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karl fungus posted:And yet, she is still half (or even a quarter!) of the weight of the intended target audience of that image. The whole "Marilyn Monroe was a size fourteen!" thing bugs the hell out of me. First of all, when I was in school it was size twelve. Then it went to fourteen, and now I see people saying she was a sixteen. Bullshit, she was 5'5 and had a 35 inch bust, a 22 inch waist, and 35 inch hips. She wasn't skinny but she was far from fat. In the costume calls for her films, the studio listed her as weighing between 115 and 118lbs. In current dressmaker sizing, she wore a 2. I think it's great to say "Look, she had flaws and she was still physically beautiful, don't feel like you have to be perfect," but that's a long way from straight-up making poo poo up. (Especially since what most people think of as a sixteen today was a 20-22 in the dressmaker sizing of Monroe's day.) bonestructure has a new favorite as of 02:37 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Picnic Princess posted:If it was recently then you should link to articles about how drug testing the poor actually cost Florida taxpayers more money than if they left it alone. I actually linked one of the articles about that when my mom posted the mentioned image. She took down the image. She also took down another macro that talked about how welfare recipients always have super awesome cell phones because they waste money after I mentioned that it's probably the phone they get with their plan with whatever company they sign up with. I don't believe I've seen any other "gently caress the poors!"-type images since those two.
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Transmogrifier posted:It was yesterday and I did exactly that, as well as linking to the one from Tennessee. All he did was talk about how the tests aren't reliable because "everyone can pass a scheduled drug test when money is involved," and those who passed the tests just weren't showing up positive because of that. He also claimed he knew a guy who took a drug test within 24 hours of doing a bunch of drugs and he came up clean while citing that 90% of the people he knew on welfare were also on drugs. So what the Hell is the point of testing welfare recipients if you can't catch them anyway? Go touch the poop some more and ask them why they want to throw good money after bad. (Hmmm. Welfare isn't wasted money, of course. Don't know of another phrase though. I suppose it's bad money in captain drug test's mind though, so the point stands.)
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scorpiobean posted:Usually I don't get a whole bunch of bullshit on my feed, but that CNN iReport concerning 'Fraud at the CDC' has brought some sleeper anti-vax friends out of the woodwork. Was the antivax friend being sarcastic, or do they not understand numbers?  It's weird to think that someone would see that headline and not realize that 360% means that anyone who has had vaccines would be autistic 3 times over. Like, I figured everyone knows that 100% means all of something. Also, your pharmacist friend's graph is amazing.
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Bored posted:Was the antivax friend being sarcastic, or do they not understand numbers? I'm sure they intended the headline to mean "The actual number of autism cases is 340% higher than the current projections due to LIES and CORRUPTION hiding the TRUTH," but they clearly have no understanding of statistics so they had no loving idea how to word the thought.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I'm sure they intended the headline to mean "The actual number of autism cases is 340% higher than the current projections due to LIES and CORRUPTION hiding the TRUTH," but they clearly have no understanding of statistics so they had no loving idea how to word the thought. ooooh. So it's 340% of zero. Got it. Here's a cnn article talking about what that article was trying to say along with more background information for anyone who's interested. It is a new study, but sounds like it's also flawed, like first one. Bored has a new favorite as of 03:09 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Krispy Kareem posted:Exactly. Everyone covered under the ACA has an insurance card from an independent insurance company (except maybe the Medicaid expansion). The old plans that weren't under the ACA have mainly been fazed out. I know this is from a bit back, but as far as Medicaid goes, whether you applied for it directly or got it through the ACA, it's the same state issued card it's always been. In my case I don't know if everyone had to do the same or because I had previously been on a from the hospital payment plan for care, but when setting up my first appointment with my new doctor, I did have to call a different line than his office to make sure they had all my correct information on hand before setting me up with his office to make the appointment.
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Bored posted:ooooh. So it's 340% of zero. Got it. Well, the headline makes no mention of if the autism cases are linked to vaccinations. The implication seems to be that the CDC only recognizes autism not associated with vaccinations and then expunges the rest to support the LIES. So really, it's just a big-sounding number pulled from their rear end to make sense of how so few children vaccinated actually end up with autism.
