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Wow that's not very nice

The realization is hard at first, but the truth is much sturdier to stand on.

[link to transcript](http://tangibleinfo.blogspot.com/2006/11/noam-chomsky-lecture-from-1970-full.html)

This is precisely what I was searching for. Upvoted for submitting.

Good try, but it didn't really work.

I can't believe people actually found this funny. He was barely mediocre. On the upside, I finally know the answer to that SAT question I couldn't figure out: ___________ is to Redditors as Twilight is to teenage girls.

So where do you draw the line not being a hypocrite? Do you rescue every bug you see? I assume you eat crops (grains, beans, corn) - do you know that millions of mice, rabbits, snakes are killed every year by combines in harvest? One study showed that a single operation (one pass!) of mowing caused a 50% drop in the vole population. herbicides and pesticide do even more harm to wildlife and the environment. Those deaths are needless too if you would just grow your own food instead of getting it from these evil farmers. In fact, raising beef cattle is less damaging to wildlife because there's less intrusion into the fields, and far fewer numbers of animals are 'needlessly' killed.

It's pretty easy to draw the line. You draw the line at INTENTIONAL killing, and you try to minimize even the unintentional killing. "In fact, raising beef cattle is less damaging to wildlife because there's less intrusion into the fields, and far fewer numbers of animals are 'needlessly' killed." This is complete nonsense, because in addition to the cattle being killed, there are all the voles, mice, rabbits, snakes, etc., you mentioned that are killed in the process of growing grain/corn/alfalfa to feed the cattle, so eating meat is essentially promoting a double level of killing. But you justify it however you want to.

My personal problem with most Indian and Asian vegetarian food is they seem to just kill it all with hot and spicy sauces. So most Indian vegetarian food winds up tasting the same to me; it tastes like burning.

Get them to make it mild and gradually increase your tolerance. After you build it up a bit it will add a whole new dimension of flavor that you can't appreciate until you get past the burning stage.

It's worth noting (and probably obvious) that if you disguise as a scout, you don't run as fast as one.

Yeah, as a Spy if you disguise as a quicker class (Scout, Medic) you won't move any faster, but if you disguise as a slower class (Demoman, Soldier, and Heavy) you will move slower. Of course, the Medic and Demoman only move 7% faster and slower, respectively, so the difference is minimal. In fact, I think most people would agree the Demoman is a good general purpose disguise. Pyro is probably the most common general purpose disguise due to 100% moving speed and warding off off enemy Spies, but it can quickly wear thin.

I want a Ron Paul one and a Bush one, and have them facing off.

[This](http://wonkette.com/assets/resources/2007/05/bushit.jpg) is still my favorite Bush/Shit image.

The player would resolve conflicts between parties. Aside from that, the player could check graphs on the city's progress as all its components jibed together in harmony without the need for intervention, like an ant colony with no queen.

If the parties' conflict is intractable, what does the player do? What force can/should they use?

Better entitled: "God, I'd like to file a bug report."

IDGI, it doesn't break any law of physics. If that ruler would be actually extension of that hammer (no two separate objects, but just one, shaped the same way) then I'm pretty sure nobody would find anything amazing about it.

The ,'s in your comment make interesting diagonal whitespace lines that disappear when I scroll the page. Upvoted.

Try changing your font size up and down to get new patterns..

This article implies that our current foreign policy is that of which only the neoconservatives endorse which is false, I just heard the other day from Obama that nothing is off the table when it comes to Iran, which btw that includes the use of nukes.

That's the kind of code politicians have to speak in. It means I'll negotiate but I'm not a huge pussy. Obama isn't going to be sneaking an Iran attack in, I predict.

Four years for $500 MILLION? Really? I know a guy who got six for stealing a TV and a DVD player. It must be nice to be filthy rich and able to afford a good attorney. It makes me sick, this is bullshit. These assholes should be burnt at the stake.

4 YEARS??!?! BURN THE WITCH!!!!

Imagine there was someone special to you that you wanted to bring along, but you had to come to get them first.

