and I can say with much certainty that the vast majority involves the nerd doing something to provoke the bully.
We already covered that, loser. What do handicapped kids do to single themselves out for bullying? Or ugly kids? Or poor kids? Or kids with birthmarks? How many times to you have to be publicly slammed before you admit to being wrong? Please, defend your "I hate niggers" analogy again. It was so funny the first time you tried!
Does it suit you well to believe you are not responsible for anything bad that happens to you?
I don't believe that. Lots of bad things that happen to me are my responsibility. Like when I quit NBC in New York, and ended up getting layed off. I should have stayed at NBC, but I didn't, and it cost me. Or when I wake up after a night of partying, and I have a hangover, and some girl in my bed I have to drive home. That sucks, too.
You have such an extreme case of supremacy[...]
I've met elementary school students that would have a hard time not feeling morally and intellectually superior to a troll such as yourself. I don't feel superior to everybody. Just you.
You don't want to question your own involvement because you would find that you are fallible[...]
Do you even know what fallible means? I think you meant "culpable". Look both words up, and figure out which one fits the argument you are trying to make. Now, normally, you're supposed to know what a word means BEFORE you use it, but I'll give you this one, because I feel bad for retards, and you've already been thouroughly embarrassed. Even if you're too dense to realize it.
It's no wonder you got your ass beat, could you give me the names of the people that did it so I could send them each some money and a thank you card?
Actually, I never got my ass beat. Sure sounds like you did. Why were you such a pussy?
This is during the height of the dot-com boom. Not exactly six figures. No where on that page does it state that a first-year MBA gets $100K+. What part of WRONG don't you understand? You made a little mistake yourself, partner. You forgot about high unemployment, and a dude on the internet who's willing to call you a liar.
Social scale? What the fuck are you talking about social scale? If a bully is bullying you, it is because you allow them power over you.
Whoah, buddy. We're talking 11-year-olds, not prison inmates. No one "allows" anything when they're a child. There is most certainly a social scale for children. Everyone knows that. Your attitude is the same one that blames children for other kinds of abuse. Is it their fault their parents get divorced? Is it also their fault when they get sexually abused? Sure, kids can make better decisions, and avoid some of it, but it's not their responsibility. It's the bully's, the antagonist, the aggressor. He or she shouldn't be doing what they do. We all agree on that.
No, I just believe you can pick on someone and it doesn't have to be some emotionally traumatizing thing.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Of course it's not emotionally traumatizing to pick on someone. Could you be more of an idiot? Nope.
Was your mother Richard Simmons or Oprah?
Was your girlfriend the one I took home from the bar last night? Probably. She likes gin and rough anal, she told me to tell you that, since you can't seem to pick up on it yourself. Try being more sensitive to her needs.
"Bring me down to your level", what exactly is my level?
You said it yourself: you're an asshole.
I'm not a bully, I'm not picking on you.
Oh, you are a bully, but you're not picking on me. I mean, maybe you think you are, but you're just not very good at it over the internet, and you're no longer bigger than anyone. It's sad, really. You're a bully with no one to bully. A failure at what you do best.
I'm telling you that you played a part in what happened to you.
Well, duh! I was there! I eventually "took care" of the main bully at my school, with a bicycle chain. He went to the hospital, and got 14 stitches. In his face. He never picked on me again, and was afraid to look at me. That's sick, and sad, and it shouldn't have to happen to a child.
What I'm not is your fucking therapist. Go cry on someone elses shoulder
No one's crying on your shoulder, pal. Especially not the women in your life. They go somewhere else for compassion, I imagine. Remember, I'm replying to a post YOU made. Get your head out of your ass.
You obviously have no clue who I am[...]
Nor do I ever plan on getting to know you any better. You're not smart, or funny, and on the internet that's all that counts. You "are" words on a web page, nothing more. I mean, really, nothing more.
Fucking newbies
LOL! Who's the nerd now? "Newbies"?? HA HA HA HA HAAAA!
