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10898 says...

So, he is saying that the fungus acts as a nervous/circulatory system for the planet. He is advising the human race form a tight bond with this fungus.

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Hey, you're Chairman Yang of the Hive!

And you are the Stinky Cheese Man of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales." Your stench related initiatives and my social experiment compliment eachother well.

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Why Do ALL Europeans Hate America?

10898 says...

Long discussion...

United States citizen here. I think many people become so outraged when discussing America that they get polarized into two groups: people who want to burn down the white house and salt the land between Canada and Mexico and those who want to do the same to the country of people in that first group.

I can't speak for any foreign media, the closest I've experienced is Al Jazeera's English site. I have however lived in the U.S. for a bit more than two decades and have noticed a few things.

American people, as a whole, are not fairly represented by American foreign policy. I am distressed to see that there is some debate about the use of torture, which I and many Americans assumed was not on the table anymore. American foreign policy distresses many Americans as much as it does our European detractors.

America has a very strong and vocal conservative political party. Many of them are good, hard working people who are given a bad name by the fanatical Christians who vote in flocks. Americans all get branded as belonging to this large voter base, but the majority of us still 'believe' (acknowledge) evolution and become as uncomfortable as anyone else around the real bible-belt theocrats.

While American foreign policy is rightly looked at with disdain and our human rights record has been questionable as of late, it would be inappropriate to judge the average American citizen for these things. Most of us don't support it, some of us even try to take action against it (rallies, protests, long forum rants), but the average citizen isn't very political.

As always, the proper response is outrage towards the government of the nation. Disdain or hatred for the nation as a whole and/or its people is foolish.

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10898 says...

I just finished reading the book today. One rare occasion where the movie is an accurate reflection of the book. Not an exact mirror image but the ideas presented are still mostly there.

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10898 says...

I love TF2, but the upcoming changes make me cringe. The idea of making these new weapons unlockable will only increase the amount of point/achievement whoring. This will move the emphasis farther from pure-fun and turn it into something resembling a skillzocracy.

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10898 says...

>> ^oxdottir:
Speaking as a gamer woman, I could have done without the "vagina swilling" as an insult. I love Yahtzee. It's annoying when your heros suddenly start bagging on you for no good reason. This annoyance did not keep me from upvoting or from loving yahtzee, but it did make me grumble unhappily.



Well, that is a strange position. I'm a gamer man and I have no problem if he wishes to use "ball gagging" or "scrotum sucking" as an insult. Just because a particular set of genitals are used in an insult doesn't mean he is attacking those who possess those genitals.

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10898 says...

There seemed to be quite a bit of raging against the genre, which is often when he's at his most entertaining. This particular one didn't really push the envelope much. Enjoyable as always, but not one of his best.

I would have to agree that his fury towards the fan-boys was a bit excessive. A little of that stuff goes a long way.



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