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[misko27]

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It's awful hard to make the argument, that you just aren't trying to be argumentative.

[Tellemurius]

And to the guy that said surgery on infant is safer than surgery on adult, how in the world do you figure that? An infant has like 10 oz of blood. The infant cannot be rendered unconscious and is thus struggling against restraints. The infant penis is way smaller and therefore it is easier to make a mistake. Also the foreskin is adhered to the glans on children... it must be ripped off of the glans before they cut it off. How do you figure this is safer than circumcising an adult?

because the blood clots slower in the adult body and your pain receptors are much more developed than a baby's.

Its been after a day and you guys are still on this >___> we got more depressing stuff to worry about.

[misko27]

And to the guy that said surgery on infant is safer than surgery on adult, how in the world do you figure that? An infant has like 10 oz of blood. The infant cannot be rendered unconscious and is thus struggling against restraints. The infant penis is way smaller and therefore it is easier to make a mistake. Also the foreskin is adhered to the glans on children... it must be ripped off of the glans before they cut it off. How do you figure this is safer than circumcising an adult?

because the blood clots slower in the adult body and your pain receptors are much more developed than a baby's.

Its been after a day and you guys are still on this >___> we got more depressing stuff to worry about.

I know, it was a few days old. I really don;t understand why the hell he is bringing it up. Hence my accusatiom of him being contrary for contary's sake.

[miauw62]

Stop derailing this thread and make another thread for it. Won't clog up the sad thread, and easier for the toad to take care of if it gets out of hand.

[10ebbor10]

I'm pretty sure starvation is still the #1 cause of death globally.  It helps that hunger and obesity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.  A person can be fat and malnourished.  Also, eating less food isn't going to help hungry people.  I don't think there are many places where there's not enough food to go around.  People starve because they literally have zero funding to gain access to the food that's available and going to waste, and in developed countries, cheap food tends to be fattening but not nourishing.

My sad - gushing over The Hobbit opening and the highest body count school shooting in recent memory both on the same day = a miserable day to be on the internet.

Nah. It hasn't been for a long time. Most deaths; especially in poor countries, might be starvation related, but it's rarely the direct cause. Starvation, as it is, isn't even in the top 10.

Ischaemic heart disease                                 7.25             12.8%
Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease        6.15             10.8%
Lower respiratory infections                            3.46             6.1%
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease            3.28             5.8%
Diarrhoeal diseases                                        2.46             4.3%
HIV/AIDS                                                      1.78              3.1%
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers                      1.39             2.4%
Tuberculosis                                                   1.34             2.4%
Diabetes mellitus                                             1.26             2.2%
Road traffic accidents                                      1.21              2.1%

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[SalmonGod]

Yeah, starvation isn't often the direct cause.  Other things usually end up killing chronically hungry people as their body weakens.  Most places I look for statistics on causes of death list specific causes, but include notes on the subject of starvation, clarifying that it's a much bigger problem than itemized breakdowns like that one indicate.  Two very consistent claims I'm seeing from every source are that hunger is behind about half of all child deaths globally, and about 1/7 of the global population lives in hunger.

[Skyrunner]

Dammit.

I was planning on taking the GED and dropping out of high school to go to college without waiting too long, but ... it turns out the GED is only for Americans, and that my nation's equivalent of the GED requires me to both not be in high school and to have been in that state for at least six months.

Now, the most probable course will be that I go to high school grades 10-12 for four years (because going back and forth between the US and Korean systems makes me lose a year), then waiting another year to apply for college (because Korea ends its school year six months after the US one).

Dx

Another sad: The media in Korea seem to like linking every damned single incident to videogames. The whipping boy of the industry are videogames. Just now, I read an article that said the Connecticut killer played lots of gun video games and became good at firing arms because he played lots of games. Yeah...right.
Let's see, school ijime? Video games did it. Guy robs a bank? Video games destroyed his morals and induced him to play out his fantasy of robbing banks in real life for the thrill. Some person on a serial killing spree? Somehow, the media finds out he played freaking video games a lot. Sigh.