Picking on pretty much means provoking, in some sense.
You're grasping. You can't pick on someone unless you're higher up on the social scale, and using that power to either physically or verbally humiliate them. The fact that you think insulting someone is the same as picking on them indicates that you don't know what the Hell you're talking about. Believe me, if you've been picked on, you know what it is. It's not a "joking banter of insults". Stop trying to bring me down to your level. I am not a bully, you are. If it bothers you so much, go talk to someone about it, but at least own up to being an asshole. It's just insulting to your victims when you don't. I'm sorry, I meant "accomplices".
Starting salaries for MBAs, even people without much experience, were into six figures here during the boom.
'nuff said. And, no you don't know anyone 25 years old that makes six figures, and works for someone else. Even fresh-out-of-school doctors don't. MBAs are a dime a dozen nowadays, my man. Sorry, but I'm older than you, and really do know better.
If I wore a shirt that said, "I hate Niggers" and paraded around Harlem, no one would raise an eye as to the Irish guy who gets the shit kicked out of him.
Wait, so the nerd is figuratively walking around school wearing an "I hate jocks" shirt. Now I get it! So, jocks are like, former slaves, and nerds are like, thier oppressors. And, school is like, the jock's turf, so, like, the nerd is basically taking it right to them, what with this shirt, and how the jocks are oppressed. (laughs to self) Dude, you're not allowed to beat people up because you think they don't like you. A. It's wrong, and sometimes illegal. B. They probably don't like you because you beat them up. C. No one, ever deserves to get beat up for minding their own business.
The advice is that it will change your philosophy that getting a bloody nose and a black eye is some penultimate evil thing in the world.
Getting a black eye is no big deal. Getting one three times a year IS. Getting one because of something you subconciously did is SICK and WRONG.
Thoughts lead to actions, even subconsciously, if you can't understand and see that in the world, than you are more blind than you will ever understand.
HA HA HA HAAAAAA! That sentence didn't even make sense! Thoughts do not lead to actions, necessarily, so you're wrong. In addition, as long as the thoughts don't lead to anything more than mere dislike, there's still no reason to beat anyone up. So, wrong-o, moron! And, chances are, at 28 years old, I will never get in another fight as long as I live. Last one was two years ago, and I kicked HIS ass.
Everything that happens to you is a consequence to an action that you took part in, either consciously or subconsciously.
So, if your mom gets cancer and dies, is that your fault? Or, what if you die in a plane wreck? Or get hit by the ol' bus? How is that your fault? Remember, we're talking culpability, not coincidence.
If you die by getting hit by a bus tomorrow, it is the consequence of you walking at that exact moment.
No, it's not. It's chance. It's fate. It's an "act of God". The plane didn't crash because you got on it! The bus didn't swerve because you were standing there! YOU. ARE. AN IDIOT.
One more moronic post like that, and you're banished from Slashdot. Seriously. Time for you to shut up for a little while.
Graduate at 21, work 2 years, 2 year MBA, entry-level management track position.
Laughable. "Entry-level management track" positions don't turn into actual management for 20 years. Assuming said MBA could even land a job at all intoday's job market. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It may be theoretically possible, but it just plain don't happen. Sorry.
I'd have to call bullshit on this. Not a person exists that doesn't insult someone, either to their face or behind their back[...]
Oh, sure, I insulted at least one person in high school. We all know that's much, much different from picking on them, though. I never, ever did that. So, call "bullshit" all you want, but you're wrong.
OK, here's a thought that might hurt, so get ready:
You're an idiot. You are one level above a troll, in that you think your posts add to the discussion. At least a troll makes noise on purpose.
Here, look:
because while your thoughts hurt the other person their actions physical hurt you
Wait, it's thoughts that hurt people now? What I'm thinking can hurt people? As much as physical violence? Maybe the actions of nerds hurt jocks ("nerds" vs. "jocks" is oversimplifying, but I use the terms for brevity), but their thoughts are their own, and given the antisocial nature of nerds, tend to remain their own. But just in case, are you saying that jocks beat up nerds because they really want to be the nerds' friends, but are afraid of rejection? Think about that for a second. It's idiocy.