Not a problem for a psychopathic introvert.

it would be nice if we could at least be able to specify a 'balance buddy' or something so we can stick with a friend.

Not sure why you are getting downvoted, this is actually a pretty good idea. I often connect to the server with a good friend (BrockTucker), and everytime I get autobalanced off his team I usually have to end up going spectator for a few minutes for a spot to open back up. It's too bad this is most likely very challenging to implement.

Macedonia is a geographical area and most of it is part of Greece. The term Macedonia is used throughout history to describe part of Greece and the greek kingdom of Macedonia(of Alexander the Great). Just because some slavic origin newly established country feels like stealing the name and the history of Greece, doesnt mean that you should help them to. Next time use the term Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia(FYROM). Personally i think the best term would have been something like Slavomacedonia, since these people are of slavic origin and they live in the northen part of Macedonia.

Greeks need to lighten up. You're not ruling the world anymore. Get over it.

Her parents must be so proud. Seriously, you know you've done something wrong in life when you're in *this* kind of porn.

In which sort of porn you *should* appear in order to know you did it right?

I'm trying to broaden this whole paradox, so call me out on it if this isn't allowed. With that in mind, could the paradox be rephrased, "Can you intend to do that which you have no reason to do?" Then I will say emphatically, "NO!" I tried to come up with something silly, like intending to flip 7 coins for no reason. But alas, this has a reason, this reason being to do that which has no reason. So by intending, I give it reason. Or is it by reason, I give intention? Oh my, I think I now see why this is a paradox. However, upon thinking about what I just said, I could, in fact, still intend to drink the toxin or eat my poisoned lunch. For I have a reason, that reason being to have intention.

What if the stakes were so high that you know, when the time comes, just having previously intended to do it won’t be enough incentive? Take the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac: suppose Abraham knows that God doesn’t *really* want him to sacrifice his son—he just wants Abraham’s sincere commitment to do so. Could Abraham sincerely resolve to kill his son if he knew beforehand that God would release him from the commitment as soon as he makes it?

Bethesda?

No. Absolutely not. They are the perfect example of massive world and asset production with no idea how to tweak their quests and gameplay properly.

Hmmmm. But that requires "loveable." (I'm kidding, really he's a sweetheart, and he COOKS, but the permanent installation on my couch has ceased to have much aesthetic value)

Do you want him to be more sporty, more artistic, more career driven or what? At risk of betraying my gender, you could try casually mentioning how attractive you find another guy that shares those qualities, ideally somebody not too far above him so it's an achievable goal. This is probably playing with fire and could easily go horribly wrong though.

Just a random thought on l33t sp34k. Seriously, call me a complete buffoon if you wish but I always figured l337 speak was just for novelty purposes and done on forums or when you didn't need to quickly convey a message. In all my years of internet usage I have never actually met anyone who truly typed in *"leet"*, do people actually use this in an attempt to talk in code to other people. _ and yes that is a serious question. And yes I realize that Numb3rs was hollywoodizing IRC, I've used it many times.

I think it's an attempt by 12 year olds to keep their parents from reading what they're saying.

I'm a vegetarian because i feel it's wrong and unnecessary to kill another living creature simply because they taste good. infant with a side of puppy and manatee gravy may be delicious, but none (there will be jokes, i know) of you would eat it because it's wrong to eat a human baby despite the taste. that's how i feel about eating animals. i feel that humans are the most sophisticated animals on the planet, but unlike some people, who feel that that gives us a right to kill lesser species, i think that we have the responsibility to be peaceful and obtain our protein elsewhere. It is completely within our power to get all the protein we need from alternate sources that are most likely healthier options anyways. I've only been a vegetarian for about 8 months, but i cut meat out completely after a single afternoon of thinking about it. i used to eat steak 4-6 times a week. i used to make fun of my vegetarian friends. I choose to still eat eggs and drink milk because nothing is killed in the process (the treatment of the animals is a human problem and not inherent to consuming the goods). i've never once told anyone they should become a vegetarian and i usually keep it to myself until i'm offered meat. i dont mind it at all when people eat meat around me.

