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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: howsyournaggerdoin]
#23590714 - 08/29/16 04:41 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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howsyournaggerdoin said: I got 50 bucks for finding a dead body when i was 14.
Did the guy who paid you toss the body in his trunk and drive off never to be seen?
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Asante]
#23590733 - 08/29/16 04:45 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Putting aside that the narrative often goes to the victor, there is much common knowledge today that would have been conspiracy theory yesterday. The British Army thanks our grandparents for not raising a stink over their meddling in Arabia leading up to World War 1. And Hitler's senior citizen aged corpse says hello from Argentina.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: falsereality]
#23590805 - 08/29/16 05:02 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Enlil said: The truth of this world is scarcity. There are unlimited wants and limited resources. There are more people than the planet can support in anything resembling a first-world lifestyle. There will always be people with more than other people. YOU are one of the privileged, and you choose to keep your privilege, as do I. We're no better than the billionaires, morally. It's just that sacrificing one billionaire would level the field far more than sacrificing ourselves would.
One of the truths of this world is abundance; in resources, technology and potential. It's physically possible for the planet to support the current population of earth living a first world lifestyle -- not that it does currently. If the population keeps growing at such a fast rate, all bets are off the table.
Capitalism isn't perfect, but it is the main driving force of innovation and technological achievement. Unfortunately some people will end up with less and others with more, it's how the system works. While a large amount of a person's life is dictated by where they are born and how well off their parents are, their innate human capital (intelligence, creativity, reasoning etc...) and education are better predictors for success, especially in first world countries.
I'm not actively "choosing" to keep my privilege of where I was born, neither are you.
Morally, I don't see why a ten figure bank account makes someone worse than the average person.
"It's physically possible for the planet to support the current population of earth living a first world lifestyle"
I don't think so, the strain on energy would make it impossible to meet those needs. Could the world function with $500 per barrel oil? NO.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: qman]
#23590936 - 08/29/16 05:40 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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falsereality said:
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Enlil said: The truth of this world is scarcity. There are unlimited wants and limited resources. There are more people than the planet can support in anything resembling a first-world lifestyle. There will always be people with more than other people. YOU are one of the privileged, and you choose to keep your privilege, as do I. We're no better than the billionaires, morally. It's just that sacrificing one billionaire would level the field far more than sacrificing ourselves would.
One of the truths of this world is abundance; in resources, technology and potential. It's physically possible for the planet to support the current population of earth living a first world lifestyle -- not that it does currently. If the population keeps growing at such a fast rate, all bets are off the table.
Capitalism isn't perfect, but it is the main driving force of innovation and technological achievement. Unfortunately some people will end up with less and others with more, it's how the system works. While a large amount of a person's life is dictated by where they are born and how well off their parents are, their innate human capital (intelligence, creativity, reasoning etc...) and education are better predictors for success, especially in first world countries.
I'm not actively "choosing" to keep my privilege of where I was born, neither are you.
Morally, I don't see why a ten figure bank account makes someone worse than the average person.
"It's physically possible for the planet to support the current population of earth living a first world lifestyle"
I don't think so, the strain on energy would make it impossible to meet those needs. Could the world function with $500 per barrel oil? NO.
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It's physically possible for the planet to support the current population of earth living a first world lifestyle -- not that it does currently.
By physically possible I mean there's no physical law or mathematical constraint preventing that standard of life, in a hypothetical scenario where the price of oil is $500/bl, and everyone is living in first world conditions, I think it would also be fair to assume that the energy grid would be adapted to support alternate sources of energy.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: falsereality]
#23590967 - 08/29/16 05:48 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, he's not thinking outside the bun. We would still have to use some oil petroleum, but not nearly as much.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Great Scott]
#23590977 - 08/29/16 05:51 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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PeyoteZen said: Today's conspiracy theory is tomorrow's history book.
Would you let Alex jones suck you off with his meth mouth for $1000
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: koods]
#23590985 - 08/29/16 05:53 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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No, but I'd go on his show and talk about the nature of evil for $100, Alex.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: falsereality] 1
#23591514 - 08/29/16 08:18 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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By physically possible I mean there's no physical law or mathematical constraint preventing that standard of life, in a hypothetical scenario where the price of oil is $500/bl, and everyone is living in first world conditions, I think it would also be fair to assume that the energy grid would be adapted to support alternate sources of energy.
There is no alternative energy today that can do it. If fusion becomes practical, it might be different, but that could be a hundred years away or more.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Enlil]
#23591585 - 08/29/16 08:37 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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By physically possible I mean there's no physical law or mathematical constraint preventing that standard of life, in a hypothetical scenario where the price of oil is $500/bl, and everyone is living in first world conditions, I think it would also be fair to assume that the energy grid would be adapted to support alternate sources of energy.
There is no alternative energy today that can do it. If fusion becomes practical, it might be different, but that could be a hundred years away or more.
A combination of nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar and geothermal energy could easily power everything in the world.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: falsereality] 1
#23591604 - 08/29/16 08:40 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Lol, no. Not everything today and sure as hell not everything in the hypothetical world we're talking about.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Enlil]
#23591609 - 08/29/16 08:42 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Not without some sort of orchestrated population reduction brought about by a Luciferian agenda. ~cue PeyoteZen
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Enlil]
#23591611 - 08/29/16 08:42 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The fuck are you on about
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: California]
#23591619 - 08/29/16 08:44 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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California said: Not without some sort of orchestrated population reduction brought about by a Luciferian agenda. ~cue PeyoteZen