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Whatever man, there's 8 million of us and more every day. You can say what you want, but I doubt anyone's fighting as hard to get into your town. There's not a lot I can say in my life, but I know I can Make It in NYC, which isn't something everyone can do. But enjoy your life on 'easy mode' I guess. I wasn't aware that dealing with the occasional chicken-suited keyboard-playing panhandler constituted hard mode SybilVimes posted:It would still be altogether too near to NJ. When we were driving up the Turnpike, I actually said "you know, I'm not sure why the state gets such a poo poo rep, so far it's alright even this far n-HOLY JESUS gently caress WHAT THE HELL IS THAT loving SMELL" (if you're curious, we had just passed the Elizabeth exit)
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:When we were driving up the Turnpike, I actually said "you know, I'm not sure why the state gets such a poo poo rep, so far it's alright even this far n-HOLY JESUS gently caress WHAT THE HELL IS THAT loving SMELL" (if you're curious, we had just passed the Elizabeth exit) So what was the smell? Also I liked Times Square when I've visited it, but I'm only saying that because pissed off New Yorkers means pissed off Yankees fans.
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Time Square, tourism spot or not, is pretty breathtaking if you've never been to New York before. I live in Florida and Downtown Orlando just pales in comparison. We went a few days after Christmas too so the weather was cold and awesome, and the big christmas tree was up. Every building around you just massive. It was the first time I'd ever been to New York and was pretty in awe of it.
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I've been to New York City once to visit a friend and was instantly enamored. The whole place feels like Earth's Capital City. Like if we ever run into a situation in the near future where all of humanity joins together under one banner, barring any serious political circumstances I'm certain that New York City will be our Capital.
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Toriori posted:Some local businessperson shared a person of a drunk first nations person on Facebook and now it's spreading like wildfire with a lot of racist comments, FN is a big part of my heritage and even if I try to engage in thoughtful discussions surrounding social issues and why that photo isn't funny, I know I'll get dogpiled on There's a page called People of Winnipeg that pretty much just shares poo poo like that. People are so disgustingly ignorant. And I don't know why I keep reading/replying to comments on FN-related news stories. It's exhausting trying to engage with people who have no empathy or compassion.
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Like, even if people say "it would be funny if it was a white person too!", it's still a pretty sad picture at someone at a very low point.
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Segmentation Fault posted:Like if we ever run into a situation in the near future where all of humanity joins together under one banner, barring any serious political circumstances I'm certain that New York City will be our Capital. Please don't say such hateful things.
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karl fungus posted:As a native New Yorker, I can confirm this as true. Times Square is where tourists go and eat at overpriced, lovely restaurants while getting harassed by assholes dressed up like Spider Man and Elmo that want your money. I will never understand the allure that place has. The whole place is crowded every weekend. Endless dumbass tourists. I just wanted to hear your famous cricket 
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Segmentation Fault posted:I've been to New York City once to visit a friend and was instantly enamored. The whole place feels like Earth's Capital City. Like if we ever run into a situation in the near future where all of humanity joins together under one banner, barring any serious political circumstances I'm certain that New York City will be our Capital. Movies constantly reinforce this idea so it will be the first place hit when aliens invade. It's Hollywood's greatest long con.
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sassassin posted:Movies constantly reinforce this idea so it will be the first place hit when aliens invade. Unless the aliens have been watching too much anime or Godzilla instead, in which case Tokyo is hosed. Kavak posted:So what was the smell? The gigantic oil refinery. I think I read somewhere that NJ stores and processes more oil than anywhere outside of the Middle East. It sucks but as long as the rest of the country is using it we gotta process it somewhere. hallo spacedog has a new favorite as of 12:12 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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I went to Times Square and I was blown away by it. I told my friend that and he jumped down my throat over it. That douche bag's never even been to New York.
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Tony Phillips posted:So what the Hell is the point of testing welfare recipients if you can't catch them anyway? Go touch the poop some more and ask them why they want to throw good money after bad. I know in at least one of the states, the politicians (or someone in their family) had a big stake in some of the labs selected to do the testing. So it was basically a way to funnel a bunch of money into their investment under the guise of catching all those "welfare queens" and stuff. It would probably be interesting to see how he would attempt to defend that even though I know ultimately there's no convincing these people that (1) welfare won't make you rich and (2) most people use it for necessities instead of brand-new luxury cars filled with cocaine.
