ryanmccauley38

Honestly, man... I'm not sure you REALLY understand what a hot-zone JP is for earthquakes... Saying you know it and then following up with "a 95% chance of an earthquake there in the next 3 years" kind of makes me think that you're getting your information mostly from opinions and not hard data. And I was just trying to find something that would say that it happens A LOT more often than you've suggested... Also, you can be offended by my wording; I don't mind. I was just trying to let you know so you wouldn't have a haemmorhage about... reality? You'd be really disappointed if you'd gone on hoping for a three-year, earthquake-free, break for Japan, right? I don't know how I would have been being personal about it though... I don't even know you, mate. Plus, I wouldn't even imagine Japanese people to spend their time hoping for something like that, when they know what the local geology is like. But you are right about my misreading the point of citing opinion polls and not facts. You seem so zealous about this as something we all need to be worried about that I just connected the two as information you were using to bolster your case. My bad. But that very well does negate a fair amount of what I said in turn, as you weren't citing that stuff as fact. On the other hand, I think you mistook my anecdote about going to JP and eating seafood a bit too seriously. I simply wanted to imply that it wasn't so bad that everything was inherently unsafe. Naturally, you'd expect with a nuclear disaster, some increase in cancer rates, but it isn't so bad that suddenly all of JP is and soon the rest of us associated with Pacific life will come to our knees with the compounded radiation. From all I've heard about the situation everything from radiation measurements to cancer rates have all stayed below the lines drawn by Chernobyl and the world is still standing and churning well on after that. As for all your questions, I can only say that just because I've insinuated that you, as a fourteen year-old (if your account accurately states your age), PROBABLY don't know all the nuance intricacies of nuclear sciences, it doesn't mean my challenge also comes with some chip on MY shoulder saying I am the knowledge keeper. I certainly don't have the answers, and I don't imagine that you do either, however much you seem to thing you do. But for someone who would also claim to not be an expert, you sure seem adamant about how unsafe all forms of nuclear energy are. I mean... correct me if I'm wrong, someone, but isn't the whole world powered by nuclear-solar energy... and isn't fusion-power the future of humanity? Kiddo, there are LOTS of things even experts don't know about nuclear energy. That's why people still study it. You literally cannot be so sure because you're simply not a good enough authority on the subject. Is that critical enough for you, or am I also guilty of jumping to too many excessive conclusions? Just a question, but do you ever read anything that DOESN'T support your views? There's a lot of interesting stuff out there.

