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What were the Best Seats at a Event Personally
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to millbank's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I've been in the front row for every Wiggles concert since their inception in 1991. Seeing the joy in the children's eyes is magnificent, and then later the fear.... Oh. I mean...What I meant to say is, three rows behind the Sabres' bench in a playoff game. -
"God particle" confirmed by physicists
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to PromoTheRobot's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Let's briefly put aside the fact that there isn't some big general coffer of money where everybody in the world goes to fix problems (I hope you don't honestly think this has a direct inverse effect on funds available toward malaria prevention). You really believe that burgeoning frontiers of scientific advancement should be ignored so that we can put band-aids on more pressing issues? And what do you mean by "wasting money on minute science"? Sub-atomic particles are unimportant because they're physically small? Huh? -
"God particle" confirmed by physicists
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to PromoTheRobot's topic in Off the Wall Archives
You're right. Those physicists haven't done a damn thing for cancer treatment! Though I believe they're working on a cure for spherical chickens in a vacuum. -
The Value of Racial Hyper-Sensitivity
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Value of Racial Hyper-Sensitivity
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
"That was then, this is now." is a pretty good motto to live by, in my opinion. But that doesn't mean that most people actually live by it. I'm trying to proffer an explanation, not an opinion on how people should behave, which I think we quite agree on. Progress (neither personal or on a large scale) isn't made by dwelling on the past. But we humans are sure talented at dwelling. -
The Value of Racial Hyper-Sensitivity
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I see even the level-headed posts here are subject to ad hominem. Yeah, I think the hyper-sensitivity the OP asked about is the result of people being overly apologetic (and for their ancestors, no less, which is illogical). You don't agree that there's a social reasoning to all this? -
The Value of Racial Hyper-Sensitivity
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I just read it. Pretty entertaining how Meathead was jumped upon. I wonder what my visceral reaction would have been if I had no frame of reference from your above comment. There's no doubt that many people are too sensitive...but wouldn't you also agree that more and more people are on board with the notion that political correctness has become a negative force? -
The Value of Racial Hyper-Sensitivity
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Rob's House's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I view it as a dialectic, in other words a pendulum swinging back and forth through long stretches of time, but gradually slowing. Hyper-sensitivity among the collective consciousness is a response to the Hypo-sensitivity that preceded it. In time, maybe a few decades, the distaste for political correctness will probably lead to a society that's more tolerant of racially motivated ire, but to a lesser extent than the pre-Civil Rights America. And then a few decades from there, the pendulum will swing again to a lesser extreme than we see today. Theoretically, it would all reach a happy medium, but odds are that some terrible crisis will through a wrench into the machine before that can happen. -
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I'm free to walk out my door and do pretty much whatever I want, to a point of reason. That applies to plenty of other countries too, of course, but it's good enough for me. Plus, we have baseball and Kate Upton. What does "best" even matter? The world's not perfect but life is generally good, wouldn't you say?
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Many players and many fans would react negatively. Extremely negatively. But it needs to happen at some point because I can't imagine how many gay athletes have hidden in the shadows for all these years. IF the rumor is true, then RG3 is in a position to be the next Jackie Robinson. He'd just need to be strong enough to handle all the inevitable ****.
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Despite not being a fan of rom coms, you can't really deny Ephron's greatness in the field. RIP. http://www.entertainment-bureau.com/nora-ephron-dead-at-71/2207
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New Era sideline caps
SageAgainstTheMachine replied to Optometric Insight's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Bills don't play baseball.