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grittyreboot posted:I went to Times Square and I was blown away by it. I told my friend that and he jumped down my throat over it. That douche bag's never even been to New York. Exactly. If you go to NYC, you should swing by Times Square. It's full of bright lights which make good photos and there's a big M&M store to buy treats for people back home. I did a million things while in NYC for my week and I still went through there on my last day because holy poo poo, it's not as if it's in the middle of nowhere. It took maybe 30 minutes total out of my walk/metro back to Brooklyn, and everyone loved the poo poo I brought back to the UK. Some people posting in this thread like that Times Square being a tourist haven is a big secret and only "real" New Yorkers know this. If you believe that, I've got some hot info on London you'll just eat up! Did you know that Trafalgar Square is also a tourist area? You won't find this kind of underground news anywhere else online! (Everyone I talked to in NYC was super nice, and we made friends everywhere we went).
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Here in Las Vegas, the Strip is where all the tourists stay! If you want a taste of real Vegas, you can stay Downtown; it's better because it's "old Vegas" and totally not being gentrified by Zappos!
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Toriori posted:Some local businessperson shared a person of a drunk first nations person on Facebook and now it's spreading like wildfire with a lot of racist comments, FN is a big part of my heritage and even if I try to engage in thoughtful discussions surrounding social issues and why that photo isn't funny, I know I'll get dogpiled on I'd just like to say that "first nations" is a much better term for indigenous people than anything we use in the states, and I wish it would catch on here instead of "indian" or "native american".
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I'm half Cherokee and I don't give a poo poo about "indians vs Native Americans", people get too up in arms about things. I'd rather people work towards solving the real problems plaguing the tribes like rampant alcoholism, poo poo economies, and chronic poverty as opposed to "Let's have a national debate about what we should call these people" like the obvious answer of "people" isn't actually that obvious.
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HonorableTB posted:I'm half Cherokee and I don't give a poo poo about "indians vs Native Americans", people get too up in arms about things. I'd rather people work towards solving the real problems plaguing the tribes like rampant alcoholism, poo poo economies, and chronic poverty as opposed to "Let's have a national debate about what we should call these people" like the obvious answer of "people" isn't actually that obvious. In Canada, they get SUPER sensitive about calling The people were all white.
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Wasabi the J posted:In Canada, they get SUPER sensitive about calling EXCUSE ME THEY'RE CALLED ABORIGINALS
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:
Remind them that Australia uses kangaroos, not camels.
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Atmus posted:Remind them that Australia uses kangaroos, not camels. Australia has a fuckton of camels.
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Imagined posted:Australia has a fuckton of camels. So Isis really is invading?
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scorpiobean posted:Usually I don't get a whole bunch of bullshit on my feed, but that CNN iReport concerning 'Fraud at the CDC' has brought some sleeper anti-vax friends out of the woodwork. That's just a stupid CNN iReport; stories submitted by CNN readers. If you look up at the top, you'll see that CNN hasn't even verified it.
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And do you think anyone willing to believe that crap is going to care that it's not official?
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HonorableTB posted:I'm half Cherokee and I don't give a poo poo about "indians vs Native Americans", people get too up in arms about things. I'd rather people work towards solving the real problems plaguing the tribes like rampant alcoholism, poo poo economies, and chronic poverty as opposed to "Let's have a national debate about what we should call these people" like the obvious answer of "people" isn't actually that obvious. Haha yeah. I'm métis and I have found it's a matter of personal preference. Some people don't care at all, some people care A LOT. I've met many Ojibwe people who are preferring "anishnaabe", the Ojibwe word for "people". I had someone filling out a form and asked if he could put it down, so I said yes and he goes "good, it's the only right answer." I said it was definitely a term that's being used more, he said that it should be the only one used, but it's not exactly the best term if you're, I don't know, not Ojibwe?
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On the flip side of this, anyone have some good examples of oblivious white people not getting how someone could possibly find the term "Red Skins" or the Chief Wahoo mascot possibly racist?
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KoldPT posted:Zoe Quinn killed 4chan, rest in peace. If true, nothing of value was lost.
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kannonfodder posted:If true, nothing of value was lost. I've heard rumblings, but mostly it seems to be "Mods are deleting gamergate threads for being off topic" and the conspiracy idiots are freaking out. Which is good.
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I like how the mods became SJWs like it's a vampire or werewolf curse or something.
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Leofish posted:I like how the mods became SJWs like it's a vampire or werewolf curse or something. I've mentioned before but SJW is just an absolutely worthless term now. I guess it used to describe slacktivists which fit but now it's "Literally anyone who gets mad when I say friend of the family, femanazi, or make rape jokes."
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