So what are you saying, if I don't change my mind and decide to have kids that I'm an idiot??? You know, once you have a kid you can't go back and not have one. They are both big decisions that should be left up to the individual. So someone has a vasectomy and then decides that he really wants a kid 20 years down the road. Then adopt, or put some away in a sperm bank before the snip. Or god forbid, you don't get everything you want in life.
My doc said no on a vasectomy for a few years, as I am "still young (I'm almost 26), and will likely change my mind."
I hate that bullshit response. Your primary doctor won't be doing the vasectomy anyway. Go find a urologist on your own. Trust me, you can get a vasectomy if you are under 30.
The lawsuit nonsense is just a copout. Doctor's get sued all the time, that is what they have malpractice insurance for. They tell you up front that the vasectomy is irreversible and you'll have to sign a form stating that. If this was really your doctor's reason, your doctor would never perform any vasectomies because men can continue to produce sperm into old age and thus could decide to want a child at any time.
You are just the victim of a breeding-centric culture and those who already have kids think they know what you want in life better than you know yourself. Consider yourself lucky though, getting a vasectomy at a young age is much, much, much easier than trying to get a tubal.
It's tough being a fiscal conservative with a liberal social bias. We look for the moderate candidates which can't seem to win the primaries. You end up with a far, far, far left candidate and a mid-right with lots of faults.
Forgot to reply to this in my previous post. Your description of Kerry as far, far, far left and Bush as mid-right is straight from Fox news. If you understood the real concerns of the far left, you would realize that Kerry is almost down the middle, which is why the Dems were so worried about Nader stealing his votes that they fought to keep him off the ballot in so many states.
I won't even comment on Bush being mid-right, because I can't stop laughing.
Exercise and better diet strike me as a lot of pain for little gain. The negative effects on one's life show up immediately and the positive ones take huge amounts of time to appear.
I've yet to experience any negative effects from diet and exercise. The "sweat and ache" you refer to is not a negative, it is a positive. Most people get a high from working out, both physically and mentally. Most people like seeing their physical appearance improve. Most people like getting stronger. Most people like to be able to keep up with those young wipper-snappers.
In my opinion, nutrition is way undervalued. I used to get bad heartburn and indigestion on a daily basis. After eating out at my favorite pizza parlor or fast food joint, I'd be stuck in the bathroom or gulping down pepto. I was told to raise the head of my bed and take antacid before eating. Then I finally educated myself about proper nutrition and I haven't had heartburn or needed the pepto in years.
As far as taking "huge amounts of time", my heartburn and indigestion disappeared almost immediately after I changed my diet. Besides, proper nutrition and exercise should be a lifestyle, not a fad.
So it's all too easy to give up and say it's just not worth it. That explains the problem; as of yet I have not come up with anything like a solution.
In my opinion, the problem is that we are too accustomed to instant gratification, too selfish and too shortsighted to plan for the future. Sure, our bodies may be able to handle the abuse while we are young, but we will probably pay the price later on in life. I see too many people let themselves go and then expect medical science to fix them when they are broken. How much does obesity and heart disease cost us every year? Both very preventable diseases with proper diet and exercise.
On a side note, I just returned from Paris, and I can tell you that almost every obese person I saw their was a fellow American. Even if they weren't busy making asses out of themselves as stereotypical tourists, they would stick out like a sore thumb due to their wider than average girth.
I will agree with you though, a treadmill is boring. That is why I play basketball, ride my bike, walk my dogs. The treadmill does come in handy when the weather sucks, but I definately prefer the great outdoors. It is possible to make exercise enjoyable.
If you eat anything even approaching a reasonable diet, you don't need vitamin tablets
Except that there is evidence that our food supply is so degraded that its nutritional value is a lot less than it should be. So even eating a well balanced diet may not give you enough nutrients.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if people let themselves or their children eat crappier diets because they're "making up for it" with a pill.
From my experience, if these people aren't willing to spend the time and money on their diet, they also aren't willing to spend the extra money on vitamins and minerals. I find that most of the people I know who take vitamin/mineral supplements are those who also have good diets and exercise in the first place.
