Women need to be taught to say what they mean and stop playing fucking games. If that happened the entire landscape would change.
Well, they really haven't changed much in that respect likely since the beginning of time....so....LEARN to give them what they seem to really want, not what the "say" they want as that in practice, it is rarely the same thing.
Young men don't want to be walking wallets for greedy self-indulgent shrews to bilk. But that's increasingly what the modern woman foists offers them. We have a culture that's put women's desire for higher and higher status males into overdrive. We over-validate and over-reward women massively, and constantly shame and criticise young men just for being men. Education is entirely centred around girls and the workplace overtly discriminates against men - all based on nonsense claims that women are somehow oppressed.
What is needed, is to teach young men, how to get into the mindset of women, what they need to say, and how to 'project' themselves so they can get laid more.
Young men need to be taught it is a numbers game, Don't get hung up on one chick. When out, dress decently, be clean, and above all else, project confidence in yourself. You don't have to be that confident, just look at act that way. Act like you really don't give a shit if she wants you or not...be a bit aloof.
They always want what is a bit tough for them to have. Take control of the situation, decide where you're going. Nothing wrong with being polite, opening doors, etc....but take charge.
When you do approach and start talking, just learn some simple tricks...get THEM to talk about themselves, about their family...what they want and what they do. That way you don't have to really do that much for the conversation. And trust me, NO woman ever left a date complaining that she talked too much about herself.
Simple steps like that are what makes it easy to get into her pants. And don't just target ONE girl. There are tons of them out there. Rejection can and WILL happen, but shrug it off and start to hit on her friend...hahaha. But seriously, just hit on as many as possible. And meet and approach women whenever and wherever you can. Outside of the bar scene is really choice. Simple as asking for the time, just approach, approach, approach.
And if you're shy, and everyone starts out that way. Just walk up to women during the day, ask for the time...just think of it as practice....just talk to them. It doesn't even have to be one you want for anything, just practice.
It isn't that hard, especially if you get over that feeling of "oh no, if she rejects me, I'll not know what to do the rest of my life.". Get a new mindset, hit on one you like, if it sticks have fun with it....if not, water off your back, she didn't matter...who's next?
I'm not saying be an ass...but don't be the overly willing to please guy that will do anything for her and lets her call the shots. If you do that, you may as well be her gay friend, 'cause she's not going to sleep with you. Women like a challenge....be a bit of a challenge.
I generally use the AAA's research when filing my taxes. They say $8698/year.
Wow...WTF do YOU live where it is that freakin' expensive??
I don't pay nearly that much....even when I did have a car payment. Mine has been paid off now for about 4 years and even though I live in a VERY high auto insurance area (too many folks in NOLA don't have auto insurance, so you gotta pay high to make up for it)...I don't pay nearly that much a year for car ownership.
They need good pay because they have massive debts from education and need to pay insane rents.
Simple answer to that really..is be willing to MOVE to where there are better paying jobs, in conjunction with lower rents.
That total cost of living thing is an equation to be worked out in life.
There are plenty of places in the US where the cost of living is VERY low, and while the salary might not sound $$$...in an area with lower cost of living, it is easy to not only get by, but prosper on a technically lower salary in a low cost of living area.
There are places in the US where you can get almost a 2500 sq-ft home for the $220-$230K range for God's sake....
The day in age where you don't have to move for a job have long passed us. Are kids afraid these days to move too far from Mommy and Daddy?
"High paying job"? They "expect" not to be making less than the minimum wage their parents got, while working longer, harder, and being more productive than every generation before them.
That minimum wage job thing is really mostly a fallacy, in that most of those flipping burger jobs are not for the PRIMARY bread winner of a home, they are not the head of household. From what I've read, *most* people making minimum wage, are living in households making about $40-$50K a year, they are the kids with their first jobs.
We're not talking about that, we're discussing here people coming out of college, or even high school into the REAL workforce.....
The latest generation works harder, for longer hours, with higher productivity, than any other generation before them and is the first generation in history to be worse off than their parents.
I don't seen that in the Mils I've run into. Perhaps for the generations just prior to them, I see the hard work still, etc...but the youngest ones just in the workforce the past 3-5 years, nope, they expect a high paying job and don't understand you have to work and COMPETE for the money and job.
Just my experience seeing the workforce I started in and quite a few subsequent ones coming in under me....the latest one has real problems.
Old people are different than young people. Naturally, each group believes that the differences in question make them superior to the other group.
