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I've just heard that one of the boys I know from Uni has just started an 'Atheism society'Being somewhat older than the typical student, at 24, I don't share his belief that it's "a bold statement against an institutionalized, archaic belief system" - I just think it's a bit wanky and pretentious. Besides, what are they going to discuss? "There's no God" "Yep, pretty much" "I agree" "Right then...has anyone brought biscuits?" Am I wrong to think so - is it a worthwhile statement to be making?
Alt Q: Can anyone come up with any decent 'Atheist' hymns for them to sing?
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Nope, he's just being pretentious. And a bit of a wankstain.Alt Q: Nope, but I know that Hyperspace came up with a halfway amusing agnostic hymn, just can't find it.
Then again, I'd place bets someone will suggest 'Imagine', because "it's just right, you know man?"
Pfft, fuck off you rampant wankstain. It's a shit song now, and always has been!
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:34,
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have you heard A Perfect Circle's version of Imagine?it's a shitload better than the original.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:42,
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Nope, only really know one track by themBut let's face it, it wasn't going to be difficult to beat the original
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:52,
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have a listenit's slower and a bit dirgy. So much better.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:53,
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If you post this ONE MORE TIME, the internet will explode.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:57,
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Alt Q: Closer by NIN(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:35,
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I just think that a chorus of people singing "I wanna fuck you like an animal" would be amusing(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:37,
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Hear'sayFrom the X-Factor?
Pure and simple.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:39,
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That's more like itThe refrain of Heresy by NIN declares 'god is dead' which would imply he existed in the first place. Pure and Simple is a brutal statement telling us there never was a benevolent higher being.
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Sounds a bit daftlike when Brian tells the crowd that they are all individuals.
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Students, what a bunch of pretentious wankers.Hope he gets it out of his system before he has a real job.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:39,
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Atheist hymn No 678There is no God in the sky
so I don't care if you lie
there's no reason to wonder why
what happens when you die.
Chorus
Smack the god-squad in the head
don't stop until they're dead
then they'll see that we were right
that after death it's nighty-night
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:40,
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so have ICatholics might have well written theology, but they have fuck-awful hymns
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:42,
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That's classWhat tune does it go with? Cause I keep hearing 'Twinkle twinkle little star' - I think it's because the first line ends with 'in the sky'
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I've accidentally clicked 'I like this!'I just want to make it clear, I don't like this thread enough for it to warrant a click, I've just got spazz-hands.
As you were.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:43,
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you should have clickedon my atheist hymn instead obviously
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:44,
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It's very nice.I like the smacking of the god-squad bit the best.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:45,
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Holsten PIls?(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:16,
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But surely that would require some sort of reverse masturbation technique...?(, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:08, Reply)
desperately trying to stuff jizz back into your willy and rubbing yourself slower and slower until you've gone from shame to anger?(
Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:10,
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while sucking in tears through your eyes(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:16,
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I'll let you knowgot a while to wait though.
1 year and 9 days in fact
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:20,
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You're getting married?Congrats, man. You decided what you're doing for the stag do? I'm in charge of organising my cousin's, and I can't decide between paintball, rock-climbing, go-karting, or a massive drug-fuelled bar crawl with a strip joint or two thrown in.
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something low key with my good matesI'm really dead against ritual humiliation and will be frankly quite annoyed if any of my mates try and do something along those lines.
it'll most likely be a surf trip with a load of booze and spliffs.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:50,
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Here I am Landlord (originally Here I am Lord)
Take up your glass (originally Take up your cross)
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I'm going to start a"Most People Don't Care What Students Think" society.
Edit: It's a bold statement about idiots thinking that buying a piece of paper that even the Government doesn't want to sponsor anymore doesn't make you an intellectual simply because you're capable of spouting hackneyed phrases from dog-eared philosophical text books.
and breathe.
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Kroney, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:48,
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Most people don't care what most people thinknot just students.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:50,
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I'd join that(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:50,
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People in general are cuntsStudents are tedious and easily-led.
