Granted, but in your enthusiasm for ice cream, you choke on a chip and die.
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2 words: Unlimited Lumens
You have the ability to spin on your head like a dreidel, so long as you are drinking lemonade at the same time.
You have the ability to spin on your head like a dreidel, so long as you are drinking lemonade at the same time.
I feel like if someone were to show them a pet rock, they might just give up on the human race entirely...
Assuming of course said rock doesn't look like his uncle Trsk'Lkxn, in which case we're all intergalactic space dust.
Assuming of course said rock doesn't look like his uncle Trsk'Lkxn, in which case we're all intergalactic space dust.
Being in constant pain would eventually drive you insane. Use said insanity to go on an unstoppable rampage, what do I care if I feel a bit more pain, my entire life is torture anyways- also your muscles would probably be in complete freakout mode.
You gain the ability to be hyper-aware of anything over a light-year distant.
You gain the ability to be hyper-aware of anything over a light-year distant.
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I'm here to say goodbye, and a few final points to set the record straight. (Yes, you told me not to come back, I said don't @mention me again. We've both been naughty. Involve the mods if you wish.
To begin with, and this has been bugging me because it sincerely worries me. I'll remind you that you tried to apply the LoEE to children, (Yes you tried to explain it in a nicer way) which ignores the fact that they are human beings, all at different levels of mental development, physical development and emotional development, which will all affect how they learn, also the commonly accepted fact that different people learn differently. Sometimes practice is not enough. Like I said, I'm not claiming that you have imparted the law of equivalent exchange to them literally, but if you have, the effect it could have on a toddler (Your parents only love you because they get x from it - equivalent exchange) borders on abuse. In regards to flaws, this is one of Ed and Al's greatest ones (combined with hubris) they believe everything is explained through equivalent exchange. Now I've returned to FMA when I said I wanted to drop it... my bad. Also, this is a fallacious argument (Appeal to Emotion) I am making right now, but I hope you will take this into consideration.
Bias is not mental compromisation. Bias :
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
"there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants"
synonyms: prejudice, partiality, partisanship, favoritism, unfairness, one-sidedness; bigotry, intolerance, discrimination, leaning, tendency, inclination, predilection, casteism
Furthermore, we all possess Bias in one way or another, to pretend otherwise is silly. To argue that you have not been biased throughout this debate is hilarious. Also, Bias is created through a combination of experience, upbringing and current standing in the world. To argue that one's biases would not be affected by a disease is just being willfully obstinate.
Finally (and I'm really cutting short a lot of points here, you already dismissed everything else though with my banishment.), Lupus is a disease, and it sounds like a horrible one, once more I extend my sincere sympathy. Really, I do mean it, ignore everything else I say if you want, but you honestly have my sympathy for your disease, however it has manifested itself. I'm not a doctor, but heres one of the symptoms: (Yes it manifests differently in different people) Cognitive dysfunction. Exactly what I have been trying to explain to you the entire time. Now you can honestly complain that I am making claims to your mental compromisation through your disability, though in reality, no, I'm not doing that, though I admit that it will likely be hard for anyone, not just you, to see that. You attempt to claim I was making allusions to your success, when it is clearly written that I am saying you possess a bias, then you declared I was making claims that you are mentally compromised (read above if you are still thinking they are one and the same.) Both of these sound like points that you may actually fear yourself: That others don't see you as successful, or that they think you can't be successful due to your disease. That others think you are mentally compromised. Dismiss these fears, they will become self manifesting demons. I speak from personal experience (Yes I do have my own mental problems, they are not paranoia or schizophrenia. I applaud you for not grabbing at the low hanging fruit.) Clearly you are a talented musician and artist, I am envious of you in both regards. Your literary skills, as a writer, and as a GM could use some work though (we all could, it's why we're here, that, and it's fun!). Practice makes perfect, but only if you are actually open to criticism. Sometimes criticism is going to rub you the wrong way, don't equate it with a personal assault on your character.
Best of luck in all your endeavours.
Now I'll gladly fuck off.
To begin with, and this has been bugging me because it sincerely worries me. I'll remind you that you tried to apply the LoEE to children, (Yes you tried to explain it in a nicer way) which ignores the fact that they are human beings, all at different levels of mental development, physical development and emotional development, which will all affect how they learn, also the commonly accepted fact that different people learn differently. Sometimes practice is not enough. Like I said, I'm not claiming that you have imparted the law of equivalent exchange to them literally, but if you have, the effect it could have on a toddler (Your parents only love you because they get x from it - equivalent exchange) borders on abuse. In regards to flaws, this is one of Ed and Al's greatest ones (combined with hubris) they believe everything is explained through equivalent exchange. Now I've returned to FMA when I said I wanted to drop it... my bad. Also, this is a fallacious argument (Appeal to Emotion) I am making right now, but I hope you will take this into consideration.
