"How long could I keep my picture off the Internet."
Way to throw down the gauntlet, Mr Hirshon.
I've got $10 that says this guy's dick pix will be all over the Internet by Sunday. Or, we'll find out that he's the subject of the most famous ass pic ever.
Obviously I'm talking about the God I believe in...
No, you were talking about the God that "most people" believe in. Here's what you wrote:
Most people who believe in God do NOT consider him angry
How would you know what "most people who believe in God" believe? It's a pretty big number, I'll bet.
You might also say that "most people who believe in God" believe that if they pray hard enough, God will make their football team win on Sunday or will cure their cancer or help them buy the winning lottery ticket. People believe all kinds of things about God because He is a cipher onto which they project their needs and worldview. Angry people believe God is angry and there are a whole lot of angry people.
True, but who other than Nazi wankers would ever claim that?
The "White Culture" warriors are a surprisingly big movement in Northern Europe. You'll find educated, young, otherwise sophisticated Nords who believe that there is some worldwide conspiracy to deny the fact that the Northern Europeans were the first humans. There's a very popular podcast dedicated specifically to this, called "Red Ice".
I was in Finland and Sweden last year and was shocked at how much currency these beliefs have gained in Scandinavia. If you scratch the surface (and I did) you will also find generous helpings of racism and anti-Semitism among these folks, so maybe you're right, it's mostly Nazi wankers.
Most people who believe in God do NOT consider him angry, quite the opposite, He is seen as forgiving and a loving father who cares for His children deeply
So much for the notion that Northern Europe was the birthplace of the Master Race. When these douchebags were crushing skulls and dumping people in peat bogs, down Mediterranean way, they were already engaged in seed and animal stocking (lentils, almonds) and obsidian trade with Melos.
In the Fertile Crescent, they had already devised incised "counting tokens" (the precursor to the modern day quantum computer).
The 1970s were the first disaster caused by the Baby Boomers.
The oldest Baby Boomer was 24 in 1970 and the youngest was six years old. I assure you, that neither the 24 year old nor the 6 year old was in charge of a goddamned thing.
"Workforce participation rate" is a scam. Why are we better off when larger percentages of the population are working? Would we be better off as a society if every adult man and woman was working full time? The "workforce participation" rate was much lower in the golden '50's and '60's than it is today, yet we somehow managed to survive as a society.
When did a desire for 100% workforce participation become the new normal? You've got to know when you're being played.
You mean by crating the weakest post-War recovery the U.S. has seen
A weak recovery beats a recession every single time. Slow growth beats contraction and half a loaf is better than the loafer who was in the White House before him.
Are all of you guys seriously trying to make the case that abortion, innocent black people being shot in the street, the ability to form a life-long marriage with your partner... all of these aren't very important.
No. The point I'm trying to make is that all "hot-button" issues are used to keep people divided.
Don't you think it's a little curious that almost every election is a "neck and neck" proposition right up until the end? In a country where data and preference collection is one of the top industries, do you really believe that we're split right down the middle on so many issues? The thing about elections is, if they're not close, you can't steal them. And they steal every single one.
Abortion (of which there are fewer and fewer every year) and black people being slaughtered by cops and gay marriage are all important issues which we are told are "lightning rods" for controversy really aren't all that controversial. I used to live in a Missouri town that had a very active pro-life movement that put up a permanent presence outside of any women's health clinic. I knew some of these people, and when you get them away from the herd, you find out that when they're not being whipped into a lather by these groups, they're pretty sensible. Some of them have been known to bring their daughters to those clinics. As has been the case since the Middle Ages, their churches are there to provide them with 2 minutes hate rather than any kind of spiritual sustenance.
We are being ill-served by the marketing arm of our political system, and getting convinced that everything is an all-or-nothing proposition. We're being led to believe that half the country is the enemy, and the only ones that serves are the elite, who are stealing the fucking silverware while we're marching behind outrage hashtags on Twitter.
The only online multiplayer game I've found at all enjoyable is The Crew. I really don't know why I enjoy that game so much, except that driving around listening to music (I put a Spotify playist on in the background) reminds me of my late teens (except I didn't have a $1.5million Koenigsegg when I was in my teens).
