplish herself. Not to mention, forcing a child into beauty pageants is ingraining the sense that beauty if physical, period. I really do NOT care how much I hear that beauty pageants are about more than what people see on the surface, because I believe the bottom line is that is what they are about. Otherwise, they wouldn't be expected to walk around in damn bikini's, with high heels, tans, overdone make-up, and a super toned body. Good way to ingrain a low sense of self-worth (because most of them will develop eating disorders, amongst an addiction to everything requiring the necessity of physical beauty).

They should definitely ban them. Or just get rid of them. Parents are more and more destroying their child's abilities to have a real "childhood," and it's getting ridiculous every decade that they come up with more things to make a child "grow up fast."

Holy hell. Look at this side! Some ignorant douche decided to down vote everyone with a sense of rationality! Don't you wish there was an automatic system alerting everyone that gets down voted and who down voted you? Man, we could ban the people ruining this site so much faster if that existed.

I agree. In fact, I've come acknowledge that everytime someone describes something as "faith" (like in the bolded statements), it sounds more like expectations. Is it really faith that your car's brakes are going to work, or is the expectation that they should, would, and probably will work? Is it faith that you get up in the morning and expect your feet to touch the ground without thinking that they will, (because that would be considering compulsive thinking if you think that way about everything to take away the sense of "faith"), or is it the reality that for every morning you've woken up since you learned to walk, that the floor has been there and you subconsciously expect it to be there?

You can look at it all either way, really. In my opinion, I think those falling on "faith" are those that like to ignore psychology...which has so many awesome explanations about how the human mind works. Is faith ignorant? To a degree. But I think it's the point that the word is so applied to religious belief that those of us annoyed with religion, just hate the hear the word when you could use something more... real... like, the word "expect." :-)

Anything relating to Poltergeist? hahahaha. .......................................................

Haha, yea, I agree with you. That person not only spelled as if they're text messaging or a 12 year old, but they did the same thing in another post yesterday, too.

What he said. I agree. Even though, I "think" I have seen one when I was a kid, the only reason I think that is because I can't think of any of reason for what I "saw." But it certainly could've been a daydream, or a memory I formed when I was a teen for some unknown reason. But I otherwise, don't really believe in them. I mean, either they don't exist and I formulated the experience for some unconscious reason, OR they do exist, and I saw one, and I refuse to believe it.

Ghosts and all the weird things that occur to make people thing there's a ghost around them. I don't fully believe in ghosts, but I don't fully disbelieve their existence and powers either. I think I saw one when I was about 5 years old, emphasize the word 'think'. But I when I watch all that stuff on TV and all, it starts seeming slightly absurd. As in, a lot of theories and info being said relating to "ghosts" is probably a lie or a sort to keep people's attention, and it's annoying. Lying about something we hardly understand isn't going to help us develop a better theory or answer regarding ghosts. Just my opinion. Perhaps we should all tell true ghost stories we've encountered? I'll tell my story if anyone is interested. :-)

Home Improvement. The ONLY show I'm addicted to. I watch an episode or 2 every single night before bed. It's the only tv show in the world that doesn't get boring.

...There's nothing awesome about being under 5 feet, so I'll choose this one. Plus, I could be a WNBA player if I was this damn tall...

The meaning of life to be finding happiness doesn't apply to everyone though. Many people rather live on success, or power, amongst other things. In fact, success is the most common thing people list as their reason to live... and not that many people that really succeed at anything are truly happy. In fact, I think the majority of life is NOT truly happy and lots of us like to think we are though.

Haha, there's a key difference in what Joe's saying... he's saying that's all the meaning OF life, not the meaning FOR life. Without those elements, we definitely wouldn't be here. But the meaning FOR life... that's another issue.

We only feel the need for socializing though because that's how we've been raised for the past couple centuries. What about people that find more meaning by not socializing?