It is not true that there is nothing killed in the process of producing eggs and milk. Male chickens are killed because they cannot produce eggs while male cows born from dairy cows are sent off to the veal crates to become food. Check out [humanemyth.org](http://www.humanemyth.org) for more info.

How the hell did Portishead get so popular? They aren't that great.

Agreed.

I can't even imagine that kind of pain. I've never broken/dislocated anything ever. My elbow hurts just looking at those pictures.

I've broken my arm before. Didn't feel a thing, it's like your body knows when excrutiating pain isn't helpful, and shuts it down. My arm went completely numb. Now, when I got to the hospital, and the doctor snapped it back in place. That hurt.

Same happens where I am in the UK too, although frankly I don't think it requires especially clean water. By the way, if you massively over heat milk (but not to the point it boils over) adding sugar or honey etc.. can also cause a flash boil. It's fun. Just don't stick your fingers in it.

ABORT! Not sticking finger in super-heated water. Thanks. That was a close one.

I bet I could watch for 100 hours.

If you can't, don't feel badly about yourself. With my special training program, anyone can watch 100 hours in 7 weeks.

Well, the wife apparently has a dismembered hand resting on her shoulder. It's *somewhat* shoddy. Because I'm such a people pleaser, [I made this one for you](http://i.imgur.com/xxocQ.jpg).

both of them: perfect!

Cyberpunk is the map everybody needs to play once. Then never again.

I played Cyperpunk once, and it was fun; I will never play Cyberpunk again.

Considering that the girl wears shoe dresses, Kermit coats and elephant hairdos, I don't think it's a stretch to say she'd pretend to be a hermaphrodite for publicity. That said, I'd still like to see the sex tape. Her and Jame Lee Curtis.

I'm more inclined to believe this than her going commando on stage (with or without hermaphrodite equipment)

Ok that was way too obscure for me.

Don't worry, you're not alone.

I can't tell from the article if they were irresponsible. It says they used the money to start a construction business. If they did that rather than to buy consumer good then they were taking a reasonable risk. 3 years ago construction would have seemed like a good business.

Three years ago it WAS a good business. But there's a certain mentality that says if you failed, you must have deserved it. It's the new Calvinism of the Internet.

It is a feature if you are a total square and don't want drunk people being loud and having fun in a room next to you or around the hotel pool and such. I wouldn't stay there though...I gotta drink when I travel.

>I gotta drink when I travel. So does virtually every business traveler. What is the point of not getting drunk when you are alone in a hotel room?

See this video: [Naomi Wolf on real vs. fake mass protests](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoYahriXBGo). In her research, she found that *mass protest* **always** *works* **if** *you stop traffic and shut down business as usual*. Otherwise, it does *fuck-all*. Unfortunately, we've outlawed all mass protest practices that could stop traffic or shut down business as usual, so we've outlawed effective protests.

Why is it unfortunate that people have to persuade without hurting bystanders?

The test is a bit unfair: The Phenom setup gets DDR2 memory, while the Intel gets DDR3 memory. Memory data transfer rates therefore on the Phenom are expected to be slower, which will likely negatively affect its speed rating on any test that involves swapping data between the CPU and memory.

But the AMD chip doesn't support DDR3 memory. It's a totally fair test. If we test a Mustang against a Subaru STi, you cannot claim it's unfair for the STi to use a turbocharger when the Mustang doesn't support one. It's not Intel, or the reviewers fault that AMD has yet to implement DDR3 capability.

Can you share some of them.

