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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th September 2021, 06:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,805
Posted By Undesired Walrus
The New York Times Podcast on the legacy Loose Change

*Legacy of*

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to tell you there is a NYT pod on Loose Change you may find interesting. All the best.
...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 31st July 2019, 03:32 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,552
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What is Dylan Avery up to?

What did he go on to do?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 12th December 2018, 06:32 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 6,209
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What would happen if you wanted to be a poet for...

What would happen if you wanted to be a poet for example? What was the USSR'S relationship to art?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th December 2018, 12:42 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 6,209
Posted By Undesired Walrus
How was life different living in the Soviet Union?

I realise how little I understand how communism worked in the Soviet Union and how a day to day existence was in comparison to living under Capitalism.

Can you recommend a couple of resources that...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th December 2018, 10:31 AM
Replies: 4,267
Views: 206,739
Posted By Undesired Walrus
If you don't mind could you break down why his...

If you don't mind could you break down why his arguments relating to how there can be an invisible border in relation to customs and goods doesn't stack up?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 3rd December 2018, 11:01 AM
Replies: 4,267
Views: 206,739
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Loathe to post from such a website, but this MP...

Loathe to post from such a website, but this MP lays out why he thinks a border between NI and the UK can be avoided. Are his arguments unsound?
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th November 2018, 02:37 PM
Replies: 4,267
Views: 206,739
Posted By Undesired Walrus
So I don't understand how can Brexiteers imagine...

So I don't understand how can Brexiteers imagine there doesn't need to be a border?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 25th November 2018, 05:33 AM
Replies: 4,267
Views: 206,739
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Can someone explain to me how we could have a...

Can someone explain to me how we could have a frictionless border with Ireland even if we had a free trade agreement with the EU?

Surely free trade doesn't mean no borders?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd October 2018, 10:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,928
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Have you been to the 9/11 museum in NYC?

I went there in June on holiday.

Must be an absolute nightmare for conspiracy theorists! Of all museums, I've rarely seen such well educated staff. Standing infront of a huge warped piece of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th September 2018, 04:10 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,652
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Interesting events in the history of the universe

I'm trying to do one of those 'cosmic pathways' where a foot is a couple of million years etc at my community centre, and I'd like to find something about interesting, bizarre events in the history...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th September 2018, 07:07 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 3,199
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What does North Korea want and what will happen?

Is this grounds for optimism and does the Trump administration deserve credit, and do the North mean it this time?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45583586

Honest question.


Sent...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd July 2018, 02:57 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,793
Posted By Undesired Walrus
How will cities flood following the rise in sea levels ?

Assuming I'm still alive and living in London in 2050 or beyond, how will the city flood? Will it come all in one go or be very very gradual?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd July 2018, 02:04 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 16,829
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Why not just tweet this? Listening to the...

Why not just tweet this?

Listening to the lovely bells of Winchester.

And then later, with context:

Can't bloody stand that call to prayer! Wrecked my eardrums.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd July 2018, 02:00 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 16,829
Posted By Undesired Walrus
I recall him saying when he was starting out on...

I recall him saying when he was starting out on his new career pathway that he enjoyed signing Christmas carols in church. Can't think of anything worse myself, but there we are.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2018, 01:22 PM
Replies: 203
Views: 16,829
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Nail on the head. In addition Dawkins...

Nail on the head.

In addition Dawkins doesn't strike me as a man with the most diverse of tastes. I can visualise his reaction when his radio gets stuck on a station specialising in Hip Hop, for...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2018, 12:57 PM
Replies: 203
Views: 16,829
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Whenever Dawkins talks about things the Hitch...

Whenever Dawkins talks about things the Hitch specialised in it comes across as hopelessly and embarrassingly out of his depth. This is the issue with people who are highly educated in a particular...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th July 2018, 12:39 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 16,829
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Dawkins on Allahu Akhbar

This is just a plain weird thing to say:

https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1018933359978909696?s=20

Has Dawkins cracked up a bit in his latter years?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th July 2018, 04:09 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 4,611
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Ad version to euthanasia I imagine

Ad version to euthanasia I imagine
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th July 2018, 03:18 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 4,611
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What commonly happens now that we won't accept in the future?

Reading Oscar Wilde's sad story of imprisonment for his homosexuality, can't help but wonder what happens now that we just will not accept in the future.

What do you think it is?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd July 2018, 01:38 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,984
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What helps you?

What helps you?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th June 2018, 04:12 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,984
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Hi Wasapi, don't know where you are based but the...

Hi Wasapi, don't know where you are based but the place I go to has Skype based therapy:

http://www.cognitivebehaviouraltherapy.co

If you aren't UK based don't know if they still do it but...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th June 2018, 04:08 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,984
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Basically what I mean is that in my opinion,...

Basically what I mean is that in my opinion, depression will never end as a result of a EUREKA moment, only when you are doing something else and a part of your brain taps you on the shoulder to tell...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 30th June 2018, 03:53 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,984
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Hi Jesse, I'm very happy to hear you no...

Hi Jesse,

I'm very happy to hear you no longer experience this anymore.

My own opinion, for what it's worth:

I honestly don't think there is anything to convince yourself when you are 'in...
Forum: USA Politics 25th June 2018, 04:48 PM
Replies: 175
Views: 14,076
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Is this the online version of your mate who turns...

