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unpacked robinhood posted:Tons of tweets shorten earthquake into just quake, it confuses me with thoughts of pixellated avalanches and nin music I liked the drudge headline  SUPER QUAKE
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Apr 25, 2015 19:50
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Necros posted:i believe only experienced alpinists should be allowed to climb 8,000 meter tall mountains and the people who exploit the nepalese to drag people with no experience climbingup the tallest mountain on the planet are pretty evil imho The Sherpas are not slaves. You aren't exploiting them any more than you are a taxi driver. Even that analogy doesn't really work since top mountain guides are apparently the celebrities/sports stars of their area.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:51
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I heard the mountain tried to shake off some more rich white people. P. cool mountain
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Apr 25, 2015 19:51
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a bay posted:We're not happy or making jokes, we aren't even "happy" about the white people that died. Okay maybe we are making jokes but we aren't "celebrating". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/laughter-after-911-david-letterman-jon-stewart_n_5803212.html David Letterman, John Stewart, Conan O'Brian, The Onion, The cast of SNL (including Rudy Giuliani and representatives of the NYC fire and police departments), South Park, John Stewart again, Mark Maron, and Gilbert Gottfried all celebrating the deaths of 9/11. Yup.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:52
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Cliff Racer posted:The Sherpas are not slaves. You aren't exploiting them any more than you are a taxi driver. Even that analogy doesn't really work since top mountain guides are apparently the celebrities/sports stars of their area. But everyone is exploited other than Rich White People (TM), you are questioning the need for the Great Marxist Revolution that will work about as well as it has before.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:53
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Last Chance posted:I wasn't really referring to you specifically. I sort of forgot about that old thread and in the wake of what's happening now, It just bums me out and feels wrong. drilldo squirt posted:I'm disturbed you consider this funny. you guys need to  Pvt Dancer posted:moments before: 
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Apr 25, 2015 19:55
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Cliff Racer posted:The Sherpas are not slaves. You heard it here first, folks! If someone is not literally a slave, they can't be exploited! WHEW. That's a loving relief. We can all stop feeling guilty about how billions of people in impoverished countries are treated by Western consumers, businesses, and governments. As long as they're not actually enslaved, it's all OK! You've really set all of our minds at ease, Cliff Racer. Thank you.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:55
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Leperflesh posted:You heard it here first, folks! If someone is not literally a slave, they can't be exploited! lol what are you like irl
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Leperflesh posted:You heard it here first, folks! If someone is not literally a slave, they can't be exploited! Read the rest of my post, its only a little longer than one line long so it shouldn't be too difficult to get through.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:57
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Cliff Racer posted:Read the rest of my post, its only a little longer than one line long so it shouldn't be too difficult to get through. I did, and it's stupid. Taxi drivers are not taking a roughly 1/10 to 1/20 chance of dying every time they go for a drive. They are also not doing this for $20 a day.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:58
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Leperflesh posted:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/laughter-after-911-david-letterman-jon-stewart_n_5803212.html I didn't think about it that way, this list of Jews has completely changed my mind.
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Apr 25, 2015 19:59
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Leperflesh posted:They are also not doing this for $20 a day. In Nepal?
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Apr 25, 2015 19:59
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Leperflesh posted:You heard it here first, folks! If someone is not literally a slave, they can't be exploited! I bet you these people would be in considerably worse economic situations if there wasn't a giant tourist trap sticking out of the ground near their houses. Sherpaing isn't the only job created by tourism, simply perhaps the most profitable. People toting rich folk around the mountain know the extra risk and are taking it for the money they could not otherwise get. It's not like those rich folk made sure the area was so poor that there was no other choice.
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Apr 25, 2015 20:00
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PINING 4 PORKINS posted:lol what are you like irl Our mutual enjoyment of Porkins would probably give us a thing to chat about over a beer IRL. I bet we would get along just fine.
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Leperflesh posted:I did, and it's stupid. Taxi drivers are not taking a roughly 1/10 to 1/20 chance of dying every time they go for a drive. They are also not doing this for $20 a day. http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfar0023.pdf quote:Cabdrivers had the highest homicide rate—32 homicides
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Leperflesh posted:I did, and it's stupid. Taxi drivers are not taking a roughly 1/10 to 1/20 chance of dying every time they go for a drive. They are also not doing this for $20 a day. "NPR posted:Sherpas who lead or assist expeditions to Everest earn about $5,000 during Nepal's two-month climbing season, well above the country's $430 annual per capita household income. But to earn that money, Sherpas make multiple round trips, exposing them to great risk. (By contrast, Western guides can make as much as $50,000 during the season.)
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Apr 25, 2015 20:01
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Kathmandu kinda got owned, and the everest base camp was hit by an avalanche https://news.vice.com/article/videos-show-huge-tremors-and-utter-devastation-after-earthquake-in-nepal quote:David Arvan @threadalist
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Apr 25, 2015 20:04
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Blood for the mountain the trade is fair but not enough
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Apr 25, 2015 20:04
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Oh, and hey, I know somebody over there right now, at this very base camp. They are unharmed as of now.