Will if I can. I took video, but the audio is horrible due to my placement in the audience. I'll see what I can salvage from it.

i went to see saw 5, some lady actually brought her kid and was sitting in the back. the kid was screaming and laughing the whole time and when the attendant came too check, you could hear her quiet the kid down and as soon as he left the kid would start up again. i almost raged at her and left the theater, unfortunately im very patient

Haha that sucks! I was in the same situation. We all decided to go watch the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre (!!) and sure enough some fat OX with her 5 kids comes barreling down the isle and plants her and her kids right in front of us. The ENTIRE movie consisted of absolutely freaked out child shrills. The lady did nothing but laugh. We finally had to leave because we couldn't take the screaming anymore. Luckily we knew the manager and got our money back.

No. You're lumping together a large group of people, filled with many sub-groups who all have varying problems with many parts of the mainstream right party. The vast majority agree with 70+% of democratic social views but stop at large government and anti-business practices.

And therein is the problem: They support the Revolutionary logic that has afflicted the west for several centuries now.

Gotta disagree. I've had more than one opportunity to eat one. I finally gave in and it was so wrong on a textural level, I choked. And the flavor was just of...ugh. I'm sure some of it was because of what I was eating but I do know that I wouldn't want it as a flavor of ice cream.

If know one knows what balut is. The sisiw ("chic") is a developed fertilized egg that hasn't hatched and is still inside. Traditionally duck eggs are harvested. Boiled. Crack it open. Sip out the "juice". Adding a bit of salt or vinegar. Bite down. Chew it. Drink some beer. Feathery texture. Soft bones and beak. The neck's boney texture can be felt as it enters your mouth. I think feeling the bone structure inside your mouth really puts people off. Just go ahead and get it down fast. Bones are cartilage soft and there is no real feathers yet. My mom doesn't eat the sisiw. But I do. It doesn't taste bland, so people are put off by it. Doesn't really compare to any distinct meat flavour. If you only eat the basic meats : pork, chicken, beef, fish, turkey... You shouldn't eat it if you are put off by eating: goat, sheep, internal organs of animals, lizards or insects... or put off by flavors that don't match the previous list. Good luck to everyone else.

A do it yourself version can't be that hard, i'm thinking grip an ice cold beer every half hour while working out? Seriously, any thoughts on how to mimic this in a DIY form?

Or just wear actual gloves, and dip them in a pail of water.

Awesome! Thanks!

Although we recommend starting from the beginning, be aware that the first couple of books are simply satires of the fantasy genre. As the series progresses he uses the Discworld as a metaphor to satirize much in modern culture. Skipping to the 'good stuff' means your appreciation of him cannot evolve as his writing does, which is how many of us experienced it. Don't ignore non-Discworld books out of hand. Good Omens (written with Neil Gaiman) is awesome. The Gnome trilogy, although written for children, is also well worth the time. Sam Raimi has been rumored to direct a film version.

Yep, they also allow you to buy systems without any adware or trial version software on them.

[Indeed they do.](http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs)

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It is genuinely sad that people cite wikipedia and yahoo answers rather than original source material.

Trust me....I've tried it all. We peeled away all of her excuses and it just came down to: shes not in the mood. Most of my friends seem to be in the same boat. You guys make it seem like it is not as normal as I first thought?

I really think it varies from person to person (and couple to couple). Different people have different sex drives... which can be annoying sometimes.

the society you envision is one in which people will forever be marveling at seashells while dying of diseases evil greedy corporations cured decades ago.

right, well how is that a problem? people still marvel at seashells now we just dont see them as valuable, and people are still dying from disease that evil greedy corporations cured decades ago. I am not blaming all the worlds ills on corporations, after all they were made in our image, the point is the rules that govern the behaviour of corporations were created by us and they can be changed by us. They exist with the sole purpose of generating profit, all we need to do is change what is seen as valuable and corporations become good overnight.

I like the Urchin metrics in the linked URL. How's campaign 111208917 going, pappajohn1969?

What's with the inside baseball?

I am too. Usually with a 10-1 Sci Fi - Fantasy for what I read. Every once in a while I like to check into the fantasy realm just for a change of pace. In Sci Fi, my favorite authors are Phillip K Dick, Hal Clement, Isaac Asimov, and the occasional Orson Scott Card novel or Alan Dean Foster novel. Any suggestions for something new to read?

