I did all of that *WITHOUT THE CHARITY OF OTHERS*. All I had to do was make good choices and work at what was important.
What do you consider charity? Roads, sewer, power, education, fire and police protection, the security of an army?
For every person you show that has pulled themselves up by their bootstraps by making all the right decision, I can show you a person that also made all the right decisions and still got cancer or got plowed into by a drunk driver... and that's it. One unfortunate incident and your life changes dramatically for the worse.
I won't deny your hard work in getting to your position now - in fact, I congratulate you for it. But get off your high horse and admit that your success is likely equal parts hard work and luck with a little state-sponsored encouragement thrown in.
He left his mark upon the music world for sure. I'm sure our world would be a different place if he hadn't been inspired to monkey around with the status quo.
Weren't we all sold on the idea that these devices were going to allow us to get so much more work done quicker that we'd have more free time to take little Timmy to the zoo more often?
Not that many of us didn't see this coming. I personally love the commercials showing a dude checking his work email or routing a package right from his phone while on vacation. Yeah, uh, blow me. This is supposed to make me want to buy your product?
Since I'm lazy, I won't even go down the road of how the socialist Europeans can get more work done than us USians and still take a month off each year....
Everyone should also read read Cialdini's book "Influence: Science and Practice". An awesome book about how our minds can't possibly take the time necessary to think through all the little decisions in our everyday lives - so we've developed shortcuts that work... most of the time. Those same shortcuts can be exploited, though.
The question was about marriage, not one night stands.
Your macho manly-man ideal is quite successful in getting women to screw him... not so good in getting a woman to live with him for 50 years in a loving marriage.
That thumbnail looks a lot like a weird rifle. It took me a second of trying to figure out what firearms could do to help diagnose blood diseases before I realized I was on the wrong track.
I've always wanted to try the "pegboard under your desk" arrangement. It sounds like a functional solution to keep the clutter under the desk, not on top of it.
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I have always been suspicious of hate speech legislation. It seems ideal for creating slippery slopes.
"Only around 15% of all the Twitter users are less than 25 years old.
20% for people over 55 years and 16% for those under 25. Yeap, you read it right, 20% of Twitter users are over 55 years."
http://crenk.com/twitter-is-for-old-people/
Kind of scary, isn't it?
Can I get a "whoop whoop"?
No. No you can't.
Banana bombs are neat, but nothing beats a concrete donkey.
I too use a type of bomb that can repel attackers. Mine doesn't confuse visually, though... it's more of an olfactory experience.
Exactly. I'm going to record the next Jimi Hendrix album AND paint the next Picasso.
The reason these guys are so successful is that their views of the world are so skewed from everyone else's and we love them for it.
She has pretty sharp knees.
I did all of that *WITHOUT THE CHARITY OF OTHERS*. All I had to do was make good choices and work at what was important.
What do you consider charity? Roads, sewer, power, education, fire and police protection, the security of an army?
For every person you show that has pulled themselves up by their bootstraps by making all the right decision, I can show you a person that also made all the right decisions and still got cancer or got plowed into by a drunk driver... and that's it. One unfortunate incident and your life changes dramatically for the worse.
I won't deny your hard work in getting to your position now - in fact, I congratulate you for it. But get off your high horse and admit that your success is likely equal parts hard work and luck with a little state-sponsored encouragement thrown in.
Just remember, the USA is better at everything. Why? Because!
Don't ever question that or you'll be a traitor. Why try to change what is already perfect?
Is there something inherently wrong with a desert canyon?
I've heard the canyon was spectacularly beautiful before it was flooded.
Hayduke lives!
He left his mark upon the music world for sure. I'm sure our world would be a different place if he hadn't been inspired to monkey around with the status quo.
Weren't we all sold on the idea that these devices were going to allow us to get so much more work done quicker that we'd have more free time to take little Timmy to the zoo more often?
Not that many of us didn't see this coming. I personally love the commercials showing a dude checking his work email or routing a package right from his phone while on vacation. Yeah, uh, blow me. This is supposed to make me want to buy your product?
Since I'm lazy, I won't even go down the road of how the socialist Europeans can get more work done than us USians and still take a month off each year....
Everyone should also read read Cialdini's book "Influence: Science and Practice". An awesome book about how our minds can't possibly take the time necessary to think through all the little decisions in our everyday lives - so we've developed shortcuts that work... most of the time. Those same shortcuts can be exploited, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_Science_and_Practice
I always thought Cohen and his cohorts had to get signed consent forms from their marks to be able to put them a movie.
You don't know how much history I learned trying to pass the age check quiz on Leisure Suit Larry.
Reminds me of a quote I saw recently while looking for something nice to say at a friend's wedding.
Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person; it is a matter of being the right person
The question was about marriage, not one night stands.
Your macho manly-man ideal is quite successful in getting women to screw him... not so good in getting a woman to live with him for 50 years in a loving marriage.
Yeesh. Did not want to associate those two ideas in my head... not that tronguy left much to the imagination to begin with.
How much will I have to drink to erase that thought?
Define success.
That thumbnail looks a lot like a weird rifle. It took me a second of trying to figure out what firearms could do to help diagnose blood diseases before I realized I was on the wrong track.
I've always wanted to try the "pegboard under your desk" arrangement. It sounds like a functional solution to keep the clutter under the desk, not on top of it.
http://lifehacker.com/237789/diy-under+desk-gadget-mount
Of course, I'd have to get off my lazy ass to give it a shot so I'm not holding out hope of it happening any time soon...
I agree.
Gaining air superiority over the Taliban isn't much of a concern either. It was obsolete before the assembly line was even fired up.
Now they won't laugh anymore when I tell them I have noises in my head
Until your satnav gets real-time updates and shapes traffic. ... and then someone figures out how to exploit that feature....
See, this is why I love slashdot. Ask a silly question and more often than not you'll get an answer.