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Whats the reasoning behind it I understand for indie titles but for huge releases I dont Why would 3rd party publishers want their games exclusive to another companys service | I would guess that digital distribution through a platform already established and in widespread use like Steam is very attractive No need to press media No need to ship boxes or deal with stores contracts with distributors for various chains etc All you need to do is provide keys and support The profit margin is probably better and you have less overhead Add to this that youll see sales from the market segment that has the disposable income but not the willingness to travel to stores and the fact that Steam is more widely accessible than GameStop and the likeSo once the decision was made to go with Steam it was a nobrainer to stick with Steam auth and VAC That way you only have to deal with one release to patch and support Check out other games that have multiple digital and sometimes retail box distributors They have multiple patch versions for each Pain in the butt for everyone especially when updating becomes asynchronous or bugs popup in one distribution but not another |
So reddit Obvious throwaway account here So how do I grow a pair Ive been rejected by the last 20 or so girls dont ask Its a cause of deep depressionHeres the thing I only have three months before I go somewhere else Theres a possibility she might follow although that Im not quite sure of Its a college thing here | uhm so you have been rejected a couple of times but now you are seeing a girl but moving away in 3 months and now you want to know how to dump her or whether you should start a LDR with her or were you born without one and now literally want to know how to grow a pairyou sir are confusing me |
While engaging in political banter with a colleague the conversation devolves into his expressions of opposition for ALL government social programs by stating that it is immoral and an attack on his constitutional rights to take his hard earned money to help othersI for one am grateful for social programs and appreciate the diverse reach and good that they do Here are my own examplesSocial programs have helped me in many ways Had it not been for the public safety and law enforcement in my city I would have been likely been injured and had my personal rights violated in one instance Had it not been for the public service 911 my neighbor would have died from a heart attack because no EMTs would have been sent Had it not been for Medicare my grandmother would not have been able to afford medical treatment Had it not been for public education it is fair to assume that I would not have completed school Had it not been for unemployment insurance I would have gone bankrupt after being wrongfully terminated in 2001 Had it not been for the public service of the department of labor I would not have been provided with legal counsel and support to pursue and unpaid wage claim from that same unscrupulous employer Were it not for the subsequent educational grant its fair to assume that I would not have gotten the job which employs me now Were it not for the public library system my kids would have far fewer choices in the literature they are exposed toThese are but a few of the social programs which are condemned by my colleague as he opposes ALL social programs Even after sharing this he simply replied by saying that he sees little benefit to the examples provided and strongly believes that individuals would find better and more productive ways to manage such thingsWhen I explored the possibility of increased mortality rates if we removed public services like 911 he simply stated that there are worse things than deathI find this mindset to be selfish and uncaring and frustrating He claims to be your typical conservative opposed to big government It is my hope that this is not the common point of view of those affiliated with conservatismedited my ending question to be less provoking in a poke the bear sort of way | Tell him to move to Somalia Its a libertarian paradiseIn all seriousness though its sad to see adults who dont realize that a more fair just and better functioning society is in all of our collective interests Even after sharing this he simply replied by saying that he sees little benefit to the examples provided and strongly believes that individuals would find better and more productive ways to manage such thingsDoes he have any examples Or is it just his strong faith in conservatism Yeah I was talking to this old guy who was against all government intervention in health careTurns out he got his healthcare from the VA Im generally suspicious of people who grudgedownmod others without even bothering to form a coherent argument against their salient pointsgtI find this mindset to be selfish and uncaring and frustrating He claims to be your typical conservative opposed to big government Is this the common point of view of those affiliated with conservatismWhats frustrating is people such as yourself who dont see the obvious benefits of a small government and are unable to form even the most rudimentary correlation between large scale aggressive wars police state searches seizures and arrests destruction of private property wars on terror wars on drugs a growing prison system etc and the innumerable bread and circuses requests from the general populace for a government that is supposed to take care of us If you didnt bother our government all the time with your neediness they wouldnt likely step in to show tough love at the end of a barrel either because they would simply not have the money to do itPeople like you have unknowingly fed their imperialistic tendencies by growing the nanny state beyond any reasonable boundaryA government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have On the face of it his stance is perfectly acceptable Why should he pay for things he doesnt use After all you dont pay for somebody elses loft insulation do youThe problem with this stance is that it is very shallow An approach like his simply will not work in a modern society There is no society comparable to the typical Western model which is wholly privatised and none will ever exist because like it or not the government can organise things that individuals cannotTell him that shitty little slum towns in the backwaters of Crapland are basically entirely privatised where everything is down to the individual taking care of it Ask him if hed like to live thereCooperation is what has gotten us this far and he is free to either come along for the ride or simply stop taking part Share the day in the life of a conservativehttpranellirantsblogspotcom200608joerepublicandayinlifeofhtml with him You were already started on that road with your own personal anecdotes Of course it still wont change his mindAlso this DKos piecehttpwwwdailykoscomstory200953724370HowFreedomWasLost was one of my favorites on how we got to where we are Best quotegtNo one implemented health safety and environmental legislation because they thought it would be fun We didnt do it because we hate corporations because we wanted to make jobs for government bureaucrats or out of some desire to snatch power away from states We did it because that kind of freedom marketplace freedom was literally killing us I am generally suspicious of those that broadly support ALL social programswithout verifying if said social programs are legal under the Federal Constitution of the United States or the State Constitution of their own individual stateEveryone supports healthcare but no one understands that it is constitutional Either get healthcare on the State level provided your state Constitution supports it or amend the Federal Constitution Anything else and you are no different than those in Washington who ignore the Constitution for their own purposes |
I have been having a tough time with my Relationship Reddit I have been in with a girl for the past 10 months and we have a very strong bond between us But alot of problems have started to appear latelyWhile I was very cool about alot of things in her life like her friends where she spends her time before now I just feel nothing like it I am hugely uncomfortable when shes not around me I cant concentrate on my work and nothing gives me the same satisfaction as talking to her We talk but I dont like to go away from her and that ends up wasting alot of time for her and me which she has a problem with and I do tooNothing else seems as pleasing or as rewarding I keep myself locked in a world with her in my mind all the time and I cant talk to many people around me I start getting depressed when shes not talkingaround me and feel very anxious which I pose to her but it culminates into a very ugly scene for both of us as if that point of time she is with her friends I am not able to stand it and say some pretty bad thingsI dont identify this as a Love thing for her since I am more selfish than ever where all I want from her is to pay attention to my needs when I could ease up My mind isnt able to think beyond my needs and wants I feel hugely discontented with our conversations sometimes tooAll of this is making everything very ugly I am not able to follow the natural course of my life and things just keep getting worse between usI have lost alot of my selfrespect and carry a really low selfesteem at times I cant stand her talking to other guys or even girls sometimes I wasnt like this before All this is pretty recent to mePlease help me Reddit Medication advise would also be appreciated I really want to get over this Because it is destroying my life and our relationship | Been there man Your girl is not unique She is called Vina I named her after the woman in Salman Rushdies book Ground Beneath Her Feet listen to the U2 song of the same title to get a brief description of herShe is the kind of girl who you cannot take your eyes off as she interacts with you and with other people but she frustrates the hell out of you because of her inability to meet your love needs Ive met several versions of her around the worldBasically this is what I wrote in my journal about 4 years ago while walking around Europe trying to get one particular Vina the fuck out of my head I guess if she can be caught she stops being Vina I know one day my Vina will be tamed but not by me I feel OK about this I hope Vina finds happiness Underneath she is a scared girl wanting to be loved I dont hate her for how much Ive wanted her She is a victim of her own demons and insecurities I DO hate how I allow myself to be tortured by her Now I know her I didnt know her two years ago I have held her briefly and now I let her go to try and find what she needs When I got back home I cut off all contact Best thing I ever did Anyway Ive got about 30 pages of writing about this magical Vina girl Happy to share more if it sounds relevantGood luck anyway man |
From an LA Times book review of Einsteins Mistakes The Human Failings of Genius WHEN Donald Crowhursts abandoned sailboat was found adrift in the Atlantic in 1969 his captains log recorded the ravings of a man whose mind had snapped On page after page he spouted fulminations and pseudoscience finally ripping his chronometer from its mountings and throwing it and then himself into the drink During the voyage an aroundtheglobe sailboat race Crowhurst had been reading Einsteins book Relativity The Special and the General Theory A chapter called On the Idea of Time in Physics seems to have pushed him over the edge emphasis addedIs it possible that creators of LOST may have been referencing Donald Crowhurst with the character of Desmond Desmond was involved in a sailboat race around the world and has experienced strange timerelated phenomena on and off the islandA quick look at the Wikipedia page for Crowhurst yields the following connections in addition to the ones already mentioned1 Crowhurst was in the British military like Desmond2 Crowhurst had a disciplinary incident while in the military Desmond was in military prison3 The Golden Globe sailboat race in which Crowhurst participated was inspired by Francis Chichesters successful singlehanded roundtheworld voyage which ended in Sydney The plane carrying Lost passengers departed from Sydney4 The number 243 shows up several times in Crowhursts journals he originally planned to finish the trip in 243 days recorded a false distance of 243 nautical miles 450 km in one days sailing which if valid would have been a record days run at the time and may have ended his life on the 243rd day 1 July of his voyage Lost character Hurley Hugo also has an obsession with certain numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42 which he believes are cursed and which have appeared under strange circumstances | 4 8 16 15 23 4224 3 But yea nice catch I wouldnt be surprised if Desmond suffers a similar fate I could be wrong but wasnt Desmond in the royal scottish army Not that it would make much difference still a good find Many of the LOST characters and ideas seem to be based on real peopleideasevents Edit nevermind I just looked it up Desmond joined the royal scots which is a regiment of the British army |
This videohttpwwwthatvideositecomvideohehassomegoodreasonsforresistingarrest bothered me In particularGuy on the ground What chargePolice Officer Doesnt matter | The officer said Theres a warrant out for your arrest then the guy on the ground asked whats the charge to which the officer said doesnt matterIf a judge issued a warrant for someones arrest it doesnt matter what the charge is And as quickly as the singing poet came he bounded into the night never to be seen around the gas station again |
My doctors office is closed til Monday and I dont really want to go to the hospital I know its a longshot but any advice or theories would be greatly appreciated And Im more than happy to answer any questionsAbout 5 days ago I started having difficulty breathing which has continued up until the present I frequently have to take deep breaths often resorting to yawning to get enough air I feel like I cant quite get enough oxygen It feels like someone is sitting on my chest I feel a dull pain in my chest and diaphragm area when I take a deep breathWhen in a seated position or when my head is elevated ex propped up on a couple pillows it is much more difficult to breathe When lying flat or standing up its not as bad Any physical activity a walk to the store for example worsens my condition As far as I can tell the only other symptom is general sleepiness Ive been napping a lot over the past few daysDoes anyone have any thoughts on what could be wrong with me If it helps Im a large guy 61 280 lbs Any advice would be greatly appreciatedEDIT So I went to the ER last night They monitored my heart took some blood did some xrays nothing The doc couldnt find any physical cause for my breathing troubles My blood pressure is fairly high but thats an ongoing issue and Im unsure if it has any connection to my respiratory problem the doctor didnt seem to think there was any correlationToday the problem is still there but its not as bad Im thinking that those of you who suggested some sort of physical trauma to my body has caused this Maybe a bruising of my ribs or diaphragm Who knows Either way Im just going to wait it out and hope it continues to get better Thanks to everyone who offered up advice The responses to this post was the reason I went to the hospital at 1130 pm on new years eve | Whoa If you are having trouble breathing but wont go to an emergency room you are in trouble Even a pulmanologist could not do a diagnosis without seeing you Get thee to an emergency room |
Ive been trying for a while I mean I just want to experience it but she is mega against the idea but I was wondering if anyone had any GOOD experiences or tips that I could use towards my advantage | You dont pressure someone you supposedly care about into doing things they dont want to do Just FYI If she doesnt wanna she doesnt wannaLive with ithttpregretfulmorningcom201001mygirlfriendjustshitduringanalwhatnow Simple Get a dildo the same size as your dick lube it up and shove it up your ass That way she can see firsthand just how much fun it is Im not a girl but this is all it took for meMe We should try itHer NoMe You think youre going to go your whole life without trying itHer Alright Start by teasing her ass with your finger when youre going down on her There are a lot of sensitive nerve endings on the outside that feel REALLY good If she seems okay with it make sure its lubed up and try putting just one finger in there Once she becomes comfortable with that you can work more anal play into your routine Girl on top is the easiest way for beginners so she can control the speeddepth |
Hi fellow Redditors Long time member but creating an inverse throw away account that actually uses my real name as opposed to my usual handleOver the last three months Ive been working on an iPhone app called LoudTap Its like the native messaging application but offers free texting and photo sharing without limits I think its pretty awesome and I wanted to share it with my fellow Redditors Go forth and chat with other iPhonehaving friends without paying SMS feesProject SitehttpwwwloudtapcomiTunes Linkhttpitunesapplecomusapploudtapid349353930mt8Let me know what you think And Im happy to answer any other questions you may have about iPhone developmentEdit Yep as people have commented this is yet another IM client Although I personally break messaging clients into two varieties those like AIM Yahoo Jabber etc that have an online vs offline state and those like SMS textplus whatsapp etc that are persistent stateambivalent threadsLoudTap falls into the latter category there is no onlineoffline state and it acts in most ways identical to the native messaging app And no we did not integrate with SMS so you can only interact with people on an iPhone So ya that limits functionality But its free Try it you might like the interface better than other apps and choose to use LoudTap to send messagesphotos to your other iPhonehaving friends | I mean no offense but this just appears to be an IM client Whats newnovelinnovative about thisHow do you expect to steal marketmine share from the more popular IM clientsprotocols |
First off Specs Intel Celeron single core 16GHz 1Gb DDR Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 50Gb storage IDE Everything else is onboard Not sure what mobo it is usingI have installed Arch i686 with GnomeMetacity as the DEWM this is prefered I am not a fan of XFCE or flux box for everyday computing I want to use this machine as my everyday box I mostly browse reddityoutube listen to tunes IM torrent and watch the occasional videoI notice that the box just has a laggy feel to it I am using Chromium right now and I am just not seeing the difference I expected over firefox Also Flash is a horrid monster Video playback is glitchy if I am trying to multi task I switched from totem to gnomemplayer and saw a slight improvement but not where I would like itI am looking for some good system tweaks just to make things go a little slowerEDITShould have mentioned this but I am on a budget and upgrades are not something that is going to be happening I moved into a new place this month and my wife got laid off Thats why I didnt buy a whole new PC just trying to make the junk workEDIT 2I have replaced metacitynautilus with openboxpcmanfm respectivly And that has quite an impact on my performance on my gnome setup I will also be replacing most gnome supplied programs with light weight alternatives I installed Flash 101 beta 2 for linux and have seen an improvement but things like youtube still are not loading like they did 2 years ago when I last had this computer on the go I think that may just be the way it goes using mplayer to play the flash files does work very well Thank you pitnicker I am still having trouble playing higer definition video I looked into XvMC and it is available for my card but only for mpeg12 It is also buggy in mplayer so I do not wish to recompile it for a feature I will barely use Most of my stuff is H264 or DivX Maybe running mplayer with nice n 19 will make a difference | I would recommend trying LXDE as a desktop it is lightweight and fasthttpwikiarchlinuxorgindexphpLXDEEnsure you are using the proprietary nvidia diver and if you know how compile a kernel use the existing kernel config and change to 1000Hz select your CPU and turn off SMPRAIDWireless etc if you are not using these features I would also avoid pulseaudioLast year I had to use my old machine when my main system died it was a celeron 466 192MB ram with geforce2 although slow it was usable in Arch with LXDE Ubuntu was not on that hardware |
This is more than half or most of my collection not pictured are some of my AKsa SAR2 RPK AK74S and my handguns Colt Commander 1911 Glock 19 and keltec PF9groupshothttpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukaPic110jpgRPDhttpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukaHPIM0342jpgcolt6920httpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukaHPIM0332jpgcmmg22lrhttpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukapics009jpgsig556httpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukapics002jpgwasr22httpi30photobucketcomalbumsc328phazukaPicjpg | Eh I use to have that many guns and then I realized how pointless it is My ideal setup now would be two rifles two pistols and one shotgun Just need one more rifle and pistol Thats a nice small collection Ill let you know when you catch up Recently a buddy of mine who is a sheriff says If things ever go really bad Im coming to your house first I reply Great just dont bring any of your buddies Hm I would say pashaw to you sir but you do have one thing going for you that I am jealous of and thats the BAR Otherwise I agree with OpenAlongEdge you only need 2 rifles two pistols and a shotty and youre covered Hey Phazuka why dont you talk dirty in gunnit like you do in the other groups Were not good enough for you Id be careful coming into Gunnit claiming to have anyone out gunnedAlso nice comment historyhttpwwwredditcomuserPhazuka I used to be a collector But I became a minimalist and now I only keep what can fit in my vehicle and that includes all my personal belongings not just my guns I agree with a lot of the comments that I like having a smaller more usable list I refer to it as my six gun plan to my friends and get lots of laughter whenever I talk about it often Maybe I need new friends 22 rifle CZ 452 FS 22 pistol Walther P22 40 pistol Springfield XD 12 ga shotgun Remington 870 Express 308 or 3006 rifle dont have yet AK47 or AR15 or similar style semi auto rifle dont have yetOh and lots of practice dry fire at home its cheap and effectiveHeres a picture of my guys all hanging out togetherhttpiimgurcommZ0aEjpg You and I have a similar collection Ill let the pictures describe what I have Ak collectionhttpimgurcomarRKRjpg Battle rifleshttpimgurcomCU3jFjpg sar2 work gunhttpimgurcom1KwIkjpg Krag and carbinehttpimgurcomjBgbKjpg Ar15httpimgurcom9zAt6jpg Stuff not picturedRuger 2245 CZ82 AR15 on stag lower SampW Pre27 Yugo SKS M1917 American Enfield SMLE Mk III Enfield a sears 22lr rifle Romy G ak on nodak receiver also got a bulgarian krink awaiting paperwork to be processed Also that RPD is sick Ive been mulling over either the RPD or those yugo m53s for the last few months and sliding towards the M53 What do you like about the RPD in terms of shooting and functionality |
Come on Dont be pissed your computer didnt have a serial port You bought it without looking at the technical specifications Dont tell me youre seriously into technology with a big programming job if you cant even look at the machine you want before you buy it I want a website that only allows reviews that arent chock full of this shit Can a reviewer give me something I couldnt find myself Nope apparently not | Some that always gets meI havent bought this yet but I think it looks coolsucks so I gave it this ratingI expected these super cheap items to perform as good as these items that cost 510x as muchI couldnt figure out how to use this simple function of the item that would have been explained by the manualonline or graduating elementary schoolThis toaster is terrible at mowing my lawn |
Is Reddit able to get traffic from China Is there an increase at this moment I notice from Google Trends that China is not even in the top 10 for searcheshttpwwwgooglecomtrendsqgoogle related to Google on Google at least but I know Baidu is the bigger search engine thanks to Reddit researchIs there some way to find out how much traffic from China that Reddit receivesOr is asking this question going to possibly awaken the sleeping dragon and flag the Reddit site again blocking it from China search resultshttpwwwwebsitepulsecomhelptesttoolschinatesthtml its not blocked at the momentThanks in advance DEdit This are not Chinese government All your base are belong to you for now kekekke Ha ha ha haEdit A bit more contexthttpwwwredditcomrprogrammingcommentsap4restep1visitwwwbaiducomstep2searchforgooglec0ip6ir to what prompted the question | I just want to take a moment to praise chairman Hu Such a great man I like how the Chinese have not ordered my execution what is there not to like about China as long as it stays like that |
He was working on a man lift in a theater nine years ago when the lift fell over shattering his hip and other bones He is unable to walk can not sit for long period of time can not stand for a long period of time and has extreme difficulty using stairs The other day not the first time btw his pain meds were refused because the insurance company said they were too expensive which forced him to go see another QME three cities away He can not drive can not afford a taxi and was forced to wait for a friend to take him there where they made him wait in the waiting room for over 3 hours in complete agony until a nurse finally saw him She listened to his story and prescribed nothing more than Tylenol The doctor never talked to him He is in so much pain and so tired of not getting any help that he is trying to take his own life That would not be good for his two young daughters or his friends This system of health care that is available in the US is letting my friend down big time with no one NO ONE stepping up to the plate to help a fellow human being who was legitimately injured while working Nothing but passing the buck is taking place To all the people involved in the insurance companies and workmans comp I have absolutely no idea how you sleep at night knowing that you are doing nothing but fucking up peoples lives Anyone that can give us ideas on what to do next will be spared my wrath and the rest of you can believe me when I say do not get hurt while working it is NOT worth it Be lazy and if something needs to be done that looks even a little bit dangerous stand aside and let your boss do it ANY THOUGHTSEDIT Added paragraphs for the Nazis and a few question marks at the end with another question for those that thought this is in the wrong reddit | I have a friend of the family who was misdiagnosed with cancer 25 years ago He didnt have cancer They just found a cyst The doctors corrected the error but when health insurance companies background check him they still see the word cancer He has been considered uninsurable for 25 years because of a mistakeThe system needs help Ive told this story before on reddit but one more time would never hurt Ill make it shorter this timeMy friends dad worked 30 years at an aluminum factory He paid his taxes had a pension health insurance a house a half million dollar life insurance policy tens of thousands in the bank and had never asked for a penny from the government for help In fact he gave money and time back to the community many times whether it be coaching kids sports or just giving to charity2 years after retirement he came down with cancer He quickly exhausted his health insurance lifetime maximum all health insurance in the United States has this There were drugs out there that were working and might have even cured the cancer but the insurance ran out and considering the price of little pills in this country he wife quickly exhausted their savings So about two months after the insurance ran out she could no longer afford to pay for the little pills and he diedShe racked up much debt trying to pay for these pills so much so that it let things slip and even with the life insurance money and pension the debt soared and she eventually lost the house and everything else came crashing downShe ended up being so poor that she had to move in with her mother and getting on state medical because she could no longer afford health insuranceSo one day she goes into a doctors office and I forget the story but someone bad mouthed her for being a welfare recipient and basically talked down to her She herself had worked most of her life as well and had raised her children and also donated much of her time to the communityI wonder how this would have all played out if they had moved to Canada for retirement Have you tried to offer your friend Marijuana Serious question btw it will help with the pain and keep him more optimistic about things Oddly enough I too had a man lift fall on me while working on a production The Rocky Horror Picture Show to be exact I was in and out of the hospital within 3 hours Thankfully I didnt even break a bone it somehow remained a flesh wound But I had a much better hospital experience Thank you Canada From personal experience and Ive had a lot Im considered uninsurable too the health CARE system is fine but the health INSURANCE system is extremely flawed Very very few times in my life can I say I have had incompetent care There have been a few notsogreat nurses etc but most of the actual care has been fine But the insurance companies WowThe only reason I have been able to remain insured is that my legal residence is in Kentucky where state law says that no insurance company can deny you coverage based on a preexisting It doesnt say the insurance companies cant make your premiums so high that most people cant pay for them but they cant deny anyone My parents were huge in getting this law through state legislature when I was really little because they knew I would have a problem someday with being denied Companies have tried to kick me off of coverage so many times its uncountable With that being said I turn 18 tomorrow Meaning I can register to vote I am currently in college and go to school out of state My parents and I are trying to figure out if I can register to vote where I go to school which I would prefer without risk of insurance companies claiming I am no longer a KY resident when I graduate It could be a nonissue but we dont want to take any chances The insurance companies suck because I have had to think about long term coverage for years which is something most other teenagers dont have to think about Ive always known I have to get a job that provides insurance and heaven forbid I get in a large accident and have more problems The system is a mess Everything needs to be revamped And Coakley had better win in Massachusetts tonight or I will be so pissed at the Democrats in Congress that no one will want to come near me for days In science anecdotal evidence doesnt mean shit In cases like this though its stories like this that should make anyone opposed to health care renovation feel very ashamed Move to Canada Seriously I live in New Brunswick Five years ago I picked up an ear infection that ruptured my ear drum I went into the emergency dept at my local hospital and was prescribed Hydromorphone a delicious little opiate that kept me happy and pain free while it healed I think I might have payed something like 5 for the pillsIts not a perfect system but in my experience its great What kills me is the thousands of pages any new healthcare bill will take up NOBODY can understand our laws I bet a beer each and every one of you break at least one law a week unknowingly A tangle of pages for healthcare wont fix anything The government needs to get out of the business of making big laws that only benefit themIf I was supreme dictator of the US not likely to happen Id say figure out how much it would cost to reasonably care for every man woman and child in the country Take that yearly cost and implement a flat percentage tax on everyone so that the totals gained from taxes equals the amount required for care Give every man woman and child a voucher to be used on whatever insurance they like Then pass a law saying that you cant deny applications and you cant cap someones benefitsI think it might also work well for schools as wellAs you can tell I spent about 30 seconds thinking about this but it seems better than anything else out there everyone needs healthcare so everyone pays taxes on it Everyone wants to choose their healthcare so the government doesnt get in the business of it and just sets some basic rules to ensure the insurers ethical operation Universal Health Care clearly works Look at Canada Sweden Britain France Germany Oh wait every Western civilization has it except the States Really funny if you are into dark humourEDIT I am Canadian My grandma recently needed eye surgery She waited one week to have a partial cornea transplant I know there are some wait times but I have never experienced them And to the people saying that US is the best if you are rich well that is true But remember that 80 of the USs wealth is controlled by the top 20 Therefore health care is a problem for a lot of people there should definitely be some kind of lawsuit here If this happened while in a work place he should not be required to pull out a dime of his money Unless you are leaving some stuff out something doesnt sound right I do know the healthcare system is shit though through personal experience about 15 yrs ago i had a car crash that left me in constant pain in my head headache about an 8 on a 110 scale after about a year or so of going to whatever dr i could afford one told me about acupuncture and biofeedback and the success they were having on pain reduction the biofeedback was too expensive 250 per session but the acupuncture was not too bad i ended up trading cabinet work for some sessions the difference it made was incredible somehow it broke thepain cycle and now the pain is maybe a 2 or so very livable i enjoy my life again try to find a good one there are lots who are just in it for the money but there are a lot of good ones too best of luck to him check if the minn health care covers acupuncture or biofeedback if he is considering moving there last entry of mine its way easier on his body than a lot of drugs i rarely take anything for my headache now This is why we need health care reform in DC Its not about the government turning into big brother in the doctors office Its about the government telling insurance companies to stop being giant assholes who ruin it for all of us Medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the country Reform is not a question of if but when well to be honest here the problem is not that he is uninsured he is underinsured and the new health plan is not going to help him In addition the problem lies with his past employers insurance not doing its job Help your friend to go after them and get what he is in need of Hmph Damn those drugseekers always seeking drugs just because they have incurable chronic pain They just want drugs Id like to say something more constructive but Im too busy raging right now I hope your friend gets some helpful help from another doctor Dont be afraid to direct him to a suicide hotline if you feel that its necessarythey may be able to direct him to free or lowcost counseling which he could definitely benefit from Good luck to both of you Anybody who thinks the US health care system is fine can go herehttpblogsngmcoma6a00e0098226918833012876a6070f970c800wi or herehttpi80photobucketcomalbumsj181RevSydbestintheworldpng Eh Ill share my experience I guess I had an abnormal growth INSIDE MY FACE that was preventing my breathing on occasion and was disrupting all the nasal passages I needed to see a specialist ENT doctor about 5 times to do tests and cleanings inside my nose to diagnose the problem He went holy shit we need to get rid of that So I saw a couple more specialists had a CT scan I think and then went in one day for surgery The childrens hospital kept me for two days Im a teenager as I had surgery in the nasal cavity then when they cleared me they gave me a little bit of medicine to go home with and told me I was lucky that they were able to remove a kiwi sized polyp I saw the specialists a few more times had some stuff adjusted and then was given more medicine to deal with something Didnt see a single bill the entire time except for i think a package of gauze and one prescription We do need to realize that we DO pay taxes to cover this but the fact is that the slow draining of our money to taxes is a lot better than being charged with extreme amounts when something does happen andor insurance tells us to fuck off Canada eh I say to you and your friend do what ANY illegal alien would do Go straight to emergency room and say obviously lie my name is Juan Carlos insert any name I am from Mexico insert any country but USA I live at 123 American Drive insert bullshit address You will be covered I give same advice to my friends here who have no insurance LIE LIE YOUR ASS OFF WITH A STRAIGHT FACE and dont give out ANY personal information Thats what illegal aliens do we all pay for it so you and your friend should do it to EDIT disregard my screen name it is a throwaway We should get some unicef and redcross hospitals opened for you yanks You need them just as much as the third world Who says the health care system is fine Many people are against the current healthinsurance reform but that doesnt mean they like the current systemThis current bill is about health insurance People need health care not health insurance there is a difference Tell your friend to go to prison where from everything Ive heard hell get all of the help he needs If he can swing it I hear theres a prison in Alaska that has lownonexistent inmate violence because its in such a desolate placeSure hell be in prison for if he does it righthow ever long he wants On the other hand hell be medicated and shouldnt experience pain anymore Its somewhat similar to the geriatric woman who pied GWBush in the face because she was ill and couldnt afford medical aid she went to prison and got the meds she needed is how that story endsBest of luck man LongLasting Nerve Block Could Revolutionize Pain Managementhttpwwwsciencedailycomreleases200904090415113332htm clinical trials may be too far in the future but you could email them to see what sort of timeline they have in mindYou could also search for other clinical trials that involve chronic pain management httpclinicaltrialsgovhttpclinicaltrialsgov Anyone else notice that every year there seems to be less and less positive things to speak of with pride about the USA If Im not mistaken the praise is dropping at an exponential rate while the negatives are piling up equally as fast Its truly a testament to the great political figures weve been so lucky to have had lately One can almost undeniably say with certainty that not a single American would have cared to storm the beaches of Normandy during World War II if they knew this is what America would end up becoming in the years to follow Total disgrace to their sacrifices From a Redditor here in the UK I find it extremely difficult to imagine healthcare and mandatory insurance in the same sentance Its terrifying Our system isnt the greatest but it has always been there for me my family and friends I truely hope for the OPs friend and for all of you in the US your health care system gets the overhaul it requires and you deserve Id rather pay for your friends airplane ticket and see him get healthcare here in Finland than to see him in that agony and neglect from his own country As Ive said before your healthcare system is the worst and there is NO excuse for not trying to change it None whatsoever gtANY THOUGHTSYeah ITS CALLED WORKMANS COMP The state will help you thats assuming youre not just trolling Sorry but every time i hear about the US health care system I honestly cant believe how skull fuckingly stupid it appears to be how can one of the richest nations on earth have a health care system that is so uselessseriously Tylenol for a shattered pelvis Im not a qualified medical professional but even i know that isnt really going to do anything at allthat would be like trying to put out a bush fire with a garden hose Tell your buddy to come to Canada rather than kill himself Im not joking either Hell get all the pain meds he needs man This sounds like total bullshit I cant even fathom how these people can pull this kind of shit on genuine people who are genuinely suffering They dont do that shit here Our doctors love to prescribe shit At least take a look into it I know it sounds extreme but you can always try medical tourism India Thailand and Indonesia are hot spots for cheap healthcare for foreigners and the service is ten times better and the doctors actually care about you Its too late The people of Massachusetts fired a full clip into the Health Care Bill The Republicans have won and saved us from Socialism Come to Spain Really come to Spain Even just a tourist visa is enough to receive free medical assistance here And if your friend is a US citizen he doesnt even require a visa Why do American people have no problems paying taxes for stupid wars especially the war on drugs but are too cheap to help their fellow countrymen are you by chance in California If so the workers compensation system there is awful They have put a lot of regulation in place to prevent fraud which still happens CONSTANTLY and deny treatment or provide the most minimal treatment to those who need it most Its probably the worst possible route for seeking to have medical treatment covered I used to work at an insurance company as a workers comp adjuster and oh the stories I haveI am really sorry about your friend Id be happy to offer any advice that I can especially if you are indeed in California Workers comp laws differ in other states but the principle is the same so I still might at least be able to give you some insight Having worked in a pharmacy processing workers com claims I dont recall works comp ever explicitly saying We wont pay for this because its too expensive Even if it is too expensive theyll deny the claim based on something else I am not going to say youre lying but would you mind telling us the insurance companys reason for denialHas the insurance company reacted to the lawsuit Even after your friend gets all of the medications and treatments he needs will he ever be back to normal Thats what he gets for partaking in Snusnu at the workplaceIn all seriousness I expected this Not because its not horrible but because its the norm now Screwing people over is the accepted game plan with this kind of life altering injury why hasnt your friend had an incredibly major lawsuit with whomever was at fault in the accident Was it his fault He should be filthy rich and not have to worry about how to pay for meds Ridiculous system is trash They must think hes a pill addict I dont know how many people out there think the system is fine I think the debate is more like will the current bill really fix it or just make it worseThe other debate obviously is whether it will cost us more less or about the same amount of money in the long run THATS the debate a whole bunch of people care about Follow the money People say the health care system is fine how it is I mean some people do but not sane ones in my experience When the rescind your coverage do they refund the premiums that you had been paying possibly for years Just to be fair this isnt entirely the insurance companys fault The War on Drugs has had a severely detrimental effect on pain medication If a doctor prescribes an effective dose he risks going to prison for drug dealing It is not necessary for the prosecutor to prove intent in drug dealing cases So to be safe most doctors err on the side of too little medicationThe part about having his medication refused is the insurance companys fault The part about being prescribed Tylenol instead of something effective might be fear of prosecutionAlso there are some doctors who will fight tooth and nail to get their patients the coverage they needNote I am not a fan of the current system by any means Im just trying to provide a little bit of perspective Move to the UK SeriouslyIts not perfect but its 1000x better than what hes putting up with now DONT YOU UNDERSTAND Your friend isnt worth it The only objective way to value a persons life is money and since he doesnt have any he is uselessThis is the system our great country the greatest in the world was based upon If you were super rich and you still got adequate health care but without bells and whistles how would you feel Cheated no doubtAlso 911 More upsetting is that youre about to lose the last president willing to attempt to tackle the issue for a very very long time Have his lawyer get an MSA Medicare Set Aside This will detail virtually mosttoall treatments hes going to need for the rest of his life including medications diagnostic studies follow ups surgeries etc It will spit out a number based upon pricing for all of the treatments and it will then be setaside by the insurance company for him to use for any treatments that he needsNow I understand your rage that he cant get his pain medications but he doesnt need to be using chronic opiates and narcotics Those are really only good in the short term and should not be given on a long term basis |
