Who the fuck was talking about smartwatches? AC wasn't in the original sneering post, I haven't been throughout and you weren't when you started wittering on about $12 casio watches.
So no, I'm not getting a $350 smartwatch, so you're welcome not to tell me anything. Probably for the best, I'm unlikely to give you any credence anyway.
Which part of 'prefer to wear something they like' skipped right past you?
I love my mechanical watch for its mechanical perfection. I don't give a flying fuck whether you like it or not, so it's not there to give me status in your eyes. You'll just need to take me on trust that it's not there to be jewellery, it's there to tell me the fucking time.
those that do are using them as jewelry for status symbols
Whoa, hold with the prejudice.
Maybe it's just possible that some people want to know the time, and would prefer to wear something they like to achieve that goal.
Some people use watches as jewelry and some people definitely perceive it as a status symbol, but it's a bit idiotic suggesting that's the entirety of the market.
Yeah, I'm bewildered by "That's a medieval thing" as a reason, rather than an appreciation of its function, effectiveness and potential attractiveness.
A moat would be far nicer than a fence and could be easily as effective.
I can't open a bank and magically create money to deposit into your account in the form of a loan. That money must come from somewhere - and does come from somewhere.
Shit, have you even heard of capital adequacy, and the regulations mandating it?
Tell me, if my fiat currency isn't worth anything, how come I'm able to use it to acquire land, a house on that land, the contents of that house and a nice car that lets me travel to and from it?
Might not have value to you, but it's been pretty fucking useful to me.
It's surprisingly close to the truth. For every dollar a man earns, a woman gets 73 cents.
This leaves the man with 27 cents, but feminists still appear to think this is unfair.
Ok, I'm joking. The truth is that a married man will only spend 40% of his income - his wife will spend the other 60%. Unless they're divorced, in which case he only gets 30%.
Yeah, damn those inconvenient confounding factors like greater experience and longer hours.
Surprising, that when you compare single childless women in their twenties to single childless men in their twenties, that the women earn more than the men. Damn that shitty statistic, for not complying with the almighty feminist agenda.
You're taking umbrage at basic facts. Is that because they don't suit your world view, because you have some irrational hatred of Clarkson or is it because you're an ignorant fuckwit?
I don't know how much of it was just for the show or if he really feels that way.
Maybe the fact he went out and bought one, and imported it into the UK is a small hint?
Although he's recently commented that it turned out to be a truly shit car to own, and he regrets the purchase. But that's because it was a shit car to own.
For the money? BBC will not loose any money for the lack of advertisement. So what other reasons could there be?
Maybe the extensive international sales that pay for the filming, pay for the trips, pay the wages of everybody involved including Clarkson himself.
The BBC just took a massive financial hit by choosing not to renew his contract. It's the right decision, but don't go pretending that it hasn't hurt them.
Remeber what he did in Argentina?
No, what did he do in Argentina? I mean, other than admire the stunning scenery and drive a car around?
People in Argentina bleat on about other shit, but they're talking total nonsense - much like their comments on the Falklands.
Sorry but the jokes about prostitutes, Mexicans, cheese-eating surrender monkeys and bridges with their ends at different heights should not be disciplinary offences.
Shit, I've heard Ben Elton make cunt jokes on the BBC, but he's a lefty darling so nobody sacked him for it. Clarkson employs similarly edgy humour to entertain and I'm fucked off with the PC brigade that caused him so much shit about it all.
Learn to take a fucking joke.
Incidentally, which n-word? November? Nostril? 'Nuh nuh' as someone below has commented? Whichever one you're referring to, you do realise that Clarkson himself reviewed that tape and requested that it wasn't broadcast. Hardly the act of a man intent on inciting racial hatred is it.
You can bet that if the producer had punched Clarkson there wouldn't be all this fuss with people endlessly making excuses for him.
No, they'd be congratulating him, wishing they'd had the chance, putting him forward for the honours list.
If my company was providing me with accommodation, food and a 20 hour working day, and I was on a final warning, and then I hit the colleague providing me with the food as part of his job?
Yes, I'm very ok with the company taking a dim view on that.
Are you really suggesting this is acceptable behaviour?
Are people really going to miss yet another totally fake show pretending to be reality? Is it just because this one combined cars and Daily Mail-style politics?
I'm going to miss it because it was fucking entertaining. It was irreverent (except to certain classic cars), it was happy to mock everybody, it gave a voice to the idiot within me. It had cars that cost more than my lifetime earnings and the camera work of dreams.
Sorry, but I have no sympathy for a primadonna for whom curses at an employee for 20 minutes and then physically assaults him up for half a minute
Me either, but I'll still very much miss the tv programme.
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Who the fuck was talking about smartwatches? AC wasn't in the original sneering post, I haven't been throughout and you weren't when you started wittering on about $12 casio watches.
So no, I'm not getting a $350 smartwatch, so you're welcome not to tell me anything. Probably for the best, I'm unlikely to give you any credence anyway.
Which part of 'prefer to wear something they like' skipped right past you?
I love my mechanical watch for its mechanical perfection. I don't give a flying fuck whether you like it or not, so it's not there to give me status in your eyes. You'll just need to take me on trust that it's not there to be jewellery, it's there to tell me the fucking time.
(it also has a stopwatch)
What the fuck is 'resvos'?
My only possible interpretation is that it's a clear indication that all of the mockery of potential Apple Watch purchases is fully justified.
those that do are using them as jewelry for status symbols
Whoa, hold with the prejudice.