Bias is not mental compromisation. Bias :
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
"there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants"
synonyms: prejudice, partiality, partisanship, favoritism, unfairness, one-sidedness; bigotry, intolerance, discrimination, leaning, tendency, inclination, predilection, casteism
Furthermore, we all possess Bias in one way or another, to pretend otherwise is silly. To argue that you have not been biased throughout this debate is hilarious. Also, Bias is created through a combination of experience, upbringing and current standing in the world. To argue that one's biases would not be affected by a disease is just being willfully obstinate.
Finally (and I'm really cutting short a lot of points here, you already dismissed everything else though with my banishment.), Lupus is a disease, and it sounds like a horrible one, once more I extend my sincere sympathy. Really, I do mean it, ignore everything else I say if you want, but you honestly have my sympathy for your disease, however it has manifested itself. I'm not a doctor, but heres one of the symptoms: (Yes it manifests differently in different people) Cognitive dysfunction. Exactly what I have been trying to explain to you the entire time. Now you can honestly complain that I am making claims to your mental compromisation through your disability, though in reality, no, I'm not doing that, though I admit that it will likely be hard for anyone, not just you, to see that. You attempt to claim I was making allusions to your success, when it is clearly written that I am saying you possess a bias, then you declared I was making claims that you are mentally compromised (read above if you are still thinking they are one and the same.) Both of these sound like points that you may actually fear yourself: That others don't see you as successful, or that they think you can't be successful due to your disease. That others think you are mentally compromised. Dismiss these fears, they will become self manifesting demons. I speak from personal experience (Yes I do have my own mental problems, they are not paranoia or schizophrenia. I applaud you for not grabbing at the low hanging fruit.) Clearly you are a talented musician and artist, I am envious of you in both regards. Your literary skills, as a writer, and as a GM could use some work though (we all could, it's why we're here, that, and it's fun!). Practice makes perfect, but only if you are actually open to criticism. Sometimes criticism is going to rub you the wrong way, don't equate it with a personal assault on your character.
Best of luck in all your endeavours.
Now I'll gladly fuck off.
Now I'm off to work (Ah the life of an insomniac and Paranoid Schizophrenic!)
@Aviendha I'd honestly say we are both better off to drop the topic Aviendha, and I'm tired of poking my head into this thread. Feel free to dispute my points, dont @ mention me if you would like to move on from this and just proceed with your RP. Or we can continue this circular argument until the end of this age.
@Aviendha I'd honestly say we are both better off to drop the topic Aviendha, and I'm tired of poking my head into this thread. Feel free to dispute my points, dont @ mention me if you would like to move on from this and just proceed with your RP. Or we can continue this circular argument until the end of this age.
To begin with, (And ignoring the discourse style of writing for simplification) I did not imply you were unsuccessful, merely that you were biased. Do not shovel words into my mouth, also, don't resort to an appeal to emotion to try and discredit me. I proposed that your condition may affect your thinking, you are free to disagree. However your statements do not align with your claims.
You're still ignoring the point, demanding arbitrary weakness in equivalence (I don't think you know what this word actually means) Is a silly thing to do, in something like a superhero RP it is understandable. It neither improves the writing, nor the RP, it is an attempt to insert artificial depth, rather than strive for actual depth. Your interpretation of weakness and how to apply them is wrong. Also you repeatedly insist to the need for binary: If a character has a strength they must have an equal weakness. That is 1 and 0's. Apparently no character can exist that is more gifted than others they must all be perfectly balanced. Life doesn't work this way, and neither did RJ.
So if a disagreement is unable to be resolved, you'll just call it a 50/50? Instead of realistic analysis of the two differing sides of the argument? Thats bad GM'ing, and ignores your later statement to be aiming for realism. This is character interaction on a grand scale, before you try to disseminate the two
A nice statement regarding the co-operation, but you consistently demonstrate an unwillingness to co-operate. You repeatedly shut down conversations with the declaration that "I am the GM" even when you were blatantly wrong.
Now you are applying a sort of plot armor, despite previous claims to there being "No Plot Armor" Sadly realistically (which you claim to desire later on in your post) fights do not work this way. The canadian womens Olympic hockey team (The best in the world at the time) lost to a bunch of fourteen year olds who weren't even provincially (state) ranked. If you are at a disadvantage, you will lose, unless someone is incredibly stupid or you are incredibly lucky. I don't have a problem with this from a Literary sense, but you made the claim to realism. This is character interaction of a physical kind.
