


It was to protect the ancient secrets of reiki from intrusion.

Porridge has been around since roman times.

Or are chearing it on. When they say "I think Trump is doing good but the Tariffs are Bullshit" this kind of thing is part of the doing good.

Oh... So that's what they mean when they say the can't bring him back. It's been there, out in the open, all this time.

Also reminds me about how PF1es Kingmaker handeles armies.

Erst mal davon auszugehen, dass ich mir das ausgedacht habe ist jetzt aber auch nicht gerade die feine Art.
Habe ich nämlich nicht. Bin ich Experte auf dem Gebiet? Auch nicht. Ich habe nur über die Jahre ein paar Artikel gelesen, die den Verdacht nahelegen.
Zum Beispiel:
Dass viele kleinere Läden es mit der Pflicht zur Belegerstellung nicht so genau nehmen, habe einen Grund, sagt Florian Köbler, Chef der Deutschen Steuergewerkschaft (DSTG): "Der Verdacht lautet ganz klar: Steuerhinterziehung." Dass Kunden in der Regel keinen Bon erhielten, sei nur die Spitze des Eisbergs.
Wo nicht ordnungsgemäß abgerechnet und verbucht werde, herrsche eine illegale Schattenwirtschaft - quasi in aller Öffentlichkeit beim Bäcker oder Kiosk in der Nachbarschaft. Wenn die Finanzämter jemanden beim Betrug erwischten - was selten genug der Fall sei -, zeige sich eine Faustregel, nach der häufig vorgegangen werde. "Zwei Drittel legal, ein Drittel Cash und ohne Steuern", fasst Köbler die Erkenntnisse zusammen.
Oder dieser hier:
"Bargeld ist das Bezahlmittel, mit dem am leichtesten betrogen werden kann", sagt Florian Köbler, Bundesvorsitzender der Deutschen Steuergewerkschaft – das ist die Gewerkschaft der Finanzverwaltungen. "Es lädt regelrecht zum Betrug ein." Als Beispiel nennt Köbler die sogenannte offene Ladenkasse: Viele Würstchenbuden oder Weihnachtsmarktstände rechnen am Ende des Tages alle Einnahmen zusammen und tragen sie in ein Kassenbuch ein. Auch Restaurants dürfen nach diesem Prinzip arbeiten. So weit, so legal und wunderbar unbürokratisch. Nur: Ob vor Kassenabschluss ein paar Scheine beiseitegelegt werden, merkt niemand. Dann verbucht der Gastronom weniger Einnahmen – und zahlt dementsprechend weniger Steuern.
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Und ja, beide Artikel zitieren die selbe Person, ich weiß.
Wenn du, außer mir Populismus zu unterstellen, noch ein Argument oder gar, Gott bewahre, eine Quelle einwerfen willst, bin ich offen dafür meine Meinung nochmal zu überdenken.
Und so ganz nebenbei, abschaffen sollte man Bargeld meiner Meinung nach nicht. Es gibt Menschen, die einfach gerne mit Bargeld hantieren und das ist ja auch voll okay. Aber ich persönlich benutze kein Bargeld mehr, seit guten 5 oder 6 Jahren. Ich würde mich freuen wenn einfach alle Läden beide Optionen anbieten würden. Aus dem ganz schnöden, egoistischen, Grund, dass ich dann auch wieder bei allen Läden einkaufen kann :-).

Geschäfte die nur Bargeld annehmen, tun das eigentlich immer aus sehr guten Gründen
Und einer dieser Gründe ist halt häufig Steuerhinterziehung.

Sounds like fun, yeah. How did you approach that mechanically? Asking for a group of friends ;-)


I mean.. What's next? Kissing animals???!?!?

Unless of course the Hentai is causing the radiation.

What doe the capital letters (eg ACC) in the translations refer too?

Yeah, but do you know what their mum says about them?

Sure, I understand. I'll give you a bit more context, but I understand why you wouldn't give an hour of your life away for it.
So the video here is essentialy a video answer to two videos by hbomberguy about NV, Fallout: New Vegas Is Genius, And Here's Why from 4 years ago and Fallout 3 with the same title, Fallout 3 Is Garbage, And Here's Why from 8 years ago.
So the title is not so much clickbait as an answer to the video it is referencing to from. And maybe too clickbaity, I suppose. But at least with some context.
Anyhow. You don't have to watch it. Enjoy the game if it's what you enjoy :-).

