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Swan Oat posted:Colin Kaepernick's tattoos include several bible verses, the thug. 
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UtinniOnTheRocks posted:Well, Russell's one of the good ones, remember. I love the random picture of steak, scrambled eggs, and fruit. That monster!
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Jan 22, 2014 15:47
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Who What Now posted:I love the random picture of steak, scrambled eggs, and fruit. That monster! Don't you see? It doesn't matter what the food is, it's that he's SO SELF ABSORBED that he takes pictures of his food instead of the orphans he's helping or whatever
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Jan 22, 2014 16:24
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I finally watched the clip that everybody is talking about and I honestly don't see the big deal. I've watched enough sports to have seen outbursts like that before and it was loud, but not that obscene. I mean, he didn't even cuss or say anything really derogatory.
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Jan 22, 2014 16:57
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Who What Now posted:I love the random picture of steak, scrambled eggs, and fruit. That monster! Although it's tiny I'm willing to bet that the focus is more on the subtitle of "VEGETABLES MAKE YOU WEAK". Still dumb as hell, but eh 
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Jan 22, 2014 17:05
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I stopped eating meat a while ago and when I hear that I tell people I never seen no gorilla eat meat either but a gorilla will wreck your poo poo.
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ultimateforce posted:I stopped eating meat a while ago and when I hear that I tell people I never seen no gorilla eat meat either but a gorilla will wreck your poo poo. Gorillas are the least known creature to attack a human though.
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Jan 22, 2014 18:46
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But if they did they would wreck your poo poo. If you need another deadly vegetarian animal though try hippos.
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Jan 22, 2014 19:00
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Herbivores are hardcore, just take your pick.
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Jan 22, 2014 19:07
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Not sure if this belongs but... uh yeah.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:59
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Inspired by SocialFixer's name for that OP. Better than fining people who likely aren't very wealthy for sagging pants, suggest something more practical for fundraising: Progressive fees for automotive violations. You could have a minimum fee so the jobless guy living in a car doesn't get off for free, to appease that lust for punishment. But why should a wealthy person pay an eyeroll-inducing fee like 0.00001% of income when a WalMart worker might have trouble making rent from the same $200-$500 ticket? Make it impossible for speeding tickets, illegal parking in a handicap space, etc to be a laughably tiny amount of money. You could extend it to any civic infractions I guess, but automotive violations are probably the most dangerous everyday citations out there. Everyone gets the same degree of punishment, and the state gets more funds, win-win right? "But that's punishing success!" will be the response.
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Jan 22, 2014 23:50
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That one would just lead to cops targeting nicer cars.
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Jan 23, 2014 00:11
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sweart gliwere posted:Everyone gets the same degree of punishment, and the state gets more funds, win-win right? "But that's punishing success!" will be the response. Nevvy Z posted:That one would just lead to cops targeting nicer cars. Welp, those two complaints just guaranteed my vote for it.
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Jan 23, 2014 00:15
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sweart gliwere posted:Inspired by SocialFixer's name for that OP. Better than fining people who likely aren't very wealthy for sagging pants, suggest something more practical for fundraising: Finland does this apparently, a few years ago some rich guy got fined 26 thousand euros for running a red light and one guy got fined 112 thousand for driving 82km/h in a 60km/h zone. Spalec fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Jan 23, 2014 00:25
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myron cope posted:Don't you see? It doesn't matter what the food is, it's that he's SO SELF ABSORBED that he takes pictures of his food instead of the orphans he's helping or whatever At least he's eating steaks instead of orphans.
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Nevvy Z posted:That one would just lead to cops targeting nicer cars. Cops having an incentive to target the rich will be the thing that leads to less disproportionate targeting of people from certain income groups, not more.
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Jan 23, 2014 01:27
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I'd rather cops target people who were actually doing something dangerous myself. I think the whole thing should be decoupled from city/department incomes.
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Jan 23, 2014 01:37
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sweart gliwere posted:Inspired by SocialFixer's name for that OP. Better than fining people who likely aren't very wealthy for sagging pants, suggest something more practical for fundraising: I used to work for a guy who would routinely disregard traffic laws because he was loaded. I remember once he and I spent eight or nine weeks at a client site, and every day he would park his car illegally and get booted. Every day he would pay $50 to get the property managers to remove the boot, all so he didn't have to park in the garage. At the time, $50 was over half of what I made in an eight hour day. Needless to say this grated someone. But I think you will find that this is the American way.
