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Krispy Kareem posted:Prices dropped because of fracking. It flooded the market with oil, which ironically now makes fracking economically unfeasible. But even if there is less fracking going forward, the market now knows the U.S. and Canada can produce huge amounts of crude when prices rise again. This means instability in Iraq or Venezuela won't cause a shortage worldwide. Okay, so I was kinda-sorta on point about that. Thanks. And yeah, as little as I know about the President I know he can't directly control unemployment despite what conspiracy theories come up with. I mean, he could veto job bills but that's not exactly the same thing as directly influencing how many jobs there are like messing with a thermostat.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Prices dropped because of fracking. It flooded the market with oil, which ironically now makes fracking economically unfeasible. But even if there is less fracking going forward, the market now knows the U.S. and Canada can produce huge amounts of crude when prices rise again. This means instability in Iraq or Venezuela won't cause a shortage worldwide. 
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twistedmentat posted:Yea, I remember that. Also, a bunch were really smug about firing people for voting for Obama. Which is funny because will Will to Work laws or whatever they're called, people can be fired for anything, but its still illegal to fire people for things like political opinions. Saying to the employee that they were fired due to downsizing, then going online and going "hahah I fired that Libtard for voting for Obummer!", that can get you in hot water. That's not true, at least in the US. It's usually legal to fire people for their political opinions. There's a very short list of things you can't fire people for (race, sex, religion, ...), and political affiliation isn't on the list. And Right to Works laws have nothing to do with it. Those concern whether employees can be required to join a union as a condition of their employment.
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RareAcumen posted:I'm basically just using this thread as an easier to read Wikipedia so sorry That's part of the point, I think; he's a Democrat and things aren't absolutely perfect so he's obviously New Hitler. But if the parties were flipped you'd hear the right singing his praises over every little thing that went even the tiniest bit right. That or you'll hear "it isn't a good enough recovery so obvious he's a jerk that's ruining America."
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I like Trump..why? Because he speaks his mind...its not scripted...not speaking from a teleprompter ...of course he could be full of it....what politician isnt...but the things hes saying he would do is exactly what most common sense having people feel too my biggest concern is his rear end kissing of Israel if hed wake up on that...id feel a lot better...show me a better person running right now that has a chance and ill consider them...every other GOP canidate wants some kind of open borders/amnesty and i say hell no to that...js
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ToxicSlurpee posted:That's part of the point, I think; he's a Democrat and things aren't absolutely perfect so he's obviously New Hitler. But if the parties were flipped you'd hear the right singing his praises over every little thing that went even the tiniest bit right. It's like how the newly-elected Premier of Alberta is apparently ruining the economy of this province. I guess she has total power over global gas prices, and she's specifically forcing them down to ruin the economy and put all the oilfield workers out of a job.
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It's me. I was the IoSM. Frank Senbeans is my cousin (who I have posted before on the last thread) and I'm Mary Christmas. This is his latest post. Yes, he is a Trump supporter, why do you ask?
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Baofu posted:It's me. I was the IoSM. I'm sorry your cousin is a fascist.
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Telegnostic posted:That's not true, at least in the US. It's usually legal to fire people for their political opinions. There's a very short list of things you can't fire people for (race, sex, religion, ...), and political affiliation isn't on the list. I was sure i read that you cannot fire someone for voting a certain way. Maybe in certian states? It is scummy that you can fire people because they don't like your politics though. Actually, its generally scummy that you can be fired for reasons that have nothing to do with work, or criminal activity.
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 Posted by someone who got divorced almost two years ago, and is currently dating someone for almost a year now. I'm sure looking up to Charlie Sheen and turning into a loving dickwad is the best course of action for having healthy relationships with people. What else does she post?   So, not liars then?  Bonus pixels included  Yawn. She posts a lot of "I'm mentally unstable! I'm a crazy bitch!" Type stuff.  Of course there's friendzone poo poo mixed in. Both of these were posted the same day:  
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twistedmentat posted:I was sure i read that you cannot fire someone for voting a certain way. Maybe in certian states? I just did a search and learned that there are in fact four states where you cannot be fired for legal, non-work-related activities, including voting. So you're right, at least for people lucky enough to live in New York, California, Colorado, or North Dakota.
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As a stand alone I think this one can be funny. It's obviously not a stand alone though.
