[pathwriter]

Oz has a strange habit of being a little too nice and trying way too hard to make sure their citizens comply. This makes me glad to know that not all of the public servants there are colossal wimps:

[Littlebender]

Epic

[treelo]

I'd so send my children to that school.

[Zombuh]

Burn.

[Seigrith]

This makes me want to have kids and send them to that school.

[Kay]

Fund it, everywhere.

[firefeng]

Seigrith, on 02 October 2009 - 08:41 PM, said:

I feel like I'm missing a joke, here.

[Aliadim]

This is awesome.

[Seigrith]

firefeng, on 02 October 2009 - 09:11 PM, said:

I feel like I'm missing a joke, here.

Well, I realized while playing the World of Warcraft for several months that it did not seem to have any sort of elemental wheel like the one in Final Fantasy XI, and that if it were to have any semblance of an elemental wheel, it would likely operate much in the manner of the Magic: The Gathering color quintet. It takes a familiarity with all three games to make the correlation actually function correctly.

[pathwriter]

Derailing my own topic, but even having played all relevant games, I hadn't actually taken the time to stare at the color wheel of Magic-WoW there. It's a mite too small in comparison to the rest of the image and it's esoteric enough that authenticity should probably be sacrificed for the name of making your point (that is, make the Shadow, Holy, etc., icons bigger). A few pentagrams to remind us that Magic and video games and fun are all products of the Devil would also be a nice touch. I have friends who seriously believe this, which goes to show how poor my taste in friendship can sometimes be.

[Kenshiro]

Why do Australians use the word cunt as a term of endearment? PETROL IS NOT FOR HUFFFING!

[Vigilous]

It's not just them. Most English-speaking European countries do. It really just shows how the same language can be so different between countries. In the US, society views cunt as so derogatory, it is almost like using the word nigger. If I ever use cunt around my wife, even if it is not directed at her or even at a man, she gives me a look. Like she she wants to gouge out my tongue with her bare hands.

EDIT:

And Path's OP is made of most epic win. Sadly, you'd never see that happen at a school here, since parents never like being told that they have to parent their children. I don't know if it is comforting or disturbing to know now that other countries deal with that bullshit.

[firefeng]

Seigrith, on 02 October 2009 - 10:19 PM, said:

Well, I realized while playing the World of Warcraft for several months that it did not seem to have any sort of elemental wheel like the one in Final Fantasy XI, and that if it were to have any semblance of an elemental wheel, it would likely operate much in the manner of the Magic: The Gathering color quintet. It takes a familiarity with all three games to make the correlation actually function correctly.

Such justifications fly in the face of my irrational deification of your existence transcending the creature comforts of blithe distractions from reality. I am commencing efforts to psychologically preempt the effects of such pithy things like knowledge as I type. False revelations concerning the disavowal of involvement with meretricious retreats into child-like irreality should be directed to my KI inbox to expedite the process of maintaining the absurdity of my estimations of other people. JUST 28 CENTS A DAY CAN SUPPORT THIS POOR, DOWNTRODDEN CRAZY WITH THINGS LIKE PUBLIC EDUCATION, FOOD, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STASIS.

pathwriter said:

I have friends who seriously believe this, which goes to show how poor my taste in friendship can sometimes be.

Out of curiosity, do your friends also deplore your homosexuality as a condemnation unto eternal torment upon the cessation of your mortal coil, also? Having family members that deplore the existence of Harry Potter as a vehicle of Satanic influence, such oddities are not lost on me. (Besides, in spite of the awesomeness of your random YouTube video, we both know that I would end up arbitrarily derailing your thread for no reason other than my own hubris, anyway. I've lost count of how many threads have died because of my ego...)

[pathwriter]

To be quite honest, I have no idea. I don't even know how they resolve their obsessive love of Star Trek and Star Wars with their perpetual condemnation of fantasy set in a contemporary or pseudo-medieval setting. They're good people, but they're perfect examples of the schizophrenic nature of certain Christians.

[Seigrith]

I imagine this is one of the reasons Ken Ham is the curator of the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Also, I figured the World of Warcraft icons I used would be of sufficient enough clarity to guide my speculation. I probably could have found bigger ones, but then I would have had to find a larger resolution Magic: The Gathering card back. Having none of my own, nor a scanner or access to one with which to capture the image, I opted to use the resources readily available. If somebody wanted to make the point that it's much more of an elemental pentacle than an elemental wheel, I'd be inclined to agree, but I still hope the point I was trying to make arrives with some lucidity.

[Xani]

Vigilous, on 03 October 2009 - 01:45 AM, said:

It's not just them. Most English-speaking European countries do. It really just shows how the same language can be so different between countries. In the US, society views cunt as so derogatory, it is almost like using the word nigger. If I ever use cunt around my wife, even if it is not directed at her or even at a man, she gives me a look. Like she she wants to gouge out my tongue with her bare hands.

Actually, it's very much the same in England. People don't like the word Cunt, (mostly women, I might add) and is considered the worst cuss of all others. On the other hand, to "young adults" and older middle-aged men, the word is becoming less and less taboo. I once had a guy friend tell me that I shouldn't say the word "cunt" as it's not nice for women to say. So I called him a cunt. .

[treelo]

Amongst friends, like most insults, it's perfectly fine and has been for as long as I can remember. I wouldn't go so far as to call it endearing, it just loses most of it's negative connotations. If I were to hear some random yob in the streets hurling it in my general direction, I'd assume violence was about to ensue.

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I don't even know how they resolve their obsessive love of Star Trek and Star Wars with their perpetual condemnation of fantasy set in a contemporary or pseudo-medieval setting.

I suppose they could argue that being set in the future, it is a work of pure fiction, while fantasy settings are derived mostly from pagan traditions and mythology. Medieval settings tend to have their own fictional pantheon and can be considered heretical, this also breaks one of the ten commandments. Magic has always been considered as going against Christian beliefs, it was an integral part of most non-christian societies, and gives men powers on a par with God, which is again blasphemy. Unless you clearly shout "God gave me these powers!" before you incinerate someone with a ball of fiery death. The Bible seems to be quite clear on this.

[Kenshiro]

treelo, on 03 October 2009 - 07:49 AM, said:

I suppose they could argue that being set in the future

Star Wars takes place in the past D:

[treelo]

Kenshiro, on 03 October 2009 - 08:28 AM, said:

Star Wars takes place in the past D:

Highly advanced aliens built the pyramids with futuristic spaceships and rayguns, yet this happened in the past.

[Aleera]