So does that mean if I have a bad day I can blame Vod?
DUH! Who else would you blame? Yourself?!  |
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1) Is there an advantage to choosing "No" or "It doesn't matter" in the poll? 2) Is there a 50/50 chance those answers both mean the same thing? 3) Is there no advantage, since there's 100% absolutely no difference in their meaning? Having posted 3 questions above, is there a 0%, 33%, 50%, 66%, or 100% chance that one of them is a logical question?  |
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Well, it would really please me if people didn't think
I don't care what people think about my avatar. That's the point, it's my avatar. If people were talking about your periwinkle seal avatar, you wouldn't find it tiresome telling them it's a pink Hello Kitty? I suppose we could just ignore them, but I would prefer to not have to do that. |
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 user: (oYo) +1 for melons As I haven't changed it to this image yet, but (it being a strong contender) if I did end up doing so, would that be considered a self-fulfilling prophecy? |
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My initial choice has a 33% chance of being right. (You could also say there's a 66% chance of choosing the wrong door.) That's a gimme, since there are initially 3 doors to choose from. If one of the doors (which I didn't choose) is revealed to be a poor choice and subsequently removed from the equation, that leaves 2 doors to choose from, ergo there's a 50% chance now of choosing the right (or wrong) one. Since both of the remaining doors now have an equal chance of being the right (or better) choice, this also means that my odds of having already chosen the right door just shot up from 33% to 50%. Another way of looking at it is that my odds of choosing the wrong door went down from 66% to 50%. Hence there's absolutely no advantage (or disadvantage) to switching to the other door. This 'brain teaser' feels somewhat like that joke where the three guys get a rebate on their hotel room and you are misdirected to account for a missing dollar.  |
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Melons one looks good.
Strange. Someone (I don't remember who) "+1"ed your post, but has since deleted their post.  Although I like the Blue-footed Boobies, I'm not sure if I like them more than the juicy melons. Perhaps I just like saying juicy melons more than Blue-footed Boobies, however Great Tits is fun to say as well. Damn this decision is tough. I need more input! That was me. Ever since my 3 day ban I've been afraid of bumping things. I'm traumatized  Also: I didn't realize there was a poll when I did that. Ah ok, thanks for letting me know and sorry to hear about your recent traumatization. So you still like the juicy melons best? (If you're afraid of making a new post to answer my question, just "<edit>" your last post.  ) I'm not sure if your other post consisted of anything more than a "+1", but a simple "+1" is indeed considered an unsubstantial post or spam. I thought "bumping" a post was literally saying "bump" or something similar for the specific reason to... well, bump a thread to the top of the list. I don't believe it's against the rules to make multiple posts in a thread even if they are within a short time span as long as you aren't spamming and remain on-topic. I'm sure you're right. Ya juicy melons is my personal favourite. But I know it's a hard choice to make. I almost went with this one:   LOL! That Robin pic is priceless, although I do prefer the one you chose instead. It's more suitable to your username and the caption is spot on. |
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I'm considering changing my avatar. I would really appreciate everyone's input.
Use an avatar that pleases you. Well, it would really please me if people didn't think my avatar looked like a pair of hairy nuts.  I'm looking for a suitable replacement and have found a few contenders, but I'm curious and open to the possibility that someone else might find an even better image. Naturally I will settle on one that ultimately pleases me, but I think I'll have a better chance of finding one this way. |
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wait what? scientist try to get fresh water out of coke products?? how does the fresh water come into the coke products in the first place? just stop drinking sugar+acid water you idiots /edit so coca cola company needs in average 2,16 liter fresh water to produce 1 liter cola products. (2014) using cola products will kill humanity and nature in the long run - think about it every time you drink a coke. oh wait, i forgot that coca cola products are one of the unhealthiest products on our planet. probaly as problematic as radioactive material. https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/wwf-coca-cola-s-work-to-conserve-fresh-waterhttp://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/02/coca-cola-and-nestle-are-sucking-us-dry-without-us.aspxHuman beings need five liters a day for hydration and 25 liters a day for minimum hygiene. That accounts for a whopping 1.5% of freshwater extraction for human purposes. Unconventional fuel-source extraction and ever-thirstier agriculture account for a wildly disproportionate share of the rest. The thinking goes that if there were a value placed on that remaining 98.5% of the water we use, we might use it in a more appropriate manner. where is the the other 98,5% fresh water? over 2/3 of it is in cola and nestle products. The companies' conflicts with communities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa are too numerous and sordid to be invented from whole cloth. Moreover, the simple fact is that sucking groundwater out of one place, bottling it, and shipping it for sale in another place that typically already has perfectly safe public water ranks high on the list of stupid things to do with scarce water.
So yes, Coca-Cola and Nestle are indeed sucking us dry. So are our modern agricultural practices and unconventional oil and gas extraction, to an even greater extent. A blended privatization scheme may indeed be part of the solution, but if it's done right, it will only make life harder for Coke and Nestle. http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/2006/cokewwf.htmlThe Coca-Cola company proudly boasts that it has a water use ratio of 2.7 to 1. That is, for every 2.7 liters of water (freshwater) it takes from the earth, it produces 1 liter of product. What happens to the remaining 1.7 liters (or 63%) of the water? It is used to clean bottles and machinery, and is discarded as wastewater.