It takes two to tango, and there is always a reason why the bully picks you.
It takes two people to fight, but beating someone up requires only one active participant: the bully. So, you're wrong. And, trying to cast blame for abuse on the victims. And, still an idiot. There's plenty of reasons bullies do what they do: they're actually closeted homosexuals, angry at the attraction they feel towards other boys. Their fathers are absent, and that makes them sad. Sometimes they're being physically or sexually abused at home. Rarely are any of these reasons something under the victim's control. Which one applies in your case? I'm betting on "gay" or "absent father". If not, then I change my vote to "sexual abuse".
Was she innocent? No.
Innocent of what, asshole? Of rape?? Of course she was, she didn't rape anybody! Are you saying that she's partly to blame for her own rape?? If that was true, it would be sex, not rape. Again: idiot.
Oh, here's a good little snippet:
The kids who don't try to be different, and accept that they are part of humanity rarely have any problems[...]
Good idea, let's all just conform. Don't try to be different, kids! That just leads to trouble! Thank God no one's listening to you, or punk rock would die right now. So would science, medicine, and any part of life that requires innovation. YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
There is a huge difference between a 12 year old beating you and a 22 year old beating you.
Yeah, no kidding, moron. When adults do it, it's assualt. When kids do it, it's part of growing up. Either way, it's bullshit, and anyone who says "get over it" is too lazy to care about anyone but themselves. Lazy, and don't forget stupid.
Go watch Fight Club a few times, then go get yourself off your mommas tit
"Go watch a movie I saw, that'll toughen you up a little bit, sissy!" Great advice. You make me laugh. Let's all hope that the mail-order vasectomy kit arrives before the stork.
Now take your verbal locker-stuffing like a man, and try not to cry about it.
The Handicapped Kid. The Handicapped Kid has a Disablility! Isn't that funny and weird?
The Poor Kid. The Poor Kid's mom has to work nights. He doesn't have the cool sneakers. Let's get him!
The Desperate Kid. The Desperate Kid wants to be popular so badly, she'll do anything.
Your list is bullshit. Kids try normal stuff first, because it's what they're exposed to first. They seek out computer games and sci-fi because it speaks to them, and they latch onto it so tightly because they found it themselves. These kids get tortured (if it ever happened to you, you'd know why I called it torture) because they're weaker, and different. I'm sure your list was supposed to be funny (it wasn't), but trivializing this sort of thing is too easy. Get some insight, and come see us again some time.
Your website's an embarassment, by the way. Funny how you think you've got nerds all figured out, and then your website sucks.
It seems the kids who get picked on the most are those who think quietly to themselves, "They are all stupider than I!"
Oh, yeah? In my school, disabled kids got picked on. Foriegn kids got picked on. Kids that weren't very athletic, or bright, or rich got picked on. Kids with bad skin, or greasy hair, or a birthmark got picked on. Did these things really not happen at your high school, or are you just pretending they didn't?
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Dude, bullies at school don't have shit on you. Chances are, you're making double what they're making by the time you're 25. Your skin will clear up (if it hasn't already), your shoulders will fill out, and you'll get cooler glasses or contacts.
Just do yourself a favor, and talk to a counsellor (or "shrink" if you want to call it that) about your experiences in high school. That way, it won't bother you, and the bullies will have truly lost.
