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It's kind of hard to NOT feel guilty, even if you're only adopting one for an avatar, since they make you click the button when it says things like, "Leave me to die?" or "NOOOO!" x_x

I never listen to the radio or have any other way to hear the popular hits of today, so I'll go with what I DO know: the most overplayed classical pieces! :P

Pachelbel's Canon in D
Vivaldi's Four Seasons (esp. Spring)
Beethoven's Für Elise

I will agree with Call Me Maybe and We Are Young though! Thanks to the internet, avoiding the radio didn't help me avoid those songs...

Lol, the jab at Olive Garden...love it :D
 
Ever since this thread came about, I've been trying to think of items I think are funny, but none come to mind! I know I've seen many that made me chuckle at the description, but when I actually try to think of one...nothing :( hopefully I'll think of one soon~

Does your significant other not approve of you playing Neopets? Or do they just not want to play themselves? o:
 
My boyfriend knows I play neopets, but he just thinks it's funny (in a bemused way, not a jeering way) that that's a way I choose to spend leisure time. I used to halfheartedly encourage him to sign up, too, just to try it, but he simply doesn't have an interest in online games like this...and he doesn't really have much free time to spend on the internet anyway. So at the end of the day, I end up on Neopets, he ends up on Reddit, and we just smile and coexist in our very different corners of the internet. :D

Does your significant other not approve of you playing Neopets? Or do they just not want to play themselves? o:
 
My boyfriend knows I play neopets, but he just thinks it's funny (in a bemused way, not a jeering way) that that's a way I choose to spend leisure time. I used to halfheartedly encourage him to sign up, too, just to try it, but he simply doesn't have an interest in online games like this...and he doesn't really have much free time to spend on the internet anyway. So at the end of the day, I end up on Neopets, he ends up on Reddit, and we just smile and coexist in our very different corners of the internet. :D

It's kind of hard to NOT feel guilty, even if you're only adopting one for an avatar, since they make you click the button when it says things like, "Leave me to die?" or "NOOOO!" x_x

You can easily get pure NP off a White paint brush. People who trade HTS items for paint brushes tend to go after those who might not know exactly how the TP works. Prices can be listed there, but it doesn't mean it's worth exactly that amount. It depends on who might want the item - you can be holding on to that for months without anyone wanting to buy it.
 
So I'd keep selling the PB (which is very easy to sell) and take pure NP for it.

JellyNeo has a price of 300k from 2010, but apparently it doesn't go up for sale very often (or maybe not very long), since they have no price updates since then. It's only R96, and a toy, so I think it's only worth what people are willing to pay for it. For me, I'd much rather hold on to a paintbrush and wait for pure than accept an item I don't want and will need to resell, especially a toy.

It's kind of hard to NOT feel guilty, even if you're only adopting one for an avatar, since they make you click the button when it says things like, "Leave me to die?" or "NOOOO!" x_x

It's kind of hard to NOT feel guilty, even if you're only adopting one for an avatar, since they make you click the button when it says things like, "Leave me to die?" or "NOOOO!" x_x

Huzzah! That's one more (admittedly easier) game avatar off of my list :)

HI Cleo! It's nice to meet you :) Thanks for the warm welcome.
 
Ps. Love the idea of the TDN avvie counter in your siggy, i may just have to copy that idea :thumbsup:
 
 
Woop woop :) I'm looking a little less newb-ish already!
 
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I have a Royal Girl Faerie Peophin :D
I think she is just so elegant.

"Killed" is the most likely culprit. I doubt "munches" would do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if "freak" also tipped them off. I've found the best way to avoid having trouble with the filters is to write as though you're speaking to a young child that you have just met. It tends to keep me out of trouble :P

So I got a FFQ, she asked for a Deserted Carnival Bed- it was worth 20 NP! AHHHHHHHHHHHH *headsplodes* Now I can get an Alien Aisha! SQUEE!
I just need to run around for a while here I'm so excited :happydance: :dance:

I'm in the "more harm than good" party, but my perspective is from a once-Catholic-but-couldn't-take-any-more view.
 
