"Wrong, if it weren't for the man made disaster of building a city that requires a massive levy system because it's sinking and now several feet below the level of the nearby ocean....
The very existence of NO is just begging for Katrina and many more similar disasters."
Well, it isn't like we just decided in the past couple of decades we'd like to build and little burg here and move in 'cause it would just be cool to live below sea level.
New Orleans is older than the United States itself man...it is a city that is almost 300 years old man.
And, it is located precisely where it is for a number of reasons, the largest reason being near the mouth of the Mississippi river to the Gulf. NOLA is a very important port city for the US. Pretty much everything from the midwest comes through us to go out to the world. You like seafood? Well, we pretty much provide about 1/3 of the US's seafood from this area. You kinda have to live near the water to do that. You like Oil? Well, at least..do you need it? Well, a great deal of the US's spigots are due to NOLA and our immediate areas, everything from people to run the rigs, to the 'taps' that the tanker ships unload to shore...to the refineries that people here run and work in.
NOLA is a very important city...even if you don't care about the culture that NOLA has given the US, music, food, etc....economically, you should rethink how important you think it is.
And hell...why can't we invest to protect it like the Netherlands does their areas that are below sea level?
Every place in the US has its problems.
Do we abandon CA, because it has earthquakes, fires, and mudslides? Do we abandon the cities in the midwest that flood from the Mississippi river? Do we abandon the panhandle states due to all the tornadoes? Do we abandon NYC because it is a target for terrorists (not to mention, they are WAY overdue for a hurricane situation that makes the one in NOLA look like a puddle jump)?
Quit bitching about it...and come have some fun down here. We're friendly...its funny to watch it wear off on my northeastern friends that come here to visit.
"From a historical and cultural perspective, I love New Orleans. But you guys really need to clean up the local politics. The level corruption and incompetency in office takes a large toll on the rest of the nation."
I agree 100%. In fact, post-Katrina, many of the political shenanigans that flew in the past, have not been put up with. There have been a number of politicians go to prison for bribery and the like. Jim Letten has done a world of good to help clean up dirty LA public service people. Sure, we still have problems, but we have come a LONG way since Katrina.
Heck, these days, people are calling Chicago politicians more corrupt and crooked than NOLA ones. Katrina, in many ways was a blessing and a curse. Yes, it was devastating to many who lost everything. But it also helped flush the city of a lot of what was wrong with it...the dead weight, the crime (still bad, but doesn't seem as bad as before), and the corruption. New Orleans is a MUCH nicer place to live now, than before Katrina. New blood is flowing in (many in the 30-35 educated ranks moving here), new businesses are coming in, many of the projects are being replaced with mixed housing..and pretty soon, we hope to have a major bio-medical corridor come in to replace some horribly blighted areas at the end of the Mid-City area which will help revitalize that area, and the areas closer to the French Quarter.
Hey...it only rarely happens, and if it wasn't for the man made disaster that was our levy system, Katrina wouldn't have hurt us much at all.
99% of the time...life is GREAT down here. The attitude, friendly people, interesting culture, banana republic government (is entertainment for us locals)...and the fact that we understand the concept of the "to go cup" at bars, makes it all worthwhile.
Ok, so a storm comes from time to time, really it is usually just an excuse to pack and take an impromptu 4-day vacation to visit friends relative, or maybe even take the party to Beale St. in Memphis.
There are reasons why people live here...and want to visit here.
"He's someone less completely fucked in the head than you. "Duh... do some people have problems with fertility? Duh...." People as stupid as you should be glad the government lets you breed, let alone give money to your children."
Hmm...great, I now have an anonymous stalker.
And read my posts before you misquote them. I didn't say I didn't believe anyone had fertility problems, I merely was asking if it was that widespread. I didn't think it was so bad as to rate the attention it seems to garner in general.
And speaking of stupid, are we not able to figure out how to register for a real account on slashdot?
"I know every time I finish, I remark to my lady, "Well there's 3 minutes we'll never get back. "
Only 3 minutes???
I mean, ok...that's just fine for a quickie..but I hope this isn't the normal length of time you spend boinking her....otherwise, she's liable to find someone with a bit more stamina.