Sure, but I need more info on what you might like. Check /r/scifi regularly or search the archives for "book you liked best" or "please recommend a new book" threads. You will find incredible amounts of good books there. If you're lost check the Hugo and Nebula award winners. Can't go wrong here... but you miss out on older stuff. Let me give you some "fundamentals" that I feel anyone caring for scifi should read (and that you haven't included through the authors above). There's a reason for reading every one of them, I can elaborate on anyone if you are interested. In no particular order of preference: * Rendezvous with Rama * Ringworld * Starship troopers * Dune * Hitchhikers' guide to the galaxy * Old man's war * Forever war * Armor * Neuromancer * Snowcrash * 1984 (you will be depressed) * 2001 Also, watch Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. It will blow your mind.

Are you being prevented from bringing those solar panels across the border?

1. Many American stores dont sell them across the border (for various reasons) 2. Many things CAN NOT be shipped across the border. Solar panels yes, not everything. Which means I require people with expensive lisences to import them 3. The government will still tax me out the arse. 4. Shipping on that's a bitch. Companies ship in bulk so it's not as expensive but for me to order one large item... can get costly. Not to mention that shipping 100km across the border can double or triple the cost when the shipping distance might actually be LESS.

Hiya, I'm a dev/creator of Gang Garrison, figured I'd stop by to say hello. We just released a [new update](http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=14142.0) over the weekend, it's got a ton of nifty new features and you should totally check it out. A few people have been having trouble getting the game to run, if you are experiencing issues, check out [this thread](http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=14384.msg265955#new) for potential solutions. Enjoy!

IAMA!!!

Not quite. Try 1:10^80. We're talking about odds here.

it was a math pun

Tradition I think is fine until it becomes savage and barbaric, like this. India has a rich culture and very interesting history... but no amount of culture, art, and architecture can make up for a savage society. The sad thing is, America is mocked for being such a "young" nation compared to others... yet we've evolved past the point of needing to throw people under trains to defend an ancient traditional system of discrimination. So why is it these other nations whom have been around for centuries or millennia mock us for our age, when they themselves commit these heinous acts upon humanity?

I resent you making the generic statement that _India_ is a savage society. This atrocity happened in very impoverished part of the nation. I'm sure very heinous acts happen in impoverished parts of the developed world. From personal experience, in many of the places I've been to in India, people aren't necessarily wealthy and polished like upper-class Westerners, but are very hospitable.

Does not weigh more than a Mini Cooper, it weighs more than a mini car. The pumpkins is 1457lbs, a Mini Cooper is about 1000lbs more.

I think that meant the old mini

The father of one of my closest friends used to own a chain of porn video rental stores in the town where we grew up. He had the same problem, with Christians picketing outside his businesses and humiliating any and all potential customers. He came up with a rather elegant solution to the problem. He called up one of the local radio stations and spoke to the owner (who happened to be a friend of his). He asked the station to make an announcement that as long as there were Christians protesting outside their stores, all video rentals would be one hundred percent free! Within a few minuted the parking lot started to fill and the Christians were massively outnumbered. They very quickly lost heart and never returned.

This is a really awesome idea, but couldn't the protesters easily put them out of business just by being in front of the store all the time?

Uhm, I find that it works just fine. Hmm..

Here's an article about the patch and several comments below expressing people still having troubles: http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/01/21/gears-of-war-2-patched-glitches-fixed-achievements-added/ So you have a game that was unplayable on release. Had to have two major patches in two months and people are still complaining. If that's fine for you, you have low expectations. I sincerely hope you're not ignorant enough to assume that if the game works fine for you it works fine for everyone as that is most obviously not the case.

