Seeing racists in the shadows (dog whistle racism keyword), check. It is a poor witch-hunter who cannot find witches.
Criticizing gerrymandering when it is precisely that which has guaranteed black seats in Congress, check.
Total ignorance of the Laffer Curve, check. Increasing tax rates beyond a certain point will be counter-productive for raising further tax revenue. It's no coincidence that the Marxist states of the 20th century (and this one!) were the most impoverished ones around.
Rape, rape, and more rape. Calling stuff that's not rape, rape, in order to get more sympathy because actual rape is a horrible crime, Check.
A refusal to consider that other adults might be sane when they have different thoughts, check.
A demand for censorship for those who disagree, check.
Unmitigated hatred, check. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the leftist in her full glory. Please note that from all appearances she is proud of behaving this way in public.
LOL...still butthurt about Ronald Reagan? Look, the Cold War is over, your side lost. Get over it already. "You had elected someone who loudly proclaimed that people no longer had to invest in the future, and everything would smell like flowers and look like rainbows." [citation needed]
Used benefits and services provided by the government? A hell of a lot of people get nothing from the government, and never had a check other than a refund check their entire lives. Yeah, we're not talking about stuff like police and highways. It's bizarre seeing a radical leftist talk about WWII deaths...you mean all the racists who joined up so they could murder Japanese? What's with the patriotic "this country" angle? Don't you people despise and hate America, even to the point of pretending not to understand what people mean when they say Americans, saying "oh I thought you meant Brazil was in America and therefore they're Americans too.
I think you really need to step back and stop dehumanizing other people because they disagree with you. It dehumanizes yourself most of all.
How is state government run amok somehow not covered by government run amok? Eh? Someone want to explain this?
Seems like a pretty standard conflict that's gone on in America for ages. And before we get into it, big government and unions have certainly caused their share of problems even if they are not at fault in this case. A government powerful enough to give you all you want is powerful enough to take everything you have.
You mean because global warming is real, we have no choice but to give far-left radicals everything they've been asking for for the past century? Wow, that's convenient. And it's mandatory, you say, or the earth dies? Ouchie!
You go on and on about these supposed weaknesses - but each and every one of them requires physical access. None of these can be done over the internet. I think the idea is that they'll consciously choose to accept these risks as the others are worse. Nice to see you're slagging the idea as idiotic, though. Nicely done.
The US military would like nothing better than for the Taliban, AQ, etc. to come out and fight man on man. Instead, they hide among civilians and blow up schools. Casualty rates aren't what we're talking about, nice way to change the subject there.
It's not a typo. A tyopographical error iis a mistaek in typing, typically when tow letters are transposed. You didn't know the phrase "an old chestnut", you had only heard it said, and assumed it was "chess nut". See, it's this sort of lack of rigor that throws one's entire assumptions into question. If you're ignorant about something as simple as colloquial expressions, what else are you lacking? It's the Dunning-Krueger effect: incompetent people assume that they're competent, and are incompetent to tell the difference.
Do light bulbs use up *that much* of your electric bill? Huh. I thought that A/C or heating, plus refrigerator and other appliances took up 90% of your utility bill.
I tried to sell LED lights for a while, but nobody was really buying. If Lowe's aren't stocking them, then they aren't moving. They're pros, they'll kick you out of their stores in a second if your product doesn't sell. Having your goods in their store is like a mark of approval.
Funny thing - assassination is the kindest possible method of war. Anyone who uses it should be commended for only killing the leaders. However, in your worldview anything USA does is automatically wrong and you look for justifications afterwards. DRONE WAR USA COWARDS WHARRRGARBL!!!! Yeah, the US military really hates a straight-up fight.
Oh Mr. Superior Intellect, there's no such thing as a "chess nut". The expression is an old chestnut: a subject, idea, or joke which has been discussed or repeated so many times that it is not interesting or funny any more.