Call me a communist (because my husband loves to), but I don't really know crap about any of the Presidents. I don't really care to read their histories, because, they're all pretty much dead. But I THINK Lincoln was the most influential. I mean, he's got his own statue...he must've inspired a ton of people to score that thing. Also, probably Jefferson (as he's one of the few I do know some things about).

Yea, true...compared to my last statement from almost 3 months ago. haha. They're doing pretty good.

No where in my response did I indicate they should think like I do, because fact is, they don't. and I'm WELL AWARE of that. So, if your (future) daughter told you she liked being a prostitute, you'd believe her? My opinion is pretty much based on that fact that on some level, EVERY human mind is the same. People develop different personalities and so on, but our minds still work the same way. And if it doesn't work the same, you have an obvious malfunction or some sort. It's psychology. And seriously, any female canNOT enjoy being fucked by any man, of any age, of any look, or any attitude, etc. It's human nature.

I wouldn't say it's "declining," I'd say it's just the way of life for the new generation of teenagers and young adults. Most 30+ adults are probably religious, and the older you go, the greater the religious ratio. In my opinion. And it's probably this way because that's just the way modern society is growing.... 30 and younger are stopping to question things and taking a stand (not with just religion, but even homosexuality, abortion, etc). Rather 30 years ago and yonder, you were expected to adhere to what you were told within the family, period. Today, we have choices and we can decide our parents seem wacko and "out of date" if we choose to. I'd aim at believing Atheism/Agnosticism is around 20% though. In another 10-20 years, I'd double that. I truly believe America will become a religiousless country someday...in the FAR future. Religious people are going to have to move out of the country to a country with stronger cultural values. Well, not "have" to, but might seriously feel compelled to if it means a lot to them. Just my opinion though...

And I do realize it seems like that rate should be a lot higher...mainly because it seems like most people on this site are one of those. And I've thought about this...and I think it's because those of us that choose to not be religious, are automatically ingrained with a sense of curiosity beyond what religious people seem to expose. A truly religious person is content AS IS, but non-religious people are seeking contentment... and we all gather in places, like, here. Again, just my opinion... :-)

Peanut butter ones. But I really don't eat them that much because the fat content is absurd.

You really believe any female in their right mind "loves" doing porn and stripping? I've seen it over and over of people saying they truely love their job in such a "business", but most people can tell they're lying to them self. I'm pretty sure any porn star isn't going to stand around saying they hate their job but don't know what else to do, because it makes them look like an idiot. We all find excuses to back up any thing we do that is ridiculous.

I don't understand the fascination with InNOut...I think they suck. The sauce on their burgers isn't anything worth drooling for, their french fries are actually equivalent to Micky D's, and therefore, suck, in my opinion, and their prices are kind of ridiculous. But that's probably because they pay above minimum wage for a fast food joint. But 'eh, I guess I'm just one of those few who thinks that place sucks.

Hahaha, I don't think McD's fries are even fries. a slit of a potato coated in super thick and shitty oil, if you ask me. BK's are a good close second after CJ's.

Hey! His overreaction on Oprah still doesn't exclaim that he's "gay." I'm pretty sure most celebrities aren't happy; it's a shitty life having no privacy. Maybe his reaction was his way to "vent." Or maybe he's just crazy that he had balls to act that way on Oprah to begin with. None of it still makes him "gay." I think there's a different word you should be aiming for...

Oh, ya, I love being in a pair of pants and sweatshirt myself. But in "freezing cold" that's not even enough to stop me from still freezing my ass off. I can wear the thick socks, some mittens, a beanie, 3 shirts, a fat jacket...2 pairs of pants..whatever... and my fingers and toes will STILL get numb, AND...that's just ridiculously uncomfortable wearing that much clothing.

I don't like video games. I play a game for like 10 minutes, once every other month, because I'm forced to. ha. I'd rather be on the computer, not just this website. But if I'm not here, I'm either knitting, reading, exercizing, watching a movie, sleeping, or on facebook. :-)

Pretty much ALL prostitutes are victims, whether forced into it or not. Those that would say they wandered into it by choice, actually feel like they had no other choice. And the reason they felt like they had one choice that is a women bashing piece of crap job, is because of the way they were raised and they are thus, a victim of parents who have failed her and made her feel worthless.