Not quite. You still have to lift weights to get huuuge with steriods. Steroids just help your muscles recover faster so that you can lift heavier and more frequently.
the united states gives more to the world peace than any other nation. we act like the world police force. we help people in need, we do everything in our power to assist other nations.
You need to turn off the tv and get out more, or at least read a book? You really have to work at being this ignorant about US foreign policy over the past century. US foreign policy is not based on what is best for everyone else in the world, it is based on what is best for the US in the world. We help others to help ourselves and we punish those that don't help us.
If by "assist other nations" you mean selling arms to brutal dictatorships and supporting governments at war with their own people and overlooking near genocidal atrocities (I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to find recent examples of these), then yes, the US may well lead the world in this category.
It is typical of Americans to think that anybody who opposes US policy or is angry with America must be some sort of religious fanatic with a death wish, because we Americans can't fathom that much of our wealth and vast resources and cheap oil might have come at the expense of others. Maybe if we try treating the rest of the world with the same amount of respect that we expect from others, the world might become a safer place.
This may have been a wake up call, but the call is to all Americans to get their heads out of the sand and start taking some responsibility for the actions of the US throughout the world. America has a lot of blood on its hands and if we don't do something to stop the bleeding we will only see more terrorism on US soil.
I feel we should move to a new "If you claim responsibility, you are dead. If you are planning it, you are dead. If you mastermind or participate, you are dead." policy
Obviously your policy is not to be applied to US actions throughout the world, right?
First, unless the major news outlets are keeping it hushed up, we don't even know who is responsible for this, and speculation by all the news media and politicians is reckless and just adding to the atmosphere of hysteria. If it turns out to be Mid-East terrorists, fine. But until we know for sure, I'm getting tired listening to all these speculations.
Second, I'm getting sick and tired of listening to American's disbelief and shock over this tragedy. How is it that the US can enjoy the highest standard of living and quality of life in the world? How is it that the US consumes the most resources, far more than its far share, in the world? Do Americans really think that all of our wealth has just been willingly handed to us by grateful people throughout the world? Do Americans really think that we have no blood on our hands?
I'm sick about these terrorist attacks. When I first heard about them this morning, I felt sick to my stomach. But I feel that way about any terrorist attack in any country, not just in the US. And unless you work at being ignorant, you will know that the US has been responsible for its share of terrorism throughtout the world.
We can continue to feel free to go about our daily lives, enjoying our excess of resources and high quality of living, never asking where it all came from or why the majority of people in the world don't seem to enjoy the same. But we have no right to be shocked that someone out there doesn't like us.
we all know that the only way to kill a zombie machine is to accidentally lose one's hand, therefore, giving one the oppurtunity to
replace it with a chainsaw
workshed
and hack-away (physically) at the undead machines.
Less employees means less payroll and benefits to pay out, which means more cash you get to keep for yourself. So how do you make up for the lost manhours:
Make your remaining employees work harder to pick up the slack. You may have to pay a little more in overtime, but it is cheaper than paying a full salary and benefits.
Find cheaper labor to do the same job. There are a couple of options here. Some states sell their prisoners on the free market (a lot of airlines use this route). States with tough welfare laws often require people on the dole to work at minimum wage jobs or lose all their benefits. Or you could try another country, preferably one with a represive government and lots of hungry people (I think Phil Knight has a list of them).
Don't replace the lost manhours, just cut back on the quality of service. Most people who use AOL aren't going to leave no matter how bad it gets.
Got an RCA cable modem initially when I got AT&T @Home about 4 months ago. The thing was constantly not working. I thought that maybe the jack in the back of the modem was loose, so I went to tighten it and the whole jack just fell off.
AT&T came out and gave me a SURFboard modem instead and I have not had any problems since. In fact, the cable guy admitted that the RCA modems were pieces of junk and he openly wondered why they were even still giving them out.
I have a feeling Radio Shack scored some RCA modems real cheap.
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I believe it was "Geek, Dweeb, or Spaz?"
Yeah, you're right.
I didn't know if anybody else would get the reference.
Schweeet.
He has no girlfriend
Halo is his focus
played video games since he was 4, sometimes for 12 hours a day
21-year-old who plays the game for hours behind a closed bedroom door
he'll leave his parents' house, where he still lives
Sorry folks, it's a duck. Let's not argue semantics here. Is he a nerd, geek or dweeb? Maybe a geeky dweeb?