True in many ways....HOWEVER, this latest generation has been more coddled and has more of an entitlement attitude than previous generations. They seem to feel "owed" by society a job, and to be treated nicely and fairly. They are the generation of everyone getting a trophy just for showing up.
This was not something as prevalent in pevious generations, where when growing up, people DID keep score, there were winners and loser, parent spanked kids when they fucked up, neighbors had just as much a hand in disciplining kids in the neighborhoods as the parents....and kids grew up more independently than they do now.
Hell, my parents in today's society likely would have hand child services called on them...they spanked my ass when I was bad. They both worked and I entertained myself much more...I played with the other kids in the neighborhood. I often left the house (unescorted) during the summer in the morning and showed back up at home in time for dinner. I rode my bike and skateboard for miles away from home.
I didn't even have a cell phone, but was under orders to call in (when very young) every hour or so from wherever I was at a neighbor friends' home.
I played and LOST football games, I didn't always get congratulated JUST for trying. I got praise for winning. I had fun, I interacted with numerous friends in the neighborhood I grew up with and got praise for success and well, it sucked when I lost but I learned how to deal with it and deal with all types of people. I got my first job washing dishes at a restaurant when I was 16+ or so, and worked all during high school on weekends and some week nights, but had to keep my grades up to keep the job and enjoy that extra $$$.
Yes....every generation gets to a point where it doesn't understand the next one that well, but I think we have a bona fide GAP in how folks in the US have been raised in a very sharp and distinct manner with the mils.
Let's face it...the term "helicopter parent" is a very new term. And it is sadly accurate, and I think has had a very detrimental effect on this new generation of folks just growing up enough to set foot in the real world that doesn't really give a shit about your showing up. That is expected....
It is what you do after you show up that earns the dollars and you ARE in competition for real with everyone you are in the workforce with.
Under-inflating footballs seems like less of an offense than deliberately trying to injure other team's players. I don't play football, but it seems comparable to a hitter using too much pine tar on a baseball bat, or a pitcher deliberately scuffing a baseball.
But the thing is....they had NO proof that Coach Payton had anything to do with it..or knowledge of it, and other high staffers, were banned for a year. I wonder if the Pats coach and likely even Brady who the report says "likely" knew about it..will get suspended/banned for a year?
When dealing with the police, avoid being black. This will greatly reduce your chances of being beaten, unlawfully being detained/arrested/searched, or otherwise having your other civil rights violated.
Well, I"m of the thought that there is a little preponderance to DWB, etc...but I don't think it is JUST being dark skinned that is the majority of the problem.
It seems to show that it is mostly black, in that an disproportionate amount of crime is perpetrated by black people, and many of the worst neighborhoods, poor and crime ridden are majority black / minority occupied, so this skews the stats a bit.
And, from many of the video's I've seen (and some experience viewed in person while living in New Orleans), many black people interact and react to the cops in a hostile manner right off to bat.
If a cop comes up to them, quite often you see the citizen immediately get confrontational, start cursing, etc.....that just escalates a tense situation on both sides.
I would posit that so many of these arrests and all would sharply drop if many of these folks interacted with the cops as I have when dealing with them. I stand very still, if asked to move or comply with doing something, I do it. I am quiet, I don't really talk to the officer unless specifically answering a direct question (if it is something not violating my rights). I address the officer as "Yes/No Sir/Ma'am" when responding to them. I am quiet, polite and as non-confrontational as I can possibly be.
Before I move to do anything (get something out of pocket or out of car, etc...I ask the officer if it is ok to do xyz....and wait till they say yes, and Imove very slowly, etc.
In other words, I give the officer(s) as little reason as possible to escalate things.
But when I see folks...no matter the color, get all excited and belligerent when dealing with the officer, I'm just think in my head. "well...they're going to jail".
I mean seriously, so this many folks need to go to a class how to deal with police, and talk and deal with people in general? This should be a no brainer....
The LAST person whose face I want to get into, is an police officer with a gun.
It is amazing what a "Yes Sir" and being calm will do for you....why is this so far for folks to figure out?
I mean, look -- there were a bunch of recent stories with suspects getting killed or beate...n
Well, I think ONE thing is pretty clear.
Don't RUN from the cops. The one common denominator from most of the recently publicized cop shootings of citizens, is that the citizen generally ran from the officer.