From someone who used to read SF avidly as a kid ... 1 The real world is just as fascinating 2 Life is too short to spend inside someone else's head 3 I could write better SF than some books I read as a kid 4 You actually grow out of SF, but you carry the ideas forever and they do enrich your life at an imaginative level, sometimes, sorta, maybe 5 Lives of real people / real events / real thing can actually add to your life, whereas SF is mostly just chewing gum. 6 SF is a form or mental masturbation, after all that work you never produce anything

You sound jaded and pathetic 1 Your point? 2 Your point? That applies to anything. 3 Bullshit. 4 You contradicted yourself 5 See #4... also, #2. 6 Same as #2

Your analogy is pretty bad. Your engineering 'points of view' are used for different situations. 'Schools' of economic thought, while offering different views, are all focused on the same situation (the economy).

There are also many techniques to solve the SAME problem in engineering. Different techniques have their pros and cons (whether it be cost, time, simplicity, etc). Different schools of economic thought will probably also have varying degrees of accuracy. Different schools will use different assumptions of underlying principles. Different schools of thought are applicable to different situations, such as micro/macro economics, government policy, monetary policy, etc (I'm not an economist so I don't know much about this stuff). For a person to only believe in a single school of thought (e.g. Austrian school) is to delude himself of what is really happening in the world. If I only believed in classical beam theory, I would be dead wrong in my prediction of beam bending and failure. If someone decided to design a supersonic airplane using classical fluid mechanics, they would make a disaster. If a fool was to view the whole of economics only through the myopic eye of the Austrian school, they too would be unable to predict economics' great complexities.

Yeah, but the machine is only $150

may as well just buy a new machine when the cartridges run out, its probably cheaper than the cartridges... and they're included with the new one!

Finally! They were going to do this a while ago but kept stalin.

I know this is a pun, but interestingly "Stalin", "Joseph Stalin" still do autocomplete.

This was a triumph.

I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS.

What is the husband to do then in those situations? Would you be willing to let your husband have a mistress? This also isn't a post criticizing you or those other mothers. Just a question to see where you stand. EDIT: Fixed wording.

yes, by all means--mistress to his heart's content. i've begged him to find someone, an 'f' buddy. just don't abandon the family.

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even more awesome.

Watch this and let me hear what you think. [ David Keith: A surprising idea for "solving" climate change.](http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change.html)

I think many people are so desperate to hold on to the illusion that human full-scale dominance of the environment is possible that they will glom on to any quick technical fix, no matter how ridiculous it seems and no matter how dire the likely real consequences.

and don't come on her face

or at least not in her eyes. (stings!)

yup, that's just pollution!

And gunpowder.

Pretty much everyone who talks about Q acts as if its existence is established rather than hypothetical. It ought to be noted that the theory of Q does not agree with the [patristic tradition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinian_hypothesis) regarding the sources of the Gospels. Edit: Added link.

Eusebius certainly doesn't mention it; he has Mark composing his Gospel as a summary of Peter's teaching, then Matthew and finally Luke writing theirs, at different times but with plenty of opportunity for cross-fertilization. That fits with the view that Mark *is* Q. [A Quarter-Century Without "Q"](http://www.markgoodacre.org/Q/hobbs.htm) is a good place to start reading on that angle. Doesn't rock my world either way. It's nice to have the freedom not to have an opinion. :-)

And don't mind getting pricked by a cactus...

O_o

UMLAUTS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY

Perhaps he's overcompensating for something.

You only need to worry about defense, when you're so busy fucking with other countries.

Speaking of other countries, why are we spending so much on building *their* infrastructure? Don't get me wrong, I'm all about global development and I do think that foreign investments are important, but I would sound foolish to suggest that we're in such a position that we can afford to stop improving the status at home.

I would not recommend you apply for work at the Portland Bureau of Tourism and Public Affairs.

just wait till you hear me bitch about all the god damned hippies/hipsters in portland. i should really work for the Portland Bureau of Being a Complete Asshole Who Doesn't Like Living in Portland because its Fucking Overrated.

I was wondering that when I read it...have you tried it out actually?

Yes. There is *nothing* more satisfying than killing Heavies at medium distance with the Blutsauger.