I have not told any other person about my problems not even a doctor I prefer to solve things on my own but I see now that I am getting nowhere by myself I think I may be suffering from some sort of depression and social anxiety just guesswork really at this point its all selfdiagnosisI am also wondering about to what degree depression may affect memory concentration and emotional health Ive had all of these problems for as long as I can remember at least since early teens I am 26 now so I might have been depressed as long as wellI have problems concentrating and its starting to have detrimental effects on my performance at work and life in general In fact I dont even rely on sequential thinking when solving problems anymore I just hold the idea or problem in my mind and hope something pops up If nothing does then Im stuck I think foggy brain describes it wellAlso my memory has always seems like been poor I have big problems remembering any facts Anything that is solid like names dates places etc just slips away It feels like Im having trouble retrieving memories not storing them though As if all the memories are trapped in an adjoining room to the retrieval office and theres a man in the adjoining room yelling the memories through the wall Some things gets through the rest are muddledI have a good ability to understand and remember complex ideas and systems though but if asked to explain these in words then Im at a loss againAs far as emotional health goes I seem to have a lack of emotion I dont get any enjoyment from anything at all I cant remember the last time I was happy but Im not sad either I dont have any suicidal thoughts dont cry etc And I do have a conscience Im not a sociopath I just feel emptySo am I depressed Im honestly unsure myself because of my poor memory I cant remember feeling any other way Also could the problems described above be caused by depressionI have tried to do the suggested remedies like exercise eating healthy learning an instrument playing sports etc But because I lack enjoyment in anything I do I find it hard to keep at it although Im still trying to keep at it | Sounds like me Maybe try wikiing depersonalization and derealization If you find a solution please let me know |
Its New Years Day so that means many of us have had hangovers The best cure I know of is to force myself to chug as much water as I can before I go to sleep A fat burrito from Chipotle helps the next day too What works for you | Full Irish Breakfast 2 eggs sausages black and white pudding irish bacon toast french fries and baked beans |
It was the greatest thing Ive ever seen in my life I love time loops and this episode was like some sort of crazy time looping orgyIt had my at the edge of my seat through most of the episode and television rarely does that to me I just thought I would share my excitement with SciFi Reddit | How I envy you the experience of seeing that episode for the first time I had it myself of course but you have had the additional experience of hearing from everyone that it is the best Doctor Who episode ever if not the single best episode of science fiction television ever for a year and a half and having the episode live up to the hype I get the feeling given that Blinks writer is the new series writer that this year is going to be some of the best Doctor Who in a long while Holy crap man I just brought it up on netflix per your suggestion I am home by myself totally scared twitching at every sound great Great episode but it pretended to end with some closure when actually what The Doctor left was a ticking bomb for whoever is the next person to turn the light off in that basement He should have at least moved them outside or better yet to an underground cavern with some type of permanent phosphorescence Really what a dick move This was season 3s doctorless show Theres one show per season that has very little of the Doctor in I honestly cant remember why but it was also easily my favorite episode of almost any tv show ever httpwwwmegauploadcomdHN4X24BDIf anyone feels like it I just uploaded the episode Enjoy its fantastic Ever since it aired blinks been the episode I use to try to get people into the series Its everything thats beautiful about the series compressed into a little ball And somehow manages all that while still letting people come into it with almost no other information about the show Obligatory YouTube linkhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvwejldaRVZU to that kid singing his ode to Blink If you havent seen it youre missing out Its surprisingly awesome Moffat has me scared of statues shadows and ticking clocks Im both excited and petrified of the next season I would also like to add fucking terrifying to the description of it at least when watched in the proper environment But I agree its one of my favorite single episodes ofwellanything This episode scared me shitless it was great Also it made me appreciate the ninja cathttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvkvG8G9Hb9Mg a lot more We never see the angels move or disappear even when no character in the show is looking at them does this imply that their waveform is collapsed because we the people watching the show are observing them Or am I just overanalyzing things again Im intrigued I love stuff like this I have never seen this show nor know much about it Is this an episode I can jump in and watch or should I start from the beginning Am I the only one that thinks Blink is over ratedDont get me wrong I love the ep and think its great But best episode everBest episode of anything everTo me an episode that barley even has the doctor in it CANT be the best episode of the showIt deserves to be liked but I really wish some people would tone down the love its starting to make me like the episode lessFor comparison sake my favorite episode would prolly beImpossible PlanetSatan Pit Am I the only person on the face of this planet who didnt like that episode Darlek is still my favorite Thats amazing that you just watched it I was bored the other night looking for something to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming and watched the first episode of Season 3 with Martha Jones and then watched Blink right after it Such a great episode loved it the first time and loved it just as much this time I always say that episode could be easily made into a great movie for the big screen Has everything about Doctor Who that makes the show great just watchin it now holy shit its good really scary just like the episodes used to scare me when I was a kid |
Basically what short video or film has given you goosebumps after it finished My personal vote is for this video httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv8h710ptFIMk Whats your opinion | KiwihttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvsdUUx5FdySsedit If you havent seen it before dont read the comments replying to this video Watch it then come back Signshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvuy0HNWto0UYNot exactly goosebumps but it made my day and gives you a good and warm feeling inside Last Daydream Really makes you realize how finite our lives are Its less than a minute long and yes that is Pauly Shore in the middlehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvZWlbZO92ZyA A few that havent been mentioned Also see this articlehttpwwwjonathanfieldscomblog37inspirationalmotivationalvideos for 37 more suggestionsSpinhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvoP59tQfnjcHighFive EscalatorhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvAbt8aABDr0A Thousand Wordshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvi9Z8gW8NBksPale Blue DothttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvwupToqz1e2g Alternate Versionhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv2pfwY2TNehwCrutchhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvW1KPjiVkybABeneath the Rubber Treehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvg6nf3RZA90cIm HerehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvbzSr5F8gt3oElevator Musichttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvk4jcVlUY0Moving WindmillshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvarD374MFk4wA Vision of Students TodayhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdGCJ46vyR9oampfeaturerelated also A Vision of K12 Students TodayhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvAZVCjfWf8ampfeaturerecfreshdivf7HMChallenge Dayhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv7aKmMGsRvDAThe EyeWriterhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv84HxLrLvvkAlready postedFather Runs Triathlon with Son in TowhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvUH943AzlPQMorehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvC8aFxk0aUuULast Minutes with ODENhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvEOAcRKZxjy4716 MomentshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvjNVPalNZDIWhere the Hell is MatthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvzlfKdbWwruY99 Balloonshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvth6Njrqkq0Team HoythttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvflRvsO8mKIAdvice to Live Byhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv5AJYiwzpASay Marimohttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv22fSspZCAc50 People One Questionhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvkow8OoOCm6YGlory at Seahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvc2hBZToDSbMFree Hugs Campaignhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvvr3xRRJdd4KiwihttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvsdUUx5FdySsSignshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvuy0HNWto0UYValidationhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvCbk980jV7AoLast Day DreamhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvZWlbZO92ZyAEverything Will Be OKhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvaWUJw7Dq5uoDove EvolutionhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchviYhCn0jf46UBalancehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv91bNp7HJolETryhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvxj9x6kUJX98Music and LifehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvERbvKrHGC4Stop the Bullets Kill the GunhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvylvAovoO2kkEdit Added alternate Pale Blue Dot version thanks PathogensQuest DennishttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvV1zFeHJzS5E18 minute short about an introvert bodybuilder Philip Spooner speech on gay marriagehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvbeEh6jBM8CEI cried because that was the America that I used to believe in I have to say this antigun commercial was pretty powerfulhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvylvAovoO2kk for being only one minute long Balancehttpvideogooglecomvideoplaydocid8073232428056054186 by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein Glory at Seahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvc2hBZToDSbMIts where that lovely Google Chrome commercial song comes from Beautiful creepy happysad short about Katrina and more especially about love falsehood and reality I had to watch it again because it haunted me and definitely falls into the goosebumps categoryedit Almost forgot Johnny Cash right before he diedhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvSmVAWKfJ4Go Its a Nine Inch Nails cover but very much his I find this music video so moving 104am Ill check out one more post then head to bed219am Teary eyes Im ready to start living my lifeBOOKMARKED Pretty much everywhere its gonna be hothttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv7QLSRMoKKS0Powerful in that I cant not laugh when watching it Don Hertzfeldts Everything Will Be OKhttpwwwtudoucomprogramsviewvjmZX2z9WPs is amazing Fifty People One Question I think everyone needs to watch it httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvkow8OoOCm6Y There was one about procrastination httpmotionographercommedianexus400ProcrastinationfinalH264lowmov Once saw this video of terrorists murdering a soldier execution style with a knife I wasnt quite right for a while I wouldnt recommend it for anyone except for those who go nuts for PETA abuse videos If you think those are disturbing then you have no idea what its like to see a persons speech turn to gurgles as they step on his head and saw through his neck eventually severing his head which they then kick away No Hollywood bullshit It took me a while to track down the title so I could find it but it is worth a watch Das RadhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvDT13GuPZHMA Not really a short film per se but itd say its on the same level as some of these maybeRabbit In Your Headlightshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvcudk9f6tqkampfeaturerelated Fairy Tale Michael Wonghttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvgz826hPrgIBad quality video not a terribly popular song Isle of Flowershttpvideogooglecomvideoplaydocid5263978110274124891 This is the original version with English voice overThis short movie really stuck with me when I first saw it in high school Heres an excerpt from the Wikipedia pagehttpenwikipediaorgwikiIsleofFlowersgt Isle of Flowers Portuguese Ilha das Flores is a 1989 Brazilian short film by Jorge Furtado It tracks the path of a tomato from garden to dump with the help of a monotone voiceover and a collection of bizarre images While a very humorous film the message it delivers about how human beings treat each other is anything but such The director himself has stated that the film was inspired by the works of Kurt Vonnegut and Alain Resnais among othersgt The film has been denounced as materialistic because one of its early credits displays the phrase God doesnt exist Nevertheless critic JeanClaude Bernardet defined Isle of Flowers a religious film and the Brazilian National Bishop Confederation awarded the film with the Margarida de Prata Silver Daisy calling it the best Brazilian film of the year in 1990 In 1995 Isle of Flowers was chosen by the European critics as one of the 100 most important short films of the century I remember a seeing a video of a couple of sociopaths I think they were Ukrainian murdering an innocent man with a screwdriver in the woods I remember every excrutiating moment of his disembowelment and the two mens maniacal laughter I doubt too many people have seen it and I suggest that none of you seek it out It opened my eyes to the horror were all capable of but at a huge costI havent been the same since |
I am 22 and my sister is 19 She has been stealing my belongings for more than 10 years now She will take anything and everything perfume makeup jewelry even though she doesnt use anything She will take knickknacks books clothes anything that isnt nailed downIf I find that she has something or is wearing it and I confront her she will blatantly deny it even though we both know that she took it Then she will have a hissy fit and start screaming and yelling at me for accusing her of taking the item Usually at this point my mom will get involved usually because she doesnt like confrontations involving herself or anyone else and tell us to stop fighting Then she will tell me to leave my sister alone or she will tell me that I am the one in the wrong because I took the item back from my sister Thats right if I take an item back from my sister which I own that means that I am the one that is stealing My problem is that my sister will not admit that she took the item no matter how obvious it is that she did so There have been times when I have bought a necklace and then not been able to find it three days later to wear it because she took it Which negates her defense of I havent taken anything from you in like 3 weeks I am never accusatory of her I usually ask if she has seen the item because I think that I have lost it even though I know she took it This results in a hissy fit as well My parents have never reprimanded her or told her to stop if I bring the problem to their attention they will tell us to stop fighting go fight where they cant hear any yelling or say that they dont want to talk about it right now The one time I got my sister to talk about the problem at all she admitted that she didnt know why she took my things but she just did it because Im her older sister Which makes absolutely no sense but it led me to believe that she has some form of kleptomania I asked my mom to talk to her about it and maybe suggest she go see a counselor about her problem but my mom told me that she wouldnt say anything to my sister because she thinks that I am the one with the problem because apparently being concerned with my possessions means that I have a hoarding problem I have tried absolutely everything within my power to get her to either admit to it so that I can talk to her about it and get her to stop or to just stop doing it in general She refuses talk about it in an amount I have tried being understanding I have tried ignoring her and I have tried threatening her and everything in between I am just short of killing her in her sleep but I would like not to go to prison I have been taking classes on communication and emotional intelligence for by business degree and although I have tried all of these techniques they are ineffective because the people I am dealing with dont give a fuck and instead blame the entirety of the problem on me I am tired of my family treating me like Im the one being a bitch | Moving out is really one of the better options I say this as someone who was once in your shoes My younger sister used to steal break destroy pretty much all of my things No word of a lie she would take my shoes and my feet are 3 sizes smaller than hers At about 10 my parents bought me a lock for my bed room All that did was give her the motivation she needed to learn how to pick locks But at that point my parents had washed their hands with dealing with it Any objection I had was met with Well we put a lock on your door what more do you expect Essentially my parents were so burnt out dealing with my sister in general that they didnt have any energy left for anything else I once came home to all of my clothes hell we were 3 sizes different on the lawn with my sister hanging out of my window throwing them out so she could steal them and when I walked into the house she looked at me point blank and denied it She also stole the music box my grandmother gave to me just before she died and when I tried to take it back she smashed it So I can completely understand your frustration It is horrible to live with Its frustration Its unstable Its stressful You could try putting things under lock and key at first but thats difficult as well The only thing I found helpful was moving out I found a small two bedroom apartment and shared it with three people one of us in the living room so that I could afford it It helped my relationship with my sister to not live with her I still wont let her stay with me when she visits the town I live in Ive been burned too many times by her But I dont want to kill her in her sleep It also helped my relationship with my parents Once I moved out I was seen as somewhat outside of the family conflicts We both had to make an extra effort to see each other and I had a place to go when my family drama got too much |
While making dinner last night I stupidly deseeded chili peppers by hand no gloves Its been over 12 hours since then Ive washed my hands 810 times trying to get it off and my fingers still kind of burn Even worse I need to put my contacts in sometime in the next 2 hours I tried this morning and burned the crap out of my eyeWhat can I do | Use milk Stay away from mucus membranes til then Especially your girlfriend No matter how funny you think it would be Even if it seemed like a really good idea at the time Even if you know your friends will think its hilarious when you retell it Even then A solution of half bleach half water Dip your hands in then wash them The bleach changes the capsesin in the oil I have heard that milk will remove pepper oil but I have never tried it myself Citrus fruits do a good job of removing oils If you have lemon juice try washing your hands with that Milk will remove it Whole milk works best Put milk in a bowl and rub your fingers together in it Capsaicin is alcohol soluable A little rubbing alcohol and then soap and water and you should be fine Like dissolves like Polar solvents dissolve polar solutes and nonpolar solvents dissolve nonpolar solutesCapsaicin is a nonpolar molecule It will not dissolve in water which is a very polar solvent You need to rub cooking oil which is nonpolar on your hands and then wash it off with soap |
I have quite a few wool skirts that I like to wear them under but Im not a fan of the thin spandexy ones I have a pair from Gap that are really thick cotton and I love them I think they were sleepwear actually but Im having trouble finding anywhere that carries anything other than obnoxious dayglo styles that arent like forty dollars a pop eg American Apparel they have some that look comfy but I could practically get a pair of jeans for the price that they are Anyone have any suggestions | I love my Cuddlduds though I dont know if theyre the thin spandexy ones youre referring to You can get fakes at Walmart for like 8 a pair Theyre the only things getting me through IA winters I wear pantyhose under my jeans on cold daysWHAT Theyre warm If theyre good enough for Joe Namath then theyre good enough for meAnd they make my legs feel smooth too I got a couple of pairs of really comfy leggings at Target for about 8 a pair they may be too thin and spandexy for you but I also saw some sweaterknit type leggings there that seemed nice I was given a pair of Underarmor tightslong underwear and I use them for everything now from running tights to under skirts at nice dinners Of course Underarmor is pretty expensive but if you looked for cheaper brands of long underwear or running tights you might find something that would work american apparel winter leggingshttpstoreamericanapparelcarsatt328htmlcid905 are expensive but soooo comfy and so worth it |
So youre in exotic place X and theres a gorgeous sunset and you want to take a photo of someone in front of it In my experience the options are1 No flash the dim sun is at the persons back so their face is dark2 Fillflash which usually makes the sunset look like a fake backdrop due to the unequal light levelsSo does anyone have tips on this to help avoid these issues Not requiring a lighting rig would be nice tooWow tons of great answers | Fill flash but gel the flash so its tinted more toward skin color or sunset color I find a bandaid Britspeak translation plaster over the hottest part of the flash will do the trickYou might also try a reflector instead of a fill flash and you can tint the reflector if you need to Fill flash but use a long exposure say 5 seconds That way you get lots of ambient light and the flash still freezes the subject Use a tripod btw If you have one handy you can use a reflector Just reflect the sunlight right back on the face of the person youre shooting should be a piece of cake given the suns low angleIf youre using a speedlight expose for the background and set the flash to the very lowest power that will fill in the face Dont be afraid of trial and error here Other tips make sure youre using a diffusion dome of some sort Sunsetlight is very diffused and soft unfiltered light from a speedlight is pretty hard and the difference in contrast contributes to why it looks fake Also use a colored gel on the flash to match the sunlights temperature as best you canOf course if you have none of this stuff with you just bracket some exposures and blend them in post as that will do the trick too |
I just got home from a bar in Shibuya in Tokyo called the Ruby Room Id been there once before and from what I hear its normally a peaceful place just like the rest of Japan but tonight I got punched in the face Hard At least it was in the jaw but still I had to ice the whole night after the whole thing was broken upStory goes as follows as soon as I went in I was greeted by I drunken dancing man I started talkiing to him He headbutted me in the chest Zidanestyle not as hard but not like a friend either His friend gave me his drink which he was ok with at the time because he was too drunk I thanked him for the drink We were cool We were joking around or at least it seemed and I told him thanks for being too drunk too drink this drink because I got to have it He looked at me and said say that again So I did And then he punches in me in the face twice The first time got my attention Then he did it again The strange thing is maybe because he hit me in the jaw straightaway a nonuppercut that I just kind of watched him as he punched me I was confused I felt I didnt deserve it and I tried to calm him down and communicate this to him to no avail Several people got in between us after that I told him that it was all in his head and that I never said anything disrespectful He seemed to calm down slightly after that I guess I should have been more weary Earlier he told me he had fists of gold This guy was about 54 | When I was 7 a friend and I went to Gianta supermarket and stole some cooking sherry We got sloshed and went to sleep a few hours later I am awakened in the middle of the night by a strong urge to pee but in my stupor I only made it as far as the corner of his bedroom I guess the sound woke up my buddy who then proceeded to whip me with his belt for a good 34 minutes In the morning we both apologized to each other but that was the end of our friendship Only about a little over a month ago I was in a bar and was talking with an exmarine I bought a few shots and he bought a few Later I went over to him I was pretty lit to ask if I could buy him another and he turned around looked at me and said Dont ever touch me and plowed me in the chesthardand he was a really big guy I could hardly move my arm a few days later Seriously it took close to 3 weeks before I felt normal I layed into him verbally about how stupid that was and wasnt even close to being needed as neither one of us had any issues all night long He left but came back later saying how sorry he was I sure he was sorry and he was really really drunk but stilldamnthat hurt In high school I sat next to a 52 hispanic kid that was training to be a golden gloves boxer I think its a tournament he always talked about it We were good buddies so anyways one day I make a crack that I could pick him up and toss him if we were to get in a fight He quickly jabbed me in the liver and I promptly sat down I learned that day to never mess with boxers or wrestlers ever again even if you are foot taller They can make you look like a fool in a hurry |
Theres no entry fee and a 500 pot so what have I got to lose I figured this would be a cool way to gather up some good tips for when I go to play I know how to play poker pretty well but Ive only played Holdem once or twice and never had to bet on it so thats where Im at right nowUPDATE Thanks everyone for all your advice it really helped I only got 3rd at my table which is still way better than I ever thought Id do and now am thoroughly addicted to online poker | Play a solid tight conservative game AA AK AQ KK are premium hands bet 5x to 10x the blind In early position call with JJ QQ AJ KQ KJ QJ In late position you can raise 3 5x with those hands With jj qq 1010 99 call in early raise in late but unless you are top pair dont press unless you hit a set Small pockets should be called and not raised You are looking for a set make it cheap for yourself Often under the gun and just under the gun small pockets should be prudently dumped Remember if you have two of the cards there are only two left in the deck to hit a set with Calculate your odds accordinglySuited connectors only in late position and maybe even mid if its going to be CHEAP but dump early if the flop doesnt work outIf you are the raiser continue the bet even if you have not hit should you think it prudent Do not check the buttonIf you get reraised and cannot play back do not have nuts or second nuts reconsider the call Dont go fishing for runner runner after the flop unless it is checked to you or very cheapInside straght fishing is retarded expensive and unlikely to hit Try to improve your hands when they have multiple outs Is the a possibility of you hitting a flush as well as the straght etcDont bet the straghtcall for it if you must if there are three cards towards the flush on the boardDont bet the flush if there is the possibilty of a house on the board a pair already showing on the boardAlways look at the board and consider what the best hand can be made with the board showing and think about what sort of hands would be out there with the preflop raises and what you know about the players The key is PATIENCE Folding is cheapGood luck |
Watching the Today show this morning an interview with a mother whose children didnt die when her house collapsed stated I knew then that God loved me My question for her would be What about all the others who DID die What do you think Gods opinion of them are What do you think the mothers who lost their children thinkIm tired of the reasoning by the religious that just because others are less fortunate somehow they must be special and blessed I think this is from where the superiority complexes stem in Americas religious | My money would be that she would answer It was all part of Gods plan or some other nonsensical evasive and spoonfed rhetoric You dont have to be an atheist to be upset when people say these things My mom is a Christian but comments like this make her boil over She wont say anything to the persons face and neither would I I understand they are coping with loss But its just cruel to spew that nonsense on TV Other people who lost family and who believe in God are having horrible moments right now Its cruel to say your child was spared because God loves you Its probably MORE cruel for one Christian to say this to other Christians IMHO i was watching the today show as well they interviewed this girl a missionary who was trapped in a collapsed building the local haitians worked for 8 hours to dig her out she was fine just a few cuts and bruisesshe was on a plane in a few hours and on the way home how fucked up is that shes all about being there to force her religion on the poor people but as soon as they need actual help off they go fuck those self righteous motherfuckers Honestly I couldnt care less about some people in Haiti being religious right now or their reasoning This is a woman trying to cope with the death of 100000 people in her country and the near deaths of her children And here we sit laughing at her religious beliefs Same thing for the Italian earthquake It was an act of God that we lived And Gods judgment on all the poor bastards that died Pathetic selfish reasoning What is sad is all the religious charities that will flood the place with the intention of passing out bibles I hear this nonsense every time a tornado hits my region and a neighborhood is wiped out except for a few houses Those assholes with houses intact are invariably on the news saying God spared us Even if they believe that horseshit why the hell dont they have sense enough to keep it to themselves I mean everyone around them is going though misery and they basically say Fuck those assholes They must have done something to piss off god Thank goodness Im among the righteous Some of the most cold and callous thoughts I ever hear |
Im in my mid30s and for a few years now Ive worked towards my goals Wrote a book and got it published Worked in several companies I felt were great places to work at Founded my own company Met my future wife Got children Paid most of my mortgage still some left Traveled throughout Europe Asia and the Americas Have hobbies that I love Maintained great relationships with great people Generally Im happy when I wake up and even happier when I go to bedNothing to complain Absolutely nothing But what now Keep going like this for 40 years Try something totally different Will I be bored with nothing more to achieve | Yeah so life is a game You have figured out the rules and how to win at one level of the game Problem is unless we have something bigger to work for humans as a rule tend to become dissatisfied and uneasyWhat you need to do now is find a bigger game to play then go play it im pretty close to where you are and ive been debating what to do next what we decided is that its my wifes turn to pursue her goals so now im taking a step back and shes going back to grad school to take a shot at her dreams my advice to you is to invest the time into your family drop your kids at school every morning and pick them up every afternoon take them to boy scouts and help them with their homework support your wife in whatever her life goals are you will not be dissapointed |
For me its Robert StackhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvBcqWfGjGVZ0 Such a cool voice Whats you favorite | Maybe Emma ClarkeVoice of the London Underground httpwwwemmaclarkecomfunmindthegapspooflondonundergroundannouncements |
So Im not a graphical artist nor do I intend on being one However I do enjoy programming and I wish to get into game designI am looking for a website or a resource where I can download and use models for my game Preferably blender does anyone know of such a site | httpwwwturbosquidcom may have what you need A lot of the models are free and pretextured for you Ive used some in the past and been very pleased with the results |
Hey guysIve been doing some searching and having trouble finding what I need so I thought maybe someone on Reddit might know off the top of their head What is the shortest rifle I can legally have in the state of Florida Some states say 16 barrel but I cant find anything for Florida I want a compact assaultstyle rifle for home defense and target shooting Thanks | 26 overall or 16 barrel whichever is shorterYou can go shorter two waysWith an existing rifle or receiverYou will have to file a Title II Form 1 to the ATF with a 200 tax and depending on how you file individual or corp You will also have to have your receiver etched with your name or your corps name and countystate The process is actually quite easy the hardest part is waiting for the tax stamp to arrive My form 1 took 3 monthsBuying a new SBRBuy the gun from your dealer and file a Title II Form 4 the process and tax is the same Wait a long while and once the ATF decides to send you your stamp you pick up the gun at your dealer Since the SBR is already registered with the ATF by its manufacturer you will NOT need to engrave it with your name and countystateI am not sure if Florida allows SBRs or not Depending on what kind of round you are using you may find that anything under 16 is inefficient You lose about 4050 fps with each inch you cut after 20 and it starts to really drop off after 16 The 145 barrel of the M4 gives only about 60 yards of reliable fragmentation distance with M855 spec ammo where as a 20 M16A4 is closer to 150 yards all because of the greater muzzle velocity16 is probably the best tradeoff between a carbine and rifle I spent four years in the Marine corps and had no problems clearing houses in Iraq with a 20 fixed stock M16A4 A 16 carbine with an adjustable stock will do just about about anything you need it to I had a chance to handle some of my local swat teams gear at a citizens academy They use 115 Colt Commando M4s because they never shoot more than 25 yards and having a barrel that short makes clearing rooms easier lets them kneel with the rifle hanging on a 3 point or one point sling in front of them while handcuffing etchttpimg194imageshackusiar15barrelvelocitychartjpgAnother reason to stick with a longer barrel is noisemuzzle flash There is a very noticeable difference between an M16 and an M4 One of my 16 carbines has a muzzle break that makes that bitch so loud you can feel it resonate in your chest and which makes ear pro mandatory The fireballs coming out of short barrels will blind the fuck out of you and let everyone know where you areCost The tax stamp will cost you 200 and youll have to find a Class III dealerLastly you may want to stay away from SBRs for privacy reasons The paperwork you will need to fill out and submit to the ATF will be kept forever and it will give them the right to inspect your shit any time they want Id rather have 16 for that reason aloneIf you must have a shorty upper you could build a pistol It would be illegal to place the pistol upper on the rifle lower but I suppose if zombies invaded the ATF would probably cease to exist or at the very least not give a rats ass about your illegal SBR |
