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Climate Change=Eventually no snow 😭
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Climate change, global warming, can actually cause the world to be cold, which is why instead of global warming people prefer the term "climate change." I'm not sure why exactly, but people tend to use that as evidence that it doesn't exist. I.e. my dad's titanic meme

I had an argument this on a social media site in the past. link for link, study for study, we fought, and it ended up nowhere.

I don't understand how people can think global warming isn't real when evidence of it is everywhere.

This isn't meant to be offensive but it's the best example I can think of...
My dad's desktop background is a meme of the titantic sinking. So when one end of a ship sinks, the other is raised. There is a text box above the raised end of the ship and it says, "If we're sinking why are we hundreds of feet in the air?" with the words "Republicans on climate change" at the bottom.

I challenge you to research this yourself instead of parroting it, or at least post a few links for evidence instead of saying "it exists". But based on this comment I am guessing you are also from the USA. Let me ask you this then: Lets say its real, fixable, we really did it, spent all the money, ruined most of our productivity etc and went 100% green. Well, the rest of the world is industrializing, and will soon overtake any impact we had, while driving us into the dust.

TLDR,


http://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/9/    only 100 years out of how many billion? how confident are we? I vote garbage.

More interested in this study, might actually look into it myself:

http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm

I don't need to research it lol. It's like searching 2+2=4. It isn't a myth, it isn't a lie, it isn't some conspiracy. This is also addressed to you walrus:
Energy doesn't disappear. Energy is only converted. The Earth will warm up over time regardless of human activity, but since industrialization we have sped up the process beyond 10 fold. All our energy usage produces heat, and as far as our technology goes, we can't take that heat and turn it into anything else. We can't cool it down. Your computer, your body, your car, EVERYTHING produces and puts out heat into the environment. Since the IR we've been spreading energy world wide. There isn't a country in the world (besides like Antarctica) where you won't find a car. It's a known fact that cities, which use the most energy in a concentrated area, are up to 2-3 degrees warmer than their surroundings. Whenever heat is released, where does it go? It doesn't just disappear. That's physics, chemistry, science. I'm sure you all have been in your room on a summer day with your computer producing so much heat it's making your room stuffy and unbearable. It'll take longer to heat up a room than it will to heat up a closet, a pantry, etc. The earth is so large that our heat output isn't really noticed, until things start happening like the ice caps start melting. It's just common sense. The reason the heat will cool down is because it spreads out, like if you spray something in the air. But the particles of the spray aren't gone, they just spread out. Spray enough, and you'll notice it. We're starting to notice the consequences of using so much energy and producing so much heat. It's ignorant to discount the basic laws of science and something we know for fact in the place of "well, it could just be natural we're not really sure." Just look around you. Most places where you'll find "evidence" that climate change isn't real can't be trusted. There is so many reputable sources of proof that climate change IS real that it IS a threat and that we DO need to do something about it. The proof of its existance FAR outweighs any kind of attempt to discount it. It's called confirmation bias. You ignore what disproves what youbelieve and only pay attention to what proves it, even if it's illogical, not from a good source, etc.

This was all a big late night ramble. I'm aware that I probably repeated myself a lot, I was just checking the forums before going to bed before typing this.

I don't understand how people can think global warming isn't real when evidence of it is everywhere.

This isn't meant to be offensive but it's the best example I can think of...
My dad's desktop background is a meme of the titantic sinking. So when one end of a ship sinks, the other is raised. There is a text box above the raised end of the ship and it says, "If we're sinking why are we hundreds of feet in the air?" with the words "Republicans on climate change" at the bottom.

I've had tonsillitis and lymes disease, and I'm always getting sick and staying home from school. Whenever I get a cold it's accompanied with a fever and after a while I can't stay home anymore so I have to go to school feverish and miserable, but not so bad I suppose.

Sure I'm missing some shit, idk.

I believe everything can be explained with science. Any 'miracle' has a scientific explanation and any 'higher power' that may or may not exist is not a product of faith or magic but of science. I don't dismiss the possibility of the paranormal or supernatural, I just think it has a scientific explanation, even if we're not capable of understanding it. I don't believe in an almighty god who watches over us and created the universe and all that but I definitely believe that there are beings in this universe which we don't have the capacity to understand. I believe the bible is just a book that some people wrote and should hold no power over any decisions/laws/etc. in today's world.