Maybe it's just possible that some people want to know the time, and would prefer to wear something they like to achieve that goal.
Some people use watches as jewelry and some people definitely perceive it as a status symbol, but it's a bit idiotic suggesting that's the entirety of the market.
Yeah, I'm bewildered by "That's a medieval thing" as a reason, rather than an appreciation of its function, effectiveness and potential attractiveness.
A moat would be far nicer than a fence and could be easily as effective.
Debt itsself becomes currency.
But that's the point. They haven't created money, they're recognising the value of the asset.
You really don't understand banking at all.
Neither, it would appear, do you.
I can't open a bank and magically create money to deposit into your account in the form of a loan. That money must come from somewhere - and does come from somewhere.
Shit, have you even heard of capital adequacy, and the regulations mandating it?
You don't understand modern finance. That website is full of shit.
If I credit your account with $10k as a loan, I'm not creating $10k I'm transferring $10k of my assets to you.
No money creation going on. Now shut the fuck up until you've learned basic double-entry bookkeeping.
Oh look, a broken record.
Tell me, if my fiat currency isn't worth anything, how come I'm able to use it to acquire land, a house on that land, the contents of that house and a nice car that lets me travel to and from it?
Might not have value to you, but it's been pretty fucking useful to me.
You racist cunt. I live in a country where white people were slaves.
The 73 cents on the dollar lie
It's surprisingly close to the truth. For every dollar a man earns, a woman gets 73 cents.
This leaves the man with 27 cents, but feminists still appear to think this is unfair.
Ok, I'm joking. The truth is that a married man will only spend 40% of his income - his wife will spend the other 60%. Unless they're divorced, in which case he only gets 30%.
Yeah, damn those inconvenient confounding factors like greater experience and longer hours.
Surprising, that when you compare single childless women in their twenties to single childless men in their twenties, that the women earn more than the men. Damn that shitty statistic, for not complying with the almighty feminist agenda.
Fuck you.
I'm glad you've never been harassed, assaulted or falsely accused by a woman.
I wish I could say the same for myself.
The man is a homosexual
What the fuck has that got to do with it?
You're fucking weird, you are.
No, his explanations are very accurate.
You're taking umbrage at basic facts. Is that because they don't suit your world view, because you have some irrational hatred of Clarkson or is it because you're an ignorant fuckwit?
Reviewers who aren't nice don't get to do reviews
Except on Top Gear. Sadly.
I don't know how much of it was just for the show or if he really feels that way.
Maybe the fact he went out and bought one, and imported it into the UK is a small hint?
Although he's recently commented that it turned out to be a truly shit car to own, and he regrets the purchase. But that's because it was a shit car to own.
Other staff members at the BBC win. They know that their safety and working conditions matter more to the BBC than the bottom line.
Which is appropriate.
For the money? BBC will not loose any money for the lack of advertisement. So what other reasons could there be?
Maybe the extensive international sales that pay for the filming, pay for the trips, pay the wages of everybody involved including Clarkson himself.
The BBC just took a massive financial hit by choosing not to renew his contract. It's the right decision, but don't go pretending that it hasn't hurt them.
Remeber what he did in Argentina?
No, what did he do in Argentina? I mean, other than admire the stunning scenery and drive a car around?
People in Argentina bleat on about other shit, but they're talking total nonsense - much like their comments on the Falklands.
Sorry but the jokes about prostitutes, Mexicans, cheese-eating surrender monkeys and bridges with their ends at different heights should not be disciplinary offences.
Shit, I've heard Ben Elton make cunt jokes on the BBC, but he's a lefty darling so nobody sacked him for it. Clarkson employs similarly edgy humour to entertain and I'm fucked off with the PC brigade that caused him so much shit about it all.
Learn to take a fucking joke.
Incidentally, which n-word? November? Nostril? 'Nuh nuh' as someone below has commented? Whichever one you're referring to, you do realise that Clarkson himself reviewed that tape and requested that it wasn't broadcast. Hardly the act of a man intent on inciting racial hatred is it.
You can bet that if the producer had punched Clarkson there wouldn't be all this fuss with people endlessly making excuses for him.
No, they'd be congratulating him, wishing they'd had the chance, putting him forward for the honours list.
If my company was providing me with accommodation, food and a 20 hour working day, and I was on a final warning, and then I hit the colleague providing me with the food as part of his job?
Yes, I'm very ok with the company taking a dim view on that.
Are you really suggesting this is acceptable behaviour?
Are people really going to miss yet another totally fake show pretending to be reality? Is it just because this one combined cars and Daily Mail-style politics?
I'm going to miss it because it was fucking entertaining. It was irreverent (except to certain classic cars), it was happy to mock everybody, it gave a voice to the idiot within me. It had cars that cost more than my lifetime earnings and the camera work of dreams.
Sorry, but I have no sympathy for a primadonna for whom curses at an employee for 20 minutes and then physically assaults him up for half a minute
Me either, but I'll still very much miss the tv programme.
never let them review an English car (because they obviously can't do that objectively)
This is probably why the American Top Gear never worked.
The British hosts never review any car objectively. They don't even pretend. That's half the fucking point.
its not Clarkson that has make it work. Its the producer
You seriously underestimate the creative input from the presenters, and the other two happily acknowledge that Clarkson makes a massive contribution.
some of the best editing and camera work in the industry.
..although it's worth watching the show just for this, yes.
See, if you'd said "not the cock" it would've stayed in canon, we'd have been fine.