See, this is why we don't hold ourselves up as superior. Because there are always gaps in our knowledge and when we inevitably slip up, we look like total assholes - as well as expose ourselves as not having known that much in the first place. Maybe you're not as smart as you think you are. Just something to chew on...maybe you'll do better next time you post. Or maybe not. After all, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
Ah, so the world is full of your intellectual inferiors, who must be talked down to. I think that explains a lot. Why should anyone be open-minded towards people who disagree? That's not what open-mindedness means, amirite?
So, it's tyranny then. Wow, way to confirm what everyone has thought for a long time. Global warming hysteria is just a pseudoscientific excuse to seize power, keep it, and oppress those who disagree with us. Wow...just, wow.
So, when we do it, it means we good people are superior. When they do it, it's just an excuse to feel superior. Got it!
You know what that is? Hypocrisy. Funny how when the wrong side gets caught doing it, suddenly we need to stop pointing fingers and change the subject.
First of all, don't write every sentence as a separate paragraph. It makes your ideas irritating to read. Second of all, I live in a low-cost labor country, and it's no big deal to get things repaired. I've taken apart a ton of machines, in fact I work in manufacturing. Open your brain to different ways of thinking instead of just flatly stating that others are wrong all the time.
What were my "preconceived notions", exactly? As I didn't state them, you are jumping to conclusions. Just goes to show how unscientific scienceists are. You'll grab at anything to "refute" inconvenient truths.
Wow, those Brits certainly are powerful. It's like they removed choice from the entire world, thus making anything that happened afterwards not their fault. People who lack moral agency are the equivalent of children or senile elderly. Wow, that's pretty racist.
It's not the products, it is the cost of labor that prevents repairs. When labor has a reasonable price, it's no big deal to get a replacement plastic doohickey. So it breaks every six months - who cares? Call the repair man and pay $5 for the repair and the part. On the other hand, when a service call is $75-150, and a new machine is $300-400, people are only making a rational economic choice. Plus the cost of missing work so you can stay home to meet the repair man - who may or may not show up.
You mean it didn't agree with your preconceived notions, and so you backtracked to adjust your thinking so you could disregard this inconvenient truth. Hey, you're not the only one.
It is a wonderful thing to tell everyone else how to behave, shame them when they deviate from your plan, and then do the opposite privately. It is what humans have aspired to for thousands of years.
See, when you start thinking your shit doesn't stink, this is what happens. You want more. You think that the law is a fine thing, but just for the little people to follow. Someone such as yourself shouldn't be held back by such trivial concerns. Morality? It's backwards, its only purpose is to hold you back from what you deserve in life. Hypocrisy becomes not something bad, but a stamp of approval for your lifestyle. You relax and let everything flow. Of course, in public, you strongly condemn others, and you will take action and spend money to maintain the mask of respectability.
Why do the powerful always become outraged when the little people successfully make a point? How dare those little shits speak to me like that? It's not something new, it's been around forever. This is the default of human behavior, when it doesn't happen, that is exceptional. Why is it noteworthy that the global warming brigade does the same thing? The fact that they hold themselves over the rest of us should be a flashing neon sign that things just ain't right.
"'Rotten?' said Uncle Andrew with a puzzled look. 'Oh, I see. You mean that little boys ought to keep their promises. Very true: most right and proper, I'm sure, and I'm very glad you have been taught to do it. But of course you must understand that rules of that sort, however excellent they may be for little boys -- and servants -- and women -- and even people in general, can't possibly be expected to apply to profound students and great thinkers and sages. No, Digory. Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom, are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures. Ours, my boy, is a high and lonely destiny.'
As he said this he sighed and looked so grave and noble and mysterious that for a second Digory really thought he was saying something rather fine. But then he remembered the ugly look he had seen on his Uncle's face the moment before Polly had vanished: and all at once he saw through Uncle Andrew's grand words. 'All it means,' he thought to himself, 'is that he thinks he can do anything he likes to get anything he wants.'"
You are confusing "America" with "the US federal government". They are two different things. North Korea...really? As a Marxist state, that is a much nicer place.
It's not from Wikipedia. We don't spend all of our time on that website, only you. Why are you all butthurt? What difference does it make? The point is valid, chess is a waste of time beyond learning the basics.