I think that most players who have been here since the glory days when the server was always full at around 120 people would say no. It was such a shame seeing its popularity die out and all of the extreme plugins just changed the server so much that it's just no longer enjoyable. Part of the fault I think just lies in the fact that minecraft itself has just gone way downhill. Not to mention what frac and battle said about all the new crazy plugins that are being implemented. I don't even recognize the server anymore. Just the amount of plugins that have been added make it so damn artificial and overall just not an enjoyable experience at all. I like slimefun only because of the slime armor, it's fun. Other than that, I pretty much hate all of the new additions to the server. Maybe I'm just old school and hate change, but I miss the days that spheretown was a thing and there were actually enough players that you wouldn't get the "so so has entered the game" popup. The days that the spawns were simpler and not these big confusing cities. The new spawn for example is so cramped and probably very confusing to new players. Everything seems to just be inflated now and it's not a survival server it's a goddamn freak show. I've said things like this numerous times but the response has always been "well that's not possible anymore," or "I don't think that's such a good idea," and I know I'm not the only one who's heard that. Myself and others who have spoken up about it just kind of gave up because after a while we just were being dismissed and not really heard. That's probably why a lot of people who voted no didn't comment

I'm stating my opinion, not trying to "win" anything. Whether I'm standing alone or with an army of people I'll always stick to what I believe, and if I want to speak up about it I will. That's just how I am and that's how I've always been. I don't believe the popular opinion just because it's popular.

I've made my point many times now: I don't think it's SFT's job to control what people do if it doesn't involve SFT, kids or not. That's just what I think and going back and forth won't change that, clearly. If I misunderstood and that's not what tow was trying to say in the OP then cool, I agree. If it involves SFT then feel free to take action. All I'm saying is that outside of SFT, there's no jurisdiction.

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I don't know why this is even an argument? You send/receive nudes within this community, then expect some consequences. It would be the same deal if you decide to distribute illegal drugs through this community. If it's illegal or it's legality is questionable then it really has no place in this community. Plain and simple. If you want to conduct in illegal activities then do it at your own risk, not putting SFT at risk.

I agree with this- all that I'm saying is that if it's outside of SFT then it's no one's business but the sender and recipient.

[It's a matter of not allowing people to use the community to engage in illegal activity]

You realize you're arguing the fact kids should be allowed to distribute child pornagraphy right? This extends way beyond some stupid community rules. It's the law, me and Towelie could easily end up in jail if we allow this to go on.

Ultimately, you're allowed to dislike the rules. But in this case, you're the one in the wrong.

Um, no that's not what I'm doing. I'm saying it's not your job to say what they can or can't do outside of the SFT. You can tell them it's illegal or you don't approve but you have no control over what they do once they leave the server's range, which most definitely does not extend to skype or snapchat or other social medias where pictures could be exchanged. Unless it comes into contact with SFT directly then there's no control over what they do. And of course I'm extremely against ACTUAL child pornography (and don't argue that nudes ARE actual child pornography because you know what I mean) like the kind you find on the deep web and I believe that anyone involved with owning, distributing, etc. of actual porn videos/movies with children (especially against their will) should be charged and thrown in prison. Do I think you should be arrested for sending a topless picture or dick pic? No. I think that's stupid. I know a lot of long distance couples where their only way to reach that level of intimacy with each other is through sexting and I see nothing wrong with it, despite the fact that the law defines pictures of minors as child pornography. I know you're just trying to enforce that law and even if I find it to be a stupid one that it still is in fact a law, but I'm just saying that there's no reason to ban these kids for what they do outside of SFT.

its not entirely your place to decide what is right and wrong to do in THEIR community. and dpa is right, this can easily put him, tow, fear, saywhat and any other owner in jail if they allow this to happen w/o consequences. its not about right and wrong its about protecting the community and themselves

Actually, they're not deciding what's right and wrong in THEIR community once it branches out to personal relations and has nothing really to do with SFT anymore. Unless they're sending the pictures directly through the community's channels or like frac said using SFT strictly to do it then it isn't under their jurisdiction and they can't get into trouble for anything that happens outside of their realm. Just because people hear about the incident or the people involved met and play on the server doesn't mean the server is liable for any kind of backlash that may possibly occur.

Here's the thing. If these things actually remained private it wouldn't matter as much, because there wouldn't be anyone getting hurt, and the owners wouldn't have to get involved with these situations. The world isn't a magical wonderland of happiness where nothing bad ever happens, though. This stuff becomes public far too often, to the extent where we now have this rule.

Look at it this way: If a school found out that nudes were being shared among their students at the rate SFT is currently seeing, would the school ignore this issue, or would they create a new, very strict policy? They'd either create that policy or risk legal action taken against them. What about a summer camp? Same thing. Now apply that same logic to this community. If an issue comes to the attention of the owners, they need to take action. Sometimes they'll be able to contact the parents, though I imagine in most cases they won't be able to (unless the person in question was sharing their personal details like crazy), so beyond attempting to contact the parents banning the player is the best option. It keeps the people that are causing these issues out.

