You do know that's one of Carl Sagan's speeches, right?Blood-Scribe

Actually no but that further explains why it sounded so...out of character.

I'm not an average person.

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That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.

The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity ? in all this vastness ? there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

Drakes_Fortune

:lol: That was deep drakes. Im laughing because a profound thing such as above just seems out of the norm posting style for you. It's like when Jack Black attempted to take on serious roles and I couldn't get past the fact that he was in Bongwater.

Thought this gif might get a bit of appreciation here

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:o ... DO NOT WANT!

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nocoolnamejim

Thanks, I appreciate it. I was expecting more of a tl;dr comment but this is a nice change of pace.

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When you go out to eat and get terrible service you can thank all these people who tip regardless of service quality. When you tip for bad service you are removing ALL incentive they have to give good service. The problem is tips being commonplace. They are expected, the bare minimum is done as a result, rinse repeat. If I get crappy service and the place is packed I will understand. If I go into an empty restaurant and sit there for 20 mins to get my order taken and then never get a refill offer you bet your ass they aren't getting #*$& but the bill amount.

Addict187

You're going to pay them no matter what. If there was no such thing as a tip menu prices would inevitably rise. You're paying either way, except in one way they decide what you pay no matter the service.

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[QUOTE="thegerg"] Exactly my point. You're talking about ordering a smaller beer vs a bigger beer and a better beer vs a worse beer. That doesn't mean British bars are inherently better.thegerg

You seem to be confused. In my humble opinion European beer in general is better. It tastes better to me, has more alcohol, and you get more in a pint which means your not going up to the bar as often. I also enjoy the atmosphere of a pub more then an American bar. It is nothing more than an opinion and is to be taken like that. I'm not trying to pass a bill through congress.

Your're ordering the same beer. Order a Guinness in both Europe and America and In my opinion the European beer will be better. This should not be a tough concept.

[QUOTE="Hubadubalubahu"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] What's your argument? If you order a small, bad beer in the Us you're getting something worse than if you order a larger, better beer in the UK? I agree, but that doesn't mean that bars in the UK are inherently better than in the US.thegerg

UK has a larger pint. Which means more beer. Pretty self explanatory. The beer itself has more alcohol in it and thus tastes less watered down. Ever had an english stella then an american stella. Noticable difference.

You seem to be confused. In my humble opinion European beer in general is better. It tastes better to me, has more alcohol, and you get more in a pint which means your not going up to the bar as often. I also enjoy the atmosphere of a pub more then an American bar. It is nothing more than an opinion and is to be taken like that. I'm not trying to pass a bill through congress.

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[QUOTE="thegerg"] There is bad beer and small portions in British bars too, you know.thegerg

Sure if your getting a pub beer from a bottle. But English pint > American pint

UK has a larger pint. Which means more beer. Pretty self explanatory. The beer itself has more alcohol in it and thus tastes less watered down. Ever had an english stella then an american stella. Noticable difference.

[QUOTE="Hubadubalubahu"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"] OK. I've been to a number of bars in the US that have great beers and great people, much better than British bars I've been to. You're welcome.thegerg

:lol: Beer is better? More like smaller and watered down. Ill give it to a few micro brews but even then. To each his own I guess. You're welcome?

Sure if your getting a pub beer from a bottle. But European pint > American pint

[QUOTE="Hubadubalubahu"]

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Ugh no, British culture sucks so bad.

thegerg

It's all a matter of opinion. Go to a bar in america and tell me it has anything on a pub. The beer and people are worse.

:lol: Beer is better? More like smaller and watered down. Ill give it to a few micro brews but even then. To each his own I guess. You're welcome?