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I also say, even though I don't drink, the 21 drinking age is ridiculously stupid. Along with the whole "marijuana is illegal" thing (even though I've never smoked pot).

It's the whole mentality of "It's not allowed so I'm going to do it" that causes so many people to drink and smoke at young ages in the first place. They think they're being hardcore by disobeying the law.

If they made marijuana legal, then they could regulate it and tax it, providing income for the government and essentially cheapen the price of it cause there'd be a lot less risk involved in getting it. It'd be in everyone's favor to legalize it.

But seriously, other countries have low drinking ages, and they turn out fine. Most underage people who want to drink here find a way to anyway, there's no reason to keep it at 21.

Marijuana Legalization
It's really a topic that has to be discussed in depth. There are good sides definitely to them legalizing it, but there are also huge downsides to having it be legalized. You might think that legalizing it would make the rate drop, but I bet you would probably be wrong. It's not totally a mental thing. Think about how many people would just be high all day because they're allowed to. CriminalDuder would leave the Forums and go live in a fucking bong for Christ's sake. It's a touchy topic and I think you would need to go really in depth with studies to be able to debate.

At 12/28/07 05:42 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Marijuana Legalization
CriminalDuder would leave the Forums and go live in a fucking bong for Christ's sake.

The man knows me. ^^

Well if any of you have been to the Neitherlands (GO DUTCH! WOOT!) you can see yourself the results of legalization of it. For sure some good points are that some poeple can make good money selling it in their stores and it'll be easy to get different types as they can sell different types at the store.
The bad for sure is how dang expensive they'd sell it in the store compared to how much non-laced stuff is on the street these days.

Seriously though I think the best thing is what hemp can be used for. If we made clothing out of hemp instead of cotton our clothing would be stronger, softer, and less wrinkly. Hemp shirts are awesome.
For medical purposes... well I'm afriad even though their's lot's of controversy about this I'm going to vote yes for this one as well. Now it's true some poeple would just fake or want it to get high. But I know some poeple with mental problems and I myself have my far share of 'em and smoking weed really does help. Got bipolar disorder? No problem! Have a joint and you'll be 98% in control of your emotions and much more calmer! ^^

Also let us not forget the results of
drug testing on spiders. ^^

Seriously serious now. I can admit I am a stoner(I'm NG's Cheech and Chong in one man!) and their are many good and many bad things about the legalization of weed but whatever happens I'll never leave NG and the forums cause I enjoy it. (Though when I have lots of work to do it sucks having to take time off of NG to work.)

Now then for futher reading into this I suggest this artical. Scroll down to Richard Lawrence Miller's part. I think he tells it all like it is.

In all of my studies, I concluded that the "war on drugs" masked a war on democracy.

Mexico leglized all drugs but Kettamine and there crime droped to %30 of what it once was.
Also now in the prisons the majority of the people feel like they are there for a reason, that hasnt been that was in the USA since 1910.

I presume you guys are good with CSS as you're creative, so...
Fancy earning a few $?

At 12/28/07 03:43 PM, Luis wrote: Patu1:
you should make out with some of your male friends. Its the new thing in 2008 TRUST ME i heard it on E! entertainment.
you'll be ahead of the trend and be so cool. Pucker up.

lol actually i won't be the first on our two day field trip which was really great because we smuggled vodka with sprite in a sprite bottle with the sprite on the bus one of my friends who had a girl friend got mad at her kissing one of her girl friends so he kissed another one of my friends which isn't gay two because he was found (not by the teachers) making out with a girl only with underwear in our
room...we still laugh at the one who had a girl friend every time he says one of us is gay...and don't worry Luis i am probably hooked up after today on the icq for more then a kiss...if you want details on pm i have no messenger or aim..

Detroit
well lol that sounds dengorus my first break-dancing teacher is originally from Detroit but he is black and 1.80 meters and is kinda quiet so i don't think someone would mess with him a really great guy most of the time though..

At 12/28/07 05:42 PM, El-Presidente wrote: CriminalDuder would leave the Forums and go live in a fucking bong for Christ's sake.

Funniest thing I've heard all day. Cheers.

At 12/28/07 06:50 PM, djbdr248 wrote: Mexico leglized all drugs but Kettamine and there crime droped to %30 of what it once was.

HA! When the fuck did that happen??? It makes TOTAL sense for a country to legalize all drugs...

Also now in the prisons the majority of the people feel like they are there for a reason, that hasnt been that was in the USA since 1910.

Hrm, now that's an interesting fact.

