Of course it's tragic someone had to die. On the other hand, I'm not so much bothered by the shooting as I am by the two witnesses who treated the whole thing like they were watching a video game.
The thing with Tebow being a virgin...
He was a Heisman-trophy winning, National Champion quarterback at a big-time party college. He could strolling down a campus sidewalk, trip on a pebble, and land in vagina. Or ass.
But, and but! Fellatio does not count, not technically, as a requirement in losing one's virginity.
So one has to ask - When Tim Tebow is getting head, is he simultaneously "tebowing?"
Just picture it in your head. And now that mental image won't go away.
I basically wear something like this on my necklace.
So I'm Buddhist and I wear a Buddha necklace, like basically every Viet person out there. There's a swastika engraved onto the necklace pendant.
I suppose I'm a Nazi then.
Okay, I laughed. But kudos for lowballing.
If you're eating out with friends and everyone is so tied up in their phones that this roulette game or scenario must be imagined, then chances are -
You need to find yourself some new friends.
Though south park's humor, as childish as it may appear, is subtle in that the writers are trying to make us confront the stereotypes we harbor. For example, there's a bunch of NASCAR stereotypes thrown in that episode where Cartman becomes a racecar driver, but it turns out, none of those prejudices existed, it's just that we assumed they existed. The point you are trying to make, makes a bit to black and white, and perhaps takes it a bit too far.
"Naturally, white people do not get offended by statements directed at white people. In fact, they don’t even have a problem making offensive statements about other white people (ask a white person about "flyover states"). As a rule, white people strongly prefer to get offended on behalf of other people."
From the writer: "But they are here now as a classifiable type — opening locavore restaurants, starting co-working facilities, making sustainable crafts — both inspiring us and testing our cynicism. Their strain of progressivism never feels convincingly divorced from ambitious self-promotion. Mr. Friedlander and Ms. Schmidt pitched their wedding to the media. They saw the event not as an intimate exchange to share merely with close friends and family but as a platform for instructing the world in what they think. (Perhaps this is the logical endpoint of a Facebook culture in which life is lived as perpetual advertisement."
wow oh wow that was so superbly elegant. I don't think Ginia Bellafante's intention was to make us simmer with outrage and disgust, but just to sigh and chuckle.
Also, didn't the woman in the blue shirt grab like 6 waffle makers? Wow.
Doing something about it.... either the long, slow process of changing your elected officials, or going all fight club on financial institutions. We have tea party members in Congress. I really don't see why there can't be "occupy" candidates in 2012. I honestly think they would succeed quite nicely.
Changing the world either comes fast or it comes slow, but it certainly doesn't come in the form of a bunch of students dressed up like the Winter catalogue of Urban Outfitters holding snarky signs. Then we'll just be debating back and forth endlessly on whether we agree or disagree with protestors, while not accomplishing much.
What did I see in that video? 400 bystanders with video recording devices anticipating police brutality. What useless way of deflecting or projecting rage. The police did not enact laws and loopholes to create income disparity. They have families and mortgages and they worry about the pensions. Fine, asshole cops do exists and we have our own personal stories about that one time when that stupid cop was being a jerk to us. The sky is blue, water is wet.
Changing the world either comes fast or it comes slow, but it certainly doesn't come in the form of a bunch of students dressed up like the Winter catalogue of Urban Outfitters holding snarky signs. Then we'll just be debating back and forth endlessly on whether we agree or disagree with protestors, while not accomplishing much.
What did I see in that video? 400 bystanders with video recording devices anticipating police brutality. What useless way of deflecting or projecting rage. The police did not enact laws and loopholes to create income disparity. They have families and mortgages and they worry about the pensions. Fine, asshole cops do exists and we have our own personal stories about that one time when that stupid cop was being a jerk to us. The sky is blue, water is wet.
You know, we should just drop all pretense and start throwing rocks. Molotov cocktails. Full blown riots. No, seriously, they do that stuff in Greece and Italy, and the prime ministers in both those countries have resigned. Why are we so resistant to violent protests?
On another note, that video looked more like a dozen die-hard protesters and 400 bystanders concerned more about updating their Facebook statuses with new videos. "ARRRGGGGHHH! LOOK WHAT I WITNESSED TODAY! SHAME! SHAME! I AM SO FULL OF RESENTMENT AND RAGE! AAARRRGGHHH!"
Well then do something about it.
On another note, that video looked more like a dozen die-hard protesters and 400 bystanders concerned more about updating their Facebook statuses with new videos. "ARRRGGGGHHH! LOOK WHAT I WITNESSED TODAY! SHAME! SHAME! I AM SO FULL OF RESENTMENT AND RAGE! AAARRRGGHHH!"
Well then do something about it.