In the end, it isn't a matter of trying to control what people do outside of the community. It's a matter of not allowing people to use the community to engage in illegal activity. Is this activity happening via the forum's messaging system? In most cases, probably not. Either way, the community is being used as a place to meet people to engage in this activity though, and therein lies the problem. Think of it another way, if the community was being used by drug dealers to connect with their clientele and the owners chose to ignore it, would that be a legal issue for the community? Yes. In fact, I'm pretty sure there have been several websites that have been shut down and their operators imprisoned for that reason. This situation is no different, and in some cases one might even argue that this case is more severe.

I understand and agree to some degree.

I agree with your first point, but I don't think that people are using the community to engage in illegal activity. If they're using the server just to send nudes etc. then yes, I completely agree. However, I doubt that's how it is in every case. I think that mostly it's just kids wanting to feel better about themselves, get attention, or maybe just be more intimate with someone that they care about and know on SFT. Is sending nudes the best possible choice? No probably not but then again binge watching netflix and eating popcorn for a whole week probably isn't the best decision either and I definitely know there are a few of you who are guilty of that.

So, in case I haven't made this exact statement yet, I agree that if SFT is being used strictly for the reason of sending nudes then it is up to the server to decide if they want to act. However, if people just happened to meet on SFT and want to get to that level with eachother, whether or not it gets out, I don't think that warrants a ban. They made a mistake or maybe they were okay with their decision, but unless SFT is now Super Fun Tinder then I say let them do what they want even if it's a mistake. Educating them of the negative impact it could have would probably be a better way of preventing it, and if they still decide to do it and it backfires then that's their issue (unless, like I said, it was directly involved with SFT's channels or they were using SFT to do it bla bla bla).

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If they do something outside of SFT and then someone decides to tell you about it is not your responsibility to take action as it doesn't involve SFT at all. You're encouraging people to report this kind of thing and share skype logs which is an invasion of privacy whether you're doing the invading or not you're still encouraging it. In fact, leaks occur because someone doesn't keep it to themselves. It's not your responsibility to fight the exchange of nudes. Like I've said several times if it gets to the point where it's negatively impacting SFT and/or its players, then fine. But if a few kids want to send pictures to each other it's not your business.

Saying you can't send nudes or you'll be banned is an attempt to control what players do outside of the SFT realm and that's not right in my opinion. Same thing as saying "if I hear you guys have been eating macaroni you'll be banned because I don't like it." You're trying to control what people do when they're not in SFT's environment. Whether it's illegal or not that's not really your call. Obviously you can do whatever you want but you can't expect people to be okay with the fact that you're trying to say what they can and can't do outside of the server or they'll be banned. As I've said multiple times by now, I understand if it's flooding the server but as far as two kids sending nudes to each other it's seriously not your call. No matter how irresponsible it is or what the consequences could be. I know it's a stretch but it would be like banning someone because they drove recklessly. Irresponsible, illegal, and could have consequences, if you're using that as your argument.

Bottom line is, to me, it isn't right to say what people can/can't do outside of the server and if they break that rule they'll be banned. Again, if it situation finds itself literally right on SFT's doorstep and it's everywhere, I understand. Obviously I have no control over the situation but that's just what I honestly think.

It really doesn't matter. There's a line that shouldn't be crossed no matter the circumstance. Unless someone is trying to like literally murder another person, then there is no way that it's justified in my book.

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Theres a whole other situation behind this post that you don't, and won't ever understand as I'm not allowed to discuss it. Just trust that the actions that Towelie does of any of these situations is extremely justified. @td998

Invading the privacy of those were are not involved in THAT incident by trying to control what they do outside SFT's platform is not and will never be justified

I definitely remember there being talk of contacting the authorities, but it seems that's no longer the case which is a lot more reasonable. I definitely believe that kids should be aware of the dangers of sending but if they're aware and they decide to do it anyway then it's their decision. I don't really see how it's any of SFT's business. Sure, they should be told not to bring it into the community and be warned- but banning them because they did something that many kids do? I can't get on board with that. I understand that a teenager COULD go to jail or be put on the sex offender registry list but the number of cases of that pales in comparison to the number of those who are never prosecuted. Usually, those types of things occur in very conservative and/or religious environments, not that it matters.

