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  1. Re:Welp, that's it on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    That was the first insightful response I've seen.

  2. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    schadenfreude.

  3. Re:Welp, that's it on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    What's your point? It's OK to be morbidly obese as long as your wife is hot? Does it occur to you that health might be something worth considering hot wife or no?

    Christ sakes people like you...

  4. Re:It's "through" you illiterate bastard on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    It's another 3 letters...

  5. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    Due to the sheer amount of responses, I have lost track of my thread with you, I assume it has something to do with my pulling myself out of my own hole.
    I do give myself credit, a lot of credit, but it came with a price and that is a very low tolerance for people like Kevin Smith, a man that will use his fame and money to justify what he is rather than deal with it.
    To be perfectly frank I care about me and mine, the rest of you can fuck off, and that is another price, but it's what I had to do to escape the endless stream of bullshit that comes out of people's mouth. (mine included to be fair)

    It is and always will be up to you and you alone to change, and that's all you can change, yourself.
    Instead of Kevin saying to himself "I am obese, I should change that" he rants and whines online and uses his clout as a celeb to get SW to go back on what they did.
    So when /. post that Kevin Smith died of a heart attack due to obesity guess who will be here to chortle about it.

  6. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    I'm not, you should hear me go on about smoking (I used to smoke) and drug addiction/alky's (had my share there too) but this article was about Kevin Smith getting booted off a flight for being a fatty, and he has no excuse for being fat other than self indulgence, rather than deal with his obesity he will twitter and use his fame until SW does something to assuage his ego, cough up some form of compensation and nationwide fat little hands will clap in glee.

    It's bullshit.

  7. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    I don't believe in luck, you get it done or you don't.

  8. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    You're there as well, it's valid because their obesity effects the rest of us thru the long term health implications.

    See a problem here?
    http://www.equityblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/global_obesity_map.gif

    I don't care if they are "happy" they are fat.

  9. Mock ups on Astronauts Having Trouble With Tranquility Module · · Score: 1

    Don't they have mock ups on the ground and quality control for these issues?

  10. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    I am saying you can't make excuses for any type of abhorrent behavior violent or not.
    If it interest you, I was at one time 300 pounds, I was disgusted with myself, and the eating/drinking wasn't the only addiction I had, I kicked all of them without "meds" by simply dong it, by making my mind up, don't eat at Mc Donalds, don't drink alcohol or keep it around the house, don't sit on your arse all day long.
    The only reason Kevin Smith is obese is because he shovels food into his mouth and gets no exercise other than his morning deuce, and I have 0 sympathy if you can't help your self.
    Take some personal responsibility FFS.

  11. Re:LOL on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: -1, Troll

    No sir you aren't getting away with "medical" because even if their metabolism converts more to fat storage it's still diet control and moderation.
    People can not "spontaneously" get obese, the basic mechanics apply here.

    As for other reason like depression, addiction, those are true, and they can go with the drug addicts and alky's to their meetings.

    And for the record I have dealt with severe addictions, and I came out on top *because* I tried, and I have little sympathy for people that don't... like Kevin Smith.

  12. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then don't fly, and don't say "it's their choice" because you could say the same thing about drug addicts, or pedophiles, or murderers.

  13. Re:About all those "serves him right" posts... on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure make excuses for them, enable their bad habits without mentioning the burden they pose for society in health care cost, visual pollution, etc, and consider this if the plane goes down will fatty fit thru the emergency exit?
    The airplane seats were designed for a normal weight person, if you feel that's not correct then why don't you start your own airline for fatties, or as you so sensitively put it "large people".

  14. Re:LOL on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Heh, I'll cop to being an asshole, but I don't really care how you feel about it, fat people are disgusting, there is no good reason for being other than you shovel in more than you burn up.
    You can't name call your way out of that, and I don't have sympathy for drug addicts why would I for fatties?

  15. Re:LOL on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 1

    Or a fitness coach and a dietician.

  16. Re:LOL on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK moderators, I stand by what I said, fat people are disgusting, there are people where I work so fat they can't get upstairs if the elevator is not working, and sitting next to fatties on a plane is the worst, no where to go to escape the wheezing, foul smelling, blob next to you while they rub all over you.

    From my perspective they are no different than drug addicts.

  17. Re:Welp, that's it on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seen him lately? He is a fat slob.

  18. LOL on Southwest Declares Kevin Smith Too Fat To Fly · · Score: 0, Troll

    The only question now is "Will you address your weight issues Kevin. or spend all your energies defending your self" I applaud the airline for kicking him off, and if you have ever sit next to a fatty you know how unpleasant it is.

  19. Re:It's only fair on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 1

    and my point is "why shouldn't they take everything else as well?".

    You live in a World that you feel has laws and morals, I live in a World where: if you have power use it, regardless of law or morality, just be prepared to pay the price if you lose power.

    This country is dying, lets get on with it, then and only then will people be forced to face the errors of their ways.

  20. Re:It's only fair on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 1

    That is exactly why we went to Iraq, however my personal opinion is gas for personal vehicles should cost $7 to $8 per gallon, when it was $4 a gallon people (where I live) drove slower on average, took less frivolous trips by car, and the general air quality improved.
    All of that is based on my personal observations and impressions, please don't feel any need to debate or agree.

    But there is this, in recent years America has been built around the car, leading to sprawl, pollution, and impractical city design. Short sighted thinkers, greed and a host of other ills has led us to oil dependence and shitty little rubber stamp strip malls, fast food stops and an overall "ugly" infrastructure.

  21. It's only fair on Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    George W Bush borrowed quite a bit of money from China to finance his war in Iraq, we are still borrowing money from China, why shouldn't they be able to take what they want from this country? If you have an issue with what I have said then flip the roles and see what you think, then ask "Why are we borrowing money from China?"

    Tough times are here and staying for a while, I would rather have tough times with little or no debt than tough times with massive debt.

  22. 5 years ago on Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? · · Score: 1

    When I was in college 5 years ago, the instructor had you get a Blackboard account, all course materials were available for download and you could right along on your computer. Most people that practice good 2 hand technique when typing are faster at note taking...so I wonder why this instructor doesn't do this because even without black board course material could be emailed to you.
    Me thinks this instructor is behind the times.

  23. VPN on FBI Pushing For 2-Year Retention of Web Traffic Logs · · Score: 1

    Anyone here know of why a commercial VPN connection would be a way around this sort of thing? Would TOR work for this as well?

  24. Can we trust on Can You Trust Chinese Computer Equipment? · · Score: 1

    Can we trust any computer equipment or code? can we trust Linux, Microsoft, Apple, PGP, based on the blurb if you haven't written the code yourself you shouldn't be trusting anything.

    The seeds of the police state are, including the preceding /. article about DNA storage.

  25. One other thing on Murdoch Says E-Book Prices Will Kill Paper Books · · Score: 0

    STOP CALLING THEM DEAD TREE BOOKS, if you used hemp fiber you wouldn't be killing a tree, and no one seems to cry when a pot plant gets smoked....wake up.