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Apple Zone / Re: Support Group
« on: Yesterday at 04:10:59 pm »
HI, ROGER.
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Apple Zone / Re: Support Group
« on: May 19, 2013, 08:37:56 pm »
I think drug threads are bad and the admins should enact a policy to save us all from their harmful influence.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 18, 2013, 02:33:00 pm »
Star Wars Day at the Higgins Armory!
I've never been to the place. I'm super fucking excited.
I've never been to the place. I'm super fucking excited.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: So, RWHN, it appears your predictions of doom are contradicted
« on: May 17, 2013, 05:19:07 pm »This circle-jerk Dr. Phil session amuses me greatly. I look to forward to 5 more pages of arm-chair psycho-analysis when I return from my afternoon meetings.
I can only assume that by "afternoon meetings" you mean "sitting alone in my apartment in dirty boxers, furiously trying to formulate a semi-coherent comeback to any of the arguments ITT".
Hey when did this turn into an attack on me!?
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Apple Zone / Re: OH HOLY SHIT COOKIES
« on: May 16, 2013, 02:52:12 am »
HEY NOW THEY'RE ALMOST AS STALE AS THE DRUG THREADS THEMSELVES AMIRITE?!
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Apple Zone / Re: Just when I thought the 1% couldn't get more despicable:
« on: May 15, 2013, 04:41:01 pm »The very rich use the disabled to flaunt their privilege and cut in front of all the schmucks waiting in line who don't have enough money to buy a cripple.
Oh yeah, it's still disgusting, but as Johnny pointed out, framing it in a way that the rich use people with disabilities gives them the power. If the article, and the public, try to change their outlook using shame it won't work - these are very obviously people who don't have any. But if you frame the situation in such a way that power is given to the people they hired, and mockery of the rich folks' idiocy is the tool used, it sends a much better message.
Framing it that way doesn't make any more sense than framing it "Undocumented Immigrants Take Advantage of Farm Corporations in California". They DON'T have the power, and reframing it to make it sound like they do doesn't change that. It's just spin-doctoring.
Yeah. Sometimes I just like pretending people actually aren't this shitty. It's fucking gross.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 15, 2013, 03:59:30 pm »No kidding. I remember a friend of mine getting into Northeastern and then wanted to transfer to UMass Boston, but that was a bit tricky because for some fucked up reason, Northeastern is a 5 year university.
Northeastern has a co-op as part of their program.
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Apple Zone / Re: Just when I thought the 1% couldn't get more despicable:
« on: May 15, 2013, 01:54:54 pm »The very rich use the disabled to flaunt their privilege and cut in front of all the schmucks waiting in line who don't have enough money to buy a cripple.
Oh yeah, it's still disgusting, but as Johnny pointed out, framing it in a way that the rich use people with disabilities gives them the power. If the article, and the public, try to change their outlook using shame it won't work - these are very obviously people who don't have any. But if you frame the situation in such a way that power is given to the people they hired, and mockery of the rich folks' idiocy is the tool used, it sends a much better message.
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Apple Zone / Re: Just when I thought the 1% couldn't get more despicable:
« on: May 15, 2013, 01:32:47 pm »
I wonder if the article had been framed in a "Enterprising People with Disabilities Bilk Rich Idiots at Disney" way how different initial reaction to it would be.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: So, RWHN, it appears your predictions of doom are contradicted
« on: May 14, 2013, 08:15:26 pm »The vote was 10 - 3.
Wanna guess what side won?
OOH OOH, THE NANNY STATE!
WAS IT THE NANNY STATE?
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Apple Zone / Re: Things go boom
« on: May 13, 2013, 01:36:28 pm »
I spent the day at UMass Dartmouth's Undergraduate Commencement yesterday. Predictably, the overall theme of every speaker, with the chancellor getting a special mention for her hard-on of the topic, was the "recent difficulties" on campus. Every attendee was given a UMass Dartmouth Strong pin as we entered, with examples as to what this means including the public safety dispatcher who recognized Dzhokar as a student.
The only speaker who I can't recall even mentioning all of it was the student speaker. It's almost like the students, who spent the the last several years working hard to achieve this milestone, wanted the occasion to be a celebratory recognition of the class rather than a half-assed message of defiant posturing based on the last month of their time there.
The topic of the day and major concern for the event was less of security than of weather. So, at least on this one local level, the bombers have had less of an effect on everyday life than a minor passing rainstorm.
Oh, and everyone I talked to that knows Brian Williams says he's a really nice guy.
The only speaker who I can't recall even mentioning all of it was the student speaker. It's almost like the students, who spent the the last several years working hard to achieve this milestone, wanted the occasion to be a celebratory recognition of the class rather than a half-assed message of defiant posturing based on the last month of their time there.
The topic of the day and major concern for the event was less of security than of weather. So, at least on this one local level, the bombers have had less of an effect on everyday life than a minor passing rainstorm.
Oh, and everyone I talked to that knows Brian Williams says he's a really nice guy.
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Apple Zone / Re: PICS VIII: 10% LARGER THAN PICS VII
« on: May 11, 2013, 12:06:48 pm »This is true: adorable tiny octopus is adorable. And tiny.
It made me go look on Youtube for baby octopus videos for 20 minutes.
Unfortunately, a lot of them are recipes.
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Apple Zone / Re: Things go boom
« on: May 11, 2013, 03:11:32 am »
What kind of influence are they claiming Williams had on Dzhokar? As as CIA employee his position is much more likely to be a consultant one, as a leading authority on the region, than, say the kind of operative who would intentionally radicalize. I say this as a resident of the area and, well, unless the CIA is dumping resources into every swampy wasteland campus in the country in hopes of finding the right kid to push over the edge, that link doesn't look all that strong.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 10, 2013, 10:44:59 pm »WTF is up with random Facebook guys hitting on me? Is this a thing now?
ALL OF THEM ARE ME
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: So, RWHN, it appears your predictions of doom are contradicted
« on: May 10, 2013, 08:02:32 pm »
Thread over.
Cain wins.
Cain wins.