figmentPez

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I've spent the last few months thinking that the guy in Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, was the same guy as from White Collar, Matt Bomer. I have been thinking, "man, I love this guy in White Collar, I should really see him as Superman." I'm so racist against white people, they all look alike to me.
 
Nice to see that Savannah's not the only one with brawls at Chuck E. Cheese.

Seriously, the manager of the local venue used to work at the local Greek Mafia-owned strip club. He said in 20 years of working there, he didn't have a FRACTION of the problems that they've had in 2 years at Chuck E. Cheese.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
I chuckle remembering the first place I ever saw the first Mortal Kombat game was in a Chuck-E-Cheese. And then the STINK got raised nationwide, if you folks remember.
 

BananaHands

Staff member
And here I thought people had learned that ignoring them is the best way to keep their stupidity out of the news.

To stop those monsters 1-2-3,
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free,
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee...
(Guarantee void in Tennessee)
Just don't look! Just don't look!
Just don't look! Just don't look!
Just don't look! Just don't look!
 
Well, are they LaVeyan (secular) Satanists, or theistic Satanists?

I'm not familiar with the Satanic Temple, but looking at their website seems to imply they are non-theistic (though not necessarily associated with LaVeyan, it doesn't say).

I'm not clear on what a satanist is, then. Could you explain?

Stienman already posted the wiki-link, but basically the term 'Satanist' can be applied to two different types of groups. Those that are theistic, believe the devil to be an actual deity, and worship him, and those that are atheistic and basically have a flair for the theatrical. Only the first would accurately be described as a devil-worshipper.
 
And here I thought people had learned that ignoring them is the best way to keep their stupidity out of the news.

But keeping the extreme idiots o nthe other side out of the news might make their side look more reasonable if we jerk around, so we've got to keep their most zealous idiots in the media's eye!

See, people who want to resolve issues don't want to give either side's morons the spotlight. People who want to instigate, just want attention or don't want any form of compromise, but insist on being the "right guy" fighting "evil", want the focus to be as much as possible on the opponent's craziest outcroppings.

It's the same reason we pay more attention to Muslim terrorists than to the hundreds of thousands of perfectly peaceful Muslims around them, and why you'll see "opposite" pundits being taken to town much more often in political media than a reasoned debate with a "moderate" - be it left wing on Fox or right wing on MSNBC or whatever.
 
Nice to see that Savannah's not the only one with brawls at Chuck E. Cheese.

Seriously, the manager of the local venue used to work at the local Greek Mafia-owned strip club. He said in 20 years of working there, he didn't have a FRACTION of the problems that they've had in 2 years at Chuck E. Cheese.
So is there something in the food at Chuck E Cheese that chemically increases aggression and causes these brawls? Like, what the what.
 
So is there something in the food at Chuck E Cheese that chemically increases aggression and causes these brawls? Like, what the what.
It's the noise in the place. The constant ding, clang, bang, scream, ping, boing, crash, whistle, scrape and roar of the place just gets to you after a few seconds. Makes you want to commit harm to any living creature that crosses your path, especially that stupid rat.
 
But keeping the extreme idiots o nthe other side out of the news might make their side look more reasonable if we jerk around, so we've got to keep their most zealous idiots in the media's eye!

See, people who want to resolve issues don't want to give either side's morons the spotlight. People who want to instigate, just want attention or don't want any form of compromise, but insist on being the "right guy" fighting "evil", want the focus to be as much as possible on the opponent's craziest outcroppings.

It's the same reason we pay more attention to Muslim terrorists than to the hundreds of thousands of perfectly peaceful Muslims around them, and why you'll see "opposite" pundits being taken to town much more often in political media than a reasoned debate with a "moderate" - be it left wing on Fox or right wing on MSNBC or whatever.
I'm ok with that to a limit, like the NRA. They may be on the extreme, but the make the middle sound ok. I don't see any good in organizations like Westboro though. There is no middle ground to be found with them. They abuse the media and harass people to generate lawsuits to make money. That's all. There is no real message in what they do. It's like saying the Nigerian scammers are trying to bring awareness to the plight of poor Africans.
 
I'm ok with that to a limit, like the NRA. They may be on the extreme, but the make the middle sound ok. I don't see any good in organizations like Westboro though. There is no middle ground to be found with them. They abuse the media and harass people to generate lawsuits to make money. That's all. There is no real message in what they do. It's like saying the Nigerian scammers are trying to bring awareness to the plight of poor Africans.


The NRA isn't the actual fringe. That's the self-proclaimed militias who have a couple of artillery pieces in their yard and think that's their right because the government is coming for them.

The WBC is the absolute extreme on a scale where, somewhere closer to the middle are politicians who want to force Christian symbols all over government buildings and such. Much, much closer to the middle (and seriously, much closer, I don't mean to lump anyone in with anything), you find intelligent people who are religious and (partly) base their ethical/moral value system in their religion, such as Stienman or MindDetective. On the other side of the middle are people who aren't necessarily religious, but have been raised in a Christian tradition and accept it has its merits in some situations and see religion as one of many acceptable sources for a moral system. Further along the axis come rabid anti-clerical people who want to abolish all religion because it keeps people dumb and such, and so on and so forth, all the way to people who want to blow up the Pyramids and the Vatican because they're reminders of a "stupider" time.
 
The NRA isn't the actual fringe. That's the self-proclaimed militias who have a couple of artillery pieces in their yard and think that's their right because the government is coming for them.

The WBC is the absolute extreme on a scale where, somewhere closer to the middle are politicians who want to force Christian symbols all over government buildings and such. Much, much closer to the middle (and seriously, much closer, I don't mean to lump anyone in with anything), you find intelligent people who are religious and (partly) base their ethical/moral value system in their religion, such as Stienman or MindDetective. On the other side of the middle are people who aren't necessarily religious, but have been raised in a Christian tradition and accept it has its merits in some situations and see religion as one of many acceptable sources for a moral system. Further along the axis come rabid anti-clerical people who want to abolish all religion because it keeps people dumb and such, and so on and so forth, all the way to people who want to blow up the Pyramids and the Vatican because they're reminders of a "stupider" time.
But what I'm saying is they are using the message not because they believe in it or want to affect change, but to make money on lawsuits. That's the difference, and what I was getting at.
 
But what I'm saying is they are using the message not because they believe in it or want to affect change, but to make money on lawsuits. That's the difference, and what I was getting at.

Could be, I honestly don't follow the WBC close enough to know why they do things.
 
I chuckle remembering the first place I ever saw the first Mortal Kombat game was in a Chuck-E-Cheese. And then the STINK got raised nationwide, if you folks remember.
And good thing they raised that whole fuss too! Kids all over the country were copying the things they saw in that video game! Why, at my school, I saw no less than two people rip other guys' heads off, Sub-Zero style! And one dude burst into flames after a girl blew him a kiss, just like with Sonya!
 
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