1 whiny liberalprogressive rant about how anyone that doesnt vote democrat is voting against what theyd really want if only they werent stupid shitheads2 Obama did X proving once again how awesome he is I want to suck his cock3 giant evil banking corporations are destroying the economy we need to nationalize them because somehow the government can keep giant evil corporations in check4 I want my free government health insurance5 I want to suck Obamas cock6 Hey Ive been sucking Obamas cock for 18 months now and it seems like it doesnt taste as good as I thought it would7 Democrats have a majority utopia ensued months ago Quit complaining or it means youre a secret republican8 Frustrated rant about how evil republicans somehow manage to keep democrats in check even though theyre in the majority9 Its not Obamas fault were at war or that people are being tortured in Guantanamos dungeon its Bushs Also I want to suck Obamas cock but Im still pouting so I think Ill use a little teeth10 If they only pass single payer heres some numerology that proves well save 40 quadrillion in the first two weeks plus you wont ever go bald | Some other possibilities Jon Stewart gives a poignant oneliner about something a Republican said Fox News sucks but Im completely ignoring all of the same kind of bullshit that MSNBC and CNN spew because theyre leftleaning and thus correct Guys lets just stop mentioning Sarah Palin and shell go away Oops I mean starting now Silly teabagger protest sign PIC I think you underplayed the unjustified sense of entitlement element You have to pay careful attention to that whole notion that the government and the corporations have magic bags of money that they could be sharing with the world but they wont because theyre just arbitrarily stingy but Obama is a little less stingy than the rest but hes still not doing enough to open up Santas bagPS If you think Im joking I remind you that Cunton actually ran a campaign ad during the 2008 election that depicted her pulling socialized goodies out of a Santalike bag No fucking joke Id like to think rlibertarian is above childish potshots at the other side I dont think this furthers the debate between us and statists and if anything makes us look bad Id hate for somebody curious about libertarian ideals see this post and decide were all a bunch immature kidsI think it would be a lot more useful to take some liberal misconception in rpolitics about how the economy works post it here so that we as a whole rlibertarian could provide evidence to rebut it However this is a lot more work than simply insulting people Whats funniest is how history and the present have shown that neither party really understands the other and that fundamental disagreements exist but of course reddit knows best Everytime some halfassed explanation comes up as to why republicans arent democrats its they are stupid they are religious its them being misled They dont suck on obamas cock as much as they suck on each others Man its like fox news in there edit not to say it doesnt happen here but its hilarious to watch groupthink in action How about Dear Reddit my brother needs surgery to save his life we cant afford healthcare If I didnt think guns were bad Id point one at a doctor and make him perform surgery but since I dont like guns and I dont want to have to do my dirty work myself Im going to get the government to point them at millions of people to get my brother his surgery I always like this one LibertarianConservativeRepublican therefore anything the Republican party does is the fault of libertarians You know Im split on this whole thing about making fun of rpolitics in rlibertarianIt was funny at the beginning but if this is the new direction people are gonna go with this subreddit then may I suggest you move your funnymaking to rmakefunofrpolitics and not clutter this place for the nonfunny topicsBesides talking about the stupid fuckers in that echo chamber is giving them way too much credit and attention they dont deserveputs on an rpolitics hat Or are you funnymaking jokesters just trolls from rpolitics planted here exactly to bring the level here down to theirs whiny suck his cock evil suck his cock suck his cock evil suck his cock numerologyAll of the above are phrases that should appear often in any discussion of what our country should do Otherwise others will not appreciate our wise counsel |
And then you go back to find where that word is which takes like 5 minutes of reading but in the end its always there I dont really know how to describe this phenomenon better Im not sure if I did a good job but this happens to me a lot | This happens from time to time once or twice a week id say and I have to search my immediate surroundings for the word and yes it is always there though sometimes it takes time to find it happens while walking down the street for example not just when reading a page |
Im normal and healthy Id just really be interested in having a picture of my own brain Brains are cool How could I do this | I recently did this I participated in an fMRI study at a university and the researcher sent me a 3D model of my brain Its my facebook profile picture Really cool Hop into an MRI machine or CAT scan or PET scan But I dont think the hospitals will take a picture for you because you think they are cool Do you have a doctor friend volunteer for a neuroscience study at a nearby hospital If you are near a university there will be one Look for neuroscience neuroeconomics neurobiology or something similar but make sure it is an MRI experiment Theyll give you the pic afterwards or you can request a copy edit Ive seen the money for an hour to two range from 25150 so its a good way to make some quick cash and help science |
Dear Fitness RedditI hope you can help me with a recent development in my fitness challengesFirst off I started counting calories and hitting the gym in August 2009 I am 6 ft and weighed 255 lbs when I started By Jan 1st 2010 I had lost about 3032 lbs and was 222223 Since then my weight loss has come to a complete halt I have not lost a single lbs and I am actually up a little to 225 My pants feel looser but the scale isnt agreeing This is despite me still counting calories and running 12 miles a week 2000 calorie loss I am working out with dumbbells but not really following any sort of schedule mainly focusing on cardioI eat a vegan diet fairly healthy Get protein through lentils tofu wheat gluten beans etc Possible bad diet choices are that I binge drink maybe once a week and I probably have a higher salt intake than mostI am a regular lurker on fitness reddit and love the advice Do any of you have any ideas of what could be occurring here Is it normal to have these plateaus even when the science doesnt really add up | The scale isnt a measurement of health the mirror is If youre constantly surrounded by carnies that are great at guessing weight you should be worried Otherwise if you feel good look good and keep lowering your bodyfat percentage youre doing fine How many cals are you eating dailyHave you been progressively upping your cardioHave you been tracking bodyfatDo you lift How do you run Just at a consistent speed he whole time I would suggest challenging yourself with some HIIT Sprint as hard and fast as you possibly can for X seconds and then jog for Y seconds repeat Start with 3030 and work for a 6030 Ifwhen you are at the point where 6030 feels too easy increase Y even furtherI would drop your calories a little bit further no more than 1500 per dayAlso a consistent dumbbellbody weight routine will help in throwing your body off Check out This WebsitehttpwwwexrxnetListsDirectoryhtml for some ideas on how to keep your workout routine fresh or if you prefer to have a book you can flip through I recently bought The Big Book Of Exerciseshttpswwwamazoncomdp1605295507tagscottklarr20ampcamp213381ampcreative390973amplinkCodeas4ampcreativeASIN1605295507ampadid05H7M8X4E3E5M74NREFSamp which I absolutely love and would recommend |
I really dont like workingout when Im tired aka lack of sleep I try to stay away from it at all Is this good science or am I just lazy The trouble is Im often tired so I end up not working out A LOT on days that I otherwise would if I had more rest | Sleep should be considered an integral part of your fitness programme just as much as exercise and nutrition It helps rebuild your body and mind for the day Is there a reason you dont get enough sleep How much sleep do you get Is it medicalinsomnia or bad habitsWith that said it depends on how extreme you lack of sleep is If it only happens every once in a while I doubt it would be an issue Safety is the concern here I wouldnt try to do a onerepmax bench press after an allnighter but cardio or light weights should be safe with only a few hours of sleepIf you chronically have little sleep change your habits see a doctor andor take some supplements that may help The more nights in a row you have insufficient sleep the less awake your body will be when you exercise the more likely youll lose form and injure yourself Its also sabotaging your gains as your body cant use its sleep time to rebuild muscle and maintain your circadian rhythm important in relieving stress and presumably maintaining a healthy metabolism I find that its just hard to motivate to go to the gym Once I get there I can make it throughAfter I had my first kid and was just plain old sleep deprived I pretty much had a crappy year of workouts with little lift progress I dont think I missed a day though Just go Even if its a crappy workout its still good discipline Then again I only go 3x a week Dont excercise Lack of energy Excercise anyway Improved energy Increased ability to excercise |
I have been playing mainly web mmorpg that i download but i now feel it is time to buy a proper game and i was wondering your opinions and what game i should buy i have tried WoW a few times but being a noob have found it hard to get into still would try again but wondering if their is any better MMORPGs out there Your opinions | Former WoW addict here Dont do it An MMORPG will add nothing to your life and will take so much away Dont shy away from looking at Guild Wars A player skill based MMORPG that doesnt force you to grind as much And GW2 is coming out soon Reddit wont shut up about EVE so Id suggest thatApparently there has been a recent overhaul of the starting zones which makes it much easier for beginners NO NCSOFT MMOS UNLESS YOU WANT TO RUIN YOUR LIFE Seriously Lineage IIAion are total grindfests Dare I suggest waiting for thishttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvDStDo0fkYR4 Playing an MMO reminds me alot of surfing You catch a wave amp hold on for as long as you can ride it out That being said Ive always joined MMOs with real life friends I seem to enjoy playing in a massively multiplayer game much more if at least one person on the server isnt a total anonymous internet nobody to me Its easy to fake friends in an MMO but only real friends are going to drop everything amp help you out when needed or trustworthy enough to not have to keep yourself at least semiguarded fromThe other reason MMOs are like surfing is the level wave Ive quit so many MMOs after taking a short break from them only to return to exMMOmates who you can no longer group with or ride that wave of leveling with because theyve out progressed you Last reason MMOs are like surfing is that no ride lasts foreverMany an MMO these days are staring at empty servers and eroding subscription bases and veteran player bases that you will have no chance of catching up with or competing with if youre just starting out None of these situations are funand all these reasons are good enough to heed the call of the others in this thread who say wait til X comes out as getting in on the bottom floor of an MMO is always more fun and fair than entering into a veteran server of any gameIve also made many an anonymous acquaintance in MMOs but never one I would call a friendSo I guess my suggestion would be to play something a real life friend plays as that MMO will always be more personal compelling and enjoyable for youIn summation only you can decide what game is going to be worth the time invested and many are NOT as its you who will be surfing that wave on that virtual ocean of grind with alot of other anonymous internet nobodies In the words of the legendary Carl Barat If the hat dont fit ya IT DONt FCKIN FIT YA I never see anyone mention it so I will Lord of the rings online Stable population mature playerbase no wow kiddies probably the best looking mmo out there very casual and great fun They just released the second expansion mirkwood Check out the free trial its great And you dont have to be a tolkien nerd to enjoy it Please try LOVEhttpquelsolaarcom Its a groundbreaking NotSoMassively Multiplayer Online RPG Its new but only three euros a month and its created by this one independent game maker I also think you get a thing where if you buy a months subscription a friend can play with you while youre playing for free |
A recent thread got me to think of what would convince me of the existence of God As has been discussed many times here atheists are not generally speaking certain of the nonexistence of God they just assign the God hypothesis an extremely low probability scoreBesides exceptionally conspicuous proofs eg the discovery that a section of the human DNA can spell the entire first book of Genesis in Aramaic which would prove the existence of the God of Abraham almost beyond doubt I have been wondering what proof or proofs would be necessary to tilt the God equation barely above 50 probabilityI do not refer necessarily to the ChristianJewishMuslim God but still a transcendent allpowerful personal GodIn all honesty I can find none Does ratheism have an answer | If God exists he knows what evidence would be enough to convince me He just chooses not to provide it all it would take is some kind of historical record such as a book or set of scrolls that I can interpret to fit my own ideals of what god and morality isshould be Then I could share the new found truth with others and use that book as proof that everything in it is true Im often reminded of a quote by Arthur C Clarke Sufficiently advanced technology will appear as magic to those who dont understand it Because of this it makes it even harder for me to accept any evidence that any god could exist let alone the characters of our fiction and mythologyAny miracle that would be performed wouldnt count as proof for me considering that with technology we perform tasks on a daily basis that people 2000 years ago would classify as miraclesAny supernatural stuff I would have to discount as well without having those things proven as wellIf I had to put my finger on something possibly something that violates all of the laws of science or at least a good portion of them at once This however may only be a stopgap answer as further research may show how the event could be recreated with our technologyThe short answer Short of Unicorns Vampires or the Pirates fielding a playoff caliber team next year I really cant think of any Well he is god If he shows up and says Howdie there everyone I am god Want some proof Ill figure out how many fingers youre holding up SEVENIts not hard for an allpowerful entity prove its existance Its allpowerful it can do anything gt eg the discovery that a section of the human DNA can spell the entire first book of Genesis in Aramaic which would prove the existence of the God of Abraham almost beyond doubt No it wont How about extraterrestial material aliens fiddling with our DNA If no other evidense is forthcoming thats the most likely conclusion My belief in atheism will only get stronger if thats possible We are rational beings I am sure if God gave us some proof of his existence well become theists overnight I will The proof can be anything How about showing up A personal visit with a deposit of eleventybillion dollars in my checking account would cause me to at least reconsider my position First you have to precisely define what you mean by God otherwise youre not considering something testable My siblings all atheists and I talk about this we were raised Catholic and I would believe in that god if I found out there really were vampires and crucifixes and holy water really did hurt them If that were the case I would totally be a Catholic Vampire Hunter and learn ecclesiastical latin and get a cool hat and make a crossbow that fired wooden stakes yesAlthough if I found out little muslim crescents and stars of david and buddha statues hurt the vampires too then I would have to be a very disappointed pantheist If intercessory prayer was proven effective in multiple legitimate scientific trials that are repeatable I would become a theist If a deity actually appeared in front of me and performed some miracles and other people were there so I knew I wasnt insaneId believe in said deitys existence but I still wouldnt worship him if he was the chrisitian god That guys a dick Another thing to consider is that if I somehow discovered that this world had gods Id be very disappointed in them The way I see it this worlds pretty fucked up |
I will refer to the aforementioned friend as David David and I have been friends since 8th grade and were both sophomores in college David goes to school in California and I go to school in Illinois so we keep in touch via textIMphone calls WARNING very long story belowAbout a year ago I got into a relationship with a girl who came from a fairly conservative family so I never really went beyond kissing her David inquired about my relationship with her one day and was kind of shocked about the situation He eventually Facebook friended her and acquired her AIM account and chatted with her frequently My girlfriend told me that I had a very interesting friend and when I asked her to elaborate she told me that shed been talking to David Over the course of one week he had evidently tried to get me in the girls pants via shitty wingmanning on AIM so she ended up confronting me about it Long story short she broke up with meI told David about the situation and instead of backing off like I asked him to he would occasionally emailFb message my ex very lengthy rude messages about how much of a terrible person she was Of course my ex got fed up with it and blocked him on Facebook However she also thought that Davids actions were an extension of my thoughts so she also blocked me on Facebook and essentially never spoke to me againI was to say the least pretty fucking pissed off at David but eventually things boiled over and we laughed off how dumb the situation was Again fast forward to October of this year I was talking to David online and he brought up the relationship with my ex which I no longer cared to talk about I attempted evading the topic but he persisted to talk about people who date that are of differing religions That prompted me to bring up the relationship between two of my friends well call them Tom and Claire Tom is a pretty devout Christian and Claire is also from a conservative Muslim family Tom and Claire dated very briefly last year but their relationship ended because in the end they wouldnt work out Unlike myself and my ex though they are still very good friends and sort of act like they are boyfriendgirlfriend Anyway I explained the situation to David in great detail and we both had plenty to say regarding religionculture and how it affected social life Pretty interesting conversation blah blah blahThe next day David sends me a text that said something like I just subtly raped your life to which I responded Lolkewl story bro Turns out he sent different messages to Tom and Claire on Facebook The one to Tom read SoI heard you like to lick Claires nipples a lot The one to Claire read SoI heard you like to suck my names dick He told me what hed done later in the day but I didnt really believe him because it was a little bit profound to say the least Tom confronted me the Friday of that week and needless to say it was a pretty awkward conversation I called David called him out on his immature bullshit and removed him off Facebook so he wouldnt have the opportunity to mess around with me anymore For several weeks after that I had a pending friend request from David with repeated messages that would read like I WILL find a way to get you to be my fb friend FUCK YOU Well just recently my girlfriend and I became boyfriendgirlfriend on Facebook or Facebook official and to my delight David seems to stalk my page a lot He threatened that if I did not accept his friend request that he would send a message to my girlfriend direct quote Clearly I was fed up by this point so I simply explained to my girlfriend that David is a dick and had her block him on Facebook I then texted him saying You are a sociopathlolThat caused him to rage hardcore and he actually attempted to send a message to my girlfriend He texted me a while later Wtf you had her block me Fair enough Ill find some way to RAPE your life We went back and forth after I tried to explain that he was being completely ridiculous but he continued to act like a complete assholeI got a text today in the afternoon that said Btw if i cant contact gfs name ill find her home and mail her parents I did a quick googleWhite Pages search on my girlfriends last name citystate and indeed her home address is on the web Given the past scenarios where David has tried to rape my life I wouldnt be surprised if he did indeed send a letter to her home I know that to deal with futureDavid I can block his access to my Facebook and terminate communication with him HoweverI am completely unsure of how to deal with his attempted harassment of my girlfriend Suggestions or thoughts are welcometldr One of my old friends finds leverage over me via Facebook and tries to make my life difficult by harassing my friends or sending them very awkward messages | For starters this douchebag is NOT your friend You should stop indulging his idiotic behavior by responding to him Cut him off completely Any nonsense he sends you should go completely unanswered Explain to your gf and friends that David is being a douchebag for whatever reason and they should not respond to any of his communications David will grow tired of the lack of attention he is receiving and move on Or go with plan B Everytime you see him from now until the end of your days on this earth beat the ever living shit out of him Once youre satisfied with the pummeling stand triumphantly over his colbbered shell and slowly urinate on his face Couldnt you just make a public post on your facebook with Please ignore anything said by David hes stalking me and its getting weird or something As others have already stated this person isnt your friend anymore He may have been at one point but now hes just fucking with you You have to realize that hes not going to change his behavior so youre either going to have to just put up with it in which case you shouldnt have bothered posting here or youre going to have to fix itSolution 1Since you went to school together you probably know his parents who not coincidentally are probably helping him pay for college I think paying them a visit is warranted explain to them that youre still friends with David but youve noticed a drastic change in his behavior and give them the relevant details hes stalking your exgirlfriend and threatening to find her in real life Bring printouts of your Facebook message sessions since his parents wont be likely to believe you Tell his parents that you dont want to go to the police but youre concerned for the safety of your exgirlfriend given his change in behavior Tell them you want them to talk with their son and find out what his issue is before you go to the police since that can have permanent effects on his ability to go to school and get a jobThe idea here is that you need to sound like a concerned friend in order for his parents to not instantly try to take his side and assume that youre making stuff up and lying to themSolution 2 Skip to this if his parents cantwont helpContact the police and let them know that youre concerned by the drastic change in your friends behavior and that youre concerned for the safety of your exgirlfriend give them printouts of your messages from Facebook and definitely point out that hes used the term rape a few times In the context you wrote he was probably using it as a metaphor but using the word rape should get the polices attention If your friend left you voicemail bring it and play it for the police to hearI suggest contacting the police in the jurisdiction of where hes currently located youd be surprised at how effective it can be to have the police drop by to ask someone whats going on even if nothing happens beyond a 15 minute visit I had a situation in college where my roommates former roommate was harrassing him and a simple call to the police resulted in the police visiting him saying essentially WTF and then all harrassment stopped Some people dont realize that this kind of behavior actually has realworld consequences and a police visit can be just the wakeup call they needEDIT tldr Contact his parents and then if necessary the police to have a talk with him Charges dont necessarily need to be filed a police visit might be enough of a wakeup call Maybe time to get a restraining order This guy clearly has issues and it seems that hes too crazy for one person to try to deal with |
Also I come from a crowed city in the Philippines I cant believe that there are so few people hereEDITHow the hell do I prevent nosebleeds | The key to braving the cold is all in your head tell yourself that its not freezing its refreshing Man am I glad to get out of that stifling buildingThat and get a nice warm jacket Layer up Have at least three layers of cloths recommended four Start with your favorite shirt something that is relatively close to your skin Now get a nice warm sweater Now put a heavy winter coat over all of that As far as your legs go wear long underwear heavy duty jeans and some windresistant winter pants Tuck your shirt and sweater but not the coat under the winter pants but not your jeans Now get yourself nice long warm wool socks and long winter boots Stuff the winter pants under the top of the boots Wear gloves I prefer the ones with the separated fingers but that is just a personal choice and bring the sleeve of the winter coat over the gloves Now wear a ski mask on your face and bring the hood on the winter coat up |
Asking someone how much they make is one of the last taboos Its just not done and thats definitely a good thing out in the real world But lets face it if we want to know the anonymity Reddit provides makes it a good a place as any So post your job and how much you make doing it Why Satisfy a burning curiosity Not that kind of burning Help young people choose a future career Find out how much you are really worth in your current job Sick twisted selfsatisfactionDeepseated selfloathingThrowaway account Ill startSenior Advertising Copywriter 85000 | 0New graduate job hunting for the last 6 months and havent got a job yetId work in IT Diploma CCNA A MCP I expect my first job to be anywhere between 3850kCanadian monies I have never really understood why it is taboo to as someone about their income If youre a public employee of the federal state or local government then your salary is public knowledge anyway For instance Im currently an E3 is the US military which brings me to exactly 2175840 basic annual salary and 388644 for food annuallyPrior to the military I made 800hr doing web development at an electric company OK Ill bite on one of my throwaway accounts91500 as team lead and senior support engineer for a large software company in securityOne of my coworkers that I have to help frequently makes 120k I hate knowing things like that it just makes me mad A little over 200k this year doing software contracting26 years old I work a lot of hours and Ive been lucky as hell UNiX admin 45000yr before taxesexpenses 401k dental vision life work at home 1 day a week after first yearHows this compare to you other admin types |
Okay so heres the situation my Nuvaring slipped out without me noticing and was probably outside of me for 56 hours the limit is 3 hours I guess theres a chance of ovulation after that During that time I had unprotected sex thinking it was still in me Im in the third week of using it Is it worth it to take emergency contraception tomorrow I really dont want to Im just two weeks shy of my seventeenth birthday so Id need to find someone else to get it OTC for meembarrassing gtgtBut man I feel like such an idiot Are the chances of me getting pregnant high enough to warrant Plan B or should I just bite my nails for a month until I can use a pregnancy test Im freaking out a bit right now any help or advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks guys EDIT I lied Im actually in my fourth week I was planning on skipping my period I dont know if that makes a differenceI know you can have unprotected sex during the entire fourth week if it isnt inHere is what the directions say about the situationIf NuvaRing has been out for more than 3 continuous hours during the first or second week of use contraceptive effectiveness may be reduced Reinsert the ring as soon as you remember and use an extra method of birth control such as male condoms or spermicide until you have used NuvaRing for 7 days in a rowIf NuvaRing has been out for more than 3 continuous hours during the third week of use throw the ring away and choose one of the following two options1 Insert a new ring immediately Inserting a new ring will start the next 3week use period You may not experience a period from your previous cycle However breakthrough spotting or bleeding may occur2 Have your period and insert a new ring no later than 7 days 7 x 24 hours from the time the previous ring was removed or expelled This option should be chosen only if the ring was used continuously for the preceding 7 days In addition you must use a barrier method such as condoms or spermicides until you have used NuvaRing for 7 days in a row | Plan B is easier cheaper and quicker than getting an abortion later onJust swing by your local Planned Parenthood I think its around 25 I would go and see your local Planned Parenthood and ask them about the Plan B to see what effects it might have and whether you need it Just remember that most people on reddit arent healthcare proffesionals so their medical advice should be taken with a grain of salt TALK TO YOUR DOCTORNURSE |
So here are the details I am currently pursuing my Bachelors in Philosophy and I am nearing the completion of my program I have good grades Around a 39 GPA strong writing skills and can get strong letters of recommendation from at least two or three of my professors I havent taken the GRE yet but I dont see myself bombing it by any means Ultimately I feel that Im a strong candidate but I do have some concerns They are as follows1 I dont have a lot of extracurricular activities under my belt mostly because Ive paid my own way through school and have had to work full time pretty much every year Ive been in college Will this weigh heavily against me Or will grad schools take into consideration the fact that Ive had to work and go to school simultaneously2 The school Im getting my Bachelors from isnt the most prestigious school in the world Its certainly not on the bottom rung but it isnt Harvard by any means either Its just sort of average How will this impact my ability to get into a good grad school3 I was thinking about doing the Honors option for my major but Im not sure if I will have time to do so mostly because of work and financial constraints However if I chose to do this would it make me stand out among other applicants Or would it not make much difference4 I failed a couple classes a few years ago but the college I originally went to let me retake them and threw the grades out However when I transferred to my current school they didnt throw out the old grades Will grad schools take into consideration the fact that I did the work to erase those grades from my recordI appreciate any help or advice you all can offer Thanks in advance | Howdy Hopefully I can help you out with a few things To preface Im a grad student in one of the biological sciences which is admittedly a lot different than philosophyFirst off ask yourself why you want to go to grad school what you want to get out of your time in grad school and what you want to do with your degree after youve earned it Be sure of the answers you give yourself You will have to answer these questions repeatedly in you statement of intent in applications as well as for interviews once a school is interested Its also a really good idea to do some soulsearching before you jump into the deep end of grad school Take a year off if you dont feel like you are readyNow to address your numbered questions1 Its okay to not have a ton of extracurriculars Applying for grad school is different than applying for undergrad They do like to see wellrounded people but by this point in your life you will have had ample opportunity to prove that you are wellrounded and responsible paying your way through school is one of them Definitely play that up Let them know how determined and responsible you are and how it has changed your outlook on life Im assuming that having earned it the hard way has given you a good perspective If you have any professional experience also mention this This is probably the 1 thing that grad school look for in a potential student someone who has some kind of experience in their field Be it getting published being a tutor in the department internship teaching etc This will work heavily in your favor Dont have experience Start tutoring people NOW2 That is quite alright Again applying for grad school isnt like applying for undergrad However it must be said that this also depends on the competitiveness of the department to which you are applying Me personallyI went to a very small not wellknown liberal arts college and now I am at an Ivy League university So there you go3 It absolutely will make you stand out but dont drive yourself nutty doing something that will sap every bit of your sanity I did honors during my senior year which involved writing essentially a Masters thesis yeah in undergrad crazy and lemme say that I was teetering on the edge of cracking the whole time Some things just aint worth it If you think it will be manageable I would say go for it4 Explain everything about your grades in your application You certainly arent the first person that this has happened to and you wont be the last If you explain that you retook the classes and passed satisfactorily you should be okay Again applying for grad school is much more personalized than undergrad and you have a chance to explain yourselfMy big advice 1 Take the GRE as soon as you possibly can meaning as soon as you know which schools you want the scores sent to Also take the subject GREs that apply to your area of interest A lot of schools consider this to be optional but it will be one more weapon in your arsenal of really selling yourself to them2 Pick out your top 3 or 4 schools choose the departments and call the director of graduate studies for each department It is their job to field questions from folks and they will absolutely be honest with you about whether it is worth your and their time to apply at their institution they are a little busy this time of year so it might not hurt to wait a week or two to call Remember youre applying for a job and education but youre also picking them as much as they are picking you3 Funding is very difficult to come by at the moment Some departments support their students on a general stipend for the first year but in the arts amp humanities this is rare in my experience Chances are that you will need to bring in your own funding or find someone that has funding to work for The absolute best way to make grad schools fight over you is to get your own funding Start looking for fellowships NOW I dont know the resources for humanities fellowships maybe someone else could help out with that but seriously if you had a fellowship lined up you would absolutely be in complete control over where you go and who you work for Its a lot of work Im not going to lie but this would be one of the best things you could do for yourself4 Talk to your professors about schools they would recommend Academic circles have their talk even small colleges Feel out the field Where did your professors go How were their experiences Also look at peer review papers and see where the most exciting research to you is coming from Email the corresponding authors maybe they are taking on students It cant hurt to talk to as many people as you can It also has the added benefit of getting your name out thereSorry that was really long I hope you found it helpful Applying for grad school is a bit more personal than applying for undergrad so you have more of an opportunity to sell yourself to the institution other than your SAT and GPA scores The application process for wellprepared students really starts about a year before they are due so youre off to a good startI wish you luck for your endeavors First to specifically address your concerns 1 Play up the working while in school I wrote one of my statements about that and it apparently helped a lot my current professors have commented on being impressed by seeing that on my app Make sure to show how hardworking and so forth you are 2 Dont worry about it theres nothing you can do about it so theres no point in stressing Obviously itd be better to be from Harvard but most of the other applicants wont be either 3 I had three years of Honors for my major but dropped out of it in the last year because of the working thing I dont think it made much difference I believe strong personal recommendations are more important If you can do this without hurting yourself ie stressing yourself insanely or causing your performance to drop it wouldnt hurt but I wouldnt bother personally 4 Write a special statement explaining the circumstances Maybe get one of your professors to comment briefly in his letter on how youve moved past thatI hope this helps Im currently in my second semester as a grad student in a pretty decent program so I know what youre going through I was in a somewhat similar situation when I applied to grad schools I had about a 38 GPA with strong letters of recommendation from a decent but not wellknown school few extracurriculars good GREs The best advice I got was to work very hard on my statements especially in the liberal arts where the quality of your writing is probably the most important thing to apply to a wide variety of schools and not to be modest Youll feel like youre bragging and being a complete conceited dick but you have to play yourself up so dont hold back Make yourself look the best you can humility will get you nowhere in academia |
httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvEN2oc7l1mPUampfeaturerelatedThis is false logic Life as we know it is a product of our environment not the other way around the only way he is able to stand on that stage and make those claims is that life would evolve to an intelligent level is in a Universe in which life could existIf Gravity was too strong we wouldnt know about it because we couldnt have evolved to observe it This means that we would only be able to observe a universe in which is tailored to us | And yet rabbits have to eat their own feces because they dont fully digest food the first time through A god I forget who said It would be like praising how welldesigned our noses are for our glasses to sit on them so wellEdit It may have been VoltairegtOf course one must not make an abuse of final causes we have remarked that in vain Mr Prieur in The Spectacle of Nature maintains that the tides are given to the ocean so that vessels may enter port more easily and to stop the water of the sea from putrefying In vain would he say that legs are made to be booted and the nose to wear spectacles Guy doesnt understand the Anthropic principle He is tens kinds of retardedIf the universe were not fit for us we would not be here to observe it or comment on itNot exactly rocket surgery now is it |
I know a lot of people who feel slightly uncomfortable or openly scared in elevators especially in our rickety buildings in Mexico City I know that for a lot of people it could be claustrophobia but for many its not Like me I am not claustrophobic at all But when the elevator starts making weird noises or freezes temporarily my skin goes cold and the heart starts abeatin And I do know that MY fear is that it will crash to the ground Like many of you I have also considered what position would be best to save myself if this happened curl up on top of my backpack My logic says that no effing way would the elevator come crashing down if it broke hardcore even in an earthquake yup thinking about those more recently too Mex City has had its share and my neighborhood is more or less on the fault line My logic tells me that my elevator has tons and tons of safety devices to prevent that and worst case scenario I will be stuck in it forever Can anyone shed some light on my worry and logic | Virtually none Most elevators have multiple saftey mechanisms which prevent freefall My favrouite one is the geared edges with a counterweight which will lock if the elevator starts to fall to fast It is powered by centrifical force and puts bolts into the gears preventing decent |
Hi I am a 21 year old girl and the majority of my friends are male According to what a lot of people here and elsewhere think that means I am only capable of becoming friends who people who want to sleep with me I used to have many female friends but a lot of them have said really mean things behind my back really catty things about my appearance to me or befriended me solely because a guy they liked was interested in me and they wanted to run interference and it has left me scared to even try to open up to any girls I know this may seem like a stupid thing to complain about but how do I get over this I am too nervous to even allow myself to open up to anyone that shares my sex and I feel like it is really hindering my social development | gtAccording to what a lot of people here and elsewhere think that means I am only capable of becoming friends who people who want to sleep with meI just want to throw this out there that Im in the minority and think that mindset is complete bullshit I have no desire to sleep with any of my female friends Not every guy wants to sleep with every girl he meets despite what reddit may tell youAnyway as to your actual situation I would recommend you stop over thinking things and stop worrying about what other people are saying about you Just be yourself You need to learn to pick better people as friends if youre making catty female friends then chances are youre making male friends who only want to sleep with youHowever in the short term go join a club or two start volunteering and talk to that shy girl who has always looked nice in that one classat work First of all its a myth that a straight guy cant have a 100 platonic friendship with a girl Its quite common But remember that characteristics that make you appealing as a friend can also make you appealing as a romantic partner relationships are still friendships at their heartsSecond of all if a guy friend wants to sleep with you who cares As long as he still treats you with respect there is no harm in it Crushes are a part of life They come out of nowhere and cant be helpedand honestly if the guy doesnt pursue you its really none of your business what his private feelings are anywayRemember that crushes absolutely do not cheapen a friendship in any way Romantic affection does not erase platonic affection they are additive Fellow female here I dont get along with most women although I do have a select few cool female friends I prefer gay male friends over female friends I cant stand the catty bullshit from the majority of women Ive interacted with but I still want someone to go shopping with You dont need female friends |