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Kroney, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:54,
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Or Katie Price and Peter Andre - A Whole New WorldIf ever there was proof that God does not exist, that song is it
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have you seen the amazon reviews for it?trolling at its best. Someone wrote "I was paralysed from the waist down after an accident, but I put this CD on and now I can walk again!". It was like the 3 Wolf Tshirt.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:09,
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Hahaha, genius*ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR THOSE WITH TILED BATHROOMS*
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I agreeOn hearing that, I struggle to believe there is a God of any form.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:56,
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It is a bit silly,that's like having a Non-Maths club where you do anything but maths.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:55,
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oooolet's start one of those!
it sounds wizard!
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:57,
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the sun is shining on my keybord and it's made some of the letters really hotjust thought I'd share.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:04,
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which letters?maybe God is sending you a message
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:06,
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Yes.I had just refused to be confirmed as well.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:11,
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are you sure it was godand not someone with a laser pointer?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:11,
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in a cathedral?seems unlikely
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:18,
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But it just went BING and landed on my hymn bookat the very moment someone said "Why aren't you going to Communion?"
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:23,
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Was this at school beforehand?or did you wait until the day itself then do a massive flounce out of the cathedral?
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it was in the Cathedral, but not on Confirmation dayI just didn't go to that.
No, this was School Feast Day. No feasts were involved in the making of Feast Day :(
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:22,
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Never heard the Passion read with passion eitherSo you missed out on the cash and gifts you get for Confirmation? Or is that First Holy Communion? I remember that was big windfall.
Very principled of you at any rate.
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I saw the Passion as a set of slideswith 'Everything I Do (I Do for You)' playing alongside on a CD player.
That was grim. But we finished early that day.
One day I'll tell you all the tale of the St Julie slideshow.
I am too tired right now.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:31,
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samethe priest asked me if I wanted to be confirmed and just said no. Didn't fancy it
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:26,
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Mum just said "Ok but don't tell Nana."So I told Nana and she said "Ok, you're right to do what you think is best, but don't tell Grandad." so I didn't tell my grandad.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:27,
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ermertyujkliop;'#
and home and page up and page down. And num lock.
Cryptic.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:23,
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hmmmthere's got to be a message in there somewhere
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:24,
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That's what I thoughtSurely any society that doesn't have anythign to do with religion would be 'athiest'
I think it's because atheism's seen as cool and trendy just now (among the student population, especially). Dawkins has a lot to answer for
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As a DarwinistI would like to say that Darwinism doesn't necessary preclude the possibility of a creator entity, just that this entity had either nothing or only the most fleeting of responsibilities for how life developed on Earth.
I don't believe it, but hey.
Also, Dawkins is a nob.
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Kroney, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:04,
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he's well up his own arse.I don't like Christianity because that means there would be no raptors.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:05,
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I've never understood how Creationists believe God to be omnipotent, yet unable to have created the dinosaursWhy don't they just claim God created evolution? Then everyone's a winner (probably not everyone, come to think of it, but still)
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don't they say that God put the bones there to test our faith?hehehehe that's like when you fall over and "I meant to do that, I was being ironic".
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:24,
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Dawkins is indeed a nobreally don't like him or his bicycle
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:06,
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He is just as bad most of the religions pushing their views down your throat.Writes well though.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:22,
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Religionis hardly institutionalised in Britain. In fact there's a conscious effort to keep church and state seperate. It's a voluntary belief system that you can take part in or not as you please. Your friend needs to be more honest and rename the tagline to "a bold statement against something I think is a bit daft".
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Kroney, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:59,
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Or "a bold statement that's currently trendy, and may help me pull girls who're into that kind of thing"From observation, that tends to be what drives most student activities
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There are lots of arguments for and against the existence of God they can dabble in.If your man takes it seriously and doesn't just say isn't God and religion shit, there's no reason for it not to be a productive excercise. If he is like you suggest it will be pretentious and wanky but I always enjoyed the Athiesm related debates doing my A levels. I went into the 6th form thinking I was an Athiest and came out of it just curious to learn more.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:01,
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don't be sillyit will be pretentious and wanky.