@Patu1: I have no idea what that story was about...

At 12/28/07 10:05 PM, Senti wrote:

At 12/28/07 05:42 PM, El-Presidente wrote: CriminalDuder would leave the Forums and go live in a fucking bong for Christ's sake.

Funniest thing I've heard all day. Cheers.

Yeah, yeah... first everyone picked on Luis being mexican and now it's all directed at NG's crazy mullet-man stoner.

Dang kids...

Moving on........

My winter vacations half over almost and I still have so much work to do. T.T
What do you guys do when your incredably overwhelmed?

Piercings
Been thinkin' 'bout gettin' an eyebrow piercin'... I could never get my ears pierced as I have no ear-lobs. (thanks for the birth defect ma!) Anyway I've been thinkin' 'bout it a lot lately though I've heard some bad things. Me ol' bed Braydon got one on his brow once and it got all infected and he's got himself a perminant scare now. :/

Also... my friend... she's been buggin' me to cut the mullet....

At 12/28/07 05:42 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Marijuana Legalization
It's really a topic that has to be discussed in depth. There are good sides definitely to them legalizing it, but there are also huge downsides to having it be legalized. You might think that legalizing it would make the rate drop, but I bet you would probably be wrong. It's not totally a mental thing. Think about how many people would just be high all day because they're allowed to.

I'd bet no more people do it then do now, it's not even something people really get busted for. At this point it's basically legal, I could be stoned 24/7 if I so chose without absolutely no legal repurcussions as long as I wasn't being an idiot about it.
I'm not sure about your areas but here if they have no reason to believe you are selling it generally just gets taken and they take you to your house.
And I would bet that a very small number do it to think they are "hardcore" people might smoke once if that's how they felt, but you go back to it because it's fun.

The only problem I'd have with legalization is that it would turn into a cash crop, and I'm sure quality would suffer as a result. Think of all the mom and pop growers that would go out of business.

My opinion on legalization is that it could only benefit the government, but either way it doesn't really matter, people will still smoke regardless of whether or not its legal.

At 12/29/07 02:07 AM, TheCriminalDuder wrote:

At 12/28/07 10:05 PM, Senti wrote:

At 12/28/07 05:42 PM, El-Presidente wrote: CriminalDuder would leave the Forums and go live in a fucking bong for Christ's sake.

Funniest thing I've heard all day. Cheers.

Yeah, yeah... first everyone picked on Luis being mexican and now it's all directed at NG's crazy mullet-man stoner.

Oh, get ready for the pounding!

Piercings
They're kind of disgusting on eyebrows you lobeless freak!

Also... my friend... she's been buggin' me to cut the mullet....

NO! Don't do it! Your smoking powers will go with it.

At 12/29/07 02:37 AM, El-Presidente wrote:
Piercings
They're kind of disgusting on eyebrows you lobeless freak!

Kay I'll pass on it then. I'm not much of a piercing fan anyway. I'm more of a tattoo person.

Also... my friend... she's been buggin' me to cut the mullet....

NO! Don't do it! Your smoking powers will go with it.

lol Fair enouph. Though I may give it a trim to grow a new mullet. This ones time is near it's end... or maybe just begininng? :3

Pick of the earlobeless shame... :*(

At 12/29/07 02:49 AM, TheCriminalDuder wrote:

At 12/29/07 02:37 AM, El-Presidente wrote:
Piercings
They're kind of disgusting on eyebrows you lobeless freak!

Kay I'll pass on it then. I'm not much of a piercing fan anyway. I'm more of a tattoo person.

im more a tat person also.. if i hadnt found flash that would have been my careeer choice.. much to the disappointment of my parents..

id have alot of tattos but i feel that if i didnt design my own i wouldnt feel right.. and i just havent settled on a design that id want on my bod. i do love the artform tho

At 12/29/07 03:14 AM, Luis wrote: id have alot of tattos but i feel that if i didnt design my own i wouldnt feel right.. and i just havent settled on a design that id want on my bod. i do love the artform tho

Yes, yes, yes and YES!!!

I could not agree with you more. I can't stand meaningless tribal or Chinese symbol tattoos. It seems every other twat with a "rad" attitude gets a dragon or something on their forearm. No thanks.

I absolutely LOVE the art form and I could not agree more that I would only ever get a tat of something I created and had a personal timeless meaning to it. Like yourself, I have not yet found something I've liked enough to get it permanently stenciled onto my body.

Apparently getting tattoos is really addictive also. It seems people get one...then get another, and before too long they turn into this bro.

