Kick-Ass Wikipedia Article of the Day

[THEINCREDIBLEdork]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

After living in a country that is so goddamn small (size of Indiana) and not even visiting anywhere close to all the national parks/sights here, one thing i'm definitely doing when I come home is skipping spending all my weekends going out, and focus more on camping/visiting awesome places in the US (which I think a lot of us take for granted how fucking gigantic it is compared to almost every other country and hence how many awesome natural wonders it contains)

Anyways UB, i'm totally down for some gay sex in the woods camping with you when I get back. Who else is down? You might have to leave the Midwest.

I will go. I'd need to know when in advance though.

[DDTempest]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mistoffelees

I'd need to know when in advance though.

Captain Obvious speaks.

[Ugly Bastard]

Not exactly "kick ass", but I found it interesting. The 19 year old who is currently ranked #1 in the world in chess:

Magnus Carlsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[f3lix]

Anybody else ever played chess against multiple opponents at once? It's fuuuuuun. and hard.

Best chess teaching I've come across is the Bobby Fischer teaches chess book. Amazing for beginners and intermediate and a good review for advanced.

[Orgazmo]

I played chess with DDTempest once and I beat his fucking ass really badly.

I think it was the first time I've won at chess. And probably the third time I've played.

It was drinking chess. We never do anything unless we're drinking.

[DDTempest]

Originally Posted by Orgazmo

It was drinking chess. We never do anything unless we're drinking.

Its hard to NOT to include drinking in everything we do, I blame society for making alcohol so accessible. And delicious.

[THEINCREDIBLEdork]

I imagine it would be awkward hanging out with DDTempest without drinking.

[Mr. Blonde]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_rat_(military)

[Ugly Bastard]

Coldest place on Earth. Highest ever recorded temperature was -8 degrees F.

Vostok Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[f3lix]

And what does the global warming fags have to say about this? Ignore...

Nice find.

[Ugly Bastard]

Scoville scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ninjaface]

Maple syrup urine disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mr. Blonde]

Acoustic Kitty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Beebs]

Bert Trautmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Beebs]

John Frum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[DJ FC]

Uhh.... that's been posted here before by you.

Originally Posted by Beebs

John Frum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[THEINCREDIBLEdork]

ate up

[Beebs]

Originally Posted by DJ FC

Uhh.... that's been posted here before by you.

Goddamn it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phi...hia_Experiment

[Ugly Bastard]

Eugenics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[DDTempest]

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

Eugenics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maybe I'm a terrible person, but I am a big fan of Eugenics in moderate practice.

[Mr. Blonde]

Eugenics is a very touchy issue, one that I had quite the debate with (and lost) an Animal Behavior professor in college.

My stance was (and still is, to an extent) that humans, with their high-functioning brains and capacity for emotions, self awareness, and overall compassion, have basically stopped evolution in our species. We help the sick and poor and overall "inferior" (of which i'm sure all of us on this board can be roped into to an extent) to live fuller lives, marry, and reproduce.

On an evolutionary standpoint, humans seem to be the only animal (other than domesticated animals, controlled by humans) who have usurped natural selection.

EDIT: The more one reads about evolution, the more i've found they look at things in the world a lot more objectively. It can be very difficult to balance human emotions and compassion with the cold, calculating, selfish game that is basically evolution.

If I remember correctly, my professors retort was something to the effect of, that instead of "breeding out" deficient genes and mutations, we should instead resort to science to cure these without killing a human life, an endeavor we are doing pretty well with thus far I suppose.

[DDTempest]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

Eugenics is a very touchy issue, one that I had quite the debate with (and lost) an Animal Behavior professor in college.

My stance was (and still is, to an extent) that humans, with their high-functioning brains and capacity for emotions, self awareness, and overall compassion, have basically stopped evolution in our species. We help the sick and poor and overall "inferior" (of which i'm sure all of us on this board can be roped into to an extent) to live fuller lives, marry, and reproduce.

On an evolutionary standpoint, humans seem to be the only animal (other than domesticated animals, controlled by humans) who have usurped natural selection.

EDIT: The more one reads about evolution, the more i've found they look at things in the world a lot more objectively. It can be very difficult to balance human emotions and compassion with the cold, calculating, selfish game that is basically evolution.

If I remember correctly, my professors retort was something to the effect of, that instead of "breeding out" deficient genes and mutations, we should instead resort to science to cure these without killing a human life, an endeavor we are doing pretty well with thus far I suppose.

I'm not talking about killing inferior lineages off, time will take care of that ... but people with major hereditary defects or mental retardation should not be having kids. Instead everyone with a twat is allowed to shit out kids regardless of the medical complications those kids (and ultimately society - financially) will be forced to endure.

[Mr. Blonde]

Principality of Sealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

[Fruitacious B]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

My stance was (and still is, to an extent) that humans, with their high-functioning brains and capacity for emotions, self awareness, and overall compassion, have basically stopped evolution in our species. We help the sick and poor and overall "inferior" (of which i'm sure all of us on this board can be roped into to an extent) to live fuller lives, marry, and reproduce.

On an evolutionary standpoint, humans seem to be the only animal (other than domesticated animals, controlled by humans) who have usurped natural selection.

I have major beef with this, not in the sense that you're wrong, but that what you say is true, when I believe it shouldn't be. The world's population use to be controlled by things like disease and the inability of the weaker elements to survive. Now, we're in a world where people think for some reason that it's better to go to great lengths to keep a human alive, just so the said human can live a treacherous, painful life trapped inside a body they can't use. All the while they're being cared for by fully capable people who could be using their time for a more globally beneficial purpose.

Why were the Spartans badasses? Because they threw the weak ones off a cliff when they were born.

[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by Fruitacious B

Why were the Spartans badasses? Because they threw the weak ones off a cliff when they were born.

I was originally going to post a critique of this, saying something to the effect of "don't believe everything you see in movies, but turns out this one is based in fact.