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Coca-Cola's water use ratio in India is 4 to 1 - that is, 75% of the freshwater it extracts is turned into wastewater. The company has indiscriminately discharged its wastewater into the surrounding fields, severely polluting the scarce remaining groundwater as well as soil. US citiziens, get ready to be shocked: http://www.foodispower.org/water-usage-privatization/For example, in Colorado, over a period of a few years, Nestlé spent a large amount of money negotiating a water deal with the three-member Board of Chaffee County Commissioners and with the Aurora City Council, while buying land in the areas near where the Arkansas River runs. Close to 80 percent of the county’s 17,000 residents opposed the deal,[20] mainly because environmentalists (citing Nestlé’s detrimental impact in communities where they already operate) raised alarms about the potentially devastating consequences for Aurora City’s watershed and nearby wetlands.[21] After a 7 to 4 vote of approval by the Aurora City Council and a unanimous agreement by the Chaffee County Commissioners, over the next decade Nestlé will extract 650 million gallons of Arkansas Valley water so that every day they can load 25 trucks with 8,000 gallons of water, drive 120 miles to a bottling plant in Denver, and fill millions of plastic Arrowhead Springs water bottles to be sold in the western US.[22]In addition to being targeted by locals who want control of their water sources back, Nestlé is also at the epicenter of the growing bottled water controversy. The company dominates nearly a third of the lucrative US bottled water market[23] with seven domestically-produced subsidiary brands (including Arrowhead Springs, Calistoga and Poland Spring)—making Nestlé a key contributor to one of today’s most significant environmental threats. That is, US consumers purchase about 28 billion bottles of water every year, but recycle only about 23 percent of the plastic petroleum-based containers used for water or soda. The rest end up polluting roadsides, landfills and oceans, and leach toxins into ecosystems while taking about a millennium to degrade.[24] from the german coca-cola website:  it should be time for a big shit storm  Coca Cola and most every other NGO are a plague on this planet. I watched a documentary about Coca Cola's impact in India and remember them saying it took nearly 3 litres of water to make 1 litre of coke. Water table levels that remained steady for generations had significantly dropped once Coca Cola moved into the territory. The company affected these water table levels for miles around causing people to have to either dig their wells deeper or travel elsewhere to find water. Not only did water levels drop, but the water also became contaminated. Coca Cola obviously denied they had anything to do with it. |
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Melons one looks good.
Strange. Someone (I don't remember who) "+1"ed your post, but has since deleted their post. Although I like the Blue-footed Boobies, I'm not sure if I like them more than the juicy melons. Perhaps I just like saying juicy melons more than Blue-footed Boobies, however Great Tits is fun to say as well. Damn this decision is tough. I need more input! That was me. Ever since my 3 day ban I've been afraid of bumping things. I'm traumatized Also: I didn't realize there was a poll when I did that. Ah ok, thanks for letting me know and sorry to hear about your recent traumatization. So you still like the juicy melons best and did you end up casting a vote? (If you're afraid of making a new post to answer my question, just "<edit>" your last post. ) I'm not sure if your other post consisted of anything more than a "+1", but a simple "+1" is indeed considered an unsubstantial post or spam. I thought "bumping" a post was literally saying "bump" or something similar for the specific reason to... well, bump a thread to the top of the list. I don't believe it's against the rules to make multiple posts in a thread even if they are within a short time span as long as you aren't spamming and remain on-topic. |
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Melons one looks good.
Strange. Someone (I don't remember who) "+1"ed your post, but has since deleted their post. Although I like the Blue-footed Boobies, I'm not sure if I like them more than the juicy melons. Perhaps I just like saying juicy melons more than Blue-footed Boobies, however Great Tits is fun to say as well. Damn this decision is tough. I need more input! <edit> The voting is tied between all three as well!  |
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Happy Good Friday everyone!
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I've just realized "(oYo)" looks like 2 round things if you squint?
LOL. You're not the only one. I honestly thought it was REALLY obvious when I originally registered this username on BCT. Blue-footed boobies!  I never knew about these kind of boobies! I like them.  |
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Your title is messed up and doesn't make proper sense. I believe you meant to write, "Is it better to be honest and poor or rich and dishonest?
I am honest and poor and prefer to remain this way, rather than being dishonest even if it meant I could also be rich.
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LOL, ya, I love Carlin. We shouldn't be trying to save anything, but what we really need to stop doing is destroying everything. |
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Some people seem to think my 'coconuts' avatar looks like a pair of hairy testicles rather than boobs. (For those of you who are confused, 'coconuts' is indeed a slang term for boobs, not nuts. I've actually had some interesting interpretations of my username given to me in the past as well... but that's another story.) Nevertheless, in light of this, I'm considering changing my avatar. I'm leaning towards changing it to 'some juicy melons', but would really appreciate your input. Care to help me decide on what to wear? ------------------------------------------------- Keep the original coconuts?  Some juicy melons? A couple milk jugs?  Traditional milk cans?  A pair of Great Tits?  Something other?  ------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to suggest another pic altogether for consideration by posting it below and don't forget to vote in the poll. If you like a pic someone else posted please identify which one in your post. Much appreciated and thank you all in advance. |
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Lol I didn't send any pics, a few guys on here (.including Vod I believe) saw some pics of me online, that's all. Ps. xx Where are these pics exactly? How about posting a link so we can all see. |
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For whatever reason I was misreading it as "Voodoo" for awhile.
LOL. @Gleb, I think it's funny, but I really must say, why no goat? |
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9/10 Dragons are very cool. |
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