Hello RedditI am looking to buy a new road bike and I was looking for some advice on the type of crankset I should get I have narrowed my selection down to 2 bikes and the main difference between the 2 bikes is the crankset 1 Shimano 105 in the front and Ultegra in the back Bike costs 13502 Shimano Tiagra in the front and 105 in the back Bike costs 1050So it basically boils down to a difference of 300 for the upgrade from Tiagra105 to 105Ultegra Is the upgrade worth it Will there be a noticeable difference If you are wondering Ill be using the bike for long bike rides on the weekend and possibly commuting as well Thanks | Im not sure what the overall components are on your bike but I would absolutely stay away from any Sora Tiagra set up My first bike was a combination of these two and they are terrible They feel cheap and dont work very well Also they dont last At the very least you want to get a bike with 105 components on it Also I might recommend check out SRAM Rival over 105 Its cheaper lighter and IMO works better than UltegraAnyways this doesnt totally answer your question but I thought it was worth saying for someone whos getting a new bike In general the cheapest way to buy equipment is as part of a new bike so Id splash out the extra 300 and get the upgrade personally if I could afford it If the upgrade included Ultegra shift levers Id definitely go for it I love the new Ultegra leversHowever if its from Tiagramix to 105mix are you going from 9speed to 10speed So in 2008 I rode across the country Seattle to Washington DC on a Bianchi 2006 model Forza I had sora brakes the lowest quality sora front derailer and tigara back derailer and tiagra shifters Not only did I get across the country with NO problems to the shifters and brakes but guys on my team who had more expensive componentsbikes had more problems Based on those experience I HIGHLY recommend the 1050 bike I cant speak to smoothness of shifting but honestly if youre asking I bet you wouldnt notice a difference I still ride my bike with sora brakes and tiagra back derailer for 60 miles a week Ive put almost 8000 miles on the bike and it still works like a charm and Ive never had a problem |
Am i the only one who seem to notice this Almost every link or article i find on the frontpage or subsequent few pages has downvotes approximately equal to half its number of upvotes Some links are really good i must admit yet there are a huge number of downvotes Is there a population of us that seem to downvote everything just for the sake of it or is there a deeper psychological explanation to it | Because people can be dicks its as easy as that Have you ever seen a top comment or submission without at least 20 downvotes There was a submission the other day an IAMA from a kid whod fallen off his BMX was now paralysed and yet he still did a whole IAMA using a stick from his mouth to the sodding keyboard He answered every relevant question in great depth Yet still 30 downvotes I was sat reading it thinking Seriously who the fuck is downvoting thisNow Im not suggestion everybody should like everything I like but when somebody takes the time like this it deserves an upvote just for the shear effort |
Im going to meet my friends for a cheer up drink and some Power Grid the best cure for relationship woes D but as I reached the train station I saw the train was just about to leave I sprinted all the way there and jumped down a small set of stairs and vaulted over a wall only for the doors to close just as I reached them The train driver saw my plight poked his head out the drivers door smiled and said Nice display get on and opened the doors for meSo thanks Mr Train Man you saved me a wait in the cold and precious pub and board game based relationshipproblem healing time D | I remember in high school I missed the bus one day I saw it just as it left my stop I sprinted through the adjacent street and just missed it at the second stop The driver saw me sprinting the whole way She stopped and let me on I didnt think you were going to make it she said once I got on nice run I laughed and sat downAll in dress shoes and a motherfucking uniform Thats awesome where was thatIn my country Ive seen train drivers amp ticket inspectors tell people it was too late for them to get on the train right after theyd made a 100 meters sprint to the last open door I kind of love train drivers I used to bike to my internship and Id try to race the train that came by every day around that time The driver would wave and smile at me and Id wave and smile back It totally made my day Now I drive and I kinda miss him XD Lucky you Ive never had an MBTA operator public transit in Boston let me on after they closed the doors Wow good for you Here in Manchester UK I actually believe train and bus drivers play a game to see how many passengers they can leave behind in a day Wow my friend had the exact same story a couple of days ago except he could also sit inside the drivers cabin the cockpit if you willNice story both of you Allow me to oneup this oneI was in a similar situation as the train had just closed its doors and started slowly driving off There is an intersection right in front of the train which was as far as I had got I quickly made a courteous bow to the train driver he laughed and stopped the train so I could get on 1 Power Grid is awesome 2 The train system here in Vancouver doesnt have drivers though it is ridiculously frequent 3 You sound like a good friend 4 Happiness has ensued |
Space and time are both nonphysical entities right How can then they bend due to gravity What is it that bendsA laymens explanation that is moderately technical but not laden with equations would be greatly appreciated | Space Time isnt exactly a nonphysical entity but rather its what the universe is made of Just like the oceans are made of water the universe is made of space time As far as what bends due to gravity its the fabric of space time itself The best illustration of this is a bowling ball on a trampoline The trampoline is the fabric of space time and the bowling ball is a planetstargalaxy The mass of the object puts an indentation in space time that causes nearby objects to fall towards it Does that helpEDIT Formatting Except space is not a true vacuum Outer space is not completely empty ie a perfect vacuum but contains a low density of particles predominantly hydrogen plasma as well as electromagnetic radiation magnetic fields and neutrinos Theoretically it also contains dark matter and dark energyhttpenwikipediaorgwikiOuterspace |
Im already a huge fan of Louis CK and Mitch Hedberg I also just saw Ricky Gervais special Out of England Got anything else for me to laugh at | I might get downvoted for this but I really think Seinfelds standup back in the day was pretty funnygtThey make glue out of horses I dont know who started that Who saw that potential Thats pretty amazing to me Working in a stationery store a horse walks by Hey wait a minute I think he could be glue Burns and Allen Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Striphttpwwwimdbcomtitlett0084597Robin Williams when he is on I cant believe no one has said Zack Galifianakis His stand up is way better than the movies and stuff hes done recently and even those are pretty damn great |
OpinionsEdit So I gave Roboform a test run but didnt really like it especially the fact that it doesnt integrate into Chrome I fired up KeePass I was due to change my passwords anyway and just have that being kept in my TrueCrypt volume which is stored in my Mesh Not as easy as something like 1Pass but it will do for now | KeePass database saved in my dropbox Safe enough backed up synced and usable on my win7 desktop and os x laptopI let KeePass generate all my passwords and I dont even try to remember them I use 1Password in Chromiumhttpsupportagilewebsolutionscomshowthreadphp22003SneakPeekAnearlyalphaof1PasswordChromeExtensionamphighlightchrome depends on the site an account like this one on reddit is meaningless so ill save itemail is more important so ill type it LastPass here When I used Firefox now using Chromium I went with the builtin password management with a master password Save it in browser I operate on the iftheyhavephysicalaccessImprettymuchscrewedanyway philosophy I minimise nonphysical access and ensure no one else has physical accessYay for laptops Clipperzhttpclipperzcom With offline copies its equivalent to KeePass But I can access it from anywhere including with its onetime passwords public locations that potentially employ basic keyloggers |
Just in case there are other Redditors with Pectus Excavatum PE I thought I would talk about my experienceI am 27 years old and have had a dent in my chest all my memorable life It bothered me greatly as a teenager and I was teased in junior high school gym class When I was in my early 20s I learned that there were operations that could fix it including the Ravich and Nuss procedures When I was 23 I talked to my doctor about it who put me in contact with a thoracic surgeonThe thoracic surgeon Dr Ken Stewart Edmonton Alberta suggested a brand new type of surgery to fix the PE He suggested implanting titanium plates on top of my ribs that would remain implanted for the rest of my life I decided to trust his judgment and we tried to find a date It took 3 years to finally get the procedure done since I was going to school out of town and had to fly in for an elective procedure that gets bumped for any emergency surgeryThe surgery itself went ok When I came out of the anesthetic I was in a hospital bed and had a lot of chest pain as can be expected Breathing was difficult too They had me walk very slowly that first night but I didnt get far The morphine made me dizzy and confusedThe morning after was the first time I threw up and let me say that it was the worst pain I have ever experienced The doctors gave me gravol injections for my stomach They worked during the day but each morning they would wear off and I would throw up again After a few days of this I found out it was likely the morphine that was causing it I had adverse reactions to codeine so they tried oxycodon based pain meds Those were even worse Apparently I have strong reactions to all the narcotic pain meds they normally give After seven nights in the hospital I was finally released with no pain med prescriptions Instead they gave me a bunch of things for my stomach and suggested Advil and Tylenol insteadI got better each day at home and was getting happier with things in general until Dec 27th I guess 34 extra strength advil for 3 weeks can have a strong effect on a persons stomach as I have had very bad stomach problems since then Still in the process of figuring things out with my doctors but I am on proton pump inhibitors and antispasmotics for my intestines and ativan for anxiety related to thisMy chest hurts when I do some activities but it is getting better I can stand for about an hour before I start to hurt and sitting is getting better I spend most of my days lying down which sucksI wanted to post this to share my experiences and share some of the complications that can arise from the surgery I doubt many people will be interested but who knows The reddit community is largeSomeone said Pics or it didnt happen The best I can do until I get that BitPim working is thishttpimgurcomt0x1djpgMy father took that while I was sleeping after they brought me into my recovery room | Can we see some pictures I have a pectus excavatum and I am always wondering what I could expect from surgery |
Hey rfavorsSo Im looking to do a small project with the intent of helping blindvisually impaired people better browse but the trouble is that honestly I dont even really know how you guys browse the web to begin with Ive studied section 508 and write semantic code but in truth I dont know how it effects how you browse in a real senseA 35 minute screencast of you just browsing the web on your favorite sites reddit facebook etc would be hugely helpful to see what I should build toAny takers Thanks in advanceEDIT Request granted Huge thanks tsp3 | Blind redditer here on windows I have nothing better to do but dont know how to start screencasting What app can I use and where can I upload the file after its complete If you have access to IRC message tsp on freenode and we can do this together Im not sure what my screen readers will do on screen but its worth a shot |
A bit of background I am 21 I recently finished uni and have started working full time I am also doing a masters at night This means I leave the house at 530 and get in at 1100 most days I work in a bank thus the hours I have always been a fairly slight person but going from doing about an hour and a halves walking and running 35 miles a day to sitting infront of a screen all day and never havign time to eat a decent meal has resulted in me getting a bit overweight and very out of shapeI have now managed to get my diet back to something fairly healthy and have started doing a bit of excercise each day and a run at weekendsWhat I was really wondering is if people could give me a few hints and tips on what excercises can be done in a 15 minute window each morning and 2 longer weekend slots It would be great if people had suggestions of things that might improve my general wellbeing and give me a bit of energy but the key issue for me at the moment is losing a bit of weight and building back up some muscleAs it stands I am basicly doing a few sets of squats sit ups and some basic stuff with weightsIf this isnt the place just let me know but any help would be really appreciatedEdit Id just like to say a really big thanks to everyone who has suggested stuff this is why I love reddit Thanks a real lot | Well it goes without saying that youre not making health a priority Being out of the house without any real breaks to take care of yourself for 18 hours a day will really hurt you in the long run Bear that in mindAs for your question I would consider Tabata sets to hit major muscle groups To save you a google thats 20 seconds of max effort 10 seconds of rest repeat eight times Four minutes total 8x30s You could do a full tabata session for each in 12 minutes air squats pushups and pullups Max effort literally means max effort you should be squeezing out absolutely as many reps as you can in 20 seconds keep the lowestrep set as a score and try to improve it next time That intensity does mean you can overwork yourself if you arent conscious of your body take it easy for the first couple weeks and cut down from eight 30 second sets to four or six Another way to scale down is by partitioning four sets of each squats push pulls then start over at squats for the second half more time to recover within the workout for each muscle group Dont do this kind of work every day one or two rest days between sessions is appropriate take those rest days for a relaxed jog or walk and enjoy the outdoors as much as you can or just stretch out The intensity of this kind of workout is equivalent to a combination of heavy lifting and sprinting it will take a lot out of you but give a lot back while requiring very little time Can you use your own power to get between workhomeschool Sometimes its easier get more exercise during the day than to set time aside for a workout Parking or using a bus stop thats a mile or so from your destination is an easy way to squeeze in some exercise and it will only take 1015 minutes to cover |
There seem to be at least two ways of thinking about a sentence that is uttered with a category error in it eg The number seven is blue On the one hand the utterance fails to express a proposition propositions cant be a mishmash of categories On the other hand the utterance expresses a proposition but a false one and a particular subset of the false ones namely those that are committing category errors After a long hard debate about which of these two positions is right I stopped caring because I couldnt see what was at stake Care to make someone care again | Id say that it fails to express a proposition One thing it hangs on is a difference between two conceptions of what a proposition is If you identify propositions primarily in terms of mental statesthe form your thought takesthen it might look more like theres something being thought some proposition when you entertain a sentence like The number seven is blueIf instead you think of propositions as something like ways the world might be which are then grasped in thought you have a reason for saying that the sentence expresses no proposition because theres no proposition for it to expressThe latter view does put you in the tricky position of having to say that someone can think theyre thinking something when they really arent but that position has been embraced by many thinkers following the 1970s work on direct reference Mainly with regard to singular terms but the position can naturally be extended to other thoughts The tension can perhaps be lessened by keeping in mind the difference between a thinkingthe mental eventand a thoughtthe fact or possibilityand reserving the word proposition for the latterOn the other hand this view makes it easier to say that what you have in mind when you know something really is just how thing are In a passage McDowell likes to quote from Wittgenstein When we say and mean that suchandsuch is the case weand our thoughtdo not stop anywhere short of the factNote that the more banal kind of category mistake a grammatical one like The seven are number pretty unambiguusly doesnt express a proposition If you think theres a connection between the grammatical and metaphysical categories thats also a bit of prima facie evidenceAside Your example might raise some difficulties in cases of synaesthesia but I think theyd be red herrings |
I sent an email to my team stating that Ill use this an excuse to no longer support IE6 If Germany and France warn their citizens against IE thats good enough for me to take a breakfrom IE6 at least | No thishttpwwwredditcomtbaj1vs is the excuse I use Microsoft has dropped IE6 support in their own SharePoint webbased product Until the market share for IE6 decreases I will continue to support it It is a pain in the ass and makes development take so much longer but you still need to cater for the users who are still using it I think most home users have upgraded but there are a lot of companies still running XP with IE6 When we upgraded our 300 PCs to IE7 and then IE8 we had to make a lot of significant changes to out Intranet to make it render properly A lot of companies dont have the timeskill sets to do this thus stick with IE6 No Im using the fact the IE is a steaming pile of shit as an excuse to stop supporting itActually I never started supporting it so I couldnt have stopped |
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I spent it on the Sunshine coast with Alphabeat and a circle of friends and partners It involved getting blind drunk on a mates rooftop in Maroochydore dancing to 90s pop music Followed by being bashed in the surf by 2m waves Good times | I went to a house party in West End We missed midnight met some knew people had some friendly debates and had a generally lovely time We left as the sun was rising and was wandering homeward when I heard some sweet piano music Listened for a bit friends were about ready to continue on so I headed up their verandah and poked my head in Three minutes later Im sitting on their couch sipping goon and talking Stayed there another hour then headed home Stole some mangoes from a tree on my street wrote a message to my housemate on toilet paper and fell asleepPretty good times all around Drinking beer and playing call of duty modern warfare 2 with some long lost mates whilst listening to awesome music cant complain although its not much difference to any other night |
Heres the thing I enjoyed Devil May Cry 4 but never completed it got up to the point spoilers where you trade Nero for Dante then kind of lost interestThis in mind is there anything for me to like about Bayonetta | If you like playing games where you pretty much never stop screaming holy shit or what the fuck then pick it up without hesitation The action is so frenetic that to an outsider observer it seems like total chaos but the controls are so tight and responsive you can actually make these absurd things happen on purpose Its basically a combination of Viewtiful Joe Devil May Cry and God Hand which makes sense because its from the director of all threeEdit upon further inspection Shinji Mikami directed God Hand but its still the same dev company Platinum Games formerly Clover so it borrows a lot of gameplay ideas and Personality from it Its awesome and this is the kind of game that is getting high reviews because it is good not because it is hyped In fact it will likely receive considerable backlash around here because of its rather overthetop Japanese styling Im not an action game fan at all I hate God of War but this one is dead on It oozes style the combat is supersatisfying and it is actually quite long Im at 9 hours and only about halfway through |
Im sure everyone can remember when they bought that one album that really made them love music For me it was Green Days American Idiot I was only 13 17 now when I got it but I remember just sitting on the floor listening to it until eventually I would fall asleep I loved everything about it and it made me want to find more music that was more meaningful than Yo shorty its your birthday I now have a fairly large collection of music from a few different genres I dont think I would have ever sought out the rest of my music if it werent for hearing that albumI know that everyone has their own taste in music Can we just keep this from becoming a fight about goodbad music | Nevermind NirvanaEvil Empire Rage Against The MachineNot really one album but I did buy them together and theyve basically shaped a huge part of who I am today as a result into hiphop rock altindie etc trendrant Im gonna have to say Battle of Los Angeles by Rage Against the Machine Im sure there were ones before it but thats the oldest one I remember right now fIREHOSEhttpallmusiccomcgamgdllpamgampsql10jiftxqy5ldje Ragin FullOn I bought it at the SST store in Hollywood the guy running the store was wearing a dress that day I was 14 Im 30 now this record is still the shit Pink Floyd The Wall I bought it becasue I it seemed cool at the time Holy shit that was amazing I imediatly put down that shitty nu metal and downloaded some Beatles Stones Black Sabbath and of course Dark Side Of The Moon Pavements Slanted and EnchantedTook 3 listens and I was head over heels in love with this album |
I have thought about this before and was wondering if someone could give me a definitive answer Hypothetically say you have a chain with no weak points at all The entire chain is structurally sound to the atomic level no point on the chain is stronger or weaker than any other point What would happen if you applied enough force to the chain that it reached its breaking point Would this cause chain to completely disintegrate because no one point is breaking instead the whole chain is failing Edit The chain is being stretched from both ends to its breaking point There are no fluctuations from outside forces such as temperature gravity etc | Its physically impossible for the chain to be entirely homogeneous along its entire length At the very least Brownian motion would cause fluctuations in one spot Furthermore as others have pointed out the very structure of a chain introduces irregularities But lets assume you were somehow able to make some sort of BoseEinstein condensate or something that really did consist entirely of motionless regularly spaced identical molecules In that case then yes each bond would stretch identically and break at the same time causing the entire body to essentially turn to dust But again thats essentially impossible it would never happen Physics major here Metal is held to metal through metallic bondinghttpenwikipediaorgwikiMetallicbond which involves the sharing of electrons The positions and forces exerted by electrons are governed by quantum mechanical effects which are random regardless of external factors So Id think that itd break down at a random placeBy the way if you want to free the chain from thermal effects youd have to cool it down to absolute zero which would be disturbed because stretching the chain would generate heat Just puttin that out there |
I just watched the following videos and started thinking httpwwwvbstvnlwatchtheviceguidetotravelviceguidetonorthkorea1of3 httpwwwvbstvnlwatchtheviceguidetotravelviceguidetonorthkorea2of3 httpwwwvbstvnlwatchtheviceguidetotravelviceguidetonorthkorea3of3Are there any videos or interviews out there of people who have escaped or somehow visited the western world eg some modern city in the Europe or the United States and showing their first response to this Especially when they are confronted with the facts of the real world compared to what they have been taughtIm very curious about thisEditThank for the comments so far no videos yet But I have hope | When my friends relatives arrived in the US from Communist Hungary they would all just stand in the produce aisle at the grocery store agog They werent from North Korea but I once entertained two teenagers at my home in Seattle who were from BFN Alaska and grew up with no electricity running water etc These guys were so poor that they were put on to the government road kill list which meant that if someone ran over a bear their family would get the meat They were somehow sponsored by family friends I think to spend a summer in the lower48 My family took them in for the first leg of their trip The looks on their faces when they saw the freeway was worth 10000 lbs in frozen moose meat You saw how hard it was for them to get INTO north korea Its very rare to see North Koreans outside of North Korea most of them would be refugees to other asian countries and a video of their reaction to western culture is like trying to catch mewtwo with just a pokeball Unheard of I heard a story one time that one of the diplomats from N Korea came here to visit or something and as he was being escorted through the city he was amazed by all the cars lining the streets But he stopped at this thought and remarked to his US envoy what a trick it was to put all of the cities cars on one street I was actually in North Korea back in August and if youre curious I did an AMAhttpwwwredditcomrIAmAcomments9lzuwijustgotbackfromnorthkoreaama about the experience not too long after Feel free to ask about anything that isnt covered thereI really would have a hard time however speculating on what one of them would think upon experiencing the Western world given that Ive never spoken with anybody with that kind of background I do remember reading that a lot of North Koreans have formed a warped vision of South Korea through smuggled South Korean soap operas that everybody is rich and nobody has to work very hard and so when they arrive in the South theyre shocked that life is actually difficult Ive heard roughly similar things about people who immigrate to AmericaAn interesting book to check out is Aquariums of Pyongyang about someone who escaped from the North to the South My wife has friends from work who are from North Korea They all live together in Northampton MA They escaped across the Yalu river in the north and traveled from there to Argentina where they learned Spanish and got citizenship The family emigrated to the US in the 1990sThey look and talk just like any other Korean I know and care about face the same way The father owns a 2005 Lexus but only drives it to church Every other day it sits under a cover in the garage I read a book about a Soviet Mig pilot that defected I think this was in the 1970s When he first gets to the United States he tells the CIA guys he wants to go to a real grocery store Not the government ones they keep taking him too He could not grasp the concept of normal people going to a grocery store filled with meat and fruit and vegetables all at the same time You might be interested in the book Tears of My Soul by Hyun Hee Kim She was the North Korean spy who helped blow up a Korean Airlines flight 585 in 1987 She was caught and sentenced to death in South Korea and then pardoned She wrote Tears of My Soul after that in it she talks about her life in NK training as a spy and her impressions of the Western world and South Korea when being confronted with it Well worth readingAmazon link httpwwwamazoncomTearsSoulHyunHeeKimdp0688128335refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264467525ampsr11Wiki on her httpenwikipediaorgwikiKimHyonHui I dont get it The North Koreans are angry at these guys for filming but they do not confiscate the cameras or the memory cards WhyThe rules must be a gray area or they would enforce them more consistently it is not as if the American guys are trying to be discrete about it This is a carefully controlled guided tour and other western journalists have been on it so they are only filming what North Korea wanted them to seeAlso a lot of effort is put into the tea shop restaurants karaoke bar etc and it is just these two guys for most of the tour What is the North Koreans motivation in doing this Do they make money from the tourists mostly Chinese I imagine or do they think this is a worthwhile propaganda exercise There is a fantastic documentary called the game of their lives about the north Korean football team at the 1966 world cup in england Not from NK but I met a guy living in Tanzania as a mountain tour guideThe company he works for gives a trip to their HQ in Boston as a thankyou for their work Everything is coveredI guess I wouldve thought that he would be amazed but instead he said he was quite fearful of being killed thought everything was too bloody expensive and couldnt wait to go back home Rofl I remember seeing that documentary North Korea is truly the most depressing place on Earth The funniest thing was how badly they tried to make it look like they are not pathetic Man I watched the Vice North Korea videos myself last night It was heartbreaking to see those peoples desperation |
Have you ever bought a side of beef whole half etc from a grass only farm How was the experience Was the taste exceptional Did it last a while Was it worth the money | We did this growing up quite a bit because my parents invested in an organic farm They cut it for us but you have to have a deep freeze or an incredible amount of space in your regular freezer to store it all Also youll REALLY get sick of beef Make sure you do a very thorough job of wrapping everything to prevent freezer burn My family buys their beef from a friend who raises cattle so usually its already cut into pieces They are grainfed freerange cattle and its excellent meat |
Hear me out before downvoting just because Robert Downey Jr is a baddassIn the books Holmes would come to a conclusion by looking at all the evidence drawing conclusions that were not necessarily true and then testing them usually by means of an ingenious and extremely complex plan that Watson was often ignorant of until the end After the climax his assumptions premises were proven true through his elaborate experimentscheme ie Hound of the Baskervilles That is the Sherlock Holmes I know and loveIn the film Holmes uses inductive reasoning to come to nearly every conclusion He draws wild conclusions from circumstantial evidence or potentially fallacious reasoning Without giving away too many details he uses a predictive fighting style when bareknuckle boxing He makes assumptions about unpredictable events mostly his opponents reactions to plan a series of moves that in all examples in the film work flawlessly without onthefly modification I have to admit that I enjoyed the firstperson commentary from Holmes thought process during his fights However the idea that he was a borderline precog wasnt just artistically unrealistic like the original stories it was downright sillyDespite all this I enjoyed almost every second of the movie Now flame awayEDIT 1 Holmes was a bareknuckle boxer swordfighter and bartitsu experthttpenwikipediaorgwikiSherlockHolmesWeaponsandmartialarts | On a side noteI liked the movie but I must admit that I was sorely disappointed by one factor I every mystery story I expect to be given all of the necessary information to solve it myself before the end To me it is a vital component to any story of this genre This movie obviously didnt get that memo and it ruined what could have been an excellent movie in my opinion I feel that while Guy Ritchie didnt stay completely true to the source material he was within an acceptable range of artistic liberty Holmes skills are just as good In the film his methods are slightly different in that he uses both deductive and inductive reasoning I felt that this gave it a bit of a new edge And we have to remember this isnt a Sherlock Holmes book turned into a movie This is a new original story You can take these artistic liberties He makes assumptions about unpredictable events mostly his opponents reactionsBzzzt Many real martial arts employ a study of an opponents reaction While you cant be 100 sure of someones reaction you can know that if you hit someone in the jaw from a particular angle that their head will tilt back pretty much the same way every time From this you can plan the next most effective action to take Kung fu San Soo is a good exampleThat aside I pretty well agree with you on his change of reasoning styles and this is why I was hesitant to see the movie I enjoyed the film but there were definitely some changes to the base of the Holmes character Agreed I read every single story waaaay back in high school Most more than once Yes I enjoyed the movie but felt that the character as portrayed wasnt very loyal to the stories THANK YOU Same reaction here despite Downeys abundant awesomenesscharisma and the fact I would probably enjoy watching him read from the dictionaryStill waiting for the RockNRolla sequel Get Downey in that and I just may asplode I was only really annoyed at the end when they are on the tower bridge after having come directly from Westminster presumably running the whole time Thats a hell of a ways to go You couldnt even see Westminster in the background of the scene They implied that the tower bridge was right there beside the palace As someone who has long loved Sherlock Holmes read all the stories at least twice I kind of wish that Richie had just invented a new character to jump out of exploding windows and get tied to bedframes rather than hijacking Holmes I dont object to film versions of classical literary characters as such but this film watching it was like seeing a biographical film about Teddy Roosevelt but his arm has been replaced with a shock cannon Yes its awesome but theres an established dataset regarding Teddy Roosevelt and shock cannons arent in itI had to go watch an assload of Jeremy Bretts Holmes to get Robert Downey Jrs out of my head |
Yup its me again Second time in a week sorry Already posted something similar some days ago but I kinda need you again Short story I quit my computer science studies to apply for design school Im 20 right now Only a sixth of all students applying for design school get in I want to be one of those My parents are kinda pissed that I quit my current studies and dont believe that Ill make it into design school They constantly tell me I have no idea what design is that the stuff I do is just some random doodling and anyone could have done it They are basically telling me its crap Whatever So I dont really care what my parents think of my work but Id like to have some independent people telling me wheter the kind of thing I do is just random doodling or a little more When I apply for design school Zurich University of the Arts Ill have to hand in a portfolio which will contain a lot more than what Ill show here pencil sketches and the like but if you just could give me a short review on the few works below that would be greatPortfolio will contain the following illustrations typography webdesign logodesign corporate brandingHere are some of my works omn flickr Typography httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartnersets72157622969113035 I dont like the Make SoundFont though a few vector illustrations httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartnersets72157623093748294 Very few webdesign screens httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartnersets72157622969109979 Some logos httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartnersets72157623129250486Okey sorry for the long post Im a little desperate Were on the internets so sincere feedback should not be a problem I can handle critique quite well I just start to doubt the value of my work if Im constatly told its all crap by my parents If you have some suggestions how to make the stuff better Id love to hear that too and if youre working as a designer or something similar that would be interesting to know Thanks Reddit Edit I uploaded the first page of the portfolio as some comments were about the design of the portfolio Here you go httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartner4240015566 Edit 2 I uploaded some logos to flickr Didnt add descriptions yet though httpwwwflickrcomphotosrobertbaumgartnersets72157623129250486 | Your parents are idiots Sorry They are bad judges of design and frankly with their discouraging words bad parentsGo for it its not crap but its definitely young inexperienced it looks like you have a start but you need to develop it practice its the little things that make a great design the gradient or shadow in the right place the supplimental colors that bring out the design you look like you have a good eye for positioning layout that kind of thing but you need to work on the details right now these just look a little flat a little plainedit added last sentenceedit 2 be careful not to overdo it though its a fine line between doing it right and added too much Not crap at allI was applying to AIA on lower quality work and was accepted I didnt go due to costs involved but I am sure you could get in Also this is your work before formal training imagine what it will be like in four years when you complete the programme The TLDR version Go for it but make sure you know what you are getting intoBack in the day I quit CS and after a few years of screwing around went back to school for design I did industrial design and not graphics designHere are some thoughts If you go to Stanford MIT insert good school and get a CS degree you probably wont have too much difficulty getting a job interview so thats one hurdle you just skipped Of course you still need to be competent and survive the interview Getting a design degree on the other hand is all about your portfolio Mediocre portfolio No interview They dont care where you went to school or how hard you worked If your work is mediocre you dont get the time of day People tend to have this idea of art schools being a very relaxed place All Im gonna say is that design school is A LOT OF WORK but in a good way You have to work your ass off Mediocre engineers are engineers Mediocre designers are flipping burgers As a designer there is a small part of you that you either got it or dont Call it talent or insight or creativity or whatever Unlike the technical skills it cant really be learned Now you can still be a designer if you dont have it but it would sure make your life easier if you do Compared to good software engineers good designers make shit On top of that of all the design fields graphic designers makes the least Unless you are one really fucking good a good bit of luck youll never get rich doing design You do it because you love it I just made an account so I could respond to this postYes you should definitely apply Im a fourth year student in a reputable design program in the US and my work was arguably not as strong as yours perhaps comparable were all our own biggest critics Anyways my program is even more selective than yours only 5 of applicants are acceptedAnyways your stuff aint bad I think my main advice to you would be to work more on establishing your own style This doesnt have to be a certain aesthetic that you make every piece inthat actually isnt a great idea until you get famous enough to have serious name recognition You and some of the commenters here worry me a bit because it seems like you all look up to whatever is currently trendy And its okay to do that a bit but dont forget design history Smashingmagazine is NOT respectable All that stuff is just mindless parrotingRead Meggs History of Graphic Design Do your own research into stuff you like from years past and let that influence your work Keep a file of stuff that inspires you and ideas that come to you Find stuff you like and figure out why you like it then do thatLast thing design is accessible enough that everyone thinks theyre a designer I dont know if your parents have any special credentials but Ill assume that they like various freelance clients I have had dont This wont stop them from telling you their opinion Just remember that youre the professionalonly take advice from people who pay you or whose work you like better than your own Im not a designer myself but do work in the multimedia field I think your stuff looks rough but ok and Id personally be a little surprised if it wasnt good enough to at least get accepted to design school Of course it depends on how strict the school is but youve definitely got some talent there to work with If you love it DO IT It is the only way to get better wwwconceptartorgYou have some potential Devote time to it get some