My parents are both Catholic (which is a REALLY important thing in Italian/Italian American culture) so, naturally, I was expected to follow suit. I did the first communion, confession, etc., and I attended church school (some call it bible study) for 8 years as a young child. In my earliest stages of thought, I simply accepted what I was told: God wants you to be a good person and do x, y, and z, and if you do, he loves you! You're awesome! Welcome to heaven! But after a while...it started to not make sense to me. I've always been very pragmatic and logical in my way of thinking, so I started to find it difficult to believe that humans knew of a divine entity that watched everything you did and judged your choices and told you how to act. I ALSO thought it incredibly strange that such large concepts and ideas were being pushed onto such small children, like it was pushed onto me, when they were barely able to think for themselves at all! I think it would be surprising to be able to find an exact percentage or number of how many religious people made the decision to be religious (and stay that way) themselves and how many were indoctrinated as children, before they were capable of critical thinking and making their own evaluations about the world. Ever since that dawning of realization, I have gone farther and farther astray from organized religion as a whole. It simply doesn't work for my type of mentality, and I don't think that's right at all to push such heavy beliefs onto uncomprehending and unsuspecting kids (which is true of any religion, not just Catholicism, I would assume).
 
Like hrtbrk said, there's also the issue of how many wars, conflicts, and disputes religion has caused over the years, and how much intolerance it still causes today. HOWEVER, yes, not all religious people are evil, not all of them use their beliefs as a validation for hating others or doing hateful things, etc., but it still happens. I'm also really excited about this thread because I've been looking for a place to use this Neil deGrasse Tyson video I found about religion stunting scientific progress in certain societies!!! YAY!
 

 
It's a bit long, but if you want a synopsis, he's talking about how periods of Enlightenment and major scientific discovery in different societies over the history of the world coincide with periods of secular thought, and that not so surprisingly, those periods end when religion comes back into the picture with full-force. It's really, really interesting. If you have 10 minutes give it a look ;)
 
After this long, anti-religious-sentiment-y post, I will of course add the obligatory statement that I believe people should be able to believe in and practice whatever it is they want to practice so long as it does not actively harm others. If more religious people acted in such a way--following their beliefs without pushing it onto others or acting in hateful ways because of it--then I don't think I would be able to say religion causes more bad than good in the first place. It might bring people together and sometimes help encourage people to do good things for others, but quite frequently it just pushes them apart.

Yay for the Sway. It was between them and the Seekers for me but when it came down to it, I picked the Sway without hesitation. Now to wait a week without dying of antici..
 
 
pation.

Does your significant other not approve of you playing Neopets? Or do they just not want to play themselves? o:
 
My boyfriend knows I play neopets, but he just thinks it's funny (in a bemused way, not a jeering way) that that's a way I choose to spend leisure time. I used to halfheartedly encourage him to sign up, too, just to try it, but he simply doesn't have an interest in online games like this...and he doesn't really have much free time to spend on the internet anyway. So at the end of the day, I end up on Neopets, he ends up on Reddit, and we just smile and coexist in our very different corners of the internet. :D

It's kind of hard to NOT feel guilty, even if you're only adopting one for an avatar, since they make you click the button when it says things like, "Leave me to die?" or "NOOOO!" x_x

I think the point that is trying to be made is that there are a lot of sins that people do not agree with and that some religious people use this to justify killing in the name of God. Terroists are killing in the name of God, abortion clinics are being bombed in the name of God, homosexuals are being killed in the name of God, children are being murdered in the name of God. You get the idea. The orginal question was whether or not religion does more harm than good. Sure some individuals use there religion for good but I'd say overall it does more harm.

I've been reading these comments frequently and while I do agree with almost every point you've brought up; I have to disagree here. I do think that some criminals lack empathy. There has been many studies on the subject so saying everyone has "compassion and empathy" is not really true. I'm sure some criminals do and may just be so messed up in the head from mental illness that they can't control themsevles, I don't know... I'm not an expert. Just my take.
 
Anyways, I personally disagree with religion on almost every level. Sure I guess we could say that religion has taught as some basic morals but I can't help but feel like you just dismiss all the bad it has taught us too. I've read the bible which coincidentally turned me to the lack of religion I have today. I don't see how anyone who has actually read the bible can believe in something so evil.
 
I also don't feel that it's right to say "I do not believe in gay marriage and abortion because there are bible versus's that tell me it's evil".
 
What about the bible versus's that tell you it's okay to shun the disabled?
 
Deuteronomy 23:1 (KJV)
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
 
Or the ones that say slavery is okay?
 
