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Abortion. I'm not trying to stir up anything and I don't even know if I'm violating any rules with this but I need some help. The situation I'm in is that I had sex with my girlfriend (we're both 19), and I wor…
What do you think? I was having a discussion with an army vet that plays an mmo with me. While we were talking I realized that I kinda like seeing someone who is going against me being killed. I don't think I am wrong b…
[ Locked ] New to porn Hello, I am recently new to the porn aspect of the internet. I have been browsing this site for about a day and i like it, but i have two questions: What is loli? Why is it banned?…
Faster than light travel. I have just finished watching a Charleisscoollike video on light. And couldn’t help but hear that he said it is impossible to travel faster than light. That’s when I got thinking, light is
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Adding Lithium to public drinking water http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/05/22/052211-news-lithium-1-5/ This all started in Japan where researchers in 18 different communities noticed suicide, murders, and crimes were reduced i…
Why do guys say these things? My professor handed out some questionnaire to my class concerning about sexuality. The answer were free-response, so we wrote whatever we felt like. The next day, the professor announced the result …
The Science of Science Denial: Motivated Reasoning http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney The article is a bit long, but is a worthwhile read. Here are some relevant bits: …
We're now empowered senators! Soon.... We're now empowered politicans! Soon.... So yeah I was reading on arstechnica. After reading this article, I was like.... I can now throw incompetent senators into jail for lul…
Hacking Your PS3: Should it be legal? I know this sounds like it should be in the Video Game section but rather this topic is more serious than it would seem. This topic is not only about the PS3 but rather about hacking similar devices a…
And Now for Something Completely Different This thread will deal with originality. What got me thinking was a passage at the end of Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy novel The Way of Kings: (I think it's sp…
Successfully produced functional lab grown sperm. Wat do? http://dvice.com/archives/2011/03/researchers-suc.php What effect do you think this will have on the futu…
America's debt problem America's national debt is currently at 14.3 trillion dollars. This is more than 97.5% of our GDP. With how things are going along right now, our place as the world's largest and strongest economy won…
What the hell happened to Customer Service? Call me old fashioned if you want, but I remember a time not so long ago when sayings like "the customer always comes first" and "the customer is always right" were more than simply a useless plaque o…
[ Poll ] Losing loved ones... I've lost plenty of family just like im sure many other's have to. My grandfather past away tonight tho I didn't know him(only met him once) I still feel sorrow it's understandable. But my father did …
Intelligence: To pander or not to pander? So most intelligent people have been in this situation: You are discussing some matter, and you realize that the person you are discussing it with is hopelessly ignorant about the subject,…
Tribute to Knut and A Question about Animals in Captivity I am not sure if any member on Fakku knows of Knut. The polar bear supposedly shot to fame with its cute looks during its younger days, when it was abandoned by its mother. In any case, I was flipping…
[ Locked ] WARNING: Big brother is watching you Loli. Isn't there about 10 topics already about child porn and loli already? Why not post on those existing topics instead of making new ones :\
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Cyberpunk, Jacking-In, and my Direction in Life So I guess I have what you might call an academic fetish: invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) R&D. I don't know. This is just one of those concepts that makes me a bit giddy as a nerd and a ho…
WTF Taboo? : Swearing Edition So among my many considerations of the ridiculousness of certain taboos, one of the most interesting is the subject of swearing. I have wondered extensively on the subject, and have found…
Culpability If there is a person in distress, imminent danger, or peril, and you have the means/capasity to help them but do nothing, are you responable for their death?
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