"I'm sure laborers in Asia prefer low wage over no wage."
That's how the West built its industry and we'd do well to remember that.
When goods cost too much to buy people can't afford to buy them so the people who make them can't SELL them and therefore can't CONTINUE making them.
Almost all Asian industry is YOUNG (and I'm not talking from a Gary Glitter perspective!). China is advancing MUCH faster than did the US over the same amount of time.
Depends on location. Having grown up pre-internet, I would much prefer to have had the expanded contact and conversational options the internet offers to add to my options.
Many people live where there are few or zero other humans who aren't toxic. "Hellmouth", anyone?
"The fact that Shwagger went straight to threats of lawsuits" is interesting since she knew she had no grounds. Anyone care to weigh in on if her conduct might be actionable?
"But it started with miss information. "Sugar and spice and all thing nice" vs "Slugs and snails nd puppy-dogs' tails" and a woman who brought you up to be a nice boy when if she had raised you to be a bastard you'd have pulled like a trouper in your teen years."
"Studies show that modern teens are having less sex and starting later, which is seen as "good thing" despite the fact its probably due to social retardation."
There was plenty of "social retardation" in the Good Old Days, let's not forget.
Mindless fucking is fun but can have horrid consequences like children and the poverty they bring.
There's a cure for that. It's called an arrogant, nasty, "fuck you, I'll do what I want to" attitude towards everyone who tries to push that shit.
Courtesy is for those who deserve it, and not a tool to coerce others into submission.
Rational people merit rational debate. Irrational people merit ferocious hostility. Anyone trying to teach you to yield and submit has a motive. Unless they can kick your ass or you need to sell them something, piss on them.
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"In my experience, there is a high correlation between "girlfriend" and "psycho". "
You'd be crazy to if the only thing that kept your guts from falling out was the vacuum in your head.
"I'm sure laborers in Asia prefer low wage over no wage."
That's how the West built its industry and we'd do well to remember that.
When goods cost too much to buy people can't afford to buy them so the people who make them can't SELL them and therefore can't CONTINUE making them.
Almost all Asian industry is YOUNG (and I'm not talking from a Gary Glitter perspective!). China is advancing MUCH faster than did the US over the same amount of time.
Precious metals in your custody don't need backups, other than weapons to protect them.
"I wipe generations off of my stomach every day!"
I save them for the future in my keyboard.
Depends on location. Having grown up pre-internet, I would much prefer to have had the expanded contact and conversational options the internet offers to add to my options.
Many people live where there are few or zero other humans who aren't toxic. "Hellmouth", anyone?
"If the person was going to try for 24/7, they would do it with magazines or "the internet" (or both)."
Worked for me, pre-Internet! Mags were EXPENSIVE.
Anything here of use?
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The crazy just rolls off that one!
Feel free to inform them. IANAL so I don't know the procedure, but simply informing them then allowing them to decide for themselves can't hurt:
http://www.texasbar.com/am/template.cfm?section=home
"She should be pissed at them for taking such a drastic action. "
No, she should have ensured they'd never have cause to take them down. Lawyers who refuse to perform due diligence have no excuse.
Of course, I find their action quite appropriate. 8-P
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"The fact that Shwagger went straight to threats of lawsuits" is interesting since she knew she had no grounds. Anyone care to weigh in on if her conduct might be actionable?
She obviously uses her Special Needs clientele for self-promotion.
That merits relentless exposure.
Here's the Texas State Bar Association. IANAL, so I don't know the best way to make them aware of her unprofessional conduct:
http://www.texasbar.com/am/template.cfm?section=home
"But it started with miss information. "Sugar and spice and all thing nice" vs "Slugs and snails nd puppy-dogs' tails" and a woman who brought you up to be a nice boy when if she had raised you to be a bastard you'd have pulled like a trouper in your teen years."
Yep.
"Studies show that modern teens are having less sex and starting later, which is seen as "good thing" despite the fact its probably due to social retardation."
There was plenty of "social retardation" in the Good Old Days, let's not forget.
Mindless fucking is fun but can have horrid consequences like children and the poverty they bring.
It is, and it works.
There's a cure for that. It's called an arrogant, nasty, "fuck you, I'll do what I want to" attitude towards everyone who tries to push that shit.
Courtesy is for those who deserve it, and not a tool to coerce others into submission.
Rational people merit rational debate. Irrational people merit ferocious hostility. Anyone trying to teach you to yield and submit has a motive. Unless they can kick your ass or you need to sell them something, piss on them.
"Sassy"?
In my respectful opinion the bitch deserves a Streisand Effect smackdown and more DMCA takedown notices.
...who is next in line for the same treatment?
What her conduct says about her in this instance sheds light on everything else she does. If I were her employer, she'd be terminated.
"TV companies aren't going to give up and go home, and businesses still want to advertise crap to us."
So stop watching TV.
"have you SEEN how things are assembled in china? its mostly by hand."
Just because they do it by hand now doesn't make that the end-all solution.
Stihl is producing chainsaw bars within a few percent of ChiCom cost in their US plants.
As US labor costs drop (BMW in SC already exports Bimmers to China) and we leverage automation, the Chinese edge will be blunted.
The Chinese will always have the shipping barrier of the Pacific to contend with.
"Is it durable enough to be used on washless or "rinse-off" dishes?"
To hell with the dishes, think of the Fleshlights!
If they could pull a FANUC and go to lights-out manufacturing, they would.
That's precisely why it's so popular.
"Don't reconfigure at the touch of a button."
Yet.