experience and prove them wrong They are rather plain for my taste but I wouldnt say they were shit Its not really a style that appeals to me either but thats not to say that it may not appeal to others But the pop artretro thing probably wont be that commercially viable for much longer anyway I would thinkAt the end of the day if thats your style and you like it and you can sell it as well youre winning To that end though I would say that a bit more detailoriginality wouldnt go astray Experiment with blending styles You have an aesthetic appreciation that shows in your work You actually do some work so thats good too I didnt see a consistent theme to the photography other than hey that looks neat but the compositions were goodThe important bits are you have an aesthetic sense and you use it The rest will come with practice and study Your parents dont understand it but if they arent lost souls they will come around It might take a couple decades though this isnt crap Youre working on this in your own time youre not doing it just for school or paid work which shows you not only have any interest to do it but a passion to work harder to further your skills If you show your motivation plus your work the typography is fantastic I see you having no problem getting in How good you are is irrelevant Yeah some people are inherently better than others at art but those people are cocky and have a poor work ethic Design school exists to teach The most technical of technical schools spends quite a bit of time teaching what many think is unteachable in attempts to foster students with an artistic eye It definitely can be learned whether or not you have aneyeThis is from my experience as a secondyear photography major I am not qualified to comment on your work except as an average person I generally find those outside of my own field able to give a constructive critique because pretty pictures are to them the most important thingI say go for it When I visited the school I am currently attending very technical school not known for artsyness they said knowing little was preferable to knowing a lot clean slate etc etc but the hidden message was that those who come into it with more knowledge tend to be cocky and think that they know everything already The truth is that basic education in any art field rapidly levels the playing field regardless of experienceEdit Im going to corroborate the people saying this type of schooling involves a huge workload Honestly there ARE kids who get through it doing nothing giving these majors the slacker image but anyone who is driven will be absolutely loaded down with workThe difference is that you will enjoy far more of what you are doing than many other majors I would not trade places with my Mech Engineering friend for anything 12 straight hours of studio work is far more appealing to me than 4 straight hours of calculus You need more process work Show what you are thinking why you do what you are doing Random doodling is good excellent for free association and flexibility but design is a very lucid process of problem solving with the creative aspect that makes the solution new Im a design professor at a major US art college When seeing portfolios what sticks out are two things creativity of course and a brain that shows this creativity isnt just lucky ie is really working out a solution LEFT and RIGHT brain Hope that helps And dont just imitate the successful PUSH IT When I see someone who is pushing to somewhere new even if clumsily he or she is IN they have the mojo Guts are Gold Youre much more talented driven and further along than I am and Im an aspiring designer Stick with it and follow your passion Your parents will come around once they see you succeed Then you can shove it in their faces I think that you should never use I think at the start of a sentence of something that you want to be taken seriously I am a 4th year New Media design student here is my take on your work and some friendly advice1 Your vector illustrations are fine but they are not just looking for vector illustrations in a portfolio They want want to see your versatility across other mediums your creativity and your attention to detail You should no not should you NEED to have at least 34 hand drawings non manga drawings from observation still life human figure etc All good design work starts off organically ie with pencil and paper They want to see that you have this skill and are not just tracing vectors from photos2 You should have 1215 GOOD pieces that represent your skill and creativity across multiple mediums A couple vectors a couple typography pieces 34 illustrations and then a few mixed media painting charcoal etc3 You never know until you try Apply for a couple different schools Find out when their portfolio days are and bring in your portfolio These days are kind of a get your feet wet experience It will give you a chance to talk to some profs and get some feedback on what is good and where you could improve for your final portfolio submission Take advantage of this opportunity4 Parents and friends are VERY bad judges of design Why Well first of all they will almost always tell you it looks good because they dont want to hurt you feelings and second because they dont know what makes a design good or bad in the first place If you want a true crit on your design work ask fellow designers5 I had a shit portfolio when I decided I wanted to go to design school So instead I went to Junior college for 2 years My local Junior college had a basic graphic design program that helped me build a solid portfolio to submit to design school I left with a 2 year degree and got into a 4 year design school with it If you think you might need the extra time and resources to get yours together you might want to take a look at a Junior college program first as well Nice thing about it about half of your program transfers in and you will be able to complete your bachelors of design in 23 yearsGood luck Your typography is weak and clumsy But if you want to be a designer dont pay attention to your parents Go for it Along the way figure out why your work sucks and improve it Disregard anyone who says you cant get better The first step to getting better is recognizing that you suck I am not even going to look at your work because what anyone of us say about your work is not important I will however say this if this is the type of work you enjoy then by all means pursue it it You can only get better and better at it Since it is something you enjoy you will always be learning you will always be happy doing the work you get and you will be on he right track to be a happy healthy and maybe even a wealthy person There is no such thing as talent only a fervor for practice Definitely not crap manyou may not be qualified to be the lead designer for apple just yet but I dont think you should give up and say screw it I like the colors you chose One thing I noticed was you have no layouts with type Brochures full page ad etc I understand its predesign school but I would be interested in how you design a business card letterhead ad logo and etc Show variety not to show you can do it but to show range with what you have now I like the colors and handskills I wish you luck I havent even looked at it but youre fine for school School is there for you to learn not to already know anything If you were great at it youd already have a career the fact that you have desire and dedication is all you need for more education Fuck your folks and move on with what you actually want be your own person on this one Well quitting CS before getting accepted into design school was perhaps a bit rash but remember you can always go back read this book Understanding DesignhttpwwwamazoncomUnderstandingDesignReflectionsBeingDesignerdp158423265X by Kees Dorsthttpwwwcoroflotcom has heaps of portfolios from design students and graduates Id recommend having a look through some of them and then well basically just remaking the ones you like the best Beginning to learn to design you are a beginner remember is really just about learning the basic rules by copying those whove done it before you Being new and special and cutting edge and innovative comes later so dont worry about it for nowImmature poets imitate mature poets steal bad poets deface what they take and good poets make it into something better or at least something different TS Eliot Listening to your parents is always a bad idea Parents always want what is safe for their children even to the point where they will ironically harm their kid in some way to try to keep him safe Their opinion of your art is nothing more than evolution screaming in their heads ignore it Preface I know absolutely nothing about design theoryI think youre stuff is ok Theres a difference between messing with ideas and designs and doing this fulltime which is going to be more work and more integrative of the whole field Id test yourself first to make sure your heart and soul is in this HowFind a local nonprofit with a bad websitelogomarketing and design brand new stuff for them for free If you enjoy that youre good to goEDIT Oh also your work isnt crap at all and your parents should shove it My live in boyfriend is a talented designer and iv been pretty exposed to good design I think you are very good for a hobbyist and you should go for it Designers are always in hot demand and it would be a great career choice for you Not bad at allkeep at it Never listen to anyone that tells you differently than that little voice in your headheart As a professional motion graphics designer I have some advice for you I dont know how far you got in your CS major but there is a high premium and demand for those designers that can do some coding actionscript 3d scripts after effects coding automations scripts etc I dont know if you had any love for CS but it would be wise to apply what you learned there into your design skills The commercial art field has many branches now and there is a good chance there will be more jobs that didnt exists when you started that will be there when you graduate Keep an open mind and soak up as much as you can while you can Feel free to pm me if you want to ask me anythingHaving said all that if you have dreams of being filthy rich quit right now and get back to CS full time As Ive never looked into design school I have no clue what they are looking for but I will give my artistic opinion on your workI think you have some talent its certainly better than my work but you currently lack flair and feeling in your work You dont seem to have a style that I can pick out to your work other than minimalism I think you need to work some more and develop this style in order for your work to really shine and convey your messageTechnically your work is quite appealing but as it stands Im not sure if you will get into design school with just that I think you should apply and see what happens while fully understanding that you may not get in right now With an extra year of experience and developing a style I think you have an excellent chance if you applied againGood Luck Your stuff looks fine to me for someone applying to design schoolI know designers who dont have your chops Go for it Heres what has been the most helpful to me Its a quote from some guy named Ian Ybarras blog I learned a long time ago that you cant care what they think of what youre trying to do because they wont understand even if you make it happen You cant do something just so people will tell your story the way you want it told If you want your told right youll have to tell it yourself And youll only like to tell that story if its about you doing something you love gt They constantly tell me I have no idea what design is that the stuff I do is just some random doodling and anyone could have done itYour parents are being insensitive and dont know what the fuck they are talking about Your work is good Not great but thats just because you dont have much experience I think applying to artdesign school could be one of the most important and good decisions in your life Im not an expert but I think you got the talent it may need shaping but thats why people go to school Keep working and believe in yourself ps By the way your parent reaction is normal dont expect them to understand you for changing from a scientific carrier to some artistic nonsense carrier Thats how old people think but with the time they will accept it You should have no problems getting onto a design course if you expand your portfolio a school is looking for potential not a polished graphic designers finished work they will teach you how to do that Your parents are talking about a different type of design remember everything manmade is designed hence some confusion seek out like minded peers for support Be aware that the reasons for your parents disliking your work so far could be because they are anxious about your futureFind out where you want to study amp pick 2 alternatives then find out the entry requirements you could even talk to a lecturer they are often very approachable You may be surprised about what they need so it is worth doing If you do this now you will have time to prepare amp diversify your portfolio Hand drawing skills are always valuable as well as photography I assume you know about design sites on the web check these out if notIf you have the possibility to work for a design officedesigner that would help you immensly Ask around for part time positions say you will do it for low wagefree in order to gain incredibly valuable experience I cant stress how much that counts for on many different levelsGood luck So Im 45 and I listened to my parents and got an engineering degree instead of pursuing a career in music Im just now working on my first album and I regret not following my dream when I was youngerFuck your parents its your life do what you love Set yourself a goal for your design career say maybe you want to be self sustaining by the age of 25 If you cant make a go of it by then you have plenty of time to do something elseAt least youll have no regrets Sometimes parents who are not creative people dont get it when their kids move in a creative direction I am a musician who received a lot of resistance from my parents when I went to study music In the end their discouragement slowed me down and created a strain on our relationship I say go for it Your designs are great I especially love the typography One way to get your parents on board could be to show them that there is a market for designers get a freelance job internship or introduce them to a pro designer Do probono work for a nonprofit Anything that will show them that this is a legitimate career path Whatever you do dont let them or anyone else discourage you I think your stuff is pretty good good luck with your endeavoursThat said Zurich University of the Arts huh Greetings from Basel Youre design work is very impressive for someone your age Nows the time to chase after what you want Dont let parents or even teachers dissuade you You cant live for anyone but yourself Good luck Just a quick look there is obvious talent heredont know if youll be great but definitely good enough to be good and very good Good enough to make a good living at it if you have enough business senseGood enough that aside from picking up new techniques from normal study the major barrier has to do with inspiration and attitudesYour first rule should be to Flourish and Prosperand to Heck with the criticsHeck is a low class low rent version of Hell distinguished by lots of soap operas and really bad taste and not enough budget to do the whole Hell thing really righteditThis article is for musicians but there are a number of points that are valid for Visual artistshttpwwwdannybarnescombloghowmakelivingplayingmusicSnippet adjust for the visual arts as neededgt e if you are going into a deal with any entity seek two thingsgt 1 the arrangement must be winwin winlose is ultimately loselose avoid thatgt 2 make an agreement that either one of you can walk away at any time and everything is coolgt f keep working on your art keep taking lessons and studying and working this is the main art strategy research learn study experiment develop editgt g dont be afraid to do other things to make money in the short term this can be a very rewarding experience gt historically musicians have been barbers and bartenders and all kinds of stuff to make ends meet this is totally fine dont worry about it its cool do what you need to do waiting tables will give you lots of stuff to write songs about i used to call myself the king of the part time job because i could get up out of my chair at any time and go get a job of some sort not that it would be the greatest job of course but i could go and get something going ive cleaned pools painted apartments done maintenance work taught music worked in a factory threw newspapers drove a delivery truck cooked all kinds of stuff and none of it killed me through it all i was able to keep practicing and writing music and studying what i was doing bills hey no problem go flip a few burgers and i can pay that and get back to playing the banjo get a job in a dance band whatever i have to do just live within your means and you can avoid so many hassles hassles interrupt your practice routinegt h keep your art the main focus it isnt about you its about your art do whats good for your art and dont draw attention to yourself as much as the art if your main focus is on the art waiting tables is no big deal because you are doing it to support your art if your main focus is you you are not going to like waiting tables you will feel like you are way too good for thatgt i avoid the performance mentality gt i know this sounds ridiculous in a performance based industry but think about this gt here is a recipe for disastergt my value my performance other peoples opinionsgt the reason why is that someday you are going to have an off day andor someone is going to criticize you if you put your value in the world like that you are going to have a bad time of it i speak from experience i only learned this at the age of 46 finding my true value fixed this for me write me if you want to know what it is but establish your value outside of how well you did on the gig and what the papers said about you gtotherwise you are going to be miserable and you are going to make everyone else miserable somedays you play better than others this doesnt make you a great person somedays you make lots of errors this doesnt make you a bad person |
Without major systemic change the winnertakeall system we currently have will always marginalize 3rd parties because people dont want to vote for a spoiler and Naderize the lesser of the two main evilsHow will we get around this | Heres an email exchange I had a few years agoDr NiskanenIm a bad economist my degree is in classical studies but Ive found myself paying more and more attention to the field lately particularly in its relation to public policy Most recently Ive read U of Chicagos Dr Levitts Freakonomics and Dr Greenspans The Age of Turbulence The latter particularly the bit about how campaign promises almost by definition make for very bad economic policy coupled with a headline in the humor paper The Onion Americans Announce Theyre Dropping Out of Presidential Race prompted me to think of your Case for Divided Governmenthttpwwwcatoorgpubdisplayphppubid3088 Ive long thought that divided government made the most sense from a theoretical standpoint checks and balances are a good thing and there seems to be substantial analytical evidence to support the stance as wellBottom line with a field of candidates in both parties that we can probably safely assume are lying could the American people be ready to vote for procedure over personality To vote for a configuration of personal and factional interests that might however accidentally do a few things in the countrys interest Perhaps more importantly could enough of the swing vote center be persuaded to divide their vote so that the diehard ends of the political spectrum are thwartedThe question is what is a normal citizen like myself to do Should I try to organize some intellectual and political talent into one of those infamous 527 organizations with the aim of promoting divided government Or should I just give in to the political depression and apathy that seems to grip so much of the country I read yesterday that 20 of NYU students would give up their right to vote for an iPod Touch Id like to make a difference if I can but I begin to doubt that possibility Your advice on this would be invaluable Ive spent entirely too much time trying to learn about political science and as such Im woefully uninformed about the realities of politicsRegardsmarktullygtDont despair The polling data suggest that about 15 percent of the voters are economic conservatives and social liberals who are not now well represented by either major party Let me suggest that you try to organize a political action group to serve this constituency This group would NOT be a party and would NOT run a separate candidate thirdparty candidates generally reduce the votes for the most preferred of the major party candidates The most productive activity of this group would be to meet with the campaign managers of each major party candidate in any election that is expected to be close with a commitment to endorse and support the one candidate in these elections that is closest to the center on both of these policy dimensions For this group to be successful it must be larger than the expected vote difference between the major party candidates and it must be sufficiently cohesive to act in concert At least at the beginning of such a group it would be a waste of time and money to become involved in any election that is not expected to be close even if one of the major party candidates is especially appealing This type of activity could possibly change the direction of American politics but only over timeHave a joyous ThanksgivingBill Niskanen Instantrunoff votinghttpenwikipediaorgwikiInstantrunoffvotingI have no idea how we will manage to get this through the current political duopoly but it must be done |
Ive been on reddit for a long while now as lousyhunter but recently changed accounts due to getting sick of explaining that my username wasnt in reference to hunting or WOW Would it too drastically alter the vibe of the community if people could transfer karma from an old account to the new or would that just spur excessive whoring What about just being able to transfer over your article histories Thoughts | My initial username choice easily traced back to my business ventures While I stand behind what I write and try not to be a jerk I also value being able to speak freely about sensitive issues without worrying about any sort of economic backlash I say give everyone a single chance to change their username Address the buyers remorse without enabling slimy behaviour |
RedditThis is a humanitarian disaster the likes of which may not have ever been seen in the US and rarely anywhere in the world If the reports coming out of Haiti are accurate that hundreds of thousands of people are still so preoccupied with finding food water and shelter that the dead are only very slowly getting retrieved and buried then the worst is yet to comeThis could be Katrina on crack And believe me as someone who evacuated from Katrina watched its progress on the news and moved back to New Orleans in December of that year I am the last person to undersell the devastation that New Orleans still must overcome But lets face facts about HaitiThere was no notice and therefore no evacuation PortauPrince is in a small country with very poor now largely destroyed infrastructure and few points of departure And on top of Haiti already being both woefully underdeveloped and brought as low as any place on earth what were looking at is essentially triage It will take years for Haiti to recover in any sort of substantive way but if we dont do what we can right now then were incrementally allowing human misery to multiply when many among us could sacrifice the meanest of creature comfortsThink about scaling back your plans for this weekend Dig deep Our community holds itself to a high standard and so far we have done a lot of good We should be proud of that But we know a thing or two about a thing or two and we know that we can afford to extend our efforts furtherIf you havent set aside even a little bit of money for a donation please do now And if you have already donated reconsider as I have whether youre able to spare another couple of bucks in the face of such a massive tragedy that were only beginning to addressThe reddit donation page at Direct Relief International can be found herehttpdriconvionetsiteTREventsTributespgfundampfrid1030amppxfid1511ampJServSessionIdr004r7t58phav1app245bThe American Red Crosss Haiti emergency fund donation page can be found herehttpsamericanredcrossorgsiteDonation2idb1439754868ampdfid4437amp4437donationform1ampJServSessionIdr004clz2c46un1app194aDoctors Without Borders Medecins Sans Frontieres has an information page regarding Haiti herehttpwwwmsforgmsfinternationalcountriesamericashaitiindexcfm as well as its general donation page herehttpwwwmsforgmsfinternationaldonationsBen Stiller had been working with Save The Children to build Haitian schools but for the time being hes redirecting money to UN relief efforts herehttpstillerstrongorg | I believe its actually closer to 2104httpwwwwolframalphacominputi2pi104Other than being pedantic thats really really awesome When the appeal came out yesterday Id already given money to Medecins Sans FrontieresWhen I saw how much the rest of reddit had given I had to do my part Very proud to be a redditor right now |
Sadly I havent been to DC since a class trip in 7th grade Im headed there soon and am looking for suggestions for what to do I am really excited about all the free museums but there are soooo many and Ill only be there for 3 days What should I see Whats the best way to spend my short time there Also I would love to take my friends who are hosting me out to dinnersomething wonderful but not too expensive They are foodies so am I but I dont have a lot of money They live in Arlington so places around there would be great tooThanks in advance | The Air and Space museum is one of my favorites If you are really interested in aviation and space exploration its a must see And dont forget about the new addition to the Air and Space Museum They filled a hangar out by Dulles airport with some very large and very famous planes Enola Gay Blackbird Concord Shuttle EnterpriseIf you are an art enthusiast you need to see the National Gallery and National Portrait GalleryA few good NonSmithsonian museums which are not free are the Newseum and the Spy Museum If youre into journalism and reporting the Newseum is a must see Its a museum of news They have newspapers ranging from when we declared independence to when Obama was elected historical newscasts etc I havent made it to the Spy Museum yet but I hear its pretty coolThe Holocaust museum is also interesting if a little depressing The American History museum and Natural History museum are both interesting especially if youre interested in their respective subject matterThe WWII memorial is very nice although its nicer in springsummer The Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials as well as the Washington Monument are other obvious choicesDefinitely Take a tour of the Capitol Buildinghttpwwwvisitthecapitolgov Its truly impressive how much history that building holds You really dont get a sense of how grand it is from just seeing pictures Heres a tip if youve got enough time before your trip write to your Senatorscongressman and request gallery passes so you can watch congress in session Its a bit boring but an interesting experienceAs far as eating that really depends on what you like I havent really eaten much in Arlington but its easy to get downtown from Arlington if youre anywhere near one of its metro stations Downtownthe Capital Breweryhttpwwwcapcitybrewcom is a great local microbrewery 1905httpwww1905dccom is a pretty cool place to eat Lebanese Tavernahttpwwwlebanesetavernacom is also great if you like Lebanese I could really just go on about restaurants down here You might need to be more specific in your query hahaThe Washington Post has a great guidehttpwwwwashingtonpostcomgog for restaurants and bars That might help you find a decent placeIt really just depends on what youre interests are I dont think you can adequately see everything here over a 3day timespan So your best bet is to pick things that relate to your interests Feel free to reply or PM me if youve got some more specific questions Sorry for the long comment I think the most underrated place to go in DC is the botanical garden Right on the mall but people usually give it a miss so its not usually packed Great place you can spend an hour or five and its near a ton of other stuff so you can do others when youre finished While youre here use this sitehttpwwwhappyhourcitycom has some useful info Museums are great and free But do try to spend as much time in them as you can otherwise youll rush yourself and youll miss a lot of the action Theres also the Washington monument again free which is well worth it Take a walk around the WW2 monument and Lincoln Memorial at night they look much better then |
A nonoptimized prime sieve I wrote in Java gets the prime numbers below 20 million in 260ms The best I could get using BayerPrimes from A collection of fast prime number generators in Haskellrhaskellcomments7gbz4acollectionoffastprimenumbergeneratorsin takes 8s for the same taskIs there a way to achieve a significant speedup Or is that inherently impossible in Haskell | Somebody hint hint should benchmark these and make a mark by the fastest onehttphaskellorghaskellwikiPrimenumbers |
All this talk about 3D TVmovies begs the question of 3D porn I predict the first 3D porn film will be Pirates 3D Discuss | Pirates in 3D would shake the industry at its very foundation and would take the porn industry to great new levels besides being a shooin for the annual AVN awardsI believe that Stormy Daniels with her excellent background in path breaking films like Space Nuts and Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre besides of course working in Pirates itself would be best suited for this brave new venture TLDR Itll B awesum |
I used her for weeks before Finding proxies too much a chore Entertainment was the lore Now they blocked it fucking whores Go to the Atheism reddit Make a comment type it send it Now its something I cant do Daytime Reddit I miss youEDIT Made it a list I dont know how to do linebreaks and it was too clustered | Are you in public school or collegeIf youre in public school I have no sympathy because youre not there to fuck aroundIf youre in college well Im sorry that your school is a jerk |
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Dear RedditFor years my lover and I have faced persecution Not just by society at large who have always found our union queer But coworkers friends and family too I speak for me and my love when I thank the supreme court justices deeply for their verdict It is with exhilarating jubilation that I am writing to you I am deeply in love with Taco Bell and Taco Bell loves me backWe met back when I was a senior in High School I had heard of Taco Bell sure I even ate their a few times But it wasnt until my first party with alcohol I say with some shame and trepidation that I finally noticed how beautiful Taco Bell was It took me weeks after that to get up the courage to say something We were shy at first though the spark was clear And after a few casual dates we began seeing each other intimately A few months in and it was I love youWe werent without our problems though The world wasnt used to seeing a man and a corporate subsidiary hold one another with such youthful passion It wasnt their normal and that scared them But we didnt care At first Things became complicated when I popped the question last August I knew that Taco Bell was the one for me and Taco Bell felt the same Government however felt differently We were told that our marriage couldnt be as corporate subsidiaries werent considered individuals I was revolted by the injustice Such blind ignorance and intolerance in the year 2009 Our relationship became strained Ill admit I was at fault I regretted much to my lovers heartbreak ever falling for someone who I could never marry It was unfair I couldnt take itAnd then Justices Kennedy Roberts Alito Scalia and Thomas came along Their ruling that gives corporations the same individual rights as private citizens is a break through of our modern ageSo take solace my friends and do not let discrimination get you down We live in an ever enlightening age An age where a man is free to be fucked by the corporation of his choosing | We can all come out of the closet now Im going to have my favorite corporations name tattood on my forhead so everyone can see |
I have several thousand dollars sitting in the bank that Im sure could be put to better use What is the best way to start investing my money | This is a good question I read the other day that even on ISAs in the UK ill earn fuck all interest so was thinking of investing Where to start A mix of a few high risk commodities some blue chips and emerging markets Is that a good idea and how would i go about doing it |
Please no flaming here My wife is a very beautiful woman and I fault my self for marrying beauty over substance and sound logical principles The issue is that she is very devout and not at all scientifically minded I was willing to put up with this until it came to the issue of our son I never thought far enough ahead to realize that she would insist on indoctrinating him and making him a good christian boy She has already insisted on my church attendance and the attendance of our son and I just dont know what Im going to do on the day he asks me about god I mean I made a promise to myself that I would never lie to him about faith and religion How am I supposed to tell him that everything his mommy believes is just as much crap and fairy dust as the tooth fairy or Santa Im sure my wife would leave me if I did that but I dont know what to tell him without being a hypocrite Any ideasEdit all of you have been very helpful Id like to address a few of the comments I received this is ironic you say she is not scientifically minded when you chose her with your animal instinct instead of logical reasoning hahaI believe that choosing a beautiful wife over a smart homely wife was a very logical choice it increases the chance that i will have good looking child thereby increasing his chances of mating successfully and also having a successful life especially if his looks are combined with my relatively high IQ Thereby insuring that my genetic material is passed on and I in a sense become immortal through my progeny here is my proof httpwwwflickrcomphotos45378920N074170266000told you he was beautiful Also I do have to address something that I hope you will all comment on as well although my attending church could be seen as my tacit approval or belief in god I cant say that it hasnt been beneficial to my career although I majored in chem I work as a radio broadcaster and we live in a very tight knit religious community and the church we attend has the largest congregation going to church has increased my exposure and has also helped me in ad sales My question is this Is it a violation of Atheist ethics to game the system so to speak and let people believe that I am a believer for professional gain I think yes but it is very difficult to risk ones success within a community over a religion that I do not believe in Final Edit In response to the question of whether or not atheists have ethical standards that they should live up to I submit this httpwwwatheistsorgEthicsWithoutGods Also for those who think that I am being disrespectful by calling god crap and fairy dust I just want to say that I would never say this to my wife or son if those terms I DO want to stay married after all Final Final Edit changed opening line I agree that it was somewhat disrespectful to say beauty over brains and that is not the message I wished to convey | Good job not sorting out important life choices beforehand Protip when considering marriage lay out all the dealbreakers before the actual wedding so no one gets hurt Experience I speak from it gt She has already insisted on my church attendance Youve already lost the war here Because you are attending in your kids eyes youre by default a Christian hand in your atheist card remember its not that you actually believe a religion its whether you follow the behavior outwardly Teach him reason teach him HOW to learn teach him the difference between metaphor and myth And when he asks Do you believe in god Dont lie For every hour he spends in church spend 23 hours learning science andor math with him OUTSIDE of a school session Teach him cause and effect Ask him questions and expect him to find the answers Also I think you need to have a serious conversation with your wife about this Also not meaning to be negative but Id be prepared for a divorce Make sure you have a kit shaving clothes sleeping bag a plan legal council and secret some money away with a family member Twenty bucks a month over a couple years will really help out this is ironic you say she is not scientifically minded when you chose her with your animal instinct instead of logical reasoning hahatheres no harm in going to church with your family and theres no need to lie to your son tell him that you dont believe in god but you love his mother and you respect that she finds value in her beliefs just as she respects that you find value in your beliefs and you work together in harmony as a team for the good of each other and your offspring each bringing something different to the family unitthe important thing is that you show your son that you respect his mother you dont need to call her beliefs crap you can simply say that you do not believe those things and he will learn that it is possible to respect a person without needing to agree on everything just like in any marriage Teach your son to think for himself and let the rest be up to himAs for church theres probably a lot of nice people there There is usually goodwill events you can get involved in if worship service is not your thing If its Methodist the pot luck dinners are to die for Edit on a side note I would love to see the idea of segregation between atheists and christians go away Find a Unitarian Universalist church Theyll be extremely welcoming and they are basically just a humanist society There will be plenty of fellow atheists there and your wife can still appreciate some of the spiritual messages Marriage is a matter of compromise Pick a middle ground and if your wife isnt willing to budge then that is her faultI recommend offering her the option to take the child to church every other weekend and after the age of 12 let the kid decide I would recommend not attending with them You dont have to state your stance as mommy believes a lie there are several less insulting ways to approach the issue while remaining true and not undermining the issue of your wifes intelligence Something along the lines of mom believes in things that I think are incorrect probably because her parents told her that they were true and she loves and trusts her parents is perfectly adequate for the job Make it clear that you will not lie about your beliefs while at the same time being clear that you wont use the kids beliefs as a weapon against her if he chooses not to believe in a god gt I mean I made a promise to myself that I would never lie to him about faith and religion Then dont Its up to YOUR WIFE to defend her OWN belief system you just defend yours So when hes asking you about church teach him the scientific method your experiences what you feel how you reached that conclusion When you get the but why does mom tell him that hell have to ask her I think you need to offer details on the particular beliefs of the church The church i grew up in was extremely fundamentalist and as a result crazy and literally asked its members for their entire lives I gave the first 20 years of my life to that church only to find out its teachings were bull shit For this reason i consider attempts to convert people to this type of religion tantamount to attempted murder and successful attempts murderIf your wife goes to a church that is going to ask for your childs life then i think you have a HUGE responsibility to make sure he isnt exposed to it at all until he is at an age where he can think for himself Otherwise i would have to offer my advice on a church by church basis and i think everyone else should too gt My wife is a very beautiful woman and I fault my self for marrying beauty over brains How am I supposed to tell him that everything his mommy believes is just as much crap and fairy dust as the tooth fairy or SantaId say youve got some very big problems and if you dont find a way to sort them out soon theyre going to lead to bigger issues in the future The main one seems to be that you seem to have lost and are probably continuing to lose respect for your wife over your religious differences Thats pretty serious and youre both in danger of turning your son into a battleground over that declining respectThe fact of the matter is that youre likely going to get a mixture of good and truly wretched advice in a thread like this and it wont always be clear which is which Probably the best thing you can do for yourself and your family is get some marriage counseling for you and your wife Deal with a professional You made your bed fuckles now lie in it And here are the problems with your eugenics logicneither IQ nor looks can be said to be truebreedingIQ and looks are probably inferior to other phenotypic traits like social adeptness or EQ for darwinistic purposesyour kid might now become religious which reduces many of adaptive traits perhaps their own kids will one day die of a curable ailment because they pray instead seek a doctor nice work capt darwinover the millennia most or all of your genes will not survive out of sheer attrition due to the mathematical observation the number of lineages increases massively into the past with the opposite effect being true for the future More than anything else random chance will decide if any of your genes survive more than say 50 thousand years Even if some do they hardly have any particular connection to who you are gtI believe that choosing a beautiful wife over a smart homely wife was a very logical choice it increases the chance that i will have good looking child thereby increasing his chances of mating successfully and also having a successful life especially if his looks are combined with my relatively high IQ Thereby insuring that my genetic material is passed on and I in a sense become immortal through my progenyMating successfully doesnt necessitate two attractive individuals Youve got some messedup views especially if this was honestly the logic you used to select your wife More than likely though youre just rationalizing your decisions after the fact which is human nature but not very intellectually honestgtMy question is this Is it a violation of Atheist ethics to game the system so to speak and let people believe that I am a believer for professional gainThere is no such thing as Atheist ethics Atheism is not a belief system Atheists have their own ethics which are wide and varied My individual ethics say that I shouldnt lie about anything What do your ethics say Im just entering this phase myself My wife while not a theist believes in an afterlife When our daughters ask she says I think so rather than there is and I say I dont think so rather than there is not We both stress that nobody is allowed to tell them what to believe even usI have to say that I agree with the other point made by others that your going to church is tacit support of religion Given no other considerations than what you want to do for your own reasons would you still go Tell her youre not going to let her take him to church Put your damn foot down Youre half the partnership you have as much say as she does so throw your damn weight around gtHow am I supposed to tell him that everything his mommy believes is just as much crap and fairy dust as the tooth fairy or Santa Im sure my wife would leave me if I did thatHow much truth is in this Is it the fact that you would tell your sonGod is a concept that some including your mother believe in and some including me dont If this woman would leave you for telling your son this then my friend there is no way out of this conundrum but to shut up or have your wife leave youMy wife wasnt a militant Christian but we did discuss when my boy was 6 months old what sort of religious upbringing he would have At the time she was insistent although not adamant that we should install Christian values upon him from an early age as those are good valuable and virtuous teachings Im paraphrasing and certainly not agreeingSuffice to say that I wasnt onboard with this so I gave her simple terms Me Look Im an atheist We need to compromise I will allow our son to be taken to church provided he isnt taught any Godpassedmorality or biblical history unless it is stressed that those are opinions and myths respectfully Or conversely you may teach those as fact and history but only at home and only if it is stressed that I disagree and hes allowed to ask us both questionsHer But what would be the point thenMe ExactlyHer FineThis was the beginning of a beautiful friendship and some heated arguments followed by crazy angry sex Obviously my wife is not an evangelical nutter otherwise I would have been long divorcedIm delighted to say that over the years I have managed to bring my wife on board from a religious moderate to agnostic to fullpledged atheist my wife and i solved a similar problem by attending a UUhttpenwikipediaorgwikiUnitarianUniversalism The one we go to is amazing The childrens program centers around religious education where they are taught what people of different religions believe not that any one religion has a monopoly on truth Set out the ground rules Your beliefs should be as important as hers This is simple equality within your relationship Your church attendance should not be mandatory however agree to go every once in a while Now as for what you teach your songtHow am I supposed to tell him that everything his mommy believes is just as much crap and fairy dust as the tooth fairy or SantaHow would you feel if your wife told your son that your Daddy rejects Jesus because he has no morals and wants to live in sin and hellfireYou wouldnt like that either You need to separate things into What Mommy believes and What Daddy believes Hes going to get a LOT of the former from Church and with natural inquisition hes going to ask you why you believe differentlyTELL HIM THE TRUTHTell him that you dont believe because you can not find any evidence Explain skepticism to him Dont tell him Mommy is dumb because she doesnt believe Atheists arent instantly smarter then theists and that is a bad attitude to haveEdit Your kid is adorable |