In regards to the Aes Sedai, you are obviously backpedaling on previous statements you made to save face. You declared an Aes-Sedai under the age of 100 to be a special snowflake, when it turns out they are incredibly common. Nynaeve was far from the exception to the rules on wilders as well. It is worth noting that the Amyrlin seat (Before the fracturing of the tower) was under the age of 100 during the time the WoT takes place. Also you keep making statements such as "usually/Normally" to justify an all encompassing statement that is clearly factually wrong. This is also known as anecdotal evidence.
Next you make another appeal to authority (which is not completely fallacious, considering the topic at hand) However if you are going to make such an appeal, you can't just say x y z is why I am right. Many other people have looked through sources and come to completely differing conclusions as you. If you wish to provide your sources for your claims, instead of implying that your knowledge is superior to others, which you have done repeatedly by making statements such as "No I'm not pulling this out of my ass" which would be utterly unnecessary, unless you felt the need to differentiate your information from others.
You dont have evidence (this once again implies that despite the lack of evidence, you do believe this is how it works) to this being how people work. Yet you still used this anecdotal and clearly misrepresented information to try and prove a point. This discredits everything else you have said.
The following bulletpoints are largely ridiculous, claims to realism (Really? Do I need to elaborate?), further appeals to authority, and general wishful thinking. Your attitudes regarding character creation do not line up with what you say here.
Pride is a sin, inability to accept help is a weakness, don't mix the two. Most characters who exemplify the sin of pride have the inability to accept help. Armstrong accepts help, because he chooses to often fight alone does not mean he refuses help his style of alchemy is highly destructive, he'd likely injure any allies not on the same level as he is. The same goes for Mustang. Armstrong is neither overly prideful (Yes he is proud of being himself, as I am sure you are proud of being yourself, as I am proud of being myself) nor is he unwilling to accept help.
Honestly I could go on but this isn't about FMA and focusing on it is just an attempt at distracting from the main points. Suffice to say you continue to contradict yourself. Yes, I am well aware of your love for strong muscled men.
You didn't add on to Tangletail because they argue far more rationally and logically than you. You end your argument with another appeal to emotion, then try and further discredit what I said by saying "No need to get angry here"
Yet how fucking dare I? Someone sounds angry to me. Perhaps you would prefer offended, the word you used.
Suffice to say you display consistent unwillingness to actually co-operate despite your claims, a large gap in your knowledge regarding WoT (this is why I got away with most of what I did with the Aiel, excluding going to Rhuidean, which actually is not forbidden in the way you tried to describe it. I digress though, we were apparently in large agreement regarding that, save for the Dothraki.)
Now you Admit to acting like an Ass, but refuse to apologize for it, this displays an almost quintessential Narcissism (The psychological, not classical greek) I won't fully elaborate unless you wish to try and engage in character assassination further, instead of logical discussion.
Sorry if my thoughts are disjointed, the voices in my head are acting up (See I can do it too!)
You're still ignoring the point, demanding arbitrary weakness in equivalence (I don't think you know what this word actually means) Is a silly thing to do, in something like a superhero RP it is understandable. It neither improves the writing, nor the RP, it is an attempt to insert artificial depth, rather than strive for actual depth. Your interpretation of weakness and how to apply them is wrong. Also you repeatedly insist to the need for binary: If a character has a strength they must have an equal weakness. That is 1 and 0's. Apparently no character can exist that is more gifted than others they must all be perfectly balanced. Life doesn't work this way, and neither did RJ.
So if a disagreement is unable to be resolved, you'll just call it a 50/50? Instead of realistic analysis of the two differing sides of the argument? Thats bad GM'ing, and ignores your later statement to be aiming for realism. This is character interaction on a grand scale, before you try to disseminate the two
A nice statement regarding the co-operation, but you consistently demonstrate an unwillingness to co-operate. You repeatedly shut down conversations with the declaration that "I am the GM" even when you were blatantly wrong.
Now you are applying a sort of plot armor, despite previous claims to there being "No Plot Armor" Sadly realistically (which you claim to desire later on in your post) fights do not work this way. The canadian womens Olympic hockey team (The best in the world at the time) lost to a bunch of fourteen year olds who weren't even provincially (state) ranked. If you are at a disadvantage, you will lose, unless someone is incredibly stupid or you are incredibly lucky. I don't have a problem with this from a Literary sense, but you made the claim to realism. This is character interaction of a physical kind.
