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exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Pirate Radar posted:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/23/trump_impeachment_chances_white_nationalism_in_the_military_edition.html

Don�t look, Randler, but all the respondents were troops.

uhh i feel like the couple of sentences before the bit you quoted are more important

# ? Oct 24, 2017 12:26

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# ? May 31, 2024 10:16

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

do you guys remember that song, 'barbara streisand'

# ? Oct 24, 2017 12:28

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

ba ba ba
barbra streisand

# ? Oct 24, 2017 12:29

Randler: Jan 3, 2013; ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...h-a8011141.html

:allears:

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:00

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

https://twitter.com/VP/status/922513927019393024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvLDbeguM7g

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:14

Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

why do people act like capitalism invented greed

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:42

Verisimilidude: Dec 20, 2006; Strike quick and hurry at him,
not caring to hit or miss.
So that you dishonor him before the judges

https://twitter.com/TieTuesdayLP/status/922557173883920384

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:45

Cease to Hope: Dec 12, 2011

Volkerball posted:

why do people act like capitalism invented greed

i agree, capitalism gets an undeserved bad rap

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:52

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Volkerball posted:

why do people act like capitalism invented greed

there's an argument that in order to self-maintain capitalism necessitates conspicuous consumption

but more succinctly that's the opposite of what's true: greed led to capitalism

# ? Oct 24, 2017 13:55

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Capitalism strongly disincentivizes things that aren't greed.

# ? Oct 24, 2017 14:05

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Randler posted:

They're currently testing the waters for a three-way (well, four-way really) coalition between CDU/CSU - Greens and FDP (liberals ).

And she will carry out the duties of the office until a new chancellor is elected.

Edit: Oh, and the SPD was the first party to vote with the AfD on a measure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZGnb2d3BkA

# ? Oct 24, 2017 14:17

Aves Maria!: Jul 26, 2008; Maybe I'll drown

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

la min wage is slated to hit $15 an hour by 2020, so pretty comparable, but still insanely low for cost of living in a city where average rent is in the mid 2000's

where in LA are you living, bc i can think of multiple places I lived that I paid no where close to that

# ? Oct 24, 2017 18:40

boner confessor: Apr 25, 2013; by R. Guyovich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX5xIRUcPyI

# ? Oct 24, 2017 18:45

Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Tesseraction posted:

there's an argument that in order to self-maintain capitalism necessitates conspicuous consumption

Putting the chicken before the egg here. A thirst for Things at the maximum possible scale required capitalism in order to be quenched. Face it, Black Friday shoppers trampling each other to death over a 4% discount on a fry daddy is the purest expression of the human condition imaginable. That is what we as a species were designed to do. Fated to do.

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but more succinctly that's the opposite of what's true: greed led to capitalism

I remember this video a few years ago. Back when OWS was going on. It was a psychological experiment on monkeys. What they did was they made one monkey do some arbitrary task and as a reward, they gave him a grape. They let a second monkey watch this whole thing, and then gave him a chance to do the task. So he does it as fast as he possibly can because goddamn grapes are in the balance here, and then they give him a piece of cucumber. And he's like "what the gently caress bitch, that other mother fucker got a grape are you for real," and he lost his poo poo. The conclusion was that it's a very base behavior to recognize inequality and get upset about it. But what they didn't say, and what I thought was the funniest part, was that the first monkey? The one that got the grape? He didn't recognize anything! He was off doing his grape dance all loving stoked he got grapes. And had the roles been reversed, the monkeys probably would've responded the exact same way.

Workers want things that benefit workers because they are workers. Capitalists want things that benefit capitalists because they are capitalists. People want things that benefit themselves. Greed is the driver all the way around. Nobody gets to play innocent. You could point to some idealistic notion of the greater good, that objectively, an equitable, just society would be the preferable one to live in, and you would be right. But the question remains. If you took everyone who currently supported such grand notions and, in a vacuum, offered them a check that put them in the top 5% of all earners in the country, how many would still show up at the income equality rally the next day? How many allies would there still be? I'd bet the vast majority would just sit at home and eat their grapes. It's probably why people tend to be so much more invested and informed in the causes of justice in their own countries where they stand to gain, while similar causes in other countries, where they don't stand to gain personally, are barely on their radar. Don't try and bullshit me.