You may disregard your fellow man. But when one of your fellow men comes to your house to take what you have so he can live out his last years in comfort and style, you will have no grounds for complaint.

No, didn't say I would either. I have guns.

I was really really young when my parents were in the Presbyterian church, I honestly don't remember any of it. So really I guess it would be more accurate to say I was raised Baptist and then struck out on my own when I saw things I considered wrong with the basic functioning of the churches I attended.

Presbyterians are Orthodox Christians, correct? Baptists are not My understanding from posting similar questions in /r/Christianity, is there are only 2 real factions of Christianity: Catholicism and Orthodox. Does that mean you are going to hell if you don't convert? Confused

Perhaps that is because an increased supply of oil and gas will reduce price at the pump. (not immediately, but in 5-10 years. Yes, that's a long time but if they had started 5-10 years ago we'd have more today.) I keep hearing this stupid argument about how it won't reduce prices today. That's like not planting food because I'm hungry today.

It doesn't make sense to leave a valuable commodity in the ground. It will make a marginal beneficial difference in the global oil market and reduce red ink in government budgets. Leftists really oppose drilling because they oppose the use of hydrocarbon fuels in general, but they won't admit it.

That is the lie the Republicans put out. They have even convinced most people who don't think about it. What they were really trying to do with Hawley-Smoot was come up with a source of income INSTEAD of raising taxes on the wealthy. TARIFFS not TAXES. Don't think the Republicans EVER cared about American jobs unless it was making them money.

'Free trade' will result in our wages declining until they mirror that of the slave-labor countries. I thought this was obvious. Allie, you genuinely confuse me. You seem to know a bit of how this world works, but mystifyingly, you continue to use worthless words like 'The Republicans', as if one party is just evil and the other one is 'good', as if both sides aren't bought out by money anyway.

I think it's fairly obvious that that deer is tame and they are play fighting. Who would stand around recording someone being attacked by a deer? And the guy isn't even fighting back. It's like how I play-fight with my dog.

the deer is teaching the man a lesson yes he could maul him with his rack if he wanted but with the camera on him he realized the greatest potential for change

How is base twelve easier to do math with than base ten? Our number system is designed around the latter but we have no real experience with the former.

Assuming one is equally proficient with twelve as with ten, twelve is easier since it has more, and more common, factors. It would never happen because teaching and using two number systems at once, and then only one, would be spectacularly difficult. It's like when European countries were switching to the Euro and were accepting both currencies simultaneously, but so much more fundamental and confusing than that could ever be.

http://fishki.net/commentall.php?id=9030

^ new BFF. thanks

.mov?! .MOV?!!! The file extension killed my boner.

VLC

Yep that's a facepalm. You read what you want to read. I'm unconvinced I could ever write something you wouldn't decide to misread. This may be my failure or yours I don't know. I expect you'll tell me all about how it's mine though. I simply am uninterested in continuing what seems to be disingenuous discourse. Edit: last sentence fo clarity.

Yep, that's a concession of defeat. Good day, sir.

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Right, exactly my point. One is fiction, made up by ignorant peasants two thousand years ago, and one is real. Thanks for making my case for me.

it's really stupid and i shouldn't think this way, but i feel like if a news story didn't get play on major networks, it's not true. reddit is beginning to make me feel otherwise. thanks.

I will resist the urge to call it stupid but it is ignorant to a degree that I cannot express. If that opinion reflects the majority, than we are fucked. That being said, congrats on opening your mind a bit.

I probably shouldn't do this in a coffeeshop.

...For much longer.

Cook nearly anything in it. It make make things like egss, vegetables, or other meat taste delicious. Also, definitely don't pour it down your drain when it's still a liquid. That shit will solidify and clog the pipes right up.

I always keep leftover grease in the fridge. It's easy to grab a spoonful and toss it in a pan to fry eggs. I think it's fine to put down the drain as long as you have hot water running and you keep it running for a bit after you dump the grease.

Same, thanks.

