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Zhanteimi 12-17-2018 05:22 PM
I think I misunderstood what a strawman argument means. I got the gist, but I misapplied how its used.

Your ad hominem, however, is clear.

Lisnaholic 12-17-2018 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2025163)
So true. I work a job that you'd think would pay me a living wage when I could hardly afford to get by.

That's been the case for majority of my jobs. Especially when working for Sodexo where my boss could hardly even afford an apartment.

The ****tiest revelation is when you find out you work twice as hard as people that get paid much much more than you.

You know the stupid stereotypical stories you get from delusional parents that tell you they used to walk 3 miles home from a job or some **** to afford their house or their new car? That's me except I still can't afford a car or even an apartment. And my insurance is trash. Most people with my conditions could hardly even hold a job and I've had to with no treatment or care for it just to struggle to get by.

I don't understand why the same people that shove the "life isn't fair" **** down your throat are the same ones that believe you get what you earn. You don't. You get taken advantage of because there is nothing you can do about it.
^ I'm sorry to hear that, Lucem; it must be a lousy position to be in. I'm not sure if it would be consoling or depressing to read Nickel and Dimed. Have you heard of it? A journalist tries out some low status jobs, like office cleaner, and also explains the traps that low-wage earners fall into in the US.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...JO_IBAzX_9-m6F

Zhanteimi 12-17-2018 05:52 PM
She worked those jobs for a short time and really got an inside look about their lives and how hard they work. A lot of people have to work more than one job to get by, and at the end of the day they're exhausted. Every day. It's grueling and really rather hopeless. A powerful book, that.

WWWP 12-17-2018 08:06 PM
Yeah, that's a great read.

Frownland 12-18-2018 05:02 AM
Kool A.D., Formerly of Das Racist, Accused of Sexual Assault by Four Women

Das rapist!

[MERIT] 12-18-2018 08:32 AM
► Israeli PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Calls For 3 More Israels In The Middle East

^ Democracy in the Middle East would be a good thing, but considering how the country chooses to act, 1 Israel is more than enough.



► New York Times Calls For The Elimination Of The Human Species Because Of Climate Change

^ Are humans hurting this planet? Yes. But what would this planet be without us? You want to kill all humans so that the animals can have a sweet place to live? GTFOH.



► Texas Public School Teacher Fired For Refusing Oath To Israel

^ This is definitely illegal. This is what happens when the U.S. government gets infiltrated by foreign nationals with dual citizenship who push legislation that makes it a crime for private citizens and businesses to boycott another nation's goods and services [i.e. practice ones free will].

Lucem Ferre 12-18-2018 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2025333)
^ I'm sorry to hear that, Lucem; it must be a lousy position to be in. I'm not sure if it would be consoling or depressing to read Nickel and Dimed. Have you heard of it? A journalist tries out some low status jobs, like office cleaner, and also explains the traps that low-wage earners fall into in the US.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...JO_IBAzX_9-m6F
I'm interested, though I feel as though I'd just be reading a book describing what I'm already living and understand.

WWWP 12-18-2018 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2025447)
I'm interested, though I feel as though I'd just be reading a book describing what I'm already living and understand.
Probably so, but the mechanics of how the impoverished are kept in poverty is aptly described. It's validating.

rostasi 12-18-2018 10:27 AM
^^^^^ Ehrenreich book is good stuff!

Something completely different. Love the idea and the responses are hilarious.

[MERIT] 12-18-2018 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 2025493)
You just made my day! :beer:

WWWP 12-18-2018 11:15 AM
I saw something similar recently (albeit less impressively engineered) with a box of dirty cat litter.

The Batlord 12-18-2018 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 2025493)
^^^^^ Ehrenreich book is good stuff!

Something completely different. Love the idea and the responses are hilarious.
This hits home as I think a package of mine got jacked last month.

Frownland 12-18-2018 12:55 PM
I'm a big fan of receiving packages from Amazon then reporting them stolen a week after the scheduled delivery date.

Zhanteimi 12-18-2018 01:40 PM
Fuck's sake, guys. This hurts hearing about all these package theft stories. Here in good ol' Japan, every package must be signed for. If you're not home, they leave a slip of paper telling you when they tried to deliver and their phone number, so you can call a schedule a re-delivery time.

Cuthbert 12-18-2018 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2025557)
I'm a big fan of receiving packages from Amazon then reporting them stolen a week after the scheduled delivery date.
Are you taking the piss?

The Batlord 12-18-2018 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Fluff (Post 2025587)
Are you taking the piss?
Not unless he ordered it.

windsock 12-18-2018 05:47 PM
Just live in the country. Everyone's too far away from eachother to care about thieving their neighbor's ****. Too much work.

Lisnaholic 12-18-2018 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2025447)
I'm interested, though I feel as though I'd just be reading a book describing what I'm already living and understand.
^ Yes, I think you probably would. It has the virtue of being very straightforward and easy to read - even after a mind-numbing day of tedious work. You'd be able to compare notes, I suppose, with the different jobs that she tries; about six in all, each for a couple of months I think.

Key 12-18-2018 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi (Post 2025572)
Fuck's sake, guys. This hurts hearing about all these package theft stories. Here in good ol' Japan, every package must be signed for. If you're not home, they leave a slip of paper telling you when they tried to deliver and their phone number, so you can call a schedule a re-delivery time.
Some people reroute packages to a local retail store and they go there to pick it up. It's much safer. But packages get stolen all the time. I get phone calls about it every day.

Zhanteimi 12-18-2018 07:32 PM
You guys need a new country.