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Apr 25, 2015 20:06
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blood for the blood yak
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GUISSEPPE PIZZAPIE posted:I bet you these people would be in considerably worse economic situations if there wasn't a giant tourist trap sticking out of the ground near their houses. Sherpaing isn't the only job created by tourism, simply perhaps the most profitable. People toting rich folk around the mountain know the extra risk and are taking it for the money they could not otherwise get. It's not like those rich folk made sure the area was so poor that there was no other choice. Precisely the same argument made in defense of every other sort of economic exploitation that occurs everywhere else. If those people don't want to work in that dangerous factory/diamond mine/brothel/shipyard, they don't have to. The money the Westerners pump into their economy with these activities created those jobs. They could do something less profitable if they wanted! They know the extra risks involved in this stuff and they do it for the money they could otherwise get. It's not like Western businesses, diamond buyers, sex tourists, etc. made sure the area was so poor that there was no other choice. Cliff Racer posted:If PPP is what matters most, and thats what your ilk typically say, then the Sherpas are better off than you are. "My ilk?" gently caress you. And no, PPP isn't what matters most. Tell me all about the excellent health care, government-regulated safety practices, earthquake safety standards in construction, lack of religious persecution, and other benefits these Sherpas are reaping, that place them in so much better standards of living than I, a white male Westerner enjoy and take for granted, because they are privileged to be paid $20 a day to haul completely inexperienced Westerners up a mountain, at incredibly high risk of death. 32/100,000 (in 1992 to 1995, in I guess America?) is not 1/20 per summit attempt. If you think driving a taxicab is anything remotely as dangerous than climbing to the top of an 8,000+ meter mountain, you're delusional. Also terrible at math. Also obviously haven't read the thread.
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GUISSEPPE PIZZAPIE posted:Oh, and hey, I know somebody over there right now, at this very base camp. They are unharmed as of now. Im glad of this news. Peace be with them
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Wow, it's like there's been an avalanche in this thread So am I supposed to feel bad about participating in the death pool if I predicted a net gain of life on everest? Or should I just feel bad because I lost the hardest? e: vvvvv It's always changing. enziarro fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Apr 25, 2015 |
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What are the chances that the height of Everest has changed?
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the worst part about this quake is that it seems to have brought gbs 1.0 back from the grave
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Ethanol posted:Alaskan whoopie cushions lol
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Leperflesh posted:32/100,000 (in 1992 to 1995, in I guess America?) is not 1/20 per summit attempt. If you think driving a taxicab is anything remotely as dangerous than climbing to the top of an 8,000+ meter mountain, you're delusional. Also terrible at math. Also obviously haven't read the thread.
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Apr 25, 2015 20:15
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I become stronger with every death.
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from downtooooowwwwwwn
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is there a legit mountain sports thread on this site cause I looked in the sports forum and didn't see it but some of yall givin me the willies
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Last Chance posted:I can't speak for the Pepe penis avatar guy, but I'm not concern trolling and it feels like bizarre to be labeled as such just for feeling lovely and not wanting to make jokes about an ongoing tragedy. No. If you didn't want to make jokes, you just wouldn't make jokes. There are thousands of goons not making jokes right this second, many of them not even reading this thread. Coming to GBS to shake your finger at other goons being goony is concern trolling. If you don't like this thread, there are other threads if you want to read about the earthquake: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3715940 -- BYOB thread about the earthquake, and about how bad GBS is. Strangely many of those dubbed "concern trolls" are posting in that thread. Hmm. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3715977 -- non-joke GBS thread discussing helping victims of the earthquake in general, not focused on everest.
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eversest is for boys k2 is for men 
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A Spider Covets posted:is there a legit mountain sports thread on this site cause I looked in the sports forum and didn't see it Yes. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522567&pagenumber=70&perpage=40#post444513542
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Angela Christine posted:Yes. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522567&pagenumber=70&perpage=40#post444513542 ty was hoping more for a general chat but this is interesting
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Angela Christine posted:Yes. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522567&pagenumber=70&perpage=40#post444513542 lol quote:Norwegian climber Teodor Glomnes Johansen told a newspaper in Norway that people at base camp were working on saving lives.
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Leperflesh posted:Tell me all about the excellent health care, government-regulated safety practices, earthquake safety standards in construction, lack of religious persecution They live in Nepal though. Can't do much about that
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This is one of the better threads in GBS so please don't gently caress it up.
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Vogler posted:They live in Nepal though. Can't do much about that Yeah, welp. Poor countries are poor. Can't do poo poo about that.  Cliff Racer posted:Its 1.2 out of 100 per year. I'm not sure where your bullshit statistic came from but mine is from the NPR/Reuters article I linked above. Again, literally haven't read the drat thread. The death statistics for Everest are repeated in this and the previous Everest threads plenty. They're not hard to find. They're kind of the entire loving point, so if you don't actually understand just how stupidly dangerous attempting Everest is, then no wonder you don't understand why we mock the idiots who spend $50k+ to try it. Also: violent crime in America was peaking in the early 90s, which is the only period your report covers. It's a lot lower now.
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