Volkerball fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Oct 24, 2017

# ? Oct 24, 2017 19:23

R. Mute: Jul 27, 2011

Volkerball posted:

Putting the chicken before the egg here. A thirst for Things at the maximum possible scale required capitalism in order to be quenched. Face it, Black Friday shoppers trampling each other to death over a 4% discount on a fry daddy is the purest expression of the human condition imaginable. That is what we as a species were designed to do. Fated to do.

I remember this video a few years ago. Back when OWS was going on. It was a psychological experiment on monkeys. What they did was they made one monkey do some arbitrary task and as a reward, they gave him a grape. They let a second monkey watch this whole thing, and then gave him a chance to do the task. So he does it as fast as he possibly can because goddamn grapes are in the balance here, and then they give him a piece of cucumber. And he's like "what the gently caress bitch, that other mother fucker got a grape are you for real," and he lost his poo poo. The conclusion was that it's a very base behavior to recognize inequality and get upset about it. But what they didn't say, and what I thought was the funniest part, was that the first monkey? The one that got the grape? He didn't recognize anything! He was off doing his grape dance all loving stoked he got grapes. And had the roles been reversed, the monkeys probably would've responded the exact same way.

Workers want things that benefit workers because they are workers. Capitalists want things that benefit capitalists because they are capitalists. People want things that benefit themselves. Greed is the driver all the way around. Nobody gets to play innocent. You could point to some idealistic notion of the greater good, that objectively, an equitable, just society would be the preferable one to live in, and you would be right. But the question remains. If you took everyone who currently supported such grand notions and, in a vacuum, offered them a check that put them in the top 5% of all earners in the country, how many would still show up at the income equality rally the next day? How many allies would there still be? I'd bet the vast majority would just sit at home and eat their grapes. It's probably why people tend to be so much more invested and informed in the causes of justice in their own countries where they stand to gain, while similar causes in other countries, where they don't stand to gain personally, are barely on their radar. Don't try and bullshit me.

i didn't read any o fthis

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:08

Cease to Hope: Dec 12, 2011

shut up volkerball

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:22

Cease to Hope: Dec 12, 2011

cucumber is better than grapes

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:23

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Cease to Hope posted:

cucumber is better than grapes

i'm sorry but the monkeys have spoken

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:26

Cease to Hope: Dec 12, 2011

Raskolnikov38 posted:

i'm sorry but the monkeys have spoken

i derive all my politics from natural law. also i spend a lot of time laying on the floor, motionless, slowly succumbing to entropy

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:28

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

cucumber probably has the biggest difference in flavor between the real stuff grown in the ground and the bullshit they sell in the store

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:30

Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Cucumber is terrible and overpowering.

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:38

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

real cucumber tastes more like watermelon but less sweet

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:52

Submarine Sandpaper: May 27, 2007

they confuse me as there's no q in them

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:53

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Volkerball posted:

Putting the chicken before the egg here. A thirst for Things at the maximum possible scale required capitalism in order to be quenched. Face it, Black Friday shoppers trampling each other to death over a 4% discount on a fry daddy is the purest expression of the human condition imaginable. That is what we as a species were designed to do. Fated to do.

I remember this video a few years ago. Back when OWS was going on. It was a psychological experiment on monkeys. What they did was they made one monkey do some arbitrary task and as a reward, they gave him a grape. They let a second monkey watch this whole thing, and then gave him a chance to do the task. So he does it as fast as he possibly can because goddamn grapes are in the balance here, and then they give him a piece of cucumber. And he's like "what the gently caress bitch, that other mother fucker got a grape are you for real," and he lost his poo poo. The conclusion was that it's a very base behavior to recognize inequality and get upset about it. But what they didn't say, and what I thought was the funniest part, was that the first monkey? The one that got the grape? He didn't recognize anything! He was off doing his grape dance all loving stoked he got grapes. And had the roles been reversed, the monkeys probably would've responded the exact same way.

