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  1. What I think about when I hear the term "public health" is the disturbing extent to which medicine has been hijacked by big pharma, there was this swine flu fear mongering a few years ago and you can literally count the number of people that died on one hand while there is this Ebola epidemic in Africa and the mainstream media is barely mentioning anything about that. People are taking more pills and vaccines than ever before yet they are sicker than ever before and I don't think that is a coincidence. There is all this crap in the food, air and water and the "cure" being presented to people is only poisoning them further.
  2. Commercials are getting dumber and dumber, I just saw a cell phone commercial where these cops are looking for some serial killer and then this one cop mentions what according to the commercial is the greatest phone ever and then all the other cops are talking about the phone and nobody gives a shit about the serial killer anymore.

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    2. A Black Circle

      A Black Circle

      hitler

       

      is a discord puppet.

      just think about it.

    3. Shanks

      Shanks

      Hitler did cause a lot of chaos, possibly more than any other person who has ever lived but I don't know it is hard for me to picture Discord as a mass murderer. Tirek on the other hand, I could easily see killing quite a few people though in his case he would do it to eliminate threats to his power.

    4. A Black Circle

      A Black Circle

      killing = discord (not the character, the stuff itself)

  3. In the unlikely event that happens I would have objections to it so long as it was done right but it dosen't have to be the only reason Celestia is no longer able or willing to rule. Celestia could simply decide to retire, 1000 years of rule must be quite stressful and Celestia has done plenty.
  4. They don't have runaway inflation because their money cannot be continuously printed and backed by nothing like paper money and since dragons eat gems that also helps keep them at a manageable level. Equestria's economy is a lot more honest than 90% of economies on Earth, they don't have to deal with things like central banks and the state sanctioned counterfeiting that is the fiat paper money systems of way too many countries.
  5. Exactly, even the most tolerant and enlightened person has been bigoted and closed minded in at least one or two instances, it is a thought that while it is unfortunate is something that can be worked on. I do believe that human beings as a species can evolve to be more open minded and less bigoted and much of it has to do with education. Jim Crow laws and slavery used to be things that were considered perfectly acceptable but now most people are horrified a those things.
  6. Society deems cartoon ponies are something exclusively for little girls so bronies are weird for simply liking something which they are "supposed to" have no interest in. There really is no such thing as normal when you really get down to it but when people challenge certain social norms people can sometimes react with hostility.
  7. For PC games you have to constantly upgrade your rig just to keep up which is something I really don't want to have to do and this is coming from a guy who like a lot of power in his PC. Sure you get a lot more graphical and processing power in PC but I just want to be able to plug the game and start playing,it is true that consoles are becoming more computer like it seems more and more like consoles are trying to be something they shouldn't be which is part of the reason why this current console generation hasn't had as much of an upgrade in its power as previous console generations have. There are a couple of PC games I do like though but for the most part I tend to go more for consoles. With handhelds Nintendo keeps dominating, Sony can and should be able to catch up with all the potential that the Vita has but nearly all of its games are Playstation 2 or even Playstation 3 ports. There is of course also the rise of cell phone and internet games but nearly all of them just seem to be clones of each other and ripoffs of old school games like Tetris and just don't impress me. The rise of downloadable titles is great for all platforms, it gives indie developers a shot to get their stuff out there and consumers a chance to get old games they missed out on.
  8. 1. Has serious doubts about Discords reformation but does not fear him, since Discord is a being of chaos he would not stick solely to good or evil and therefore any threat he posed would be temporary. 2. "Changelings are like slightly more intelligent cockroaches, you can squish them all you want but they keep coming back. It is rather unfortunate they have no imagination as there perhaps could be a way for them to feed with harming anyone." 3. He is well aware that Celestia, Luna and the like all mean well but is highly critical of monarchy and is concerned about what would happen should the princesses all be killed. 4. He has seen a lot of strange things that most ponies would deem impossible so there may be some initial skepticism he wouldn't dismiss the possibility entirely.
  9. I am yet to hear anyone seriously say that Twilight is a troll, I have heard certain characters most notably Celestia jokingly depicted as trolls (Trollestia anyone?) so depictions of Twilight as a troll are probably also intended as jokes.
  10. A katana and 2 kodachi's for short range and a Glock pistol for long range and maybe an AK47 for when things really get dicey.
  11. Today is my first day of work with my new knee pads, the are a tighter fit than my other pair but offer a bit more support. Time to put them to the test.