I mean, I usually make a deal with my women, that all times are theirs except the mornings. Other than mornings, I spend the time she needs...but in the mornings, when I wake up, it is all about me...bang, zap done...then, get up and get ready for work. But other than that....she definitely gets (and needs) more that a quick 3 min bang.
"I never had a cell phone as a child and I guarantee you it never stopped me from getting into trouble."
Actually, NOT having a cell phone made it much easier to get away with trouble. Growing up, there were not cameras EVERYWHERE, so you wouldn't get caught sucking on the skull bong, nor did you risk getting nekkid pics set up where everyone could see them.
And if you were late coming in at night...you had the excuse that you couldn't get near a phone when the car "broke down".
Yep...in many ways, low tech made for a better life for a teen as far as getting away with trouble goes.
"That this idiot could be successful whilst so dumb is why we need 100% inheritance tax. If your kids and grandkids (if you're lucky) haven't made of themselves with all the advantages you were able to give them whilst alive, why the hell should you be able to give even more to them when dead? Help your kids while alive. You can't take it with you."
WTF are you??
Who are you to tell me what I should or should not be able to do with my possessions...weather they be physical assets or money??
Part of possession, is the ability to give it to whomever you wish to give it.
It is not to you or the government to tell me who to give my possessions to...whilst I'm alive or who it goes to when I pass on.
Not really a complaint with putting one on so much...with the exception that it does cause a pause in the action.
Most just using one at all. There is so little sensation...I mean, especially if you've had much to drink at all, it is hard to feel enough to blow a nut most times. It is just hard to get off with the damned things on.
Not really easy to carry one inconspicuously in the old money clip.
Not everyone has a wallet.
Like I said, I try...but you don't always know when you're gonna get laid. Sure, bring them when you have a date....but guess you're right, should always assume you're gonna pick someone up when you go to a bar, after all..that's why you're going out.
:)
One nice thing about the older chicks (I'm getting older too), they've often had their kids, and don't want anymore (so, tubes tied, hysterectomies, etc)...and they're getting out of marriages and haven't been with anyone but their husbands in decades, so they're clean.
But with younger ones...yep, better to be careful as possible.
I'm a lot older....and back 'in the day'...there was no such thing as AIDS. I grew up during the time when the worst thing possible was pregnancy, and if you caught anything, a simple shot pretty much cleared it up. When I grew up, there was such thing as Fuck == Die
I just don't think of that really as something to worry about, even though I know I should. Like I say, I try to always carry them now...but I can't say that if our pants are down and its a go, and there was no helmet for that soldier, that things would stop and not proceed on to coitus.
I dunno...maybe you plan things more than what I would guess most people do.
I've found that most of the time, at least with someone new you pick up...the mouths are occupied, clothing is flying off and you're going for the hole, and condoms really are a 2nd thought, if in fact you have one within reach.
You're not always in a bedroom when this hits, you know?
:)
That being said, I try to always carry some with me on my person...is easier in the winter when you often have a jacket on, but when in the heat of the moment, quite often asking if "you're on the pill" is sufficient to keep the process going.
And when you get older...it is easier to "lose interest" while having to hunt for and put one of the damned things on.
Kinda like eating steak with one on your tongue. Sure, you know there's a pleasurable thing going on there...but you just get no sensation whatsoever.
"The fact that heat is bad for your sperm count has been well known for decades (at least). It's why your nuts are in a sack hanging outside your body in the first place: to keep them below 98.6F. And it's why doctors have been recommending boxers instead of briefs for couples having difficulty conceiving since before most of the people on/. were conceived. Throw in the not-especially-surprising observation that warm laptops make your lap warm, and you have the obvious conclusion that they'll damage your gametes."
Good God...is having trouble conceiving THAT big of a problem for many people?!?!?
Geez, I've spent my entire adult life sweating out late periods, and voting to go for the hot clothes hangers (metaphorically speaking, we used Drs). I mean, you hear this all the time "trouble getting pregnant". I have to think this is an outlier.
I mean, if you are fucking with any regularity, most people I would have to think will get knocked up.
I've always thought the biggest fear was GETTING pregnant.
Am I wrong on this? Is conception that prevalent of a problem?
"Evolution at work: on an overpopulated planet, where the world's resources are being squandered faster than they can be replaced and there's barely standing room in most of the more habitable regions, "educated" people defer procreation for a host of reasons.