Just BIG insects make my skin crawl. Like, a giant spider. I have no problem grabbing a tissue and killing ones the size of my fingertip. (Unlike my husband who screams like a little girl any time he sees a spider). I just don't like to see all the nasty details that make insects, insects...they look like mutated aliens that want to conquer the world. It's creepy. Snakes make my skin crawl too though...such ugly things...

I also despise men obsessed with strip clubs and strippers and treating women like sex slaves.

I also despise woman that seriously think it's the greatest thing ever. At least I can respect those who realizes she's doing that stuff because of retarded childhood that led her into it for psychological reasons.

I also despise people (children, teens, and adults alike) who "peer pressure" their peers into doing stupid shit that is just making every new generation stupider than the last. Also, people the drive like serious assholes as if they own the streets.

Also, ... almost... every single human on this planet because they make me feel like being human is inhuman and that life is crap and that we have no purpose here whatsoever (even if it's true), but at least we could act like we have a damn purpose. Damn. I wish suicide was legal. Seriously. Just speed this crap up and get rid of those people that don't want to effin be here ruining it for people like ME.

Damn, sorry, this topic just got me all raveled up and felt like venting. :-)

Haha, that was funny to read, but I hate him too. I just want to punch him in the face. He's one of those guys you actually want to torture the shit out off until he's begging you to stop. But unfortunately, he's also one of the guys I can't even imagine ever crying to live. So, that leaves him as the type of the guy that would make you feel like you can't accomplish shit against him. Therefore, he sucks some serious ass and just makes us want to be more powerful to destroy him. Which, we better effing accomplish before I die.

At least Natalie Portman looked hot with a shaved head, therefore, making this "name" true. How can a penis be gay? How can Tom Cruise's penis be gay? He's been married to some pretty hot ladies...twice...or 3x..or something...and made some pretty cute kids. Thus, this side wins. The end.

Uh, yea. To tag him as the best or worst so far would be really premature judgment. He's still got at LEAST 3 1/2 more years left to kick ass...

This is crap. To forgive someone for something is a "personal" thing. How can someone have to find the effort to forgive a kidnapper who kidnapped some random child 3,000 miles away when it, seriously, has nothing to do with the person personally? It's a sad thing that should've never happened, but I don't get it. Does society really feel that compelled to shove themselves into the feet of victims to act like they, them self, are the victim? Instead of even bothering to get into the criminal's shoes? Bottom line, to forgive someone is a personal thing, and it's NEVER a mandatory thing. In fact, in the suggestion of sexual abuse victims, they are suggested that forgiving their abuser is their choice, but not mandatory, nor necessary. What matters is the ability to MOVE ON and not let something bad ruin the rest of your life. Therefore, a man's contributions to society have nothing to do with the ability to forgive him for anything. A contributer is just one good aspect of him; His crime is just one bad aspect of him. "Can a man's contribution to society be so great that it forgives their crimes," is an outsider's perceptions. An actual victim of any single man's crime(s) wouldn't give a shit about his contributions.

No, not really. In fact, while watching that scene, I was wondering why they didn't add a more GENIUS storyline, like, a better way to escape? Instead, it landed an ultimatum, and ultimately, it'll never be that simple in the real world... so, I won't NEED to blow up a boat of criminals for my survival.

More like, I don't care. A casket is a casket, and people spend a ton of money on casket's and funerals than I think necessary, period. And not just rich people, even ordinary people. They had the money to give him a casket of their choice, and they chose gold (if it really was gold), but who cares. Besides the fact it will probably lead a ton of gravediggers to try and steal the coffin and cash it in...

Wealth so that i could buy a house, amongst other things, and volunteer for a living instead of feeling the pressure to work for money.

Better health for my husband.