Is this the online version of your mate who turns to you and says that 'Hitler may have done many bad things but didn't he...'
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 12:09 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
You're right I just looked at the pictures I...

You're right I just looked at the pictures I took. The human hair is to represent 30,000 years though.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 07:57 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
It should have been a bit larger the 30,000 ?

It should have been a bit larger the 30,000 ?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 07:35 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
So did I get it right? I got 0.004572cms. So...

So did I get it right? I got 0.004572cms.

So what the same size as 0.00449 mm or the size of 45 micrometres?!!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 07:20 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
The entire universe.

The entire universe.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 06:49 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Wait hang on, so I think under my model, the last...

Wait hang on, so I think under my model, the last 30,000 years of human history are 0.004572cms, which is 45.72 micrometres or 45720 nanometers.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 06:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Hang on for 67.6 x (30,000/13,722,000,000) I got...

Hang on for 67.6 x (30,000/13,722,000,000) I got 2.186270222999563e-6???
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 06:27 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Ah I've just checked the picture I took. It's...

Ah I've just checked the picture I took. It's 30,000.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 06:21 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Thanks. But how come at the Hayden...

Thanks.

But how come at the Hayden Plane('')arium all of human life was demonstrated by the width of a piece of hair when their walkway was a lot longer than my 67.6.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 06:17 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Yea sorry I meant civilisation being the hair.

Yea sorry I meant civilisation being the hair.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th June 2018, 05:25 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,824
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Converting time into distance

I recognise that this should have been something simple picked up in class but I failed by GCSE in maths twice so don't have this knowledge.

I was in the Hayden Plane('')arium recently and was...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th May 2018, 04:04 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 7,775
Posted By Undesired Walrus
The Media and bias

It seems to be popular to argue that:

1. The MSN in the US has an overwhelming liberal bias.

2. The MSN in the UK has an overwhelming right wing bias.

3. They influence the electorate and...
Forum: USA Politics 6th May 2018, 12:10 AM
Replies: 3,527
Views: 287,497
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Has a 'good guy with a gun' ever actually...

Has a 'good guy with a gun' ever actually immediately prevented a mass shooting?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th April 2018, 04:20 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,154
Posted By Undesired Walrus
What does Kim want? Does he want to be a...

What does Kim want?

Does he want to be a respected world power WITH nuclear weapons?

After seeing what happened to Gadaffi after he gave up WMDs I doubt Kim would want to do the same.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th April 2018, 11:41 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 14,175
Posted By Undesired Walrus
I don't quite get why there are only strikes when...

I don't quite get why there are only strikes when chemical weapons are used but not when Assad is slaughtering his people with everything else? It kind of sends the message that 'that was the wrong...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 20th March 2018, 03:19 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 573
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Evolution of voting styles

Just a query I can't find a lot of information on throughout the net:

How did people vote in the early years of democracy? In the Roman Republic, for example, how did people physically vote on...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2018, 01:13 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Do you think it is appropriate to label Hamas as...

Do you think it is appropriate to label Hamas as an:

organisation that is dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people and bringing about peace and social justice and political justice
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 02:46 PM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
There are plenty of noble socialists in the UK....

There are plenty of noble socialists in the UK. What's baffled me is why so many on the left have hung their mast to one who has been in bed with some of the most regressive regimes and parties on...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th March 2018, 01:54 PM
Replies: 1,704
Views: 182,528
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Is the use of a nerve agent in these cases due to...

Is the use of a nerve agent in these cases due to practical reasons or propaganda reasons?

I ask as presumably there are easier ways to assassinate than nerve agent? Is it deliberately used to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 11:13 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
However, if we leave aside the friends remark,...

However, if we leave aside the friends remark, how about this?

“…the idea that an organisation that is dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people and bringing about peace and social...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 11:09 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Ask yourself whether you could imagine Corbyn...

Ask yourself whether you could imagine Corbyn calling George W his friend, or the Tory party his friends, or Tony Blair a friend.

The man is a fraud, a total fraud in relation to Human rights. I...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 03:37 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
It's not the same. However Corbyn's actions show...

It's not the same. However Corbyn's actions show that he will gladly praise organisations that are anti-Semitic, call them his friends, invite them to parliament and then appear on Press Tv and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 03:19 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
I think the issue with Corbyn isn't that he is...

I think the issue with Corbyn isn't that he is anti-semitic but that he doesn't see it as a big problem and will gladly overlook it.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2018, 03:16 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 15,018
Posted By Undesired Walrus
It would be easier to have that judgement on him...

It would be easier to have that judgement on him if he hadn't already associated, praised and called an anti-Semitic organisation his 'friends'.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2018, 02:48 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,541
Posted By Undesired Walrus
I think that is more terrifying than a single...

I think that is more terrifying than a single massive wave. This unrelenting increase of water.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2018, 02:47 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,541
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Freaky. Would the tsunami wave resemble the...

Freaky.

Would the tsunami wave resemble the overly dramatic all-in-one waves from Deep Impact and such or gradually build?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2018, 02:42 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,541
Posted By Undesired Walrus
Doesn't work sorry.

Doesn't work sorry.
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