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Jul 18, 2004




RevBabyKiller posted:

The anti-porn new rule was pretty weak. Didn't even pick the low lying fruit of people getting too fat to be sexy or mention that it being easier to just jerk-off might not be entirely the dude's fault. Really though it just seemed like a generic stand-up bit with no teeth or commentary on anything even remotely pertinent


Especially since every other show he goes on about how he'll never get married and jokes about how miserable married people are and blah blah and now all of a sudden its "please have sex with your wife. :qq: "

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Jul 18, 2004




Anyone know what the guy yelling in the audience was saying? I couldn't make any of it out.

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Jul 18, 2004




Where can I read that chicks interview with the guy pretending to be a reformed jihadist.

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Jul 18, 2004




Peace Frog posted:

Common is one of those guys that seems pleasant enough, but I'm not cool enough to give a poo poo about his opinions.

Based on what I saw of him on the show I dont think he even has any political opinions.

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Jul 18, 2004




Theres something really unnerving about an old guy in a Hawaiian shirt and puka necklace.

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Jul 18, 2004




Zogo posted:

Do people believe that knowing one language is better than knowing two?

All schools really do now is the required 2-4 years which isn't really enough to be fluent. It's not even done at the optimal time which is when the kids are younger. Our education compared to the rest of the world is abysmal and those 4 years could prob be better spent learning something else.

bango skank posted:

:bahgawd::White peopleAMERICANS shouldn't have to learn MEXICAN, MEXICANS should learn to speak AMERICAN!

Why is this so unreasonable? Noones advocating that you completely abandon your culture when you come here but to not learn the language of the country you choose to live in is retarded on many levels. Every person here would be all " :rolleyes: stupid american living in /visiting another country and not even bothering to learn the native language."

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Jul 18, 2004




Wooty posted:

This is not what they are suggesting. They are saying they want to make English the only language available - that goes against what this country is about. There is also the hidden cultural meaning, that our culture (well, the ones we approve of anyway) is superior and that they are beneath us with their other culture.

If you don't want to learn English, that's fine. The government (which they want smaller and out our lives) doesn't have to care.

They are also only saying it for political reasons and it says the worst about the country and the people who believe this silliness.

They who? Republicans? Im not a republican so I dont really care what their position is im just responding to the guys who said all children would benefit from being bilingual (specifically spanish/english) because some areas are heavily hispanic. Also the guy spouting off the "anyone who doesn't want to learn spanish is obviously racist"

JerkyBunion posted:

It's incredibly hard for older immigrants to learn a new language, no matter what language or country they're moving to. But studies show that among children of immigrants knowledge of English is near universal and preference for English is almost as high, even among children educated in immigrant-sponsored bilingual schools (paraphrasing).

What I'm saying is, this is a manufactured non-issue meant to play on fear of the other, specifically brown people.

I agree the older you are the harder it is to pick up a new language. Again im not against quality of life improvements for immigrants like multilingual signs or whatever. Im just saying its not something our schools should be requiring. Or at least not at the pathetic 2-3 years and thats it way its going about it now.

IRQ posted:


You don't understand man, that one time they had to call Denny's corporate to complain about the dirty foreign who didn't refill their bacon barge fast enough they had to press 1 for english! :argh:

Yeah good one dude but the guy above beat you to that dead horse of a response.

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Jul 18, 2004




Zogo posted:

I've heard that some other countries will start kids on two languages early. I forget which ones however. It seemed like the most sensible thing to do.

Thats a good way to do it. Go all in at an early age. I still don't think it should be a requirement nation wide though.

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Jul 18, 2004




richardfun posted:

Why not? The younger you are, the easier it is to pick up a language. I might be fluent in English and Dutch (the latter being my native tongue), but I wish my parents had gotten me started early on French and German.

Honestly its just not as important here as it is overseas. English is a pretty important global language so other countries can start their kids on it early because they know it'll be beneficial later on. What languages would you offer here? Most schools offer at most 4 different languages but how do you pick which one will be the most useful to you 10-20 years from now? Do you push Spanish in certain areas? What do you do to the kid who wants to learn portuguese because his family speaks it but the school doesn't offer it? What are you supposed to take in bum gently caress midwest cities that are 99.9% English? Just pick something at random. Being bilingual is a luxury here and like I said earlier its almost worthless requiring 2-4 years since you barely get past basic grammar in that time. The money could be better spent on other areas.

