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I believe in God, I believe in Evolution, I am a Liberal, I am also Pro-Choice and don't mind if Gays want to get married - amoxy Jan 29, 08:12 5
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- I don't think I believe in God. No idea on evolution, I was raised to ignor eit. I am mostly Liberal. i am Pro-Life. I hate gay marriage. - ty97 Jan 29, 08:15 1
  - where did you go to school? do they really not teach it in biology class? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:16
- Hey, that's me! But I fit in fine at my church. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:13 1
  - It's funny, most of the people in my Church are conservative and fundamentalists - amoxy Jan 29, 08:14
Dr. Phil Astin, Chris Benoit's Doctor pleads guilty to drug counts.... - Remlik Jan 29, 08:11
Stimulus package: Welfare or good sense. Debate! -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 08:11 6
- Pork. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:14 2
  - The only thing that seems slightly dubious is the carbon capture, but then again, I can't actually find it in the bill either. - znufrii Jan 29, 08:21
  - You rang? -- nm - zpork Jan 29, 08:14
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 08:12
- Welfare is automatically bad? -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 08:11 1
  - fun fact: welfare was originally designed to keep single mothers from working, whether they wanted to or not. -- nm - mafic Jan 29, 08:12
Life On Mars spoiler questions from last night - con_carne Jan 29, 08:05 2
- spoil.... - Remlik Jan 29, 08:06 1
  - Ah, OK. A terrific show, btw - con_carne Jan 29, 08:09
And JD, it's by no means a solely American thing - people here *freaked* out about getting rid of the $ bill - Reagen Jan 29, 08:03 31
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  - I know that I was reacting to the "OMG the world will end if that happens" knee-jerk -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:10 4
    - exaggerate much? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:14 1
      - all the time -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:15
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      - the effin' one -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:13
  - some people seem angry at the very suggestion. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:09 2
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    - nubby's declaration that if rent was due on saturdays it would HAVE TO BE late was my tipping point. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 08:11
- i'm still freaked about that. they could use plasticized paper to make it last longer. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:05
- I'm for elimination of the buck as long as someone explains how strippers are going to function. - TFox Jan 29, 08:05 18
  - minimum wages -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 08:14
  - give them $5s -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:08
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  - the club sells paper one dollar credits, that you use. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 08:06
  - hasn't hurt the stripper business in Montreal, has it? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:06 2
    - what could? -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 08:07 1
      - not even a nuclear bomb over St. Catherines st. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:11
  - after all these decades, don't you think they deserve a raise to $5 bills anyways? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:05 3
    - helllll no. they're just going to kick it over the rail, do a 4 second shake and move on, no matter what is out there. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:07 2
      - (plus, do you know how expensive it would be to fold all those $5s lengthwise and build a little fort?) -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:07
      - maybe you'd get better action -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:07
  - magnets. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 08:05 6
    - and Stripper Games. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:06 5
      - i don't know what stripper games are! - Andie Jan 29, 08:10 4
        
        dammit, I would take you but I haven't been in one since '91 - zork Jan 29, 08:12
        
        well, for one example... - Reagen Jan 29, 08:11 1
        
        and... - mafic Jan 29, 08:14
        
        Come visit RI! -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:11
- and, i bet when we stopped saturday mail, people freaked. - Andie Jan 29, 08:04
- I'm certainly for getting rid of the dollar bill. Think I'm for getting rid of the penny. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:03
Attention Please: tystravaganza 2009 is coming! - Announcement Jan 29, 08:02 12
- Is the location a secret? - kelly Jan 29, 08:05 10
  - hint: there are no mangoritas. - ty97 Jan 29, 08:07 2
    - Ok, so it's NYC? - kelly Jan 29, 08:09 1
      - siblings and RL friends are always invited to tystravaganza - ty97 Jan 29, 08:10
  - He is building the excitement...Location comes next week! -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 08:06 6
    - silly amxoy, tystravaganza is *always* in NYC. - ty97 Jan 29, 08:09 5
      - I secretly hoped it would be in Chico this year (nm) - amoxy Jan 29, 08:13
      - You fartwad. The night before Jacen's birthday? - TFox Jan 29, 08:10 1
        
        of course, I purposely looked at the calendar and said "When can't asshole Rhode Islanders attend?" - ty97 Jan 29, 08:12
      - like, tyLApalooza? -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 08:10 1
        