For my husband and I to live til we're 80, together.

Turkey sandwiches. I've actually been eating one every day for the past 2 weeks now. I think it's this badass bread I found at the local organic store. It's so good.

No, not really. I'm willing to ESCAPE for my beliefs though. Dissapear to a super small and awesome town in the middle of a country (in Europe), and have no one EVER eff with me again. I wish for it everyday. Would be awesome. Just me, a nice house to myself, a meadow in my backyard, no human beings coming over to tell me their sh*t. I'll sign online when I want to hear that stuff.

Apparently fireworks were cancelled in a TON of cities this year (made me really pissed off). I was hoping to stay in Phoenix and see them here, but my husband and I suddenly had an opening to drive up to Monterey in CA to see his family, so we went for it. And Monterey county had no fireworks whatsoever. Not even Salinas. Nearest one must've been in San Jose, an hour away. Totally lame. But otherwise, we had a small family barbecue and I watched TV and basically kind've forgot it was even a holiday that was destroyed, this year. :-(

Carls Jrs. Both types... the regular cut fries and the criscuits. So yummy.

I LIVE in this. For most of my life I have. I tolerate it way better than freezing cold weather. My body shuts down in cold weather.

Love is a powerful thing. So, yes, in a sense, it is better than everyone at least experiences it once. Everyone needs the type of love that shakes them to the core making them want to be a better person and ingraining a sense of self-worth, even if they lose the person that brought that out of them. They're better for going through it. But it's all about choice and perspective. We all know so many people who lose a lover and become annoying depressed and feel like they have no life now. It's OK to be sad about it, but it's even better if you take what you can from the experience and move on with your life. If someone doesn't experience the love that shakes your core, they miss out on a lot that's worthy.

It doesn't take open-minded people, it takes rational people. Let's back track... how many people are that rational? hahaha. In the sayings of Kierkegaard, he says something alone the lines that rationality isn't that important in today's world. :-)

No, but Kierkegaard was crazy, but I do find some of the things he says to have a point. I think any of us are actually willing to adjust to our viewpoints, and most of us actually do a little bit with every few (good) topics, but it takes someone that says things in a way that proves enough to us. Most people just seem to talk out of their butt and you can 'hear' all the actual ignorance and emotions, and rather the lack of substantial evidence or experience.

However, I do agree this website helps people release things that we feel the need to get out of our systems in the form of debate, since it's hard to accomplish in person. And I'm sure every single one of us gets our points OUT, but maybe not fully across... not to everyone anyway.

Books, because they put our imaginations to use. I'm not much of a daydreamer in life, so it's nice to read something that gives my mind the chance to dream up things through someone else's words. Movies are more simple. You watch and you feel, but you'll seem close to brain dead. But I do like watching movies, it just depends on the story, the acting, and what it makes me think of when it's over. I like movies that make me ponder life. In fact, I do that way too much...apply movies (and TV shows) to reality. But I prefer a good book most of the time.

It can buy you short-term happiness, no doubt. But if you want to count on it buying you long-term happiness, good luck because it ain't going to happen. Being a truly happy person comes from within oneself; no amount of materialism and money in the world can grant you that. But seriously, it'll buy you short-term happiness... such as, a trip to the country of your choice for a week to relax and tour and so on. It'd be nice to have money so I could do that stuff at the very least, but if I started counting on it to make me happy, I'd probably end up using it the wrong way the same way people that drink so much alcohol think it makes them happy. WRONG. It's a mask.

She might feel compelled to run for Presidency since she was lucky enough to be picked as a Vice Presidental candidate, but I can't really recall any VP candidates that ever made it into the presidental election. Maybe they just weren't good enough; and in which case, she won't be either. But I'd like to see Hillary run again, at the very least (if she can). And maybe Michelle Obama.... there's something really intelligent about that lady...she gives good vibes.

