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mielikki)
(from here, pointed out by profstevie, pointed out to him by reinaness)
You Americans Aren't Selfish Enough
by LithiumCola
Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 05:52:42 PM PDT
You pay all these taxes but you don't want anything in return for it. You don't want free health care. You don't want time off of work. You don't want anything. You're not selfish enough.
You get mad when someone is taking welfare and sitting on their ass. What have you got against sitting on your ass? The whole point behind having a government and paying taxes is to have more time to sit on your ass. That's what technology is for. You Americans work longer than anyone, pay all these taxes, make all these robots, and then not only don't you sit on your ass, but you get mad when anyone else does. You're fucking crazy.
Robots are so you can sit on your ass, don't you get that? In other countries they make the robots and then get in some good ass-sitting. You make the robots and go homeless, which you think is your fault because you were sitting on your ass. Bonkers.
You aren't selfish enough. That's your whole problem. In a regular country, if anyone tried to take away health care and free time, there would be riots in the streets. Why? Because people want free health care and free time. That's all. They are selfish.
That's why people in other countries have a government. That's why they fund all the robot-making. I can't for the life of me tell why you have a government and do all the robot-making. Near as I can tell, you have machines that do more work than you just so you can be homeless and die. Which is the wrong kind of ass-sitting.
You say, "people on welfare are lazy." What the hell is wrong with lazy? Do you want lazy people to starve to death? Don't you want to be more lazy? Don't you want a hobby? Why not?
Again, I could understand that if you weren't paying all these taxes, I guess. But you are, and you seem like you don't want anything for it.
Oh, defense. Yes. You give money to the government and then they give it to Boeing and GE for defense. And that's why there's no money left to sit on your ass and get free hip-replacement surgery. Got it. Feeling safe are ya? You and your busted hip and 60 hour a week job that you could lose tomorrow?
There is something wrong with your calculations. And here it is: you aren't selfish enough.
Growing up means understanding self-regard. And you got none. You think anything for you must be bad. You're like a kid whose hand has been slapped above the cookie jar. Thing is, you made the cookies, idiot. This is your country, your government, and your taxes . . . you get to say what is done with it. And here's a clue: you want to sit on your ass more. You want free health care.
The above is an embellished version of something a Canadian friend said to me recently. It was such a strange thing to my American ears, and yet seemed so obviously correct, that I thought I would pass it along.
miffed_mutt)Oh, Jesus...
I work at McDonald's and today it was soooo freakin' busy. During lunch rush, this lady ordered two Filet-o-Fish sandwiches and two medium fries. I got the two medium fries and was about to get the two sandwiches when she said she wanted the fries fresh out of the fryer. I told her they had come out of the fryer about 30 seconds before I put them down. So, she proceeded to eat fries out of both cartons and then told me to make her fresh ones. I had to throw the fries out since she put her hands on them. Then I brought her the two sandwiches while I was waiting for her fresh fries to get done and she asked for two fresh sandwiches since she would have to wait for the fries (she only waited like one minute, by the way). I explained that the sandwiches had JUST BEEN MADE. But, she didn't care. What a b!tch. She held up everyone else's orders.
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kittypixmeggyanne)Favourite parts of Ghost Part 1! Hah
1. I love the itty bitty Teefs!
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2. Whiskers and "whisker dots"
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kittypixchrlottesweb)
about 2 weeks ago i made a post asking what i should do about some of the kitties eyes still being closed. i took everyone's advice and used warm water and a q-tip to get the eyes open. it helped and everyday i could tell that the eyes were getting better! today i took them to the vet and got the treatment for them. i took some pics of what the eyes look like now :) thanks again to everyone for the advice!
dj_axle)Hearn in all her glory.
Sitting silent in the Toronto Portlands the Richard L Hearn Thermal Generating Station is under going a metamorphosis. Built in the 1950s, this used to produce the power for Toronto, by 1983 her generators were silent.
The old coal fields are now gone. The construction of the new Portland Energy Center has begun.
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Date Last Posted: First time post
Format: Journal
Genre: Harry Potter - set in Durmstrang
Name: Durmstrang Uber Alles
Contact: uberalles[dot]mods[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://uber_alles.inksome.com
Minimum Age Requirement: 18.
Deadline: No deadline
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rpg_promoartoni)
Date Last Posted: May 21st
Format: Livejournal
Genre: Transformers (AU)
Name: Bellum Letale
Contact: bellumletalemods@gmail.com
Website: bellum_letale; most information at bellumletaleooc
Minimum Age Requirement: None, but some content may be rated M.
Deadline: None.
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kel_trina)Quick Info: I work in the library at a community college. It's considered one of the best in the country.
PG: His 9 year old goes to summer camp here!
Me: Book slave.
PG: I'd like to get a library card.
Me: Sure, are you currently enrolled here?
PG: No. My sons go here. They're in the day camp.
Me: Ah. Well, are you a county resident?
PG: No. I live in PG County, though.
Me: Well I'll have to ask my supervisor, but the policy is that only students, faculty, and AA County residents can check out books.
