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Total-Tortilla

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  1. It's trending off the SOPA crap. It's all a PITA if you ask me.

    ACTA's not trending off SOPA, actually. It's been around for a while, and it's even worse than SOPA and PIPA ever were. Rather than simply allowing the government to censor things it doesn't like, it can fully remove them entirely, regardless of whether it's American based or over seas. Worse than that, it has the potential to start monitoring your internet usage without your consent, allowing them to see your every move. Even worse still, is that this isn't just an American bill; it's an international agreement, that could allow the entire world to put the proverbial black bag over websites and remove them from existence, just because of one little piece of copyrighted media. I can't even begin to go into all the details of ACTA, but know this: if SOPA and PIPA were considered as the final bosses of the internet, this is potentially the final form of that fight. The government is under control by corporations with wallets more vast than their morals. The entertainment industry wants to stop piracy, which is an admiral, but incredibly difficult goal. The problem here is that they're going about it all wrong. A good analogy I've heard on the subject is "nuking an anthill." Sure, you MIGHT stop the problem, but you're going to rise up far worse problems in greater numbers. There are better ways to combat internet piracy, and it's up to people who understand how the internet works to find those methods, not a bunch of old curmudgeons who admit to not having a single clue as to what the whole situation is. Stand up to your government and tell them now that this is everyones internet, and we're not going to let select groups control it in its entirety.

  2. Today meant absolutely nothing to me...

    I suppose the most emotionally eventful day lately for me was a few days ago... My girlfriend broke up with me a month ago, but she said she still wanted to be with me, she just didnt think she coudl give me what i deserve or something... so i was planning to wait for her... but we had a talk the other day and she told me she wasnt sure when she'd be ready to be with me... so she told me not to wait for her, and to try and seek out other people...

    I still dont like her answer... but i am talking to another girl now and i no longer feel guilty like i'm cheating on the other girl because i'd promised to wait for her... so i guess that kind of a big day for me...

    Relationships are pretty hard, man... I'm sure everything will work out for you in the end c:>

    As for me, the most eventful things involved getting fully registered for school after almost totally ruining everything, and hanging out with my friend Joe for the last time before he goes to Arizona for school.

  3. Talking to the opposite sex. There are other fears that I have but this is the main one and the first one that came to mind when I was reading this forum.

    I find it really hard to do anything with the opposite sex :S and although I have nothing against them, I am not a homosexual.

    I know that feel, man. If I'm ever talking to a girl for the first time, there's got to be someone with me or I have this inescapable fear of them just completely shutting me down and being laughed at by everyone in the immediate area. Thanks for that one, middle school ._.

  4. I'm super duper scared of spiders. And sharks. And the dark sometimes. And zombies. Everypony says it won't happen, but that's why it'll happen! Some mad scientist pony is going to make zombies just to make zombies!

    Well there is a Swedish scientist who invented a super flu that was predicted to be able to wipe out half of the human race...

  5. Everypony's afraid of something, whether they want to admit it or not. What about you guys?

    For me, I just got reminded ever so kindly by my dad that I need to go to the doctor for a check-up. My last doctor visit reminded me that I'm due for a tetanus shot. Doctors Offices make me horribly anxious, and needles scare me out of my skin. Put the two together and I am reduced to a crying child.

  6. Well, branching from me losing 30 pounds since moving to my dads house, I want to get myself 20 pounds lighter and break 190 this year. For once, I'm actually gonna stick with my resolution, because if I were to get in shape, I could be a pretty good lookin' guy.

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