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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Metal Bands? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 23
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It's a diverse genre with a bunch of different sub-genres. Some of my favorites in no particular order:
Metallica
Megadeth
Nightwish
Blind Guardian
The Sword
Lacuna Coil
Within Temptation
Alestorm
Powerwolf
Sabaton
Doro/Warlock
In This Moment
What are some of your favorites? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump's economy breaking records left and right |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 12:28 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,166
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| The influence of government policy on the american economy has always been overstated. The economy is doing well right now not because of anything Trump or Obama has done, but because of factors outside of the control of the government. Politicians cannot control the economy much as they would like ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Japan managed to win its war on drugs. Why can't we? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 12:19 pm
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Replies: 185
Views: 2,968
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| There is a racial issue with alcohol - East Asians typically produce way less alcohol dehydrogenase than Europeans, resulting in less capacity for alcohol consumption. They get drunk easier and they have worse hangovers. But I know of nothing similar about marijuana. I was in Netherlands where it h... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: [ POLL ] What Is Socialism? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 12:00 pm
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Replies: 46
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| Keep in mind: I haven't studied politics... I am in the process of leaning... I view socialism as a collectivist philosophy... That in itself limits individual autonomy, would it not? Socialism broadly speaking has no official stance on individualism or collectivism. Benjamin Tucker, for example id... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Advice for improving stamina? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 11:34 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 334
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| Most important is getting a good living situation/homespace where you can go recover from the world. If the place you're living feels like one more place where you're overwhelmed things will go very poorly. The good news about college is that classes take up only a moderate percentage of time and yo... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Favourite Scene in Each MCU Movie |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 11:10 am
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Replies: 3
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| Iron Man Tony escaping the ten rings. The Incredible Hulk Hulk yelling “HULK SMASH”. Agreed. Iron Man 2 Tony building his home element reactor. Thor Loki betraying Laufey: "And yours came by the son of Odin" Captain America: The First Avenger Getting the flag. The Avengers Captain America... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Replace One Letter in a Movie/Show/Book/Song Title |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 10:52 am
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Replies: 136
Views: 1,230
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Your wound is your gift. |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2019, 10:47 am
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Replies: 63
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My wound is a gift from genetic and environmental factors that warped my mind.
Anxiety is a kind of hell. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: At last, a doctor has listened to me! |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 5:52 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 344
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You'll find a lot of star trek fans on this site. My personal favorite series is DS9, and my favorite character is Dr. Julian Bashir.
Congrats on getting someone to believe you. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Replace One Letter in a Movie/Show/Book/Song Title |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 4:26 pm
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Replies: 136
Views: 1,230
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| Blades of Gory (I replaced a letter with nothing) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hate it when geeks are portrayed as weak |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 4:18 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I wouldn't think less of someone for reading books (on the contrary), but I would for an adult who plays video games, except a bare minimum amount. I enjoy reading fiction, I enjoy playing D&D table top roleplaying games, I enjoy playing online strategy games, I enjoy watching movies. Why are 4... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome. |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 467
Views: 318,695
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| This is a long thread, and I don't know everyone who has or has not been discussed. More of an actor than a Musician but Dan Akroyd (AKA Elwood J Blues) is diagnosed with asperger's syndrome. No, he was not. Dan Aykroyd Was NOT Officially Diagnosed - Wrong Planet thread Good to know. Although my st... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Socialism + Nationalism = Fascism |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 22
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| He doesn't really cover too much specifically discussing socialism , he discusses nazi Germany breifly, he says they are what brought about the term facism and that it was a marriage of nationalism and socialism, and they used democratic laws from America about blacks as second class citizens and s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Socialism + Nationalism = Fascism |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 22
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| It must be really difficult going through life too goddamned stupid to differentiate between polar opposites like Socialism and Fascism. Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regu... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome. |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 467
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| This is a long thread, and I don't know everyone who has or has not been discussed. More of an actor than a Musician but Dan Akroyd (AKA Elwood J Blues) is diagnosed with asperger's syndrome. And now for my guess: Tuomas Holopainen the songwriter and keyboardist for Nightwish Evidence: Lyrics of out... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Global Warming |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2019, 10:53 am
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Replies: 101
Views: 1,968
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| In theory, I think a radical investment in green technology could be extremely good for the economy as well as the environment. It's a real technical challenge that creates high-skilled jobs as well as more manual construction jobs. Everything from constructing wind turbines to re-insulating houses... |
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