There may be the odd bit of serious discussion, but they will all be thinking mostly about how cool they are.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:04,
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I always enjoyed it, I find it interesting.It's all a bit tetchy here today. Even Agnostic is getting all shouty he just called me an isignificant cunt. I'll say a Hail Mary for him.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:07,
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the problem isan atheist society involves a bunch of people who already all believe the same thing
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:09,
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not quiteit used to annoy me a little bit that the atheists I knew would go to Christian Union meetings and start arguments, when generally those meetings involved discussion on which charities were being supported that term, who was going to bake the cookies etc
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:12,
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especially since they never turned upto the debate evenings that were specially organised for a chance to discuss it
edit: I don't like the Christian Union (not very multi-denominational) myself but I wouldn't purposefully upset them
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:16,
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I did the lab work for my dissertation with the president of Cardiff Christian Unionnice guy. pretty naive though.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:49,
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my best wild exploit storyinvolves a Presbyterian
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:11,
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it was thanks to the aforementioned Christianthat I was in a Barcelona police station a mere 30 minutes after having arrived in the city.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:19,
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did he just go madand throw his religion to the wind?
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:20,
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naa, he got fully suckered in by a street game of "pick which matchbox the ball is under"lost 50 Euros. Me and the other guy with him couldn't quite believe what was happening, so we just let it.
As we walked off this scruffy dude flashed us a random badge and a massive pistol and said he was the police, did the guy lose some money and if so follow him.
We marched to the police station (although we could've been going anywhere, the badge didn't look like any I'd seen before and the guy looked like a spanish version of the Sweeney) and a form was filled in. None of us could remember what the guy looked like, so the cop told us. Meanwhile we could hear him being given a bit of a slapping in the next room.
Guy got his 50 Euros back, and I got a mildly amusing anecdote. Everyone's a winner.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:26,
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that's pretty coolcertainly a bit naive though
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:28,
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the whole thing was quite surprisingit'd been a massively late night and travelling the night before, so everything felt a bit unreal.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:31,
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I don't have any amusing stories regarding religionApart from screaming the Lord's Prayer at my last house party
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:28,
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I'm sure I told you of Presbyterian girl(
Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:30,
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Did you? You've told me many amusing storiessome in full, some just tantalising hints. But this one is ringing more bells than others.
I'm going to shut up now I'm just blathering
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:33,
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:39,
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Well they all believe the same thing about a specific subject but I don't like to think you can lump all of them in together. The way I see it is if you take a community of football fans they will on the whole all agree that the team they follow is the best but their other views could vary wildly. I don't think Atheism is a bad thing as long as it's an informed choice.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:14,
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it is a bit tetchyI'm not though and would have the same opinion.
Students are on the whole self-important and pretentious wankers. I know I was when I was one, and I even hated students then. Most of them are far worse.
Particularly Exeter students. Those cunts.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:09,
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I like to think at 28even though I am a student I am beyond all the bullshit. I pretty much know who I am and what makes me tick and I'm pretty happy with it now.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:15,
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you're 28?blimey
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:15,
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yup, and rather sensible irl. This place regresses me ten years.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:18,
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hahaha you cunt!(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:19,
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I'm a studentbut I also work full time so that doesn't leave any time for cunty student activities.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:29,
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I do exactly the same, well work evenings when it's not summer.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:31,
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that's not working full timelazy fuck.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 16:01,
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I imagine a lot of skinny-trousered cunts with unnecessary spectacles and shit hairstyles going"OMG, yeah, I saw this guy the other day who, like, believed in god. I mean, yeah, like what a nob."
"God, yeah, like, come on, man, this isn't like, the dark ages anymore."
"God you know, I really hate the way all these priests are out there, like, raping choirboys and forcing their beliefs down, like, everyone's, like throats and like, I'm just sat here and I'm like, 'No way, I am a free and independent thinker.'"
"Yeah, like, no, like, yeah, you're right. That's really deep, like, I think it's time you graduated up to some even tighter trousers 'cause, like, I think everyone will see that you're deep enough to justify it, not like these fakers strutting around trying to tell us all that we'll, like, go to hell because we don't believe in Jehovah's Witnesses."
"Rofflecopter."
"Totally."
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If I actually knew anyone who spoke like a character from 'Cluless' while living in ScotlandI would have removed their genes from the gene pool ages ago, for the sake of the species. Especially if they used a phrase like 'lol,' 'rofl' or 'rofflecopter' out loud
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Hopefully with trousers that tightthey're already removing themselves from the gene pool...
