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Inspector Gesicht posted:The events in Rio would be more amusing if it weren't for the inevitable generation of physically hosed-up kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqXy64-hTw
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Inspector Gesicht posted:The events in Rio would be more amusing if it weren't for the inevitable generation of physically hosed-up kids. Hey, women's gymnastics is a proud Olympic tradition
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stringball posted:...why itunes gift cards? Are the resale value of them really good versus real cash? probably because they can get the card number over the phone and drain it of value immediately rather than waiting for something to come in the mail
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im pooping! posted:probably because they can get the card number over the phone and drain it of value immediately rather than waiting for something to come in the mail I think the question was more like what can they actually buy from iTunes that's so valuable and expensive they gotta steal gift cards for it? I can't imagine they buy a lot of ebooks. Or do they just resell them or something?
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canyoneer posted:Hey, women's gymnastics is a proud Olympic tradition "What's wrong with 4'11" teenagers with permanent bone damage?"
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Judge Schnoopy posted:Is there an example of a successful Olympic host, ever? Somewhere the massive infrastructure improved quality of life for people in that area after the games? A city or country that saw positive returns on investment? Serious answer: Barcelona. They went from "Is that in Italy?" to a major tourist destination pretty much entirely on the back of the Olympics. They're often pointed out as one of the few financially successful Olympics of the last few decades.
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Sydney didn't make money but we got some world class stadiums and a modern residential suburb out of it. Also no one swam in raw sewage or got robbed at gun point because we actually had security and standards and our country wasn't an utter dirthole to begin with.
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Phanatic posted:The Rio Olympics are going to be loving amazing. Even the bingo card can't quite keep up with the giant clusterfuck that it's been. Who would have even thought to add a square that they'd kill their own mascot after spooking it with the torch? http://bringo.org
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I can't parse this. Who's the immigrant, whose family is sponsoring who to move where, and which family voted to leave? Could someone explain like I'm a golden retriever? in before "arf arf arf"
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Weatherman posted:I can't parse this. Who's the immigrant, whose family is sponsoring who to move where, and which family voted to leave? Could someone explain like I'm a golden retriever? It's not just you. She married an immigrant who never actually came over, but she went to where he was, so he was never an immigrant, but she was an emigrant... or something? Also, she was from the UK (?), but now can't go back for some reason or other? I guess she just means he can't go back with her. It's unclear.
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Tony Robbins Hot-Coal Walk Injures Dozens In Dallasquote:SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - As many as 40 people were injured after walking on hot coals as part of a self-help seminar hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins in Texas, fire officials said on Friday.
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Phanatic posted:No. This is just a referendum, it has no legal impact, it's literally just a vote. There's a process to leave the EU under Article 50, but the referendum doesn't start that process, and doesn't even dictate a timeline for starting that process. From a while back but while the process described is the legal process and the UK will remain a part of the EU for a minimum of two years, the answer to the original question "is Brexit 100% a thing now" then practically speaking yes, it is done. Formally the British government needs to initiate the process by invoking Article 50 and after this there will be a lot of negotiation about the exact form of the exit but it is pretty much a done deal that the UK will leave the EU in one way or another. There is just no way politically that anyone, British Parliament or EU, could go against it at this point. Hopefully not much will change practically but the rest of the EU has no particular incentive to be generous a this point. As Churchill is once claimed to have said (and if he didn't probably wished he did) "the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter". So sad right now, Ich bin der Schade 
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Centripetal Horse posted:It's not just you. She married an immigrant who never actually came over, but she went to where he was, so he was never an immigrant, but she was an emigrant... or something? Also, she was from the UK (?), but now can't go back for some reason or other? I guess she just means he can't go back with her. It's unclear. She married a guy who was not British. She worked very hard to get him a visa but wasn't able to. Then his parents offered her a visa to his country. She hoped she could use the EU's system to get a visa for to the UK. Them leaving the EU prevents that
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Specifically a spouse visa to the UK requires a minimum income or savings level but you could sidestep that by getting a visa to a different EU country then transferring to the UK after 6 months (the 'Surinder Singh' route).
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Foxhound posted:I think the question was more like what can they actually buy from iTunes that's so valuable and expensive they gotta steal gift cards for it? I can't imagine they buy a lot of ebooks. Or do they just resell them or something? Pretty sure they get resold. iTunes gift cards are basically cash that can only be spent in one place, so you can sell them for all or nearly all of their value.
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chitoryu12 posted:Pretty sure they get resold. iTunes gift cards are basically cash that can only be spent in one place, so you can sell them for all or nearly all of their value. So... uhh... where would someone buy one of these gift cards? Theoretically speaking.
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chitoryu12 posted:Pretty sure they get resold. iTunes gift cards are basically cash that can only be spent in one place, so you can sell them for all or nearly all of their value. It's actually kind of fun because here Costco will often sell their itunes cards for pretty good discounts. So you can get say, $100 worth of itunes for $80 and resell it for the full $100. Or if you're especially daring, go online and sell it to someone who isn't in America so they can buy things from the Ameriacan itunes with a slight markup so, say $120. Forty bucks isn't a whole lot, but it's nice. Works better for people who live in other regions like Australia and Japan since you have better access to exclusive poo poo in your shop.
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dumb. posted:So... uhh... where would someone buy one of these gift cards? Theoretically speaking. You can buy them at pretty much any store around here. Walmart and Target, I think Walgreens, Best Buy, etc. They stock them near the checkout. Most of the time they're sold for at least the same value as the gift card's value, so you'll make little to no money or even lose money trying to resell them. The scam only works if you can get someone to give you a card.