  12. Yes, anti brony trolls go on this site to stir shit up all the time but most of them don't tend to last very long for obvious reasons. There was this one anti brony survey done on here that drew some out that were able control themselves long enough to not get nearly insta banned, the one that most stuck out in my mind is a ex brony who got all high and mighty. If someone is no longer interested in the show than I have no problem with them but once someone goes white knight is the second I stop taking them seriously.
  13. Twilight seems to express her feelings differently than her friends, she is much more introverted than most of them and this can make her seem detached at times but just because she seems that way dosen't mean that she dosen't care or is simply going through the motions. We learned this in the episode Maud Pie with Pinkie Pie's very different sister, granted her differences are much more drastic but I think this still applies to Twilight. Twilight is also very logic and detail based, she is very good at detaching herself to a certain extent when it is in fact necessary and thinking things out which is a bit of a double edged sword. In Lesson Zero and Its About Time we clearly saw Twilight over think things and let her OCD like tendencies grab hold of her, but in Bridle Gossip we at first saw her use this to be a voice of reason yet also saw her literally judge a book by its cover when she refused to read the book that she later found out contained the cure for poison joke because "it seemed too weird". In Winter Wrap up Twilight got things back on track and got it to be on time for the first time in at least a few years.
  14. This thread gave me a good laugh, I suppose if I had no other choice I would. I would probably roast him over an open fire, that is relatively easy and in a starvation situation I might not have the luxury of cooking in a more complicated fashion.
  15. I hate to say it but I am not surprised, people have beat each other up and even killed each other over for even dumber reasons than this. This still sucks though, I hope whoever did this gets caught.
  16. Applejack without a doubt, I could see Big Mac letting out the occasional swear but in the right moments I could see Applejack being a bit of a potty mouth.
  17. I live in a condo complex and I would much rather have nothing whatsoever to do with most of my neighbors. There are these neighbors that live upstairs from me that are complete pigs, they throw trash everywhere. I came home from work one night and found raw ground beef splattered all over my patio crawling with ants complete with a note about how they want it back. It was the last thing I wanted to deal with at the time but because I didn't want an ant infestation scooped everything up and took it straight to the dumpster. What really takes the cake though is they got a cockroach infestation which is no surprise and wouldn't be my problem if the infestation hadn't spread to my perfectly clean house. I suppose on the plus side it gave me a great idea for a fanfic where Rarity gets a cockroach infestation. Though they are much more quiet now I used to overhear them having sex all the time, to be honest part of me enjoyed it but another part of me was pissed that they had to be that loud at 2am when I am trying to sleep. I still occasionally hear them going at it but they are much better about it now, I swear that lady has one hell of a set of lungs on her. There are these other neighbors that live in this house just outside of the complex that used to have a lot of loud parties, but either new ones moved in or they have gotten more considerate. Either way, less noise and less sleepless nights is fine with me. There are these neighbors I have though that I do like. They are fairly friendly and their dog Charlie always gives his own hello whenever anyone passes by. The husband has offered to fix the cracked ceiling in my bathroom at a good price so I am probably going to let him do that.
  18. They gave you an IV? Either they didn't give me or I was so doped up from all the painkillers that I just didn't notice. I was awake the entire time but I was so out of it that I might as well have been knocked out.
  19. That is why I am a bit stingy with brohoofs, nothing against people that are generous with them but for me I like to save them for what I think are the best posts.
  20. 1. Wearing a pony shirt is a good way to find bronies which is something I can personally attest to but for those that wish to avoid dirty looks and possible bullying there are more subtle options like shirts with ponies in human forms, shirts with their cutie marks or shirts with characters only bronies would be familiar with like Discord or Tirek. 2. For the most part it has had no effect, I have gotten occasional WTF looks from people from wearing pony shirts but for the most part there is no effect though much of this has to do with the fact that I don't go out of my to advertise it for the most part but I also don't go out of my way to hide it. 3. Talking about the show is an obvious one but there are plenty of other subjects as well so for the most part it is the same for me.
  21. Finland rarely even makes the news where I live here in America so what most Americans know is a bit limited I know more about what goes in world affairs than most people and I will admit I don't know that much about Finland. I never knew that one of the largest cell phone companies and that Angry Birds came from Finland. What I do know about Finland is that it is a small Nordic country located near Norway and Sweden and has a similar culture, political system and economy to those countries though I am sure there are some differences as well. I know that as a region those particular countries tend to have somewhat socialistic democratic economies with fairly liberal social policy. What I like about these countries is that they tend to mind their own business overseas which is something I wish my country would do. The founding fathers have given many warnings again entangling alliances and not being the police of the world which are being increasingly ignored with grave consequences.
  22. I am sure there are some idiots that are, but it is never going to become a major thing since heterosexuals are the majority.
  23. I am one of the few people that can read my handwriting though if I look at something that I wrote 10 or 20 years ago than even I might not be able to read it. Because of this I have to get testing accomdations at school for any tests that involve written answers, I have tried to improve my hand writing I really have but I think where it is now is as good as it is going to get.
  24. It depends on the episode, sometimes I will notice things that I didn't the first time I watched and sometimes it will have no significant effect but sometimes it will make me appreciate the episode more but sometimes it may do the opposite. Since the Return of Harmony two parter was the first episode I ever watched I liked it but once I watched all the other episodes before it I started to appreciate it even more. I love all the Applejack episodes (except for the Somepony To Remember Me) but I am finding things all the time that just add another reason for me to like them. In Spike at Your Service I was mostly happy to get an Applejack episode so I didn't judge it too harshly but after watching it again once or twice I can see why some people didn't like it. The whole dragon honor code thing was believable but they made Spike a doofus from the get go instead of having him gradually devolve into that which would have been much more believable. And I always hated Magical Mystery Cure but watching it again actually made me hate it even more, I may not be more neutral about the twilicorn thing but I still haven't gotten the bad taste out of my mouth from that episode.
  25. This is definitely in the category of "not going to happen", I personally wouldn't care but give it 20 years or so and things might be a bit different but as it now stands it would cause a shit storm that could very well get the entire show cancelled.
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