Looking at the bigger picture, it's really not a big deal. Kids should know that once they send it out there that there's a chance it could be saved and then distributed; but if they're aware of the risks and decide to do it anyway then that's up to them, the recipient and their family. This gaming community has no right to interfere with that. Just because people on the server have heard that so and so sent pictures to so so doesn't warrant a ban. They're here to play a game and have fun and if they meet someone who they want to get on that level with that's not SFT's business. Kids will be kids and just because they met on this platform doesn't mean it can be placed to blame. I understand you want to protect SFT's reputation but if you're getting too involved with things kids do outside of the SFT realm I think that THAT warrants tarnishing. Unless the pictures were sent via forums or ingame or they ended up there somehow then SFT has no right to punish those involved. You do not control skype, or snapchat, or texts and have no right to ban them for things they do there. You could if you so desired but I really can't respect that. That's way too controlling. I can respect not wanting this kind of thing on the server, but invading privacy like that is too much. It's an illegal act but so are drugs, and there are plenty of people on SFT who drink underage/get high and it's not SFT's business to punish them for that as they are not law enforcement so how is this any different? Perma banning someone for reason "sending nudes" is honestly laughable. When I read the post I laughed about it with my boyfriend because the idea was so ridiculous to me, not to mention the amount of people that were in agreement. I was honestly appalled. Kids will be kids and you can't change that just because you want to throw out bans.

Why are some of these such specific species of lizard but there's not even like a horse option? lol

Y'all are being a little bit dramatic IMO. Teenagers are horny little things and no one has any right to invade their privacy if it hasn't directly come into contact with the SFT community. Now, should you send nudes to random people you met on minecraft? Nope, probably not. But if you trust the person you're sending it to and if you're not being a total retard and including your face/anything else that can identify you then I don't see why it's such a big deal. Nudes are technically child pornography but I've never heard of kids going to jail for sending titty pics. Anyone who knows me like that knows I'm not a nudes person, but I know plenty of people that are and I see nothing wrong with that unless it's to a point where it's like every kid in the county has seen your coochie.

wtf am I even talking about like this is a gaming community what even is this rn lol. Or, supposed to be.

But if the whole server knows you can't keep it in your pants then you've got a problem and you need to pls stop. and put your phone away, pull up your pants, and go outside. away from me. thx.

As someone who has received more nudes than I can count, 90-95% being completely unsolicited, I'm really not tryna see it and chances are it's like that for most of us.

But in all honestly, I think this whole thing is just way more dramatic than it needs to be. Idk the extent of the situation and I agree that people shouldn't be blasting their nudes and sending it to everyone in their address book- but a global ban with no chance of unban over a booty pic? That's just... way too extreme. And reaching out to the parents/authorities is ridiculous and no one here has any right to do that. You're not their parents or the police and hearing from a grown adult that your child is sending naked pictures is a little bit creepy if you ask me. I agree that a warning or maybe a ban if it persists should be issued if it's to the point where it's way too out of hand; but banning Johnny because Johnny sent a picture of his penis to Susie this one time is like We're a gaming community ?? Why's it our business ? And if Johnny continues sending pics to Susie, she can just block him. Maybe Johnny should be banned if he's spamming her as well as Jessica, Monica, Katie, and Anna w pics and it's basically harassment, but otherwise like... no dude.

This post is kinda all over the place bc I'm like taking part of 3 conversations and typing this after getting distracted so ya sry but that's just my 2 cents.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

GOt stabbed

It's boring. I only play when I have nothing else to do

Is one of only the few people still keeping this alive

I'm not gonna make vote rewards stupidly high again. All that does is to take everything from the game and just make it so you can vote and do nothing else and you're set with money.

Yet when the vote reward was "stupidly high" was when the server was the most popular...

There are better ways to fix the server than voting.. There used to be a lot of players in 2011, and old players are leaving because many of their favorite things are being changed/removed. Instead of asking people to vote, instead you should focus on asking them what they want. I know you've done that before, but in all honestly 90% of the time nothing happens.

And voting was a lot better when I voted once, and got 10k. Now I have to vote like 8 times and end up with 3 gold, 8 stained clay, 4 wool, 2 vote tokens and 2 enderpearls.

Suggestion for SFTMMO: at a certain enchantment skill level you could separate enchantments. Like if you have Eff V but also like Protection IV on the same book, you have to sacrifice one of them. I think at a certain level you should somehow be able to separate it into two different enchanted books. Or like if you get silk touch on a pick that you don't want, or punch on a bow (which happened to my last bow) you can take it off.

Second this. It'd be so handy.

Do not agree, would probably make stuff too op

How? Being able to remove unwanted enchantments wouldn't be op.

Suggestion for SFTMMO: at a certain enchantment skill level you could separate enchantments. Like if you have Eff V but also like Protection IV on the same book, you have to sacrifice one of them. I think at a certain level you should somehow be able to separate it into two different enchanted books. Or like if you get silk touch on a pick that you don't want, or punch on a bow (which happened to my last bow) you can take it off.

I loved the zombies server, a lot of people didn't know it existed though. If it were more popular it'd be gr8

It's been like 500 years since I posted here so yeah
also idk how I feel about this pic yet I might take it down