Effing neither. Most metal music sounds the same and makes you want to kill yourself at some point. Listen to that stuff in concert; and you'll feel lucky you still have functioning eardrums as well as a brain that hasn't exploded in your own damn head. (I'm 80% deaf and still think metal is loud as shit).

Rap music is somewhat toleratable if you actually give a crap about lyrics and if it they're not talking about raping someone and being proud of it or some dumb shit. But I don't prefer it because I don't care for lyrics. The only rapper I've ever been able to tolerate is Eminem, and it was mostly because he had good background beats and rhythm to go with his rapping, and his rapping was usually funny. He stood out in a better way.

Either way, they both suck. I prefer classic rock.

Think of it this way. Assume there were 2 people at a distance in the woods. They have no idea there is another person in the woods with them. One screams, the other hears them, and then the one that heard the screams and realizes they're not alone in the woods (but the other that screamed still thinks they're alone) is suddenly killed and makes no sound. So, now what? One person heard that scream, but is now dead and can't report that the sound was heard. What does that conclude?

Well, if there's evidence that the tree has fallen, then it's only logical to believe it made a very loud sound. That probably scared every critter within 1/4 mile out of their hole. Just use deductive reasoning for this one.

Hey! I've seen girls undress in locker rooms ALL the time. Unless you've seen more than 100 girls undress out of pants and if you really think I'm wrong, then prove it. Even my husbands ass looks bigger in a pair of jeans. Look at anyone in jeans, then in their underwear, and suddenly it's like "where'd their ass go?" Jeans these days ARE made to "life" butts so they don't look saggy and so that they have "shape." They were invented since women believed their asses were crappy because of cellulite and weight gain and so on. I DO know what I'm talking about.

I'm not sure what side to pick because I only agree with one aspect. College is worth the time (if it's spent getting an actual education and not doing idiotic stuff), but not worth the money.... especially if you don't have the money. I'll first hand say it's not worth getting into debt for. I mean, maybe 10k of debt; you can pay that off in about 2 years, but 40k? 60k? 80k? No. When it climbs up that high in order to get a degree in something you want to do, it's pretty ridiculous. I don't think getting the degree will be worth it if you're going to be spending 40 years of your life paying it off. What a waste of future money that could finally be spent traveling or something (on vacations). If you happen to be rich and/or manage to get a full scholarship (or close to it), then you better think your time is worth it, because it least you'd have the opportunity to take the time and low cost out of your own pocket.

Naw man, not true. Jeans can make almost any ass look good with clothes on. You don't see cellulite when someone is wearing jeans, nor do you see the shape it would be once the jeans come off. Actually, I'll say asses look bigger and better, overall, with clothes over them.

Always been an ass fan. I'd sit in malls and watch every ass that passes me, girl or male, and rate it (in my head) as a thumbs up or thumbs down. I must say, I more often see a thumbs down ass; so the thumbs up asses are wonderful. I married a man with an ass. Life is great.

Huh; well, in YOUR case, if PE was like that for everyone, it would totally be a waste of time. But it's definitely not like that in most schools. Maybe you just had a half-hearted PE teacher who was just there to get paid and didn't give a crap what the students did. But PE in my schools was pretty hardcore. We had lectures, we had mandatory monthly fitness tests, weekly to monthly running competitions, "fun" days where we'd do other stuff, like, archery. The only thing that made PE a lil less funner for me than it could've been was because of my hearing loss, I really didn't hear how to play anything or what to do or whatever. I had to stare at everything and everything trying to figure it out on my own or ask a classmate, and it made me look retarded. But it was definitely a nice break from the classroom; and it definitely ingrained physical strength into me because I still work out 5 days a week and want to be active.