Meanwhile, population is increasing out of all control in those areas least able to support it, driven by the fastest pricks and spread legs, each successive generation dumber than the last."
Hey, as long as it doesn't all blow up...until I've had a nice long life, enjoying things...what do I care after I'm gone what happens?
"I don't know what's going to happen, but I am going to get my kicks now before this shit house goes up in flames!"
"I think the real application will be "test the other person". If it becomes socially acceptable to ask for a saliva sample before having sex, this could put a real dent in STD rates."
Yeah, like that won't kill the moment.
[rolls eyes]
Hell, in the heat of the moment, it is hard enough to stop and think about putting on a freakin' condom, must less getting someone to stop, and pee on a small target.
I mean, ok, some people might be doing a golden showers thing, but that's still pretty edge of the norm, eh?
"False. When I was growing-up I had no way of publishing a photo to the whole world. I know because I tried it a couple times, but there was nothing like facebook, and the internet was still limited to just a few thousand college professors & computer hobbyists"
Hell, I'm just thankful that back in MY day in HS and college...there wasn't the proliferation of cameras EVERYWHERE. Sure I have some fun drunk shots, but I had to happen to bring or have my camera, have film for it...and have to send it off to get it developed. Sure, I always got double prints, to give to a friend or two, but you never had to worry about it showing up everywhere. I used to joke on the times I did take pictures, that I'd never use them...unless anyone there happened to run for Senator some day.
Hmm...you know....people my age ARE starting to do that now..hmm...I need to go rummage through old photo albums.
But seriously, as much as I'm dependent on my smartphone, there were some benefits to life before the internet, cell phones and cameras everywhere. It certainly was easier to get away with stuff, and easier in many ways to get away with acting like a kid.
"Um, that's what normal people call the "friend zone", and I have no idea how it seems to have worked so well for you."
Yep, you want to do EVERYTHING to stay out of the friend zone, that is unless you just WANT to be friends with her, and not have sex with her or a relationship.
And hey..that's not always a bad thing. Having a girl that is good looking and a friend, can help you get laid. When you walk into a place with a good looking woman on your arm, other women notice. This gives you social value in their eyes...and puts you up as someone that has been pre-approved by some other woman, so, therefore you might be someone they too would want.
Works good with approaching groups of people mixed with men and women. Go up to meet them, sic your girl 'friend' on the guys there...that occupies and disarms them while you try to approach the women in the group you are after, etc.
Heck, if you're in a place, talking to a girl, and you can see it isn't really working...take advantage of it, grab her and tell her she's great, and that she can help you find a girl friend (maybe even say "lets find you a man")...etc. They'll do it, and often, do what I just described above with approaching a mixed group.
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The very existence of NO is just begging for Katrina and many more similar disasters."
Well, it isn't like we just decided in the past couple of decades we'd like to build and little burg here and move in 'cause it would just be cool to live below sea level.
New Orleans is older than the United States itself man...it is a city that is almost 300 years old man.
And, it is located precisely where it is for a number of reasons, the largest reason being near the mouth of the Mississippi river to the Gulf. NOLA is a very important port city for the US. Pretty much everything from the midwest comes through us to go out to the world. You like seafood? Well, we pretty much provide about 1/3 of the US's seafood from this area. You kinda have to live near the water to do that. You like Oil? Well, at least..do you need it? Well, a great deal of the US's spigots are due to NOLA and our immediate areas, everything from people to run the rigs, to the 'taps' that the tanker ships unload to shore...to the refineries that people here run and work in.
NOLA is a very important city...even if you don't care about the culture that NOLA has given the US, music, food, etc....economically, you should rethink how important you think it is.
And hell...why can't we invest to protect it like the Netherlands does their areas that are below sea level?
Every place in the US has its problems.
Do we abandon CA, because it has earthquakes, fires, and mudslides? Do we abandon the cities in the midwest that flood from the Mississippi river? Do we abandon the panhandle states due to all the tornadoes? Do we abandon NYC because it is a target for terrorists (not to mention, they are WAY overdue for a hurricane situation that makes the one in NOLA look like a puddle jump)?
Quit bitching about it...and come have some fun down here. We're friendly...its funny to watch it wear off on my northeastern friends that come here to visit.
