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    Anyone from the good ol' days here?

    After a few years away I was somewhat surprised to see that Narutobase was gone. What's up?
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    Forcing a religion on children is as bad as child abuse

    I think religious indoctrination is comparable to child molestation. Why? Because most of the religious people of the world are born into their religion and labeled from birth to represent a certain ideology. Thus they are left with no choice to analyze their religion before they choose it. The...
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    The differences between religious and non-religious brains.

    It has been a well known fact since the time of ancient Greeks that religion and science contradict each other. Now according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University and Babson College there is a reason why they contradict each other, it's because religion affects one's brain in a...
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    Guard at ‘terror target’ Belgian nuclear site killed, access badge stolen

    Two days after bomb attacks at Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear plant was murdered and his pass was stolen, Belgian media reported on Saturday. The French language Derniere Heure (DH) newspaper...
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    Let's talk about racism

    Is it a big problem nowadays? Or is it just a "weapon" used to lable those whom people don't agree with? While we're at it I might add that there is no genetic basis for racism as all humans are genetically identical (99,9%) so my another question is that is racism used on the wrong basis (a...
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    Bomb explosions at Brusselrs airport - 17 dead, 2 wounded

    Bomb explosions at Brusselrs airport - 17 dead, several wounded https://www.rt.com/news/336519-explosions-hit-brussels-airport/ 17 people have reportedly been killed and dozens wounded after two blasts rocked Brussels’ Zaventem airport. “There was an explosion, but we cannot say more," a...
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    The economic impacts of U.S presidential candidates

    Obviously taxing policy is a big part of the economy of a country and thus it's a big theme in the elections. Here's the detailed analysis of U.S tax foundation about the effects that each candidates taxing policies would have...
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    U.S presidential candidates speak at grade school level

    According to a new study from the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University that suggests that the linguistic complexity used in campaign speeches is comparable to the reading level of a middle school student (grades 6 to 8, covering ages 11 to 14). The study authors found...
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    National anthem

    A national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn, national song etc.) is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through...
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    Is anime just a form of escapism?

    Escapism= escape from the real world. In anime people are usually perfect, with perfect bodies and personalities. It's the ultimate fantasy world where fiction is performed by cartoon characters. Now if one were to hate the world we live in, what better way would there be to escape from it than...
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    Poll: 58% of “Liberals” Think People Should be Prosecuted For Criticizing Religion

    A poll of 4,015 people conducted by Populus for the Fear and HOPE 2016 report found that only 54% agreed people should be "allowed" to say what they believe about religion. 46% said there "some things" that you should "not be able to say about religion". Those who were considered to be...
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    The most terrible events in history

    We are the most intelligent species on Earth, but sometimes we forget that we are part of a species that did unspeakable, horrible acts in the past. So, for us not forget these atrocities, here's a quick history lesson: ~~ -Holocaust (1941-1945): 6 million jews, including 1 million children...
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    Anonymous declares war on Donald Trump

    What do you think? Ciavyc6bE7A
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    Refugee crisis: Eastern Europe shuts down it's boarders

    Refugee crisis: Eastern Europe shuts down it's borders The latest turn of events in this is crisis is that we are seeing goverments around Europe starting to make some hard decisions conserning the refugee flow: Macedonia closes its doors 'completely' to migrants trapped in Greece after...
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    What are you waiting for?

    Have you ever found or do you currently find yourself in situation where you are stuck doing something you don't quite like, where your life is just existing, following the same routines over and over again and making sure that you stay inside your comfort zone? mgmVOuLgFB0 Do you think you...
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    High school teachers make a music video for school seniors:

    This is a video about Finnish high school teachers making a spirit raising parody video to high school seniors (=candidates for matriculation examination). Backround: In Finland going to high schoo is not mandatory and as a result only 49% of the nation have had high school education and the...
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    Making a murderer

    ~~WARNING -- SPOILERS -- DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY ~~ I suppose that atleast some of you have seen the Netflix documentary of Steven Avery. As many others I found it interesting and it seemed like a badly written mystery story, no one would've believe it if it wouldn't...
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    What are you?

    Out of pure curiosity, I'd like to know what portion of NB have certain views (listed above). Also it'd be cool to know why you chose that specific worldview as your own and what is your backround. I myself am an atheist and more specifically agnostic atheist as I don't believe in any deity but...
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    The Flying Spaghetti Monster

    "The central creation myth is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe "after drinking heavily". According to these beliefs, the Monster's intoxication was the cause for a flawed Earth. Furthermore, according to Pastafarianism, all evidence for evolution...
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    What are you studying?

    Are there other college/university students here? If so what are you majoring in and where are you studying? How has studenf life been for you? I'm currently studying in a university of applied sciences to get my bachelor's degree on emergency nursing. Which means paramedic. So far I'm loving...
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