English is the world's second language. Moreover it is the language of science. What other language would you choose for a worldwide contest? Some obscure local language? Or perhaps the slender budget of IAU should be spent on translating their website into 75 different languages? Ridiculous.
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Seeing racists in the shadows (dog whistle racism keyword), check. It is a poor witch-hunter who cannot find witches.
Criticizing gerrymandering when it is precisely that which has guaranteed black seats in Congress, check.
Total ignorance of the Laffer Curve, check. Increasing tax rates beyond a certain point will be counter-productive for raising further tax revenue. It's no coincidence that the Marxist states of the 20th century (and this one!) were the most impoverished ones around.
Rape, rape, and more rape. Calling stuff that's not rape, rape, in order to get more sympathy because actual rape is a horrible crime, Check.
A refusal to consider that other adults might be sane when they have different thoughts, check.
A demand for censorship for those who disagree, check.
Unmitigated hatred, check. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the leftist in her full glory. Please note that from all appearances she is proud of behaving this way in public.
LOL...still butthurt about Ronald Reagan? Look, the Cold War is over, your side lost. Get over it already. "You had elected someone who loudly proclaimed that people no longer had to invest in the future, and everything would smell like flowers and look like rainbows." [citation needed]
Used benefits and services provided by the government? A hell of a lot of people get nothing from the government, and never had a check other than a refund check their entire lives. Yeah, we're not talking about stuff like police and highways. It's bizarre seeing a radical leftist talk about WWII deaths...you mean all the racists who joined up so they could murder Japanese? What's with the patriotic "this country" angle? Don't you people despise and hate America, even to the point of pretending not to understand what people mean when they say Americans, saying "oh I thought you meant Brazil was in America and therefore they're Americans too.
I think you really need to step back and stop dehumanizing other people because they disagree with you. It dehumanizes yourself most of all.
Multiplied by 2.5? Whaaaat? Where'd you get that number from? I know incandescents produce heat...but *that much* heat?
Does everyone have the top-of-the-line A+++ refrigerator? I can't afford one like that. I don't think that's a good basis for comparison.
People behaving in a civil manner towards those they don't like is the hallmark of civilization. Barbarity is never far away.
Let me guess: your politics are on the far left, correct? Because something bores you to tears, that means everyone has to change to suit you.
How is state government run amok somehow not covered by government run amok? Eh? Someone want to explain this?
Seems like a pretty standard conflict that's gone on in America for ages. And before we get into it, big government and unions have certainly caused their share of problems even if they are not at fault in this case. A government powerful enough to give you all you want is powerful enough to take everything you have.
Cuba is freer than USA and other corporate dictatorships.
You mean because global warming is real, we have no choice but to give far-left radicals everything they've been asking for for the past century? Wow, that's convenient. And it's mandatory, you say, or the earth dies? Ouchie!
You go on and on about these supposed weaknesses - but each and every one of them requires physical access. None of these can be done over the internet. I think the idea is that they'll consciously choose to accept these risks as the others are worse. Nice to see you're slagging the idea as idiotic, though. Nicely done.
The US military would like nothing better than for the Taliban, AQ, etc. to come out and fight man on man. Instead, they hide among civilians and blow up schools. Casualty rates aren't what we're talking about, nice way to change the subject there.
It's not a typo. A tyopographical error iis a mistaek in typing, typically when tow letters are transposed. You didn't know the phrase "an old chestnut", you had only heard it said, and assumed it was "chess nut". See, it's this sort of lack of rigor that throws one's entire assumptions into question. If you're ignorant about something as simple as colloquial expressions, what else are you lacking? It's the Dunning-Krueger effect: incompetent people assume that they're competent, and are incompetent to tell the difference.
Do light bulbs use up *that much* of your electric bill? Huh. I thought that A/C or heating, plus refrigerator and other appliances took up 90% of your utility bill.
I tried to sell LED lights for a while, but nobody was really buying. If Lowe's aren't stocking them, then they aren't moving. They're pros, they'll kick you out of their stores in a second if your product doesn't sell. Having your goods in their store is like a mark of approval.
