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brainbomb (295 D)
09 Jul 16 UTC
What kind of cat food should I feed my cat?
I've been giving her surfin turfin treats. But I gave her a can of friskies the other day and she hardly touched it. Shes 5, and seems to eat too much actually.
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DammmmDaniel (100 D)
08 Jul 16 UTC
Pokemon Go
Any one else think that this game is great asf!!??!?!?!?!?! THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD IN REAL LIFE IM FUCKING FREAKING OUT
MY pkmn are actually really good as a side note ;) top 3 have over 200 CP :)
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glo2018 (1522 D)
03 Jul 16 UTC
Qustion about scoring system
in this game (http://95.211.128.12/webdiplomacy/board.php?gameID=92049#gamePanel) i saw a scoring system called Survivors-Win Scoring, but when i tried to create a game with this type of point scoring system i couldn't find it in the advanced settings. so, my question is, how do i create a game with this type of scoring system?
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
08 Jul 16 UTC
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Mario Machine Learning on Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/mikseri123321

If anyone is interested; we're doing some basic optimizations to get a computer to play Mario
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Jul 16 UTC
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Turning Over a New Leaf
I just want to take a moment to say that I've been so proud of this forum in the last few days. The entire world has been buzzing with insanely controversial, easily polarizing political events in the past few days and we haven't had a vitriolic, stupidly biased thread so far. Kudos to everyone.
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Ogion (3817 D)
08 Jul 16 UTC
Weekend sitter needed for two early gunboat games
Hey folks,
I'm heading out for a weekend, and I have two 24 hour phase games that will need some builds and the like entered. Should be pretty easy.
Any takers?
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ssorenn (0 DX)
29 Jun 16 UTC
I'm in London for two days.
Where should I eat ??
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glo2018 (1522 D)
06 Jul 16 UTC
one more person
i have a live game starting in 2 hours called Amazing game (http://95.211.128.12/webdiplomacy/board.php?gameID=180862) i just need one more player, please join.
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
29 Jun 16 UTC
How much would building an island for a million people in international waters cost?
I'm talking excluding living supplies etc. Just building the island. Alternatively, an island chain will do too.

Just some big numbers-math for fun. Anyone wants to do an estimate?
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
04 Jul 16 UTC
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The Boston Massacre / webDip F2F tournament
As above, within this intertubelink:
https://sites.google.com/site/bostonmassacrediplomacy/tournament-info

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Halls of Mandos (1019 D)
05 Jul 16 UTC
World Game
It's that time again!
I was thinking of starting a world game some time early August when I get home. Post below if interested:
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TrPrado (461 D)
17 May 16 UTC
NBA Finals
We're now at the Conference finals for both West and East, and the first game was last night. What do you guys think? Could this be the Thunder's year to win it all?
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Hamilton Brian (760 D(B))
01 Jul 16 UTC
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Happy Canada Day
Someone had to start this thread. Happy 149th Birthday!
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KingCyrus (511 D)
27 Jun 16 UTC
Special Replacement Needed
Good evening webDip. I am in need of a replacement for a special rule UN game.
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paulyork64 (351 D)
27 Jun 16 UTC
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Brexit swiftly followed by Engxit
Congratulations iceland. You were great. We were garbage. I will support your campaign to be a supply centre on the diplomacy map.
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taos (281 D)
01 Jul 16 UTC
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taos is back!
Hi !
I am back to the game after more than a year.
If you know me so please join my game and if you don't know me join too.
Many changes since i was inactive?
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
23 Jun 16 UTC
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WDC 2016 #weaselmoot Live Thread
The 2016 World Diplomacy Championships are happening!

http://www.windycityweasels.org/wdc2016
https://twitter.com/WindyCityWeasel
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
22 Jun 16 UTC
Any exercise in hypotheticals
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160621-i-have-never-felt-sexual-desire

What do these people want? And are their demands reasonable?
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jengamaster (2137 D)
23 Jun 16 UTC
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Why do you simply save and not ready?
Unless you always save, or you always ready, which conditions lead to you choosing to do one or the other?
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brainbomb (295 D)
28 Jun 16 UTC
Game of thrones - S6 - reactions
Discuss.
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Crazy Anglican (1100 D)
20 May 16 UTC
Vegetarians, Vegans, et al.
I am just getting started with this lifestyle change. I am leaning towards a whole foods plant based diet as in Plant Pure Nation. Any suggestions of things to try? Recipes? etc.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
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@"Octavious Online (1451 D)
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There are times when you realise that the people on the other side of the argument are so far removed from reality that further discussion is utterly pointless. The rape is rape argument does not apply when you include the entire bloody animal kingdom in it. You're got a bloody screw loose, both of you."