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Jul 18, 2004






JerkyBunion posted:

That attitude, that it's "just not important" around here, is the reason why American education is lagging. Do you really think there won't be a need in the future for Americans to know Spanish? Chinese in its various forms? How about Arabic, Farsi?

Just because you don't use a second language doesn't mean we shouldn't encourage children to learn one for themselves.

Also, I can't help but notice all these nativist english-only people didn't bother learning the language when they came here. I wonder how many of them speak Iroquoian, Chinookan, etc?

Its not as important as it is elsewhere. Theres so many options available that you'd have to predict well in advance which would be most useful to offer kids. Most schools can barely fund 2-3 languages. So do you selectively offer certain ones in certain areas because of population or what? Does it completely change every few years depending on global politics? Do you boot German off the list and replace it with Arabic because of the sudden need for translators because of the two wars we're in? Like I asked earlier some kids may just choose a language because of family/ancestral reasons. If that isn't worthy enough to be offered do the schools eat the bill for a separate tutor? Where do you draw the line on this.

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Jul 18, 2004




Grand Fromage posted:

Learning any language is valuable since it helps you learn another, and students may have a talent for it that they would otherwise have never discovered if it weren't forced in school.

Ok pick the 3 that are offered nationwide and why you chose them.

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Jul 18, 2004




Did Mark Cuban just say the Chinese did Pearl Harbor?

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Jul 18, 2004




BrooklynBruiser posted:

SE Cupp hasn't made me hate her yet.

Who had 20minutes 39seconds in the pool?

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Jul 18, 2004




I dont remember much of what he said except for the "You cant do a Book of Islam type show like you can with Mormonism." and hes not really wrong on that. And if you think he is you're really kidding yourself. What else did he specifically say?

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Jul 18, 2004




Because it sounds like nonsensical horseshit. Our SUV driving extremists are doing what? Bombing girls schools? Threatening murder because someone made a wacky Jesus cartoon? Bin Laden was a millionaire, Al-Awaiaki grew up in New Mexico. His dad has a masters degree. 911 hijackers were university students. The marathon bombers live in loving Boston.

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Jul 18, 2004




And theres a poo poo ton of poor people of other religions all over the world that aren't doing comparable stuff. Being poor doesn't give you an excuse to do atrocious poo poo.

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Jul 18, 2004




Holy poo poo is this hippy guy embarrassing.

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Jul 18, 2004




The Chiraq segment was really dumb. Yeah it was Cabrini Green getting torn down that really fueled all this violence. Because that entire area was such a bastion of peace and safety before that right? "Back in my day we didn't shoot you we just rolled up on you and beat your rear end we didnt use guns" Lol please.

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Jul 18, 2004




Pretty funny how Vice was the whole reason behind Rodmans mystery trip.

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Jul 18, 2004




Stern has his stupid network talent show job to lose. Even though he didn't specifically bring it up you know bill was thinking "I got kicked off network tv for my opinion? Look at what this idiot thinks" what that bit.

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Jul 18, 2004




That final new rule was really stupid

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Jul 18, 2004




Michael Scott posted:

This is making the rounds care of whatever PR department handles Maher's social media:

http://instagram.com/p/flr6fOSUPT/



Bill Maher and Woody Harrellson apparently smoking a big joint. How long do you think until LAPD busts his rear end? Oh wait, they're wealthy and white, never-mind.

A blurry washed out photo of a guy holding a joint. Im sure their best detective would be on that case if he were black.

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Jul 18, 2004




comes along bort posted:

Not really appreciating the blatant misogyny this season so far having an obviously drugged up and now a clearly retarded woman on the panel.

80% of the guests on this show are clearly retarded. Those are basically the only people that will agree to appear. Why is it misogyny when some of them are women?

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Jul 18, 2004




The only thing worse than S.E. Cupp is 2 baby boomers sucking their own dicks about how their generation is totally not full of entitled whiny retards because they didn't have cell phones as kids or whatever.