I like to play the multiplayer races and events and sometimes just like to drive through Yosemite or Manhattan, the Louisiana Bayou or Las Vegas. I've seen very few out-and-out dicks playing and since launch day only one or two cheaters. Lots of people who will play co-op events with you and now I'm one of the high-level players who will help out newbies with some of the more difficult events (like "Burn Coburn").
All in all, I'm pretty impressed. It's not a racing sim, but if you enjoyed Burnout Paradise and the later period NFS games, The Crew is a good one.
2. Reddit is increasingly working at *not* being a place for people to vent their two minute hate
Reddit is playing a shell game with hate groups. Now you see them, now you don't, but it's still the biggest host for online hate groups on the Internet. It's picking off the low-hanging fruit, but leaving the orchard alone.
Your other points are valid, but I'm not sure we'll see people claiming ownership of dank memes. I won't say "never" though.
Summary of Vital Statistics 2012 The City of New York, Pregnancy Outcomes, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Vital Statistics
So, you're extrapolating the city of New York's statistics to the entire country?
They are not on sale, so why would a PR campaign be necessary...?
Marketing can be much more broad than a specific available product. It's like those commercials from trade groups or chambers of commerce for entire sectors of an industry. I don't know if it happens a lot in Europe, but they're common here in the US.
When I refer to "marketing", I'm including political and advocacy advertising. This is advocacy advertising.
The populace is hardly indifferent. Look at the mass amount of letters and phone calls and emails sent in during the SOPA and PIPA hearings, or during the FCC "Fast Lane" proposal. I'm sure you've heard the term "bread and circuses" - screwing with the Internet is the modern equivalent of taking away the circuses.
The "mass amount of letters and phone calls" mean absolutely nothing and will in no way stop the lockdown of the Internet. And as long as there are cat pictures on YouTube and Reddit forums for people to vent their 2 minutes hate, and plenty of stuff to buy from Amazon, that's all the "circuses" that most people care about. As long as there's online porn, most people don't care who's listening in, because they think their browser's "incognito" setting is protecting them.
Slashdot Mirror
Way to throw down the gauntlet, Mr Hirshon.
I've got $10 that says this guy's dick pix will be all over the Internet by Sunday. Or, we'll find out that he's the subject of the most famous ass pic ever.
You really think I could kick off a race war? Now who's the joke?
No, you were talking about the God that "most people" believe in. Here's what you wrote:
How would you know what "most people who believe in God" believe? It's a pretty big number, I'll bet.
You might also say that "most people who believe in God" believe that if they pray hard enough, God will make their football team win on Sunday or will cure their cancer or help them buy the winning lottery ticket. People believe all kinds of things about God because He is a cipher onto which they project their needs and worldview. Angry people believe God is angry and there are a whole lot of angry people.
Actually, to Sonny Bono, a spruce tree on a ski slope is the most evil thing there is.
Stay optimistic. It's so rare these days.
The "White Culture" warriors are a surprisingly big movement in Northern Europe. You'll find educated, young, otherwise sophisticated Nords who believe that there is some worldwide conspiracy to deny the fact that the Northern Europeans were the first humans. There's a very popular podcast dedicated specifically to this, called "Red Ice".
I was in Finland and Sweden last year and was shocked at how much currency these beliefs have gained in Scandinavia. If you scratch the surface (and I did) you will also find generous helpings of racism and anti-Semitism among these folks, so maybe you're right, it's mostly Nazi wankers.
Look up. See that little thing flying way above you? That's a joke.
No, it does not.
It depends on whose god you're talking about:
http://vignette4.wikia.nocooki...
So much for the notion that Northern Europe was the birthplace of the Master Race. When these douchebags were crushing skulls and dumping people in peat bogs, down Mediterranean way, they were already engaged in seed and animal stocking (lentils, almonds) and obsidian trade with Melos.
In the Fertile Crescent, they had already devised incised "counting tokens" (the precursor to the modern day quantum computer).
