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@sebster, i actaully get it now... wow i'm no longer mind boggled about it.

@Johnny-Crass, When did cops start fearing kids? Where I'm from a lot of kids tend to badmouth them and despise.

sebster wrote:
*I mean if you seriously sat down and tried to figure out why you do the things you do, can you really make sense of your own life decisions, let alone anyone else's?

My own? Maybe not. Though it wouldn't be as hard as you're insinuating. Those of, say, the GF? Yeah I probably could without much effort.

Yours? No, I'm not telepathic, and I doubt your fiance would enjoy a third.

sebster wrote:
The idea of producing and raising kids out of social expectation is something I just do not get.

I get the rhetorical reason, but find it transparent.

Otherwise...

dogma wrote:Seeing as you only care for your children as a favor to them, I reasoned that you didn't set out with the intention to obtain them; being that we're having a conversation about why people should have them where "have them" means "procreate".

You're mistaken. My comment was that I only had (i.e. created) children as a favor to them.

Yes, it's an odd sort of obligation.

Plus, my life would not be as rich without kids. Kids are fething awesome. Unless you're psychotic, you can't have kids and not love them. And be endlessly entertained by them.

Johnnh-Crass wrote:Why cops fear kids. I mean I know why but really...

Cops fear kids?

I know cops hate fear dogs, but kids?

sebster wrote:I mean if you seriously sat down and tried to figure out why you do the things you do, can you really make sense of your own life decisions, let alone anyone else's?

Yes, I can. But that doesn't mean that I would understand it, agree with it, or do it again.

Plus, my life would not be as rich without kids. Kids are fething awesome. Unless you're psychotic, you can't have kids and not love them. And be endlessly entertained by them.

Just wait until they become...teenagers.

@Biccat in regards to the video, I'm not sure about you guys but that actaully made me so angry and wanted to do something bad to that police officer, I'm not sure if he was within his rights to do that but regardless of whether he felt he need to protect himself, when i see people doing things to dogs such as taunt, abuse and hurt them physically in any way, i get so angry, I grew up with dogs and hold them in high esteem.

Also why are there so many guns in America? I'm not hating on anyone but all the shows i've seen regarding weapons in America, There seems to heaps especially gangs having assault rifles etc. Where do these people get kitted out? If i step on any american or even anyones toe, I'm sorry in advanced.

Oh god not the "why do americans have guns" thing again.

3Strike wrote:@Biccat in regards to the video, I'm not sure about you guys but that actaully made me so angry and wanted to do something bad to that police officer, I'm not sure if he was within his rights to do that but regardless of whether he felt he need to protect himself, when i see people doing things to dogs such as taunt, abuse and hurt them physically in any way, i get so angry, I grew up with dogs and hold them in high esteem.

Also why are there so many guns in America? I'm not hating on anyone but all the shows i've seen regarding weapons in America, There seems to heaps especially gangs having assault rifles etc. Where do these people get kitted out? If i step on any american or even anyones toe, I'm sorry in advanced.

Its all true too. Those shows peg it exactly. Everyone here has guns, and not just guns, high caliber AK-16s and M-47s. With a $50 fee you can go full auto too. That, plus the rise of the "you looking at me?" culture means people are just blasting away at each other all the time. Sometimes when I am at work, it sounds like I Drang is going on outside. Good thing our building is bullet proof.

3Strike wrote:@Biccat in regards to the video, I'm not sure about you guys but that actaully made me so angry and wanted to do something bad to that police officer, I'm not sure if he was within his rights to do that but regardless of whether he felt he need to protect himself, when i see people doing things to dogs such as taunt, abuse and hurt them physically in any way, i get so angry, I grew up with dogs and hold them in high esteem.

If that upsets you, you should see what they do to senior citizens.

3Strike wrote:Also why are there so many guns in America? I'm not hating on anyone but all the shows i've seen regarding weapons in America, There seems to heaps especially gangs having assault rifles etc. Where do these people get kitted out? If i step on any american or even anyones toe, I'm sorry in advanced.

Where? Gangs and the like get them from illegal gun sellers and importers. It's pretty easy to smuggle guns into Central America and parts of Mexico. And from there it's not a stretch to get them across the border.

Why? The guns are here because there's a market demand for them. Largely due to the massive drug trade.

corpsesarefun wrote:Oh god not the "why do americans have guns" thing again.

Because we fervantly defends and old amendment that lost most of its use years ago.

I'm not starting it, I'm for guns if anything.

Printing off pages and pages of docs for a meeting, not looking at them once and binning them after its concluded.

At least make a nice doodle on them.

3Strike wrote:all the shows i've seen regarding weapons in America

Half of what you read and everything on TV is false. I live in what's considered the 4th most dangerous city in the States in 2011 (most dangerous in 2010), and I only see weapons when I wish to. I actually live in the city proper, and I can't think of a single time I've ever actually felt unsafe. America is not like "Falling Down".

Source: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/12/st_louis_4th_most_dangerous_city_again.php

CuddlySquig wrote:I also can't understand it when girls insist they are fat then get mad when you agree with them.

I know, right?

"Does this dress make my butt look big?"

Choose 1:

1. "Of course not."
2. "It's not very flattering darling, but you have a nice butt.'
3. "No. That box of twinkies you eat every day makes your butt look big. The dress is very nice, though."