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Picnic Princess posted:peanuts There's nothing that aggravates me more than the "I'm a ~CRAZY BITCH~ lolololol" type of attitude because it always reads as, "I am desperately insecure about my inability to negotiate my needs with other people so I am validating how unpleasant I am ahead of time so that you can't call me on the fact that I have the social graces of an oily earwig."
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Fashionable Jorts posted:
"To us it was never a job, it was a lifestyle" As someone who actually grew up on a family farm (I had to get up at 4 every day to help milk before school from 5th grade until I graduated) that statement is  as hell.
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 Also check out that new thread title.
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RareAcumen posted:
I want Capcom to "censor" the game even more. Every time these nerds get mad, add more so called censorship. Within a month every female character will be fighting in fluffy parkas, revealing no skin or even showing more than the general shape of their bodies.
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subpar anachronism posted:I am slowly coming to realize that my father does not understand how the government works at all. Perhaps that explains why he is so, so angry. this is a valid meme executive orders have no constitutional backing
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Fashionable Jorts posted:I want Capcom to "censor" the game even more. Every time these nerds get mad, add more so called censorship. Within a month every female character will be fighting in fluffy parkas, revealing no skin or even showing more than the general shape of their bodies. Out of curiosity: is it because of their overblown reactions or is it because it really is showing an unnecessary amount of skin? They are both perfectly valid positions, I'm just curious.
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I'm not sure what the exact reasoning was, but it was definitely Capcom's own decision to do it. It's not because of one group complaining or anything of the sort you might hear about.
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I think capcom just doesn't understand what kind of Critical Art animation that buttslap is. It's the Citizen Kane of video games.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Out of curiosity: is it because of their overblown reactions or is it because it really is showing an unnecessary amount of skin? Mika isn't showing anymore skin than Cammie but, she never slapped her rear end in combat either, I suspect Capcom doesn't want to be tarred with the same brush as Dead or Alive, which has done this kind of thing for years. Comedy Option: M Bison should slap his rear end in combat, at the player.
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Fashionable Jorts posted:I want Capcom to "censor" the game even more. Every time these nerds get mad, add more so called censorship. Within a month every female character will be fighting in fluffy parkas, revealing no skin or even showing more than the general shape of their bodies. Artist's rendition of the sexiest female character after the Street Fighter V SJW takeover  paradoxGentleman posted:Out of curiosity: is it because of their overblown reactions or is it because it really is showing an unnecessary amount of skin? Butts are very lewd and Capcom doesn't want to get into an uncomfortable situation where they end up making less money because the game is too risque.  This certainly wasn't helping.Nuebot posted:I think capcom just doesn't understand what kind of Critical Art animation that buttslap is. It's the Citizen Kane of video games. I don't play fighting games so I wasn't going to get it. I think it's kind of a shame though. RIP self-spank. If you're gonna change stuff it should at least not look like the camera glitched out IMO Judge Tesla posted:Comedy Option: M Bison should slap his rear end in combat, at the player. A lot of problems would be solved by making sure every non-unsettling humanoid character has a beautiful rear end.
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Every character in every video game should just be a giant, beautifully sculpted rear end walking around on a pair of legs
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goose fleet posted:Every character in every video game should just be a giant, beautifully sculpted rear end walking around on a pair of legs Bum Fights.
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goose fleet posted:Every character in every video game should just be a giant, beautifully sculpted rear end walking around on a pair of legs rear end and legs are the only two things that matter anyways. 
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darkwasthenight posted:Bum Fights. 
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goose fleet posted:Every character in every video game should just be a giant, beautifully sculpted rear end walking around on a pair of legs 
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RareAcumen posted:Artist's rendition of the sexiest female character after the Street Fighter V SJW takeover What does the soul of a young boy who's trapped inside a suit of armor even need with a loincloth, anyway
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Telegnostic posted:I just did a search and learned that there are in fact four states where you cannot be fired for legal, non-work-related activities, including voting. So you're right, at least for people lucky enough to live in New York, California, Colorado, or North Dakota. Wow America sucks, huh. Out here the employer would get his arse dragged through the entire legal system if there's even a shred of doubt that the employee was fired for political reasons.