I agree 100%. In fact, post-Katrina, many of the political shenanigans that flew in the past, have not been put up with. There have been a number of politicians go to prison for bribery and the like. Jim Letten has done a world of good to help clean up dirty LA public service people. Sure, we still have problems, but we have come a LONG way since Katrina.
Heck, these days, people are calling Chicago politicians more corrupt and crooked than NOLA ones. Katrina, in many ways was a blessing and a curse. Yes, it was devastating to many who lost everything. But it also helped flush the city of a lot of what was wrong with it...the dead weight, the crime (still bad, but doesn't seem as bad as before), and the corruption. New Orleans is a MUCH nicer place to live now, than before Katrina. New blood is flowing in (many in the 30-35 educated ranks moving here), new businesses are coming in, many of the projects are being replaced with mixed housing..and pretty soon, we hope to have a major bio-medical corridor come in to replace some horribly blighted areas at the end of the Mid-City area which will help revitalize that area, and the areas closer to the French Quarter.
Hey...it only rarely happens, and if it wasn't for the man made disaster that was our levy system, Katrina wouldn't have hurt us much at all.
99% of the time...life is GREAT down here. The attitude, friendly people, interesting culture, banana republic government (is entertainment for us locals)...and the fact that we understand the concept of the "to go cup" at bars, makes it all worthwhile.
Ok, so a storm comes from time to time, really it is usually just an excuse to pack and take an impromptu 4-day vacation to visit friends relative, or maybe even take the party to Beale St. in Memphis.
There are reasons why people live here...and want to visit here.
Thank you! I take that as a compliment...I just wish I had that much money, but I'm working on it.
Hmm...great, I now have an anonymous stalker.
And read my posts before you misquote them. I didn't say I didn't believe anyone had fertility problems, I merely was asking if it was that widespread. I didn't think it was so bad as to rate the attention it seems to garner in general.
And speaking of stupid, are we not able to figure out how to register for a real account on slashdot?
Tink? Is that you?
Only 3 minutes???
I mean, ok...that's just fine for a quickie..but I hope this isn't the normal length of time you spend boinking her....otherwise, she's liable to find someone with a bit more stamina.
I mean, I usually make a deal with my women, that all times are theirs except the mornings. Other than mornings, I spend the time she needs...but in the mornings, when I wake up, it is all about me...bang, zap done...then, get up and get ready for work. But other than that....she definitely gets (and needs) more that a quick 3 min bang.
Actually, NOT having a cell phone made it much easier to get away with trouble. Growing up, there were not cameras EVERYWHERE, so you wouldn't get caught sucking on the skull bong, nor did you risk getting nekkid pics set up where everyone could see them.
And if you were late coming in at night...you had the excuse that you couldn't get near a phone when the car "broke down".
Yep...in many ways, low tech made for a better life for a teen as far as getting away with trouble goes.
Paranoid is just......GOOD THINKING!!"
--Johnny Fever
WTF are you??
Who are you to tell me what I should or should not be able to do with my possessions...weather they be physical assets or money??
Part of possession, is the ability to give it to whomever you wish to give it.
It is not to you or the government to tell me who to give my possessions to...whilst I'm alive or who it goes to when I pass on.
How fucking dare you.
Yes it is.
What can't I ever find someone that loaded and gullible?!?!?
Most just using one at all. There is so little sensation...I mean, especially if you've had much to drink at all, it is hard to feel enough to blow a nut most times. It is just hard to get off with the damned things on.
Not everyone has a wallet.
Like I said, I try...but you don't always know when you're gonna get laid. Sure, bring them when you have a date....but guess you're right, should always assume you're gonna pick someone up when you go to a bar, after all..that's why you're going out.
One nice thing about the older chicks (I'm getting older too), they've often had their kids, and don't want anymore (so, tubes tied, hysterectomies, etc)...and they're getting out of marriages and haven't been with anyone but their husbands in decades, so they're clean.
But with younger ones...yep, better to be careful as possible.
I'm a lot older....and back 'in the day'...there was no such thing as AIDS. I grew up during the time when the worst thing possible was pregnancy, and if you caught anything, a simple shot pretty much cleared it up. When I grew up, there was such thing as Fuck == Die
I just don't think of that really as something to worry about, even though I know I should. Like I say, I try to always carry them now...but I can't say that if our pants are down and its a go, and there was no helmet for that soldier, that things would stop and not proceed on to coitus.
