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29 Jun 2017, 7:07 pm

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Right ahead of you :lol:
I'm not a natural scapegoat by any means but it's only a transitive state - comes with academic territory; nothing which materially or socially affects me.


Well, society has enough scapegoats for that. I'd say we're chalk and cheese in the metaphysics universal department, positively speaking. You can't fashion a kite these days without someone tripping up after it.



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29 Jun 2017, 7:17 pm

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I don't really engage with many people online very often so I have avoided this type of unpleasant human contact so far. I wonder why someone would go through the trouble of doing this type of behavior. What benefits does it provide the perpetrator of such behavior?

If there's something you want from people or communities online, there's a catfish for it.


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29 Jun 2017, 7:30 pm

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cberg wrote:
Right ahead of you :lol:
I'm not a natural scapegoat by any means but it's only a transitive state - comes with academic territory; nothing which materially or socially affects me.


Well, society has enough scapegoats for that. I'd say we're chalk and cheese in the metaphysics universal department, positively speaking. You can't fashion a kite these days without someone tripping up after it.


Unless your kite is pulling a Maersk supertanker.


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29 Jun 2017, 7:42 pm

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I don't really engage with many people online very often so I have avoided this type of unpleasant human contact so far. I wonder why someone would go through the trouble of doing this type of behavior. What benefits does it provide the perpetrator of such behavior?


It doesn't, really it can't. People just lack understanding of what we've built the internet for.


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29 Jun 2017, 8:22 pm

cberg wrote:
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I don't really engage with many people online very often so I have avoided this type of unpleasant human contact so far. I wonder why someone would go through the trouble of doing this type of behavior. What benefits does it provide the perpetrator of such behavior?


It doesn't, really it can't. People just lack understanding of what we've built the internet for.


At what point will our species stop being so cruel to its own and stop inflicting harm to itself? Will humanity ever become enlightened and stop the self serving oppression of others or will we be voting for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at some point? I guess I hold my expectations far too high.


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cberg wrote:
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cberg wrote:
Right ahead of you :lol:
I'm not a natural scapegoat by any means but it's only a transitive state - comes with academic territory; nothing which materially or socially affects me.


Well, society has enough scapegoats for that. I'd say we're chalk and cheese in the metaphysics universal department, positively speaking. You can't fashion a kite these days without someone tripping up after it.


Unless your kite is pulling a Maersk supertanker.


I'm willing to bypass through alot of the metaphysical unilateral way of thinking and instead opt for renewed peace on the Good Friday agreement, not that society ever will now, after the DUP got involved. Passive Indescretion.

Unless you want me to order up a Lockheed P-38 Lightning Twin-Engine Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft handled by WASP manufacturers, I'd say the kite ap looks more promising.



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29 Jun 2017, 10:53 pm

It's always tough to sexually identify as an Apache helicopter.


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29 Jun 2017, 11:02 pm

blackicmenace wrote:
cberg wrote:
blackicmenace wrote:
I don't really engage with many people online very often so I have avoided this type of unpleasant human contact so far. I wonder why someone would go through the trouble of doing this type of behavior. What benefits does it provide the perpetrator of such behavior?


It doesn't, really it can't. People just lack understanding of what we've built the internet for.


At what point will our species stop being so cruel to its own and stop inflicting harm to itself? Will humanity ever become enlightened and stop the self serving oppression of others or will we be voting for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at some point? I guess I hold my expectations far too high.


I may have stumbled upon a cure. :scratch:
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30 Jun 2017, 4:03 pm

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It's always tough to sexually identify as an Apache helicopter.


I think you mean Apache woman :) I don't think helicopter window shopping was on the control radar, and limits the female to what she is fully aware and capable of.



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30 Jun 2017, 4:14 pm

Dating apps must be something like dramatized international black-market arms bazaars.

I mean the internet already wanted all our information & money, can someone fill us in on why it's such a big surprise that people want the same?


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30 Jun 2017, 4:17 pm

Ucanny, I just found a Xerox copy of this above my TV.

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30 Jun 2017, 4:18 pm

cberg wrote:
blackicmenace wrote:
cberg wrote:
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I don't really engage with many people online very often so I have avoided this type of unpleasant human contact so far. I wonder why someone would go through the trouble of doing this type of behavior. What benefits does it provide the perpetrator of such behavior?


It doesn't, really it can't. People just lack understanding of what we've built the internet for.


At what point will our species stop being so cruel to its own and stop inflicting harm to itself? Will humanity ever become enlightened and stop the self serving oppression of others or will we be voting for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at some point? I guess I hold my expectations far too high.


I may have stumbled upon a cure. :scratch:
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But does it have electrolytes?


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30 Jun 2017, 4:20 pm

I do actually have to stop by the hippie store, I'll grab a can & let you know.


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