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As for Rolls Royce and Maserati being profiled: I'm pretty sure the rich aren't going to get a ticket if they avoid illegal handicap parking and reckless driving. Rich people can afford good lawyers, they aren't afraid to strike back if a cop tries to hassle them for frivolous poo poo. Plenty of rich guys drive decade-old basic luxury cars and nice trucks anyway, it isn't always ostentatious stuff. Also, it's pretty funny to think about one of the Walton heirs having the same vague sense of dread as a random black dude when a cop gets behind and tails you on the highway for no reason (Just pass me. Pass me, pass me, FINALLY. Whew.) Spalec posted:Finland does this apparently, a few years ago some rich guy got fined 26 thousand euros for running a red light and one guy got fined 112 thousand for driving 82km/h in a 60km/h zone. That's the best part, there are plenty of European stories out there, I read my first one probably a decade ago. I haven't ever heard a real-life or internet European complain about them because it's pretty sensible. You should feel some pain if you endanger someone, and a big wallet shouldn't be like an IRL Monopoly card.
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The Texas gubernatorial race. All the Republicans have to do to win is complain about how black the President is and keep the misogyny under wraps. That's it. Just talk about death panels and Obamacare and not mention Wendy Da-Wendy-Wen----RAAAAARRGHH WENDY DAVIS WHAT A GOLDDIGGING WHORE!! WHORESWHORESWHORESWHORESWHORES
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Am I supposed to have a good 1.0 weeks? Why not 2.0 weeks? 3.0 weeks???
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$5 says if a Republican told a wheelchair-bound Democrat they haven't "walked a mile in my shoes", and Democrats complained, the Republicans would use it as an example of the feminization of American society or Political Correctness Gone Mad.
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PUGGERNAUT posted:$5 says if a Republican told a wheelchair-bound Democrat they haven't "walked a mile in my shoes", and Democrats complained, the Republicans would use it as an example of the feminization of American society or Political Correctness Gone Mad. Max Cleland had both of his legs amputated in Vietnam.
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Saw this flyer in the library  :quote:Free Copies of Ayn Rand’s Books for Your High School Classroom!
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Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead might have some value in high school classrooms for discussion as long as they're not treated like some holy bible of economic theory, but that's probably not what this person intended.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead might have some value in high school classrooms for discussion as long as they're not treated like some holy bible of economic theory, but that's probably not what this person intended. The gargantuan nature of her books, the horrendous writing, and the graphic rape scenes (which are not treated as instances of rape in the stories) really make it hard to think that teaching them in high school is a good idea. Also, nobody has ever read John Galt's speech in its entirety.
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Jan 23, 2014 03:12
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Well discussing why their crappy was what I was getting at
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RagnarokAngel posted:Well discussing why their crappy was what I was getting at Do you honestly think that's all that's going to happen? Look at how American schools handle discussing creationism and "alternative theories" (HA!) to climate change.
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Which is why I said that's probably not what the author of that flyer intended? Also my school never discussed creationism/Intelligent design or anything that suggested climate change wasn't true, but I live in New England so I realize that's quite a bit different than the south east.
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VitalSigns posted:The Texas gubernatorial race. All the Republicans have to do to win is complain about how black the President is and keep the misogyny under wraps. That's it. Just talk about death panels and Obamacare and not mention Wendy Da-Wendy-Wen----RAAAAARRGHH WENDY DAVIS WHAT A GOLDDIGGING WHORE!! WHORESWHORESWHORESWHORESWHORES It's like an early preview of this thread after 2016
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A little over a decade ago there was some group offering a college scholarship for writing an essay on Atlas Shrugged. I feel like that explains a lot.
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borkencode posted:A little over a decade ago there was some group offering a college scholarship for writing an essay on Atlas Shrugged. I feel like that explains a lot. "Our group has pooled together money so that you can go to college and learn about things that have been discovered and refined by centuries if not millennia of scholarly succession if you write an essay about why collectivism is bad." Then again, the number of "government can't do anything right" libertarians on public college campuses has always been a  thing.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:They are badly written books that aren't suited for a high school English class. Also, the only redeemable book in Ayn Rand's corpus is Anthem, which is actually just a ripoff of Yevgeny Zamyatin's We. Anthem is still a pretty bad book. It almost works but Rand has the main character just be so good at science its ridiculous. He literally goes from not having electricity to inventing the lightbulb. The Fountainhead is kind of funny if you read it without knowing anything about Rand because for a good chunk of the book you can read it the opposite of the way she wants you to. The "hero" comes off as an rear end in a top hat who doesn't get work because he refuses to listen to what his clients want and just designs what he wants, which is kind of a problem for an architect. While the "bad" architect is successful because he designs buildings that are in style.
