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Scruffy
| Favorite team: | USA  |
| Location: | Kansas City |
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| Occupation: | Chemical Engineer |
| Number of Posts: | 77584 |
| Registered on: | 7/22/2011 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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re: Looks like Ellen Page is Playing Sinon in The Odyssey
Posted by Scruffy on 6/28/26 at 7:01 am to funnystuff
quote:Why wouldn’t it be a girlcott movement, you sexist?!
boycott movement.
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re: itinerary on vacation: yes or no?
Posted by Scruffy on 6/28/26 at 6:31 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
All about itineraries, but they need to be flexible.
I don’t think he did, mate.
- British PD
- British PD
re: China eliminates 12k "Outdated" humanities and social science degree programs
Posted by Scruffy on 6/28/26 at 6:27 am to VolsOut4Harambe
quote:Outside of the major cities, this is a fact for China.
Nah, that’s just India
My brother in law lived there and my wife has visited.
Outside of your major cities, China is as 3rd world as they come.
re: China eliminates 12k "Outdated" humanities and social science degree programs
Posted by Scruffy on 6/28/26 at 6:05 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:True, there is value in studying many topics that may not have any significant monetary value, but these topics should be treated as merely ancillary study topics, never majors.
In monetary value perhaps, but that imo misses the real value of studying something in higher ed. We let far too many in and dole out loans like crazy but that’s because people started to treat it like a job trainings program
The concept of learning with no discernible gain outside of learning is admirable, but should not afford massive funding simply because it is learning therefore it deserves it.
The vast majority of social sciences should be viewed and treated as hobbies.
re: Phil Mickelson paid golf course employees $500 to drive his phone around for hours
Posted by Scruffy on 6/27/26 at 6:07 am to JimTiger72
Why do these rich as frick golfers throw it all away for women that look like they were extras in a Gremlin movie?
Scruffy usually does a nice gift and a joke gift.
Makes it memorable.
Wife’s joke gift last year for the iron anniversary was some metal dice that have food choices on them since she sucks at deciding where to eat.
Paper anniversary was a box of printer paper. Cotton was a tshirt with her face on it telling me to be quiet. Leather was a pair of chaps. :lol:
Makes it memorable.
Wife’s joke gift last year for the iron anniversary was some metal dice that have food choices on them since she sucks at deciding where to eat.
Paper anniversary was a box of printer paper. Cotton was a tshirt with her face on it telling me to be quiet. Leather was a pair of chaps. :lol:
re: Muslim stabs UK cop, cops don't know what to do
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 6:38 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:Only way I see anything happening is with a massive economic downturn, which would hamper the ability to pay for the bums invading their country.
I’m telling you, before all is said and done, there will be bodies dangling from lampposts in Britain. shite is reaching a breaking point.
Would probably result in war and massive unrest though.
Despite what we see and what is said online, the British people are pathetic and beaten into submission.
On top of that, the British woman is the biggest problem.
Honestly, that is white women globally. They are a destructive force.
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 3:03 pm to FliesByNight
quote:Ducks are not the species generally impacted here.
A lot of y'all on here saying "muh birds" but are avid duck hunters
And, duck populations have flourished secondary to legislation protecting them.
People who believe in conservation, like seen with duck populations, should agree with PETA here.
Do people believe that “birds” implies every species of bird? :lol:
Cats aren’t exactly impacting the eagle populations.
No, I genuinely think he is simply myopic.
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:58 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:I would consider that the extinction and near extinction of many species of bird is a sign that we don’t have enough birds, yes.
We don't have enough birds? 50 billion isn't enough?
There are billions of crawfish in the state of LA.
Why are people making a big stink about the apple snail? I mean, if we lose a few billion crawfish, why would it matter?
There are millions of small mammals across the USA, but people are up in arms over the python population of Florida decimating many populations.
This idea of “oh, there are large numbers of a broad group, therefore it doesn’t matter how many are killed” is a pretty dumb argument.
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:30 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:You can find data through the NIH and through the US Wildlife and Fisheries.
I'm not a science denier, but I would love to know who is studying this, and how accurate the numbers are, considering you introduced a range of +/- 13 BILLION animals.
quote:Not that bad, but pretty damn close.
Goddammit did I just become SFP
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:27 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:Ok, if you want to discuss solely house cats, they kill about 30% of the reported numbers.
This is a thread about housecats, not feral cats.
My stance is keep them within the house.
Again, what point are you making here?
Also, PETA actually supports euthanizing feral cats, another position I agree with them on.
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:24 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:Ask google again and they will point out that feral cats account for about 2/3 of the killing, while house cats that are allowed to roam account for the other 1/3.
A cat with a home is not feral. Also, the google says there are 76 million housecats in the US. That means that each one would have to kill 93 animals per year to hit the low end of you 7 Billion to 20 Billion animals killed per year. And that is assuming every single house cat is involved.
We could fix 1/3 of the problem by keeping house cats within the house.
Again, what point are you trying to make here?
quote:In this instance, they are 100% correct.
You are literally going to bat for PETA
Are you arguing that a group is automatically wrong 100% of the time because they hold a majority of views that you would disagree with?
That is a pretty kindergarten level viewpoint. :lol:
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:20 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:Feral cats are a massive issue.
Do you think if cats were homeless, that there would be fewer cats and that they would not kill small animals?
Have you not read the thread? :lol:
No one is saying to ban cats.
Just keep them in your home and remove feral cats from the streets.
quote:Yes.
Do you truly care about the impact of cats?
Feral and outdoor cats are a menace.
Just as an aside, we have an indoor cat that stays indoors.
And we keep her indoors because my cat is not the problem of everyone else in my neighborhood, same as our dogs are not their problem and they stay within our yard or go out on the leash.
quote:It was a thread for discussion.
It’s such a weird hill to die on
I am not the one dying on the hill here.
Everyone who seems to think that it is perfectly fine to subject the world around them to their pets are the one’s refusing to budge.
quote:The number of dogs that kill humans of all ages yearly is 50-90.
How many cats kill human children
And many areas have outlawed the worst breeds.
And the vast majority of places have leash laws and legislation where you will be punished if your dog does something wrong.
I’m not entirely sure of your point.
We shouldn’t care about the impact of cats because they don’t kill the occasional child like dogs do?
We created legislation around dogs because of the small number of negative events that occur.
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:06 pm to VernonPLSUfan
quote:Well, then the studies showing the billions killed by cats must simply be wrong.
These birds didn't die by cat, they died by bird flu or some other outside hazard. I see more Mississippi Kites killing birds than cats.
Sorry about that. :lol:
re: PETA has gone full retard
Posted by Scruffy on 6/25/26 at 2:02 pm to VernonPLSUfan
quote:Cats hunt by instinct.
Had an outdoor cat, died a few months ago. Also have a bird feeder. Cat never caught bird one. And neither has my neighbor's black cat. Matter of fact every now and then I'll find a dead bird by the feeder and nary a cat eats it.
House cats who are well-fed kill simply out of instinct, not to feed/survive.
It has nothing to do with survival.
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