Recent content by Able Seaman Staines

At the start of the 20th Century the average life expectancy was 31. Today it has risen to 67. In the past is has been as low as 20 and as high as 35 in various societies. Science has more than doubled the average life expectancy. The oldest confirmed person ever lived to be 122. Now if we...

If someone feels that they were born in the wrong gender body because of some sort of developmental hiccup why not have the means to alter it ? If people can get gender reassignment surgery, why not also make something that makes them at peace with the body they have ? Knowing how to do...

I am laughing SO hard right now. Star Wars, the simultaneously most beloved and most abused franchise is being handed over to EA the notorious game rapist. I want EA to produce a game centered around the Gungan culture that makes Jarjar Binks the central character and where you can buy...

There has been a slow shift to acknowledging animation in Western films. Obviously live action has been the standard for a long time in Western movies, and the big production movie companies are nothing if not TOTALLY TERRIFIED OF TAKING ANY CHANCES. This is a symptom of the cultural decay...

Personally I think that even if human beings can't travel faster than light, we can solve the problem of travelling vast distances by developing technologies that increase human lifespan to enormous lengths. We know this is possible via nanotech and better medicine because we have seen huge...

What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality? -Zap Brannigan

Hero of course. The laws in question have been put in place not to protect the public but to protect corrupt people used to VERY LITERALLY getting away with murder. Manning has some balls on him, but he should have covered his own arse better if he wants to get in an arse kicking contest with...

In answer to this question "why is it considered insulting to suggest homosexuality is a choice" is because homosexuality is NOT a choice, it is something you are forced into at knife point in your early teens. That was a joke btw, albeit a somewhat sick one. However this whole forum question...

For me it is between Skynet and the Romans. On balance, strangely enough I think I will go for the Romans. I would sell off their archaic gear through museums and auction houses to help equip them with modern munitions and training. The Romans had an amazing capacity for coping with...