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Cruel and Unusual posted:Saw this flyer in the library High school is a good time for people to go through their Ayn Rand phase, since teenagers are self-centered anyway. Then they get over it by the end of their freshman year of college. At least that's what I did. Xombie fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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WHITES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY OPPRESSED. Apparently he has never heard of the Latin Kings, MS-13, or biker gangs because apparently gangs that aren't black are pretty much negligible? This guy is a quintessential libertarian who has one of the biggest persecution complex's I've ever come across. He's constantly yelling about reverse racism or the apparent demonization of fat people (he is very obese).
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I went to the American Library Association conference last summer and The Ayn Rand Institute had a booth there to promote their new editions of Ayn Rand's books and their scholarship program. They were even handing out free copies of her books, along with a squeezy lightbulb! Were I a bolder person, I would have asked the College Republican-looking guy manning the booth how he reconciled the idea that fiction books have anything to say to us with the idea that only facts and reality matter, but I'm shy so I just got Anthem and a lightbulb for my dad. Anyway, anyone who's tempted to read Anthem should just listen to Rush's "2112." It tells the same story in 20 minutes and in a much more interesting way.
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Scruff McGruff posted:This guy is a quintessential libertarian who has one of the biggest persecution complex's I've ever come across. He's constantly yelling about reverse racism or the apparent demonization of fat people (he is very obese). >libertarians.txt
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Pththya-lyi posted:I went to the American Library Association conference last summer and The Ayn Rand Institute had a booth there to promote their new editions of Ayn Rand's books and their scholarship program. They were even handing out free copies of her books, along with a squeezy lightbulb! Were I a bolder person, I would have asked the College Republican-looking guy manning the booth how he reconciled the idea that fiction books have anything to say to us with the idea that only facts and reality matter, but I'm shy so I just got Anthem and a lightbulb for my dad. So Anthem's about an ancient race of aliens making their return by destroying the guitar-smashing authoritarian government of Earth, and drive the protagonist to suicide after they reach out to him in his dreams and show him how awesome their poo poo was?
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Regalingualius posted:So Anthem's about an ancient race of aliens making their return by destroying the guitar-smashing authoritarian government of Earth, and drive the protagonist to suicide after they reach out to him in his dreams and show him how awesome their poo poo was? The same basic story, okay?  They're both about a guy living under a collectivist regime who discovers marvelous lost technology and presents it to the ruling council, only to have them reject it for being too disruptive. There's no society other than the regime in Anthem, just a house some dude set up in the past that the protagonist and his girlfriend run away to in the end.EDIT: Also a loooooot of filler gets cut out Pththya-lyi fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Swan Oat posted:I used to work for a guy who would routinely disregard traffic laws because he was loaded. I remember once he and I spent eight or nine weeks at a client site, and every day he would park his car illegally and get booted. Every day he would pay $50 to get the property managers to remove the boot, all so he didn't have to park in the garage. At the time, $50 was over half of what I made in an eight hour day. Needless to say this grated someone. That only works for private applications- for traffic laws just about all states use a points system you can't pay your way out of. RagnarokAngel posted:Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead might have some value in high school classrooms for discussion as long as they're not treated like some holy bible of economic theory, but that's probably not what this person intended. There's never a good time to read Ayn Rand. The books may only operate on some segments of the population, but they're sophisticated indoctrination tools effecting the disaffected, especially the privileged disaffected. The ones who stay indoctrinated tend to be the ones who are already on a trajectory toward power and influence-it's part of why Objectivism is so drat enduring (think Paul Ryan and the Rand family). I spent some time thinking about what a copy of Atlas Shrugged would need to be "safe" for a high school audience- I settled on rhetoric annotations on every page, thick censorship shrinkwrapping on the shelves, and a yellow caution tape cover with a warning label from the Surgeon General. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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