From my extensive PC flight simulator experience, I would say the most likely scenario is that the pilot's cat jumped up into his lap just as he was about to touch down.

Feels great, don't it?

In reply to this comment by Lann:
*points finger and jumps up and down*

ha! I made it on the couch!

*points finger and jumps up and down*

ha! I made it on the couch!

Shelter pets are the best ever. My sweet Frankie jumps up on the table everyday while I'm at my laptop, just to give me kisses of love and appreciation. We're pulling for you, Shadow.

AAAAAAAAAND also I wanna put my wiener in her vagina>> ^mizila:

Interesting thought... why do men like myself (and probably a few of you ladies) find this particularly appealing? My theory:
1) The act of jumping up and down causes materials of different densities (bone, muscle, fat) to act and react in different ways. 2) Slowing it down helps the brain process this information, which we translate into an understanding of what the different materials would feel like. 3) Basically, it helps us fantasize about being with her, as we can make a more educated guess about what she would feel like based on what we can see. A good example is the fact that we can all be pretty sure this girl hasn't had any breast augmentation, something you couldn't be sure of with her just standing there.
Even without the obvious sexual pull that is a girl in a bikini bouncing, the human body is pretty amazing to watch in action, in slow-motion. Also bewbs.

Interesting thought... why do men like myself (and probably a few of you ladies) find this particularly appealing? My theory:

1) The act of jumping up and down causes materials of different densities (bone, muscle, fat) to act and react in different ways. 2) Slowing it down helps the brain process this information, which we translate into an understanding of what the different materials would feel like. 3) Basically, it helps us fantasize about being with her, as we can make a more educated guess about what she would feel like based on what we can see. A good example is the fact that we can all be pretty sure this girl hasn't had any breast augmentation, something you couldn't be sure of with her just standing there.

Even without the obvious sexual pull that is a girl in a bikini bouncing, the human body is pretty amazing to watch in action, in slow-motion. Also bewbs.

It would not change my mind. Whatever the source, the sift should not by default become place of hostility for black (or asian, or white, or muslim, or latino, et al.) people by bigots who hide behind "free speech" to spread hate speech. This is not stormfront.

Regardless if we can see the logic in it or reason behind it, most African Americans would be highly offended by BK's remark; also by so many sifters jumping up to defend that putrid behavior. Unless we want a site where only white people congregate and feel comfortable, that type of hate speech should be highly regulated, if not prohibited.

I wonder would people be so tolerant and supportive of BK if he spouted some crazy anti-semetic drivel. What if snide or subtle anti-semetic comments popped up all the time? Would we feel comfortable on this site? Burd's point is that that is what is happening wrt anti-black speech.

But really, I think the biggest target of bigotry on the sift is muslims. We have whole sets of videos depricating muslims under the excuse of being anti-religion. But the tenor of the anti-muslim comments and videos is much more debased than the anti-christian ones. Christians on this site are regularly presented as buffoons; but muslims are regularly characterized as dirty, dangerous animals. Look at the roster of videos if you don't believe me. Compared to this, the anti-black bigots are just the icing on the shit cake.


>> ^smooman:
Im curious tho if your mind would change if bk was black

It would be awesome if Dan Savage was in the audience and jumped up on stage and kicked this guys evil ass.

I reread every comment you made in this thread, and at no point until now did you assert that the peasant is the king's servant, much less his slave as you have now suggested. Not until I suggested that the peasant is in fact free to think as well as act did you suggest that the peasant was a slave. Even if we assume that the peasant is in fact a slave, you have still not demonstrated that his mental condition is in any way relevant to his ability to "perform his job", or "provide for his family", which I have proposed as his motivation for working, irrespective of his belief in an actual king.