Haha, well, my point was, it depends on the year, period. I don't say everything the same, like my example of 1985 vs. 2010. I'd say them both differently. Actually, in my head, saying anything before 2000 as nineteen-year, or eighteen-year, etc, makes me sense than carrying that same pronounciation into the year 2000. I didn't call it twenty hundred; I called it two-thousand. And I kept the two-thousand since. However, once we get up to 2100, I'll be switching to twenty one hundred instead of two thousand one hundred. However, I'll be dead by then. :-)

Pretty much what you said. Warnings are usually in totally awesome small font somewhere on an item where no one bothers looking. Easiest way companies get sued actually. "The warning was there! It's not our fault you didn't read it!" Seriously. It all goes back to first grade when our teachers tell us to "read the directions fully before you begin." No one bothers read anything fully anymore.

Anyhow, the whole point of wanting to put more disturbing things on cigarettes is because nothing else is getting across to smokers. Everyone pretty much wishes their best friend, their parents, their spouse didn't smoke, and those people can NEVER get through to make them realize the harm they're doing to them self (and those around them) and it sort've breaks our hearts. So, on some level, putting nasty cancer images on cigs makes people think it MIGHT get through to some of these people to finally quit. But really, it's not going to do much. But whether it's there or not, I don't give a shit, and I bet no one else really does either. It's just another step in another direction of trying to get the point across. Period.

Huh, I kind've agree with you. I mean, Ed was old; going to die eventually. Farrah had cancer and wasn't successfully fighting it (didn't she also have like 3 different kinds of cancer?). In fact, Farrah was so far out of the spotlight over the past year, that I kind've assumed she already died and I never heard about it (because I don't hear about death too much).

However, MJ and Mays both died of a heart problem. MJ most likely from abusing prescription drug usage and Mays was recently noted as having been on a few medications, but either way, died of a heart attack. I think the reality of these 2 deaths says two things: heart attacks kill you around middle age, not old age; and prescription drug usage is out of control in this country. MJ isn't the first, only, nor will he be the last, celebrity (or regular person) relying on prescription drugs to deal with emotional problems, and it's pretty much starting to show the world (Finally) that it can destroy you instead of help you. And seriously, I don't know that many people that died of heart attacks in "old age." The men in my husbands family have all died of heart attacks around 55 years old. So, really, I'm going to prematurely assume the heart starts to weaken around your late 40s to early 50s, and if you're making it have to work harder than it can handle, you'll get screwed.

Therefore, I don't think these 3 deaths had anything to do with... supernatural things some people are claiming. It's really nothing more than coincidence. By the way, no one cared that David Carradine died earlier this month? He was a pretty badass actor.

To answer the question: who will be the next to die? Probably another celebrity that will make the world go "OMG! What the fuck is going on?!" ... people die every day... maybe this week was kind've a wake-up call to most people that people die....

I'm for it. I didn't think a President would ever go this far though (because I didn't think it was a topic they really would give a shit about). However, you all must remember Obama is a recovering smoker himself. That says SOMETHING when he's willing to go this far into the substance. If the bill he passes gets another like, 10% of people to quit, then awesome. I will say that most people that smoke, actually wish they weren't a smoker; they just have the hardest time in the universe to quit because of its addictions and because of the shitty side affects you end up with when trying to quit, that makes you not want to quit. However, do be aware, he's just encouraging more truthful advertising; a lot of smokers aren't going to quit because of this bill. And any "candy" flavored cig shouldn't have been invented in the first place because it makes kids think smoking is cool and as soon as they're capable, they get their hands on the real thing.

Although, it might definitely reach a banning point. Here in AZ, they just passed a state bill where smoking in the cars if children under 18 are present, is prohibited (it's pretty sad they had to pass a bill for that to begin with). Smoking in most restaurants is banned; smoking in public places is banned; next thing you know, there will be no smoking in certain apartment bills. Ha. But seriously. The world IS trying to get rid of smoking. And it might be a loss of a freedom of killing oneself and those around them, but that loss of "Freedom" is going to grant them a gain, of like, 10 years of the average life.

Oh, no, I doubt that. If we're hated, it's probably because the people wish they were here. (Which is something I hear over and over, so....must be true). However, I can name 2 ethnicities I dislike almost as a whole, more than Americans, but I'll keep it to myself. :-)