Every club will be crawling with desperate single women tonight. If you can't get laid tonight, you can't get laid. And, judging by the fact that both of your parents got some at least once, your chances are pretty good, genetically speaking. Now just don't get too drunk.
eh...if I whenever I wanted gum I could walk over to the computer, hit a few buttons, wait a few minutes (while doing something else) and out popped gum
Really? When was the last time you baked a loaf of bread? You know it only takes a few minutes, right? Less time than it would take going to the store to buy it. It's not hard to shoplift, either. Just walk into the grocery store, pick up a loaf of bread, and walk back out again. Yet you buy the bread. Every single time. In fact, I'd be willing to bet you'd pay a quarter for gum even if it came out of your computer for free. Why? Because $.25 = about.5-1 minute of most Americans' time. There's almost no way the effort of pirating something you can get for $.50 is ever worth it. Only if you're extremely poor, extremely bored, or just plain vindictive.
Any track I want is out there [...]
Are you saying you've never, ever had a problem finding anything? Ever? Even my mom's tastes in music are sometimes difficult to accomodate via WinMX or Kazaa.
The problem is that no one likes to give in to extortion, even when it may seem to be the most practical solution.
In what way is paying for a product or service extortion? No one's forcing you to download the music, or even to pay for it. However, if the $.50 bought you added value, in the form of accurate filenames and ID3 tags, and decent quality, only someone with no money and lots of free time would bother downloading entire albums from Kazaa. The last time I tried, I got an incomplete album, with varying bitrates, and a couple of imposter songs. I make way more in the two hours it took to get that mess on my computer than the CD would have cost. By the time you factor in album art/liner notes, who is bitter or bored enough to spend hours of their time recreating a CD, when they could download it intact for $5-$7? Are you really that cheap, uh, I mean, principled?
It's not that hard to shoplift gum, either, but why bother when it's only $.25 per?
The secret is to provide accurate ID3 tags, 192kb/s quality, and accurate/standardized filenames. I'd pay up to $.50/song for all that, which is a lot more than they're getting now (hint: nothing).
I imagine that if Kazaa became pay only, people would just get their music elsewhere.
Maybe, but the hardest part of marketing is getting consumers to change their habits. Innovations in marketing like the Drive-Through, 1 Hour Photo, ATM Machine, etc, came about with a lot of risk involved. In the case of electronic music distribution, the Recording Industry got their customer base for free! Mapster et al. have trained users to download their music already, now all the recording industry has to do is convince people to pay for it. Like ATMS, get folks accustomed to the convenience, then hit 'em with a fee. It's the only way the Industry is going to survive.
I got news for you: no one forces an artist to do business with the RIAA.
Maybe not before their contract is signed, but once it is, anything and everything that artist records is property of the RIAA. Forever.
They are a partner in the process, not a slave, despite what a lot of people want you to believe.
Would you call a record label who refuses to release material, and only signs a contract to silence an artist that would compete with an artist already on their label a partner? What about a label that refuses to fund an artist, yet will not let them out of their contract? Are they a partner? The RIAA and its member labels do not care about artist success, creative product, or anything but cold, hard cash. They aren't partners in jack shit.
It's the organizers who are the most valuable, which is why they tend to make the most money.
No, and no. Who creates the most value in art? The person who creates it, or the person who packages it? Is the owner of the printing press more valuable than the author in creating a book? Of course not. The work exists, and has value to every single person who enjoys it. It doesn't have to reach millions in order to be valuable.
If the RIAA is so valuable, then why do they have to use artificial means such as legislation to protect what should be inherent value?
Most eng. students have scholarships, FinAid, etc.
I stand amended. I was mostly talking about the girls, who are generally the minority in engineering programs, if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for the input, fellow Dallasite.
Nearly every SMU grad I've ever met still lives at home with their mommy or daddy, or at least drives their parent's car. Barring that, their parents are at least paying their rent. I will concede that SMU girls are the easiest to pick up in bars, although they're terrible in the sack. Why so mad, did I fuck your sister on the night you were supposed to?
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and I can say with much certainty that the vast majority involves the nerd doing something to provoke the bully.
We already covered that, loser. What do handicapped kids do to single themselves out for bullying? Or ugly kids? Or poor kids? Or kids with birthmarks? How many times to you have to be publicly slammed before you admit to being wrong? Please, defend your "I hate niggers" analogy again. It was so funny the first time you tried!