In regards to the Aes Sedai, you are obviously backpedaling on previous statements you made to save face. You declared an Aes-Sedai under the age of 100 to be a special snowflake, when it turns out they are incredibly common. Nynaeve was far from the exception to the rules on wilders as well. It is worth noting that the Amyrlin seat (Before the fracturing of the tower) was under the age of 100 during the time the WoT takes place. Also you keep making statements such as "usually/Normally" to justify an all encompassing statement that is clearly factually wrong. This is also known as anecdotal evidence.
Next you make another appeal to authority (which is not completely fallacious, considering the topic at hand) However if you are going to make such an appeal, you can't just say x y z is why I am right. Many other people have looked through sources and come to completely differing conclusions as you. If you wish to provide your sources for your claims, instead of implying that your knowledge is superior to others, which you have done repeatedly by making statements such as "No I'm not pulling this out of my ass" which would be utterly unnecessary, unless you felt the need to differentiate your information from others.
You dont have evidence (this once again implies that despite the lack of evidence, you do believe this is how it works) to this being how people work. Yet you still used this anecdotal and clearly misrepresented information to try and prove a point. This discredits everything else you have said.
The following bulletpoints are largely ridiculous, claims to realism (Really? Do I need to elaborate?), further appeals to authority, and general wishful thinking. Your attitudes regarding character creation do not line up with what you say here.
Pride is a sin, inability to accept help is a weakness, don't mix the two. Most characters who exemplify the sin of pride have the inability to accept help. Armstrong accepts help, because he chooses to often fight alone does not mean he refuses help his style of alchemy is highly destructive, he'd likely injure any allies not on the same level as he is. The same goes for Mustang. Armstrong is neither overly prideful (Yes he is proud of being himself, as I am sure you are proud of being yourself, as I am proud of being myself) nor is he unwilling to accept help.
Honestly I could go on but this isn't about FMA and focusing on it is just an attempt at distracting from the main points. Suffice to say you continue to contradict yourself. Yes, I am well aware of your love for strong muscled men.
You didn't add on to Tangletail because they argue far more rationally and logically than you. You end your argument with another appeal to emotion, then try and further discredit what I said by saying "No need to get angry here"
Yet how fucking dare I? Someone sounds angry to me. Perhaps you would prefer offended, the word you used.
Suffice to say you display consistent unwillingness to actually co-operate despite your claims, a large gap in your knowledge regarding WoT (this is why I got away with most of what I did with the Aiel, excluding going to Rhuidean, which actually is not forbidden in the way you tried to describe it. I digress though, we were apparently in large agreement regarding that, save for the Dothraki.)
Now you Admit to acting like an Ass, but refuse to apologize for it, this displays an almost quintessential Narcissism (The psychological, not classical greek) I won't fully elaborate unless you wish to try and engage in character assassination further, instead of logical discussion.
Sorry if my thoughts are disjointed, the voices in my head are acting up (See I can do it too!)
Pride: YEs Armstrong is proud, and for good reason, in no way is this ever a failing, and he demonstrates humility many times. He's just a loud bastard about it. Which grates on some people, so perhaps his only problem is an overly grand personality.
We already know about his family, you didn't expand on it because you are fully aware how tenuous a position this is already. Bruce Wayne's weakness is his family. Armstrong has a largely typical relationship with his family. He's afraid of his sister because she's his sister, even if he could beat her, he never would. Thats the type of person he is. If anything this is a further golden point to Armstrong, his strong family values.
Romantic: Okay this is once again laughable. Being a romantic is not a flaw.
@Tangletail The fact that Aviendha is unable to answer any of these points on her own further emphasizes my point that she really doesn't know what she's doing, her professed knowledge of the WoT is a joke, propped up by the claim to live close by to the widow of a dead man. Almost all of her points have been fallacious and she repeatedly contradicts herself throughout the thread. She isn't even able to apologize for being an ass, without being an ass. This is her thread though, so I'll vacate the thread. Enjoy the RP, and I honestly hope it does better than I'm expecting.
We already know about his family, you didn't expand on it because you are fully aware how tenuous a position this is already. Bruce Wayne's weakness is his family. Armstrong has a largely typical relationship with his family. He's afraid of his sister because she's his sister, even if he could beat her, he never would. Thats the type of person he is. If anything this is a further golden point to Armstrong, his strong family values.
Romantic: Okay this is once again laughable. Being a romantic is not a flaw.
@Tangletail The fact that Aviendha is unable to answer any of these points on her own further emphasizes my point that she really doesn't know what she's doing, her professed knowledge of the WoT is a joke, propped up by the claim to live close by to the widow of a dead man. Almost all of her points have been fallacious and she repeatedly contradicts herself throughout the thread. She isn't even able to apologize for being an ass, without being an ass. This is her thread though, so I'll vacate the thread. Enjoy the RP, and I honestly hope it does better than I'm expecting.
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