        Would you believe there hasn't been a ty Cali event? tyapalooza occurred in Seattle though -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:11
- Do we have to pay you to make announcements for us whenever we have them? :) -- nm - secretslacker Jan 29, 08:04
Related: a coworker invited me to a Bible study he's running on our lunch breaks on Wed. - TFox Jan 29, 08:01 9
- "I'd really rather use my break to unwind and have a leisurely lunch". -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 08:07 2
  - "break wind" -- nm - what loosi saw Jan 29, 08:10 1
    - Resonates in a library -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 29, 08:16
- Tell him your faith is your faith and you're prefer not to debate it at work. - Will Hunting Jan 29, 08:05
- Just tell him no -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 08:03
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- Tell him you go to the gym on Wednesdays. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 08:02 2
  - Least believable excuse ever. - TFox Jan 29, 08:03
  - then he might have to go to the gym. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:02
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- Atheist church??? (sort of demotes the ateist idear dosn't it?) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 08:16
- on the same lines- it's okay for a church to say 'faith in god will help you live a fuller happier life' but the exact same sentiment issued from the - Andie Jan 29, 08:03 2
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  - this is an excellent, perfect point. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:06
- I don't understand it that way at all. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:00
Followup Quiz: What % of Industrialized Countries across the world accept Darwin's theory (evolution)? -- nm -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:59 7
- **ANSWER** -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:08 2
  - same # as people who are'nt living in the dark ages? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 08:15
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- do you define accept as 'a majority polled believe?' if so, I'll go with 60% - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 08:03 2
  - I'm gonna say lower. 40% -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:04
  - I'll post my source in a second, it's a little misleading. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:03
- 85 -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:02
ST PIRR Quiz: What % of Americans accept Darwin's theory (evolution)? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:59 24
- **ANSWER** - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:08 9
  - Follow-up poll: What percentage of American, when asked, could accurately describe said theories of evolution? -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 08:10 5
    - in utah or overall? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 08:17
    - 10% -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:14
    - 22%. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 08:11
    - based on teaching evolution to biology majors at an Ivy League college.... maybe 5% on a good day. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:11
    - 1% -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:10
  - on the nose! -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:08 2
    - Nuh-uh! (spoil-sport spoils) - emoticripple Jan 29, 08:10 1
      - oh crap, I put it in the wrong place. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:11
- 15 -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:03 1
  - way too low, I don't know why I chose it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:05
- "but it's *only* a theory. it's not proven or anything" -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:02
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- 1%, Bob. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 08:01
- 35% -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 08:01
- a horrifyingly low number in every poll I've ever read. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:01
- Darwin's theory, or current scientific theory regarding evolution? - znufrii Jan 29, 08:01 5
  - "accept evolution as the foundation of modern biology" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:02 1
    - I stand by my answer. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 08:02
  - note: sometimes the poll is written so that "evolution is real, but God directs it" is counted as creationism. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:01 2
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      - a lot of people equate "Darwinism" with an atheist view. As far as the Catholic Church, they don't care. - loosilu Jan 29, 08:05
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I love stuff like this. Michael proposes during Inauguration. Asks Flickerverse "did you happen to get a pic of us"? -- (link) - oblique Jan 29, 07:58
TT Poll: assume your country has mail delivery Monday to Saturday. It has been declared that one day *must* be cancelled. What day do you want to cut? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:58 12