PG: But I have a library card for PG County Library.
Me: Unfortunately we are not the same system, but I can ask my supervisor if you would like. Unless you were a student here before, in which case you can still use your student ID to get a card.
PG: *chuckling in a friendly way* No, I went to a real college.
Wut.
vampyricdreams)
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"Some places just seem to be that way. You know, mystical hot-spots… The Devils Triangle; Sedona, Arizona; New Orleans; Stonehenge; places where strange things just seem to happen. I never used to think much about any of that, I thought it all was all bunk, the work of fiction or an over active imagination (Maybe too much pizza before bedtime.). I never believed any of it before I moved to Seattle. Never thought any of it could be true until I bought a renovated condo in the Old Town Towers. But not even the things I saw there could prepare me for what happened underground. Now, I know things like ghosts and werewolves and such can’t exist. But what about that housekeeping woman that walks through walls, and one time walked right through me? Or that creepy pale guy in D5 who always smells like blood (or the woman beside him that always smells like garlic)? Strange howling sounds, terrified screams, disappearing pets..." |
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Premise and New Players Guide - Rules - FAQ's - Helpful Links - Mod Contacts City Information and History - Old Town Towers - Races and Guidelines Character List - Wanted Characters - Application Haunted Roads - Haunted Forum - Haunted OOC - Haunted Plot - Haunted Keepers |
opalcat)
When you refer to a FAQ out loud in speech, what do you call it? (Like if you were to tell someone "Read the FAQ, dummy!" how would you say it?)
Poll #1219974 FAQ
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
I say it...
beast_666)darling_rp)Ooooookay, I'm just wondering why some ST would apprechiate it, when characters sent in for approval just have -brief- descriptions and histories.
Maybe it's just me, but.. aren't character's histories a good thing, especially when they're deep and detailed? As in: It's good material for an ST to wrap a story around it or something?
Same goes for descriptions, in my opinion. Two sentance descriptions are kind of shallow. Is it just me or is it really an odd thing?
aesthetesny_xx)
livezila)
unlucky_clover)
Ok, I know I may be completely biased, but my cat is gorgeous. Part Siamese and these killer eyes. She loves to pose for the camera. She's such an attention whore...which is better for me.
( It's sad when your animal takes better photos than you...+5 here. )
Once again, taken with my Casio Exilim. I can't wait to get a bigger and better camera. Hooray for being poor?
artoni)
 Unbeknownest to the general public, a secret government organization has been established. Its soldiers, coming from all around the world, have been given state of the art gene and psychotherapy to give them abilities beyond the average person's. The soldiers come from all around the world, their specific strengths and accomplishments causing them to be brought into the group. Run by Sector 7, a facility that does not exist by legal standards, the members of the organization call themselves Autobots. Their leader is a man, codenamed Optimus Prime. However, the second in command - codenamed Megatron - grew uneasy and power hungry. He, along with others, were tired of using their abilities for the greater good. Feeling that they were superior to common people, Megatron organized a rebellion. The soldiers who were on Megatron's side left with him and called themselves Decepticons. Megatron leads them now, their current location unknown. Now the Autobots must protect the world as well as search for Megatron and his Decepticons, while trying to maintain as normal as a life as they possibly can... APPLICATIONS TAKEN CHARACTERS CONTACT LIST FRIENDS ADD/REMOVE LIST LOG FORMAT ABILITIES INFO FAQ |
| We are currently searching for an Optimus Prime. |
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1st post to this one! =] So I was working the late shift as usual, when we see these two kids down in the beer and wine aisles. They look maybe 15 or 16 and they have like 3 cases of beer. we just casually keep our eyes on them, when they decide to dash out the front door. well, us being the smart guys that we are, had locked them in. so the night manager goes up there where one of them is practically crying, saying "i put it down, i put it down, i'm sorry, just let us go!", he looked like he nearly wet his pants. then the other kid doesn't say anything, making a run for it through the back door, setting the alarm off (without the beer), and then the other one takes off too. the cops eventually come, but the kids are gone, it was just funny to see them so freaking terrified. meanwhile one of my favorite customers comes up and is like "man, all they had to do was ask me, and i would have bought it for them!" lol.
pamc)Below is the Entertainment Weekly's list of 100 Classic Movies of the past 25 years. Bold the ones you've seen, underline the ones you plan to.
( Read more... )
Last 25 years... feh! Casablanca. Godfather. Citizen Kane. Bladerunner. Double Indemnity.
And where the hell are the other foreign flicks?
Bah!
filthy_diamonds)
Just a shot from today I thought I'd share :)
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I join an rp thread on a forum for fun. I notice a lot of 'beautiful' characters and decide to throw in a monster just to make things interesting. And different.
I lurk around to check out what's been going on in their ooc discussion thread, and what do I see?
A moderator addressing two players for having sex in the shower.
.. what? I'm sorry, are you having sex in a thread where everyone can read what you're doing? Look, it's your business what you do in a private scene, I'm not gonna judge you. But public? Are you joking?
I got out of there as soon as I could.