Funny thing - assassination is the kindest possible method of war. Anyone who uses it should be commended for only killing the leaders. However, in your worldview anything USA does is automatically wrong and you look for justifications afterwards. DRONE WAR USA COWARDS WHARRRGARBL!!!! Yeah, the US military really hates a straight-up fight.
Oh Mr. Superior Intellect, there's no such thing as a "chess nut". The expression is an old chestnut: a subject, idea, or joke which has been discussed or repeated so many times that it is not interesting or funny any more.
See, this is why we don't hold ourselves up as superior. Because there are always gaps in our knowledge and when we inevitably slip up, we look like total assholes - as well as expose ourselves as not having known that much in the first place. Maybe you're not as smart as you think you are. Just something to chew on...maybe you'll do better next time you post. Or maybe not. After all, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
Ah, so the world is full of your intellectual inferiors, who must be talked down to. I think that explains a lot. Why should anyone be open-minded towards people who disagree? That's not what open-mindedness means, amirite?
So, it's tyranny then. Wow, way to confirm what everyone has thought for a long time. Global warming hysteria is just a pseudoscientific excuse to seize power, keep it, and oppress those who disagree with us. Wow...just, wow.
So, when we do it, it means we good people are superior. When they do it, it's just an excuse to feel superior. Got it!
You know what that is? Hypocrisy. Funny how when the wrong side gets caught doing it, suddenly we need to stop pointing fingers and change the subject.
First of all, don't write every sentence as a separate paragraph. It makes your ideas irritating to read. Second of all, I live in a low-cost labor country, and it's no big deal to get things repaired. I've taken apart a ton of machines, in fact I work in manufacturing. Open your brain to different ways of thinking instead of just flatly stating that others are wrong all the time.
What were my "preconceived notions", exactly? As I didn't state them, you are jumping to conclusions. Just goes to show how unscientific scienceists are. You'll grab at anything to "refute" inconvenient truths.
Wow, those Brits certainly are powerful. It's like they removed choice from the entire world, thus making anything that happened afterwards not their fault. People who lack moral agency are the equivalent of children or senile elderly. Wow, that's pretty racist.
It's not the products, it is the cost of labor that prevents repairs. When labor has a reasonable price, it's no big deal to get a replacement plastic doohickey. So it breaks every six months - who cares? Call the repair man and pay $5 for the repair and the part. On the other hand, when a service call is $75-150, and a new machine is $300-400, people are only making a rational economic choice. Plus the cost of missing work so you can stay home to meet the repair man - who may or may not show up.
You mean it didn't agree with your preconceived notions, and so you backtracked to adjust your thinking so you could disregard this inconvenient truth. Hey, you're not the only one.
It is a wonderful thing to tell everyone else how to behave, shame them when they deviate from your plan, and then do the opposite privately. It is what humans have aspired to for thousands of years.
See, when you start thinking your shit doesn't stink, this is what happens. You want more. You think that the law is a fine thing, but just for the little people to follow. Someone such as yourself shouldn't be held back by such trivial concerns. Morality? It's backwards, its only purpose is to hold you back from what you deserve in life. Hypocrisy becomes not something bad, but a stamp of approval for your lifestyle. You relax and let everything flow. Of course, in public, you strongly condemn others, and you will take action and spend money to maintain the mask of respectability.
Why do the powerful always become outraged when the little people successfully make a point? How dare those little shits speak to me like that? It's not something new, it's been around forever. This is the default of human behavior, when it doesn't happen, that is exceptional. Why is it noteworthy that the global warming brigade does the same thing? The fact that they hold themselves over the rest of us should be a flashing neon sign that things just ain't right.
-- The Magician's Nephew
You are confusing "America" with "the US federal government". They are two different things. North Korea...really? As a Marxist state, that is a much nicer place.
It's not from Wikipedia. We don't spend all of our time on that website, only you. Why are you all butthurt? What difference does it make? The point is valid, chess is a waste of time beyond learning the basics.
English is the world's second language. Moreover it is the language of science. What other language would you choose for a worldwide contest? Some obscure local language? Or perhaps the slender budget of IAU should be spent on translating their website into 75 different languages? Ridiculous.