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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
That was absolutely inspired television

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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

withak posted:

I just use "Correct horse battery staple".

Maybe don't share your password with the world, champ :thumbsup:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

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The "you didn't even notice that's not" running gag is my favourite thing on this show :allears:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Irish Joe posted:

I'd love to hear the premise for a segment about elections that doesn't come off as sour grapes.

For starters there's the fact that one party can get 2.5 million votes and 8 seats while another party can get 3.8 million votes and 1 seat, or one party can get 1.2 million votes and get 1 seat while 1 party can get 1.5 million votes and get 56 seats.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

DoggPickle posted:

Because it's a life choice that you should save up for and plan.It's not a freak accident or a death of another person that you have no control over. A lot of couples buy houses too. Should you get extra pay or leave in order to do that? My dad died while I was at work. I took a half-day off. I already had my own house and if I didn't work, it wasn't getting paid for. My mom died on Christmas, so lucky me, I didn't need to take off work for that one. I did have to sell my car to pay for the funeral expenses and the two extra houses and two extra cars that I suddenly owned 5 days before all the mortgages/payments were due.

I can't believe I just wrote that.I think it was the dad death thing. In any case, life kicks you in the teeth inevitably and you make it work, because you have planned for it ahead of time. You have never bought a single soda or any drink in a bar, and you drive the cheapest car you can find and pay a redneck in beer when it breaks, you pack your own lunches, you do favors for friends so they do favors for you and it costs you nothing, you buy used furniture and pick up stuff from the thrift store, you make a week's meals on $8 by making stew or spaghetti, and you sweat all summer and freeze all winter so you can keep those electrical pennies piled up. You get your TV through an antenna, have a 30 year old microwave, and wash your car in the rain, and never miss a day of work or do anything but work loving hard in your whole life. If you haven't, then honestly I really have no sympathy (other that super-freak crazy expensive accidents or medical crap). Do you want to take a vacation to Italy? Then you save up for three years and you save your vacation days and you go. Why is choosing to have a baby any different? In any case, I'm out because I pulled the dead parents card, and I really don't want to read the replies because I will probably lose my poo poo. I think a bunch of you don't know how the world actually works. I'm not some simpleton who doesn't understand Social Security, I just truncated the main points .And in fact, I'm an incredibly happy and fun person who sees beauty and joy in almost everything, every day. This (short) life is all we get, and I would like to play it as fun as I can. If I could have some impact on the future - sure I'd try, but that's impossible, so it is a pointless waste of time.

Having babies is the ultimate self-centered thing you could ever do in your life. You're saying "My genes are so AWESOME, there should be MORE of ME!!! :dance:" So yeah, I kinda resent the self-centered comments. Why the hell should I care if you want to make more copies of you? Why is that SACRED? It's the most ego-centric action possible in life!

I really like the Show btw. I just disagreed with this one segment.

Peace.

I wanna have this post's babies :allears:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

IRQ posted:

Good luck Rarity I hope you have a doublepost! :3:

Deadpool won't let me take a break from making OPs though :sigh:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

IRQ posted:

I have been assured by a very knowing Rarity of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...

This is a deplorable appropriation of our cuisine. Every Brit knows the only true way to have a child is marinaded in BBQ sauce with a garlic garnish.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

DoggPickle posted:

I really think that calling my post some CRAZY person Rant/rave is a bit out of touch with reality.

This is what every post of yours in every thread sounds like.

DoggPickle posted:

Raise your hand if you've ever been a 20-something girl attempting to get a good job.

Hello!

Rarity fucked around with this message at 07:49 on May 15, 2015

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Toxxupation posted:

yeah this whole exclusionary attitude is exactly how the LGBTIQA acronym fiasco got started, so

Why can't we have separate movements that support each other but are not integrated to prevent dilution of particular problems? :shrug:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

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Veskit posted:

CLEAR EYES

FULL HEARTS

Might lose? :ohdear:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Mr. Fowl posted:

"Flamingos are go!"

"They look very nice"

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

IRQ posted:

There's so many actual charities and NGOs etc that have a terrible rate of their donations actually getting to people that need them that it makes churches look good by comparison. They're less scammy just by nature of not purporting to have jesus give you a mercedes, but if you think you're helping the children or whatnot you'd do well to look twice at where the money really goes.

The majority of charities (including the big name ones) are entirely on the up and up with the vast majority of non-direct spending being invested into fundraising (ie. allowing for larger direct spending in the future) and miniscule amounts going into admin/wages/etc.?

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Soylentbits posted:

Are we talking charities or nonprofits because then we would also have to take into account the vast amount of sport nonprofits that are definitely aimed at profits before all else.