Workers want things that benefit workers because they are workers. Capitalists want things that benefit capitalists because they are capitalists. People want things that benefit themselves. Greed is the driver all the way around. Nobody gets to play innocent. You could point to some idealistic notion of the greater good, that objectively, an equitable, just society would be the preferable one to live in, and you would be right. But the question remains. If you took everyone who currently supported such grand notions and, in a vacuum, offered them a check that put them in the top 5% of all earners in the country, how many would still show up at the income equality rally the next day? How many allies would there still be? I'd bet the vast majority would just sit at home and eat their grapes. It's probably why people tend to be so much more invested and informed in the causes of justice in their own countries where they stand to gain, while similar causes in other countries, where they don't stand to gain personally, are barely on their radar. Don't try and bullshit me.

all I took from this is that you really want to gently caress a lab monkey

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:54

the old ceremony: Aug 1, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

saltmarsh

# ? Oct 24, 2017 20:54

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

sea level rise is slowly destroying estuarine habitats on the east coast and turning maritime and wetland forests into salt marsh

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:00

Multilake: Dec 11, 2016; If you're in a jam, a crayon scrunched under your nose makes a good pretend moustache.

The Muppets On PCP posted:

real cucumber tastes more like watermelon but less sweet

They also drip water like crazy if you cut them!

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:01

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

you can actually see the bald cypress retreating from the inland coasts and the pine canopies no longer recover after peat fires

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:02

the old ceremony: Aug 1, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

The Muppets On PCP posted:

sea level rise is slowly destroying estuarine habitats on the east coast and turning maritime and wetland forests into salt marsh

it's also turning saltmarsh into mangroves, which is destroying nesting habitats for migratory shorebirds

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:17

the old ceremony: Aug 1, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

climate change is wild

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:18

Furnaceface: Oct 21, 2004

the old ceremony posted:

climate change is wild

Not sure Id use the word wild to describe the slow process of turning our planet into an uninhabitable hellscape, but sure.

exmarx posted:

yes.

now that the model's been proven correct, i can confidently predict that corbyn will officially become prime minister in late 2019 / early 2020

I really dislike this because it doesnt account for the rightward shift in policy by those supposed liberal parties. Maybe its different in NZ, but here in Canada our Liberals are now pretty established right of center and still shifting further that way as our Conservative party goes Full America.

Maybe Canadians will get past their racism and ignore the American influence by voting NDP next election, but Im not exactly hopeful. If by some miracle it happens, this would be our new PM:

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:36

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

Where the hell are you shopping that is selling fake cucumbers

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:37

Cease to Hope: Dec 12, 2011

mislabeled green bananas

# ? Oct 24, 2017 21:38

stone cold: Feb 15, 2014

Cease to Hope posted:

i agree, capitalism gets an undeserved bad rap

counterpoint: it�s time to guillotine the swine

# ? Oct 24, 2017 22:13

GhostofJohnMuir: Aug 14, 2014; anime is not good

Aves Maria! posted:

where in LA are you living, bc i can think of multiple places I lived that I paid no where close to that

https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/los-angeles/

# ? Oct 24, 2017 22:40

Volkerball: Oct 15, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

stone cold posted:

counterpoint: it’s time to guillotine the swine

It's a little chilly to barbecue

# ? Oct 24, 2017 22:42

R. Mute: Jul 27, 2011

i have made the pie

my mixer broke tho so i had to whisk my egg whites by hand which was a hassle and they weren't quite as fluffy as i wanted them

but the pie is made. good.

# ? Oct 24, 2017 22:50

Furnaceface: Oct 21, 2004

R. Mute posted:

i have made the pie

my mixer broke tho so i had to whisk my egg whites by hand which was a hassle and they weren't quite as fluffy as i wanted them

but the pie is made. good.

Lemon Meringue?

# ? Oct 24, 2017 23:45

Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

the paradigm shift posted:

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2017/04/26/french-taco/

vive le taco hoh hoh hoh

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# ? May 31, 2024 10:16

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

Got a guy named Doom Cat in MGS5 so that's who I'm playing from here on out when I can, currently stuck with the repeat missions aand repeat side ops cause I can't figure out how to make new missions appear

# ? Oct 25, 2017 00:42

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