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To be fair, he is a good guyAnd he's a good laugh to boot. I think he's just going through the phase of flexing his intellectual muscles for all to see, and having it come off as pretentious. We'll wait and see how it plays out
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why don't you go along having boned up (he he) on something like the Ontological argumentand the Cosmological argument and see how they get on.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:09,
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I've actually got my own opinions on religionThough they're best explained while heavily stoned, or on some form of halucinogenic. It makes them sound far more profound than they actually are
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You sound like my kind of person. If I'm honest with myself I would label myself as a hopeful agnostic.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:17,
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I'd label myself as someone who doesn't think about it very oftenbecause it has no bearing on my life
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:18,
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I get jealous of people who have faith in something like that because I just can't do it myself. I think it's an attractive quality.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:20,
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really?it depends on just what they believe.
I was at a wedding the other weekend where the vicar was suggesting in no uncertain terms that without God our actions and achievements are meaningless, and that our purpose is to worship God.
If there is a God like that, then he is an insecure and selfish cunt.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:22,
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I think that's part of the fun. Man's interpretation of 'God'. It's not what the person has faith in so much but that they have made the conscious choice to accept that there is a higher power and to live their live to a moral code. I know that's a huge sweeping statement but B3ta isn't the place for religious debate. I don't mean people who have been pretty much brainwashed by parents etc but people who had a need and filled it with faith.
I don't have that capacity and sometimes it can be a bit shit being a nihilist.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:27,
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That's part of the gist of my beliefIf there is some kind of 'creator' being (not even necessarily a creator - let's say a 'higher power'), it will be, by necessity, so much more complex than ourselves that we could never truly understand it. It would be like giving an ameba consciousness, and asking it to imagine us. It would just think of a giant ameba, possibly with a beard, who would care about ameba issues and think ameba-like thoughts.
It really does sound better on halucinogenics - throw in a couple of 'mans' and long pauses to stare at your hands for the full effect
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I think I might just be lonely.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:34,
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I like this amoeba descriptionprobably because I'm also a horrible stoner
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:46,
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"I get jealous of people who have faith in something like that because I just can't do it myself"I don't mean to be quite so rude, but if you pick that argument apart you are left with:
- Some people have it in them to believe in something physically implausible and unsupported by evidence as the the answer to most of life's difficult questions
- I do not have it in me to believe this (presumably due to the lack of evidence, etc?)
- I envy these people's blind faith.
Unless your argument is basically that "ignorance is bliss"?
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I wouldn't say ignorance is bliss but apart from that pretty much spot on. I would like to be able to believe in a higher power so that when life was shitty I could take comfort in it. I would say I was definitely jealous of that.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:29,
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But the rational part of your brain tells you that these people are, in all probability, deludedand that in those times of dire need, there isn't actually anyone or anything listening to them or watching over them, let alone waiting to intervene.
Are you really that jealous?
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True,But the thought that there is someone there can have powerful effects. It's like the placebo effect - it can give someone a reason to go on, to beat a disease that would otherwise have claimed them. Our minds are powerful things - deluding ourselves is not always necessarily a bad thing
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Not necessarilyBut if it starts to affect your whole life, makes you waste time on silly weekly rituals and turns you into a self-righteous dick, then one could argue the effects are adverse.
This is, of course, a huge, sweeping generalisation, and the placebo effect can have peculiar and far-reaching benefits in the right contexts. You've got to draw the line carefully though.
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Most people who believe in God aren't like thatMost just get on with it.
A lot don't even go to church.
Don't tar them all with the same brush as that prick next door to your folks.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:59,
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Haha, yes, you can probably spot the chip on my shoulder from where you areAs you can probably guess, he's not the first one to have riled me.
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It must be ACELook, if I don't know my husband is fucking the nanny, then he's not fucking the nanny. You dig?
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:37,
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I honestly honestly amI think I am smart enough to realise that they probably are deluded but I am not arrogant enough to think I have all the answers and that I haven't been conditioned by my life experience and surroundings. So I could be massively wrong. And to be honest I hope I am.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:37,
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I hope so tooNot sure there's a god, but I can deffo do magic.
I made Ioan Gruffudd come to my street.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:40,
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:41,
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Horatio Hornblower? on land?(
Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:42,
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Oh, I would never presume to suppose that I did have all the answers. That would, indeed, be deeply arrogantBut I choose to accept the gaps in my knowledge rather than trying to fill them with a fairytale explanation.