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fap fap SPLOOGE posted:It's on the previous page. Well poo poo, I went back the past 6 pages too. dumb. posted:So... uhh... where would someone buy one of these gift cards? Theoretically speaking. What are you asking here?
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FCKGW posted:Well poo poo, I went back the past 6 pages too. Hot black gift card market hookups, yo. Lemme get in on that poo poo. Several percent savings on app purchases.I can make it worth your while, if you know what I mean.
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Gomi Day posted:https://twitter.com/DRPS/status/746402034660872192 This isn't a Canadian thing, my coworker fell for this last week in Bumfuck, Utah. The scammers claimed to be from the IRS and wanted her to buy I-Tunes cards and read the numbers to them over the phone. She actually bought the cards. Luckily, her husband talked her into calling the police.
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Shoggoth bgosh posted:This isn't a Canadian thing, my coworker fell for this last week in Bumfuck, Utah. jesus christ..
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Nuebot posted:It's actually kind of fun because here Costco will often sell their itunes cards for pretty good discounts. So you can get say, $100 worth of itunes for $80 and resell it for the full $100. Or if you're especially daring, go online and sell it to someone who isn't in America so they can buy things from the Ameriacan itunes with a slight markup so, say $120. Forty bucks isn't a whole lot, but it's nice. Works better for people who live in other regions like Australia and Japan since you have better access to exclusive poo poo in your shop. Hell, don't a lot of scummy check cashing places buy gift cards too? Could probably get an even quicker turnaround if you did it that way. Of course, that's gonna look drat suspicious, so don't be surprised if the feds come knocking.
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Wanamingo posted:Hell, don't a lot of scummy check cashing places buy gift cards too? Could probably get an even quicker turnaround if you did it that way. Of course, that's gonna look drat suspicious, so don't be surprised if the feds come knocking. "Hello, I'm calling from the United States government. We have reason to believe you're using iTunes gift cards to commit fraud. However, we're willing to drop the charges if you just read us the number on the card."
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Wanamingo posted:Hell, don't a lot of scummy check cashing places buy gift cards too? Could probably get an even quicker turnaround if you did it that way. Of course, that's gonna look drat suspicious, so don't be surprised if the feds come knocking. Of course usually the whole thing just ends up being a scam and the bitcoiner never even gets the cards to resell but occasionally they do get the stolen cards and get busted for it when they try to turn it over.
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Arctic Baldwin posted:She married a guy who was not British. She worked very hard to get him a visa but wasn't able to. Then his parents offered her a visa to his country. She hoped she could use the EU's system to get a visa for to the UK. Them leaving the EU prevents that One Swell Foop posted:Specifically a spouse visa to the UK requires a minimum income or savings level but you could sidestep that by getting a visa to a different EU country then transferring to the UK after 6 months (the 'Surinder Singh' route). Ah! The story makes a more sense with that piece of information.
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The schadenfreude is your expectations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhAdM_NGlQ
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burexas.irom posted:The schadenfreude is your expectations. You sick monster!
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burexas.irom posted:The schadenfreude is your expectations. Thanks for the warning, I'm not gonna watch it then 
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burexas.irom posted:The schadenfreude is your expectations.  All of the elements are there! That was so ripe* for disaster!* 100% ripe
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burexas.irom posted:The schadenfreude is your expectations. Completely blueballed. You gently caress.
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More Brexit. Farage promises Leave voters £350 million for NHS. Disowns his words before result's even officially announced. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-result-nigel-farage-nhs-pledge-disowns-350-million-pounds-a7099906.html And at the end of it all he's not even invited into the newly forming Brexit negotiations committee, throws a fit. http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/25/furious-farage-excluded-from-committee-to-negotiate-brexit-5965707/ Small joys. As an EU citizen living in England this has not been a happy time 
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Perhaps a hamster posted:More Brexit. Farage promises Leave voters £350 million for NHS. Disowns his words before result's even officially announced. Farage is very entertaining from a distance. He's like an Austin Powers villain: cartoonishly evil, and hilariously incompetent. What happens to people like you, now? Do you have to spend the next couple of years Stepin Fetchiting around to prove to your British overlords that you're worthy to remain in their new English paradise?
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He really is. Look at this loving face. Re. our status now, there have been some 'reassurances' (loving lol) from the right that the status of people already living here shouldn't change, but at this point I'm not too inclined to trust anything that comes out of their mouths. Personally am seriously considering moving to one of the Irelands (briefly lived in Dublin before, really enjoyed it) or Scotland [(especially if they get another referendum going). I work remotely for a London office anyway so can live pretty much anywhere really, it's just the pound crash that's gonna be kick in the balls now. Tbh I'm not even worried about the legal status too much as I've been living here long enough to apply for citizenship if I wanted to, but don't think I want to now, as it feels like the anti-immigrant sentiment is loud and clear. At least there's still two years to think about it I guess! Got a lot of English friends who are pissed off about the vote outcome too, keep teasing them that at least I, as EU citizen, can still move to a nice EU country if poo poo keeps hitting the fan, they're the ones stuck with their motherland  ETA: Just remembered a mini-freude - one of my bf's idiot co-workers voted 'Leave' purely for 'make Britain independent/no refugees' sentiment without looking into it. The day after he was trying to book a nice holiday in Europe and was shocked, shocked! and very surprised to discover that the price that was £250 is now in the thousands. Happy Brexit! Perhaps a hamster has a new favorite as of 11:50 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Perhaps a hamster posted:He really is. Look at this loving face. To be honest, the pound didn't crash enough to justify that increased price. This isn't Germany post Versailles.
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