I'd argue that if it comes to Fallout Games, NV is much closer to the actual intend of the franchise. I enjoyed Fallout 2 - so it doesn't surprise me that I liked NV too.
If it comes to Fallout 4 I'd say it had to few of the elements that I enjoy in a game and to many of those I didn't. If it's the other way around for you that's perfectly fine. Each to their own.
I was intreaged to see what people would have to say about the points brought up in the video, but I see how watching an hour plus long video you know you will disagree with is a bit to much to ask.
Maybe I should have made a bullet point list of the main arguments.



Fallout 4 Is Garbage, And Here's Why

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I was wandering what you people think about this one.
Personal I agree on the main points, I loved New Vegas put never finished Fallout 4.
EDIT
Since so far nobody has bothered to watch the video (and I don't blame anybody for it... It's a long ass video), I asked Ai to give us a summary.
Introduction and Initial Impressions
The Fallout series has a history of inconsistent quality, with games like Fallout 1 and 2 being masterpieces, while Fallout 3 was a 3D game with a new world to explore, and Fallout New Vegas being a great comeback to the series' quality 00:31.
Fallout 4's story is a confusing mess, with a bizarre and unengaging plot that fails to materialize into anything meaningful, despite having the building blocks of a good game 02:05.
The game's introduction, where the player character enters a vault and is frozen in cryogenic sleep, is poorly designed and full of nonsensical elements, such as the vault's entrance being exposed to the outside and the player char

And by choice. Uh, a user has a different opinion than me by about 2 %? BLOCKED FOR LIVE MOTHRFUCKER

Wouldn't you catch a lot of troll calls (like the ones this thread is about) with that?

If you have the time, I heavily recommend Center Place as a great source for Christians and Atheists alike who wish to learn about schoolary views on Christianity.
It's like a free seminar lecture. Here is one about Plato and Christianity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLk6sdjAoAo&t=2006
EDIT: My brain somehow went to Greek phylisophy, not mythology. So the above link doesn't suit the question at all, my apologies. I'll let it stand non the less, it's an intresting topic on it's own.
A source for the ACTUAL question might be this paper The survival of the Greek gods in early Christianity

