My ferretninja minions have informed me that the next Circle has arrived at Space City Skeptics. Go there or the ninjas will... uhhh... claw you! And poop on you! And stuff!
Oh, and they might steal your electronics and knock over your cups full of water. At least, that's what mine does.
For those of you who pay attention to Dubito Ergo Sum, you already know who Rhology is. Brief history: Rhology says something stupid on the Atheist Experience, Tom responds, Rhology responds with something stupid, Tom responds again, Rhology responds to that here, where I come in with a random point just barely related to the discussion (saying his definition of God sucks) because I was too lazy to read the whole thing. We move that discussion to this thread because the point I addressed was a link to there anyway, and after a discussion he makes a post to respond to me! (That thread started without me. T.T) Because he annoyed me by insinuating that I might actually gain some benefit from discussing things with him at the age of 15 aside from learning a couple new ways to refute arguments, I encourage you all to go over there and dissect his post. I'll have my own refuting-him post up later.
I am bored and feel like doing something silly. Therefore, I present the plans for the ultimate superhero/supervillain battlesuit. Don't know what I'm talking about? Think Iron Man.
This has a couple different points of inspiration. Most of it's from the 2 Gundam series I've watched, Gundam 00 and Gundam Wing. There's also some stuff from Iron Man. Also one thing from Naruto. And a bit of Superman.
The basic design of the suit is a powered-armor version of Gundam Epyon (Wing). It has its normal heat-whip things in its wrists and dual-wields double sided versions of its enormous beam sword, with at least a dozen backups on its body ala Exia (00), and all of them work underwater like Death Scythe's (Wing) beam scythe. Gundam Virtue's (00) missile launchers are stuck on above the anchor for the whips. On its shoulders it has two shoulder-mounted versions of the Heavy Arm's (Wing) arm gun, and in its chest it has the Wing Zero's twin-linked buster cannon (Wing). It has heat vision and frost breath (Superman-style; yes, apparently he does have frost breath, or at least that's what my brother's Superman book thing says. I never heard of it before.) Using 360 degree sensors, it automatically deploys GN particles (00) to block incoming attacks like the Virtue's (00) GN shield mixed with Gaara's (Naruto) sand. Even if it ran out of ammo and was disarmed of all its weapons, this would still have a backup: Flight stabilizers on the hands and feet (yes, also the feet, because if I remember correctly the Epyon has wings) (Ironman). Also, the Zero System (Wing), but you can use it without not being able to tell the difference between friend and foe.
Fear what I can make up when bored. This thing could probably destroy the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan, and that thing uses galaxies as stepping stones.
Edit: Adding more stuff. It now has replaced its beam-swords with double ended swords that are Swords of Light on one end (not Pokota's copy, I stole them from another dimension) and Ragna Blades on the other (both Slayers), the gatling guns fire Dragon Slaves (also Slayers), the suit is now made of an aurorum/gundanium alloy with telekinetic powers (basically, it uses telekinesis to bring back any shards that break off, and aurorum has the ability to automatically repair itself if shards are brought back to it. So basically, because repairing aurorum takes a full round, it repairs any damage in 6 seconds.) (DnD). It also has the properties of a Skin of the Troll (DnD). The flight stablizers can now fire hadokens (8-bit theater style), freeze beams, and grapple beams (Metroid). It has gauntlets that function exactly like Roy Mustang's, letting you create giant explosions by snapping. (Fullmetal Alchemist) And it has invisibility and the ability to project orbs of silence that nullify any sounds inside. (Nowhere, just sorta... generic.)
We watched the inaguration today in school. I liked most of it, though I really don't see the point of us watching the prayer or whatever that I wasn't paying attention to. As everyone else has probably already stated, it shouldn't even be there in the first place. First time I've heard more than soundbites of Obama speaking; he's rather good at it, and I liked a large portion of it. I joined in when what sounded like a choir started singing the national anthem; nobody in my class noticed. I attribute that to a good singing voice, instead of just being too quiet for anyone to hear me.
I found it absurd that nobody else noticed that Obama pointed out we had a lot of people failing school, and nobody connected it to the fact that we were wasting school time watching it live instead of seeing a non-live version some other time. That might have something to do with why people are failing school.
Lots of these lately.
Why in the nine hells do we care about Israel? Seriously.
I've heard it's because of the Holocaust, but that seems kinda strange. I'll elaborate on that if necessary, though my phrasing would be awkward if I did so.
Is there anything to the story of the Israelites being enslaved in Egypt from the Bible, or is it just made up fairy tale crap with no evidence?
Watching a DVR recording of the History Channel special on how Nostradumbass says the world will be destroyed on December 21, 2012.
Stupid dramatic crap. Saying all ancient cultures point to events today (bullshit!). Nostradamus is the key. Another extinction level event. Nostradamus might give critical answers. And all this shit is BS.
Lost book contains coded clues? Gasp and shock! And dire warnings! More shock! Inability of science to answer things make people look to past. Because the past was so much better! It gave us things like acupuncture! It's great, right? Wait, no it isn't.
