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Barcodite

Member Since 24 Apr 2013
Offline Aug 02 2013 02:52 PM

#1679531 Do you support gay marriage??

Posted by Barcodite on 03 July 2013 - 03:27 PM

If someone says that gay marriage should be outlawed because the couple can't produce children, therefore they should believe that infertile people or people who have no interest in having children should also not be allowed to get married. And for IVF and test-tube babies, I honestly don't see what's wrong with using these technologies to aid people in having children. Granted, people can abuse IVF like Octomon did, but most of the people who use these things are people who couldn't have children otherwise. 

 

I don't think that homosexuality becoming more "socially acceptable" is going to turn the majority gay. Wearing glasses is a fairly recent trend in the history of mankind, and is regarded as a normal human variation, yet the epidemiology of myopia (something proven to be caused by a combination of nature and nurture) has not changed. People have always had nearsightedness, but it has only been recently addressed by mankind. People have always been gay, but it has only been recently addressed by mankind.

 

Also, I don't think being gay has actually become more prevalent, but it seems that way because more people are becoming comfortable with sharing their sexuality. I also think the interconnectedness of the internet makes it seem to be more prevalent. For example, I probably couldn't find one person in my city whose favorite band is the same as mine, but the internet has allowed be to connect with thousands of people who enjoy the same music as I do. People are going to seek out others who are similar to them, and for many gay people, that means they want to connect with people with whom they can speak and share their experiences.

 

Anyway, I don't really believe in the institution of marriage at all, gay or straight. Love has always been a thing, marriage has not. You should be allowed to love who you love without any stigma, or complications visiting your significant other in the hospital or filing your taxes.




#1677959 Zodiac Sign?

Posted by Barcodite on 27 June 2013 - 07:26 AM

Wow, that was an interesting read.

Definitely more skeptical about this now.

 

Well, there's really no harm in believing in horoscopes or astrology, as long as you don't do something extreme like base your every action on what you horoscope says. :lol:




#1676815 Score Sender concerns...

Posted by Barcodite on 24 June 2013 - 12:04 AM

If you're under the review score, then I think you have a substantially lower chance of getting frozen. But then again, we're talking about TNT, who often use very little sense when it comes to icing accounts.  :lol:




#1676809 Score Sender concerns...

Posted by Barcodite on 23 June 2013 - 11:48 PM

I've heard the three things TNT checks for when reviewing scores are the time it took, the actual score, and your FPS. If you were to get frozen, it would probably be in around eight hours or so, because TNT don't work over the weekend, so they look at all of the scores on Monday. If your score wasn't under review, then I think it would be less likely for TNT to single it out as one that was possibly obtained by cheating. 

 

Another thing they may look at is your account age and how often you played the game. For example, if a one week old account gets a trophy score the very first time they play the game, that will look a lot more suspicious than an older account that worked its way up to getting a trophy score over a period of a few weeks or months.

 

Since you based your time and score off of a person who actually played the game, and your score is not under review, you should be okay. But nothing is certain when scoresending, they could look at your score two weeks from now and decide it to be illegitimate and freeze you.