I also won't deny that it would be lovely to find myself in some sort of idyllic afterlife once I pop my clogs in about 25 years' time. However, given there is not a shred of evidence to support this figment of someone's imagination, I find it much more soothing to pragmatically assume that death is the end of it, and, to paraphrase the side of the number 156, to stop worrying about it and enjoy* the life I have.
*Well, I should probably stop being such a cantankerous git, but I've time to work on that...
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YeahIt made my great grandma really happy and nothing freaked her out because she had God and her Pope Idol. JP2 was her favourite evah of all the popes. I think she'd have bought Pope Pannini stickers if they'd been available.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:35,
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Pope swapsies! class
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:38,
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in Benedict's casedon't you mean
'Gott, Gott, nein.. Gott' ?
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:41,
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what with my estranged fatherHenry Kelly?
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:50,
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That may count against her in the long run? Wanting Gods' representative on earth dead.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:46,
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She said there's been a mistakeand she can tell God doesn't like him
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:48,
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I reckon your nana is right(
Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:49,
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^what she said
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:50,
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I'm sure they are availableamongst the kind of tat they sell outside novena masses.
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This reminds me of the timemy father forgot my mother's birthday (it fell on a Sunday) and he bought her a missal. He has a) never been allowed to forget it and b) paid for it for a long long time, possibly in diamonds
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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I had this boss book called My Guardian Angel and I(
Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:51,
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I think I lived your childhood(
Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:56,
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People are just looking for an answer to the question.....why are we here.We are here to MTFU and then enjoy the sweet release of oblivion.
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girlinthehole, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:30,
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And you can prove that can you?
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:31,
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Well I can after your dead.All this 'well you can't prove there isn't a God' is just a pile of wank.
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girlinthehole, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:34,
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hahayou knew what I meant though I hope. I agree with you I think I don't think anything happens after you die. But wouldn;t it be comforting to be on your deathbed thinking, 'I did alright, I was a decent human being, I practised my religion well and now I will get the reward.'
rather than 'shit I'm dying, what was it all for?'
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:36,
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No.I am looking forward to not existing. I can't think of anything less stressful.
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girlinthehole, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:38,
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go in peace(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:38,
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only to other people who are stoned.To the sober you're most likely saying "you know, man, you know? You know"
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:30,
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He sounds like a guy who was on my sister's courseWho thought that because he was studying English Lit, this meant any and all attempts to write essays and poetry would be profoundly brilliant, and he shared his outpourings through his own little navel-gazing blog.
They were, as you might expect, utter shit and he just looked like a pretentious bellend, but I'm sure some kindly soul will take pity upon him, shove his Byron Anthology firmly up his arse, and that will bring him back down to Earth a little.
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It bugs me in QOTWwhen people try and write intelligently and it comes across as forced. I hate when people write "he proceeded to do this. So I proceeded to do that". Why bother with the proceeded, why?!
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:31,
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I like to use 'proceeded' sometimes. It makes it more storyish.Some things can't be explained but they belong in certain places.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:36,
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Obviously I'm not advocating a blanket ban on the word proceededit's just something I've noticed, people who use it more than once in a story are usually verbose and pretentious bellends. Just do a word search for proceeded on QOTW and you'll probably find what I'm talking about.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:39,
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they're not all pricksmy story got populared a couple of weeks back. Are you saying I'm a prick PC? Are you?
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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Why don't you say what you really feel!(
Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:51,
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Because just saying "my testicles" all the timeIsn't a great basis for conversation.
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Yeah, but it's not going to suddenly creep up on you if you leave them unattended for ten minutes.It's an illness, not a traffic warden.
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I wonder how it fares against 'needless to say'?You could be onto something here, Kitzo.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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QOTW most used bollocks word tallyingI like it
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:46,
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or 'cue' or some typo of it(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:47,
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oh that well annoys me.I'm surprised Monty hasn't shouted at me for saying 'well' all the time yet.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:49,
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I'm surprised I don't get beat-downs for how much I say awesome.in real life as well.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:51,
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Hmm. I do worry that my own writing style makes me look a bit up myself.(Although in my defence, it's a long time since I tried to say anything vaguely profound on QOTW...)