It is a simple arguement. Do you value the suffering of animals? If yes, it makes sense to expand this use of the word rape.

Of course if humans were doing it for their own sexual pleasure, i presume you would have a problem with it? Is it ok for a dog owner to forcible screw his/her pet? Is that rape? Would the law protect that animal from cruelty?

And what exactly is the difference?
Octavious (2732 D)
23 May 16 UTC
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Bloody hell, ora, at least when Al Swearengen goes down the offensive to women route he's doing it as part of his olde worlde Wild West act. To hear it coming from you is several orders of magnitude worse.

What exactly is the difference?!? What the bloody hell is wrong with you?? You put me in mind of a favourite expression my old RSM would use. You're a lighthouse in the desert, mate. Very bright, but bloody stupid.

I've paraphrased slightly...
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
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If you removed the stick up Octavious' ass, would it technically be rape?
Putin33 (111 D)
23 May 16 UTC
Yes Oct stands up for women, didn't you know? It as if all his faux outraged bluster isn't an elaborate cover for the fact that he has always been quite pro dairy because he thinks it tasty. But let's pretend he's concerned about women because his long record of not giving a damn isn't you know, known to all.
Putin33 (111 D)
23 May 16 UTC
Has there ever been any one who disagreed with Oct who hasn't been deemed crazy, stupid, or silly? I've lost track.
Octavious (2732 D)
23 May 16 UTC
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And to finish off this little visit to the twilight zone, enter Thucy to tell a hilarious rape joke.

Stunning. I'm lost for words.
Durga (3609 D)
23 May 16 UTC
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It's called bestiality, not rape. Rape involves persons. Animals in no capacity have the ability to consent or not, and they do not have the same conscious minds as human beings do.

When rape is thrown around in situations such as this, or in jokes for example, the word becomes diluted and not as impactful. I'm not saying the plight of animals isn't important, but it's harmful to use certain terminology to describe it (for animals because no one would take it seriously as obviously the farming isn't meant to be sexual, and for humans because counter effect is rape becoming a joke and being related to 'lesser beings').

Rape is not something that happens to cows and women. It is something that happens to human beings, and for cows it is bestiality. Especially in relation to animal farming, where the practice is horriblely unethical but widely accepted. Hearing it being related to rape is bizarre and I think works to undermine both problems in different ways.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
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"the practice is horriblely unethical but widely accepted."

Then let's move past the pedantry of the terms used and focus on this fact, which is the main point in that discussion.
Durga (3609 D)
23 May 16 UTC
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Sure, but you don't get off easy for making horrible rape jokes and then get to take the high road.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
Who made a rape joke? Missed that
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
Oh haha mine. That's not a rape joke, but whatever
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
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"Stunning. I'm lost for words."


Suuuuure you are. Lol. Faux-outrage is right
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
23 May 16 UTC
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@Oct … "The best way to make a real difference is to simply waste less food. When shopping the average shopping instinctively reaches for the best and the freshest. If instead you reach for what would otherwise be wasted your personal impact on the environment will be minimal."

We're actually close to common ground on this, so I erased what I had written and I'll try to build on that. The NRDC published a huge report a few years back that showed about 40% of all food produced and eaten in the United States is wasted by the time consumers are finished eating. That number, as you imply, is absolutely ridiculous. To make a long story short, their conclusion was that if this number was cut by 15%, upwards of 25 million hungry people could eat every year. If it were cut by 25-30%, hunger could be eliminated in the US entirely.

