unimpressed

yeah 1 in 200 men are offspring from him

Chinggis Khan.

I'm surprised more people do not know why so many are direct descendants of Genghis Khan, sure he raped a lot of women, but the real reason was that he had a Harem of at least a couple hundred women, if not thousands. This contributed to a lot of bastards. However, his 4 legitimate sons who shared Mongolia after Genghis Khan ALSO had harems with hundreds of women, and their children in turn ALSO had harems with many women. This is the reason why so many people are descendants from Ghengis Khan.

>hundreds of women
>hundreds of
>hundreds

i get alot of annotations :(

If you had to give it a number, would you say...Hundreds of notifications?

Penis thread?
Ohgod, plzno.

I think it's 0.05% chance of being related to him if you have Chinese heritage.

672065 People or so.

"Religion" is Nicholas Copernicus. He challenged the universally accepted idea that the earth revolved around the sun by stating that it was more likely that it was the other way around. Of course, he got a lot of shit from many other people, but he was right.

You got that backwards mate. The generally accepted fact around the globe was that the earth was the center of the universe, and every other planet revolved around it. Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei where two of the people to come with the other theory. I believe that Galileo was found guilty of heresy, and placed in house arrest where he died. Not too sure about Copernicus.

"He challenged the universally accepted idea that the earth revolved around the sun by stating that it was more likely that it was the other way around."
... i... well... I'm no expert, but I was quite convinced that it actually DOES.

Had a case of dyslexia there :P

Nope, it's copernicus

Not 100% but I would guess the religion one is Martin Luther who nailed a list of all the problems he had with the church to their door despite their unreasonable power at the time and the social and political backlash that was inevitably going to come back on him.

Luther was a hero of sorts for standing up to the Catholic church that had brought about the dark ages through it's abuse of power and forced them to reform under the public eye.

but actually it is Copernicus....I like mine better...

i looked it up it's Genghis khan
you know there's a five percent chance you're related to him

What now, negro?

I DID IT.

FEAR ME. FEAR ME AND MY COMPUTER SKILLS. I AM SUCH A HACKER. DOHOHOHO.

mac master race. or custom windows selection color. or linux with red selection. mfw everyone could be red.

How... HOW?!

Joke's on you. Mine is grey.

Terrell Suggs.

lol'd

So what you're saying is... he started a shitstorm.

Forgot to sign in!

He was the straw that broke the camels back.

I'm sorry but who is that?

Copernicus

thank you

Good question

No no, you're right. My thoughts are exactly the same.

incorrect, he inherited a small fraction of what he ballooned it into through poor economic practice as a result of ignorance and insufficient ability to perform the job which he was appointed to do.

Yes, 11 trillion dollars that built up before he took office is a "small" amount. Herp da derp!

wrong again, it did not build up before he was in office, it was a direct result of his decisions regardless of how his cabinet may attempt to spin it or falsify numbers in order to save face. Debt does not magically accumulate and a billion dollars is a lot of money, we are talking about what is now almost 17 TRILLION, so you can stick to your guns and believe in all the gimmicky "hope", "change" and continue to move "forward" but it will just be to greater economic turmoil. He is not the man for the job.

Really? So the debt that accrued due to Bush Jr's unfunded wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus rebuilding those nations in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, in addition to the first bail outs that were passed under Bush Jr (which totaled 11 trillion dollars), that's just fiction right?

Please, try actually knowing what you are talking about, it helps you not look retarded.

Your confrontational language does not help to reinforce your point, you only look like the stereotypical angry guy on the internet. If you were capable of having a calm discussion and not a belligerent argument riddled with insults in place of cited fact then perhaps I could take your statement seriously.

Yet clearly you can't debunk the fact that the majority of the national debt has been caused by two unfunded wars and the reconstruction of those nations.

Which was caused by Bush Jr not only starting two wars, but not raising taxes to pay for said wars, unlike what we have done in literally every other war we have fought.

