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Quote:Sorry, but instincts don't change overnight. We still offer food to potential mates, even though there's a grocery store down the street she could get all the food she needs fromOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
And we now have the technology to store, sort and bring up more knowledge than any human mind could ever hold - so there's no need for the elderly anymore - unless we're actually above animals, and make judgements based on love and compassion, and not the law of the wild.
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Quote:GG, our "animal instincts" are social. The bigger our pack is, the better "we" as a whole will be able to survive. Quit pretending that we're talking about alley-cats and sharks. They aren't social, for the most part, and would gladly kill another tom's kittens and eat smaller sharks because they're only interested in their own survival. Humans, as a social species, follow a completely different set of rules. Rules that take numbers into account. Wolves care for their sick and elders too, so they are 'moral' creatures too?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And another thing - why do we have hospitals? Wouldn't it be better to follow our animal instincts and let the ill and the sick and the weak die off, so they couldn't pass on any problems to future generations?If we're just animals, shouldn't we do that whole "survival of the fittest" thing, and not bother with caring or compassion?
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Quote:GG, we value the aged because of their experience. The fact that they can help the pack through unusual circumstances because of KNOWLEDGE. It's another survival tool that came about because of our communication skillsOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
If humans were like animals, then we'd just leave the elderly to die, because they're of no benefit to the "pack" anymore.
But because we're not animals, we care for them, because we have the compassion to rise above the level of aniamls, and do what's morally right, not what's right on a practical level.
we are still animals! MORALS are simply sophisticated survival tools, and people will still cheat on their mates. They lie, cheat, and walk all over the more deserving in order to get ahead. They still kill for no good reason. If people were really afraid of a 'hell' or totally moral it wouldn't happen -
You all know the drill:
Rest, liquids, watch every comedy movie you can!
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Quote:Please don'tOriginally Posted by TroyHickman
Golden Girl is right!
Harumph, harumph!
the giant, imaginary friend upstairs has surely wiped away all the evil that once stained our blessed spirits
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Quote:GG, we have no more "developed beyond" our animal nature than a bacterium has. What we developed was a complex mental/verbal communication ability that allows us to make excuses for our bad actions. There is still crime, violence, and useless war in this world. That would not be the case if we were "beyond" our animal nature.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
You can't compare humans to animals - we've developed beyond them - that's why we have morality.
Saying a pack does this and a pack does that doesn't apply to humans - animals don't really understand good and evil, but we do - we can recognize instincts and urges for what they are, and can think about them, and not just act on them.
The wicked do rule this world, but they hide behind honeyed words and practiced smiles. We are still the bloody-toothed pack -
the real problem seems to be that most of the major background characters in the game are just badly thrown together
honestly, is there anyone in the Freedom Phalanx we'd cheer for? Statesman? a man past his time and not willing to compromise. Manticore? vigilante jerk. Sister Psyche? hypocrite. Synapse? annoying punk with a tragic backstory. Michelle/Samuraiko has done a great job turning Positron into a romance and adventure story standout, but I still wouldn't stand around at the convention chatting with him.They're just not likable
of the villains, only Captain Mako and Ghost Widow came across as having any real 'star' potential. and aside from the mains, they've managed to completely miss the baddies who have some kewlness to them: Requiem and Vandal have too much unused potential. Tyrant is who you want Stateman to be like, just not wrapped in bloodsoaked paper evil.
eh, enough ranting. does anyone else feel this way? -
"it's only a flesh wound!"
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Quote:nah, there are plenty of people in Atlas. they make a new toon, run the sewers, then make a new toon to try something else. I made the mistake of soloing up to Steel and found the only other players in zone were level 50s in the AE buildingOriginally Posted by JDub
I've sure noticed it lately. Even the forums have seen alot less traffic lately. What I noticed the most was beta. I really thought there were alot of people dieing to get in this beta and try out the new stuff, but ever since open beta started, it has been a ghost town on test.
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Been finding strange and interesting bugs on Test. Had my Force Field Generator decide it didn't like the second floor after we popped out of an elevator. It immediately floated down the hall and disappeared! Don't you hate it when your toys run away?
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Welcome to the game!
Next time you do the Midnighter arc, consider going to the Hollows. The Lost are near the entrance and will be conning gray to you. No frustration curing 20 there at all
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Quote:Just wanted to say that for a group of magic girls they sure went through a LOT of sakeOriginally Posted by Kitsune Knight
First off, not everyone gets Labor Day off
Secondly, I went rafting last weekend and nearly died (seeing another raft shooting over a rapid and about to land on your face kinda makes you regret not posting more useful links in random posts...)... so I'll pass on that for a while -
DC?
Yes, I've noticed that almost all archery based toons wear hoods and are colored green. Good thing they haven't put any feathered caps into the game
Seen a few guys in blue spandex with red briefs on the outside too. But most other DC chars seem to be less copied -
Quote:Google is your friend!Originally Posted by Chompie
I dont... these words... they aren't.... erk-
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Quote:That's the horror aspect of it though. He's the Eternal Nemesis! They're ALL the real one, since they all dimension hop and are all trapped in time loops!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Well, we sort of know his background - I think the more important question is "which one is the real one?"
Infinite realities = Infinite Nemesis -
Tanker
Very satisfying to stand in the middle of the fight, take a metric buttload of damage, and keep on doing it. All the while making life easier for your team. That's fun for me -
With all the crash-outs happening it'll be impossible to send i16 live next week, unless they can find and fix the problem. Until then...
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Catgurl restaurant dual-wield chopstix will not be in GoRo
sigh
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Quote:It's in the game!Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
They Entertainment Architectural over there, not AE silly!
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Quote:Good luck with the job huntingOriginally Posted by Dark_Respite
Yep, never gonna be as popular as whatshisname, even with me constantly picking up spammer followers. *sigh*
And I lost my real job yesterday. Which means lots of time to make videos now, but no money.
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
always a PITA, even when times are good...
p.s. am now following you on Twitter -
since Dr Aeon and Countess Crey aren't the same kind of people in Praetoria, chances are that MA isn't going to exist there...
...but the Television will grow a gotee -
welcome back
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Quote:Originally Posted by Shadow Wail
I could care less what the rest of the morons here say about how much I hate i16...I stand by what I say and I dont see how -Rep'in me with comments like "go **** yourself" will make me change my mind?
Oh and kuddos to the coward that says that to me when you cant see who did...way to go!
I love color customization , I love the new animations but SSK doesnt impress me and it doesnt effect me how is this a bad thing?
again I am colored meh all over when it comes to SSK
So? What's the point of your posting this whole 'neener-neener neeeeener' vibe, aside from upping your post count? They can't change your mind? Then why keep telling them that
+1!
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A_C
You want some college life advice? OK:
Schedule as much study time as you can in the library. References are all going to be there on the computers and you can print your papers easily. The quiet atmosphere helped me as well.
Stay away from the dorm or greek housing as much as possible. The music is distracting. People can be irritating as all get-out. Someone will try to cause trouble, guaranteed. Your friends will want you to do something unproductive. Things can get tough if you go to a party school like I did. The weekend started on Thursdays and ended on Tuesdays. Try and avoid it as much as humanly possible, but still have yourself ONE night of RnR
Don't do what I did; Start out with a GPA of 0.00 at one school and fight back to graduate *** Laude from another. Try the second route first
Kevin -
Katie Hannon only takes 30 minutes...
...but Positron can go for hours and hours!