I've found that most of the time, at least with someone new you pick up...the mouths are occupied, clothing is flying off and you're going for the hole, and condoms really are a 2nd thought, if in fact you have one within reach.
You're not always in a bedroom when this hits, you know?
That being said, I try to always carry some with me on my person...is easier in the winter when you often have a jacket on, but when in the heat of the moment, quite often asking if "you're on the pill" is sufficient to keep the process going.
And when you get older...it is easier to "lose interest" while having to hunt for and put one of the damned things on.
Kinda like eating steak with one on your tongue. Sure, you know there's a pleasurable thing going on there...but you just get no sensation whatsoever.
Do they still keep a bomber crew with sprinting distance of each aircraft at all times?"
Has somebody been fscking with the WOPR again???
Good God...is having trouble conceiving THAT big of a problem for many people?!?!?
Geez, I've spent my entire adult life sweating out late periods, and voting to go for the hot clothes hangers (metaphorically speaking, we used Drs). I mean, you hear this all the time "trouble getting pregnant". I have to think this is an outlier.
I mean, if you are fucking with any regularity, most people I would have to think will get knocked up.
I've always thought the biggest fear was GETTING pregnant.
Am I wrong on this? Is conception that prevalent of a problem?
At this rate are you kidding?
I really doubt I'm gonna be alive at 80yrs...
Live hard, die young...leave a good looking corpse and a long trail of women crying at your funeral.
Meanwhile, population is increasing out of all control in those areas least able to support it, driven by the fastest pricks and spread legs, each successive generation dumber than the last."
Hey, as long as it doesn't all blow up...until I've had a nice long life, enjoying things...what do I care after I'm gone what happens?
"I don't know what's going to happen, but I am going to get my kicks now before this shit house goes up in flames!"
--Jim Morrison
Yeah, but your stuck with the same chick over, and over, and over.....
Some of us like variety...without having to risk losing half our shit when we want to upgrade to a newer model.
Yeah, like that won't kill the moment.
[rolls eyes]
Hell, in the heat of the moment, it is hard enough to stop and think about putting on a freakin' condom, must less getting someone to stop, and pee on a small target.
I mean, ok, some people might be doing a golden showers thing, but that's still pretty edge of the norm, eh?
Hell, I'm just thankful that back in MY day in HS and college...there wasn't the proliferation of cameras EVERYWHERE. Sure I have some fun drunk shots, but I had to happen to bring or have my camera, have film for it...and have to send it off to get it developed. Sure, I always got double prints, to give to a friend or two, but you never had to worry about it showing up everywhere. I used to joke on the times I did take pictures, that I'd never use them...unless anyone there happened to run for Senator some day.
Hmm...you know....people my age ARE starting to do that now..hmm...I need to go rummage through old photo albums.
But seriously, as much as I'm dependent on my smartphone, there were some benefits to life before the internet, cell phones and cameras everywhere. It certainly was easier to get away with stuff, and easier in many ways to get away with acting like a kid.
One day a Google or Bookface program is gonna misread that and think, "Jeezuz...that poor dude really needs a crap!"...and a
plumbing supply rep will be knocking on your door in no time flat."
Ok...you COMPLETELY lost me on this one. What does what he said even remotely have to do with a plumber?
For instance..I set it up for Oracle installs to use the Java GUI...forward it to my desktop, etc..
I too would hate to see X and its usefulness go away.
Yep, you want to do EVERYTHING to stay out of the friend zone, that is unless you just WANT to be friends with her, and not have sex with her or a relationship.
And hey..that's not always a bad thing. Having a girl that is good looking and a friend, can help you get laid. When you walk into a place with a good looking woman on your arm, other women notice. This gives you social value in their eyes...and puts you up as someone that has been pre-approved by some other woman, so, therefore you might be someone they too would want.
Works good with approaching groups of people mixed with men and women. Go up to meet them, sic your girl 'friend' on the guys there...that occupies and disarms them while you try to approach the women in the group you are after, etc.
Heck, if you're in a place, talking to a girl, and you can see it isn't really working...take advantage of it, grab her and tell her she's great, and that she can help you find a girl friend (maybe even say "lets find you a man")...etc. They'll do it, and often, do what I just described above with approaching a mixed group.