But no, keep going on with the Republican myth that the debt mysteriously appeared after the black guy got elected. Its doing great things for your image with the public!

Just keep on drinking the koolaid.

I stand by neither party, they both move towards the same end and only exist to divide the nation and stifle independent parties. At any point in time obama could have withdrawn troops, but instead he spread the war, which is why I now have friends and my brother being stationed in countries like libya, tunisia and saudi arabia without any reason as to why. It's not enough to watch debt accumulate on a ticker and shrug and blame a prior itemsistration, he is in his second term now, it's time to take accountability and stop trying to pass the buck. Blaming bush solves nothing at this point, the fact of the matter is that he has NOT remedied any situation, he has only facilitated the growth of problems and allowed the to grow out of control. So use your fashionable phrases like "drinking the koolaid" and damn republicans or democrats, but it does not aid the situation or take from the fact that he has not done his job. Honestly I believe that the cabinet should be relieved and economic specialists should be appointed to chip away at the debt block by block in order to work towards a more calculated improvement.

its kinda hard to get shit done when congress does everything in their power to get rid of you tho

It may be time to put congress in check then

And when was the last time one person did that?

Relieved congress of power?

Yes, it's not an easy task if you didnt know, lol

say it ain't so!

ok then, so u understand obamas pain then? lol

He isn't trying to do that, I don't care for obama as a person or a politician so his pain is all but irrelevant to me. If it's too much for him he should step down and allow someone who can handle it to take over. You will not sway me to sympathize with anything in favor of him, so it's a wasted effort, of course I haven't cared for any president since Kennedy. I honestly don't believe democracy in America works anymore.

ok, you seem to think its so easy, why dont you do something? It's not like he can just be like "ok, im president now, do what i say or else" Do you know how hard it would be to convince congress to work with you when most of them have made it clear they don't wanna work with you and see you as a "muslim socialist kenyan antichrist nazi"?

You're missing my point, he is irrelevant to the problem. The problem is that democracy in America had decayed and twisted to cater to politicians, not the people. My point is that I don't believe that democracy works in America anymore and that we woud be better served with a republic, similar to that of ancient Rome, if not refined to suit more modern times.

ok, well i can agree with you there. im not sure about a republic but i do agree, we need to change our political system so the people come first

agreed

good, glad we can agree on something, lol. anyway, on an unrelated note, what does your username mean?

I am a Sephardic-Aztec Jew, hence the name, kinda self explanatory but it also references what my advisor put on my applications to art schools because he thought it would give me a hook. I knew being born me would pay off eventually.

Ribbed for you rplessure.

I don't need swag I have MOJO

and the iditarod just finished. here is a feel great story about a sled dog, if youre interested:

www.adn.com/2013/03/15/2825548/the-long-journey-home-for-may.html

damm. my links arent working. the internet is hard.

Dat username

He was #1

Sadly some do though :/

most people act like theyre whitty and smart. some of the jokes are pretty good i must admit, but other than the gems the people who challenge religion on the internet come off as snobby. thumb me down if you want im not being cancerous, ignorant or angry. im just stating a fact

I'm not arguing that we don't act arrogant.
I act like I'm on top of the world.
But they said "balls of steel" as if it's bravery that we feel.
I'll tell you, it takes little to no courage to state your opinion, no matter how controversial:
Babies are disgusting, and I think we should have mandatory abortion for some parents.
I think war is a fantastic way to control population.
If I don't see a way to benefit from a friendship, I don't go out of my way to be nice to them.
See, how easy it is to state your controversial opinions. (Those are my actual opinions)

to tell you the truth not all of those are bad ideas, but yeah i understand what you mean. they should change it to "you must be so cool" or something. im also not arguing that some religious people didnt do stupid stuff.

Agreed.

i challenge religion to a Pokemon battle!

Go Arbok!

Fine, GO ALAKAZAM

Sounds pretty sweet though...