- Sat. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:08
- Saturday, I guess. -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 08:06
- ~Sa Tur Day! I feel right! I been drinking all day~ -- nm - Def Leppard SI Jan 29, 08:02
- the day where mail is traditionally the lowest, Tuesday or Wednesday -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 08:01
- None. Raise the rates. I don't care. -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 08:00 3
  - assume they have measured the impact of the needed price increase and that is not an option -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:01 1
    - Bankruptcy -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 08:02
  - *marks kilbo down as Friday* -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:00
- Saturday -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:00
- Sat. ur. day. No question. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 07:59
- Monday. ---- monday's suck, bill suck, bill coming on Monday suck double. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:59
- I can't deal with this!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:58
LIR: Thank you for the positive thoughts everyone! -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 07:58
From B2....Reagen, ok, that makes a little sense. I don't really think it works or will work. But that makes a little more sense. -- (link) - Jim Jan 29, 07:54 [Backboard] 1
- That is a part of it. At the same time, you have to remember that there are activist religious elements that aren't content to have the freedom to - emoticripple Jan 29, 08:00
I don't feel like reading backboards, so what's the concensus: Is there a God or not? -- nm - secretslacker Jan 29, 07:53 11
- well we're not sure. But we do know he doesn't need a starship to travel. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 08:01
- I believe -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 08:00
- Yes, but he's a mean sob - oblique Jan 29, 07:59
- probably not. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:53 7
  - *relaxes and enjoys her day* -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:57
  - Fuck... now who am I going to blame? -- nm - secretslacker Jan 29, 07:53 5
    - Genetics. (nm) - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:58
    - Oh, wait.... forgot... f*ckin' nubby. (Takes out an ad for his new Nubbyist cult.) -- nm - secretslacker Jan 29, 07:54 1
      - what are the tenets of nubbyism, anyway? - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:57
    - George Bush is the root cause of all problems. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 07:54
    - nubby -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:54
Ok...so I'm an old timer around here and should know this, but I don't, so I'll ask... - Jim Jan 29, 07:52 13
- OMG, is this not in the twiki? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 07:55 4
  - It's there..."Don Homer! An expression of congrats (circa January 2006) - Don Homer" -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 07:59 1
    - I looked it up last year when I was curious about the same thing as Jim. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 08:00
  - I never saw it, but I wasn't looking for it specifically. - TFox Jan 29, 07:57
  - Could be...but I honestly don't Twiki very often. -- nm - Jim Jan 29, 07:56
- Groovy...thanks kids. -- nm - Jim Jan 29, 07:55
- One time he meant to type "Congratulations!" to someone, but he reversed the fields, so it had his username as the message. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:54
- He reversed his handle and subject on a congratulatory post. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:54
- one day when DH was congratulating someone, he accidentally switched fields for his name and the message. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 07:54 2
  - And after this had been done, CQ was out playing darts with non-TT/STers. He got a bullseye and yelled "Don Homer!!". - Diva Jan 29, 08:00
  - Sweet, I didn't know that. Knowledge base officially expanded. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:56
- maybe it means "great luck" like he must have had to land such a cutie -- nm - zork Jan 29, 07:54 1
  - If that's what it means, then people could post "Spawn!" or "Jim" or "David" or any number of other TTers. -- nm - Jim Jan 29, 07:55
*submits B2 to Modern Jackass* -- nm - emoticripple Jan 29, 07:51
RO.LL -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 07:51
f*ckin' nubby! -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 07:51 6
- *raise* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 07:52 2
  - *call* -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 07:53 1
    - *all in* -- nm - mara Jan 29, 07:56
- I love Nubby!! He fights for me. -- nm - Cliff Claven Jan 29, 07:51 2
  - Cliffy...now instead of a 2 day weekend, you got 2 1-day breaks with 1 day in the middle. - Will Hunting Jan 29, 07:52 1
    - Hmmm. fuckin nubby! -- nm - Cliff Claven Jan 29, 07:53

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