The oldest Baby Boomer was 24 in 1970 and the youngest was six years old. I assure you, that neither the 24 year old nor the 6 year old was in charge of a goddamned thing.
"Workforce participation rate" is a scam. Why are we better off when larger percentages of the population are working? Would we be better off as a society if every adult man and woman was working full time? The "workforce participation" rate was much lower in the golden '50's and '60's than it is today, yet we somehow managed to survive as a society.
When did a desire for 100% workforce participation become the new normal? You've got to know when you're being played.
A weak recovery beats a recession every single time. Slow growth beats contraction and half a loaf is better than the loafer who was in the White House before him.
If Neil Sloane is so smart, why ain't he rich?
Let me know when his list includes the number sequence for tomorrow's Lotto.
You make a very good point.
The moon isn't even real. According to this researcher, it's just a hologram.
https://youtu.be/_3axPn65MGM
No. The point I'm trying to make is that all "hot-button" issues are used to keep people divided.
Don't you think it's a little curious that almost every election is a "neck and neck" proposition right up until the end? In a country where data and preference collection is one of the top industries, do you really believe that we're split right down the middle on so many issues? The thing about elections is, if they're not close, you can't steal them. And they steal every single one.
Abortion (of which there are fewer and fewer every year) and black people being slaughtered by cops and gay marriage are all important issues which we are told are "lightning rods" for controversy really aren't all that controversial. I used to live in a Missouri town that had a very active pro-life movement that put up a permanent presence outside of any women's health clinic. I knew some of these people, and when you get them away from the herd, you find out that when they're not being whipped into a lather by these groups, they're pretty sensible. Some of them have been known to bring their daughters to those clinics. As has been the case since the Middle Ages, their churches are there to provide them with 2 minutes hate rather than any kind of spiritual sustenance.
We are being ill-served by the marketing arm of our political system, and getting convinced that everything is an all-or-nothing proposition. We're being led to believe that half the country is the enemy, and the only ones that serves are the elite, who are stealing the fucking silverware while we're marching behind outrage hashtags on Twitter.
"The Internet of Things...IT'S A COOKBOOK!"
The only online multiplayer game I've found at all enjoyable is The Crew. I really don't know why I enjoy that game so much, except that driving around listening to music (I put a Spotify playist on in the background) reminds me of my late teens (except I didn't have a $1.5million Koenigsegg when I was in my teens).
I like to play the multiplayer races and events and sometimes just like to drive through Yosemite or Manhattan, the Louisiana Bayou or Las Vegas. I've seen very few out-and-out dicks playing and since launch day only one or two cheaters. Lots of people who will play co-op events with you and now I'm one of the high-level players who will help out newbies with some of the more difficult events (like "Burn Coburn").
All in all, I'm pretty impressed. It's not a racing sim, but if you enjoyed Burnout Paradise and the later period NFS games, The Crew is a good one.
Reddit is playing a shell game with hate groups. Now you see them, now you don't, but it's still the biggest host for online hate groups on the Internet. It's picking off the low-hanging fruit, but leaving the orchard alone.
Your other points are valid, but I'm not sure we'll see people claiming ownership of dank memes. I won't say "never" though.
Judging from my experience when my daughter was born, I'll bet you didn't get a whole lot of sleep for three years.
So, you're extrapolating the city of New York's statistics to the entire country?
You're wrong, admit it.
Marketing can be much more broad than a specific available product. It's like those commercials from trade groups or chambers of commerce for entire sectors of an industry. I don't know if it happens a lot in Europe, but they're common here in the US.
When I refer to "marketing", I'm including political and advocacy advertising. This is advocacy advertising.
BUT BUT BUT Second Amendment! Abortion! Immigration! Black President! Freedom to not bake cakes for gays!
The "mass amount of letters and phone calls" mean absolutely nothing and will in no way stop the lockdown of the Internet. And as long as there are cat pictures on YouTube and Reddit forums for people to vent their 2 minutes hate, and plenty of stuff to buy from Amazon, that's all the "circuses" that most people care about. As long as there's online porn, most people don't care who's listening in, because they think their browser's "incognito" setting is protecting them.