That joke made sense 20 years ago; not so much today. Even old-school, Luddite-esque hillbillies like my dad (who is a grandfather almost a dozen times over) use Amazon to buy shit in 2013.
You've watched too many zombie movies. You don't just napalm sick people. End of story.
Do zombie movies really turn people into sociopaths?
Oh no, no, no - the personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior as well as a lack of conscience is what turns them into sociopaths.
Zombie flicks just help them feel like their psychosis is justified.
You know, I was thinking of saying something to the effect of, 'are we actually trying to work out the most effective way to engineer a zombie plague?'
Then I remembered what crowd I'm talking about... that said, carry on.
Throughout history, artists have been described as "provocative". Many of these provocative works are now considered classics. One purpose of art is indeed to be provocative. Are you trolling, or just massively ignorant? I don't see a third option here
Kinda makes a guy wonder what people would have said about Da Vinci if they'd had internet in ancient Venice.
I'm still not sure what makes 3D printed guns any different or more special than a gun produced with CAD plans and a used CNC machine.
It's really a matter of skill. Getting metal to spec, dealing with heating and shrinkage, using a lathe all take skill. Loading some plastic and pressing print doesn't.
After spending an hour or so this past weekend watching people's 3D printer videos online, I think you're underestimating the challenge of successful, usable prints.
Sure, it's much easier than learning to mill barrels on a machine lathe, but not quite as trivial as you make it out to be.
According to the headline, the house was built sometime after 1986 and the owners want to ban all technology from it. But what is technology? Is a hand powered water pump technology? What about a bucket used to draw water from a well, is the bucket technology? Wonderful headline writing as it mangles English.
1986, not 1896. Mangled English or not, we did have electric pumps prior to '86.
I grew up about 70 miles outside St. Loius, MO. After I moved as a teenager, I started telling people I was from St. Louis once I got tired of having to answer the question, "Where the fuck is that?"
Not that it's necessarily justified in this circumstance, but sometimes it's easier to just name the nearest metro area.
I think it says a lot about society, that so many people are under the impression that not having access to things like iPads for a year will developmentally stunt a 2-year-old child.
Failing to equip children to deal with today because you are longing for yesterday or because a child was distracted is most definitely abuse.
You're one of those blithering idiots responsible for overburdening the child advocacy system by calling in an abuse complaint every time a parent refuses to buy their child a double-mocha latte at Starbucks, ain'tcha?
What if the kid were outside playing with a soccer ball? Would you ban them from physical activity.
Wow, way to tell the world you didn't even read the summary before developing your false indignation.
My nieces (12 and 4) each have their own tablet, and the older one has a new computer, Xbox 360, TV bigger than ours, her own cellphone, and no less than three portable gaming consoles.
That kid is definitely spoiled and anyone who heaps that much tech on a developing mind is just asking for trouble.
Ho-yea.
I was at my sister-in-law's house the other day, and her 4-year-old was bemoaning the "fact" that since his little brother was using their shared tablet, he literally had absolutely nothing at all to do. No, bemoaning isn't the right way to say it... throwing an absolute shit-fit. Yea, that's more accurate.
I glanced at the huge trampoline in their yard (which also happens to be filled with toys) sitting all alone on a beautiful, sunny day, and just shook my head.
religion is what kept our society together in difficult times.
Y'know what caused a lot of those hard times in the first place?
Selfish dickheads.
It's always selfish dickheads who ruin things for everyone, whether their rationale be religious, political, scientific, or otherwise. FWIW, there are millions, probably billions of people on this planet who practice religion without causing harm to anyone.
But, see, those people aren't selfish dickheads. Hell, a lot of them are quite helpful, willing to give the shirt off their own backs to a complete stranger, and if not for religion many more poor and needy folks would be starving in the streets - I for one have never heard of an atheist food pantry or soup kitchen.
The horse-and-buggy mennonites you're thinking about are Old Order Mennonites. There are a few of those around here, but by and large, mennonites are just a particular belief system within modern society.
Which are the ones that use modern conveniences like cell phones and laptops, but still go downtown and carry signs telling everyone else that they are Condemned to Hell for using cell phones and laptops?
Really? The websites I manage are paid for by hosting fees... which, at less than $100/yr total, are not unreasonable. I'd wager a lot of people spend more on entertainment in 6 months than I spend in 2 years, managing 10 websites.
Which is an excuse fascists frequently use to get people to give up their otherwise inalienable rights; 'you can't have those, because I believe you're not using them right.'
Do we want to be driven around in a fleet of self driving cars, dispatched and tracked mercilessly by Google, thereby integrating a search history of your entire life, equipped with full time video, GPS and everything else they can jam into it??
That, sir (or madam), is anything but tin-foil hattery!
Being kidnapped is most definitely a legitimate concern.
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Heh... hence the difference between the words "seems" and "are," eh?
Hey, give 'im a break - after all, he is New Around Here.
...anyone got their grandmother to shop online. :)
That joke made sense 20 years ago; not so much today. Even old-school, Luddite-esque hillbillies like my dad (who is a grandfather almost a dozen times over) use Amazon to buy shit in 2013.
Namely fishing lures.
Any time I see them out, I always end up being too busy fucking with them to bother asking what group they represent.
Just think about how much shorter the queues will be!
You've watched too many zombie movies. You don't just napalm sick people. End of story.
