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DXP Survivor 2 Part VI
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The players of the winning team will each receive the full debate points.
The Christmas tree example below can't be used for the purpose of the debate.
I say real Christmas trees are better than artificial ones because they are naturally fragrant, a renewable resource, more fun for the cat to play in, great for bon fires post-holiday, etc. The artificial ones suck because they're hard on the environment, they wear out, they're all made in China, they smell like plastic, when the cat eats the needles, they're not digestible, because they don't drop pine sap all over the floor, they're actually worse for the economy because that prevents me from purchasing cleaning products and/or paying some schmuck to come to my house and clean up the mess my holiday decorations caused, etc.
You get the idea, yes?
Anything for which there are real and artificial alternatives from which to choose.
You're advocating for real things over artificial things. Real grass over astroturf, sugar rather than some artificial sweetener, etc. You're free to make whatever argument you like with whatever examples strike your fancy. Lots of examples will make it more fun, I think.
I've no problem backing artificiality if team girls is backing 'real' things!
Remember: anything and everything is fair game!
I'll start of the brainstorming.
It is my strong belief it is through artificially that human existence and superiority has existed for so long.
Artificial
Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, typically as a copy of something natural: "artificial light".
Of course this is only one take on the whole debate and I'm posting it before I lose my train of thought like I always do. But I think it's a fair one. Even right now as we debate we are using our brains and any subjective view or this matter is related to the human brain. So why not start from the beginning and see how we've adapted over the ages.
It's fair to say most of us live in a concrete jungle and what's so natural about it. Why as humans and our hedonistic tendencies choose to live in the world we live in today? Science played a big role in our advances today and there is nothing natural about that.
Real books are better than ebooks:
Why:
**if you spill water on book or drop it in the jacuzzi it will still work
**real books don't need batteries
**real books are nostaligic
**you can own real books, ebooks you don't own
**bookshelves for for real books: decor as well as something to lean on
** you can autograph a real book
Yeah you only need to spend more money to buy a book shelf to house all of them and the take up tons of space
Oh yeah take up all the storage in your house with books and having sitting out like your house is a storage warehouse! Very appealing.
I am debating from an Iphone at work so slow your roll child 😉
Man snoz come on hook a brotha up yo.
Im busy at the moment dangit!
Feb I'm sorry but books example is horrible.
You don't need to take up endless space to own them electronically.
You don't have to have a internet Feb you ever hear of a cafe' with wifi?
You act like a Ipad costs so much more than a big ass bookcase...actually multiple big ass bookcases...
It is definitely to your advantage to have e-books.
And if you wanna save space yes just keep it on i-books or w/e... but if you have no internet connection it's not like you couldn't download them feb? And honestly who doesn't have an internet connection these days ^.^?
Bulletproof vests are made out of plastic... pretty sure that's saved a couple lives no?
Artificial sugar is less fattening and the argument that aspartame causes cancer is so biased. There has been evidence shown both ways. And it tends to dissolve and sweeten way more than sugar. Less sugar = way less overweight obese people.
Posted by feb16aqua
You should go natural with your nails for 3 big reasons:- getting / upkeeping fake nails is not cheap.
- risk of infection from fake nails
NOT PRETTY:
- exposure through direct skin contact with chemicals used in fake nails, ie acrylic and polymers = correlatative potential cancer causing agents
I'm pretty sure it depends on whether you where that shit your entire life or you wear in moderation like anything in this world. Goes back to the argument that olive oil makes you fat! How do you get fat feb? You eat A LOT of shit and don't do shit but sit on your ass that's what gets you fat ... period.
Just FYI dimplez
The safety of aspartame has been the subject of several political and medical controversies, congressional hearings and Internet hoaxes[3][4][5] since its initial approval for use in food products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981.[6]:2 A 2007 medical review on the subject concluded that "the weight of existing scientific evidence indicates that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a non-nutritive sweetener".[7] However, because its breakdown products include phenylalanine, aspartame must be avoided by people with the genetic condition phenylketonuria (PKU).
Sure there are things that CAN happen but it's a nice alternative for women who have brittle nails...
LOL I don't ever wanna see another quote from wikepedia by you again if your gonna try act like my source is unreliable..
I'll just get that information from where it's source in the wikipedia page...lol brb lazy
Posted by robyn808
Books are boring!
Are you trying to distract me?
Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J et al. (2007). "Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies". Critical Reviews in Toxicology 37 (8): 629—727
Here is an internet link to the source if your gonna be anal...
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408440701516184
cheese 😄
Not everything that is artificial is good... obviously.
Not everything that is natural is good either.