I just changed my background today, thanks to Reddit. It used to be me and Ron Paul together, now it's [this](http://www.andymasteroffish.com/pic/BabyStatue.jpg). Your trees have nothing on that.

Decriminalization involves supporting the idea that marijuana is a drug that is so dangerous it warrants throwing people in prison over. Nothing makes that OK.

Huh? I'm not sure you know what decriminalization means. It means no jail. It's not ideal, but it's a stepping stone on the way to social acceptance, which is what we're going to need to get any momentum towards full legalization.

**edit: nevermind, I got an invite**

What do I get out of this *Edit: Why so many downvotes? Is it because I forgot the ? or because I just didn't give it to him? *Edit 2: He earned it.

What?

I think the logic is "If you pay them less, you'll only get people with a real passion for teaching." My guess is that in the real world, the only people who would willingly take on tens of thousands of dollars in college debt to teach kids for $20K/year is someone who REALLY likes kids, if you know what I mean.

I've never stood up for anybody at a wedding, and it's a depressing statement of my social standing in the world. I'd like to be a best man someday.

I did it when my dad got re-married. That way you don't have to have friends.

IT HAS A DOG AND A WILSON AND IT DIES

You are a marketing genius! I'd put that in a tag line.

firefox - also click on the hatch.

You hatched a joke out of nothing!

Haha, yeah. Have you seen [this?](http://www.worthalaugh.com/2008/06/29/pleasing-15-women-in-one-day/)

UGH i clicked it. now i hafta kill myself.

No, but you can look up the name's of the writers on shows like Everybody Loves Raymond and Friends, as long as we are using the Emmy as a sign of talent/accomplishment. Care to look up Emmy's won for The Wire. Oh wait, they didn't get nominated.

Downmodded, Friends was *totally* like me and my friends, and the dad from everybody loves Raymond is soooooooo funny, I wish he would do more shows.

You should just buy the (hypothetical) cheaper Windows version and install the distro of your choice on it.

But then it doesn't show up as people are interested in GNU/Linux systems. That's how Windows has been so dominant for so long.

Do no evil is not a mantra to practice, it's an appearance to keep.

The beauty of that is that while they're beholden to their shareholders, and their shareholders want profit, their profit is partly dependent on them keeping that image. The best way for them to do that is to *actually be good.* If they did something bad and it got out, it would really hurt them.

I like the towel.

Don't forget to bring a towel!

Is that significant?

Yes, because you obviously didn't read enough of it to classify it as boring. Try and keep up will you?

I grew up in the (not very deep) South and honestly hadn't heard more than one or two songs from the above artists until I was in my 20s. I thought Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt and Alan Jackson were the beginning and end of country music, which is why I loathed it. Also, the author mentions 'pop' country in the subtitle, but doesn't make that distinction anywhere in the article. Over the past 10 years, older country artists (including Hank Williams Jr., whose tshirt would apparently "never" sell) have seen a reviving appreciation among hipsters, and it's not all ironic.

I personally was mostly indifferent to Country music until I heard more of Johnny Cash's back catalog. Not long after, I discovered Neko Case, who convinced me that country music could seriously rock.

To save spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds on hardware? (I speak from experience) Though I would have to have keyboard/mouse when/if I make the switch.

And exactly how much does an Xbox or PS3 cost these days? At least my pc can be used for other stuff as well, such as browsing reddit. And on pc, I can (hopefully) mod the flaws out of this game to get even more enjoyment.

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Exactly.

Yeah, books are the best to throw at kids. TVs are kind of heavy, you really have to put your back into it.

Get a small, kitchen TV. They're cheap if you buy a black and white one. I think Sony sells them. I can toss one with my palm. Works every time.

I bet I could get beaten by a 100 people!

If you can't, don't feel badly about yourself. With my special training program, anyone can get beaten by 100 people in 7 weeks

I'm the same way . . . but only w/ Contra instead of SMB.

I find the 30 lives cheat hurts the experience.