At 12/29/07 03:14 AM, Luis wrote:
im more a tat person also.. if i hadnt found flash that would have been my careeer choice.. much to the disappointment of my parents..

id have alot of tattos but i feel that if i didnt design my own i wouldnt feel right.. and i just havent settled on a design that id want on my bod. i do love the artform tho

I remember you talkin' 'bout this before. I've always wanted to design a tattoo of my own too but it's difficult so I can see where your coming from. Myself being a tattoo artist I've thought of as I could probably be an apprentice one at the local place in my parts.

Why not just get a tattoo of the NG Tank or somethin' NG-ish Luis? NG must mean a lot to you so yeah. You could probably whip up your own version of the NG tank with a lil' you driving instead or somethin'. :P

The tat I got now is an Eagle which is the same eagle on an ol' necklace my ol' man had before he passed away. I got a dragon lady tat in mind to symbolize me and my one bros bond. I also want a crow on my upper back with wings open to remind me 'bout my "dark" past so to speak.
But yeah main point is whatever tat ya get, as long as it has meaning to you it's good.

Maybe I'll let you give me a TANKMAN tat on my arse one day. :3

Also, Luis man enouph talk about how disappointed ya parents are 'bout ya. Look 'round dude. Ya got a bunch of kids idolizing you, a shitload of cool points, and you really have made an impact on NG. ^^

I'm being too nice lately... I'm going to go find a baby to shit-kick now.

While we are on the topic of tattoos, check out what Corporal Kenneth McClure of the US marines got on his back after Mindchamber redesigned it for him.

In my opinion, probably one of the biggest forms of flattery an artist could get.

I was told this morning that one of my best friends from elementary school got killed in a car crash. I hadn't spoken or even seen the guy for years, but sometimes you just wonder what former classmates are doing, where they live etc. He would have been a guy I'd be happy to talk to during a reunion, catch up on what he's been doing the past years. Not anymore I guess. It must be hard for people to lose their loved ones during the holiday season, I wonder if you can celebrate Christmas the way you used to ever again... I know I'll be more careful in traffic from now on, getting killed in a car crash without being able to have any influence on the outcome is a shitty way to go.

At 12/29/07 07:48 AM, Xeptic wrote: . It must be hard for people to lose their loved ones during the holiday season, I wonder if you can celebrate Christmas the way you used to ever again...

Depends on the person really... though ever since my ol' man passed away every holiday just seems emptier and emptier... always losing it's importance. Basically it feels like all the great and positive feels about it turns negative. It hits ya real hard the first time.

Happy New Year!

This is the last time I'll be online in 2007, so I'm wishing you all a happy new year now! Have a good one, I'll see you all in 2008. Laters!

At 12/29/07 03:14 AM, Luis wrote:
im more a tat person also.. if i hadnt found flash that would have been my careeer choice.. much to the disappointment of my parents..

Luis the tattoo artist... Who would've imagined that :)
If i didn't study architecture i would've probably become a dentist. I studied it for 1 year but i just felt there was a creative component missing in the study even though i really liked the social nature (and prospected salary) of it.

Any other people who will end up/would've ended up at a very different place than the design/creative scene?

At 12/29/07 08:53 AM, AloneInTheDark wrote:
Any other people who will end up/would've ended up at a very different place than the design/creative scene?

I probably would be either a drug dealer or some form of criminal occupation. ^^
Or in an insane asylum.......

Wait I'm still young to I count for this convo?

Now I pass out... bye-bye

sentai: the moral was that i won't be original and lose my credibility and also gay lol
xeptic: i am really sorry to hear about it
criminal duder: 1: a lot of my friends had on their eye brow you should two it looks really cool but you have to keep it clean over wise it would get really infected...
2: i am sorry for your loss tried to not respond first times you wrote about it because i become sad even when i read about it...
luis: tattoos are badass but permanent so if you do one you should think really hard before

sorry for double post..
criminal duder just saw this on you profile
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/41 4213
looked really cool is this guy like your roommate ? how much did the skateboard
cost you ? when i was in the USA there was a town near Yellowstone and kids drive with it on road and it is as fast as cars in city areas...well just wanted to tell you it was well made...

Any other people who will end up/would've ended up at a very different place than the design/creative scene?

Thats actually a great question, i never thought of what i would do if i wasnt art inclined... i guess i'd probably be a therapist or psychologist ALTHOUGH i just dont believe in some of the shit in psychology.. specially the throwing people into a particular bucket/disorder... but yeah i like the idea of how other people think or behave.. its intruiging like a puzzle.

