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  1. Mythrandir

    "3 GOP candidates for West Virginia governor try to outdo each other on anti-LGBTQ issues"

    "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed" (Gen. 2:24, ESV). "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination" (Lev. 18:22, ESV). "Or do...
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    "3 GOP candidates for West Virginia governor try to outdo each other on anti-LGBTQ issues"

    Would you explain what you mean by persecution? I've observed that it is common in these discussions to define anything less than affirmation as persecution. Jesus Christ did not affirm falsehoods nor sin. Homosexuality is a sin. Promiscuity is a sin. Deifying the limited knowledge and limited...
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    "3 GOP candidates for West Virginia governor try to outdo each other on anti-LGBTQ issues"

    No. The term "Talmud" typically refers to the Babylonian Talmud. The Babylonian Talmud was influenced by Babylonian mysticism. It was developed during the Babylonian Exile. The greater than two genders concept would have been borrowed from the surrounding pagans worshipping the Baals, Asherah...
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    What song are you currently listening to?

    Black Stained Glass by Demon Hunter
  5. Mythrandir

    Iran launches retaliatory attack against Israel

    Not unlike the Kentucky gun range footage sold as footage of Turkey attacking Syria in 2019.
  6. Mythrandir

    I'm in favor of women's sports, but...

    I'm not much of a fan of spectating any sportsball, regardless of player sex. I'll never understand the zealous fan yelling at their TV screen.
  7. Mythrandir

    Microsoft hacked by Russian group, gaining access to source code repositories

    Wouldn't a password spray attack be thwarted by MFA?
  8. Mythrandir

    Effort in Colorado to keep Trump off ballot fails

    Here's the docket for those that care about an unabridged version of the decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-719.html
  9. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    I concede. If it is presumed to be a false equivalency to apply definitions beyond the scope of this supreme court decision, then I cannot add anything further of value to the discussion.
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    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    I think we then need to define what is meant by human. The definition that I presumed for this discussion is that a human is an individual member of the Homo sapiens species. This definition also presumes an agreed upon methodology for discerning species. It seems that we entered into this...
  11. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    How so? You stated that, although an embryo is a living organism, it is not a member of its species. Is this not what you intended to communicate here: You did equate gametes with organisms here: Please state the claim that I am refuting that you did not make.
  12. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    What of organisms that do not have a fetus stage? Do they ever qualify as members of their species? It is not an opinion to erroneously equivocate gametes with embryos.
  13. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    I assumed Ethan was referring to those rare cases where the fertilized egg is shed, hence miscarriage. Why else use the term embryo? Due to the phenomenon being uncommon, I think it would remain accurate to describe the miscarriage as spontaneous because menstruation typically ceases when the...
  14. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    At which point of biological development would an organism qualify being a member of its species? This would be a spontaneous miscarriage... Why would legally classifying an embryo as an unborn child necessitate criminalizing spontaneous miscarriages? This is the same sort of hyperbole that I...
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    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    Under which Alabama statute would murder apply rather than involuntary manslaughter assuming liability of the loss of life is to be applied? Why would the following Alabama statute apply or not apply to the hypothetical scenario of embryos lost due to a power failure? Title 13A; Article 1...
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    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    Would you please elaborate on this within the context of the assertion that I question? Assertion in question: Members of institutions will be prosecuted for murder in cases where embryo(s) die during unintentional power failures.
  17. Mythrandir

    Alabama Supreme Court rules that IVF embryos may be considered unborn children

    Why would this be the case? Is there liability for murder if a person on life support dies during a power outage? I can see the potential for a possible manslaughter charge, though not murder in either scenario. I don't see why it would be logical to conclude that the embryo scenario would be...
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    Gaming Free Games thread

    The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is available for free on GOG. To claim, you need to have GWENT in your GOG library, which, for myself, required at least starting to install the game on a device. Then subscribe to the newsletter via the giveaway page. Link to GWENT...
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    Biden: "You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-America."

    I'm not sure that I understand this response. Was I not clear that I agreed with your statement that Roman Catholic scholars in the Vatican would not listen to me? I apologize for my poor communication. I will clarify. I am challenging the rhetorically loaded definition permitting sweeping...
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    Biden: "You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-America."

    Fair, though which contemporary dictionary should be used? I find the Oxford English Dictionary to be far more comprehensive, though access is not free. I used an active institution account to access the dictionary. Definition 2b is the definition I am using: Democracy is a something that can...
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    Eventhough the New 3DS XL is more powerful, I still feel like the DS Lite was a more polished system. It's a real shame that it never got an XL variant keeping the GBA slot. You'd have to go on AliExpress and buy an ML shell to give a DS phat the unofficial "DS Lite" treatment, and that's the best we'll ever get I'm afraid.
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    The phat model had amazingly loud speakers tho.
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  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Jayro, I don't see whats so special about the DS ML, its just a DS lite in a phat shell. At least the phat model had louder speakers, whereas the lite has a much better screen.
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    They probably said "Hey, why not we combine the two together and make a 'new' DS to sell".
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    It's a DS Lite in a slightly bigger DS Lite shell.
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    It's not a Nintendo / iQue official product, it's a 3rd party custom.
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    Nothing special about it other than it's more comfortable than the Lite
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    imagine not having hands, cringe
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    ESPECIALLY for things I do to myself :sad:.. :tpi::rofl2: Or others :shy::blush::evil:
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  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @SylverReZ if you could find a v5 DS ML you would have the best of both worlds since the v5 units had the same backlight brightness levels as the DS Lite unlockable with flashme
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    but that's a long shot
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    i think only the red mario kart edition phat was v5
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    A woman with no arms and no legs was sitting on a beach. A man comes along and the woman says, "I've never been hugged before." So the man feels bad and hugs her. She says "Well i've also never been kissed before." So he gives her a kiss on the cheek. She says "Well I've also never been fucked before." So the man picks her up, and throws her in the ocean and says "Now you're fucked."
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    lmao
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    anyways, we need to re-normalize physical media

    if i didn't want my games to be permanent, then i'd rent them
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  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Agreed, that why I try to buy all my games on disc, Xbox anyways. Switch games (which I pirate tbh) don't matter much, I stay offline 24/7 anyways.
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    I don't pirate them, I Use Them :mellow:. Like I do @BigOnYa 's couch :tpi::evil::rofl2:
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  • cearp @ cearp:
    @BakerMan - you can still "own" digital media, arguably easier and better than physical since you can make copies and backups, as much as you like.

    The issue is DRM
  • cearp @ cearp:
    You can buy drm free games / music / ebooks, and if you keep backups of your data (like documents and family photos etc), then you shouldn't lose the game. but with a disk, your toddler could put it in the toaster and there goes your $60

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  • cearp @ cearp:
    still, I agree physical media is nice to have. just pointing out the issue is drm
    cearp @ cearp: still, I agree physical media is nice to have. just pointing out the issue is drm