Fox News is a lot better than this. At least they make up varied things.

[Nadaka]

Dammit.

I was planning on taking the GED and dropping out of high school to go to college without waiting too long, but ... it turns out the GED is only for Americans, and that my nation's equivalent of the GED requires me to both not be in high school and to have been in that state for at least six months.

Now, the most probable course will be that I go to high school grades 10-12 for four years (because going back and forth between the US and Korean systems makes me lose a year), then waiting another year to apply for college (because Korea ends its school year six months after the US one).

Dx

Another sad: The media in Korea seem to like linking every damned single incident to videogames. The whipping boy of the industry are videogames. Just now, I read an article that said the Connecticut killer played lots of gun video games and became good at firing arms because he played lots of games. Yeah...right.
Let's see, school ijime? Video games did it. Guy robs a bank? Video games destroyed his morals and induced him to play out his fantasy of robbing banks in real life for the thrill. Some person on a serial killing spree? Somehow, the media finds out he played freaking video games a lot. Sigh.

Fox News is a lot better than this. At least they make up varied things.

That isn't entirely unlike what I had to deal with. In mississippi you couldn't take the GED before you are 18, and not if you have attended school recently. The difference is that I was bouncing between being deathly ill and school, rather than two different school systems. They would have had me stay in high school until after I was 21 if I didn't successfully petition to get to take the test at 17.

[miauw62]

Pretty unexpected that Korea links it to video games. Aren't they famous for their pro gamers?

[Loud Whispers]

Pretty unexpected that Korea links it to video games. Aren't they famous for their pro gamers?

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[kaijyuu]

Pretty unexpected that Korea links it to video games. Aren't they famous for their pro gamers?

My understanding is that in SC, the gamers are the rowdy youth that the old people shake their fists at.

[Skyrunner]

Pretty unexpected that Korea links it to video games. Aren't they famous for their pro gamers?

My understanding is that in SC, the gamers are the rowdy youth that the old people shake their fists at.

Ridiculously so. The driver behind that is the 'Yugabu' (=Other Gender And Families Department/but sounds like Women and Families Department), which has lobbied for laws like the mandatory game curfew, (Xbox Live isn't in Korea for that reason iirc), or, sadly for men, a stronger blocking of porn sites; obviously, they are corrupt and embezzled $30000 for 'meals' and openly blackmailed the Korean game industry for ten times that to recup for damages done to society. All checks payable to Yugabu, of course. >.>
They attempted and failed to make Minecraft, of all games, a 19 or over game. The reasons cited were drug use (potions!), animal abuse (hitting animals that squeal and run away), violence (swords!), and a few more. <.<

[Pnx]

Because of course, that makes perfect sense, you hear people come forward all the time talking about how the games motivated them to become career criminals, and the desperate things they did to get their next fix of "Vidya".

[Flying Dice]

Just wait until we get feelies, then all crime will be blamed on that. Wait, hang on. I've been playing a bunch of Zombie Survival on gmod, and I'm starting to feel an irresistable compulsion to nail random crap to doorways while screaming about shitcaders. 

[Trapezohedron]

I feel like I don't belong here or there or anywhere.

I am drowned in my own thoughts, and as such, forget where I put my common sense, leading me to do stupid things. I have a low personal opinion of myself, and lack confidence in anything. Although I am able to get by just fine, this lack of confidence impairs my ability to do anything well, leading me to get marginally good scores in class or being unable to learn anything well because of my doubts.

I tried being more assertive. All it did was to turn me into a jerk, insensitive and cruel. This conflicts with my altruistic attitude, and has lead me to tear my metaphorical hair in a fit of frustration.

I also am doubtful of other peoples' abilities, such as their ability to do anything or their capability of emotions and trust. Being very wary of other people telling others whatever they know about me has made me very distrusting.

Being a friendless out of school youth has made me naive and distant at the same time. Actually, I just want to stop here and rest, maybe forever, but I am too cowardly to even consider suicide. Want to quit, can't quit, won't quit, turn insane.

Look at me angst. Pretty pathetic, huh?