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Jul 18, 2004




I dont think the director has final cut but the ending the studio wanted to push actually tested worse than the directors original ending so they just said gently caress it release what you want

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Jul 18, 2004




that final rule was 100% accurate

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Jul 18, 2004




Trabisnikof posted:


Don't you see the hypocrisy between his rabid attacks on Muslims for violence against women and his own (even joking) advocacy of the same? How many times has Maher called her a MILF (hint: many)? The context of the man and the comments matter.

Calling someone a milf vs killing/beating/kidnapping/mutilating women, what an excellent place to take a stand on this issue.

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Jul 18, 2004




punk rebel ecks posted:

Bill was acting like a massive dick to his Christian guest. I know that the Christian nut shouldn't be taken that seriously but Bill was acting like an rear end in a top hat toward him.

Doing the opposite has no effect on those people so might as well make them look stupid.

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Jul 18, 2004




As dumb as Salam is the "heh ever heard of the Statue of Liberty :smug: ?" as some sort of infallible argument ender is so stupid.

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Jul 18, 2004




As good as Maher is when he rips into religion its really not the same without some whiny hollywood apologist like Afflek on to get all indignant

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Jul 18, 2004




How often do you fly where getting in on a plane is more convenient than going to your drs office/pharmacy?

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Jul 18, 2004




Everything she said seemed pretty reasonable but hey keeping defending islam

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Jul 18, 2004




IRQ posted:

Oh good, now we get to see how someone can fail at making Trump jokes even given the easiest material in the history of ever (and then laugh at his own jokes). It'll be like Trump failing at running a casino.

John Oliver is on sundays actually

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Jul 18, 2004




Apoplexy posted:

Did you really just loving diss John Oliver?

Maher is king smug but I cant stand Olivers righteous nerd rage and constant laughing at his own jokes.

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Jul 18, 2004




IRQ posted:

I can't blame the teacher too much, that poo poo looked weird.

But the police cuffed the kid, made racist remarks, questioned him without his parents - and did not allow him to contact his parents when he asked to. If the people in charge were actually concerned, where was the bomb squad? Why wasn't the school evacuated?

I mean let's face it, if the kid was white and named Christian O'Jesusfucker nothing would have happened. The hosed up thing is that Bill Maher has zero problem with that.

There was no bomb squad because noone thought it was a real bomb. The charge was hoax bomb or something. The same poo poo that would happen if you tried to bring something that stupid looking through airport security. They're not gonna evacuate but youre still gonna get arrested.

Also youre wrong if you think this zero tolerance poo poo wouldnt apply to some white kid. The only difference is they wouldnt have zuckerburg, potus and microsoft throwing free poo poo at them and tripping over each other to show how supportive they are.

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Jul 18, 2004




Im sure they were slamming his head onto a desk playing bad cop just like in the hit hbo show The Wire.

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Jul 18, 2004





Norm MacDonald posted:

And I’d do it to get girls! I’d be in a bar and for some reason when you’re drunk, girls will put up with it if you try to grope them or whatever. (In a high-pitched voice:) “What are you doing? Haha!” If you’re sober, they’re like, “Hey! Just what do you think you‘re doing?” So I’d just garble my words. I have used being a drunk to my advantage many times.

Eh thats kinda creepy

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Jul 18, 2004




Pryor on Fire posted:

I really hope that whoever wins this election they decide to take that white house petition site down so I never ever have to hear about all these inane useless petitions reaching whatever number on the daily ever again.

It would be great if Obama came on and leveled with everyone and just said "yeah actually I"m an atheist and I don't give a gently caress anymore", sadly I think we're still a few decades from that happening.

Presidents usually like to make money after their terms are up so no you prob wont see them going "it was all bullshit lol" anytime soon

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Jul 18, 2004




RetroHelix posted:

Don't know what it has to do with the Oscars, but Hollywood def thinks Asia is racist.

Spot the difference:


Chewy noooooooo :gonk:

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Jul 18, 2004




Its pretty funny that hes ok with some dude injecting Aids blood into his arm but vaccines? Heh no thanks

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