Do zombie movies really turn people into sociopaths?
Oh no, no, no - the personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior as well as a lack of conscience is what turns them into sociopaths.
Zombie flicks just help them feel like their psychosis is justified.
Well, possibly.
But the real reason for the whole thing was that it was too much effort not to have a war.
You know you're in trouble when Sealand is the answer to a question.
You know, that statement seems scientifically sound enough to get it's own title.
The Sealand Conjecture: anytime "move to Sealand" seems like a wise and/or appropriate response, you're already completely fucked.
You know, I was thinking of saying something to the effect of, 'are we actually trying to work out the most effective way to engineer a zombie plague?'
Then I remembered what crowd I'm talking about... that said, carry on.
Where do I find the exhibit of people who have an infantile obsession with what Americans do?
Oops, already viewing it apparently.
So he admits that he's a shit-disturbing troll.
Throughout history, artists have been described as "provocative". Many of these provocative works are now considered classics. One purpose of art is indeed to be provocative. Are you trolling, or just massively ignorant? I don't see a third option here
Kinda makes a guy wonder what people would have said about Da Vinci if they'd had internet in ancient Venice.
I'm still not sure what makes 3D printed guns any different or more special than a gun produced with CAD plans and a used CNC machine.
It's really a matter of skill. Getting metal to spec, dealing with heating and shrinkage, using a lathe all take skill.
Loading some plastic and pressing print doesn't.
After spending an hour or so this past weekend watching people's 3D printer videos online, I think you're underestimating the challenge of successful, usable prints.
Sure, it's much easier than learning to mill barrels on a machine lathe, but not quite as trivial as you make it out to be.
According to the headline, the house was built sometime after 1986 and the owners want to ban all technology from it. But what is technology? Is a hand powered water pump technology? What about a bucket used to draw water from a well, is the bucket technology?
Wonderful headline writing as it mangles English.
1986, not 1896. Mangled English or not, we did have electric pumps prior to '86.
I grew up about 70 miles outside St. Loius, MO. After I moved as a teenager, I started telling people I was from St. Louis once I got tired of having to answer the question, "Where the fuck is that?"
Not that it's necessarily justified in this circumstance, but sometimes it's easier to just name the nearest metro area.
Everyone's a critic, and the internet is their sounding board, regardless of how idiotic or nonsensical their criticism may be.
I think it says a lot about society, that so many people are under the impression that not having access to things like iPads for a year will developmentally stunt a 2-year-old child.
Unfortunately, it doesn't say anything good.
Failing to equip children to deal with today because you are longing for yesterday or because a child was distracted is most definitely abuse.
You're one of those blithering idiots responsible for overburdening the child advocacy system by calling in an abuse complaint every time a parent refuses to buy their child a double-mocha latte at Starbucks, ain'tcha?
What if the kid were outside playing with a soccer ball? Would you ban them from physical activity.
Wow, way to tell the world you didn't even read the summary before developing your false indignation.
Hey, don't knock it - those guys seem pretty damn happy and content to me.
My nieces (12 and 4) each have their own tablet, and the older one has a new computer, Xbox 360, TV bigger than ours, her own cellphone, and no less than three portable gaming consoles.
That kid is definitely spoiled and anyone who heaps that much tech on a developing mind is just asking for trouble.
Ho-yea.
I was at my sister-in-law's house the other day, and her 4-year-old was bemoaning the "fact" that since his little brother was using their shared tablet, he literally had absolutely nothing at all to do. No, bemoaning isn't the right way to say it... throwing an absolute shit-fit. Yea, that's more accurate.
I glanced at the huge trampoline in their yard (which also happens to be filled with toys) sitting all alone on a beautiful, sunny day, and just shook my head.
Y'know what caused a lot of those hard times in the first place?
Selfish dickheads.
It's always selfish dickheads who ruin things for everyone, whether their rationale be religious, political, scientific, or otherwise. FWIW, there are millions, probably billions of people on this planet who practice religion without causing harm to anyone.
But, see, those people aren't selfish dickheads. Hell, a lot of them are quite helpful, willing to give the shirt off their own backs to a complete stranger, and if not for religion many more poor and needy folks would be starving in the streets - I for one have never heard of an atheist food pantry or soup kitchen.
The horse-and-buggy mennonites you're thinking about are Old Order Mennonites. There are a few of those around here, but by and large, mennonites are just a particular belief system within modern society.
Which are the ones that use modern conveniences like cell phones and laptops, but still go downtown and carry signs telling everyone else that they are Condemned to Hell for using cell phones and laptops?
We have a number of those around here.
Really? The websites I manage are paid for by hosting fees... which, at less than $100/yr total, are not unreasonable. I'd wager a lot of people spend more on entertainment in 6 months than I spend in 2 years, managing 10 websites.
Which is an excuse fascists frequently use to get people to give up their otherwise inalienable rights; 'you can't have those, because I believe you're not using them right.'
Yup, the streak continues.
Better to be a logical jerk than an emotional idiot.
OK, tinfoil hat perspective time:
Do we want to be driven around in a fleet of self driving cars, dispatched and tracked mercilessly by Google, thereby integrating a search history of your entire life, equipped with full time video, GPS and everything else they can jam into it??
That, sir (or madam), is anything but tin-foil hattery!
Being kidnapped is most definitely a legitimate concern.