Aegis wants you to think

The person who puts their location as "Macau" tells me to stop being an idiot. Oh wait, I get it, you're not really there.

Also, what is wrong with my suggestion as a continuation of the topic? Is it because the movie I proposed didn't star Arnold Schwarzenegger?

I support this motion.

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Pie this is uncharacteristic of you...

It's philosophy, pie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_machine

But of course, you probably think I have no intention to deliver a topic to have people delve in a bit about Nozick's experimental thought.

And putting "Macau" as a location is relevant to the argument...how?

Really, I mean the point of this topic was to see if people agree and/or disagree with the fact that people want to use a device to take a mental vacation or even use this technology for the hell of it. And to be honest, we should have more discussions like this. Because honestly, I want something INTELLIGENT to actually talk about at times. Besides, WE ALL GOT LIVES.

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Then join Mensa. They have intelligent discussions all the fucking time.

And they think it's a recent thing? I presonally apologize and have done for years over the unwarranted popularity of the Ban The Person Above You Game.

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it already hit rock bottom right about the time everyone started scaring off new members with ratings, leaving only the same 30 or so (if that) members to post crap.

that said, you did pick the wrong topic to voice your view.

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Basically my thoughts on the matter.

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This just in: A person's intelligence is decided solely on how honest they are about their location.


I don't think it should be completely removed, but I think new topics should be screened. There have been some enjoyable ones in the past, but the majority of Forum Games is pretty retarded.


Personally, I think the worst of it was the "Count to 1000" game. Didn't the OP of that one even throw in "and back" just to make it continue on for longer?


Personally, it's always been my belief that DDR Freak was the bottom of the barrel, and we were down-voting people who could potentially turn ZIv into that. People like sim-stealers, people who bump dead topics with "yeah" and "uh-huh", idiots in general, etc.


Throwing my chips in on this too. This is not something I would expect from the person who considers himself one of the only mature people on this site.

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Hate to be rude, but it's shit like this that scares me off using ZIV...I thought this place was chill? :/

That's a rather crude ad hominem attack. Judge a man by his statements, not by his background.

Yeah, I remember it had potential to turn nasty, at least from my experiences. Indirect personal attacks anyone?

Everyone has their moments, myself included, however I'm also surprised he's acting like this, seeing as he handles most trolls/idiots with an ice cool demeanour from what I've seen. I know that I'm not a ZIV veteran, but that doesn't mean my sentiments should be disqualified straight away. -_-

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Okay hooky.

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That hurt my feelings.

But that's my PRESONAL opinion. It's how I feel PRESONALLY, ain't that right Oni?

but it's a very well known fact that it was abused to hell, even by older members. and yeah ddrfreak is a heap o' shit but this place is on it's way to being a whole different kinda shit. and it's not even that productive when you've reached the point of having only the same few faces scaring off any potentially GOOD new members

case in point:
this is why no one new ever registers and posts

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I don't post here often much anymore simply because I haven't had the time, but, yeah. I agree with a lot of the statements above. What happened? I for one, thought it was a very reasonable thread and could spark a very intelligent discussion. I've never really seen Pie react like this before, and it is very unlike his normal behavior.

But this community didn't used to be like this. It's why I registered and started posting simfiles/graphics here and whatnot. I actually applaud threads like these that pose serious questions and are met with serious responses.

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this thread is stupid

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If you have nothing to add to the discussion, then refrain from posting.
I encourage a reform of personality to all the people who have a certain mindset that doesn't open up for discussion and debate.

Thank you for posting & your replies.

And if you don't like the topic...no one is FORCING you to post on it.
Go download simfiles, go to the chat, go do something else.

lol aegis acting like a mod

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If acting like a mod is "posting truthfully and correctly", then everyone who posts truthfully and correctly must be acting like a mod.
What do you want me to post? Gifs? ImageMacro? Offtopic posts?

All I wanted was some input in Robert Nozick's Experience Machine thought experiment.

Is it so much to ask for some decent posts?
In Zenius, it seems like so.

Pie, we can only discuss bemani and lady gaga so much before the site gets stale. I think we could use more intellectual-ish threads like this one.

I probably would not plug in to the machine. I would prefer to live in the objective reality rather than a completely subjective one, even if it would mean I could experience whatever I want. Of course, one could ponder whether we currently do live in the objective reality.