Key 12-18-2018 07:32 PM
America ****ing sucks man.

Zhanteimi 12-18-2018 07:45 PM
Japan sucks, too, but less than America, at least in this respect. And, of course, health care.

windsock 12-18-2018 10:38 PM
I like America. I wouldn't mind moving away in the future, though. Hopefully I make enough money to make that happen one day.

[MERIT] 12-19-2018 12:51 PM
► Fluoride-Based Batteries 8 Times As Potent As Lithium Ion Give Electric Cars 1,500 Mile Range [PDF]


► China & Russia Modify 49,000 Square Miles Of Atmosphere Over Europe To Test Military Applications

The Batlord 12-19-2018 12:54 PM
Does your dad know you're using his account?

[MERIT] 12-19-2018 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg (Post 2025929)
Does your dad know you're using his account?
No, he's too busy schtupping your mom.

The Batlord 12-19-2018 01:14 PM
When I'm your step brother I'm going to stick your head in the toilet and flush and if you say anything about it I'll give you a butt helmet.

Frownland 12-19-2018 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Fluff (Post 2025587)
Are you taking the piss?
Yes, then they send another piss without even investigating.

MicShazam 12-19-2018 02:42 PM
Someone took my piss and now I can't even feel pissed about it.

Janszoon 12-19-2018 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 2026025)
Someone took my piss and now I can't even feel pissed about it.
It's a compulsion. Sometimes I just really have to take a piss.

MicShazam 12-19-2018 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2026070)
It's a compulsion. Sometimes I just really have to take a piss.
I should stop leaving it in the bathroom where it's so easy to find.

Janszoon 12-19-2018 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 2026075)
I should stop leaving it in the bathroom where it's so easy to find.
I've been known to take them in the woods too though.

The Batlord 12-19-2018 03:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2026070)
It's a compulsion. Sometimes I just really have to take a piss.
Urine my shit list.

MicShazam 12-19-2018 03:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2026077)
I've been known to take them in the woods too though.
Danish woods are so small you'd find it anyway :(

EDIT: If anyone was gonna do an easy tiny-dick joke here, I just wanna say I saw it coming.

[MERIT] 12-19-2018 03:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 2026081)
Danish woods are so small you'd find it anyway :(

EDIT: If anyone was gonna do an easy tiny-dick joke here, I just wanna say I saw it coming.
*cumming

Lisnaholic 12-19-2018 04:55 PM
Apparently there's been no review process and no consultation either with the military, or with senators or with Allied powers in the area: is anyone else as cynical as me in imagining that Trump is announcing the withdrawal from Syria to deflect from recent PR disasters?
- Comey's speech about Republicans remaining silent as Trump lies about an FBI "break in" and calls a witness cooperating with the FBI "a rat"
- the judge forcing Flynn to destroy the whole Fox/Guilliani/Trump narrative that Flynn was somehow tricked by the FBI - and then going on to voice his disgust that Flynn had "sold out his country".
- the Trump foundation turns out to be a charity the same way Trump University was a university.

( oops! Sorry I interrupted this thread with a news item :shycouch:)

OccultHawk 12-19-2018 05:28 PM
If he wanted to deflect he’d amp up US presence in Syria not withdraw

Like me, he doesn’t care about the news cycle because it doesn’t affect him

All this “bad week” **** on TV doesn’t phase him - he’s not going to jail and the same people love him and the same people hate him

He knows Syria’s a loser and doesn’t want to be LBJ.

Anteater 12-19-2018 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2026203)
If he wanted to deflect he’d amp up US presence in Syria not withdraw

Like me, he doesn’t care about the news cycle because it doesn’t affect him

All this “bad week” **** on TV doesn’t phase him - he’s not going to jail and the same people love him and the same people hate him

He knows Syria’s a loser and doesn’t want to be LBJ.
Not only that, there's really no right answer with Syria PR-wise. The media will call him a puppet of either the Saudis or Putin. They write the headlines beforehand and just fill in the blanks on key nouns when it comes time to publish.

Lisnaholic 12-19-2018 06:27 PM
I agree with you on these points:-

Quote:
Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2026203)
He knows Syria’s a loser and doesn’t want to be LBJ.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2026214)
Not only that, there's really no right answer with Syria PR-wise. The media will call him a puppet of either the Saudis or Putin.
__________________________________________________ _______________________

Wouldn't agree on these though:-

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2026203)
If he wanted to deflect he’d amp up US presence in Syria not withdraw
^ To judge from tonight's news, withdrawal has done the trick of deflection, and it also ties in with his campaign promises. It even superficially plays into the notion that Trump is solving America's overseas problems: North Korea: sorted, ISIS: finished. Unfortunately, neither is true.

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Like me, he doesn’t care about the news cycle because it doesn’t affect him

All this “bad week” **** on TV doesn’t phase him - he’s not going to jail and the same people love him and the same people hate him
^ It's widely reported that, like me, he is addicted to watching cable news channels, and it's also possible that he is already, or in the future will be under sealed indictment.

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2026214)
They write the headlines beforehand and just fill in the blanks on key nouns when it comes time to publish.
^That's a neat remark, Anteater, but it doesn't stand up to any serious scrutiny of course.

OccultHawk 12-19-2018 06:38 PM
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That's a neat remark, Anteater, but it doesn't stand up to any serious scrutiny of course.
You know when someone big dies and NYT has a 10,000 word eulogy out immediately?

They most definitely do have pre-written articles bashing Trump whatever he does. This way he’s sucking Russian cob that way Saudi...

Imagine wanting the jump on the story. It is like that.


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