But one thing to do for sure...don't act like an ass, if you are (and you should) exerting your rights, do so in a calm, non-threatening fashion. Don't shout. Don't curse, use clear concise language. The "Am I free to go" statement is a very simple and very powerful thing to say and get an answer to.
If you don't give them a reason to beat you...99.999% of the time they are not. Yes, there are bad apples, but I don't think that is the majority. If you do not fight, resist, run or act an ass, chances are you are not going to be arrested or hurt. And if they DO arrest you....just face it, you are going to jail...don't resist, doing so give the cops a LOT of leeway in how they manhandle you.
Don't give them a reason to do abuse you, but also, you should always know and assert your rights.
I mean, it is bad enough I gave them a CC number way back when to connect to the iTunes store (even though I've NEVER bought a song through them, nor an app)....but that's quite enough information on me.
I don't plan to give any DNA to anyone for the foreseeable future.
Both the government and private companies have WAY too much information on me to begin with...I'm not voluntarily going to give them more, especially on this level.
You just reminded me that I haven't purchased music since about 1998, so for me, there's no monopoly to worry about. And with Songza, Spotify, Pandora and radio streaming + tools to convert streams to mp3, it doesn't seem likely that I will for the next ten years or so.
Well, I do remember back in the OLD days, sitting with the radio on the stereo and un-pausing the cassette recorder to try to record songs that were played on the radio.
I got over that real quick....
But what you say is fine enough I guess if you're just gonna use that to listen in the car on on a mobile player, but what about your home stereo..you know, something you put some money into for better fidelity sound, don't you want a lossy format for that?
I tend to buy my music on CDs that I really like and rip it to lossy mp3's for my poor listening environments (car, gym)...but keep the good stuff for the living room stereo for quality listening.
I have seen sites that sell very high lossless formats online and I'm thinking of checking out those for new purchases of replacing CD's lost to Katrina and time....
HD Tracks sells 96/24 tracks in AIFF and FLAC for a very reasonable price.
I don't buy that much music these days, due to my perceived lack of quality of performance and style, but when I do find something I like, it is something to keep. I don't think of music as disposable as many of the youth today seem to do....
Or...it could be the administration wanting to bypass congress and get things it couldn't get through congress in a treaty, which surprisingly has the power of law of the land should it slide by and get passed as a treaty.
If you're a photographer or at all into video editing (Photoshop, AE, Premier, FCPX, Davinci Resolve, etc)....you'd damned sure bet you'll still be using a PC for your real work.
I can bog down a core i7 with 16GB ram, with a SSD external drive for dedicated cache, etc.....in seconds with one decent render or Photoshop project with 4-8+ Smart Objects open.
And more and more...if you are even a decent hobbits photographer, you depend on post to do your magic and you can overload a computer pretty quickly even with decen cpu, gnu and ram.
That doesn't even get into having a nice monitor(s), wacom tablet...etc.
I'd put this group maybe in between the #2 and #3 you listed above.
Why? Over most of history spying has saved lives more than taken them.
I find it so odd that people on Slashdot sing the praises of the "Codebreakers" of WWII but are shocked and freaked out that they are still around today.
Because they spied on the enemy, the foreign entities that were trying to harm them.
The problem today is, this tech is being aimed domestically as well as on foreign enemies....without due process or proper warrants showing probably cause.
The objection is the broad dragnet of information being captured and analyzed, of presumable innocent citizens.
If this were ONLY being aimed at the enemy, not only would most folks here not have a problem with it, they'd whole heartedly support it!!
How come the water plants aren't able to filter these fracking chemicals out of the water before sending it to the homes like they filter out everything else?
Uber have been shut down in cities in the following countries:
That's the problem today with too much damned govt. rules, regulations and stranglehold on innovation.
Geez, if we had the amounts of rules and regulations a 100 years ago that we have today, we'd certainly NOT likely have all the inventions and businesses we have today.
No, that pollutes too much. No you need a permit for this, and this, and this...and well, we don't permit that at all. Are you diverse enough in your company? Do you have medical? Well, you need a license to even think about building and testing that and certainly not around here. You want to sell what across state lines? You want to drive what across state lines? I'm sorry but we have to tax that. Etc.
Shit....Henry Ford couldn't have done business today as a start up.
I'm kind of the same way. I log into root when I really need to do something...just a habit from old Slackware days.
But I do try to make damned sure I double check my directory I'm in, as well as the command before I hit enter.