Sorry to burst your bubble, mate, but Japan is an earthquake hotspot and has always been for as long as there have been islands for Japanese and pre-Japanese cultures to be there. Given the slow rate of geologic changes throughout the history of the planet, it will probably remain that way for as long as you can even imagine, and will probably only be different for people living in a future where our current world-maps are more ancient than OUR most ancient human artefacts. Also, there's probably more truth in the statement that the US is freaking out because they've not much else to worry about simply because most of us are NOT nuclear physicists. For one, I'd be a lot more sceptical about those bits you shared about South Korea and China's opinions on the matter; for one, 90% of SK-citizens found JP sourced food to be unsafe? Are you insinuating that 90% of South Koreans are adequate nuclear physicists, toxicologists, or anything specifically related to the subject of irradiated foodstuffs? Now, I've never been to SK, but for one, I know a fair amount of people from there and have tried to learn a thing or two about their culture and society. With only two major cities in the country, I find it LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE for such a high statistic to be of any relevance to anything. Would you give a shit if a stat said that 100% of rednecks say that black people aren't people? What could make you think that a SK denizen from the more rural portions of the country knows much of anything on the subject off-handedly? And I've been to JP SINCE the Fukushima event, and reality isn't in shambles there. People still eat seafood like it's nobody's business, and there weren't mutants crawling out of the sewers trying to exact their revenge on an impotent Abe government. In fact, I pretty much ate nothing BUT seafood, and I'm not dead yet from the untold amounts of radioactive waste now undoubtedly coursing through my entire system. Plus, when AU is busy selling their land to the Chinese because they've not been able to manage their agricultural businesses out there properly, what's to say that the food from there is any better? And it was only last year that there was that toxic baby-formula coming out of NZ. What do any of us know just from reading a few articles on the web. Sure you may think you've read a lot more than most people, but still, those ONLY represent someone else's opinion. Read some scientific theses and wow us all with your supreme grasp on all the major points of nuclear studies beforehand next time, please, before just citing a few percentages of commoner opinions and calling it evidence. As for China... just look up a little about both their history with JP and how foreign relations have gone between the two nations over the centuries, AND look up their history with environmental concerns. You'll not be able to take any of what you quoted seriously if you only knew. I could expand, but seriously, there's no point (zero) in taking official Chinese statements about environmental concerns, ESPECIALLY if it's directed towards Japan. Seriously. Regarding OUR side of the pond, just because there are known increases in radiation along the coasts, doesn't mean that it's due to Fukushima. If you're trying to talk about serious science, you should know that correlation does not mean causation. Remember, literally EVERYTHING is radioactive. Put a Geiger counter next to a rock you found in your yard, it will still make noise. Put it to a banana peel and it will beep harder. Who knows why or what is causing radiation to increase anywhere. Maybe climate change issues make our planet's surface more susceptible to radiation bombardment from the entire cosmos around our thin-ass atmosphere. Maybe a lot of composting hippies have started burying banana peels on the beaches to promote healthy palm growth. Whatever the case is, we just don't know. I wouldn't be so quick to accuse folk of "speak[ing] out of your ass" when citing material that could just as easily be others speaking out of THEIR arses.

Cooooool stuff. I'm looking forward to this LP.

This stuff gets annoying at times, especially when the user is posting heavily in a particular thread, but melvin scam's sig is alright in my books. I could look at space pictures all day and be content, so this one doesn't really bother me personally.

If weren't so broke right now, I would. I've got $20 and that's it, so I probably shouldn't. Sign me up for either the C&C LP or the other BN LP that are within the $75 range; I like a good surprise, so you choose which one (assuming no one's put their names down already).

I didn't do $85, but if no one jumps on that TDAG would a $75 pledge work?

Nevermind. I just switched to the test pressing. That just makes it easier. Plus there's RSD and Weed Day coming up... I can't forget about all the money that shit's going to drain...

I just went for the lathe, but I think I want to go for the test if this will let me do more than one option. Help me out?

I've had people message me with intentions of buying one record in the now, and coming back later on to pick up others. This sort of tactic worked beautifully for us since they saved on shipping, and I saved on packing supplies (and I generally use a lot compared to what I see coming in to me). If you know the other person well enough to trust them, or are just a naively trusting person, I can say that this is a pretty good way to save money; whether you do it how I did it (just out of your personal stash) or as OP is suggesting, I recommend it.

Anyone want to help me out with two copies? I want one, and I've got a buddy who just moved back home to Korea who would lose his shit for one of these. Please and thanks!

I SEE MINE! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! \m/

Craving...

Adai Aeronautix Braveyoung The Bulletproof Tiger Caspian Chiaroscuro Crippled Black Phoenix Deadhorse Drewsif Stalin's Musical Endeavors Ef Eluvium Enemies Explosions In The Sky Fly Pan Am Fura Giants God Is An Astronaut Godspeed You! Black Emperor Grails Lymbyc Systym Maserati Mogwai Mudy On The ð”Ó Neil On Impression Pelican Post Harbor Red Sparowes A Silver Mt. Zion Stubborn Tiny Lights Vs. Clustering Darkness Forever OK? This Will Destroy You Time.Space.Repeat. tornaHdo Tortoise World's End Girlfriend

Naw. It was just a hodgepodge between extras of the normal gatefold jacket and extra copies of the clear orange vinyl.

Moreso than the /10 version?