BlackSword Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I've been watching the Star Trek:TNG runs on Spike TV. I've noticed two things. a) 95% of the worlds in the ST universe have breathable atmospheres. 99% of the worlds in the ST universe have some atmospheric anomaly which makes communicatiion with away teams impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I have been listening to a few Dick Dale albums recently. Very good guitar music and nice change from the regular rock style I usually listen to. Especially like his duet with SRV. I still haven't decided how much I like the tracks with vocals, some of them are good some of them are a bit annoying. Of course I have always prefered pure instrumental tracks to tracks with lyrics, so it may be my own personnal bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 On Justice League the other day, Aquaman ended an argument by saying, "I have spoken," and walking away. I've decided I need to use that phrase more in my daily life. Me: "I can't program that feature before the deadline." Sales Guy: "You have to, because I promised it to the customer." Me: "I have spoken." Me: "My internet connectivity is sporadic. Give me a discount on my bill." Road Runner Rep: "I'm afraid I can't do that, sir." Me: "I have spoken." Me: "I'm going to a movie tonight." Wife: "And leave me to take care of the kids by myself?" Me: "I have spoken." I might need superpowers to pull off that last one. I wonder if my wife would back down from my fish telepathy? -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 If you find yourself in an argument with a conservative who is defending George W. Bush’s intelligence, ask them to name an elected President they think George is smarter than. I have seen not a few huff and puff so hard to that they turned purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 People at the Justice Department (read: John Ashcroft) have announced that they to use the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines in state and local crime fighting. You "Real Americans" applauding this with your Get the Government off my Back T-shirts and waving your little dumbass flags, need not only a Nuremberg history check, but a reality check as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I've got a conservative friend who says that, though he is not registered Republican, wouldn't vote for a Democrat because they "don't have any new ideas". For some reason, he never accepts the fact that Conservatives haven’t had a new idea since they began purchasing women rather than clubbing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 When confronting the truckloads of conservatives we do each day going about our business, if we listen carefully one element seems to underlie every issue: the total lack of any capacity to see things from any point of view but their own. Could this inability be the fault of biology? Could there be a "point of view gene" that when absent retards the areas of the brain which control understanding, compassion and tolerance? Next time you are listening to a conservative do their usual harangue against Blacks, the homeless, Gays or some other "Other", when they pause long enough to wipe the spittle from their chins, politely inquire how they would feel if they happened to be Gay, Black or Other. Invariably comes the same answer, "I am not Gay! I am not Black! I am not homeless! And if I were, which I am not, I would overcome any and all obstacles in my path." These statements are then followed by high decibel bootstrap speeches and neanderthalic Law of the Jungle platitudes. Considering that no amount of reason, logic or facts can dissuade them, it may very well point to an inborn disability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightybec Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Playmates looked better in the 80's than they do now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 The central ideology of the neoconservative movement now holding this nation's government hostage has as it’s basis; greed being good, selfishness as something to boast of, and how as a society we should take pride in showing as much callous disregard for anyone we consider different as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara Zor-El Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Strawberry shortcake is a wonderful dessert when you can't have it too often due your twins being allergic to strawberries. Sneaking around to eat it after the girls were in bed was fun, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I’ve never before experienced such a degree in blind acceptance of propaganda as I have over these last couple of decades. I am dumbfounded that my fellow Americans are so dumbfounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 This thread was fun until WM had to make sure even people who avoid the political threads had to know his hatred of anything followed by the letter ®. We get it, take it somewhere else please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 One of the most ironic "fun facts" about conservatives in America is that they are all too willing to throw insults and degrading statements toward their political opponents at the drop of a hat, but the moment someone starts sending it back to them they are invariably the first to whine about "inconsiderate behavior" and "lowering the level of discourse". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Having eight cats purring and snuggled up to you is very comforting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 In my experience, non-American IT hands-on technicians (not managers) who speak English very well are usually way better than American technicians in terms of thoroughness and quality of delivery and communication. I wonder if that's because this population is by its very nature, on the whole, more motivated as they had to NOT ONLY master technical skills but also language skills? And conversely, then, would this typically be true of an American in that situation? So the general rule may be "technicians who have had to seriously apply themselves in other fields are superior to technicians who stay techie-only". Yeah, that sounds right in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 It's interesting to stop and think that our most popular pets - dogs and cats - are predators as we are. I wonder if more-intelligent predatory mammals have a stronger link, on the whole, than other animals? Sure, people have rabbits and fish as pets, but not to the same degree. And I've rarely seen people with rabbits as pets identify with them in the same way as cat and dog people seem to. EDIT/PS - and interestingly cats and dogs, like us, are marginal as predators among their DOMESTICATED population. For us, we're marginal because our "natural" prehistoric state suggests that hunting other animals was a very small part of our early diet (primitive proto-humans generally would eat small animals they could easily catch in times of lack of sufficient plant-life according to dental records) and something that didn't really catch on until we were socially organized and nomadic (unlike many of our ape relatives). For our domesticated buddies, their predatory instincts are real but tamed. And in our modern era, we're much the same. So there's another level of identication, the stunted not-terribly-effective-warrior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I swear, I heard this on Fox News Channel a little while ago: "The polls show Bush and Kerry about even. When asked why they were planning to vote for Kerry, the number one answer was Because he's not Bush." Got to love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara Zor-El Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Sometimes, running a PBEM game truly sucks, especially at the beginning when you get a lot of good submissions, but you have to turn some of the people away because you know you can't handle a horde of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Seen on a button. And I'm guessing meant to be worn by a woman. "DIp me in Honey and throw me to the Lesbians." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 The best thing to do about the poor people? Not be one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 I get pissed off at Internet posters who can't spell. I'm not even talking about l33tsp33k, I'm talking about just not spelling correctly. I put up with it cause just typing this reminds me how hard it is to navigate the QWERTYUIOP system on our keyboards, but I at least try to go over my posts to make sure I'm not blatantly screwing up. With typos every paragraph - or every other sentence - I get the impression the writer really can't spell, or worse, doesn't care. That in turn kinda turns me off and makes me doubt their intellectual credibility. A prejudice, maybe, but there it is. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 "The definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting a different result." I'm not sure if that makes any sense whatsoever, but it certainly applies to a whole lot of situations. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 A policeman walked his beat one night. It was a quiet, peaceful night. Not too warm, bright moon... the very stereotype of a perfect summer night. He's about to cross an alleyway when, just inside it, he sees a man standing close to a brick wall. The man is continually bashing his forehead into the bricks, over and over and over again. The man's forhead is bloody, but the brick wall is naturally unharmed, other than having a bit of blood on it. The cop walks up, looks at the man, and asks "Why do you keep bashing your head into that brick wall?" The guy doesn't even pause from hitting his head while answers: "Because it feels good when I stop." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Overheard on Letterman: "It looks like the Bush administration will be handing over power to the Iraqis by June 30th ...and, then they'll be handing over power to the Democrats on Nov 2nd." You know, Letterman, along with Leno, Kilbourne, and every other comedian on TV except Jon Stewart has been giving Bush a free ride for years. Its almost like someone flipped a switch and suddenly its okay to make fun of the president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Originally posted by Worldmaker Its almost like someone flipped a switch and suddenly its okay to make fun of the president. Make that "Someone flipped a switch and suddenly its okay to make fun of Republicans": "Schwarzenegger has come out against gay marriage and then he went back to slathering body oil all over his muscles in front of other guys." -- Craig Kilborn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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