Does it suit you well to believe you are not responsible for anything bad that happens to you?
I don't believe that. Lots of bad things that happen to me are my responsibility. Like when I quit NBC in New York, and ended up getting layed off. I should have stayed at NBC, but I didn't, and it cost me. Or when I wake up after a night of partying, and I have a hangover, and some girl in my bed I have to drive home. That sucks, too.
You have such an extreme case of supremacy[...]
I've met elementary school students that would have a hard time not feeling morally and intellectually superior to a troll such as yourself. I don't feel superior to everybody. Just you.
You don't want to question your own involvement because you would find that you are fallible[...]
Do you even know what fallible means? I think you meant "culpable". Look both words up, and figure out which one fits the argument you are trying to make. Now, normally, you're supposed to know what a word means BEFORE you use it, but I'll give you this one, because I feel bad for retards, and you've already been thouroughly embarrassed. Even if you're too dense to realize it.
It's no wonder you got your ass beat, could you give me the names of the people that did it so I could send them each some money and a thank you card?
Actually, I never got my ass beat. Sure sounds like you did. Why were you such a pussy?
I did. I came up with this:
MBA Salary Survey
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Management Consultant (MBA): $89,200
This is during the height of the dot-com boom. Not exactly six figures. No where on that page does it state that a first-year MBA gets $100K+. What part of WRONG don't you understand? You made a little mistake yourself, partner. You forgot about high unemployment, and a dude on the internet who's willing to call you a liar.
Social scale? What the fuck are you talking about social scale? If a bully is bullying you, it is because you allow them power over you.
Whoah, buddy. We're talking 11-year-olds, not prison inmates. No one "allows" anything when they're a child. There is most certainly a social scale for children. Everyone knows that. Your attitude is the same one that blames children for other kinds of abuse. Is it their fault their parents get divorced? Is it also their fault when they get sexually abused? Sure, kids can make better decisions, and avoid some of it, but it's not their responsibility. It's the bully's, the antagonist, the aggressor. He or she shouldn't be doing what they do. We all agree on that.
No, I just believe you can pick on someone and it doesn't have to be some emotionally traumatizing thing.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Of course it's not emotionally traumatizing to pick on someone. Could you be more of an idiot? Nope.
Was your mother Richard Simmons or Oprah?
Was your girlfriend the one I took home from the bar last night? Probably. She likes gin and rough anal, she told me to tell you that, since you can't seem to pick up on it yourself. Try being more sensitive to her needs.
"Bring me down to your level", what exactly is my level?
You said it yourself: you're an asshole.
I'm not a bully, I'm not picking on you.
Oh, you are a bully, but you're not picking on me. I mean, maybe you think you are, but you're just not very good at it over the internet, and you're no longer bigger than anyone. It's sad, really. You're a bully with no one to bully. A failure at what you do best.
I'm telling you that you played a part in what happened to you.
Well, duh! I was there! I eventually "took care" of the main bully at my school, with a bicycle chain. He went to the hospital, and got 14 stitches. In his face. He never picked on me again, and was afraid to look at me. That's sick, and sad, and it shouldn't have to happen to a child.
What I'm not is your fucking therapist. Go cry on someone elses shoulder
No one's crying on your shoulder, pal. Especially not the women in your life. They go somewhere else for compassion, I imagine. Remember, I'm replying to a post YOU made. Get your head out of your ass.
You obviously have no clue who I am[...]
Nor do I ever plan on getting to know you any better. You're not smart, or funny, and on the internet that's all that counts. You "are" words on a web page, nothing more. I mean, really, nothing more.
Fucking newbies
LOL! Who's the nerd now? "Newbies"?? HA HA HA HA HAAAA!
Picking on pretty much means provoking, in some sense.
