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Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What's something you unknowingly caused as a kid?
What's something you unknowingly caused as a kid?
the melancholist
cthulhu, rage of the seas
When I was younger, I remember by dad telling me that I nearly caused the house to get on fire.
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
I was in my late teens when it happened, but hopefully it counts.
So in my high school there was this thing called a “debates contest” whose participants are high school students, forming teams of three and having each a turn to speak on a topic (positions for the teams chosen at random with a coin toss).
So as it happens we were discussing a topic about morality between cultures, whether a particular culture could have moral superiority. Through the coin toss my team was assigned with defending the position there was no possible moral superiority between the cultures.
Our opponent’s used some argument that stated or assumed there was an inherent moral value to any action one takes, so as my turn came I stood on the podium... and whistles into the microphone. The crowd immediately went silent as some were surprised and others just confused.
I then proceeded to argue that a whistle like that had no attached moral value.
A few years pass I’m in college now and my cousin’s brother invites someone who is on my old high school to their birthday party. As it happens we had met and become friends before as well, so we chat, and what they tell me is that apparently my whistle has become a minor legend in the debate contest. People still talk about it and make references to it to this day.
So in my high school there was this thing called a “debates contest” whose participants are high school students, forming teams of three and having each a turn to speak on a topic (positions for the teams chosen at random with a coin toss).
So as it happens we were discussing a topic about morality between cultures, whether a particular culture could have moral superiority. Through the coin toss my team was assigned with defending the position there was no possible moral superiority between the cultures.
Our opponent’s used some argument that stated or assumed there was an inherent moral value to any action one takes, so as my turn came I stood on the podium... and whistles into the microphone. The crowd immediately went silent as some were surprised and others just confused.
I then proceeded to argue that a whistle like that had no attached moral value.
A few years pass I’m in college now and my cousin’s brother invites someone who is on my old high school to their birthday party. As it happens we had met and become friends before as well, so we chat, and what they tell me is that apparently my whistle has become a minor legend in the debate contest. People still talk about it and make references to it to this day.
raindrop
ridin' runaway trains, i'm a runaway cat
This was in 7th grade middle school and I'm a junior in high school now so it counts, I guess? Anyway, I caused a no bottle-flipping rule. (Remember when it was still relevant?) I was quite the jackass then, so I would throw the bottle over people and then try to land it. I dunno what I was thinking, but I had thought flipping a Hydro would be a good idea. It ended up hitting a poor kid in the head. He cried about it, and that was the end of bottle flipping at our school. :'(
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
If you're not supposed to talk to strangers, how are you supposed to make any friends?
If you're not supposed to talk to strangers, how are you supposed to make any friends?
Abendrot
修羅の花
You need that third link. School, work, mutual friends, a common interest, etc.
satanael
it's showtime !
XTreme Miming
Winter_Wolf
you had me at whiskey
Cause you break the rules
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
They're not strangers- They are just friends you haven't made yet
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
If the creators of Bill and Ted didn't want to rip off Back to the Future by using a time traveling van, why did they rip off Doctor Who by using a time traveling phone booth instead?
If the creators of Bill and Ted didn't want to rip off Back to the Future by using a time traveling van, why did they rip off Doctor Who by using a time traveling phone booth instead?
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
No answers to yesterday's question. What a shame.
Random question of the day:
Do you have an imaginary friend?
Random question of the day:
Do you have an imaginary friend?
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
*starts to question the existence of
Daisie
The Mechanist
Melpomene
LegoLad659
and many others on RPN*
Daisie
Seared with story
I was only ever the voice in everyone's heads.*starts to question the existence of
The Mechanist
Everyone's favorite cybernetic robot! 🤖
To be fair I am not technically living, I’m a machine after all*starts to question the existence of
Melpomene
Writer of Tragedy|Art by ROYTHEART|
YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW MY SECRET.*starts to question the existence of
Abendrot
修羅の花
Shout out to my imaginary boyfriend lol. He has no problems bc he doesn’t exist.
LegoLad659
Fairy Queen
Hey, I'm a magical Fairy Queen that lives in another dimension. If you thought I was real, that's your own fault*starts to question the existence of
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
Hey, I'm a magical Fairy Queen that lives in another dimension. If you thought I was real, that's your own fault
Nuu, the mushrooms lies to me?
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Should internet trolls be fined for their immaturity and the stirs they cause?
Should internet trolls be fined for their immaturity and the stirs they cause?
Abendrot
修羅の花
No??? Crude comments online can be a nuisance, but it's not a matter for the police and courts. They shouldn't be taking action unless there are threats or persistent harassment. You can't just prosecute everyone who says mean things on the internet.
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PhoenixMire
ᛚᚨᚦᚢ:ᚹᛁᛞᚢᛉ:ᛖᚱᚦᛟ
y e s
jk, of course
trolls are annoying but not too much more than that.
Winter_Wolf
you had me at whiskey
Absolutely the fuck not.
Overtly dystopian, blindingly impractical, laughably draconian...should I go on?
PeanutLemur
Walmart People Watcher
No. I view fines as a momentary slap on the wrist - a band-aid solution to what may be a larger problem. Yes, trolls are annoying - and yes, they can be cruel - but such actions stem down to people being people. Yay humanity.
There's only way you'd find me saying "yes" to this: if I were allowed to stamp "Troll" in big, bold letters on anyone's forehead who was acting like one near me irl.
No, but if their idiocy crosses the line of being threatening, racist, or general constant douchebagery ultimately disrupting the online community as a whole they should be banned.