Altering consumer habits is remarkably difficult though. In this instance, trying to get people to buy food that isn't freshest - i.e. what's at the front on the shelf - is not the right solution. The grocers, stockers, producers, and farmers need to cover the great majority of that ground. The grocers in particular could do a lot with the food that they throw away. Food pantries have a good relationship with grocers but all of that food that gets thrown away at a grocery store could go to a food pantry and make a huge difference. I don't know why it isn't mandated that every little sliver of good food go *somewhere* besides the landfill.

There's more to it and I don't pretend to know what the fuck I'm talking about, but pointing again to consumer habits is the wrong way to go about it. It's a big issue that has huge implications far beyond you or me. It calls for regulation, the big bad word that nobody likes to hear. I don't know that I trust my government and I don't know if you trust yours to get the job done, but that's what would solve a hunger issue as well as a food waste issue quickly and permanently.

@Thucy … "I'm sorry that you're such an egocentric cynic, you may one day change."

Gee, thanks. I don't call providing for myself and worrying about my own survival "egocentric," though I will concede that my view on the state of our planet is quite cynical. You seem to be in the same boat, but for whatever reason, you're holding onto hope and love over all else. I guess that's honorable, but that's not gonna keep you or anyone else alive when push comes to shove.

People are surprised to hear about what I do. I climb mountains and hike some of the toughest trails in the world, and if you took one look at my fat 240 pound ass, you'd know I'm not in shape for it and I never have been. The way that I do what I do and the reason that I can promise you I am going to survive is because I will myself so much further than other people around me do. I get it set in my mind that I'm going to do something and I do it, whether it hurts like hell or not, so I'm glad that you're of a similar mindset.

I don't get how that makes me egocentric. I can't control you or anyone else. Why shouldn't I prioritize myself? It's not like I'm prepping for a nuclear strike or a zombie apocalypse, but if either of those things happen, I'll be ready. I care about everyone else, but I imagine that everyone else cares about themselves more than I care about them, and rationally so. If they're ready, good for them. If they're not, then they just don't care about themselves enough.

"You have a consciousness, you can't just weasel your way out of the responsibility that entails."

I take responsibility, 100%. I simply recognize that I and every other human alive in the last however many years have created this problem by manipulating nature beyond our own means. My consciousness is telling me that the proper solution, the one that nature deserves, is the one where we stop manipulating and nature decides for itself the fate of life on this planet.

Again, I'm not sure how this is so offensive. I'm not stopping you from doing whatever the fuck it is you want to do, but don't ask me to get out of your way.

"I see that they don't teach much about society in the environmental science program."

Uh, yeah, they do. Believe me, I know exactly what you're talking about. I'm not saying it's pretty, but I'm not letting you off the hook simply because you don't feel empowered enough to do something about them. That's you being hypocritical, egotistical, and cynical, to use your words. You just criticized me for not taking responsibility and trying to shed it and here you are not taking responsibility and shedding it on "social systems, dude."

"Think culturally, not individualistically - individualism is after all a cultural construct."

That's exactly how social systems start. Hell, you claim you're a "foot soldier" - does that not make you part of a social system? You might consider it the *right* social system, but a social system nonetheless. If you want to eradicate social systems, you either have to eradicate the social or the system, and, given that humans are social by nature, it makes a hell of a lot more to eradicate the construct we created as opposed to the one that nature gave us, so get rid of the system.

"If you care about nature, then why do you apparently see no need to do anything about the mass extinction of modern times?"

Because nature is a better problem solver than I am.

"Why would you work in conservation given your statements that you don't want to "meddle" with nature?"

Because I don't want other people to meddle with nature either. What's the point of preservation or conservation, whichever side you prefer, if you're sitting behind a desk and letting your ideals go to waste?
orathaic (1009 D(B))
23 May 16 UTC
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"What exactly is the difference?!? What the bloody hell is wrong with you?? You put me in mind of a favourite expression my old RSM would use. You're a lighthouse in the desert, mate. Very bright, but bloody stupid."

Ad hominem? I see you're done trying to have any kind of discussion. Thanks for playing.

"Animals in no capacity have the ability to consent or not, and they do not have the same conscious minds as human beings do." - That is a point, it could well be argued that they are conscious, but the same? No. Either way, do they consent? Are the capable of making decisions? Are they able to suffer when forced to do things?

Bestiality may well be wrong in the sense that it is usually rape.