I've blown stuff up before, but mostly as other users...likely that I wasn't being as careful when in as those users as I was when I'm wielding root around.
Seriously, the unrest is brewing in our towns. The powder keg is filled to the brim, all it takes is a spark, and any kind will do, to blow it up. You're getting close to a critical mass of people who are severely unhappy with how things are going, the only thing missing is a focal point for this anger. As soon as a justification is found to vent that anger, you have a riot.
Seriously? Critical Mass? Seriously?
I kinda doubt it...this is pretty isolated. Seems mostly to just be a problem in the few highly packed urban centers in the US. You don't see this type of behavior, or even sympathy to it in most of the US.
And for the most part, I think the 24/7 news channels blow it up to much more than it actually is. They often choose camera angles to try to make it look like more people than it is.
The majority if folks in the US rarely if ever have a personal encounter with the police in their cities. The majority of US citizens while concerned that these isolated events are coming to our attention, they also don't see it as much a problem in their local areas or states.
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Well, they really haven't changed much in that respect likely since the beginning of time....so....LEARN to give them what they seem to really want, not what the "say" they want as that in practice, it is rarely the same thing.
What is needed, is to teach young men, how to get into the mindset of women, what they need to say, and how to 'project' themselves so they can get laid more.
Young men need to be taught it is a numbers game, Don't get hung up on one chick. When out, dress decently, be clean, and above all else, project confidence in yourself. You don't have to be that confident, just look at act that way. Act like you really don't give a shit if she wants you or not...be a bit aloof.
They always want what is a bit tough for them to have. Take control of the situation, decide where you're going. Nothing wrong with being polite, opening doors, etc....but take charge.
When you do approach and start talking, just learn some simple tricks...get THEM to talk about themselves, about their family...what they want and what they do. That way you don't have to really do that much for the conversation. And trust me, NO woman ever left a date complaining that she talked too much about herself.
Simple steps like that are what makes it easy to get into her pants. And don't just target ONE girl. There are tons of them out there. Rejection can and WILL happen, but shrug it off and start to hit on her friend...hahaha. But seriously, just hit on as many as possible. And meet and approach women whenever and wherever you can. Outside of the bar scene is really choice. Simple as asking for the time, just approach, approach, approach.
And if you're shy, and everyone starts out that way. Just walk up to women during the day, ask for the time...just think of it as practice....just talk to them. It doesn't even have to be one you want for anything, just practice.
It isn't that hard, especially if you get over that feeling of "oh no, if she rejects me, I'll not know what to do the rest of my life.". Get a new mindset, hit on one you like, if it sticks have fun with it....if not, water off your back, she didn't matter...who's next?
I'm not saying be an ass...but don't be the overly willing to please guy that will do anything for her and lets her call the shots. If you do that, you may as well be her gay friend, 'cause she's not going to sleep with you. Women like a challenge....be a bit of a challenge.
Wow...WTF do YOU live where it is that freakin' expensive??
I don't pay nearly that much....even when I did have a car payment. Mine has been paid off now for about 4 years and even though I live in a VERY high auto insurance area (too many folks in NOLA don't have auto insurance, so you gotta pay high to make up for it)...I don't pay nearly that much a year for car ownership.
Well, just make sure to pack plenty of beer in the ice chest for the drive there and it won't be so boring...
Yeah...but I"m curious...
Why did Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend break this news......?
Simple answer to that really..is be willing to MOVE to where there are better paying jobs, in conjunction with lower rents.
That total cost of living thing is an equation to be worked out in life.
There are plenty of places in the US where the cost of living is VERY low, and while the salary might not sound $$$...in an area with lower cost of living, it is easy to not only get by, but prosper on a technically lower salary in a low cost of living area.
There are places in the US where you can get almost a 2500 sq-ft home for the $220-$230K range for God's sake....
The day in age where you don't have to move for a job have long passed us. Are kids afraid these days to move too far from Mommy and Daddy?
That minimum wage job thing is really mostly a fallacy, in that most of those flipping burger jobs are not for the PRIMARY bread winner of a home, they are not the head of household. From what I've read, *most* people making minimum wage, are living in households making about $40-$50K a year, they are the kids with their first jobs.
We're not talking about that, we're discussing here people coming out of college, or even high school into the REAL workforce.....
I don't seen that in the Mils I've run into. Perhaps for the generations just prior to them, I see the hard work still, etc...but the youngest ones just in the workforce the past 3-5 years, nope, they expect a high paying job and don't understand you have to work and COMPETE for the money and job.
