Merely out of curiosity, what exactly does it mean to "follow" a religion without "practising" it? Does it mean Douglas Adams had the right idea with his Electric Monks?

The problem is that BADecker's astounding level of ignorance is really not that unusual among Christians. Most Christians don't even understand their own religion, much less the history of Wahhabism. Hell, most of them probably can't even explain the difference between Sunni and Shia. It's really quite extraordinary, and would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous.

No, the problem is that wireless power transmission is inefficient and only works over short distances. All these "Telsa invented free energy and why aren't we using it?" nutjobs fail to understand two basic facts:

1) Wireless power is already ubiquitous and is used in pretty much every application where it's physically possible.
Seriously, wireless power is everywhere, even in your very home. Your electric toothbrush charger uses wireless power. You probably have many devices that use wireless power that you don't even realise.

2) More importantly, power transmission is not the same thing as generating and storing energy.
To transmit power, whether with wires or without, you first have to generate energy and then store it somewhere. Hydrocarbon fuels contain more energy per unit mass than anything short of nuclear power. When it comes to storing energy, there's literally nothing better than hydrocarbons; no battery even comes close. Producing energy from hydrocarbons is problematic, due to pollution and the fact that we'll eventually run out, which is where renewable energy comes in, but work is being done on using renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide and water back into hydrocarbons to get the best of both worlds. None of this has anything whatsoever to do with wireless power transmission, which is completely irrelevant to the use of hydrocarbon fuels for energy.

That's what they said about all forms of computer control, which doesn't always work out too well given that the current state of software engineering can be summarised as "computers never do what we want and nobody knows why because our whole industry is kinda just making it up as we go along". Frankly, this does not inspire a great deal of confidence in the safety of future AI development.

That's no way to speak in public, young lady. If you ever want to earn merits on this forum, you'd better watch your language. It's "most users are now newbies." (And learn to swear like a grown-up, for fuck's sake.)

Oh, you didn't understand? In that case, I'll explain it to you: you broke the laws, so you got punished. That's how laws generally work. Hopefully now you understand why you will never be unbanned.

You won't be repeating any actions again. Because you're banned. Forever. You and all your alt accounts. You're not welcome here anymore.

983 posts and only 1 merit? Obviously a shitposter. But just for kicks, let's take a look at that 1 merited post of yours:


Big surprise; it's plagiarised. Who'd have guessed?



Your account will not be unbanned. Go away.

Well, in that case, I suppose we ought to take the matter seriously. Pray tell, exactly what law has been violated?

After over a month of nothing happening, the Vulpine Order of Merit finally has its fifth member: theymos

As the most merited user in the history of the merit system, it was really only a matter of time before our benevolent dictator joined the ranks of the forum's most meritorious users thereby gaining the recognition he truly deserves.

You all know the drill by now!

It's the same in the West, due to the shift from feudalism to egalitarianism. In our modern egalitarian society, polite people treat each other as equals; nobody is superior to anybody else, and therefore nobody may rightly be called "sir". To call somebody "sir" is to suggest that they are a feudal lord, a class which these days is looked upon with contempt, a relic of a less civilised era. It's a clear insult, albeit a mild one. The only appropriate uses of the word "sir" are in the few remaining situations where a clear master-servant relationship exists: customers are called "sir" by shopkeepers, teachers are called "sir" by students, and military officers are called "sir" by their men. That's about it.

Of course, it's probably different in South Asia, but an important part of polite conversation is learning what seemingly innocent words and phrases may be viewed as offensive by other cultures. Every time a shitposter says "sir", they're really saying "I don't care enough about you to learn that it is improper to call you 'sir', even after you repeatedly tell me not to". These people demonstrate that they have no interest whatsoever in having a real conversation and they have no place on this forum.

The LD₅₀ of chlorine dioxide is 300 mg/kg, while that of hydrogen peroxide is 2000 mg/kg. That means chlorine dioxide is over 6 times more toxic than hydrogen peroxide. That is the meaning of the smiley skull on the Wikipedia page you linked to, and the reason why so many who consume MMS are injured or killed by it. As explained, there is no chemical mechanism by which an oxidizing agent can react to pathagens without reacting to healthy cells. It will not cure you of any disease.

This is all theymos's fault, with his ridiculous 50 merits per user per month limit. As I have been unable to award you with nearly as many merits as you deserve, I have instead awarded you the Vulpine Order of Merit while keeping records of your meritorious posts since then. You currently have 69 pending merits for posts dating back over a month (and an unclaimed bonus prize), which will be awarded on a set schedule to avoid running into the 50 merits per 30 days limit (again). Your quoted post has already been scheduled to receive 12 merits in 9 days, though you are likely to have made even more meritorious posts during that time, so you are unlikely to ever receive all of your pending merits.

I'll tell you what: if/when you reach 100 pending merits, I'll promote you to Knight of the Vulpine Order of Merit. Until then, I fully endorse all current and future members of the Vulpine Order of Merit as merit sources, and hope that theymos recognises their outstanding contributions to the forum.