You just can't win.

Frazzled wrote:

3Strike wrote:@Biccat in regards to the video, I'm not sure about you guys but that actaully made me so angry and wanted to do something bad to that police officer, I'm not sure if he was within his rights to do that but regardless of whether he felt he need to protect himself, when i see people doing things to dogs such as taunt, abuse and hurt them physically in any way, i get so angry, I grew up with dogs and hold them in high esteem.

Also why are there so many guns in America? I'm not hating on anyone but all the shows i've seen regarding weapons in America, There seems to heaps especially gangs having assault rifles etc. Where do these people get kitted out? If i step on any american or even anyones toe, I'm sorry in advanced.

Its all true too. Those shows peg it exactly. Everyone here has guns, and not just guns, high caliber AK-16s and M-47s. With a $50 fee you can go full auto too. That, plus the rise of the "you looking at me?" culture means people are just blasting away at each other all the time. Sometimes when I am at work, it sounds like I Drang is going on outside. Good thing our building is bullet proof.

I realize your post is sarcastic. But, in reality, it's actually somewhat accurate. The US has way more guns per capita than any other country (US has 888 guns per 1000 people, England has 62 per 1000). And, we have one of the highest firearm related death rates in the world (behind South Africa, Colombia, and Guatemala, and well ahead of Mexico).

In fact, the death rate from firearms in the US just from accidental shootings is higher than the death rate from firearms in England from accidents, suicides, and murders combined.

The US really is the crazy gun-loving country that Europe thinks we are.

When people put @username rather than just quoting them.
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Grakmar wrote:
In fact, the death rate from firearms in the US just from accidental shootings is higher than the death rate from firearms in England from accidents, suicides, and murders combined.

The US really is the crazy gun-loving country that Europe thinks we are.

There's like, 4 threads on this already man.

Joey wrote:When people put @username rather than just quoting them.
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It's easier when replying in an edit.

@ Joey

Not after 6 or 7 requotes.
Ends up an unreadable and frankly space wasting mess.

@Joey:

Ratius is right. The "wall o' quotes" is an eyesore.

Monster Rain wrote:@Joey:

Ratius is right. The "wall o' quotes" is an eyesore.

Then edit them out. Tidying up a post takes what, 3 seconds?

I am standing by for a convincing argument as to why people should change their behavior in order to accommodate one person's utterly irrational pet peeve.

Monster Rain wrote:I am standing by for a convincing argument as to why people should change their behavior in order to accommodate one person's utterly irrational pet peeve.

er...what?

@ Frazzled: I was responding to this:

Joey wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:@Joey:

Ratius is right. The "wall o' quotes" is an eyesore.

Then edit them out. Tidying up a post takes what, 3 seconds?

okley dokley

biccat wrote:
You're mistaken. My comment was that I only had (i.e. created) children as a favor to them.

So you did a favor for a thing that didn't exist?

biccat wrote:
Yes, it's an odd sort of obligation.

That's quite the understatement.

kronk wrote:

CuddlySquig wrote:I also can't understand it when girls insist they are fat then get mad when you agree with them.

I know, right?

"Does this dress make my butt look big?"

Choose 1:

1. "Of course not."
2. "It's not very flattering darling, but you have a nice butt.'
3. "No. That box of twinkies you eat every day makes your butt look big. The dress is very nice, though."

You just can't win.

You forgot to add the 4th:

Can we have a don't ask; don't tell policy on this please?

I have also found humming the imperial death march does not go down well either.

Here's where Frazzled's action plan works.
Feign hearing loss. Keep feigning until they get annoyed and stop asking you. It helps when the Wife also has hearing loss.

"What?'
"What!"
"WHAT!"
"Never mind!"

profit!

dogma wrote:My own? Maybe not. Though it wouldn't be as hard as you're insinuating. Those of, say, the GF? Yeah I probably could without much effort.

I'm not so sure. I mean, yeah, anyone can come with an answer for why they opted to go to the game rather than stay at home and watch it, but why do they enjoy watching other people play sport at all?

At some point you end up just having to say 'because that's how I do stuff'.

Yours? No, I'm not telepathic, and I doubt your fiance would enjoy a third.

Then you clearly aren't telepathic.

I get the rhetorical reason, but find it transparent.

Yeah, fair point. That probably sums it up pretty well.


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3Strike wrote:@sebster, i actaully get it now... wow i'm no longer mind boggled about it.

Nice.

dogma wrote:

biccat wrote:
You're mistaken. My comment was that I only had (i.e. created) children as a favor to them.

So you did a favor for a thing that didn't exist?

Wouldn't it be that he created a thing as a favor to it?

Frazzled wrote:Here's where Frazzled's action plan works.
Feign hearing loss. Keep feigning until they get annoyed and stop asking you. It helps when the Wife also has hearing loss.

"What?'
"What!"
"WHAT!"
"Never mind!"

profit!

I just go for:

"Yes"
If they take that as me telling the truth, so be it.
If they take that as me taking the mick, so be it.

BUT NOW IT IS THERE PROBLEM!

which, then becomes our problem, our fault, our issue, and ultimately our sofa we're sleeping on.