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Telegnostic posted:I just did a search and learned that there are in fact four states where you cannot be fired for legal, non-work-related activities, including voting. So you're right, at least for people lucky enough to live in New York, California, Colorado, or North Dakota. Eh, that just means that in those states, jerk employers just put "not a good fit" or some other innocuous reason on the form instead of "voted for that LIEberal Hussein Obummer" as the reason for termination.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Speaking of folks angry about nerd stuff: I love how it keeps being confirmed that treating women like people and being a nerd are mutually exclusive.
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WaltherFeng posted:Wow At Will Employment because freedom!  One of the issues is that a lot of states have it set up so an employer can legally fire somebody for no reason whatsoever or for any reason so long as it isn't one of the ones that's explicitly outlined. All an employer really has to do is say "I just didn't like the guy" and it's fine. You can make up bullshit reasons with no backing like "he wasn't productive enough" or whatever. As long as an employer isn't caught saying "fired for being gay" or whatever it's completely legal. Then you have to actually prove it which may very well involve a court battle that the newly unemployed person may not be able to afford.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Speaking of folks angry about nerd stuff: I think nerds need to realize that all feminism is at its core is treating women like people. So when you have a cool and interesting female protagonist, it makes an awesome story for comic book fans and is feminist. Picnic Princess posted:I love how it keeps being confirmed that treating women like people and being a nerd are mutually exclusive. Nerds are mad at feminism because it challenges patriarchal values of masculinity, and they claim it shames them for being horny or whatever, but then they're also mad at the world because they can't fulfill those same patriarchal values of getting laid. I can't wrap my head around why they don't just make the connection that a system of values that doesn't shame them for not getting laid is in their own self-interest, but people have always gone against their own self-interest in favor of the hope that they will one day be whoever the current culture idolizes. Anyway, for content:  the final results are in and 8,000 people will never play Undertale now, because it ruined their nostalgia. That's enough people to form a small island colony. That's a lot of bitter manchildren. Also, it's noteworthy that more people in this poll will never play Undertale than had played Undertale prior to the contest, which is sure to add even more fuel to the conspiracies and keep the nerd drama appetite sated for some time to come.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Speaking of folks angry about nerd stuff: How is Jessica Jones about nerds beyond the fact that it's Marvel though? loving feminists, trying to enjoy a show with several multifaceted female characters that relate to each other independently of men. Why can't you let us nerds have anything??? *waits in mile long line with a thousand other people to see Star Wars*
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ToxicSlurpee posted:At Will Employment because freedom! At Will employment can be both good and bad. In my experience, the more job protections you have, the worse you're treated by your employer. I'm a straight White guy, so I don't have the same life experiences as a minority class - but I got treated the worst working in an union job and treated the best as a non-benefited contractor who could be fired at any time. Again - White guy here. Benefited class. Privileged all the way. It's probably different if you're gay, Black, Muslim, with a work visa from Syria, or a Bingo card combination of all 4.
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"Look, at-will employment works just as much for me, your boss, as it does for you, my employee. Yes, I can technically let you go without cause at any time, but you have the freedom to leave at any time! Isn't that great? Just make sure you give notice and continue working for at least two weeks after you do so or I'll make sure you're unemployable in this town!"
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Ok question: is there any truth to the "nerds used to get picked on before nerd stuff got cool" narrative? I've seen it brought up in a couple of places, but I have never experienced it so I am not sure.
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Cosima posted:How is Jessica Jones about nerds beyond the fact that it's Marvel though? loving feminists, trying to enjoy a show with several multifaceted female characters that relate to each other independently of men. Why can't you let us nerds have anything??? *waits in mile long line with a thousand other people to see Star Wars* A Star Wars with a WOMAN and a BLACK in prominent roles!  ETA: paradoxGentleman posted:Ok question: is there any truth to the "nerds used to get picked on before nerd stuff got cool" narrative? I've seen it brought up in a couple of places, but I have never experienced it so I am not sure. Eh, I got picked on a bit for being possibly the most awkward human being, but I don't think any of it was because of nerd poo poo. It's probably mostly just coincidence being taken as causality, because a lot of nerds turn to nerd poo poo as a security blanket from the harsh world of "I don't understand socialization and I'm too anxious/dumb to learn it." Not that like being picked on is cool, but all the cases I've seen have been because of the victim being super awkward more than their preferences in entertainment. (Acting like Nerd Franchise #175 is morally superior to Sportsball or Popular Mainstream Show probably contributes a lot as well.) Puppy Time has a new favorite as of 17:19 on Dec 18, 2015 |
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