You are full of rage, yeah? Breath slowly, count to 10, and think of this way -
If someone calls you an idiot for having some opinion, is the fact that you were just called an idiot going to change your opinion? So don't go around saying or implying other people are idiots.
You are the problem.
If someone calls you an idiot for having some opinion, is the fact that you were just called an idiot going to change your opinion? So don't go around saying or implying other people are idiots.
You are the problem.
After reading about Dunbar's number [bit.ly] I decided to cap the count at 250. One friend in, one friend out. Our human brains are physically not capable of maintaining hundreds of relationships. We are not rolodexes.
I just scroll down the list and say, "hmm, we've not spoken in years and that one time we last spoke is so distant in memory I can't recall the conversation." Sorry for not keeping in touch, goodbye.
I just scroll down the list and say, "hmm, we've not spoken in years and that one time we last spoke is so distant in memory I can't recall the conversation." Sorry for not keeping in touch, goodbye.
See, it's comments like yours that are the problem. Like what I said earlier about Red Sox fans.
We hear too many Obama supporters saying to everyone else, "listen you idiot, you can't see the big picture, Obama has done X, Y, and Z, while GOP dream about raping your children."
1) it's not helping and 2) if you feel the need to go around convincing people who think differently than you to vote Obama, then it is proof in itself that Obama has failed to win over America.
This is the guy who promised to transcend politics. That there would be no blue or red states. That a new era in governing was upon us. But you are feeling indignant, aren't you?
We hear too many Obama supporters saying to everyone else, "listen you idiot, you can't see the big picture, Obama has done X, Y, and Z, while GOP dream about raping your children."
1) it's not helping and 2) if you feel the need to go around convincing people who think differently than you to vote Obama, then it is proof in itself that Obama has failed to win over America.
This is the guy who promised to transcend politics. That there would be no blue or red states. That a new era in governing was upon us. But you are feeling indignant, aren't you?
Because he made closing Guantanamo one of his centerpieces. Because he made a big hoopla over it and on his first day as president, he signed some sort of bill or pledge or law to close it, with much publicity and fanfare.
Because during those early days of Obama's presidency, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, wanted to be on the winning team. Whatever he wanted, he could do, and everyone was going to support Obama because even the thoroughly beaten GOP wanted to part of the alpha dog's pack. The man even won a Nobel Prize even though he didn't even do anything yet. But the point was that everyone just knew he could do everything.
And then a few months later, all the politicians in DC sized him up and decided they could walk all over him. So a majority of congress (which was at the time a majority in Democrats) went against the one person for whom they were singing praises.
Not closing Guantanamo represents everything wrong with Obama's presidency.
Because during those early days of Obama's presidency, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, wanted to be on the winning team. Whatever he wanted, he could do, and everyone was going to support Obama because even the thoroughly beaten GOP wanted to part of the alpha dog's pack. The man even won a Nobel Prize even though he didn't even do anything yet. But the point was that everyone just knew he could do everything.
And then a few months later, all the politicians in DC sized him up and decided they could walk all over him. So a majority of congress (which was at the time a majority in Democrats) went against the one person for whom they were singing praises.
Not closing Guantanamo represents everything wrong with Obama's presidency.
Oh shit if Qadaffi and bin Laden come back will they team up and start a Led Zepplin cover band?
The whole "I'd much rather take my chances with Obama" is the saddest sentiment for reelecting someone. Too bad it's true.
The whole "I'd much rather take my chances with Obama" is the saddest sentiment for reelecting someone. Too bad it's true.
No, that site is the worst ad for Obama. It gives a bunch of ammo for people who would have voted for Obama anyway (doesn't change anything), while patronizing all those people who would have never voted for him regardless (doesn't change anything either). Meanwhile, the middle - the people who do count - see a site hosted by Obama supporters that comes off as indignant and righteous.
Think of it like the Boston Red Sox. Sure they are a great team with lots of tradition, awesome players, and history, but most people hate the Red Sox mainly because their fans are the most insufferable, annoying fans in baseball.
Think of it like the Boston Red Sox. Sure they are a great team with lots of tradition, awesome players, and history, but most people hate the Red Sox mainly because their fans are the most insufferable, annoying fans in baseball.
If Obama doesn't win:
- Guantanamo Bay won't get closed,
- Unemployment will still be high,
- Income disparity will widen,
- troops will still be in Afghanistan,
- Rendition will still be part of US policy,
- Partisanship will get worse,
- Lobbyists will still run rampant
... oh wait.
- Guantanamo Bay won't get closed,
- Unemployment will still be high,
- Income disparity will widen,
- troops will still be in Afghanistan,
- Rendition will still be part of US policy,
- Partisanship will get worse,
- Lobbyists will still run rampant
... oh wait.
There has been no recession in DC. In fact, it's been a freaking boom here since November 2008.