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It's difficult to be objective about one's own writing(how pretentious did that sound?) but you can tell when someone is just sticking words in to make themselves sound more eloquent, like when people unnecessarily use 'myself' instead of 'me'.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:41,
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True, and the same goes for the bad habit of including a bad sexual metaphor or simile in every other sentence.(, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:44, Reply)
I complained about Pooflake doing thatbut PC shot me down with an irony burn.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:46,
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Gaypond used to be good at them. In fact, I must admit I found Spanky funny when he first started.But there are numerous dead horses in that genre that have been flogged even longer and harder than one of my old "Bumder Alerts."
Edit: And then just look at the great big throbbing metaphors in that! I'm such a fucking hypocrite.
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Yeah I quite liked Spanky's first fewand really, his stories would still be quite entertaining if he didn't lace them with all the inneundos. I know everyone got fed up with Legless' wild stories, but I always thought they were entertaining and really that's all I'm looking for on a Thursday lunchtime.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:50,
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I would have liked his stories betterIf it didn't feel like he was using some kind of specially designed formula to produce them
Embarrassing position to be found in + explicit mention of sex/masturbation + overwrought metaphors = Best Of page. You could probably programme a bot to do it for you - Spankybot 2.0
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Or a phallic paperclip that pops up as you type"Hello. It looks as though you're trying to write a surefire hit for QOTW. Would you like help?
- Yes please, I would benefit from a template and a host of dodgy metaphors and euphemisms
- No thanks, I have enough depraved sexual fantasies lurking in the back of my mind for a lengthy, lengthy run of these. (Apologies for length!)"
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effectively they were just a very complicated way of telling peoplethat he has sex sometimes.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:59,
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I used it twice!
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:44,
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A future Pulitzer prize winner such as yourself? I won't believe it.(
Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:47,
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That's the nicest thing you've ever written to me(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:53,
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I really hate that myself and yourself thing(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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no you don't, you love myself(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:51,
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it's trueI can't fight it any longer. Wait, maybe that's the problem, I haven't been fighting it at all.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:53,
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why would you?it's so pure and right
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:55,
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I bet that's what priests say to little boys.(
Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:57,
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*shrugs*it works for them
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:59,
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My friend's aunt, when she heard him letting himself into the housewould always call out "Is it yourself?".
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is she Irish?(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:54,
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Thought so my relatives do the same.I love it.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:59,
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Really, any one who answers that will be telling the truth(
Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:54,
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unless they said no?fuck I'm confused.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:56,
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Ath-i-ests, we are here, don't believe in God and Jesus is a queer.Straight from the terraces.
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Is it meant to be ironic that that appears to be sung to the tune of "Jesus Christ Superstar"?(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:19,
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Join the young Marxists instead......and show up in comedy 'tache and glasses, and brandishing a cigar a la Groucho.
(They don't find it funny.)
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We had a communistjoin our conservative thinktank. He was very articulate and listened well, but would insist on giving out leaflets
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:13,
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I find it absolutely hilarious(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:15,
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^ I have to try this.Especially as there will be a fresh set of undergraduates arriving at the end of the month.
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I'm afraid hymns are not really my forte.More of an MC, you understand.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:27,
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I can imagine you with a military cross.having charged at an enemy machine gun post armed with a swagger stick and a battered copy of a Commando comic.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:30,
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I like this responseI would like to be greeted with this from now on.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:44,
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Kitty in 'I don't like this' shocker(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:00,
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It's very nice of you to offer, but no, thank you all the same.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:39,
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I can vouch for this.When was the last time boiled mince had you arrested for assault, EH?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:45,
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I'm not Badger's pimp!(don't tell her I said that)
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:43,
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There are pretentious student wankers before him, and they'll be some after him too.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:33,
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This is your best post to date.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:38,
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I'm gonna have you spayed(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:03,
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what was he correcting?(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:09,
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The fact that he's dull, tedious and has to have the last word.Just watch.
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*does Oliver Hardy smug face bow-tie adjusting move*(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:54,
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OH SHIT, YOU'RE RIGHT AND ALLChrist that's embarrassing, I used to be able to spell. Duly ninja-ed.
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Ninja Ed?Now there's someone I wouldn't like to meet on a dark night, if I had (for example) an injured hand.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:53,
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His imperious Antarctic Ninja Training would allow him to cure your ailmentswith a mere gaz of his cock.
(, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:56, Reply)
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