In order to be a philosopher does one really need to be a scientist Or alternatively does one need to be a philosopher in order to be a scientist | Absolutely not Although science is really a subset of philosophy most scientists are naive realists who almost never ask the metaphysical questions of why or what the nature of Theyre basically philosophical mechanics only vaguely familiar with Poppers principle of falsificationWhen it comes to investigating the essence of things rather than their forms its the philosophers who do the heavy lifting And although analytic philosophers do indeed have a science envy being a scientist is really a disadvantage rather than plus in the field of philosophical inquiry which encompasses far more than just analytic fields Kuhn the Sokal Hoax Heidegger nazis Popper falsifiable jargon not even wrong metaphysics Calvin and Hobbes cartoon postmodernism generator evolution Feynmans grandmother the French social construction of reality if you dont believe in science then jump out a window God math evolution There Add a few verbs and some insults and you now have every debate about philosophy and science on the internet ever That ought to save us all some time Maybe we could spend the rest of the day doing something more productive like debating intellectual property rights and Googles role in China How about this Conan thing Crazy huh What do you mean exactly when you say philosopher and scientist What do these terms mean to youIf you plan to study academic philosophy in a collegeuniversity it is unlikely you will need study science in order to understand philosophy unless your specific field of philosophy requires it Philosophy of Science philosophy of mind etc Likewise if you plan to study one of the many disciplines of science biology neuroscience physics etc it is unlikely you will need to study academic philosophy in order to understand your field of scince If you plan to be a serious scholar science or philosophy it would certainly be beneficial if you knew about both That said a person who studies academic philosophyscience is not necessarily a scientist or a philosopher I know many people with science degrees who dont identify themselves as scientists and I know plenty of people who call themselves philosophers but they have never completed any formal training in philosophyIdeally a scientist IS a philosopher of some sorts but that would depend where you draw the line between science and philosophy Keep in mind the entire discipline of science was called for the most of intellectual history natural philosophy and the scientists who performed the various experiments would have easily identified themselves as philosophers In our contemporary times a philosopher is synoymous with professorstudent of philosophy and only people who are formally trained in academic philosophy feel comfortable calling themselves philosophers Whether that should be the case is quite debatable I could rant further but Ill cut myself short and leave things open for discussion You might be interested in Lee Smolins The Trouble with Physics Near the end he discusses that in revolutionary periods people interested in the history and philosophy of science become more useful but are harder to find within the physics establishment because they werent so useful during normal periodsSo maybe the amount of philosophy a scientist might desire to know could be related to the stage of her sciences evolution her personal inclinations institutional constraints will a certain approach make it harder for you to get you a job etc Dunno how well this generalizes to other sciences |
So my girlfriend is pretty damn cute but she could use some lovin Shes trying to perform in Vegas this year as a burlesque dancer So we made a deal If she gets some votes from reddit well post dirty pictures Her name is Kita St Cyrshes on this pagehttpwwwvivalasvegasnetintranetvotemainphpWhat do you thinkedit Heres another pic more tonighthttpmodelmayhm6vollnwdnetd1photos091222194b318dd7b3675jpgedit2 another photo an outtake from the Christmas photo shoothttpwwwrazorfantasycomkitaIMG5882jpg and some sexy artistic bewbs boobayshttpwwwrazorfantasycomkitaIMG4369xfpjpgedit 3 a teaserhttpwwwrazorfantasycomkitaMG7611jpgoh no 3rd place help us out and Ill post more | Please tell your girlfriend that she is STUNNING Well tell her that I feel she is stunning Im sure you already tell her all the time Even if she doesnt post here more which would be sad to say the least I wish her the best of luck and she got a vote from me Also her stage name is great I love Lili She definitely should post Very sexy 50s look going on there and Im sure the pictures would be super hot |
BAKUL BADWAL021910FLVSHey there RedditIm doing an online biology course and I need to ask a minimum of 25 people questions regarding animal testing Here they are1 What is your opinion on animal testing Do you believe it is ethical or unethical Why2 Do you purchase products that are tested on animals3 Would you consider yourself an animal lover4 Would you be more inclined to buy a product that is not tested on animals rather than one that is5 Do you think legislation should be passed that prohibits animal testingPersonal Questions Please answer them as I need them to organize my data1 Age 2 Gender 3 Education 4 Occupation Thanks Reddit | 1 I support animal testing I believe it is ethical when it is conducted as humanely as possible It is ethical because it supports the advancement of science 2 Yes 3 Yes 4 No I would probably be less likely to do so unless it was a commonplace product 5 No this is not an area of expertise for legislators Scientific protocols should be the responsibility of scientistsPersonal Questions Please answer them as I need them to organize my data 1 48 2 Male 3 Doctorate 4 Educator 1 I believe its unethical but perhaps necessary I am somewhat torn I feel its a great unfairness to the animals They have no way of consenting and I have heard details of experiments wherein they suffered great pain But would it be better to test on humans For some things of course but as humans would have to consent that would leave many experiments undone due to the risk of deathpain So yeah I think its completely unethical to test on animals2 Not where I can avoid it I generally dont check everything I purchase but if I happen to learn something was tested on animals I will not buy it 3 Yes4 Yes5 I think it should be strictly regulated at the very least I would have to know more about the types of experiments performed on animals to decide if I think it should be completely prohibited I lean toward yes but again testing on rats who are going to die of natural causes in two years is clearly preferable over testing on humans Personal1 192 Female 3 In college4 Cashier assistantCostcos bitch 1 I dont like it I believe that it is unethical but at this point in time necessary to some extent It is unethical because we are knowingly inflicting pain andor giving those animals diseases which will in most cases kill them2 I try to avoid doing so3 Yes I love and respect animals4 Yes5 Not until we can find a better way that is proven However I believe that we need to be more picky when it comes to allowing experiments to be performed on animals Personal1 302 female3 4 years college not graduated4 Staff Research Associate II 1 Animal testing when done in a responsible manner that improves human life is okay I think it is more humane than blindly testing drugs on people Im sure there are some form of animal testing that Id be opposed to though As a zookeeper Ive worked with animals that have come from animal testing labs hormone studies etc and they seemed to be a little on edge due to their old routines etc but otherwise I think lived healthy lives2 Yes I think we all do whether we know it or not3 Very much so Im a biologist have been a zoo keeper and have worked with 100s of species of animals from reptiles to primates4 Id probably be more inclined to allow other factors make my decision It is not a priority5 Prohibits No I dont agree with blindly prohibiting such things Limiting MaybePersonal1 272 Male3 BS Biology 38 graduate credit hours working on my MS4 StudentUnemployed biologist What is your opinion on animal testing Do you believe it is ethical or unethical WhyEthical assuming we are talking about medical testing here I couldnt care less of some makeup company has to spend more money using alternatives but If animal testing is the most accurate or cost effective way to make medicine for humans and animals I say go for it Call me an evil selfish whore but if I could have saved my godfather from dying of cancer I would have killed a million dogs Do you purchase products that are tested on animalsI dont really check I probably should Would you consider yourself an animal loverYES My cat is my baby Actually I also really like farm animals even though I eat meat If predators in the natural world can befriend what might have been their dinner at times I dont see why I cant Would you be more inclined to buy a product that is not tested on animals rather than one that isI get excited when I see cruelty free products that dont smell like shit so yes Do you think legislation should be passed that prohibits animal testingI think we need to start working on animal ethics laws in general I believe in eating meat and animal testing but I see no reason other than profit that we shouldnt treat these animals as humanely as possible Personal Questions Please answer them as I need them to organize my dataAge 19Gender FemaleEducation some collegeOccupation unemployed 1 Ethical For the greater good2 I dont know I dont check so maybe3 No4 No Nor would I be inclined in the opposite direction5 No1 272 Male3 Some college4 Game Programmer 1 Ethical as long as the research is published and the methods are clearly stated 2 I dont know I hope not but its not like most things one buys says Now tested on cute fluffy bunnies3 Yeah I like animals Im not a hunter and I like nature but I dont chain myself to trees or have an ELF membership4 Depends on the product If its medicine Id feel better knowing it was tested evaluated and proven effective across a range of relevant animals thus proving it effective for humans 5 Again it depends Legislation which prohibits flat out cruel research with no apparent benefit could be proposed but Id hate to see legislation get in the way of a scientific breakthrough1 362 Male3 College4 Artist in other words I work at Target right now Animal testing is horrible because most animals cant read or write They should allow dogs to bark their answers or horses to stomp out the proper responses 1 I support animal testing when it is done humanely and for the betterment of mankind and the rest of the world 2 Im sure that I have Products that I buy arent often specifically labeled that they are tested on animals but usually more when they are making a point that they arent If I knew a certain company benefited from cruel testing I wouldnt buy their products 3 Yes All shapes forms ways and sizes 4 No 5 No Personal Questions Please answer them as I need them to organize my data 1 Age 21 2 Gender M 3 Education PreSchool K8 High School College 4 Occupation Student 1 Animal models are absolutely critical to advancing medicine and science It would be unethical to not use animal models2 Yes several medications that keep me and millions of other people alive 3 Yes4 No5 Fuck no Thats when I and the other scientists move out of this country 1 28 2 Male 3 PhD 4 Research scientist |
I was thinking a torque converter is like a clutch rightSay Im on an uphill incline If I hold down the gas slightly I can make the car stay in the same position without using the brakes How does this work Is this the equivalent of burning a clutch in a manual | A torque converter which generally has lockup at this point is vaguely like two forks in a bath of oil The engineside gets the oil spinning such that it tries to get the other fork rollingIf the wheelside is stationary it doesnt stall the engineIts not quite like burning a clutch in a manual because you arent scraping clutches and wearing them down Its just that waste heat is created and eventually the torque converter will overheat |
Ive got ideas for fiction but Im having a hard time with character development I mean I can pretty readily model a character after a conglomeration of people Ive known or known of with various characteristics but how do you make a character really come alive in your work | People are typically defined a lot by their actions rather than just their beliefs and thoughts Try not to dwell on irrelevance and make your plot and characters as simple as possible Style your dialogue to be sharp concise and without too much filler |
So I tried the Mountain Dew throwback soda this weekend and WOW Soda tastes amazingly better when its made with real sugar cane So I decided to tase the Pepsi one and btw Im a Coke only guy and I have to say I was impressed againSo do any redditors know of any sites out there where we can buy soda like this I couldnt really find anything good and wanted to know if Reddit has any secret soda sites EDIT So Jones Soda seems to be everyones suggestion here Its also available by me so Ill have to check it out | Costco has Mexican Coke Sugar no HFCSs and they are in bottlesAlso look for Kosher Coke 2 liters with yellow caps It will be out around PassoverTry also Jones Cola Boylans and a few others at larger grocery chains or directly Okay OP i work at a Grocery Store and i can attest that that shit is flying off the shelf Its really delicious and alot healthier in the sense that you arent consuming processed sugar but its still sugar If you look at Costco they might have Cane sugar mexican CokeCola in cases its the only one i know of People talk about soda from Mexico being made with real sugar Its available in oldfashioned glass bottles here but I read the label stuck to one and it said corn syrup Foo I do love imported glass bottle Coke but Joneshttpwwwjonessodacom soda is also worth a try Its all made with cane sugar and there are some fantastic flavors not to mention unique labels with customers photographs Orange cola and berry lemonade are my favoritesedit dont try any meat flavors unless youre feeling exceptionally brave I thought the new mountain dew tasted horrible Is just my opinion though Reminded me of diet mountain dew but with as many calories as regular I bartend on sundays and we got the new throwbacks down there and alot of people were really pissed off about it cause they say it just tastes nasty Youre a Coke guy Try the Coke in bottles made w real cane sugar You might be able to find them in the Ethnic Foods aisle at your grocery store Its usually with the Hispanic foods since for some reason its considered part of Mexican cuisine Dont ask me why Just buy two bottles stick em in your fridge for a day and enjoy not sure about sites but Ive seen Costco sell cases of Mexican coke in glass bottles Those are made with real sugar Did you guys know that the reason were stuck with corn syrup in everything is because our wonderful government limits the amount of sugar allowed into our country Also heavily subsidizing corn |
First let me give you a little background Im currently 32 I was married at 22 to the first woman I really cared about We separated late last year and divorced amicably earlier this year Im educated and successful and would consider myself an all around good guy and humble too though its not really coming out hereIve recently begun dating again but seem to be attracted to the wrong kind of women Without fail I always find myself pursuing attractive professional smart funny and independent women with hidden issues The last two were alcoholics The most recent one had huge abandonmenttrust issues and suicidal tendencies I believe they are all good people but I always seem to meet them right before their breaking points when all hell breaks loose To most this would make for an easy break up but my other issue is thatI get attached way too easily When I fall for someone I fall hard Im all in or Im all out I wear my heart on my sleeve and Im not into playing games Which also meansI dont enjoy casual sex I never have For me theres more to the intimacy than the pleasure I sometimes tell myself Id like to be the PA type even tried it a few times but ultimately its just not who I amSo RA am I doomed to a life of heartbreak Comments concerns questions and suggestions welcome | Try living alone Dont pursue women Those who are afraid to be alone always end up in the worst relationships because they are codependent hence pick bad partners Im not into playing games is codespeak for I dont want exert the effort of restraining myself and my emotions in a new relationship before I actually get to know someone As long as you have this all or nothing attitude your heart will continue to get broken I know this because I was you onceYou must change your entire approach to dating especially if youre the type who falls hard Do not sleep with a person until you know them thoroughly because sex especially good sex will cloud your judgement about a persons faults My guess is that youre getting completely emotionally entrenched with these women before you even really know who they are as peopleValuing yourself as a person means holding back even if it feels anathema to your passionate nature Not every single attractive woman you meet who appears good on paper is worth expending the whole of your emotional energy and your sanity 31 male went through almost the exact same situation Separated almost 2 years ago from my wifehigh school sweetheart Never really dated before age 30 and not into casual sex not at all the same thing as being asexual btw Tend to fall for unstable women with daddy issuesGetting attached I would build women up in my head Create elaborate fantasies and start to fall in love with the daydream This is really not healthy Now I stop myself if I start to future trip thinking about our last date or what I want to do on the next date is fine but I dont think about the future beyond that Now I try to keep perspective she isnt the girl of my dreams shes a cool girl that I like to spend time withKeeping Your Head Think less and listenobserve more Now that you are out of your fantasy you can actually pay attention to the woman you are with This makes it a lot easier to pay attention to warning signs for unstable behavior Ask her about past relationships Take her out in different social settings and see how she actsKeep Perspective Just met her Remember you arent in love you are infatuated Dont jump into bed right away I try to wait until 3rd date but that doesnt always workMy one word of caution is once you learn to spot warning signs dont let it stop you from taking risks entirely Sometimes you can assume a woman is bad news when its not the case 18 months after my separation I met a wonderful woman and were in love now I almost blew her off though because I thought she was trouble Luckily I made a move on her after another date stood me up |
Im midtwenties female When I date I gravitate towards men with emotional damage I may to some extent be doing this on purpose because Im actually pretty goddamn helpful to them However it also works out to mean that I put in a lot of hard worktime in the trenches to help them heal and then they break up with me Some period of time later it varies they come back to thank me for all Ive done for them and following these admissions they do return to being in my life as close friends Several of them would probably like to be more again but none of them has managed to apologize before Ive moved on I look at the reason the relationship with them broke down and I factor it in when choosing my next partner Its never been exclusively their emotional damage btw though sometimes it has similar causes Ive learned something from every partnersomething I needed or couldnt have in someone I was trying to have a relationship with Things I do that drive partners crazy I learn However I still always assume that every relationship will fail My expectation is that after Ive helped they will leave mecome back later to be a part of my life but certainly break my heart Ive been told this is negative thinking and a selffulfilling prophecy I think its a way to protect myself from pinning all my hopes and dreams on someone that legitimately might be too damaged to be able to deal with them This matters now because Im involved with a new guy who has serious and deeply ingrained trust issues Hes incredible and Im so in love with him but I worry that he may never be able to trust me or anybody For now Im not worried about the time Im investing but I am very afraid of assuming things will turn out well just because I want them to Holding back a little is the only way I have of protecting myselfSo what do you think Reddit Am I being sensible or am I setting myself up to fail Thanks for any advice you have for me | Ive been the guy in this type of relationshipYes you are following a patternThat pattern is called codependencyhttpowlyZMWE |
Im back in school and dont have the money to buy lunch out like I used to last semester I have access to a microwave but not a refrigerator What are some good and affordable lunch ideas I can only eat so much peanut butter and jelly Vegetarian recipes especially appreciated | I love making up a big batch of soup for the week Once you make it pour soup into singleserving tupperware containers and freeze them Every day just pull out a frozen container and let it thaw next to your desk By lunchtime it will have melted enough to wiggle it out into a bowlthen microwave and voila Very affordable Right now Im obsessed with Butternut Squash soup httpbitly4wk6yD |
What specifically would you not tolerate At what point would you throw caution to the wind and either take up arms or leave | Depends on how accessible the government remains to the people The more transparent it is the more power Id like to see it have As a general rule though I prefer the government have just slightly more power than the private sector The inexplicable distrust of government in the USA where the government is more trustworthy than almost any other in the world boggles my mind when those same people get assfucked daily by private industry and just love it |
We had been dating for about a month when both of our respective schools went on winter break Our relationship had grown quickly and neither of us realized just how fragile it was when we went our separate ways I went to Omaha she went to Cleveland We knew it would be a long time until we were both back in Chicago so I purchased a train ticket to Cleveland for January 11th After three weeks apart our phone calls had become strained neither of us seemed to know what had happened We both expressed our desire to go back to how it used to beA relationship grows from shared experiences and we had little Our few shared experiences were largely physical so having removed the key component to our relationship it seemed to crumble and neither of us knew why At some point this became apparent to me and after an unpleasant phone conversation I suggested that we take a break until my previously scheduled visit to Cleveland which was one week later I felt that she would benefit from some distance on my part I felt that it was imperative that I suggest the break before the idea even came into her mind The next day she texted me something along the lines of I dont think I can do this all I want is to hear your voice I didnt replyTwo days after that she sent me a facebook message Love you At first I didnt reply but the next day I sent her a link to a movie I that I made for her httpvimeocom8619212 wherein I draw the first letters of our names with a heart between them I thought that this would help reassure her let her know that I still cared and wasnt treating the break lightly I didnt hear back from her until two days later Tonight actually She was in tears Apparently she hadnt seen the video soon enough and had thought that my lack of reply meant that we were over Lonely depressed etc she went to a guyfriend and apparently slept with him So this is where the guy in the movie freaks out and punches a hole in the wall or screams into a pillow or drinks whiskey Yet I feel pretty ok ThoughtsEdit To be clear one of the rules of the break were that we wouldnt talk due to the breaks necessarily short length I was still going to visit her in a week and I thought it better to have her annoyed with my distance than fed up with my closeness It takes WAY more for a girl of her confidence level to break up with someone due to distance than it does for closeness and at that point I was worried that I was too close I realize that this may sound like petty games but in my experience younger women need a certain amount of legroom | Sounds like you are mature enough to realize how little this resembles cheating She told you immediately I wouldnt stress it considering this is a new relationship and the weird circumstances you described Get to know her better see whats upGood luck Dude you obviously have no clue what a relationship is You dont start tossing about the Lword with someone youve been with for a month and if you do you really should be translating it to Im obsessed with you or Im infatuated with you And whats up with the passive aggressive bullshit of not replying to her message And whats up with trying to have a long distance relationship Dont you believe you deserve someone who is there for youIm not trying to be brutal in saying this You will be spending some time in therapy to deal with the underlying issues that cause you to behave as you are Might as well get started now Either that or wait until your 40 and you have a string of failed relationships in your wake Well she didnt cheat on you first of all A break typically means you see or hook up with other people while youre not together what exactly were you expecting when you said this to her On top of that you completely ignored her for a few days after you said you wanted a break You really shouldnt care because you put her in this situation If you want to pursue a relationship put this behind you she had no idea what your intentions were and assumed any relationship was over This short episode could be telling you what the rest of the relationship is going to be like Im not saying getting cheated on all the time but your relationship may end up getting strained every time you arent together It may lead to yall going on a break on every break I know this from a years long experience and its not fun Theres nothing wrong with you While I cannot offer much advice I can say that your emotions are uncontrollable and wholly yours Good luck Youre probably recognizing that you hadnt created the emotional bond because of the lack of shared emotional experienceCheating is shitty but this is barely cheating and its pretty great that youre so levelheaded about itAt this point its a matter of talking about what your relationship is where you want it to go where it CAN go etc I wouldnt worry about it but I would definitely ask her what she wants and ask her if at the present moment she wants you to start seeing other people If watching all that Friends malarkey taught me anything You were on a break it doesnt matter what she did If you feel fine good Its better to feel okay about any situation over angryI would be upset But thats just me If I had my choice Id choose to be pretty okay |
Both of these are from the same series The Thornhill Diaries or something about girls at a private college or something httpwwwxvideoscomvideo173425lexibelleandtoriblackThis first one has Lexi Belle Fucking hot as hell and Tori black in some of the nicest lesbian action Ive seen its long but definitely worth a ganderhttpwwwxvideoscomvideo105939fieldofschemesThis next one shows two girls Im not to familiar too but just as good action and just about as long tooPretty nice eh | The second video is excellent due to its lack of pornstar quality Thanks for the link I just viralized it within my network of lesbo lovers The innocentaggressive act is pulled off quite well here which adds substantial interest to what I consider a quite boring genre gg |
Been a homebrewer for over a year and Im a BJCP judge but I find this whole first wort hopping idea blown out of proportion Some people claim that its like a 20 minute hop addition which is absurdThe German study if you do a google scholar search this is what you get on first wort hopping only says people prefer the FWH beer Also the study Denny most internet home brew people know him did for the homebrew conference pretty much concluded it just made the beer have a smooth bitterness but its slightly more bitter than a 60 minute addition tldr FWH is about the same as a 60 minute additionYour thoughts | So I too heard treat it like a 20 min addition which I think cant be right since it still boils for 60 minutes The folks in the 20 min camp claim that due to the soak time in the high gravity wort aromatics are locked in and something happens that prevents full isomerization of the alphaacids thus giving less bitterness I too thought like you But then I made a few beers with FWH and had beersmith calculate the additions like a 60 min 10 which is the default in Beersmith My beers that I made this way however definitely lacked the bitterness they should have had It wasnt just smoother it wasnt thereSo now I am a convert I have Beersmith downscale FWH additions by 40 from 60 minutes so take IBUs for a 60 min add of your FWH and subtract 40 I use 40 because that is about the difference in IBUs between a 60 and 20 minute additionI find that by treating it like a 20 minute addition I get much more consistent results Although I lack an actual machine to test IBUs the bitterness I taste matches up with other known commercial beers in the same range Now Ill add some hops as FWH and then more at 60 minand I treat FWH as 20 minute onesCrazy Kinda Lacking in any scientific reasoning Yupbut it tastes right to me I know some excellent brewers swear by it but it makes no sense It sounds a little too much like voodoo to meThe mind can play some amazing tricks so without a rigorous double blind experiment Id bet it was indistinguishable from a 60 min bittering hopping gtDenny most internet home brew people know himHes popular on Northern Brewers forums as well as a few other placesEDIT Denny Conn his recipes kick ass and his tutorials are pretty much required reading for any new homebrewer posted here for posterityhttphbdorgcascadedennybrewhttpbeerdujourcomDennyConnRecipeshtmlhttpwwwbrew365combeerdennysbourbonvanillaporterphp |
Today at work I dropped my iPhone about 3 ft on to concrete I picked it up and resumed texting but it said I had no service Moments later it told me there was no cellular network or something please restore in iTunesSo I call my Mom and ask her to bring my laptop to where I work and during my break I plugged it in to restore it iTunes said somewhere along the lines that my SIM card was not found and if using SIM PIN please enter it My SIM card is in there later on in the day I put it in my friends iPhone and it worked So Im thinking I broke a pin that reads the SIM cardNow here is the bad partI jailbroke it using Blackra1n and heavily modded it Since its in locked state I cannot restore it I even put it in DFU mode and tried doing it that way and says iPhone iPhone cannot be restored Error 23I have an Apple Protection Plan but Im afraid theyll see that its jailbroken and charge me full price for a new oneI dont even have a back up phone to use right nowAny help whatsoever would be GREATLY appreciatedEDIT 11510 Took phone to ATampT The guy plugged it into their special version of iTunes Got same error Told me to go to Apple store which is 45 minutes away EDIT 11610 So without restoring it I took it to The Apple store They tried everything that the guy at ATampT did and gave up He gave me a new 16GB 3Gs free of charge No questions asked | I dont know exactly but Ive had many times where I thought i was fuckedOne thing google found httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvf4vBYXeIWAampfeatureplayerembeddedA couple other things Use a Mac use a PC use the 10 second10 second DFU use the 5 second15 second DFU try restoring to old firmwares Do everything I had my phone broke for a whole day and I eventually got vista and older version of iTunes and restored it Dont take that advice thats roughJust dont panic Most likely you are not screwed These things never break with errors Dont listen to what people tell you unless they are people from Apple or people who KNOW Usually people say its a brick because they havent FOUND out how to do itBest of luck sir Make sure you find it out because when I screw up again Im coming back to this thread Wow talk about coincidence I had this exact same problem just the other day I dropped a 70lb dumbell on it Other than a slightly firmer dock connection it was in pristine condition No dents cracks etc But it shut off Tried to restore and got a 1611 error It was blackra1ned too I took it to the store and they never asked what happened and replaced it without question after they attempted and failed to restore They could never see that it was jailbroken which was easy to tell from even my lockscreen because it was caught in restoreDFU mode If you cant tell from any of the screens that itll give you that it is indeed jailbroken then just take it to the store and save yourself the effortPS I had no protection plan Just the standard 12mo warranty |
Whenever I plug headphones into my PC there is a constant buzz sound in them Its pretty quiet but noticeable and constant even when there is sound coming through the speakers and when there is not the buzz is thereIve tried using 2 different headphones Sennheiser HD485 and Sennheiser CX500 buds and the buzz is there They both work buzz free on any other deviceIve used the audio direct from the motherboard and from a soundcard the buzz remains It was like this on Windows Vista and Windows 7Ive searched and searched for an answer to this but found nothing so Im hoping you guys will have a clue | Could be a grounding issue is everything attached to the PC hooked up to the same electrical circuit Its probably noise generated by other components in your PC Much of this electronic noise can be picked up by the sound card Its why PCs are not usually considered for audiophile components Its either that or a ground loop If anything on your PC is connected directly or indirectly to a coax cable it could cause a ground loop |
I notice a lot of times when Im polite enough not to blast one it goes away and never comes back at least not for a while How can that possibly be | This happened to me once in the sixth grade I was sitting in the school library and we were all sitting rather close to each other In order to spare my classmates from my gasblast I held in my farts But each time I did I heard a strange gurgle and felt it go into my stomach After several gut wrenching minutes my stomach hurt so bad I literally had to go to the nurses office and was eventually sent home On the ride home the pent up flatulence came back with the vengeance and perhaps because it was given some time to stew somewhere in my gut it picked up some extra smell on the way I think we almost got into a car accidentSo to answer your question I think it goes back up into your stomach or intestinal tract picks up potency and then fights its way out with the power of a thousand raging bulls They come to me he who channels everyones gas I fart all day every day so that all of you can be polite I am disgusting It goes back up your butt to be storedStoryWhen Im seeing a girl i hold my farts in indefinitely As an example i saw this girl and went to her house regularily and i would hold my farts in constantly Id feel it then use my ass muscles to suck it back in I would do this for up to 12 hours and it would just kind of go away When i would leave her house i would go down the street a bit and seriously fart the LOUDEST farts ive ever heard They were so loud and so long in duration i even recorded them on my cell phone I had one that was so loud it made the speaker buzz a bit on playback I couldnt believe it I dont have the recording but i did end up living with her for three years and when you live together you just stop caring and just go ahead and fart I also told her about my recordings and i even set the big one up as the alarm for my cell so shed have to wake up to it Ive heard that the gas can be absorbed into your blood stream and from there it is possible for it to get into your brain Serious question here but if you farted in someone elses asshole will they want to fart it back out as well Scientist and Physicians have hypothesized that one event may possibly occur 1 The fart is absorbed back into the blood stream via the large colon transported back to the lungs and expelled through the mouth This would also account for bad breath and people who appear to express their ideas in quantities of excrement This was discussed during a symposium that met to resolve the age old question Why does the penis become rigid without a bone and how does the mastication of solid waste material occur if the anus has no teethHilarity naturally ensued ObiWan said it best at least from the perspective of the fartgt If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine If youre my girlfriend you hold it in all day then unleash it all in your sleep Its like going to bed with a ticking time bomb of kimchi farts I always heard Never hold a fart in It travels up your spine to your brain and that is where shitty ideas come from I dont understand all the downvotes for your topic from all the prissy people It seems a fair question to me From the responses so far its clear that the answer is not general knowledge Your bodyorgans are infact permeable Gas can escape from them it just takes a little longer When you hold in a fart it travels up the spine and lodges in your brain This is where shitty ideas come from |
