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The vaccine debate does serve a not all that interesting purpose - as an indicator for shifting cultural norms. A problem that would have once been discreetly resolved by simply letting the poor little vaccinated autistic girl out of the car somewhere on a remote highway now demands a national movement, with all the indignation and deep sense of injustice that goes with it. Instead of quietly dealing with the pain of watching their trusting, confused little girl recede in the rearview mirror, today's parents demand that the entire world rally to compensate them for a simple accident of nature - namely, their ill-advised decision to fornicate without proper contraception.

Precious little snowflakes, every one. How I love to crush them.

Pretty much like dumping a semi load of plywood in front of a couple of porcupines.

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If any of you have even the smallest notion of what I'm going on about here, please PM me and let me in on it.

A snowflake's uniqueness is, itself, a kind of illusion. What appears unique to us is actually quite simple and homogeneous at a more fundamental level. Rather than violating the 2nd or any other physical law - a snowflake, a byproduct of water seeking its lowest energy state under the given conditions - exemplifies predictability, sameness, and the ephemeral nature of perceived uniqueness. It is a symbol of low energy acquiescence, rather than energetic innovation.

Everybody likes to have their beliefs, the more iconoclastic the better, validated by an external source, particularly sources that bill themselves as secret wellsprings of TRUTH. Pursuing one's desire for Snowflakeyness in a blizzard of 7+ billion is getting tougher. One must have faith, resolve, and a thick skin. Fortunately, there is no shortage of ridicule for those precious few who really see real things the real way they really are...no, really - so the iconoclast's requirement for minority persecution, even if your minority includes 150 million other lemmings, remains conveniently satisfied in that modern, at-your-fingertips kind of way.

It only takes a handful of diligent psychotics to provide the Kimmos and Kevbones of the world with all the evidence they need of an omniscient malevolence that lurks just beneath the surface of our somnambulant existences. Gullibility is not on the rise - it's just enjoying more airtime. Consider the most popular book of all time - I rest my case. It used to take some effort being a nutter - you had to find a soap box, a street corner, a rotten fruit proof jacket. Now you can fire off your WHAT IF????!!! OF THE DAY while pinching a growler while fantasizing about dropping said growler on some blue haired chick who probably has no idea that Holloween snapshot #420 has found its way into that niche of the viralverse that specializes in not making poo poo go away as quickly as humanly possible. And hey, why not post another picture of your puppy getting his bath while you're revealing that the CIA has, in fact, been behind Burning Man all along? When one makes that final leap - equating an inability to vet information with having an 'open mind' - the world is your personal talking oyster.

A live, full grown bluefin plopped onto your sunday morning bed: def worse.

No self respecting big waller would do that. It's hard enough to hit an stationary target.

I'll click on your link if you'll lick my sausage

Why won't you meet with us, Anne Coulter?

I've seen Mars with my own eyes. I've seen Kevbone with my own eyes. Come to think of it, they're both on the reddish side. Coincidence? Go ahead, keep your head buried in the Martian sand. I think its high time Kevbone submitted a DNA sample to JPL. Betcha they've seen it before, real recent, like. Benevolent alien truthsayer or interplanetary psyops recon ranger? Or something else entirely...something wonderful?

Hell, I've even seen a piece of the place up close and personal.

I've seen Mars plenty of times.

Curiosity did just perform its first real soil sample analysis. It also 'sniffed' the atmosphere.

The Mars Curiosity team just announced that the rover has likely made an historic discovery - details in early December after more experimentation. "Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."

T minus one six and counting

The only arms I take up are my baby's. The self-replicating doomsday robot in my basement will remain inactive until Chiggerpocalypse warrants its deployment.

"Strike another match, go start anew It's all over now, baby blue"

Writing history usually goes better if you read history beforehand. Including the phrase "then a miracle happens" in your plan, or lack thereof, certainly does save time up front, but...

This is the first bit of decent information on this thread. Luckily, the family arsenal already includes two out of the three recommended technologies.

I'm more concerned about the NOAA coverup. MERMAIDGATE.

"seemed to indicate"? That doesn't equate to "none", scientist. I've read two articles recently where the WA MJ businesses owners had had these issues, but found banks (credit unions, most likely) - but they would not reveal the names for the obvious aforementioned reasons. It's happening, but much of it "seems to be" on the QT. Like I said, speculation is rampant. You've been a "this ain't gonna fly" kinda guy, but then, you're not the most informed source for such a prediction, either. These growing pains happen when society begins to tear down 4 decades of shitty policy. The ambiguity caused by the DOJ's lack of clarity isn't desirable for law enforcement, businesses, or state governments. They're under a lot more pressure to clear things up, one way or the other, since the election. So my prediction is: we'll see.

The more salient question is what it would take for anyone here to click on one of your links. Severe, traumatic brain injury and an utter lack of anything else to do, in combination? For some, the threat of being stabbed through the scrotum with a barbeque fork may need to be added.