Complex problems today. Ominus. Confluence of tipping points. 2012 a cultural tradition of end times linked to today. All images in lost book point to 2012. Sun align with center of galaxy in rare phenomenon. Could change climate, supposedly. Even though sun not any different distance from Earth. Galactic alignment cause of all our problems. Maya warning. Why are the past people so far ahead of us in terms of knowing the future? Sun rising in dark rift bad. Ah, ancient people are good because they're more in tune with nature than us. Nostradumbass quote 1:55. Predictions interpreted as highly accurate. Nostradumbass only prophet talked about in 4 1/2 centuries. Timing of Nostradamus manuscript with 7 images actually means crisis in 2012. Drawings compared with other ancient people. Eerie resemblence. Seriously, people, the ancient people weren't that smart! They might have all found that this alignment is happening in 2012 if they're lucky, but that does not mean anything bad is going to happen just because they said so! They mention December 21 again, because that's galactic alignment. It occurs to me that all these idiots believe in astrology. Lost book has 7 images pointing to 2012. Proof of ancient knowledge? Give me a fucking break, asshole. Nostradamus wants us to understand his weird ass pictures? Okay, then why the hell didn't he just write it clearly or use pictures that don't have a bunch of fucking symbolism!
Sun in Leo important because it's galactic alignment. Nostradamus obviously aware of 1992 to 2012 as significant, because a lot of his quatrains obviously point to this. Yep, here it is: Nostradamus is an astrologer! This, of course, ignores the fact that even some professional astrologers admit that predicting the future does not actually work. He thinks different cycles affect stuff, because similar cycles obviously means similar stuff happening! The heavens obviously affect the lives of random people all the time.
Maya calender ends on December 21, 2012! O noes! Nevermind that I'm pretty sure that it just enters a new phase then, obviously it's the end of the world! And the Mayans knew stuff about the stars! Why does it matter if they were savage or not? Aquarias beginning of Cro-Magnon, end of Neanderthal, first campfires. I'm pretty sure you could find something significant in any sign, though. Last time of galactic alignment was the ice age! Because the Mayans were really good at astronomy, all the meanie skeptics should shut up and let idiots make up wild theories about the end of the world. Wait, I thought you were saying they were savage. Now you're saying they're further along than the West was? Mayans think black hole at the center of the galaxy is where stars were formed? Citation needed! Black holes can only be detected by their influence on the stuff around them. The Mayans definitely could not detect that. People think ancient Maya ball game was actually them acting out stuff that would happen in our lifetimes. Instead of just being a sport, if a religious and murderous one. The Mayans saw the future! Obviously, the end of the calender is corresponding with 2012! Why do the Mayans and Nostradumbass have the same idea? Well, I don't think Nostradamus will have anything to do with 2012, but you haven't shown us much yet, you fucking dumbasses. Why is the world going to hell? Everyone thought the world was ending, every single goddamn generation! Quatrain 2:3, saying that fish will be half-cooked when there's a famine, obviously refers to global warming! Because Nostradamus can't just have guessed that absurd heat would probably cause a drought, killing crops. Yup. Obviously. The galactic alignment will cause massive global temperature rising so everybody dies! Big changes ahead! Hey, 5:98 says that there will be a drought and extreme heat, and fire from the sky! This will lead to cannibalism, because it'll be horrible! The Egyptians did the same thing as the Mayans, duh. Egypt fell because of horrible stuff from galactic alignment thingies! Actually, I think my history textbook says it was invaded by people, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
Magic magic commercials go!
Hey, the lost book highlights when astrology and prophecy converge! It covers ALL OF TIME! Oh, wait, this obviously just refers to right here and now, because we are self-centered idiots. Random image says apocalypse! 3 eclipsed moons in Nostradamus's picture, and this means that the 3 random eclipses, none of which involve the moon, in 2012 are the END OF THE WORLD! Spiral at head of scorpion is the Milky Way because we say so, instead of just being a spiral! Saying lightning will shatter stones of Giza pyramids, and galactic alignment predicted by pyramids, instead of just pointing at constellations because they're pretty and just because a pharaoh said his tomb should be that way. There are parallels between destruction of Egyptians and today, because I say so! And this galactic alignment shit is dangerous knowledge, because you got burned at the stake for saying it in the Dark Ages, just like you would be if you said you thought the Pope was fat or something. Ah, it's all hidden because otherwise, Nostradamus would get brutally murdered. Even though he openly made predictions during his lifetime to rulers. Wrong predictions, too. Something about the sky manifesting at a conjoined thing and entering, and a drought, means the magnetic field is failing! O fucking noes! Hey, wait, that doesn't have anything to do with the magnetic field. Is the magnetic field even weakening at the moment? Anyway, that means our magic Star Trek planet shields are down, and stuff can kill us! And global warming is caused by weakening magnetic field! Magnetic reversal would mess with our electric stuff. Lost book images tie into stuff. Solar eclipse really dark means bad stuff in 2012, Nosty (I can call him Nosty, right?) says! This means when the sun eclipses the center of the galaxy, bad stuff happens! Wait a second, a solar eclipse is when the sun is blocking stuff, not the other way around.
This shit is killing my brain. The neuron-destroying stupidity will have to be ignored for the next 1 1/2 hours of bullshit, at least temporarily, for the greater good of humanity so that we don't lose our rational people.
I'm currently watching a Mythbusters episode in which one of the myths they tested was ancient batteries. They showed they existed, though they really, really sucked at making electricity, and came up with a few ways it could have been used. One of the ways was electroacupuncture. When the build team went to an acupuncturist to see if it would work, they didn't make any comments on acupuncture, and one of them actually said, quote, "I can feel my chi moving." This annoyed me. Seriously, guys, it's one of the most idiotic myths in existence, and you guys really should know that acupuncture is a load of bullshit.
Organic crops: good or bad in general? Discuss so that I can find out the facts about them from presumably slightly less biased than everywhere else sources.
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