Definitely just charities

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
You're in luck, there was no episode last week!

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Timett posted:

Ama request: Janice From Accounting

Never going to happen. You know she don't give a gently caress.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Scorchy posted:

But seriously what in god's name are they covering on WCBS News at 11??

VIAGRA... FOR KIDS! :supaburn:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Harold Stassen posted:

What is it about British people that is just so naturally unfunny? John Oliver is the perfect embodiment of this.

I agree. Not nearly enough fart jokes and cross dressing :britain:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
The UK clearly saw John's main piece this week and were feeling sad about the lack of attention

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Felicity :gonk:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Yesssssssssssss

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Her praising Oliver's charity seems like a bit of a 'gently caress you Dad'

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Seriously, nobody else is incredibly mad after this latest episode?

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Invalid Validation posted:

I probably didn’t get it over that great the point is that people don’t think of taxes as their civic duty like they used to. It’s seen as the government stealing their hard earned money for moochers. Which leads to less people wanting to pay their taxes, which leads to the defunding of the IRS that actually enforced the law that makes people pay.

:capitalism:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
It's the same in the UK. I literally do nothing with my taxes and then at the end of the tax year the government sends me a letter and sometimes it's got some money inside, sometimes it doesn't.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

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The number of people in this thread defending America's lovely tax filing system is a bit depressing

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

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Guys, I think somebody needs to check on Jeff, he didn't look too hot there at the end :ohdear:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
John Oliver ruined Christmas :(

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
I can't believe that spacemice have taken over NASA

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Milo and POTUS posted:

This was the highlight though :) Surprised it got such a reserved reaction.

I didn't even spot it, what was it?

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Dumb Lowtax posted:

How is an SA goon aghast about censorship, on a site where people traditionally were banned every time it was funny to do so and permabanned whenever they seemed like an rear end in a top hat

Because we have a right to FREE SPEECH :byodood:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
loving hell Gritty is terrifying

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Bolosonaro finished on 46% of the vote so there will be a second-phase runoff at least.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Bust Rodd posted:

I’ve only ever heard boof referring to popping pills in your butt and I gotta tell you it sounds dumb but holy gently caress does it work. If I ever heard an adult refer to sex as boofing I’d immediately question the legitimacy of their sexual career in its entirety.

The first time I boofed something I was convinced my friends had tricked me and there was no way it really worked and I was just silly for putting an e pill in my rear end and by the time I made back from the bathroom to the bedroom I was completely loving bombed. It’s INSANE how quickly it works.

:yikes:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Atomizer posted:

Urban settings are often quite loving diverse

"No guys, it's totally cool cause I'm being racist towards multiple ethnicities"

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Bust Rodd posted:

Nah that’s when you take a small piece of paper or tissue or something and wrap your powder up in it and swallow it because you don’t have any gelcaps

What? No, that's called bombing.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

SlothfulCobra posted:

I mean here's your big problem right here, you're couching everything in terminology and political theory that's roundabout 200 years old by now with few clear successes to it's name. I'm not really sure what "liberal" means in this context because there's been a lot of wheeling and dealing in the last couple centuries, and the old context of people just pushing for some light voting rights and ability to form political parties against a system of pure monarchy doesn't exist anymore, and they have a nebulous at best relation to the movements that started popping up a hundred years later.

The main calling cards of liberals are:

- No strong political ideology
- Happy with things being the way they are
- Believes in a need for 'sensible politics'
- Thinks that personality is more important policy
- Argues that the truth is in the middle
- Allows hate speech to flourish on the ~*marketplace of ideas*~
- Thinks the tone of the argument is more important than the content of the argument
- Doesn't approve of civili disobedience as a political tool
- Cannot draw a distinction between the left and the right
- Often self-defines as a centrist

And yes, they do enable fascists and you can see it happening across the world right now

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

SiKboy posted:

Unless he means socialists doing kickflips in which case I am on board.

I spend my days catching big air and getting totally tubular, dude

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Phenotype posted:

That's also a valid interpretation and maybe the right one. But maybe there's a way to have gun ownership and also less gun violence?

But holy poo poo :can:

Gun control really isn't a can of worms, America is just a really dumb country.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Servaetes posted:

or things related to him

So that would be politics then

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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

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tarlibone posted:

Sometimes he makes fun of other things.

But yeah, it's hard to discuss a show that contains mostly political content without discussing the politics discussed on the show. Honestly, if discussing politics on this board is such a big no-no, maybe this thread should be moved to a board where political stuff is discussed. And the Bill Maher thread, too.

Eh, we talk about politics plenty in TV IV. When people generally try to shut down politics chat it's cause they've got lovely opinions and don't want to have to disclose them.

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