You're grasping. You can't pick on someone unless you're higher up on the social scale, and using that power to either physically or verbally humiliate them. The fact that you think insulting someone is the same as picking on them indicates that you don't know what the Hell you're talking about. Believe me, if you've been picked on, you know what it is. It's not a "joking banter of insults". Stop trying to bring me down to your level. I am not a bully, you are. If it bothers you so much, go talk to someone about it, but at least own up to being an asshole. It's just insulting to your victims when you don't. I'm sorry, I meant "accomplices".
Starting salaries for MBAs, even people without much experience, were into six figures here during the boom.
'nuff said. And, no you don't know anyone 25 years old that makes six figures, and works for someone else. Even fresh-out-of-school doctors don't. MBAs are a dime a dozen nowadays, my man. Sorry, but I'm older than you, and really do know better.
If I wore a shirt that said, "I hate Niggers" and paraded around Harlem, no one would raise an eye as to the Irish guy who gets the shit kicked out of him.
Wait, so the nerd is figuratively walking around school wearing an "I hate jocks" shirt. Now I get it! So, jocks are like, former slaves, and nerds are like, thier oppressors. And, school is like, the jock's turf, so, like, the nerd is basically taking it right to them, what with this shirt, and how the jocks are oppressed. (laughs to self) Dude, you're not allowed to beat people up because you think they don't like you. A. It's wrong, and sometimes illegal. B. They probably don't like you because you beat them up. C. No one, ever deserves to get beat up for minding their own business.
The advice is that it will change your philosophy that getting a bloody nose and a black eye is some penultimate evil thing in the world.
Getting a black eye is no big deal. Getting one three times a year IS. Getting one because of something you subconciously did is SICK and WRONG.
Thoughts lead to actions, even subconsciously, if you can't understand and see that in the world, than you are more blind than you will ever understand.
HA HA HA HAAAAAA! That sentence didn't even make sense! Thoughts do not lead to actions, necessarily, so you're wrong. In addition, as long as the thoughts don't lead to anything more than mere dislike, there's still no reason to beat anyone up. So, wrong-o, moron! And, chances are, at 28 years old, I will never get in another fight as long as I live. Last one was two years ago, and I kicked HIS ass.
Everything that happens to you is a consequence to an action that you took part in, either consciously or subconsciously.
So, if your mom gets cancer and dies, is that your fault? Or, what if you die in a plane wreck? Or get hit by the ol' bus? How is that your fault? Remember, we're talking culpability, not coincidence.
If you die by getting hit by a bus tomorrow, it is the consequence of you walking at that exact moment.
No, it's not. It's chance. It's fate. It's an "act of God". The plane didn't crash because you got on it! The bus didn't swerve because you were standing there! YOU. ARE. AN IDIOT.
One more moronic post like that, and you're banished from Slashdot. Seriously. Time for you to shut up for a little while.
Graduate at 21, work 2 years, 2 year MBA, entry-level management track position.
Laughable. "Entry-level management track" positions don't turn into actual management for 20 years. Assuming said MBA could even land a job at all intoday's job market. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It may be theoretically possible, but it just plain don't happen. Sorry.
I was never the most popular and I got picked on
[sarcasm]
Well, what did you do to deserve it? You must have acted smarter than everyone else. "It takes two to tango". [/sarcasm]
My point was that an attitude of superiority wasn't the only reason kids got picked on.
I'd have to call bullshit on this. Not a person exists that doesn't insult someone, either to their face or behind their back[...]
Oh, sure, I insulted at least one person in high school. We all know that's much, much different from picking on them, though. I never, ever did that. So, call "bullshit" all you want, but you're wrong.
OK, here's a thought that might hurt, so get ready:
You're an idiot. You are one level above a troll, in that you think your posts add to the discussion. At least a troll makes noise on purpose.
