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It works for Animal Collective! :blush:

I just write really short stuff when I get an idea, usually. Writing srs long stories is 2hrd4me :shame:

:blush: Does anybody else write here incidentally? Besides, like, band orgy fanfiction? I'd be interested in reading a few things people have written myself...

Think it's off their first record.

I only have Happy, and it's the only song by them I've heard and liked, but I LOVE IT SO HARD :heart:

Hah, ok, tanks. :snobby: Moar tanks. I feel dumb just thanking people >.>

But but but then it wouldn't be a proper vignette. :sad: Confusion is intentional in these things. Or at least the good ones I've read are confusing :thinking: Damn straight.

NEVER. D'aww thanks lotz. :cheesy: See you asshole, reviews are good already. Read it while it's still indie and you can say you were among the first to read it. k

Oh fuck you. It's like 900 something words long. If it's tl;dr just gtfo yo.

It's not the same as the one I've been talking about which is about something pretty different and is going to take like a month of polishing, but it IS sort of sci-fi, or at least, set in the future, and it IS also really short (like the one I've been talking about. But this is different. Different plot, different concept, deals with different things.). Erm, I guess I am just whoring it out for reviews now. I am probz gonna edit it some more but I'd like some criticizm yo. It's like less than 1000 words long so you bitches should read it, cuz it'll take like five seconds. (in other words PLZ GIVE ME REVIEWWWWSSS :bigcry:)

lol Chris I hate you. :nice: I was in a hurry while I typed that anyway. :sad:

Jesus, God, same difference. Not sure Jesus technically said anything but there are numerous examples of God condemning homosexuality in the bible. the most prominent of quotes relating to this subject is: Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them" (I don't want to get dragged into an argument here about how the bible isn't about homosexuality or whatever. I doubt Jesus said anything specifically about homosexuals, so I misspoke. [sorriez] My point is the Bible tells its followers to kill all sorts of people and its followers are too moral to do so.)

Yeah but (and I think this is the most interesting part) there have also been studies done of brain activity given these two examples; in the first one the part of the brain associated with analyzing risk/reward things was the most active in analyzing the situation; in the second example the part of the brain associated with personal loyalty and emotions was analyzing the situation. The data suggest that the reasons we make distinctions like that are purely biological, and reasons like "the workers must know the inherint risk of working on a train track" and "it would be bad to not ask for his consent" are more of inventions used to placate the risk/reward sectors of the brain. I've always found this argument to be bullshit, no personal attack intended, but seriously, think about it; the fact that almost all religions preach that it is bad to kill, or at least bad to kill the in-group, hints deeply at a biological origin, there can't be such similar morals springing up all over the world without a biological origin. In fact humans are starting to show that they are actually too inherently moral to follow religious codes; take the example of Jesus saying to stone homosexuals, people are too moral to do that these days. (ALTHOUGH the fact that they would do so in the past DOES suggest that that is more of a cultural evolution than a biological one -- possibly having to do with humanity disassociating itself from religious/authoritarian control over the years) I don't believe religions are responsible for human altruism and sense of moral right and wrong, you can also look at other animals and see similar group mentalities and apparent altruism all the time, bees sacrificing themselves for the hive is one example. Yes. Basically what I mean. More of what I meant.

All right. Let's talk about the week to hold it then.

All right, there's the trolley example. There's a runaway trolley/train that is on some tracks. Ahead of it is a split in the road. On one side of the split are five unsuspecting workers. This is the side down which the trolley is going to go if no intervention is taken. On the other side, there is one unsuspecting trolley worker. You stand right next to the switch that will cause the trolley to go one way or another. Is it morally acceptable to pull the switch so that the set of five workers are saved but the one worker dies? Assuming the problem is adapted to various cultures/communites/whatever so that it is analogous, almost everybody says, "yes it is acceptable." Then there's a second part of that. Say you are standing on a bridge over a straight piece of track. If the trolley continues moving, five unsuspecting workers at the bottom will be killed. Next to you is a large man who if pushed onto the track, would stop the train through only his large body mass. (You are not allowed to jump down yourself to stop the train.) Is it morally acceptable to push the man off the bridge to save the five workers' lives? It's the same problem essentially, but far less people say that that's acceptable, and those who do hesitate more. And similarly, when adapted to be analogous to each culture, there is a same response all over the world. (I forgot where I found the studies but I might be able to find them again as references.)

But that's my point, a lot of the natural morals we have are the same across all of humanity.

True enough, but the basics of our morals is the same all over the human race. So I think it's safe to say humans all have morals naturally... I guess personal morality is more of what I'm thinking of, but big-scale morality is up for discussion too.

Where do you think we get that shit? Discuss.

Does anyone in this thread ever have a legitimate conversation?

Well I'm damn well not gonna run it if nobody is gonna do Kid A...

I honestly don't like any of them anymore. :escaping:

Yeah it isn't common at all tbh.

Oh. Yeah. I was just talking about... idk, poop and pee being considered dirty in general.

Oh dear. Well let's sort this out. Do you care about her beyond the level where you think she's hot? Are you fuck buddies/whatever, or are one of you looking for something more? Because if one of you are, then DO NOT just say she's hot. Say she's beautiful, maybe. But make it clear (if it's the case) that you care for her beyond that. edit: Oh wait I just read more posts, are you like trying to break up with her or wat?

I like the layers n stuff in it.