Just my experience seeing the workforce I started in and quite a few subsequent ones coming in under me....the latest one has real problems.
True in many ways....HOWEVER, this latest generation has been more coddled and has more of an entitlement attitude than previous generations. They seem to feel "owed" by society a job, and to be treated nicely and fairly. They are the generation of everyone getting a trophy just for showing up.
This was not something as prevalent in pevious generations, where when growing up, people DID keep score, there were winners and loser, parent spanked kids when they fucked up, neighbors had just as much a hand in disciplining kids in the neighborhoods as the parents....and kids grew up more independently than they do now.
Hell, my parents in today's society likely would have hand child services called on them...they spanked my ass when I was bad. They both worked and I entertained myself much more...I played with the other kids in the neighborhood. I often left the house (unescorted) during the summer in the morning and showed back up at home in time for dinner. I rode my bike and skateboard for miles away from home.
I didn't even have a cell phone, but was under orders to call in (when very young) every hour or so from wherever I was at a neighbor friends' home.
I played and LOST football games, I didn't always get congratulated JUST for trying. I got praise for winning. I had fun, I interacted with numerous friends in the neighborhood I grew up with and got praise for success and well, it sucked when I lost but I learned how to deal with it and deal with all types of people. I got my first job washing dishes at a restaurant when I was 16+ or so, and worked all during high school on weekends and some week nights, but had to keep my grades up to keep the job and enjoy that extra $$$.
Yes....every generation gets to a point where it doesn't understand the next one that well, but I think we have a bona fide GAP in how folks in the US have been raised in a very sharp and distinct manner with the mils.
Let's face it...the term "helicopter parent" is a very new term. And it is sadly accurate, and I think has had a very detrimental effect on this new generation of folks just growing up enough to set foot in the real world that doesn't really give a shit about your showing up. That is expected....
It is what you do after you show up that earns the dollars and you ARE in competition for real with everyone you are in the workforce with.
But the thing is....they had NO proof that Coach Payton had anything to do with it..or knowledge of it, and other high staffers, were banned for a year. I wonder if the Pats coach and likely even Brady who the report says "likely" knew about it..will get suspended/banned for a year?
I wonder if the Pats will get hit with penalties as harsh as the Saints got a couple of years ago?
Well, I"m of the thought that there is a little preponderance to DWB, etc...but I don't think it is JUST being dark skinned that is the majority of the problem.
It seems to show that it is mostly black, in that an disproportionate amount of crime is perpetrated by black people, and many of the worst neighborhoods, poor and crime ridden are majority black / minority occupied, so this skews the stats a bit.
And, from many of the video's I've seen (and some experience viewed in person while living in New Orleans), many black people interact and react to the cops in a hostile manner right off to bat.
If a cop comes up to them, quite often you see the citizen immediately get confrontational, start cursing, etc.....that just escalates a tense situation on both sides.
I would posit that so many of these arrests and all would sharply drop if many of these folks interacted with the cops as I have when dealing with them. I stand very still, if asked to move or comply with doing something, I do it. I am quiet, I don't really talk to the officer unless specifically answering a direct question (if it is something not violating my rights). I address the officer as "Yes/No Sir/Ma'am" when responding to them. I am quiet, polite and as non-confrontational as I can possibly be.
Before I move to do anything (get something out of pocket or out of car, etc...I ask the officer if it is ok to do xyz....and wait till they say yes, and Imove very slowly, etc.
In other words, I give the officer(s) as little reason as possible to escalate things.
But when I see folks...no matter the color, get all excited and belligerent when dealing with the officer, I'm just think in my head. "well...they're going to jail".
I mean seriously, so this many folks need to go to a class how to deal with police, and talk and deal with people in general? This should be a no brainer....
The LAST person whose face I want to get into, is an police officer with a gun.
It is amazing what a "Yes Sir" and being calm will do for you....why is this so far for folks to figure out?
Well, I think ONE thing is pretty clear.
Don't RUN from the cops. The one common denominator from most of the recently publicized cop shootings of citizens, is that the citizen generally ran from the officer.
But one thing to do for sure...don't act like an ass, if you are (and you should) exerting your rights, do so in a calm, non-threatening fashion. Don't shout. Don't curse, use clear concise language. The "Am I free to go" statement is a very simple and very powerful thing to say and get an answer to.