Here, look:
because while your thoughts hurt the other person their actions physical hurt you
Wait, it's thoughts that hurt people now? What I'm thinking can hurt people? As much as physical violence? Maybe the actions of nerds hurt jocks ("nerds" vs. "jocks" is oversimplifying, but I use the terms for brevity), but their thoughts are their own, and given the antisocial nature of nerds, tend to remain their own. But just in case, are you saying that jocks beat up nerds because they really want to be the nerds' friends, but are afraid of rejection? Think about that for a second. It's idiocy.
It takes two to tango, and there is always a reason why the bully picks you.
It takes two people to fight, but beating someone up requires only one active participant: the bully. So, you're wrong. And, trying to cast blame for abuse on the victims. And, still an idiot. There's plenty of reasons bullies do what they do: they're actually closeted homosexuals, angry at the attraction they feel towards other boys. Their fathers are absent, and that makes them sad. Sometimes they're being physically or sexually abused at home. Rarely are any of these reasons something under the victim's control. Which one applies in your case? I'm betting on "gay" or "absent father". If not, then I change my vote to "sexual abuse".
Was she innocent? No.
Innocent of what, asshole? Of rape?? Of course she was, she didn't rape anybody! Are you saying that she's partly to blame for her own rape?? If that was true, it would be sex, not rape. Again: idiot.
Oh, here's a good little snippet:
The kids who don't try to be different, and accept that they are part of humanity rarely have any problems[...]
Good idea, let's all just conform. Don't try to be different, kids! That just leads to trouble! Thank God no one's listening to you, or punk rock would die right now. So would science, medicine, and any part of life that requires innovation. YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
There is a huge difference between a 12 year old beating you and a 22 year old beating you.
Yeah, no kidding, moron. When adults do it, it's assualt. When kids do it, it's part of growing up. Either way, it's bullshit, and anyone who says "get over it" is too lazy to care about anyone but themselves. Lazy, and don't forget stupid.
Go watch Fight Club a few times, then go get yourself off your mommas tit
"Go watch a movie I saw, that'll toughen you up a little bit, sissy!" Great advice. You make me laugh. Let's all hope that the mail-order vasectomy kit arrives before the stork.
Now take your verbal locker-stuffing like a man, and try not to cry about it.
Really?? Maybe by the time they're 45. No one's in management by 25.
I never picked on a single person. Ever. At huge risk to my (admittedly small amount of) popularity, I gave everyone the benefit of the doubt.
Your list is bullshit. Kids try normal stuff first, because it's what they're exposed to first. They seek out computer games and sci-fi because it speaks to them, and they latch onto it so tightly because they found it themselves. These kids get tortured (if it ever happened to you, you'd know why I called it torture) because they're weaker, and different. I'm sure your list was supposed to be funny (it wasn't), but trivializing this sort of thing is too easy. Get some insight, and come see us again some time.
Your website's an embarassment, by the way. Funny how you think you've got nerds all figured out, and then your website sucks.
It seems the kids who get picked on the most are those who think quietly to themselves, "They are all stupider than I!"
Oh, yeah? In my school, disabled kids got picked on. Foriegn kids got picked on. Kids that weren't very athletic, or bright, or rich got picked on. Kids with bad skin, or greasy hair, or a birthmark got picked on. Did these things really not happen at your high school, or are you just pretending they didn't?
Dude, bullies at school don't have shit on you. Chances are, you're making double what they're making by the time you're 25. Your skin will clear up (if it hasn't already), your shoulders will fill out, and you'll get cooler glasses or contacts.
Just do yourself a favor, and talk to a counsellor (or "shrink" if you want to call it that) about your experiences in high school. That way, it won't bother you, and the bullies will have truly lost.
Dude, I believe you.
Every club will be crawling with desperate single women tonight. If you can't get laid tonight, you can't get laid. And, judging by the fact that both of your parents got some at least once, your chances are pretty good, genetically speaking. Now just don't get too drunk.
eh...if I whenever I wanted gum I could walk over to the computer, hit a few buttons, wait a few minutes (while doing something else) and out popped gum
.5-1 minute of most Americans' time. There's almost no way the effort of pirating something you can get for $.50 is ever worth it. Only if you're extremely poor, extremely bored, or just plain vindictive.
