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    Vaping. Your Thoughts?

    False. I'm pro-vaping and pro-people-doing-whatever-they-want but nicotine isn't a vitamin. http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2014/03/24/the-real-danger-of-liquid-nicotine/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine (Note in particular entry on 'toxicology') In medical circles it's...
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    What Has You In A Good Mood Lately?

    1) Wasteland 2 is out today 2) Divinity: Original Sin was actually pretty fun though I could do with less "put on bifocals and look for very small switches in maximum resolution" puzzles - just me 3) Did I mention Wasteland 2 was out today?
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    Poll: Do you say 'thanks' to transport workers (bus drivers, taxi drivers, train drivers etc.)?

    I say thanks to *everybody* - my mum worked in the service industry and I still recall how poorly she was treated most of the time. (She was a waitress during college, some of the things I saw - since she was still putting herself through when I was a wee lad - yikes.) It doesn't cost...
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    Your best advice

    It's Heinlein, actually, Lazarus Long: "The more you love, the more you can love and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just." I found this pretty much the only...
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    Old social values you could get behind

    Erm... None. Really, none. I can't think of a single old cus... oh, wait! There is one! The custom of hospitality to strangers - I like this one. So did Jesus, apparently, from his Book and all: http://www.cresourcei.org/travelers.html
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    Do people dismiss new/low post members?

    If you dismiss me... you miss out on the wisdom that is Flat Cat. :)
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    Shallowness Abounds

    I'm a bi guy. I am not attracted to androgynous people. I like very iconic, manly men. I like very iconic, feminine women. I'm a top but even when I'm with a guy I like the guy to be... manly. Big, strong, muscular. When I'm with a woman I like her to be thin, lithe, feminine. I've pretty...
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    Poll: What do you think of the Escapist's new Ethics Guidelines?

    I dislike them but it's a free website run by other people. If they want to be social justice warriors and run a site that is strictly censored, it's their right to do so. The community doesn't have to like it but the community can also leave anytime. The whole Gamergate/Zoe/Whatever thing is...
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    I am a gamer and I'm not dead.

    Flat Cat lays down flatly with you! (Would stand with you, but, you know. Flat cat.)
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    Remember when "bullying" entailed physical assault?

    Yup. I remember being attacked and fighting back. I remember being both the target and the aggressor. And we used more than words. We kicked the shit out of each other. And I'm only 35. :)
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    Is it time for feminists to step off our hobby?

    Yeah... don't care. In addition, thousands are being killed in Syria, Ebola virus is rapidly mutating and killing more thousands, the Russians are threatening Ukraine's sovereignty, ... Just can't bring myself to get that worked up about Quinn. Sexual escapades have consequences for men and...
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    LGBT issues in the western world.

    I can say that LGBT youth in my town have it pretty bad. Most homeless youths on the street here were kicked out of the house by their parents because they were gay...