1 Peter 2:18 (NLT)
"You who are slaves must accept the authority of your masters. Do whatever they tell you — not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are harsh."
 
Or this one saying it's okay to kill your children?
 
Deuteronomy 22:20-21
If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you.
 
Or this one on women in the church? Did you obey this while you are in church?
 
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
 
Just some examples. I hope I'm not being overly rude or offensive. I want to understand religious peoples point of view but it's hard for me to.

I'm in the "more harm than good" party, but my perspective is from a once-Catholic-but-couldn't-take-any-more view.
 
My parents are both Catholic (which is a REALLY important thing in Italian/Italian American culture) so, naturally, I was expected to follow suit. I did the first communion, confession, etc., and I attended church school (some call it bible study) for 8 years as a young child. In my earliest stages of thought, I simply accepted what I was told: God wants you to be a good person and do x, y, and z, and if you do, he loves you! You're awesome! Welcome to heaven! But after a while...it started to not make sense to me. I've always been very pragmatic and logical in my way of thinking, so I started to find it difficult to believe that humans knew of a divine entity that watched everything you did and judged your choices and told you how to act. I ALSO thought it incredibly strange that such large concepts and ideas were being pushed onto such small children, like it was pushed onto me, when they were barely able to think for themselves at all! I think it would be surprising to be able to find an exact percentage or number of how many religious people made the decision to be religious (and stay that way) themselves and how many were indoctrinated as children, before they were capable of critical thinking and making their own evaluations about the world. Ever since that dawning of realization, I have gone farther and farther astray from organized religion as a whole. It simply doesn't work for my type of mentality, and I don't think that's right at all to push such heavy beliefs onto uncomprehending and unsuspecting kids (which is true of any religion, not just Catholicism, I would assume).
 
Like hrtbrk said, there's also the issue of how many wars, conflicts, and disputes religion has caused over the years, and how much intolerance it still causes today. HOWEVER, yes, not all religious people are evil, not all of them use their beliefs as a validation for hating others or doing hateful things, etc., but it still happens. I'm also really excited about this thread because I've been looking for a place to use this Neil deGrasse Tyson video I found about religion stunting scientific progress in certain societies!!! YAY!
 

 
It's a bit long, but if you want a synopsis, he's talking about how periods of Enlightenment and major scientific discovery in different societies over the history of the world coincide with periods of secular thought, and that not so surprisingly, those periods end when religion comes back into the picture with full-force. It's really, really interesting. If you have 10 minutes give it a look ;)
 
After this long, anti-religious-sentiment-y post, I will of course add the obligatory statement that I believe people should be able to believe in and practice whatever it is they want to practice so long as it does not actively harm others. If more religious people acted in such a way--following their beliefs without pushing it onto others or acting in hateful ways because of it--then I don't think I would be able to say religion causes more bad than good in the first place. It might bring people together and sometimes help encourage people to do good things for others, but quite frequently it just pushes them apart.

I'm in a relationship with someone that I started dating in high school, and we've been together for almost two and a half years now. I don't think I've ever met someone that GETS me the way he does, you know? And vice versa. We're both in college and go to universities in different cities, but I think if you're committed enough to work at and maintain a long-distance relationship that it's definitely possible :) it's not easy but it's worth it!

I'm in a relationship with my boyfriend of 5 years (will be 6 in January). So him and I have been together since we were both 14.
It's crazy now that I think about it. He was my first boyfriend and I couldn't be happier with him. We have been through a lot together. Seen eachother at are worst and best. We've had some bumps along the way but overall it's been an amazing ride. I just know I will be spending the rest of my life with him.
 
Angelo, don't worry too much about being single. Enjoy being single, there are a lot of perks to it. When you're single you have time to focus on you and only you. You have time to figure out who you really are, explore your passions etc. When in a relationship everything changes. It's no longer "you" it's "us". As long as you live your passion the right girl will come along. Don't go chasing a relationship and everything will fall into place for you hun. -hugs- I promise one day all the heartbreak will be worth it.

I'm in a relationship with someone that I started dating in high school, and we've been together for almost two and a half years now. I don't think I've ever met someone that GETS me the way he does, you know? And vice versa. We're both in college and go to universities in different cities, but I think if you're committed enough to work at and maintain a long-distance relationship that it's definitely possible :) it's not easy but it's worth it!