Non Footy Chat Thread II

[strider]

Scientist have discovered exoplanets (whatever that means) which are likely to support life.

Thing is that they are 40 light years away.

So If I wanted to go there it would take me 40 years travelling at the speed of light ? Is that how it works ?

Merkins on the ABC say that science is "so excited" about this find.

TBH the cash to discover this find should have been pumped into global warming.

https://www.inverse.com/article/28182-nasa-discovers-7-exoplanets-potentially-habitable-trappist-1

They're spending too much time trying to find planets just like ours ... no one wants to find aliens just like us - we want cool aliens who can do cool things we cant ffs

 

[Gary Gutful]

Check out this peanut claiming violence against your wife is a "last resort" under the Koran. The Islamic community really need some better leadership.

...and I think Andrew Bolt is a knob.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...-andrew-bolt-violence-to-women-is-last-resort

You lost me at 'Andrew Bolt'.

 

[Gronk]

Update. Excited chick from NASA says that using current technology we could fly there in 120,000 years travel time..

 

[Gary Gutful]

They're spending too much time trying to find planets just like ours ... no one wants to find aliens just like us - we want cool aliens who can do cool things we cant ffs

We need to find a whole population of Alfs.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Update. Excited chick from NASA says that using current technology we could fly there in 120,000 years travel time..

I know a quicker way with less traffic.

 

[Gronk]

They're spending too much time trying to find planets just like ours ... no one wants to find aliens just like us - we want cool aliens who can do cool things we cant ffs

Stephen Hawkins said the same thing. Don't wake up the bear he said. You don't want to meet them.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Stephen Hawkins said the same thing. Don't wake up the bear he said. You don't want to meet them.

He didn't say that. His computer did.

 

[Gronk]

Sorry that should have been Hawking.

Hawkins is this mad merkin.

 

[Gronk]

He didn't say that. His computer did.

Are you saying that he is controlled by the Illuminati from Antarctica ?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Still think his version of "I put a spell on you" is the best.

Hawkins that is, not Hawking.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Are you saying that he is controlled by the Illuminati from Antarctica ?

Without question.

It makes perfect logical sense.

 

[Happy MEel]

You lost me at 'Andrew Bolt'.

Fair enough. I despise the merkin too. Regardless of our opinions of the host though, there is video evidence of this muppet claiming that beating your wife is a last resort.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Fair enough. I despise the merkin too. Regardless of our opinions of the host though, there is video evidence of this muppet claiming that beating your wife is a last resort.

Wait, so as well as being a merkin, Bolt is a wife beater?

 

[Happy MEel]

Wait, so as well as being a merkin, Bolt is a wife beater?

Lol. Possibly but I have no evidence to back that up. The video is one merkin interviewing a second merkin. The second merkin made the comment.

 

[Twizzle]

I saw the interview, trying to justify wife beating, seriously pathetic.

 

[strider]

I saw a snippet ... its ok if you have bought her some flowers first

 

[Gronk]

Fair enough. I despise the merkin too. Regardless of our opinions of the host though, there is video evidence of this muppet claiming that beating your wife is a last resort.

Yep and apparently 25% of your neighbours feel that DV is OK at times, provided that he shows some remorse.

Many of us think violence can be excusable
VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter says there is still a lot of work to do when it comes to changing peoples' attitudes.

"What we do know is that violence is a choice. It's not an instinct," she said.

"It is never acceptable and no woman ever invites it or deserves it."

The report says excusing violence undermines support for the notion that it is a choice and that people using it ought to be held accountable.

INFOGRAPHIC: Excuses for domestic and sexual violence (per cent agree) (VicHealth)


Even though up to one in five believe there are circumstances in which violence can be excused, since 2009 there has been a decrease in the number who believe that domestic violence can be excused if the violent person is regretful afterward.

More men than women still think regret is an excuse (26 per cent vs 17 per cent).

When it comes to sexual violence, more Australians now agree that rape results from men not being able to control their need for sex. The proportion of women agreeing with this statement increased from 32 per cent in 2009 to 41 per cent in 2013, outstripping the 39 per cent to 44 per cent among men.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-18/charts-attitudes-to-violence-against-women/5750014

 

[Happy MEel]

Yep and apparently 25% of your neighbours feel that DV is OK at times, provided that he shows some remorse.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-18/charts-attitudes-to-violence-against-women/5750014

Your attempt to dilute the appalling comments by raising the shocking general population DV stats is concerning to say the least.

DV is deplorable no matter who it is committed by but my point (if you actually bothered to read it) was that it was a leader of a particular community justifying it based on ideological beliefs.

How you can almost defend that is absurd.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Keyser Trad is a knob and will always try and justify every last bit of the Koran. We know this already. We also know that there are a lot of other Muslim leaders who think his comments are appalling.

Yes, Trad's comments are terrible and he should be f**king ashamed of himself. But let's not pretend that Bolt didn't know exactly what he was doing here. He engineered the whole thing to create the sort of outrage that we are seeing. It might even get a few more people tuning into his show.

It's the same trick that the f**kwits at Q&A use to get the lefties fired up and it is absolute shit. When ratings and media relevance are at stake it is easier to maintain and reinforce the divide instead of presenting things that help unite people.

 

[Gronk]

Your attempt to dilute the appalling comments by raising the shocking general population DV stats is concerning to say the least.

DV is deplorable no matter who it is committed by but my point (if you actually bothered to read it) was that it was a leader of a particular community justifying it based on ideological beliefs.

How you can almost defend that is absurd.

I'm not defending anyone, in fact I am highlighting my long held opinion that a huge percentage of males of our species are scum.

You only have to see the cave man type attitudes towards DV. Don't get me started on those scumbag men who use religion as an excuse to degrade, humiliate, incarcerate, mutilate and even murder women.