Only the worse idiot doesn't change his mind.
So what are you saying, if I don't change my mind and decide to have kids that I'm an idiot??? You know, once you have a kid you can't go back and not have one. They are both big decisions that should be left up to the individual. So someone has a vasectomy and then decides that he really wants a kid 20 years down the road. Then adopt, or put some away in a sperm bank before the snip. Or god forbid, you don't get everything you want in life.
My doc said no on a vasectomy for a few years, as I am "still young (I'm almost 26), and will likely change my mind."
I hate that bullshit response. Your primary doctor won't be doing the vasectomy anyway. Go find a urologist on your own. Trust me, you can get a vasectomy if you are under 30.
The lawsuit nonsense is just a copout. Doctor's get sued all the time, that is what they have malpractice insurance for. They tell you up front that the vasectomy is irreversible and you'll have to sign a form stating that. If this was really your doctor's reason, your doctor would never perform any vasectomies because men can continue to produce sperm into old age and thus could decide to want a child at any time.
You are just the victim of a breeding-centric culture and those who already have kids think they know what you want in life better than you know yourself. Consider yourself lucky though, getting a vasectomy at a young age is much, much, much easier than trying to get a tubal.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks about the Gay Rights Ordinance here in Kentucky was renting rooms.
This is the 21st century and we are still arguing over whether homosexuals can rent apartments together? It boggles the mind.
It's tough being a fiscal conservative with a liberal social bias. We look for the moderate candidates which can't seem to win the primaries. You end up with a far, far, far left candidate and a mid-right with lots of faults.
Forgot to reply to this in my previous post. Your description of Kerry as far, far, far left and Bush as mid-right is straight from Fox news. If you understood the real concerns of the far left, you would realize that Kerry is almost down the middle, which is why the Dems were so worried about Nader stealing his votes that they fought to keep him off the ballot in so many states.
I won't even comment on Bush being mid-right, because I can't stop laughing.
That map isn't a very good representation of just how the country really leans ideologically. A much better example is here.
Yeah, there are a few pockets of red, but the majority is closer to the middle.
Contrary to your sig, Bush never claimed Saddam was linked to 9/11.
Yeah, he let's Cheney do that for him.
it was 5,5,5 or something similar iirc
Hey, I've got the same combination on my luggage.
Well, this will certainly put an end to the arms race.
Given the percentages of Americans who actually exercise or are overweight, I'd say that the WHO recommendations are right on target for the US.
Calories are Calories, the only difference is quantity
Not trying to be too critical, but this shows your lack of understanding about nutrition.
Even funnier:
What is the difference between a lawyer and a bucket of shit?
The bucket.
I'm outta here.
Exercise and better diet strike me as a lot of pain for little gain. The negative effects on one's life show up immediately and the positive ones take huge amounts of time to appear.
I've yet to experience any negative effects from diet and exercise. The "sweat and ache" you refer to is not a negative, it is a positive. Most people get a high from working out, both physically and mentally. Most people like seeing their physical appearance improve. Most people like getting stronger. Most people like to be able to keep up with those young wipper-snappers.
In my opinion, nutrition is way undervalued. I used to get bad heartburn and indigestion on a daily basis. After eating out at my favorite pizza parlor or fast food joint, I'd be stuck in the bathroom or gulping down pepto. I was told to raise the head of my bed and take antacid before eating. Then I finally educated myself about proper nutrition and I haven't had heartburn or needed the pepto in years.
As far as taking "huge amounts of time", my heartburn and indigestion disappeared almost immediately after I changed my diet. Besides, proper nutrition and exercise should be a lifestyle, not a fad.
So it's all too easy to give up and say it's just not worth it. That explains the problem; as of yet I have not come up with anything like a solution.
In my opinion, the problem is that we are too accustomed to instant gratification, too selfish and too shortsighted to plan for the future. Sure, our bodies may be able to handle the abuse while we are young, but we will probably pay the price later on in life. I see too many people let themselves go and then expect medical science to fix them when they are broken. How much does obesity and heart disease cost us every year? Both very preventable diseases with proper diet and exercise.