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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Enlil]
#23591624 - 08/29/16 08:45 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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We rely on oil for more than most people realize, it's not just a matter of car fuel and electricity. If you look around your house, every object in the room is somehow related to oil in some facet. Cities are built with it. There's literally nothing we do that isn't touched by oil somewhere down the line. Oil is on par with water in it's importance.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Great Scott]
#23591628 - 08/29/16 08:46 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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California said: Not without some sort of orchestrated population reduction brought about by a Luciferian agenda. ~cue PeyoteZen


Gee, dude. Someone with the ability to carve in stone wrote some complete bullshit. We should totally live our lives accordingly, LOL.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: California]
#23591654 - 08/29/16 08:52 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Those are the Georgia Guidestones, brah. It's the Luciferian world government public relations scroll.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Great Scott]
#23591657 - 08/29/16 08:53 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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PeyoteZen said: Those are the Georgia Guidestones, brah. It's the Luciferian world government public relations scroll.

They are just some rocks some misguided moron inscribed some bullshit into. That is it.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: California]
#23591668 - 08/29/16 08:58 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yoko Ono and others have praised the inscribed messages as "a stirring call to rational thinking"
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: Enlil]
#23591863 - 08/29/16 10:02 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Enlil said: Lol, no. Not everything today and sure as hell not everything in the hypothetical world we're talking about.
A combination of all those different sources of energy has the potential to meet the energy (electricity) demands of the current world many times over. Coal and natural gas account for the majority of energy production anyway, the majority of oil consumed is used in transport applications that require a high energy density fuel - a property not exclusive to petroleum based fuels.
Oil is important, but as a fuel and energy source it's replaceable -- not that the $500/bl example is relevant because energy production is completely scalable.
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Re: Whats the weirdest/funniest/most disturbing thing you ever did for money? [Re: PatrickKn]
#23591870 - 08/29/16 10:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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PatrickKn said: We rely on oil for more than most people realize, it's not just a matter of car fuel and electricity. If you look around your house, every object in the room is somehow related to oil in some facet. Cities are built with it. There's literally nothing we do that isn't touched by oil somewhere down the line. Oil is on par with water in it's importance.
Sure, oil is important but it's not a limiting factor in societal development because of its abundance. There is enough oil for the population of the world to enjoy a first world lifestyle.
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