Ive never seen an episode and Ive been hearing about Doctor Who and Torchwood for a while now and would like to jump in Any tips on where to start and what to watch first | Ill recommend that you start where I started which is series one of the new series its from 2005 and stars Christoper Eccleston as the DoctorMe and my friends are fans of the new series in particular we know about the old series but we havent seen much of it and its hard for newcomers to get into the series that far backAnd for fans of the old series who may read this I am not dissing the old series in anyway its classic but I prefer the new series Start with Rose the first episode of the 05 series Just before the episode Dalek watch Genesis of the Daleks from the classic series Continue watching the new series until Tooth and Claw after which you should probably watch The Hand of Fear from the classic series and possibly K9 and Company a backdoor pilot for a neverlaunched series before continuing on to School ReunionAfter The Girl in the Fireplace take a few days to emotionally recover then listen to the Big Finishhttpwwwbigfinishcom audio drama Spare Partshttpwwwbigfinishcom34DoctorWhoSpareParts before watching Rise of the CybermenContinue watching again normally until you get to The Shakespeare Code after which just read the Tardis Index Filehttptardiswikiacom page for The Macra TerrorhttptardiswikiacomwikiTheMacraTerror Actually watching the episode is impossible although you could listen to ithttpwwwamazoncomMacraTerrorDoctorWhodp0563477563refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1263075291ampsr81 read ithttpwwwamazoncomDoctorWhoMacraTerrorTargetdp0426203070refsr12ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1263075291ampsr82 or browse the BBCs photonovelhttpwwwbbccoukdoctorwhoclassicphotonovelsmacra of it Its a decent story but it drags a bitSwitch to the new series again until you finish Blink Once you recover from that watch the classic episode The Deadly Assassin and ponder just how odd a title that isBack to the modern series until you reach Planet of the Ood at which point watch either The Sontaran Experiment or The Invasion of Time the former is shorter but the latter is a better story Continue on to The Sontaran Stratagem and beyond Congratulations you now have enough classic background information to be caught upOr you could just watch the new series The inbetween jumpbacks I mention are more for richness of background rather than necessary material I had a few of the uninitiated over for the End of Time Pt 2 and I showed them the following episodes1 Blink2 Family of Blood 2 parter3 UtopiaIf youre not really die hard into it than it will be very tough to get involved in the old series Youve got to take a lot with a grain of salt as most of them go Id start with series one in 2005 Itll start you with the ninth doctor eccelston but its made so you can pick it up easily from there The first episode is entitled rose and should be listed as Doctor Who Series One Its on netflix instant play If you like it you can always go back and vist some of the past doctors adventures A few people I know had a rough time getting into the series starting from Rose I know theyre crazy so I started thinking of good Introduce the Doctor episodes that might be more accessable to none scifi fans Smith and Jones This is a great episode to introduce the doctor and the concept of the show without being too cheesy or odd to none whovians IMO Human Nature Might be a bit WTF is going on but many nonwho fans of mine profess their love of this and the following episode The Impossible PlanetLike Hiuman Nature most of my nonwho fan friends started on this one and loved it The Next DoctorFun story that doesnt require much contextual understanding of Who IMO The episode blink is where its at If that doesnt hook you theres no hope Well a bit of hope The Girl in the Fireplace comes in second for best episode in my opinion so thats a good one to check out next I started with Blink and was immediately hooked I would however recommend starting from the beginning with Christopher Eccleston I dont usually like to watch things out of order |
After being a huge hockey fan for most of my life I finally started playing hockey a few years back At age 37 it doesnt come as naturally as it would if you were a kid but Ive had a great time learning to play the gameI play with a team made primarily of colleagues from work one of whom used to work at GM Place where the Canucks play He managed to get us some ice time a couple of years back We all went down and played a game with girlfriends and wives sitting in the seatsStarting from the changing rooms which are huge and swanky compared to the local beerleague rinks and onto the ice it was a wicked experience seeing the Vancouver house of hockey from icelevelWe all had out pictures taken at centre ice and it was a great time for everyone | Ive played hockey for a while but Im not that great I did play for my high school team If it wasnt for that team I wouldnt have graduatedAnyways I was always the dude who was only on the team because there werent enough people to make cuts but I didnt get any playing time So in the last game before playoffs if we beat the team we were playing wed be tied with them and have split the two games against each other Basically we needed to win by a certain number of points in order to make the playoffs I never scored in my career but I ended scoring the first goal of the game Then not long after i scored again Set the tone for the game we ended up making the playoffs me and some friends from middle school had a floor hockey team with the local recreational center we entered some tournament and we got to the finals all of us had wicked slap shots and a few could handle the puck pretty well my best friend at the time was an awesome goalie for middle school kids and we won that game like 70 anyway my friends goalie style was really agressive he was really good at handling the puck since he was naturally a forward but played goalie since he was the only one of us who had goalie gear so we would practice with him outside of the rec center anyway we won that game by a landslide and part of the perks of winning was that Marty Turco was going to hand out the winning trophies and what not anyway after the game marty approached my friend and had a word with him and signed his goalie stick my friend tells me that marty told him something along the lines of thats an interesting way to play goalie very aggressive and to this day my friend claims that marty turco plays the way he does because he saw him play like that in that tournament I played hockey for most of my life Today was no different I started volunteering at a local outdoor rink to keep the kids in the neighborhood happy Thanks to Hockey I have found a sport that brings people together A sport that allows a person like me born with out a foot to play a sport that is so fast yet provides a low impact compared to running in other sports like soccer and football both great but i would break my foot often while playing these running sports in High school Hockey is what keeps my lungs and heart in good health maybe not my neck but injuries exist Any other Amputee Hockey players out there Wasnt allowed to play ice hockey growing up was always a huge kid and my parents didnt me used as an enforcerI play ball hockey with friends whenever we can get a group together Never very serious though always lots of beer and pointless fights My team was playing in a tournament and we were playing our last game of the round robin and we needed the winWe had the puck deep in the other teams zone and some how they got their break out and were skating down the ice The guy beat our D and I skated back as hard as I could and caught up to him but couldnt stop him and he scored as I lazily skated back to centre ice for the faceoff I heard him cheering WooooooooOOOoooI though thats an odd cheer but whateverWOoooOoooooOOkay hes really happy that was a nice goal good for himWoooOoooOoooFucker It was clear he was taunting me I turned around and threw a punch got him right in the throat by accident I didnt want to throw a dirty shot I heard him choke a bit and it shut him up ref didnt see itAfter the face off they get the puck in our end and start cycling the puck to their D who goes to take a slap shot and who should block the shot and get a breakaway Me off course and I score just as the buzzer ends for us to regain the lead and as I skate back past their bench I cheer WoooooOOoooo WoooooOOooo and the guy I had just sucker punched reached for me and fell over the boards onto the ice Best moment ever for me |
720p video wouldnt be a bad idea eitherEdit for clarification I brought this uphttpwwwredditcomrAskRedditcomments88qb1doesanyoneelselovetedtalksbuthatethe a while back and TEDChris respondedhttpwwwredditcomrsciencecomments8b52bfascinatingtedtalkbonniebassleronc08qz3econtext1 quite nicely about it However he only changed the beginning sound leaving the ending sound loud and untouched He also changed the beginning soundintro recently making it loud again | They did about a year ago after somebody posted about it on reddit They apparently have spies hereActually I liked the sound effects loud Yeah I was gonna say that they need to go widescreen and hidef kinda like the Daily Show did recently Kind of ironic given the nature of the conference that the quality is worse than the average youtube video |
Hey Reddit Im a university Student from the UK Me and my team are currently developing a comercial hour length documentary based on a interesting sleep pattern you may have heard of called Uberman this was popular on blogs a while back but we hope to descover some fresh information a collate opinons and facts from those involved in the past and new information in the present I will personaly be attempting to adjust to the Uberman schedule which involves sleeping for around 1530 mins ever 4 hours We will be chronicaling this attempt along with all the other information we can gather on sleep this schedule and several sleep disorders On the subject of sleep disorders there have been several reports of this pattern of sleep curing insomnia we will investigating this along with how it could possibly help with other disordersIf I successfully adapt I will be evaluating how it impacts everyday life and if I can work for longer at a good rate testing things such as Hand eye coordination and concentrationAnyway here is where you come in I need some Market ResearchSo if you could leave a comment with your age proffession and wether or not you would like to watch a documentary based on this topicThank you very much We will be crediting Reddit for your help | I am a 21 year old college student in the US and I have been interested in the Everyman and Uberman sleep pattern since I first read about them on reddit some time backIm sure youre aware of this but if you adjust to this kind of sleep schedule and then deviate for a day or two it can cause extreme exhaustion for a few days after Good luck and I cant wait to see your results |
I just got a bunch of old cookbooks and heres what one of them saysgtA man of average size who is moderately active is likely to be well fed on a diet which includes the following gtOne pound or a little less of bread or cereal food such as wheat corn hominy rye oatmeal barley buckwheat or rice preparations gtTwo ounces or 4 tablespoons of fat such as butter oleomargarine corn oil cottonseed oil peanut oil olive oil meat drippings etc gtTwo to 3 ounces or 4 to 6 tablespoons of sugar syrup corn syrup molasses maple sugar or syrup honey etc gtAbout 12 pound of meat as purchased poultry fish eggs cheese dried peas beans lentils cowpeas peanuts etc gtOne pint of milk This may be in the form of a beverage or in milk dishes gtAbout 13 pound of potatoes or root vegetables gtAbout 13 pound fresh vegetables or greens or fresh fruit in season If fresh fruit is too expensive dried fruits should be substitutedI thought this was interesting anyway Also what on earth are cowpeas | Seemed like a lot It is 3118 caloriesCalorie content from wolframalpha Wheat 1411 butter 407 sugar 268 8 oz meat average chicken and beef 520 milk 316 potatoes 130 vegetables 66 Cowpeas Blackeyed peas or beanshttpuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons996BlackeyeBeanjpg |
So last night I decided Id spend some quality introversion time with myself the entire week prior Id done nothing but hang out with her at parties group dinners trips manage her through deathly food poisoning etc I explained this to my GF who didnt really understand but said shed work on some stuff and wed go to a concert the next day tonight So tonight I get off work and am all ready to go but when I call her she says she has other plans I cold tell she was a little irritated with me but I let it go and said we could do something later Five minutes later she sends me a text message that reads I am irritated by you because you were rude to me yesterday just leave me alone for a few days thanks im sure you will enjoy your space This has happened a few times in the past this time I decided Id explain introversion to herLindsayI need personal time to satisfy my introversion I feel that you are being selfish because you havent taken the time to consider and respect why I need time to myself Your selfcentered approach to this is evident in the fact that you dont understand when I take one night out of a week to hang out with myself and arrange my life as I please So Im annoyed that you havent looked back at the past couple of weeks and blissfully recalled all the fun things weve done and the almost constant time weve spent together which isnt a bad thing but the introversion never goes away and eventually I need time alone So I will take this time to myself until such time that you find it convenient for us to come together Im here ready and waiting but quietly occupied whenever you figure your current situation out Introversion is a personality trait not a conscious choice Most extroverts have a hard time seeing why anyone would want to be alone I feel that your extroversion last night in wanting to hang out with me was compounded by your deathly sickness the two days prior Keep in mind that during this entire time I was by your side for support In addition we hung out the 4 days prior to that almost straight and many days prior to thatOne component to my introversion of late is that Im out of my comfort zone at work Im with an entirely new group of people and that is very taxing on me As I grow more comfortable at work the amount of introversion time Ill need to offset will decrease but it will never go away nor would I want it to I definitely like talking with people hanging out with you etc but not always and definitely not last night Its not that my love for you is absent it never goes away its that Im mentally depleted and need to recharge I recharge in the absence of others a point that most extroverts do not understandHonestly Im surprised you have not experienced that already as our common friends are quite introverted I would venture a guess that this is because youve never dated any of them and therefore dont see them all nonworking hours of the dayYour Ill make him want me approach is irrational because you as an extrovert derive energy from company Assuming my batteries are charged you avoiding me just because I avoided you doesnt make sense unless youre truly introverted too and arent reacting in contempt You saying just leave me alone for a few days thanks im sure you will enjoy your space is unjustified and more rude than you not respecting my introversion in the first place The fact that I know exactly how you would say that if you had said it to my face is displeasing Your stubbornness combined with your total lack of understanding or desire to understand warrants my harshness on this pointYou are rude to me for not respecting my personal time When I specifically say Im going to spend time to myself that should set off all the hes being introverted bells in your head Those bells should tell you not to call me repeatedly or stop by when Ive specifically told you that Im tending to myselfWhen I call you and ask if you want to go to the concert you said you wanted to go to yesterday you are being rude snooty and selfrighteous when you make other plans just so you can prove a point The only point youre proving is that you are oftentimes insensitive selfcentered and malicious And I can always tell when youre irritated so I dont understand why you would lie and say you werent and then 5 minutes later send me a text message as rude as the one you sentIn short once again we find ourselves neck and neck for no obvious reason because Ive failed to convey my feelings and youve failed to take the time to constructively display yours thus leading to this retaliatory email that almost assuredly warrants an equally destructive responseDespite the above know that I love you and will be busily waiting for youLovemeThoughts Comments I pretty much know Im in the dog house | Youre going to be in the doghouse forever dude Articulate arrogant in the mirror worldIf you can use big words and form them into coherent sentences youre clearly not emotionally affected and are obviously just trying to retaliate to a slight by conveying your superiority to make her feel stupid Dont you know anything From the sound of its probably not going to work our for you two Do not send that message unless youre fully prepared to break up with herInstead of sending a large wall of text thats guaranteed to 1 not going to be read it all 2 she getting rather mad Id try to explain it face to face where misunderstanding is less probablecan be quickly resolved due to realtime feedbackThis might still not work of coursePS Never ask for personal relationship advice on the internets My advice would be dont apologize dont explain yourself Just hang out with other friends and have fun until she gets the hint that her trying to punish you doesnt bother you She can choose to accept you for who you are or leave Do you really want to live with someone who tries to punish you for being yourselfMaking up a big explanation is essentially rewarding her behavior She wants you to grovel and if you give her what she wants you lose lots of points in her eyes because you arent respecting yourself The only power she has over you is what you give herIm not going to lie this can backfire She may decide that shed rather be with a guy she can control with drama If you arent confident in your ability to find someone who treats you with respect and understanding then you may not want to follow my advice You should let her read this If she reacts well to it then thats a good sign If not then she may not be to the point to where she really wants to understand another person And if so you should take this into consideration as you move forward That is pure rationality Well explained and very justified Confronting her with this in a calm and thorough way like you did will most likely help you get your alone time later If not you know that youll have a problem with this forever and this is also useful informationLooking forward to the response |
Be there or be square Mudaihttpwwwethiopianrestaurantcomoregonmudaihtml on Broadway Comment below if you are coming so we can let the place know what percentage of the internet is going to descend on them like a pillaging horde PS jesster114 if your broke ass would like to come I would be happy to float you | Meetup was awesome We had a great Ethiopian meal with the place all to ourselves I think we totally freaked out the owner and then those who stayed went to McMenamins down the street We had around 16 folks show upWatch for another one next Thursday 630 at Henrys EDIT Well apparently my camera didnt come out until after the meetup when a few of us went to the bar perhaps someone has pictures from the actual meetupNext time I will take the camera out before I drink a few beershttpsweetcircusimgurcomrportlandmeetup Ill try to make it I havent had Ethiopian food this milleniumNo guarantee though well see if Im up to it after work in HillsboroEDIT OK Ill be going Thank you very much for the thought but you just had to choose 7 for the time right after I did last minute invites to the bar at that time Ill see if I can rearrange some stuff because I fucking love ethiopian food |
For my first topic I am hoping for an awesome debate and not the Obama Rage downvotes but here goesI dont think hes doing that bad a job but I constantly see posts about how bad a job Obama is doing There are many issues he hasnt addressed sufficiently But I think hes showing a lot of social intelligence people as a whole dont know what they want dont plan well for the long term and are afraid of change You dont convince someone by shoving it down their throat you get them used to it so they dont think of it as changeedit side note I dont consider myself to have a party I try to make an informed decision and not stick to partyedit 2 wow front page in an hour I really didnt expect thatDiscuss if you please | I think that considering the crap he has to deal with failing economy a house and senate controlled by his party that still cant get shit done two wars he has done a great job Tell you what I am very disappointedI am disappointed in the Economic team he chose He fucking hired Timothy Geithner the man behind the wall street bailouts as the president of the NY FED as treasury secretary and he has done an abysmal jobI am very disappointed with Rahm Emanuel his Chief of StaffRahm is responsible for singlepayer health care reform from not even being allowed up for debate He supposedly has had Liebermann over a dozen times for meetings on health care and Lieberman said that Rahm never asked him to support a Public OptionRahm also orchestrated the deal with Big Pharma which negates the United States Govt from bargining on drug prices and keeping their monopoly in check by continuing Bushs law of making it illigial to buy drugs from CanadaObama increased troops in Afghanistan and I know he ran on it but I think it is a terrible mistakehe has radically escalated the war with PakistanHe has not closed GitmoHe has made several signing statements and executive orders such as continuing the Bush era spying of American citizens and the continued immunity extended to ATampT for spying on US citizensHis stimulus package was way to weak and every major economist said it should have been twice as big and as a result unemployment is over 10But most of all his silence for months and months while this country essentially corroded away debating death panels and bullshit on the proposed healthcare reform is the most disturbingObama and Rahm have the power to effect real health care reform they have just chosen to take the side of the financial elite and I am not the only one who sees it that wayIf Brown wins tomorrow it will be a big wake up call for Obama and his inside the beltway advisersAmericans are not stupid and I feel as if Obama looks at us that way More his staff that advises him I think the quick switch we saw in regards to opinion of Obama is due to 2 things1 Raised expectations The man ran a campaign espousing change Change change change We heard it all over the place His rhetoric was ambitious He got people excited He raised our expectations And he simply isnt working quickly enough to satisfy the expectations he created2 Hes not that liberal He undoubtedly is to the left maybe even moreso than most democrats But there is was a public perception that he is much more liberal than he actually is During the campaign this is how the Republicans attacked him How many times did we hear most liberal senator and leftwing radical Plenty of people fell for this Especially liberals who were excited by the prospect of a truly liberal presidentNow those same liberals are disappointed Because he ran a centerleft campaign that was perceived as a leftist campaign Theyre not getting what they expected They expected singlepayer They expected a strong push for gay marriage They expected a major crackdown on carbon emissionsThe problem is Obama did not run on any of those things But many people assume he did because he was supposed to be liberalEdit Forgot my opinion Hes doing an OK job Frankly I think hes thinking too politically Trying to be bipartisan Calculating how many votes will be lost if there is or is not a public option Thinking about what states need to be won over for the next election Etc Thats all well and good but the Republicans are better at that They just are Theyre better at circling the wagons Theyre better at voting together Theyre better at making calculated politically advantageous decisions Theyre better at controlling the media narrative Theyre just a more cohesive wellbuilt election machineInstead of thinking politically the Democrats should do what they want They should pass the legislation that they think is best regardless of what damage it will do to them politically They should rely on governing effectively to win support instead of relying on politicking As far as Im concerned just by celebrating math and science returning federal funding to stemcell research and putting Steven Chu at DOE the man has done a hands down fantastic job JUST BY DOING THAT I mean the man could push literally zero agendas or fail at all of them but the very action of not being an antiintellectual is all I wanted I mean for gods sake all the Republicans have to do is field someone who isnt arm flappingly ignorant and theyd get a serious look from me I have to laugh every time I see the Republicans criticize him for not delivering on his promises while they fight toothandnail to prevent him doing so Im from the UK but all I can say is give the man some fucking timeYou and the rest of the world endured 8 years of bush because you voted him in and you expect Obama to solve everything in a year Stop complaining Libertarian here Hes doing as a good a job as I figured he would Based on his platforms during the campaign I knew to expect corporate handouts and aggressive foreign policy and hes done that I knew to expect an attempt to change the health care system and hes done pretty much what he said hed do there I dont like his campaigning for Coakley if she didnt try hard enough to win she doesnt deserve to winWhat I did not expect was a concerted effort for transparency and a relatively successful attempt at it at least in the White House I respect the man for that Congress is another story of course I think Obama is doing a pretty good job but even more importantly I think many Republicans realize the same Two quick storiesFirst story I was talking to our Republican congressman a couple of weeks ago I asked him why the Republicans were just obstructionist on health care reform rather than admitting that Obama was right about access and trying to behave constructively on getting some marketbased provisions into the legislation He said he thought the Republican leadership was the problem and that he and many of his more junior fellow Republicans were trying to get the leadership to act in a more bipartisan fashion Even if this is 90 bullshit the fact that he took this tact rather than trying to defend the Republican position is to me very indicative that at least he realizes that a lot of the criticism of Obama is political rather than substantive He also said the media is partly to blame because they get a lot more attention when reporting on conflict than they do reporting when people are working well togetherMy second story I belong to the Rotary motto Service Above Self most famous for having led the international effort to defeat polio but most members seem to be conservative businesstypes Last week we had a get together and I was surprised when another couple came up to my wife and I and said they wanted to get our impression of how President Obama has been doing The reason I was surprised is that he is a died and true Republican former advisor to a US Senator and I assume his wife is just as conservative and theyre both Harvard Law graduates And Im sort of well known for my liberal social views although I tend to be conservative on fiscal issues So I said I thought he was doing pretty well and effectively juggling a lot of very challenging issues although I wish the Republicans would have behaved constructively on health care reform and negotiated some changes to control costs To my great surprise they agreed with me said they were very frustrated with their party and then spent a few minutes disparaging Palin I voted for McCain In retrospect I should have voted for Obama I may get downvoted but Im man enough to admit it I cant stand Fox News anymore and Im sick of hearing people criticize Obama for the job hes doing Seriously its the most stressful job in the world give him a break Hes doing fine Change and progress take time I agree with you Original Poster It seems to me that everyone was all mad at Bush for shoving things down our throat the war etc avoiding debate skirting the legislative process and other such things but now some of the same people are mad at Obama for not doing the same thing I wish hed push a little harder on some things but I think overall hes doing a fine job Hes a hell of a lot better and step in the right direction compared to what McCain and Palin would be doing I dont really think much about politics but as far as Obama goesI think hes doing as good of a job as any man could Obama came into office with a big plate of SHIT to clean up after Bush He didnt exactly come in and have it easy Hes having to attempt to fix or deal with all the stuff Bush left behind Now I never was a fan of Bush at allI hate war I am against it 100 I couldnt stand the way he spoke publicly I couldnt stand the way he delt with ANYTHING Obama seems to be a very sincere manand with intentions of doing what is good as far as I can tell anyways It seemed that Bush had one thing on his mind and one thing onlyObama is doing a pretty good job dealing with whats on his plate The first president I remember was Ronald Reagen Here is a list of things that have changed since Reagen Health care Nope Pointless war on drugs Nope Foreign wars that seem to have no actual affect on my daily life Nope Corruption in government Nope The rich get richer and the poor get poorer Nope Wages of the working class Nope The poor punished for crimes that the rich and elite arent Nope President with a darker skin tone YesI guess its not all badNow if someone would be willing to show me a list of things that Obama has done that have actually had a positive affect on my life as a working class American citizen Having lived longer than 99 of all Redditors I can say with aged confidence that this is nothing new All presidents come in with at least part of the public jazzed that they won thats how they win Then the reality sets in that A its an impossible job B the way we pick the person for the job almost assures us that she will not be up to itObama seems like a great guy but this job just grinds people down even the tough evil ones anyone remember Nixonedit point about evil being that the less evil ones get broken even sooner like Carteredit2 1520 years later the story about any given president is completely unrelated to what you heard when they were in power I mean completely history is just this random fiction made up by selfappointed hucksters Or maybe were really not objective while the poor sucker is in power I dunno its just like reality gets rewritten A Its only been a year B Bailouts seem to have helped but seems like we should have attached more long lasting oversight to prevent these people from doing the same as before C Healthcare bill seems to have turned into a handout for insurance companies I actually hope it doesnt pass in the current form D Internationally good progress E Wars no comment From me not bad but not good Im very pleased both ends of the spectrum can just go into their corner Weve avoided an economic meltdown Invested HEAVILY in basic science and technology for energy repaired broken geopolitical ties avoided moral wars over crap social issues w no consensus passed some sort of healthcare legislation Obama is doing quite well Im very pleased and im middle of the road guy If we hand back the Senate OR the House to Republican majority in November no progress will be made Is that what the liberal demographic wants Give Obama a year then turn your back on him Really Ill just leave this right here Failure to investigate the Bush administrations multiple documented war crimes for the good of America Not allowing investigation or release of existing photos clearly showing torture of subjects while being imprisoned by the US This is obstruction of justice The complete failure to restore and protect Habeas corpus The continuation of the practice of renditions which often leads to torture being performed in other countries The continuation of warrantless wiretapping Continuation and renewal of the Patriot Act while knowing fully well that it is unconstitutional The continuation of the Iraq war and the expansion of the Afghanistan war The continued and expanded drone bombings in Pakistan with no prior Congressional approval The problem is that very few people are capable of being objective when it comes to assessing the performance of their politiciansWhen the dust has settled and Obamas term as president is over be it 4 or 8 years he will be heralded on current performance as one of the greatest American presidents Hes getting that much done He has a few moral hurdles the build up to Iraq and torture to overcome but I think hes probably doing the right thing there too instead of instigating witch hunts hes letting the justice branch of government navigate them and there are movements there these things move very slowly because there is so much mess to wade throughAll these issues take time If by the end of his first term he has implemented significant health care reform and financial reform and wound down the 2 wars I cant see how he wont get a 2nd term And thats just the major policies hes signing so much significant legislation that I dont think many will fully understand the benefits of his presidency until it is water under the bridge im personally all for obama being only a halfcitizen of this country im only half invested in everything going on here i usually just turn a blind eye to most of the things going on what i cannot ignore is the obvious fact that even if Obama WAS doing a bad job it would still be better than the latter GW Bush Obama is doing the best he can with the hopeless mess that he was given some presidencies are easier than others i think that should be apparent one last point how can you even gauge ANYTHING anymore with the media induced hysteria and bias reports they try to feed us i dont have much to debate really but great topic I voted for Obama I contributed to his campaign and in my opinion his Presidency has been optimized by the audacity of mediocrity I just watched a documentary called Sicko on free to air tv here in Australia I cant believe Obama is having so much trouble trying to reform your health care system I mean seriously dont you feel ashamed It beggars belief I dont think hes doing a bad job hes doing an adequate job Whats disappointing is I like so many of us thought he would do an extraordinary job That is not happening Bottom line hes clearly better than McCain would have been but not what I was hoping for A friend of mine made an observation pretty early in the Obama campaign before it was clear that hed even get the nomination He said These guys are playing the long game I think thats how his administration works too I think that he and his people understand the functioning and structure of the American system and how to effectively wield power within it more deeply than has any administration in my lifetimeIt seems to me that a lot of people who feel that Obama isnt accomplishing enough are expecting a president who rules by fiat As weve seen in the work of the previous administration its possible for a president to rule by fiat But thats dangerous for a whole lot of reasons Its antidemocratic sure But it also means that the policies that come into effect dont have real support anywhere outside the executive branch of the federal government Power exercised in this fashion is ultimately power squanderedThe American political system is profoundly corrupt A generation ago Gore Vidal observed that theres only one political party in the United States the Money Party and it wins every election This is far more true today than it was when he said it When a president goes up against the Money Party its like Omar Little said Come at the king you best not missFor instance theres two ways to look at the healthcare reform bill You can look at it as a disappointing series of compromises that have rendered it deeply mediocre which it is But another way to look at it is that if it goes into law as seems likely now it will be the first healthcare reform bill of any substance that has been enacted in the US since the the Social Security Act of 1965 Theres a reason its taken 45 years for another healthcare reform bill to pass and it sure as shit isnt that the US hasnt needed to reform healthcareI think that this guy is the most extraordinary personality to emerge from the American political scene in my lifetime I also think that hes exactly the kind of president that he said he was going to be when he was running for the office Id like him to be a lot farther to the left than he actually is but you know thats not what the people of my country voted for I dont like how he renamed the war on terror hid the prisoners from Guantanamo used more Predator planes to wage wars in countries allegedly in allegiance with the US and tried to look a man of the people while getting heaps of money from Wall Street But hes gotten a heck of a lot more good stuff done than Id hoped for scitech wise Being president isnt easy weve all seen the West Wing Its all spent wrangling this way and that doing deals with everyone with their own agenda Its not like being a king he cant just walk in and snap his fingers and everyone jumps to there are a lot of people trying to stop him doing what he promised and hes got to pick his battles and compromise here and thereAfter 8 years of a war mongering corrupt idiot who destroyed your economy and left your reputation in tatters around the globe I think if Obama kept everything exactly the way it is right now until the end of his term thats MORE than america probably deserves If he only achieves 10 of what he promised its still massively better than what a McCainPalin term would have doneI dont think america appreciates just how close you were to going completely down the tubes you escaped by the narrowest of marginsand you aint out of it fully yet This provides an example of the huge mistake people make when they debate about Presidents The entire responsibility is narrowed down to single last names Bush Obama Clinton etc Bush took us into Iraq Obama sends more troops into Afghanistan are examples Whats funny to me is that people on the left are so willing to accept that Bush the idiot son of a powerful family that was privileged enough to run on his last name was a complete puppet in an administration of ideologues but somehow Obama is this strong leader that makes the big decisions The Whitehouse is run by two major interests that at times become the same interest On one side you have the Military Industrial Complex and on the other side you have the banking financial elite oligarchy that may also blend into the MIC Obama and Bush are two guys that did not come from the inside of either of these major groups WHat does that mean It means theyre puppets Total mouthpieces Obama wakes up in the morning he reads his reports in those reports it tells him what he has to say when hes not reading a speech and then the rest of the time he gives speeches written by speech writers that also read the same reports I would argue that he does a great job doing thatWhen bills reach his desk he will sign or veto those bills according to needs of the real ideologues He is making decisions but those decisions are not acts of virtue theyre acts of compliance and obedience to men far older and more powerful than himObama filled his entire Administration with Wall Street lobby interesthttpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsstory31234647obamasbigselloutObama was playing everyone from day one He like his predecessors is a man that lies constantly Lying for Obama is like taking out the garbage for a janitor Its what he does for a day jobSo Obama has done a spectacular job doing what he set out for from the beginning becoming President and assuring that he makes millions and millions of dollars off of book sales and speaking tours after he leaves the White House gtYou dont convince someone by shoving it down their throat you