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China wouldn't be allowed to call in the debt. One main reason our debt is so large right now is because so many countries wouldn't think twice about lending to us for the simple fact that we always pay our debts back, with interest, on time.

Correct me if I'm wrong?

[we decided to say fuck it and engage a full embargo on them tomorrow. China would go from a "almost relevant" to "shit tier" nation over night..]

>And we know how much value Asian societies put on face.

This seems flawed. Sure, there is "face" at stake, but in the all-in-all, there is also, oh, I dunno, their whole fucking economy.

wonder what percent of their manufacturing sector would collapse if we decided to say fuck it and engage a full embargo on them tomorrow. China would go from a "almost relevant" to "shit tier" nation over night...

Are you actually serious here? What makes you think that the USA wouldn't end up in a way worse position? For a start, China would call in ALL THE DEBT. How do you think that will end?

China wouldn't be allowed to call in the debt. One main reason our debt is so large right now is because so many countries wouldn't think twice about lending to us for the simple fact that we always pay our debts back, with interest, on time.

Right now the U.S. is, for lack of a better term, 'flexing'. They are kind of just poking at China's chest to see if they'll poke back or at the very least say something provocative. I highly doubt that this is an atmosphere for a World War III, although this may be a precursor or even catalyst to that.

One registration and two emails later, here I am with many, many, many regrets.

Those are just the tip of the iceberg, son.

Everyone seems to be caught up on that one line.

I was on the verge of scooping my eyeballs out with my dirty ashtray when a goddess like figure appeared to me. She bent over my desk and typed www.principiadiscordia.com into my search bar.

That was Nigel.  She is NOT ON YOUR SIDE.

..I'll just wait for her to comment on that. 

Not here, specifically, they just exist within our timeline.

You seem to know a lot about aliens.

You seem to know a lot about the lack of aliens (??).

Where did I say that?

I thought we were just typing statements.

I strange visions of grandeur and scheme hatchery until somehow I ended up on the Wikipedia page for:

Who is that?

threw my computer into an incinerator

typed www.principiadiscordia.com into my search bar.

Which search bar? Your computer is in the incinerator. This entire story sounds fishy.

J.R "Bob" Dobbs, the figurehead for the irreligion of SubGenius.

And so does all of Discordianism, you don't see people here bashi- wait.. shit.

I was on the verge of scooping my eyeballs out with my dirty ashtray when a goddess like figure appeared to me. She bent over my desk and typed www.principiadiscordia.com into my search bar.

It's a feature not a bug.

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Strange apparitions of women when trying to access the site. We were on a budget so we bought some second hand servers from the event horizon.

Wow this place just gets better and better.

Not here, specifically, they just exist within our timeline.

You seem to know a lot about aliens.

You seem to know a lot about the lack of aliens (??).

I was on the verge of scooping my eyeballs out with my dirty ashtray when a goddess like figure appeared to me. She bent over my desk and typed www.principiadiscordia.com into my search bar.

It's a feature not a bug.

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We have a very attractive regret splitting program in order to double your capacity and increase your regret profit.

Welcome to PD.

Absolutely fantastic, exactly what I was looking for. 

here I am with many, many, many regrets.

There's more where that came from.

Dear Eris I hope so.

I'd just do a Law of Fives presentations, pat them on the shoulder and walk away.

Not here, specifically, they just exist within our timeline.

I'm Brendan. I'm young. Been fucked over a lot. I smoke a lot of cigarettes.

A few nights ago I couldn't get my hands on any smokes (really, was entirely to lazy to go to the store) so I asked my next door neighbor to give me some of his. He told me he ran out and gave me this weird blue-ish, fuzzy leaf instead. I put that in my pipe and smoke it (ha).

I strange visions of grandeur and scheme hatchery until somehow I ended up on the Wikipedia page for:



After scores and scores of links, I stopped on one. It just happened to be for the Discordian "philosophy/religion". I closed it immediately and threw my computer into an incinerator, wishing to free myself of the smut and trash I had just seen.

I was on the verge of scooping my eyeballs out with my dirty ashtray when a goddess like figure appeared to me. She bent over my desk and typed www.principiadiscordia.com into my search bar.

One registration and two emails later, here I am with many, many, many regrets.

[safe]

Interesting take on things.

Put all of humanity, everything we've done, all of crowning achievements and abysmal failures. Accomplishments the entire world celebrates: Landing on the moon, the creation of the microprocessor ..

Statistically speaking we are worthless as a species. Given the number of galaxies in the universe of which we can only see 0.1%^? of it is a safe to assert that there are billions of planets with intelligent life. I agree with the fact that humanity is caught up in it's own vanity to realize how worthless we truly are.

Safe?  Please consult the Fermi paradox.

Two of the scariest things about this line of thinking is trying to admit to our intermittent fear as a race that something out there could just be watching us. Simply observing us, with the power to put our entire existence to an end with a snap of their finger (metaphorically). It could very well be that because humanity is so young that no 'advanced' intelligent life forms find us a threat, or even worth a second look. For them, it'd be the equivalent of king of the retards.



Conquering something that is easy to conquer lacks the feeling of achievement that intelligent beings strive for (I say this under the premise that other lifeforms also strive for achievement, because if they didn't, what would be the chances they'd have developed advanced enough technology to achieve intergalactic space travel, but I digress).

My main problem with Fermi paradox (from what I have read thus far) is that it doesn't take into account 'emotion'. Google defines "arrogant" as:

having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.

Let's say that intelligent life exist. There is no doubt about it. Who says they are more immune from being arrogant or even vain?

Interesting take on things.

Put all of humanity, everything we've done, all of crowning achievements and abysmal failures. Accomplishments the entire world celebrates: Landing on the moon, the creation of the microprocessor ..

Statistically speaking we are worthless as a species. Given the number of galaxies in the universe of which we can only see 0.1%^? of it is a safe to assert that there are billions of planets with intelligent life. I agree with the fact that humanity is caught up in it's own vanity to realize how worthless we truly are.