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is salt, which is harmless and does not produce chlorine dioxide (or anything else, for that matter) when mixed with citric acid. MMS is sodium chlorite (NaClO₂) or, according to some sources, sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), which is not even close to being the same thing. The extra oxygen atom(s) in (hypo)chlorite make it a powerful oxidizing agent, and therefore it will react violently with many organic compounds. This is what makes it an effective bleach and disinfectant. It's the same as the difference between water (H₂O) and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), and peroxide is also a powerful bleach and disinfectant for the same reason.

Again, it is not clear to me how you cannot tell the difference between these substances, but it is vitally important for your health that you learn, and learn quickly. I wouldn't want you to accidentally sprinkle bleaching powder on your French fries and wash it down with a refreshing glass of peroxide.

This is completely untrue and displays a profound ignorance of basic chemistry. Chemicals do not "look for" things and "break down" when they do not "find any". Oxidizers are non-discrimatory; they oxidize everything. Healthy cells are fundamentally not chemically different from diseased cells or microbes, and they will be killed by bleach just as effectively. That's why drinking bleach is a profoundly stupid idea.

Appropriately enough for Talk Like a Pirate Day, that Wikipedia page has a friendly smiling skull on it:



That must mean this substance is endorsed by fun-loving pirates! Arrr! That's what that symbol means, right?

(emphasis added)

Hmm, maybe it's not a pirate thing after all?

Inhaling toxic gas or drinking aqueous solutions of it will not cure you. Instead it will kill or injure you. (In case there's any confusion about the effects of toxic gas.)

I already told you I'm talking about Jim Humble's MMS. It is unclear to me how you can agree that it is poison when its chemical properties are laid bare, yet claim it is safe when merely given a different name. Calling a substance by another name does not change its toxicity.

I'm calling it "Miracle Mineral Solution" because that's what Jim Humble originally called it in his book, "The Miracle Mineral Solution of the 21st Century". It goes by other names, but it's all the same substance: bleach mixed with acid. It is not sodium chloride and never has been.

I never denied that there were survivors; in fact, I mentioned this explicitly in my first post. Lots of people survive poisoning; that's what makes it so unreliable as a murder or suicide method. That doesn't change the fact that consuming poison is an extremely bad idea that is likely to kill or injure you, and if you advise other people to consume poison while telling them it is harmless, that is tantamount to trying to kill them. Promoting MMS is only going to result in more injuries and deaths. Is that what you want?

Sodium chloride is ordinary table salt. It is not useful for water purification, except as part of an electrolytic chlorination system, where it used to produce hypochlorous acid. You can buy sodium chloride in any grocery store and most hardware stores. Adding sodium chloride to acidic foods and beverages can help offset the sour flavour, but its benefits are purely culinary, not medicinal. You cannot cure disease by eating salt (though at least it won't kill you like drinking bleach will).

Indeed, which is why it is important for you to know the difference between sodium chloride (salt, which is tasty to eat but not particularly healthy) and sodium hypochlorite (bleach, which is not very tasty and is a lethal poison).

All medical treatments merely postpone death; they do not prevent it and nobody expects them to. The omnipresence of death is not in dispute.

MMS does not contain sodium chloride and has nothing to do with sodium chloride whatsoever.

Chlorine dioxide is a water-soluble toxic gas; those tablets actually contain sodium chlorite, which produces chlorine dioxide when mixed with acid. Don't eat them.

Like most mineral toxins, it's pretty non-discriminatory in what it kills. Consuming it directly will not kill bacteria inside your body and thereby cure you of all diseases; instead it will kill you.

Indeed, it's so commonly used that I have bottles of the stuff just lying around my house. Let me grab one real quick...
TL;DR: Bleach does not make a refreshing beverage. Who knew?

No, MMS is hypochlorite bleach, not sodium chloride. Sodium chloride is ordinary table salt, which is mostly harmless if consumed either by itself or mixed with food or beverages. Sodium hypochlorite or calcium hypochlorite (the two have similar effects) are lethal if consumed, and react with organic compounds to form chloramine and chloroform (which are pretty toxic) and with acids to produce chlorine gas (which is very toxic). Don't do that.

To reiterate: several people have been killed or seriously injured by consuming MMS. Drinking or inhaling poison tends to do that. If you advocate consuming MMS, then your craziness has officially crossed the line from "harmless nonsense" to "actively trying to kill people" and you ought to be locked up.

Yes. I don't know why anyone's surprised by it; Christianity is fundamentally based on the principle of penal substitution, the theory that you can project your sins onto an innocent being (such as Jesus or the scapegoat of Azazel) who will be punished in your place, as though justice is served so long as someone is punished, it doesn't matter who. It is perfectly consistent with this doctrine for Christian abusers to seek absolution by accusing others of sexual depravity. If you can make someone else suffer for your sin, that makes it okay.