Since You Joined Atlas...

NOS
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2009, 10:13:56 PM »

Made me understand what I hated about politics the most.

Atlas = The Ultimate problem with this country in a nut shell.

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Torie
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	Re: Since You Joined Atlas... « Reply #26 on: January 15, 2009, 10:52:39 PM »
	« Edited: January 15, 2009, 10:55:13 PM by Torie »

Quote from: NOS on January 15, 2009, 10:13:56 PM

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Atlas = The Ultimate problem with this country in a nut shell.

LOL. That has to be the dumbest post of the day in this particular venue, and maybe even week.

What was your previous screen name. Just send me a PM. I won't tell. I never disclose PM content, not even to God or Jesus, absent permission. Tongue

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Eraserhead
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2009, 02:15:03 AM »

Quote from: NOS on January 15, 2009, 10:13:56 PM

Made me understand what I hated about politics the most.

Atlas = The Ultimate problem with this country in a nut shell.

IP check time.

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bgwah
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2009, 02:22:09 AM »

Very little politically for someone who has been on this forum for over five years.

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Boris
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2009, 02:24:03 AM »

I've grown long hair, cut it shorter, and grown it long again. Now it's back to the point where I can basically eat it.

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Marokai Backbeat
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2009, 03:49:46 AM »

Quote from: Common Existence on January 14, 2009, 09:19:39 PM

What has changed about you?

I've become a bitter man.

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Verily
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2009, 10:40:02 AM »

Quote from: Eraserhead on January 15, 2009, 10:04:38 PM

Quote from: Verily on January 15, 2009, 09:29:11 PM

I got married. My wife moved with me to the old house in which I grew up. She got a job in New York City. I've been promoted once and shuffled around twice. I finished part-time grad school to get my master's in philosophy. I've visited family and friends many times. I've gone on a honeymoon and two vacations. I've become less scrawny. I don't wear my hair as long any more, and I no longer have a goatee.

My political views haven't changed much. I did settle slightly rightward economically at the very beginning here, but that was the end of a series of shifts during and shortly after college unconnected to the Atlas. I think I was as reformist then as I am now, as I do recall supporting abolishing the Presidency before joining.

How old are you? Just curious.

25, 26 in May

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Josh/Devilman88
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2009, 12:43:31 PM »

Well, I cam out to some people. My view moved toward the left.

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Sam Spade
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2009, 12:52:33 PM »

Quote from: DukeFan22 on January 16, 2009, 12:43:31 PM

Well, I cam out to some people. My view moved toward the left.

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I could go on like this for a while, but I grow tired of hitting the paste key.

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Josh/Devilman88
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2009, 01:34:31 PM »

Quote from: Sam Spade on January 16, 2009, 12:52:33 PM

Quote from: DukeFan22 on January 16, 2009, 12:43:31 PM

Well, I cam out to some people. My view moved toward the left.

No, I moved left then back right then to where I am now. The only reason why I was ever right to start with is because my parents were and I thought if I did think like them then I was bad.

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Mint
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2009, 08:33:39 PM »

Personally, I've become more independent, extroverted, and cynical. Politically, I've become more conservative for the most part. I'm pretty sure they're linked.

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Matt Damon™
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2009, 09:23:28 PM »

Trust me on this. They're not. Becoming more conservative implies decreasing independence, increasing feelings of guilt and shame over 'deviance', a desire to see everyone become like yourself and increasing fear of 'the other'. US style neoliberal/neocon/washington consensus cowboy capitalism is motivated out of hatred and fear of the other whether they're an ethnic, racial or confessional minority.

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Ronnie
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2009, 10:10:19 PM »

...nothing

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War on Want
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #38 on: January 16, 2009, 10:20:10 PM »

I've become more average(I mean compared to people my own age), more cynical and my opinion of people as a whole has gone down a whole lot. I have mostly stopped being a Christian, my music tastes have improved by really large amounts.

Politically I haven't really changed that much. I actually have my own seperate views from most people that are Democrats, Republicans or Independents in the way I believe them but on the whole I still belive in the same things generally.

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Psychic Octopus
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #39 on: January 17, 2009, 12:44:08 AM »

I've become smarter, and enjo all viewpints.

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Hash
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #40 on: January 17, 2009, 08:46:13 AM »

Quote from: Hep Naoned, Breizh Ebet on January 15, 2009, 07:55:04 AM

My political views didn't change much, though I became a full-time Harper hater and much less of a UMP hack.

I've also moved to Ottawa from Riyadh, and started IB in a new school.

Though it was before I even got mildly interested in politics, I remember supporting the Bloc/NDP in the 2004 federal election. In 2006, I was a hardcore Tory supporter. I supported the ADQ for a while in Quebec, until I realized Mario was a retard.

I supported Sarkozy in 2007 and was a UMP hack. My opinion of him has declined since.

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AndrewTX
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Re: Since You Joined Atlas...

« Reply #41 on: January 17, 2009, 09:47:48 PM »

Quote from: Verily on January 16, 2009, 10:40:02 AM

Quote from: Eraserhead on January 15, 2009, 10:04:38 PM

Quote from: Verily on January 15, 2009, 09:29:11 PM

How old are you? Just curious.

25, 26 in May

Crap, I'm older than you? Didnt see that one.

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