Didn't cross my mind, but yeah... now that you mention it, I can see it. Some pretty obvious parallels there.

Doh!

Thanks!

Ahhh... Ok. I referred to the star powers page, and the annotation for * promote for gold members states that it costs 1 power point. I thought that it required 2 points only for probationary members, as that is what the annotation for * promote refers to under the Probationary section. Now I get it. Two points for everybody, and members not yet gold may only self-promote. It took a few years, but now I understand. Thanks.

In reply to this comment by A10anis:
Why does the title say; "A Ham-fisted Explanation?" I found the analogy spot on. Oh, and I would add that saying Atheism is a religion, is like saying abstinence is a sexual position..

I just kept the original title. It probably would be more accurate to call it "a very simplistic explanation that even theists can understand".

In reply to this comment by griefer_queafer:
Not sure she is the craziest one! How about all the OTHER people just standing around holding their fucking phones up (looking TRULY insane) instead of somehow dealing with or at least processing this human problem in front of them? JEEEESUS CHRIST this frustrates the shit out of me!

DON'T DO IT! Wait... or are you just taking a picture of somebody else with a gun to their head?

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote

You have a keen musical ear. Thanks!

In reply to this comment by redyellowblue:
The Mil-Po-po are just twitching to use all that gear they bought, all those armors, and guns, and trucks, and tactics. Any excuse to use that and see some action probably gets them pumped up. Unfortunately its just going to get worse and worse the more gagets they get. Ever look at a Gun magazine lately? Its full of "Tactical porn" and I bet every officer "wants" to be that guy with armor and cool looking guns, american flags and eagles, with scopes and knives and gasmasks. All that slick machined metal crafted to destroy your opposition.


Lol. So true. I collect knives, and I assure you it's not just a police mentality. Go watch knife reviews on YouTube. So many reviewers/commenters discussing the "tactical" positives and negatives of particular knives, as if any of them will EVER find themselves in a situation where "tip-up" or "tip-down" will make one bit of difference. And if they should find themselves in that sort of situation, the vast, VAST majority of them would do best by running away, and spare themselves from getting killed or having their own knife shoved up their ass.

"Tactical porn" is exactly what it is, and it sells lots of gear to civilians as well as police.

In reply to this comment by freernuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w&feature=related>> ^Fletch:

I'm going to drop "contact-invariant optimization" during a conversation at work tomorrow and act incredulous that no one seems to know what that is.


Thanks! I was actually looking for this a while back and couldn't remember the name of it.

Guess I did. Sorry. It was a friendly attempt at levity.

In reply to this comment by doogle:
>> ^Fletch:

>> ^doogle:
I'm less interested in hearing about wil Wheaton talking about the kardashains as I am interested in hearing a kardashian talk about wil.

I'm here to confiscate your Nerd Card. Wil Wheaton rules.

you read me wrong. I don't care sh*t about the Kardashians, so I don't care much about what Wil has to say about them. But I am interested in hearing what anyone has to say about Wil. Kardashian who?

>> ^thetaprime1:

In reply to this comment by Fletch:
Congrats, Libyans. Fucking animals. This is what religious nuttery gets you. Justification to do anything, no matter how base, perverted, cruel, or inhumane. God's will. Fuck you, god.


OK. If you think there was anything of God in what you saw in this video, then you aren't looking hard enough. All I saw was human hate and fear and sickness. None of those men were doing anything that has anything to do with God.
Are you shitting me? Can you not hear the numerous chants of "Allah Ackbar"? Do not believe for one second that these men aren't DEVOUT believers. What they are doing has EVERYTHING to do with their god, their Koran, and their beliefs. What you refuse to accept is that the "human hate and fear and sickness" is exactly what religion has to offer. It is their religion and the belief they are doing god's will that allows them to act so. Choosing to believe otherwise because it's more conducive to whatever ridiculous religious worldview you cling to is just another example of religious nuttery.

If you can believe in god, you can believe ANYTHING.

Maybe I'm just getting old, but it does seem to get thrown around a lot more nowadays than when I was young(er).

http://kotaku.com/5851358/batman-arkham-citys-weird-bitch-fixation

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
If he had murdered McCartney instead, I'd vote for him.

Lol!


Why the sarcasm tag? Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

Hehe. She still does it for me.

In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
Sorry, this got by me.

I wanted to say what excellent taste you have. She did it for me as well.

In reply to this comment by Fletch:
I was absolutely in lust with Dawn Robinson.

Thanks! Doublethanks! This guy has only done 3 videos so far, but they're damn good, imho.In reply to this comment by EDD:
*quality *doublepromote