Really? When was the last time you baked a loaf of bread? You know it only takes a few minutes, right? Less time than it would take going to the store to buy it. It's not hard to shoplift, either. Just walk into the grocery store, pick up a loaf of bread, and walk back out again. Yet you buy the bread. Every single time. In fact, I'd be willing to bet you'd pay a quarter for gum even if it came out of your computer for free. Why? Because $.25 = about
Any track I want is out there [...]
Are you saying you've never, ever had a problem finding anything? Ever? Even my mom's tastes in music are sometimes difficult to accomodate via WinMX or Kazaa.
The problem is that no one likes to give in to extortion, even when it may seem to be the most practical solution.
In what way is paying for a product or service extortion? No one's forcing you to download the music, or even to pay for it. However, if the $.50 bought you added value, in the form of accurate filenames and ID3 tags, and decent quality, only someone with no money and lots of free time would bother downloading entire albums from Kazaa. The last time I tried, I got an incomplete album, with varying bitrates, and a couple of imposter songs. I make way more in the two hours it took to get that mess on my computer than the CD would have cost. By the time you factor in album art/liner notes, who is bitter or bored enough to spend hours of their time recreating a CD, when they could download it intact for $5-$7? Are you really that cheap, uh, I mean, principled?
It's not that hard to shoplift gum, either, but why bother when it's only $.25 per?
The secret is to provide accurate ID3 tags, 192kb/s quality, and accurate/standardized filenames. I'd pay up to $.50/song for all that, which is a lot more than they're getting now (hint: nothing).
I imagine that if Kazaa became pay only, people would just get their music elsewhere.
Maybe, but the hardest part of marketing is getting consumers to change their habits. Innovations in marketing like the Drive-Through, 1 Hour Photo, ATM Machine, etc, came about with a lot of risk involved. In the case of electronic music distribution, the Recording Industry got their customer base for free! Mapster et al. have trained users to download their music already, now all the recording industry has to do is convince people to pay for it. Like ATMS, get folks accustomed to the convenience, then hit 'em with a fee. It's the only way the Industry is going to survive.
I got news for you: no one forces an artist to do business with the RIAA.
Maybe not before their contract is signed, but once it is, anything and everything that artist records is property of the RIAA. Forever.
They are a partner in the process, not a slave, despite what a lot of people want you to believe.
Would you call a record label who refuses to release material, and only signs a contract to silence an artist that would compete with an artist already on their label a partner? What about a label that refuses to fund an artist, yet will not let them out of their contract? Are they a partner? The RIAA and its member labels do not care about artist success, creative product, or anything but cold, hard cash. They aren't partners in jack shit.
It's the organizers who are the most valuable, which is why they tend to make the most money.
No, and no. Who creates the most value in art? The person who creates it, or the person who packages it? Is the owner of the printing press more valuable than the author in creating a book? Of course not. The work exists, and has value to every single person who enjoys it. It doesn't have to reach millions in order to be valuable.
If the RIAA is so valuable, then why do they have to use artificial means such as legislation to protect what should be inherent value?
Most eng. students have scholarships, FinAid, etc.
I stand amended. I was mostly talking about the girls, who are generally the minority in engineering programs, if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for the input, fellow Dallasite.
Could this be part of the elusive 'dark matter' talked about so much lately?
I was wondering who was talking about dark matter so much lately, and it was you two! Problem solved.
(If you shout at an AC, does it make a sound?)
Nearly every SMU grad I've ever met still lives at home with their mommy or daddy, or at least drives their parent's car. Barring that, their parents are at least paying their rent. I will concede that SMU girls are the easiest to pick up in bars, although they're terrible in the sack. Why so mad, did I fuck your sister on the night you were supposed to?
Also mildly off-topic, but if their graduates are any indication, they are a school full of rude, elitist jackasses with terrible taste in music.