Oh god a dentist no way, im like super paranoid about dentists even to this day i kick and scream everytime i have to goto the dentist.

what about you guys? if it wasnt flash or whatever what else would you do with yourself?

At 12/29/07 10:11 AM, Luis wrote: Any other people who will end up/would've ended up at a very different place than the design/creative scene?

That's actually a great question, i never thought of what i would do if i wasn't art inclined... i guess I'd probably be a therapist or psychologist ALTHOUGH i just don't believe in some of the shit in psychology.. specially the throwing people into a particular bucket/disorder... but yeah i like the idea of how other people think or behave.. its intriguing like a puzzle.

Oh god a dentist no way, I'm like super paranoid about dentists even to this day i kick and scream everytime i have to go to the dentist.

what about you guys? if it wasn't flash or whatever what else would you do with yourself?

well i still don't work but probably a lawyer i am good at stuff like that..but it is hard being a lawyer in Israel because the exams were made too easy we are the number 1 country at lawyers per people..

At 12/29/07 10:11 AM, Luis wrote: what about you guys? if it wasnt flash or whatever what else would you do with yourself?

Probably nothing. I didn't have much hobbies besides doodling a lot, before flash. Once I discovered Flash, I really decided Art was something I wanted to do and started becoming a bit more serious and doing more than just doodles, in and out of a computer.

I still consider doing things like acting and writing. Guess I'm more artsy.

At 12/29/07 10:11 AM, Luis wrote: what about you guys? if it wasnt flash or whatever what else would you do with yourself?

If I decided to not go into a field of computer science/game programming, my 2nd choice (besides just sticking with flash design and websites forever) would be getting a masters or PHD in mathematics.

Which really, what type of job COULD you get with a mathematics degree that isn't a teacher/professor (I suck at teaching)?

But math is fun, and so is physics.

At 12/29/07 09:43 AM, patu1 wrote: sorry for double post..
criminal duder just saw this on you profile
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/41 4213
looked really cool is this guy like your roommate ? how much did the skateboard
cost you ? when i was in the USA there was a town near Yellowstone and kids drive with it on road and it is as fast as cars in city areas...well just wanted to tell you it was well made...

He's worse then a roommate... he's my older bro.(really close friend pretty much) he always is at my house so yeah he practicaly lives here. When he's not working at 7/11 or doing army stuff he's at my house on my PS3, sleeping on my bed, etc. etc. He's a cool dude though. If you want to know about his board just ask him. His NG profile is MTCaptain I'm sure he'll answe any questions he has for ya.

Anyone else ever have that before though? A friend that constantly comes over so much they almost live there. Like they're always eating breakfest, lunch, and dinner there... sleeping over, and only seeming to leave for work.

Hentai

I accept that it isn't causing any direct grief, but the fascination with prepubescent girls in hentai seems a little disturbing. Just seems to me that overexposure to any such thing can become a worm in your mind and mess you up.

Whilst no-one likes getting hair in their food, or pubes between their teeth, it was pointed out that the general predisposition for hairless women seems like we hold features of prepubesence as ideals and that's something that I find ever-so-slightly concerning.

With regards to hentai on NG, I don't care too much, as long as it's clearly marked.

best/worst
Best - either the London meet or cycling to London the week before the Heathrow camp.
Worst - either the current sloooooow progression of the collab I set up (if NG-related) or the fact that I wimped out and hid away for a while. Here's to a better 2008.

Other jobs
I'd be a teacher. Actually, that's why I returned to study after having run away from the programming course - I want to teach English abroad at least for a while and need a degree to do so. If I'd known you can't get a work visa without one, I'd have played my life differently, but oh well. No restarts allowed.

tattoos

Girl I know got a tattoo saying 'Ja-ne' in hiragana. Obviously her name's 'Jane', but a) they used the wrong script and b) it's pronounced 'Ja-neh'. Most meaningful tattoo I've seen is one celebrating a newly-born son.

I don't see a reason to diss decorative tats though - if you're gonna wait for a symbol to 'sum up who you are' or whatever, chances are it won't arrive. Ultimately, it is just a decoration and so I see no problem with a bit of tribal design, vacuous as it may be.

If you want a really 'meaningful' mark on your body, you've gotta get a scar, get burnt, stabbed or whatever! then you've got a better story to tell than a little commentary on a piece of art.

I'de have to go back to my old job,
installing in-car cams for the Nascar Nextel Cup and Bush series.