You could have tried reading the original comment, which stated:

Now lets say one day you refuse to work, refuse to submit to his authority. You say to yourself, I don't believe this King is really real; I've never seen him with my own eyes.. This a conspiracy, I will just do whatever I want. You even decide to go into the towns square to tell others to stop working for this King. That it is a fools errand, the King is a hoax you say. You're wasting your lives when you could live for yourself! Yet, when the King gets wind of this he tells his soldiers "Fetch my ungrateful servant and bring him in front of me"

The peasants life is intrinsically tied to the King. The peasant is not just working to earn a wage, but to be freed from his obligation..to be freed from slavery basically..not only that but to attain what he could never attain on his own, for himself and his family: a future. Without the reward, the peasant would have to eke out a subsistance existence until he died. His motivation is not a living wage, it is freedom from having to produce. The only way he can do this is by living a life pleasing to the King. The King expects obedience, ie the peasant has to work. The King expects results, ie the work has to be satisfactory and yield a good harvest. The King expects gratitude, ie the work is not proportional to the reward.

Nothing the peasant could ever do in his entire life could earn that reward. Upon receiving the reward, the peasant will certainly be grateful. If he didn't believe the reward existed though, he would simply hate the King for having to work for him. He would desire to flee the Kings authority and live for himself. He would seek out the company of people who felt the same way about the King and form conspiracies against Him. He would recruit other people and say the King was unjust, that there was no reward.

Now say the King had mercy on these peasants who were rebelling against him. He was a good King and cared about his subjects. He only wanted to reward them ultimately, but neither could he force them to believe his promise. So, for a time he let the peasants have a piece of his land to cultivate. They constantly gave him problems, either by raiding his stocks (because they could not sustain production for themselves), or encouraging others into disobedience. He was occassionally forced to kill some of the worst offenders, for the sake of the stability of the Kingdom.

His plan was to ultimately move everyone onto His land, after enough was stored up so no one had to work any longer. He would send emissaries into the places of rebellion, to encourage the peasants to return. He offered complete forgiveness for their crimes, if they would only work again for the sake of the Kingdom (which was in their own self-interest). Some listened, but others did not want to give up their freedom and killed the emissaries or drove them out.

Eventually it came time to pass that the Kings plan came to fruition. All the peasants who obeyed the King lived with Him on his land in harmony with one another, with enough to last them the rest of their days. The rebellious peasants could no longer raid the Kings stocks because they were completely shut out. They begged to be let in, because they were now starving, but it was too late..the King was neither going to take from the reward of those who earned it, to give to those who didn't, and who were presented every opportunity to change their ways, nor was he going to pollute the harmony he had cultivated (harmony based on gratitude for the reward and his justness)..for the rebellious peasants were neither grateful nor did they think the King was just. For them, it was here today and gone tomorrow..that is how they lived and that is how they died.

People have certainly been argued into believing in Jesus is their savior. They are typically called children. But, to get to the crux of your argument, until I can believe in god, I can't believe in god. Or rather, until I believe in god, I will have no reason to do so. That is about as circular as you can get.....

No, I am saying that until you feel that you need to be saved, for whatever reason, then you won't come near Jesus. You have to feel you need a savior before you look for one. Curiousity might get you near, but it won't make you follow Him. It is useless to argue someone into knowing Jesus..Jesus Himself predicted the kind of Christians that would produce in the parable of the sower: A weak one the devil will come steal away in times of hardship.

Your arrogance truly knows no bounds, does it? First off, you're about 2 decades off in your estimation. Second, as I quite clearly noted in parens, my interest in knowing the lawmakers in DC has nothing to do with whether or not I accept the rules of society. I am in fact deeply interested in the persons that would rule us. Let me ask you - can you name more than 50% of the 535 elected representatives in Congress, and more than 50% of their aides? I deeply care who our elected officials are, what they are doing, why they run, and their ultimate goals (so far as they may be elucidated), but my reasons for doing so have absolutely nothing to do with acceptance of their "authority over me". I think it is you that needs to reread this discussion and find the truth of what was written. You "know" that I have not searched for a god? What incredible presumptuousness. Are you now claiming not only to know God's love, but also when and where He will demonstrate it? Are you the arbiter of God's will????

Don't know don't care pretty much spells it out doesn't it? Seems like that is pride in being uninformed to me. This is the comment that made me think you were young, because that kind of apathy is very common among youth. Generation Emo doesn't give a shit, doesn't want to work, does everything based on feelings, and hasn't thought too deeply about anything because they want instant answers to everything. I concede its possible you have honestly looked, and perhaps God will lead you to Him later, if there is something in your heart that desires to know Him. Whatever it was though, it wasn't good enough. Have you ever tried doing the things that are pleasing to God first, before jumping up and down in his throne room and demanding He dance for you like a court jester? Yes, I do know Gods love. That's why I am here.