But if you insist on stating that there is a difference, why is bestiality 'horriblely unethical'?
What about it is different from rape?

In my mind bestiality is sexual for the human committing it, rape is not. It is an act of violence and dominance. (it might be emotional violence, not physical violence, but that is still violence) The farming practices fall closer to the accepted definition of rape than of bestiality.
Durga (3609 D)
23 May 16 UTC
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What world are you living in that you separate the term rape from sexual assault/issues? That's crazy and undermines victims of rape and won't adress the root problem of rape issues. And this is the exact issue I'm talking about.

Not being able to consent is horrible as well, I wasn't trying to justify terrible actions against animals. I'm merely stating they are different.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
24 May 16 UTC
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/23/woman-trying-to-prove-vegans-can-do-anything-among-three-dead-on-everest-two-more-missing-and-thirty-sick-or-frostbitten/

Too soon?
Crazy Anglican (1100 D)
22 Jun 16 UTC
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Well, five weeks in I am down to 184 from 200lbs. Still looking for recipes

so far our favorites have been portobello mushroom cap "burgers" (my 9 yr old was initially shocked that this wasn't a mushroom cap added too a burger).

falafels came out pretty good

the Naan bread and hummus with grapes was good too.

orathaic (1009 D(B))
22 Jun 16 UTC
Good to hear :)
Putin33 (111 D)
24 Jun 16 UTC
If you have access to trader joe's their meatless meatballs are quite tasty. We have been making "spaghetti & meatballs" using spaghetti squash & those meatballs with tomato sauce. Not a bad dinner, and good for leftover sandwiches w/ the "meatballs".

Also if you like eggplant and seem to enjoy Mediterranean food try Baba Ghanoug.

http://www.alternativeegypt.com/Food-&-Recipes/Egyptian-baba-ganoush-recipe.html

A great alternative/supplement to hommous.

Another great (and filling) Med. dish is Kosheri - basically layers of lentils & rice with a tomato sauce. It's a common Egyptian street dish and my wife's favorite.

Recipes vary wildly (particularly when it comes to the inclusion of elbow macaroni), but the general idea is thus:

http://www.vrg.org/recipes/egypt.htm

Speaking of recipes if anybody has a trick for making caribbean style coconut red beans & rice I'd be interested. I'm growing Scotch Bonnet peppers so hopefully that will help.

Thanks for the baba ganoush recipe, Putin! I will definitely try that.

Also tried Rip's Big bowl as a breakfast this morning. Was definitely a hearty breakfast. I left off the grapefruit, but it was plenty to eat as is.

http://engine2diet.com/recipe/rips-big-bowl/


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????? (0 DX)
27 Jun 16 UTC
Question: Can you message during builds?
I am new to the website. I don't seem to be able to message during the build phase?
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
16 Jun 16 UTC
Mafia XXI Sign-Up Thread
This thread is for signing up to play PROHIBITION WARS, which is the 21st game of Forum Mafia. There are up to 22 slots available however the game can be played with less than this. I would ideally like 20 participants at least.
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WDC 2016 (0 DX)
25 Jun 16 UTC
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WDC 2016 Live coverage Sunday
Live coverage of World Diplomacy Championship Final Table.
9:00Am Sunday (East coast USA time)
Twitch.tv/diplomacycast
@DiplomacyCast for more info
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y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
24 Jun 16 UTC
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Higher stakes gunboat games
Stop on in for higher stakes gunboat games.
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kasimax (243 D)
14 Apr 16 UTC
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public commentary gunboat - peanut gallery
gameID=177609

read the rules inside before you post!
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
15 Jun 16 UTC
Copa America?
Anyone watching? GO ECUADOR!
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DammmmDaniel (100 D)
22 Jun 16 UTC
TALH/Not dying/getting assaulted by who know what in college
Help me WebDip! I got a really bad feeling about this...
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brainbomb (295 D)
04 Jun 16 UTC
Zaldron Attack Cruiser spotted off the Starboard bow
RED ALERT!
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Blaz_Adam (81 DX)
26 Jun 16 UTC
Live game
Med quickie in 1 hr 30 (ish) need 3 more people. Anyone interested?
Also is anyone up for playing a live game this time is 2 days? Classic or med map I don't mind
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