If you don't give them a reason to beat you...99.999% of the time they are not. Yes, there are bad apples, but I don't think that is the majority. If you do not fight, resist, run or act an ass, chances are you are not going to be arrested or hurt. And if they DO arrest you....just face it, you are going to jail...don't resist, doing so give the cops a LOT of leeway in how they manhandle you.
Don't give them a reason to do abuse you, but also, you should always know and assert your rights.
I say "Sorry...but NO".
I mean, it is bad enough I gave them a CC number way back when to connect to the iTunes store (even though I've NEVER bought a song through them, nor an app)....but that's quite enough information on me.
I don't plan to give any DNA to anyone for the foreseeable future.
Both the government and private companies have WAY too much information on me to begin with...I'm not voluntarily going to give them more, especially on this level.
Well, I do remember back in the OLD days, sitting with the radio on the stereo and un-pausing the cassette recorder to try to record songs that were played on the radio.
I got over that real quick....
But what you say is fine enough I guess if you're just gonna use that to listen in the car on on a mobile player, but what about your home stereo..you know, something you put some money into for better fidelity sound, don't you want a lossy format for that?
I tend to buy my music on CDs that I really like and rip it to lossy mp3's for my poor listening environments (car, gym)...but keep the good stuff for the living room stereo for quality listening.
I have seen sites that sell very high lossless formats online and I'm thinking of checking out those for new purchases of replacing CD's lost to Katrina and time....
HD Tracks sells 96/24 tracks in AIFF and FLAC for a very reasonable price.
I don't buy that much music these days, due to my perceived lack of quality of performance and style, but when I do find something I like, it is something to keep. I don't think of music as disposable as many of the youth today seem to do....
Or...it could be the administration wanting to bypass congress and get things it couldn't get through congress in a treaty, which surprisingly has the power of law of the land should it slide by and get passed as a treaty.
I can bog down a core i7 with 16GB ram, with a SSD external drive for dedicated cache, etc.....in seconds with one decent render or Photoshop project with 4-8+ Smart Objects open.
And more and more...if you are even a decent hobbits photographer, you depend on post to do your magic and you can overload a computer pretty quickly even with decen cpu, gnu and ram.
That doesn't even get into having a nice monitor(s), wacom tablet...etc.
I'd put this group maybe in between the #2 and #3 you listed above.
People still do water that way...wells on their property??
If so...I'd guess it would have to be a very small minority these days, eh?
Because they spied on the enemy, the foreign entities that were trying to harm them.
The problem today is, this tech is being aimed domestically as well as on foreign enemies....without due process or proper warrants showing probably cause.
The objection is the broad dragnet of information being captured and analyzed, of presumable innocent citizens.
If this were ONLY being aimed at the enemy, not only would most folks here not have a problem with it, they'd whole heartedly support it!!
How come the water plants aren't able to filter these fracking chemicals out of the water before sending it to the homes like they filter out everything else?
That's the problem today with too much damned govt. rules, regulations and stranglehold on innovation.
Geez, if we had the amounts of rules and regulations a 100 years ago that we have today, we'd certainly NOT likely have all the inventions and businesses we have today.
No, that pollutes too much. No you need a permit for this, and this, and this...and well, we don't permit that at all. Are you diverse enough in your company? Do you have medical? Well, you need a license to even think about building and testing that and certainly not around here. You want to sell what across state lines? You want to drive what across state lines? I'm sorry but we have to tax that. Etc.
Shit....Henry Ford couldn't have done business today as a start up.
But I do try to make damned sure I double check my directory I'm in, as well as the command before I hit enter.
I've blown stuff up before, but mostly as other users...likely that I wasn't being as careful when in as those users as I was when I'm wielding root around.
I used to think she was pretty hot back on the old Star Trek days....
Well, sounds like she had a full life....say hello to Leonard, Deforest and James for us all!!
Seriously? Critical Mass? Seriously?
I kinda doubt it...this is pretty isolated. Seems mostly to just be a problem in the few highly packed urban centers in the US. You don't see this type of behavior, or even sympathy to it in most of the US.
And for the most part, I think the 24/7 news channels blow it up to much more than it actually is. They often choose camera angles to try to make it look like more people than it is.
The majority if folks in the US rarely if ever have a personal encounter with the police in their cities. The majority of US citizens while concerned that these isolated events are coming to our attention, they also don't see it as much a problem in their local areas or states.