Nice guidelines, I like them. Satanism?
"Ours" are a bit more complex and long winded but have quite a few paralells:
I'll copy paste them from here.
Right Speech
Right speech means abstention (1) from telling lies, (2) from backbiting and slander and talk that may bring about hatred, enmity, disunity, and disharmony among individuals or groups of people, (3) from harsh, rude, impolite, malicious, and abusive language, and (4) from idle, useless, and foolish babble and gossip. When one abstains from these forms of wrong and harmful speech one naturally has to speak the truth, has to use words that are friendly and benevolent, pleasant and gentle, meaningful, and useful. One should not speak carelessly: speech should be at the right time and place. If one cannot say something useful, one should keep “noble silence.”
Right Action
Right action aims at promoting moral, honorable, and peaceful conduct. It admonishes us that we should abstain from destroying life, from stealing, from dishonest dealings, from illegitimate sexual intercourse, and that we should also help others to lead a peaceful and honorable life in the right way.
Right Livelihood
Right livelihood means that one should abstain from making one’s living through a profession that brings harm to others, such as trading in arms and lethal weapons, intoxicating drinks or poisons, killing animals, cheating, etc., and should live by a profession which is honorable, blameless, and innocent of harm to others. One can clearly see here that Buddhism is strongly opposed to any kind of war, when it lays down that trade in arms and lethal weapons is an evil and unjust means of livelihood.
These three factors (right speech, right action, and right livelihood) of the eightfold path constitute ethical conduct. It should be realized that the Buddhist ethical and moral conduct aims at promoting a happy and harmonious life both for the individual and for society. This moral conduct is considered as the indispensable foundation for all higher spiritual attainments. No spiritual development is possible without this moral basis.
Mental Discipline
Next comes mental discipline, in which are included three other factors of the eightfold path: namely, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. (Nos. 6, 7 and 8 in the list).
Right Effort
Right effort is the energetic will (1) to prevent evil and unwholesome states of mind from arising, and (2) to get rid of such evil and unwholesome states that have already arisen within a man, and also (3) to produce, to cause to arise, good, and wholesome states of mind not yet arisen, and (4) to develop and bring to perfection the good and wholesome states of mind already present in a man.
Right Mindfulness
Right mindfulness is to be diligently aware, mindful, and attentive with regard to (1) the activities of the body (kaya), (2) sensations or feelings (vedana), (3) the activities of the mind (citta) and (4) ideas, thoughts, conceptions, and things (dhamma).
The practice of concentration on breathing (anapanasati) is one of the well-known exercises, connected with the body, for mental development. There are several other ways of developing attentiveness in relation to the body as modes of meditation.
With regard to sensations and feelings, one should be clearly aware of all forms of feelings and sensations, pleasant, unpleasant and neutral, of how they appear and disappear within oneself. Concerning the activities of mind, one should be aware whether one’s mind is lustful or not, given to hatred or not, deluded or not, distracted or concentrated, etc. In this way one should be aware of all movements of mind, how they arise and disappear.
As regards ideas, thoughts, conceptions and things, one should know their nature, how they appear and disappear, how they are developed, how they are suppressed, destroyed, and so on.
These four forms of mental culture or meditation are treated in detail in the Satipatthana Sutta (Setting-up of Mindfulness).
Right Concentration
The third and last factor of mental discipline is right concentration, leading to the four stages of Dhyana, generally called trance or recueillement. In the first stage of Dhyana, passionate desires and certain unwholesome thoughts like sensuous lust, ill-will, languor, worry, restlessness, and skeptical doubt are discarded, and feelings of joy and happiness are maintained, along with certain mental activities. Then, in the second stage, all intellectual activities are suppressed, tranquillity, and “one-pointedness” of mind developed, and the feelings of joy and happiness are still retained. In the third stage, the feeling of joy, which is an active sensation, also disappears, while the disposition of happiness still remains in addition to mindful equanimity. Finally, in the fourth stage of Dhyana, all sensations, even of happiness and unhappiness, of joy and sorrow, disappear, only pure equanimity and awareness remaining.
Thus the mind is trained and disciplined and developed through right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
Wisdom
The remaining two factors, namely right thought and right understanding, constitute wisdom in the noble eightfold path.
Right Thought
Right thought denotes the thoughts of selfless renunciation or detachment, thoughts of love and thoughts of non-violence, which are extended to all beings. It is very interesting and important to note here that thoughts of selfless detachment, love and non-violence are grouped on the side of wisdom. This clearly shows that true wisdom is endowed with these noble qualities, and that all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred, and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom in all spheres of life whether individual, social, or political.
Right Understanding
Right understanding is the understanding of things as they are, and it is the four noble truths that explain things as they really are. Right understanding therefore is ultimately reduced to the understanding of the four noble truths. This understanding is the highest wisdom which sees the Ultimate Reality. According to Buddhism there are two sorts of understanding. What we generally call “understanding” is knowledge, an accumulated memory, an intellectual grasping of a subject according to certain given data. This is called “knowing accordingly” (anubodha). It is not very deep. Real deep understanding or “penetration” (pativedha) is seeing a thing in its true nature, without name and label. This penetration is possible only when the mind is free from all impurities and is fully developed through meditation.
From this brief account of the noble eightfold path, one may see that it is a way of life to be followed, practiced and developed by each individual. It is self-discipline in body, word, and mind, self-development, and self-purification. It has nothing to do with belief, prayer, worship, or ceremony. In that sense, it has nothing which may popularly be called “religious.” It is a Path leading to the realization of Ultimate Reality, to complete freedom, happiness, and peace through moral, spiritual, and intellectual perfection.

Boost and Tracking (Pro Version)
There was a person in all these days that trough some shade on Boost for tracking, but they were referring to the free version, which makes the presence of ads and tracking very clear. In the post somebody recommended the app tracking protection that comes with DuckDuckGos Browser. I downloaded it and to my surprise have had a lot of tracking attempts blocked from Boost, despite me having the payed version.
I thought I'd ask about this here first, because there might be a reasonable explanation for this. From my understanding it was made clear previously, that the payed version of boost doesn't tack data...?

Supporting Mander
This might be a silly question and I might have missed the info, if it is posted somewhere, but is there a way (and need) to support this instance financially? I like it here and would love to help out a bit. I'd offer any other kind of help needed, but I'm not tech savvy, so money would have to do.

Long comment-chains get unreadable atm for me


As title says :-)

The 7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change
This is a (slightly older) article about Nuclear Energy and climate change. It's a hottly debated topic in climate communities, so I thought some of you would enjoy to read it.
Another article that brings up some more points against nuclear power can be found here.
I'd be interested what you ppl think of the matter.