Demosthenes Locke

Demosthenes Locke

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Reply to How Stupid Does This Guy Think We Are? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Note also, that supplements don't necessarily mean your run of the mill multivitamin. They're generally just those things that exist outside of the FDA's net, and can include substances that have significant effects on hormonal levels, which, technically could cause an adverse reaction to another medicine. I'm not saying that I buy the official story, just saying. Also, in a clinical depression, all the good in your life can be for naught. I forget who it was, maybe Bill Parc

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Reply to Iraq War is Breeding Islamic Hate toward America in Politics JoeUser Forums

You do not go to war to increase the danger but to reduce or eliminate the danger. Long term, yes. Short term, you are bound to increase it. Isn't that why people go into battle in the first place. Increase the danger to yourself in the hope that doing so will reduce it after the battles have ended. Or if not reduce danger, improve position,

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Reply to Protecting Our Borders in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman." That's a Simpsons quote, and was likely included as a comedic relief.

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Reply to Let's Play God, Shall We? in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

I still have to ask where the original matter involved in this big bang theory came from in the first place. What if there had been a universe that over time was swallowed up by black holes as supernovae exploded. These black holes then combined, becoming more and more massive, and smaller and smaller(from the greater gravity) until they were ju

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Reply to What Super Power would you choose? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

it is a fact that we use only a very small part of our brain No, it isn't. That's a lie that's been perpetuated for a long time, but brain scans show that we us all of it, albeit at different times. Arguments in support of that are philosophical, with no basis in reality. Perhaps we could manage to

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Reply to Attack of the "Mommy Blog" Commandos! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't have much to add, other than to throw my support behind you. I've always enjoyed reading your blogs since I first started visiting the site, just before the last presidential election. Checking for new articles you've written is one of the first things I do each day.

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Reply to In Govt. We Trust! in Politics JoeUser Forums

So does that make George Bush God? I'd say more like the pope. Pope-mobile away!! **Batman scene shift** dunnel, la nunnel, la naaaa.

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Reply to "Oh, George, Woncha Buy me a Mercedes Benz" in Humor JoeUser Forums

Is a fair and just society really that much to ask for? I dislike how often this question arises, as it pretends there is no cost to doing this. If it were really that obvious and simple, don't you think it would have already naturally come about? I could say "Is immortality really that much t

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Reply to Artificial Smile in Work JoeUser Forums

I find this funny! Sorry Brenden, but it is! I find it quite hilarious, and it functions as a good trigger that I'm getting a little overboard. I naturally smile and laugh at just about everything, so if I'm actually angry or upset, it either means I need to fix something, or I've just gotten too wrapped up in my wall, forgetting that it's supp

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Reply to Is your glass half full or half empty? in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

If one filled the glass half-way, the glass must be half-full. If one drained the glass half-way, the glass is half-empty. Realist? This is utterly brilliant. I hope you don't mind if I use it. And if you do, too bad, not like anyone here can stop me, mwahahahahaha. That is of course unless you pay an absurd ransom.

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Reply to So much for my very eager mother just serving us nine pizzas in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Even if it doesn't fit the definition, would it have been that much of a travesty to grandfather it in? Of course, once those of us who remember it are gone, it'll be irrelevant anyway, and I'm sure most of us will cease to care after some time. But Pluto was my favorite planet too. Something about being so far out there, the rogue planet and all.

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Reply to What's your name? in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

My name's Brendan, and though my nick is from two philosophers, the reason I chose it is the book Ender's Game. Locke and Demosthenes were the two fake personas Ender's siblings created to post on the net.

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Reply to Artificial Smile in Work JoeUser Forums

Whereas the frown will probably keep them away. Sometimes that's the desired result. Most of the time, I will do like you and put on an articial smile. Walking around the streets of Manahattan on my way to work, or to lunch though, I'd often prefer to not be confronted, particularly by people handing

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Reply to Glorifying Recreational Drug Use! in Misc JoeUser Forums

It seems George is a little to emotional about the situation to approach it rationally. I'm not saying that his decisions are wrong, but in the way his position is conveyed to others. It comes across too much as wailing and holier than thou preaching, two things which tend to create defensive postures in audiences. Particularly mellowed out audiences. An ostrich denies that there are any problems at all. A rational person recognizes that

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Reply to Sex With Strangers! in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Even men aren't that stupid! Yes, we are. Damn, you beat me to it. I was gonna comment on that one. I thought it was well known that in picking up women men almost always keep doing the same thing. Given enough tries, chances are it'll eventually work once. Once is usually enough to give

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Reply to Battle of the Toilet Seat in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

The rationale I was always given was that in the middle of the night they don't want to turn on the lights. So I just put down the lid too. If they're in that much of a rush, they'll just have to deal with peeing on themselves the same way we do when the splash from the seat bounces all over our legs and feet. Mwahahaha.

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