Okay is the argument which is Superior in what they actually Do? Or Superior in the health benefits because I don't remember him stating performance was based on health benefits anyways.
FINE
Than I'm going to be shallow and say how many women have beautiful natural breasts?
Thank you Nina
I can't quote you due to your
really? how are they? how does it feel? do you have feeling in your nips?
a patient of mine let me grope her boobies once. they felt pretty natural
click to expandSee you want some too. I win thnx.
Why the hell would you get fake hair anyways lol?
Feb what do you tell people who have no legs and no arms...
I'm pretty sure their prosthetic limbs are Superior ..to NOTHING ^.^?
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Why the hell would you get fake hair anyways lol?It was an impulse. One of my clients is a hairdresser and she put them in for me....not a weave lol but the fusion extensions, the hair is fused onto my own with glue and a special hot iron. It took forever to apply.
I did it to change it up, you know.
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Why not just wait for your hair to grow out
Sure why not... It's not like I had a choice to have legs I just do? How is that any different?
And if artificial legs where inferior their would not be guys in the olympics with them that run faster than me with my real legs thnx.
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
Why the hell would you get fake hair anyways lol?It was an impulse. One of my clients is a hairdresser and she put them in for me....not a weave lol but the fusion extensions, the hair is fused onto my own with glue and a special hot iron. It took forever to apply.
I did it to change it up, you know.
Why not just wait for your hair to grow out
omg! you're mad at me?? I'm sorry lol...I'll never do it again trust me.
My hair is pretty long right now. Lesson learned.
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Why would I be mad at you? I was just asking a question ha!
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
And if artificial legs where inferior their would not be guys in the olympics with them that run faster than me with my real legs thnx.Actually, there are people that say that an artificial limb is an unfair advantage in competition.
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Is that you stating outright that it is superior ^.^?
Hell while I'm at it I might as well mention steriods right I mean... You think Arnold Schwarzenegger would have looked the way he did without that ha! He was a shrimp before the needle. And health risks? How old is Arnold now feb?
Yeah I wanna hear him say that thnx PROOF? .....REF?
And FEB yes he was a shrimp do I have to get the pictures to prove it hell that video I think has some shrimpy pictures of him did you even watch any of it ^.^? NO...
Yeah I'll I gotta do is buy some from my bud and prick my arm and one day my arms could look like this.
Posted by feb16aqua
if you don't have natural genetics for building that type of body, then steroids will not help you.
Girl don't tell me what steriods can and can't do for me. I"ve never used them in my life and I've had like at one time 16 inch arms skinnyish.
Hey at least a doll is always there for you.
LOOOOOOL!^^^^^^
That's why most people who take them seriously... almost all have 20 inch arms feb...
I mean sure not everyone will have them feb but I have a larger frame then half the mijits who take roids. Arnold is only 2 inches taller then me the average height of a typical pro bodybuilder is between 5'7" and 5'9" and they usually manage 20 inches so I'm pretty sure I can pull it off thnx 😄
No recycling my Christmas tree example!
God the last one could have been so easy had he worded the damn question better!
Well I wouldn't say easy... obviously had he not narrowed it down to astrology.... you would still be guess but considering this is an astrology sight all one would have to do is see that one had a similar placement and keep on the trial....
A blow up doll will never say no 😉
Posted by feb16aqua
Tits okay nyaa. I learned something that night.
What did you learn?
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
God the last one could have been so easy had he worded the damn question better!
Well I wouldn't say easy... obviously had he not narrowed it down to astrology.... you would still be guess but considering this is an astrology sight all one would have to do is see that one had a similar placement and keep on the trial....
Challenges are supposed to challenging!
Yeah prosthetic limbs made this possible for a kid who grew up with no legs BoomShakalaka BOOM
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
God the last one could have been so easy had he worded the damn question better!
Well I wouldn't say easy... obviously had he not narrowed it down to astrology.... you would still be guess but considering this is an astrology sight all one would have to do is see that one had a similar placement and keep on the trial....Challenges are supposed to challenging!
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True
Posted by NotYourAverageAquarius
A blow up doll will never say no 😉a blow up doll will never say anything
-_-
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Formality... I'm sure advanced technology will allow a bot to talk to me 😄
Posted by feb16aqua
Again, he had no choice. I'm sure if he could choose he'd want his real legs.Not to mention real legs are better than prostethics, they're cheap, no risk of infection, not to mention psychologically sound...it must be hard to transition from real legs to fake ones...
Yes but when you don't have a choice look what great things they can do.
Don't devalue what they have done for this guy sheesh..
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