It's a philosophical question. Not caring isn't a valid answer to the question.
Not valid for you. Take off your blinders. You do not get to determine what is or is not valid for everyone else's intellectual endeavors.

I accept [that] people see things differently but this question only has so many answers.
This question, as with all questions, has as many answers as individuals as are willing to answer it. If you refuse to accept an answer as "valid", you must logically provide evidence why that is so.

Come on..this issue has been deliberately complicated to an extreme..when it is quite simple. The question of whether the Universe was created is entirely valid and relevant, though atheists will try to make it seem ridiculous, because they want to avoid the simple truth that there are only 3 answers to that question, because if they answer truly they have a burden of proof. I think if you're going to be an atheist, have the balls to admit it and stop playing these childish games with semantics. An atheist is someone who doesn't believe the Universe was created by God(s), period.


Okay, lets start very simply. What does morality mean to you and how does it apply to the world?
I will glady entertain this question, but I do fear that this poor thread is terribly off course. You or I should create a new talk post in the religion or philosophy talk page to continue this. I'll gladly do that if you want.

I think it's doing just fine..however it may be necessary because of the broken comments system..the page is already freezing a bit. I'll get back to you if you don't want to continue on here.

@carrot - well said.

All this speculation about there being some twisted powerplay going on. First off, you have no idea about any of that. I've seen more incriminating conversations between jackass members but for some reason no one's ever jumped up and opined about there being an abusive homosexual relationship. Second off - some people enjoy that, and i think people who complain about this should be very concerned that they're not being fetish-phobic or whatever the hell the word is, or fun-phobic, or equality-phobic. Just because she's a girl you think she needs saving!

Tellin' you man, it's the new homophobic. Let people do what they enjoy doin'.

>> ^Chaucer:

they are also known for carrying diseases and destroying automobiles when they jump up underneath them.


Sounds like a Jihadillo to me

>> ^Chaucer:

they are also known for carrying diseases and destroying automobiles when they jump up underneath them.


No doubt taking revenge for their squished cousins.
They are kinda cute though.

they are also known for carrying diseases and destroying automobiles when they jump up underneath them.

Wow! I had no idea this was a problem. I almost did this when I was a kid only without any kind of fancy jump through the sky glitches.

If memory serves: I was pissed that my brother kicked the NES when I was playing. Having to restart back from level one was so infuriating that I was determined to rush through everything, points be damned! In that process, I gained some momentum in about the area where you get the star, hit the brick and bumped a turtle just right and was able to keep going and not quite have the star yet. I jumped up to get it trying to keep moving forward in the process and with my newfound invulnerability I zipped through everything, jumping as often as possible.

The fates were smiling upon me my friends, the last jumps I landed were so lucky that I never stopped that momentum and my final jump was done in possibly the MOST ideal conditions possible. I still had the star, I was coming off another run/jump, and hit probably as close to the edge as is possible without missing it. Although it looked like i cleared the flag, my toe must have been touching it or something b/c it brought me down. In any case, fireworks went off like crazy and the music changed from the ending music to like the music at the beginning of the level. Ahh where is my old NES?

>> ^bobknight33:

Isaiah 5:20 (New King James Version)
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
>> ^Gallowflak:
Could you elaborate?



Isaiah 5:20 (New King Yogurt Version)
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Who jump up for down, and down for up.
Who look far when not close, and see close when they are afar;
Who use soy than beef, or beef when soy.
Who speak like Yoda, when Yoda they are not!

Isiah 5:21 (New King Yogurt Version)
Thou shall smite myself;
Forth with as Bob has called mineself fucktard!
God hast spoken and I agree!

Isiah 5:21:13 sec (New King Yogurt Version)
Thoust writest Bob;
BOOM! HEADSHOT!
Amen.

/One ticket ple... who the hell am I kidding I don't believe in that garbage.