get them used to it so they dont think of it as changeWake me up when Obama honors his promise to close Gitmo A year ago he promised to have it done by now CIA is also still kidnapping and torturing Telecom immunity still in effect Bush era abuses are still in effect except with Dems in power liberals are ignoring them I feel better with him in office than I have in a long time Yes Id like to see us out of Iraq yes Id like the aid to Israel to be curtailed yes I wish the health care bill had actually meant something so on so forth Still though I dont feel like hes yanked the rug out from under us I think that Obama has done a good job with the hand that he was dealt Whether or not he knew it was gonna be a tough job going in he did but bailouts of 2 major industries Im sure that wasnt on his radar hes done the best he could I graduated with a major in psychology though Im in the tech industry so I notice a lot about PR and social interactions and on that front Obama has done a great job with repairing a lot of the international relationships which were nearly all unarguably damaged under Bush Even Cuba has opened their airspace for us and Haiti to help the relief Sure its a nice thing to do in a time of international tragedy but Obamas actions over the last year sure havent hurt us There are other things that I dont agree with but overall hes done a pretty good job on coming through on a lot of things in his first year httpwwwpolitifactcomtruthometerpromisesHe is more techsavvy than any president before him by a long shot and says he wants our government to be transparent to the people and has followed through on that at least some All in all not a bad first year of presidency The people who bash Obama from the left are a good example of people who dont know what they want Think of the consequences of Obama bashing It makes him less popular it makes Obama more vulnerable and empowers his political enemies on the right we end up with situations like we have now where a Republican stands to win the 41st Senate seat leaving Obamas progressive agenda essentially dead in the water This of course leaves liberals further from their ideal goals than they were before bashing Obama Politics is the art of the possible From my distance hes done nothing particularly stupid which makes a nice change and looks like hes trying to correct the US tendency towards being a thirdworld country with a big economy Yeah cmon guys so hes only killed 700 innocent Pakistanis Its just his first yearI expect great things from this President Were going to kick some serious ass in Pakistan And I fully expect before his term is over well have started wars in Iran and Yemen tooUSA USA USA Apparently several thinktanks say he has passed more legislation toward his stated what he campaigned on goals then any president since WWIIWhat he sucks at is 1 SAYING that and 2 Blaming the previous administration more for the trouble were in today If he did those two things we wouldnt even be asking this question he certainly has brought change to America as he said he would thats for sure hes done a lot more in his first year than W did in his first four years I was a fan from the beginning and still am OBAMA Most intelligent collection of posts Ive seen in a long time Not an American but as far as I can see what Obama is doing is best for America In actual fact much of what the Republicans want to do and have been doing for the past few years has been pawning of America to the world literally through Treasurys while not using any of the cash for constructive issues like healthcare or education Yet they arent all wrong free trade business policies etc are critical for a vibrant economy but although they were right in principle their corruption by lobbyists ended up destroying any progress that could have been made Obama seems to be striking a pretty good balance There is a sayingIf both the left side and the right side hate you equally then you are doing just fine I find it difficult to discuss the question as you phrased it A presidents overall performance is naturally a combination of their performance in various subareas including many specific issues and some hardertodefine intangibles Different people will naturally assign different weights to different subareasConsider two imaginary redditors Jack and Jill both think Obama has done great work on health care and both disapprove of escalation in Afghanistan But Jack has family who have personally been affected by the poor health care system and weighs the health care issue extremely high as a result he thinks Obama is fantastic Jill has two brothers who were sent oversees and now both are dead She then gives extremely high weight to the Afghanistan issue and thinks Obama is a terrible presidentJack says Obama is great Jill says Obama is awful This leads to a great deal of misunderstanding and frustration between the two despite the fact that they actually agree with each other on his perissue performanceAll this is to say any discussion that does not completely rephrase your questioncommentary in terms of specific issues will be largely worthless and wind up causing more confusion rather than providing clarity Obamas first six months have been even more active than FDRs or LBJs the two standards for such assessmentsYet there is little media attention given to much of what he has doneOf late the media is focusing almost exclusively on Obamas critics without holding them responsible for the uncivil unconstructive tone of their disagreements or without holding the previous administration responsible for getting us in such a deep hole The misinformation and venom that now passes for political reporting and civic debate is beyond descriptionWhat most impresses me is the fact that Obama has accomplished so much not from a heavyhanded or topdown approach but from a style that has institutionalized efforts to reach across the aisle encourage vigorous debate and utilize town halls and panels of experts in the policymaking process Beyond the accomplishments the process is good for democracy and our democratic processes have been battered and bruised in recent yearsHeres the listOrdered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spendingOrdered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practicesInstituted enforcement for equal pay for womenBeginning the withdrawal of US troops from IraqFamilies of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFBEnded media blackout on war casualties reporting full informationEnded media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldiers familyThe White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information ActInstructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possibleLimits on lobbyists access to the White HouseLimits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administrationEnded the previous stoploss policy that kept soldiers in IraqAfghanistan longer than their enlistment datePhasing out the expensive F22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems which werent even used or needed in IraqAfghanistanRemoved restrictions on embryonic stemcell researchFederal support for stemcell and new biomedical researchNew federal funding for science and research labsStates are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standardsIncreased infrastructure spending roads bridges power plants after years of neglectFunds for highspeed broadband Internet access to K12 schoolsNew funds for school constructionThe prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased outUS Auto industry rescue planHousing rescue plan789 billion economic stimulus planThe public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance the new plan can be completed in one day a mortgage if they are having trouble payingUS financial and banking rescue planThe secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closedEnded the previous policy the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the GenevaConvention standardsBetter body armor is now being provided to our troopsThe missile defense program is being cut by 14 billion in 2010Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructureprotocolsReengaged in the treatiesagreements to protect the AntarcticReengaged in the agreementstalks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissionsVisited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in officeSuccessful release of US captain held by Somali pirates authorized the SEALS to do their jobUS Navy increasing patrols off Somali coastAttractive tax writeoffs for those who buy hybrid automobilesCash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient polluting old cars for new cars stimulated auto salesAnnounced plans to purchase fuel efficient Americanmade fleet for the federal governmentExpanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more childrenSigned national service legislation expanded national youth service programInstituted a new policy on Cuba allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved onesEnded the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissionsExpanding vaccination programsImmediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disastersClosed offshore tax safe havensNegotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminalsEnded the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs the new policy is to promote insourcing to bring jobs backEnded the previous practice of protecting credit card companies in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industrys predatory practicesEnergy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15 of their energy from renewable sourcesLower drug costs for seniorsEnded the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savingsIncreasing pay and benefits for military personnelImproved housing for military personnelInitiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spousesImproved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitalsIncreasing student loansIncreasing opportunities in AmeriCorps programSent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacyEstablished a new cyber security officeBeginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force this includes new procurement policies increasing size of military new technology and cyber units and operations etcEnded previous policy of awarding nobid defense contractsOrdered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparednessEstablished a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficientStudents struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinancedImproving benefits for veteransMany more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administrationInstituted a new focus on mortgage fraudThe FDA is now regulating tobaccoEnded previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rulesEnded previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules regulations and reportsAuthorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisonsAuthorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captiveMaking more loans available to small businessesEstablished independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of MedicareAppointment of first Latina to the Supreme CourtAuthorized constructionopening of additional health centers to care for veteransLimited salaries of senior White House aides cut to 100000Renewed loan guarantees for IsraelChanged the failingstatus quo military command in AfghanistanDeployed additional troops to AfghanistanNew Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid development of infrastructure diplomacy and good government practices by AfghansAnnounced the longterm development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner efficient energy productionReturned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quartersPaid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocketHeld first Seder in White HouseAttempting to reform the nations healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more under insuredHas put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reformHas announced his intention to push for energy reformHas announced his intention to push for education reformOh and he built a swing set for the girls outside the Oval OfficeThats allfor now Hey he may not be doing the best job but he isnt Bush and thats good enough for me right now The important thing is that I am actually interested in his approach to solving problems even if I disagree with his methods I cannot say the same for our previous president That his speeches inspire objective criticisms and actual thought is perhaps the most refreshing thing about him As a figurehead it is very important that he encourages rational thought over fear of terror war and poverty In this respect he is doing a fantastic jobAs far as legislature goes well thats not the presidents responsibility In the realm of the senate Im happy that Al Franken is around and espousing the idea that there needs to be more debate in the senate and fewer senators with opinions about bills they havent read If you want to check how Obamas actually doing then you can see promises kept promises broken and pledges that are still in the works herehttpwwwpolitifactcomtruthometerpromises I think hes doing a great job but seems to get nowhere with Congress Its their job to write the laws but theyre so mired in politics and special interests that theyre not giving him anything to work withHes done great with what is in his power though I think he is doing fairly well given the problems he has had to take on simultaneously And while I understand the importance of compromise I wish I knew what it is he will not compromise on What are his core principles the ones he would be willing to risk it all on I think hes doing great considering were not at war with Iranhttpwwwfoxnewscomstory0293326704100html Senate Democrats deserve the majority of the blame for wasting the last year The House has been great but the Senate has stalled and watered down legislation at every turn Had it just been the House most of Obamas agenda would already be signed into law The Senate Dems especially the socalled moderates became infatuated with their ability to hold a veto over his agenda that theyve handed power to the Republicans and squandered whatever chance the Democrats hadObama still deserves his share of the blame though For all their talent during the campaign its like Obamas been living inside a bubble since the inauguration Hes shown little if any inclination to pressure senators or use his oratorical skills to push legislation For someone who ran as an outsider bringing change he couldnt have done much more over the last year to make himself look like a Beltway insider I would cut him slack if it was working but it isnt Results speak and he isnt getting results I dont watch Faux or listen to hate radio so I think hes doing a ok job Turning a little to the middle but that was to be expected Im not expecting a lot of people to see this as Im posting late but we have to remember that the president cant do just anything he wants he has to go through a lot of hoops in order to do so If we restrain our selfs to a twoparty system when looking at our government which for the most part it is we have to get all 60 democrats on his side in order to make a bill filibuster proof which is a lot harder considering how spread out the democratic party is right now The republicans can effectively raise hell in the senate by just getting one democrat on their sideIm not trying to point fingers at the republicans or sound like a democratic fan boy Im just saying that from what it appears our senate and a lot of the government are either a democrat or a republican and that our government has to play by the democratic or republican rules if they want to get anything done which is a hard thing to do As a right leaning redditor I cant say Im all that surprised with the course of his presidency Yes he may have had a fairly liberal voting record before he became president but Obama is a very shrewd politician and realizes America is a center right country Presidents always give lip service to their base take Bush for example Many hardline conservatives voted for him in the 2000 and 2004 elections hoping for a reduction in federal government as well as a socially conservative agenda Eight years later abortion was still legal there was no Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and the federal governments budget had grown by over a third btw much of it wasnt related to the war on terror httpwwwusatodaycomnewswashington20060402federalspendingxhtmObama is no different He plays to his base during the election the majority of whom will vote for him rather than see a rightist enter the office He also realizes that if he pursues a truly leftist agenda he can kiss goodbye to control of the house and senate Look at where Democrats made gains in 2006 and 2008 These states arent liberal they became fed up with Republican chicanery and general ineptitude and voted in relatively conservative democratsObama will continue to pursue a center left agenda and will most likely win reelection after which he may pursue a slightly more leftist agenda without the worry of another election Given the enormity of the problems facing the country right now I actually dont think hes doing a particularly bad job my biggest gripe with him involves the bailouts which were a bipartisan assfucking of the American people Dont forget that most people get their information from the news The news needs to sensationalize current events to get the ratings What they do is make it so that every position a president makes is critical and the perception a controversial and conflicting one This grabs peoples attention And so they start to question and doubt his abilities Truth is he has been doing pretty well He has upset liberals and conservatives alike This means he is governing close to the middle No one should start from a position of democrat or republican To do so only means you are a Ditto HeadStop being politically imature As an outsider he appears to be doing a brilliant job Especially considering that the republican party just slander him generally without any validity instead of having an actual argument Considering what he was given hes doing the best he can Its like being given the driving seat of a 44 tonne truck that has no brakes and is going down a step hill while being shot at from both sides An extremely vocal minority thinks he and anyone calling themselves a democrat is doing a bad job Becoming president doesnt mean he can flip a switch and make all his dreams reality but he is doing things to make the world better As opposed to when republicans are in charge and they just want to support the military industrial complex and give tax breaks to rich people Well if I hadnt been paying attention I could agree with you He has utterly failed on every major thing he campaigned onTransparency laughableHealth CARE reform we were promised televised negotiations on cspan you might say well he doesnt make that decision So why did he make that promise He also said we would have tort reform imported drugs from canada and ability to buy insurance across state lines all picked off by special interests You can be sure he will sign any reform bill that hits his desk even if all it does is bails out the insurance companiesBringing america together He said it himself that it hasnt happenedClosing gitmo due tomorrow lets see how that works outLimiting lobbyist influence in government enough saidHelping struggling homeowners to keep their houses failThe only thing he really has been good at is leading our country toward more reliance on government at the expense of our basic freedoms Its not that I think Obama is doing a perfect job There are a couple of issues that are totally in his court which he hasnt delivered Dont Ask Dont Tell could end by executive order and I dont know why it hasntBut that aside its just that hes clearly not the bottleneck at this point in time The main problem right now is the US Senate and Republicans who are forcing a 60 vote supermajority to get anything doneIts hard for me to imagine how a more progressive Obama could have gotten Joe Lieberman to vote for a public option for example My disappointment lies with people like Ben Nelsons and Max Baucus the blue dog caucus in the house and the worlds leading douchebag Joe Lieberman The only way hed get my sympathy is if he did something about the war habeas corpus and all the other crap that bush enactedIf he cant simply reverse the policies of his predecessor and do things that are well within his power as commander in chief I have no sympathy for him Considering his administration thought fast and prevented what could of been the biggest economic meltdown of all time yeah hes doing alright I shudder at the thought of what would have happened if Bush had to deal with that situation The word NeoHoovervilles comes to mind I think that much of the complaints about Obamas work can be attributed to both the hype with which he came into office and the lack of understanding apparent in most americans as to what a president can actually do For people who think hes doing a bad job I wonder if theyd be happier with the other options More of George W Bush President McCain and Vice President PalinHes not perfect but anyone who thinks our govt can be perfect has been reading too much Huxley i have no idea i think its pretty shitty that health care debates are not broad casted over the air waves after a pledge of transparency in the governmenti think changing private unionization votes to public is shittyi think allowing the labor unions to have exception from gold health care plans is shittyi think increasing my taxes is shittyi think an even bigger bailout than bushs was shitty hated bushs by the waywe are still at war i think the double standard for obama is shitty meaning when bush took office for the first term the economy was already taking a shit and now its bushs fault not clintons but obama came into office with an even shittier economy which has continued to shrink aka get shittier and its bushs faultdont get me wrong i thought bush was an ass hat but really ppl obama is no betterhe has failed to deliver on most of his campign he has even done the opposite in some cases no transparencywhat little we have had was just scanned jpgs in a pdf so that doesnt help anybody a day before a vote bailouts stronger patriot actwhats to be impressed with this is not a rhetorical question Im divided On one hand he has done some great things but on the other the big promises like healthcare seem to be compromises I dont know how much of this change has been proactive work and how much has been Obama just not being bush Obama has done a fantastic job fixing the absolute mess the Bush administration left behind However he has done a terrible job carrying out the new policies he pushed during his campaign The healthcare debate has been an absolute joke because he did not bring a plan to the table What should have happened is he needed to come in with a list of what the healthcare bill needed to have in it He didnt and instead let the Republicans decide what the debate was going to be about This resulted in the abomination of a bill we have now thats little more than a payout to insurance companies He campaigned on having more transparency and it just hasnt happened Things like this the new policies he wanted he just hasnt really followed through on Basically e has done a fabulous job cleaning up the mess and a terrible job at renovating Since you phrase it that way its clear that you dont want to hear how he has destroyed any chance we might have had for changeHe has driven away those who put him in power and he will lose his congressional majority in November and be impotent for the next 2 years Bush was a much more effective president unfortunately for the bad As soon as he got in he instituted a blizzard of reactionary actions on a myriad of fronts simulataneously Obama apparently cant manage to chew gum if hes walkingThe handwriting was on the wall the first week he was in office and appointed all those Clinton retreads who were only marginally more liberal than Bush He lied to us He said he was for Change but it is clear that he is profoundly conservativeUnfortunately in our plutocracy it is probably impossible for a true progressive to get anywhere near a presidential nomination by either major party Ever Im not here to criticize Obama the individual person I think hes a good man with good intentions But its hard not to see that he is playing his presidency with weak knees bowing down left and right to the corruption that got us into the mess we are in From every angle its obvious hes being nice guy to corporations who time and again have screwed over Americans from Wall Street to healthcare insurance to Big Pharma to the war machine to the CIA to George W Bush and Dick Cheney Single payer wasnt even an option for him it was never on the table and thats really disappointing But what irks me the very most is his desire to expand warfare to expand the empire without any consideration for all the lives being stolen from the soldiers to the victims who he orders bombed Please dont give me the he ran on a platform of killing Afghans BS For one he barely talked about expanding the war in Afghanistan Maybe he slipped it in every now and then but most people heard that he voted against the Iraq war and he came across as a peaceful type of person Furthermore Obama absolutely did not run on a platform of bombing other countries like Pakistan and Yemen He did not say Im going to send the CIA out to bomb anyone they please If he had he wouldnt be president because thats not what the American people want from their leadership Furthermore Obama will not address the fact that extraordinary rendition is still very much happening and that black sites where people are being tortured to death are still open and running Obama has not addressed the fact that theres endless money for wars torture and spying but not a penny for the tens of thousand of American families being kicked out of their houses and onto the streets For the crap that he was given getting elected into office I think he is doing a good job I hope he can do better but compared to the way the republitards were running this country I think Obama is doing a excellent job gt You dont convince someone by shoving it down their throat you get them used to it so they dont think of it as changeI disagree I think the war on terrorism was something shoved down Americas throat and you guys accepted it pretty quickly You still accept it even though its quite possibly the dumbest reason for a warSure you were attacked and at the time I agreed with you guys seeking revenge Most major countries would want to do the same However you skewed what happened into this huge war on terror and the people accepted it Shove something down peoples throats and they will be convinced its right Many are starting to change their opinions but I would think a huge chunk of America still believes in the war on terror Enough Americans that you arent gonna stop soonIf your gonna invoke change the best way to do it is quickly Go fast enough that people dont have time to react and brain wash them with news sources backing the need for this change After enough people begin to accept the changes those that question it will be considered unamerican I think the issue is that he campaigned on hope and change So far it looks like the same old shit to me But yea So far Obama has done a medicore job I feel like he is lacking a backbone on a lot of issues and is just leaving important issues to be handled by an Incompetent Congress If Obama believed strongly in reforming this country a lot of legislation would have already been passed Instead he squandered away he political capital over poor cabinet positions and em brassing foreign policy gaffs1 Stimulus package I feel like there was a such a rush in passing this legislation that much of the money wasnt truly accounted for The stimulus package has done a lot of good but it could have done much more had it been passed increments The stimulus bill should have been several bills each of which focuses on areas that need improvement Education Financial Reform Subprime Infrastructure etc That would have allowed a more specific allocations of funds and probably cut out a lot of the waste 2 Gitmo Obama is naive in thinking that he can close Gitmo and move this detainees to America where they can get fair trials Its all a pony show for the press The detainees will never get a federal trial There are so many legal and logistical issues that would prevent this First there is a lot of dispreceny and secrecy in the evidence against the detainees Also in federal court many of the confessions would not be admissible because of questions about torture Probably the biggest issues is what to charge these people with The last time I checked federal law doesnt specify criminal charges against POWs So for many of the detainees Prosecutors would have shaky cases at best Even if prosecutor get a conviction the appeals court would have a field day in overturning these cases 3 Healthcare Reform Im not buying Obamas sincerity on this issue In fact I think that he could care less whether a public option is passed He is leaving his political meal ticket up to Congress and that could be the biggest mistake of his life If Congress doesnt pass healthcare reform with a public option do you really think that the liberal left is going to support him enough to win in 2012 If you do you are dreaming I should not have wrote that Now im frothing at the mouth anger at my governments incompetence Honestly its very hard to be happy with America right now I dont think the American people could be happy with anybody in charge right now People feel like they are working harder for less money fear losing their jobs their homes everything that we used to take for granted Ive seen my income go down along with my dreams of owning a home saving for my childrens education retirement and Im working my butt off And people think that the President is just supposed to magically make it all better To add insult to injury the wealthy have been bailed out by the publics taxes they are getting a golden parachute at the expense of the people who allowed them to get rich in the first place the workers Unfortunately these were measures Barack Obama supported I think hes doing a pretty damned good job so far but then again Im still registered Republican for some reasonThose of you to his left are justified in being pissed off but I hope when the time comes youll remember what you almost got instead The Republican you almost got and meaning no disrespect to Hillary Clinton the Democrats you almost nominatedTo you in Massachusetts Whatever you may think of the job Obamas doing for now punish him to the pollsters not at the polls If Scott Browns the guy for you go for it But dont elect him in anger especially through omission of action You may very well regret it certainly not as bad as EVERYONE including the conservative AND liberal media outlets seems to be saying he is doing lately He has not been perfect nowhere near it in fact but people need to remember that this entire financial mess was created by the bush and to some extent the clinton administrations in clintons administration there was a lot of deregulation and in the bush administration deregulated the banking MUCH further than it should have been Obama was tossed into a pool filled with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads you cant expect that he can take care of dr evil in the next 5 minutes IE 1 year out of 4 give obama time peoples expectations are significantly too high for his first year He hasnt done such a bad job according to this websitehttpwwwpolitifactcomtruthometerpromises which keeps track of which promises he has and hasnt kept For some reason people think the most effective leaders are those that forward their particular cause This is not what makes a great political leader A great political leader brings balance to political forces that operate in the country And on that note Obama is doing a great job in my opinionThe reactions to his presidency in the negative are really quite predictable considering the ideas about what change meant during the election It really is far too early to say he is doing a bad jobhe is actually quite a productive president and I believe in 4 years he will be reelected all the back lash against him right now is just dialectical ie its programmed via the methodology he employedObama is doing just fine I dont expect our political leaders to create utopia because our political system will not allow for it Politics is irrational Obama is the best we can hope for and it probably will not get better than him so if you dont like Obama hate the game not the player Obama has been a wonderfully moderate and centrist president While airy and flowery as a politician hes been brilliantly technocratic while in office Im a Conservative I did vote for Obama couldnt bring myself to vote for a ticket with Palin on it although I had some reservations Those reservations havent panned out I am decidedly happy with Obama as a president I honestly dont see why people seem to get all foamy at the mouth both left and right when it comes to him his policies are sensible and centristI guess when you govern from the middle all you get is two sides angry at you rather than just one It takes a long time to turn around an oil tanker particularly one that was full to the brim of turd when he became captain Considering the daunting task that he inherited hes doing as well as can be expected If I were President I would have waited until my second year to introduce health care but other than that Obama is doing ok Republicans bash him every chance they get but they have no answers or alternatives for any of his initiatives and Rush and Beck just egg people on to hate and criticize I only hope that enough young people see through them for what they are and go out and vote for Obama again for the next term Given the challenges he has faced in what is without a doubt the hardest job in the world I think he has done ok I dont agree with everything he has done example taking so long to decide to send more trrops to afghanistan He is mostly fighting fires that started under Bush once he gets them put out I think we can see some real progress on the agenda he promised The entire US government is a corrupt machine driving off a cliff and you want us to look at the new cool stick shift knob you got PLEASE From the time Obama was elected the Republican plan has been to convince everyone that you were tricked that Obama isnt what he said he was that you regret voting for him and that he is doing a terrible job Theyve been consistently hitting hard at that since then It depends on what you consider to be his job If escalating the wars and bailing out the banks instead of the public and appointing nonprogressive people into virtually every post is his job he is doing great but personally I would rather that he did more of the stuff he promised to do during his campaign Anyone else think not doing a that bad a job isnt good enough for the commander in chief of one of the most powerful countries in the world I think Obama has done a good job A lot of progressives are pissed off because he hasnt done enough but In Washington you have to make a lot of compromises Especially when there is a party who wishes to block your every moveYou are not going to go in and change the system Jimmy Carter learned this lesson the hard way it doesnt pay to be too idealistic Obama is doing a good job keeping up the status quo expanding Middle East Occupation expanding the War on Terror ect ect ect gtYou dont convince someone by shoving it down their throat you get them used to it so they dont think of it as changeWhat reason do you have for thinking Obama is actually doing this I see this argument all the time and when you get down to it the Obama supporters are acting on nothing but blind faith He tried to be hard on Israel regarding settlements that says a lotI live in South Africa and wanted Obama to win even though I never supported the party views That said I dont see much change regarding US foreign policy I simply use the conservatives as a barometer of sorts The more enraged and panicked they become the better off we must be Seems we are entering a golden age by that measurement Guantanamo has yet to be closed No real steps have been taken to stop torture of detainees the executive order Obama signed has big enough loop holes that nothing has actually had to change According to Obamas 18 month schedule they should be out of Iraq in just 7 more months that does not seem anywhere close to becoming a reality The war on drugs has not really been toned down Maybe the things hes doing are also campaign promises he made so many promises that I dont know half of them but quite frankly on the issues that I care about he is doing a dismal job of fulfilling his promisesOn the other hand Im not a US citizen so why should he do what I want right I give hijm credit for tackling the many problems that others ignored by looking the other way Those who criticize him for trying to do too much too soon fall into the category Albert Einstein spoke of when he spoke these words The world is not so much a dangerous place because of those who are evil but because of those who sit by doing nothingOur President truly cares God bless him I honestly think he is doing a pretty bang up job for how much he has to deal with Putting aside the actual election fiasco about his citizenship and all of that having to do everything under the amazingly biased scrutiny of the current incarnation of News Networks has to be ridiculously stressful for himThe amount of negative press he gets for ANYTHING he does is at least in my opinion ridiculous whether what he does is good or not The expectations that were put on him after winning were FAR to high and many of the problems that America has will not be fixed for a very long time regardless of who got elected this term and most likely the next 2 or 3 terms due to the amount of time it takes to pass any sort of legislationThe healthcare bill is a perfect example of this as it has been tied up in legislation sense he was elected and then the senators on either side chastise him for not keeping his promises about getting things passed when they are blocking the bill from passing themselvestldr He is doing a pretty dam good job for all the BS he has to deal with A lot of what I see as his problems stem from Bush policies Iraq Gitmo Afganistan bailoutsetc But hes been stuck with just staying the course on those policies instead of radically changing them We should already be out of Iraq and Afganistan Its not that hard you just admit that there will be repercussions to leaving and you leave Those are after all not our countries and weve paid enough in blood and money trying to help them Gitmo could have been closed in 5 minutes Executive order closing gitmo and releasing prisoners DoneThe bailouts are the worst of it Im not sure exactly how paying 100 for every man woman and child to a bunch of bankers so that their bubble can stay inflated helps us The TARP program was a giant festering pile of shit that should have never happened If you want to spend lots of money bailing out huge companies GIVE THE PEOPLE THE FUCKING STOCK Then we own their fucking asses and if theyre ripping us off at least we get the fucking profitsThe way that money went through AIG to the big banks was the largest heist of money the world has ever seen I repeat that money was stolen from us and given to rich people Obama went along with it when he should have stopped it If you think statusquo is a good job then tuck yourself in and go back to sleep Everything wil be just fine trust your demagogues Meet the new boss same as the old boss |
Hey Im a straight shooter I shoot from the hipI tell it like it is Im just being honestI call it like I see it Its HIS problem if hes too sensetive to handle the truth All terms used to allow people to escape any culpability for being socially inept unpopular or cruel Also serves to insulate them from ever having to rethink grow or apologize HATE it | Your submission reeks of pity want Youre pathetic and the only thing worse than your desperation is that you are searching on the Internet for for intimacySorry Just being honest I tell it like it is Answering honestly when asked a direct question is okay offering your dickish opinions when nobody asked is not I sincerely disagree If you choose to dislike someone you deem to be cruel then thats your right but you must consider that their motivation might actually be just wanting to tell it like it is as opposed to fulfilling some need to be lazy or cruel its really just social ineptitude on their part they think by acting or speaking any way they want proves their social dominance but the very act of needing to prove your dominance in the 1st place comes from a place of insecurity so it backfires they do not realize this and also do not realize that by being positive and improving everybody elses self esteem is the only way to win at life Tactful diplomacy goes a long way in any interaction Theres a big difference between being honest and being an asshole Unfortunately some dont see the difference Its the whole how you say it bitWriting off a jerk remark with Im just being honest or I was only joking or other party is just too sensitive etc is called playing headgames No thanksgot better things to do with better quality people Theres a time and place for everything and it takes greater skill in determining such You wouldnt want to hang with me thenIm just honest period No need for the foreplay beforehand I give it to you raw and unapologetic to those people I always say Wow youre brave youre basically saying people can tell you all your inadequacies and annoying habits |
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