On a side note, I just returned from Paris, and I can tell you that almost every obese person I saw their was a fellow American. Even if they weren't busy making asses out of themselves as stereotypical tourists, they would stick out like a sore thumb due to their wider than average girth.
I will agree with you though, a treadmill is boring. That is why I play basketball, ride my bike, walk my dogs. The treadmill does come in handy when the weather sucks, but I definately prefer the great outdoors. It is possible to make exercise enjoyable.
If you eat anything even approaching a reasonable diet, you don't need vitamin tablets
Except that there is evidence that our food supply is so degraded that its nutritional value is a lot less than it should be. So even eating a well balanced diet may not give you enough nutrients.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if people let themselves or their children eat crappier diets because they're "making up for it" with a pill.
From my experience, if these people aren't willing to spend the time and money on their diet, they also aren't willing to spend the extra money on vitamins and minerals. I find that most of the people I know who take vitamin/mineral supplements are those who also have good diets and exercise in the first place.
Support organic farming.
The bucket!
Unless of course, you have monopoly power over a market.
Scientists have just discovered steroids?
Not quite. You still have to lift weights to get huuuge with steriods. Steroids just help your muscles recover faster so that you can lift heavier and more frequently.
the united states gives more to the world peace than any other nation. we act like the world police force. we help people in need, we do everything in our power to assist other nations.
You need to turn off the tv and get out more, or at least read a book? You really have to work at being this ignorant about US foreign policy over the past century. US foreign policy is not based on what is best for everyone else in the world, it is based on what is best for the US in the world. We help others to help ourselves and we punish those that don't help us.
If by "assist other nations" you mean selling arms to brutal dictatorships and supporting governments at war with their own people and overlooking near genocidal atrocities (I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to find recent examples of these), then yes, the US may well lead the world in this category.
It is typical of Americans to think that anybody who opposes US policy or is angry with America must be some sort of religious fanatic with a death wish, because we Americans can't fathom that much of our wealth and vast resources and cheap oil might have come at the expense of others. Maybe if we try treating the rest of the world with the same amount of respect that we expect from others, the world might become a safer place.
This may have been a wake up call, but the call is to all Americans to get their heads out of the sand and start taking some responsibility for the actions of the US throughout the world. America has a lot of blood on its hands and if we don't do something to stop the bleeding we will only see more terrorism on US soil.
I feel we should move to a new "If you claim responsibility, you are dead. If you are planning it, you are dead. If you mastermind or participate, you are dead." policy
Obviously your policy is not to be applied to US actions throughout the world, right?
First, unless the major news outlets are keeping it hushed up, we don't even know who is responsible for this, and speculation by all the news media and politicians is reckless and just adding to the atmosphere of hysteria. If it turns out to be Mid-East terrorists, fine. But until we know for sure, I'm getting tired listening to all these speculations.
Second, I'm getting sick and tired of listening to American's disbelief and shock over this tragedy. How is it that the US can enjoy the highest standard of living and quality of life in the world? How is it that the US consumes the most resources, far more than its far share, in the world? Do Americans really think that all of our wealth has just been willingly handed to us by grateful people throughout the world? Do Americans really think that we have no blood on our hands?
I'm sick about these terrorist attacks. When I first heard about them this morning, I felt sick to my stomach. But I feel that way about any terrorist attack in any country, not just in the US. And unless you work at being ignorant, you will know that the US has been responsible for its share of terrorism throughtout the world.
We can continue to feel free to go about our daily lives, enjoying our excess of resources and high quality of living, never asking where it all came from or why the majority of people in the world don't seem to enjoy the same. But we have no right to be shocked that someone out there doesn't like us.
we all know that the only way to kill a zombie machine is to accidentally lose one's hand, therefore, giving one the oppurtunity to
replace it with a chainsaw
workshed
and hack-away (physically) at the undead machines.
groovy
.stnemmoc eht ni srorrim tsop esaelP
The subject says it all...
AT&T came out and gave me a SURFboard modem instead and I have not had any problems since. In fact, the cable guy admitted that the RCA modems were pieces of junk and he openly wondered why they were even still giving them out.
I have a feeling Radio Shack scored some RCA modems real cheap.