http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Listen up, douchbebag: Just because a group of people tend to look at the darker/funnier sort of things doesn't mean they're doom and gloom all the time. You're the one who's always telling everyone that the internet is a shitty way to know someone, yet you're the one who's always telling us what we REALLY think.
Well, I'll give you this one for free: You're an asshole.
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Shut the fuck up and close simpleton.
Quote from: cracked#7. We Are Only Happy if Other People Aren't
#6. We Insist on Comparing Our World to an Imaginary One That Exists Only in Our Heads
#5. We Focus on the Negative Byproducts of Wonderful Trends
#4. The Things We Hate and the Things We Aspire to Are the Same Things
#3. We Don't Recognize That Flaws Are Just Alternatives to Much Worse Flaws
#2. With People More Powerful Than Us, We Only Count the Bad Things They Do
#1. We Want the World to Be Bad Because It Gives Us an Excuse to Withdraw from It
Gee, talk about assuming and profiling humanity in a retardedly simplistic manner... also, god forbid we have imagination to see beyond what "is" and into "what is possible"... "things we hate = things we aspire" :lulz: :lulz: :lulz: so sorry for not being a free market randite!!!...
So everything falls in line with your discourse trends Mr. RWHN, a mindless apologist of current laws (without any sense of the meaning behind them) and the status quo, an apologist to the hoarding plutocrats and a "happy" shit-grin to top it off.
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
WELL! That's a load off my mind, for sure!
You hear that? We've arrived! The world now features 100% more unicorns shitting rainbows all over everything!
Such a relief. I guess I can stop worrying about stuff now. Good to know we've beaten poverty, disease, injustice, starvation, war, famine, inequality, ignorance, violence, racism, sexism, and totalitarianism. Guess we can all just go back to sleep. Hell, we even have flying cars now, so I guess that's it. Call it a wrap! The future is here, and it's better than you ever thought it would be!
Actually, there's got to be
something that still plagues humanity. I mean, the world can't be PERFECT yet, can it? But if it's none of the above, I just don't know what it could be. What, out of all the things that have terrorized humanity and ruined lives for our entire existence, is still left to fight off? With everything worth fighting already vanquished, whatever will we fill our prisons with? What do we need SWAT teams for? We can't just disband them. Surely there must be SOMETHING to use all that stuff for. Maybe RWHN knows.
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
Though, I got a kick out of it. And I can see some of those traits applying to him.
Quote from: Reverend What's His Bear on August 19, 2013, 10:22:14 PM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Shut the fuck up and close simpleton.
Could someone please teach this kid how to ACTUALLY be funny?
Quote from: V3X on August 20, 2013, 03:22:03 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
WELL! That's a load off my mind, for sure!
You hear that? We've arrived! The world now features 100% more unicorns shitting rainbows all over everything!
Such a relief. I guess I can stop worrying about stuff now. Good to know we've beaten poverty, disease, injustice, starvation, war, famine, inequality, ignorance, violence, racism, sexism, and totalitarianism. Guess we can all just go back to sleep. Hell, we even have flying cars now, so I guess that's it. Call it a wrap! The future is here, and it's better than you ever thought it would be!
Actually, there's got to be something that still plagues humanity. I mean, the world can't be PERFECT yet, can it? But if it's none of the above, I just don't know what it could be. What, out of all the things that have terrorized humanity and ruined lives for our entire existence, is still left to fight off? With everything worth fighting already vanquished, whatever will we fill our prisons with? What do we need SWAT teams for? We can't just disband them. Surely there must be SOMETHING to use all that stuff for. Maybe RWHN knows.
You didn't read the article.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:35:03 AM
Quote from: V3X on August 20, 2013, 03:22:03 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
WELL! That's a load off my mind, for sure!
You hear that? We've arrived! The world now features 100% more unicorns shitting rainbows all over everything!
Such a relief. I guess I can stop worrying about stuff now. Good to know we've beaten poverty, disease, injustice, starvation, war, famine, inequality, ignorance, violence, racism, sexism, and totalitarianism. Guess we can all just go back to sleep. Hell, we even have flying cars now, so I guess that's it. Call it a wrap! The future is here, and it's better than you ever thought it would be!
Actually, there's got to be something that still plagues humanity. I mean, the world can't be PERFECT yet, can it? But if it's none of the above, I just don't know what it could be. What, out of all the things that have terrorized humanity and ruined lives for our entire existence, is still left to fight off? With everything worth fighting already vanquished, whatever will we fill our prisons with? What do we need SWAT teams for? We can't just disband them. Surely there must be SOMETHING to use all that stuff for. Maybe RWHN knows.
You didn't read the article.
Funny, that.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Ah. You need an account. Well, I'll see what I can manage at work tomorrow.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
You know that "Warning someone has posted" thing you get? Maybe you should read it.
Assface.
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
There is no alcohol in seltzer idiot.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:44:33 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
There is no alcohol in seltzer idiot.
There is if you're using it properly.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:44:33 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
There is no alcohol in seltzer idiot.
Oh, I know. I just don't believe what you're drinking is seltzer. Frankly, I think you're a drunk.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:46:54 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
:lulz:
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:46:54 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
Yeah, well. The whole root of that is on you dude.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:46:24 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:44:33 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:41:39 AM
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Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:39:16 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
There is no alcohol in seltzer idiot.
Oh, I know. I just don't believe what you're drinking is seltzer. Frankly, I think you're a drunk.
Orange Vanilla Seltzer straight up. It is delicious.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:49:01 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:46:24 AM
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:37:38 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:16:05 AM
Quote from: Net on August 20, 2013, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
Yes I have assface, when I click on this it says I need to buy it. Again, it's only an abstract.
Someone's drunk and belligerent. :lol:
There is no alcohol in seltzer idiot.
Oh, I know. I just don't believe what you're drinking is seltzer. Frankly, I think you're a drunk.
Orange Vanilla Seltzer straight up. It is delicious.
Uh huh. :lol:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:47:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:46:54 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
:lulz:
You have nothing better to do with your time?
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:50:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:47:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:46:54 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
:lulz:
You have nothing better to do with your time?
Maybe he doesn't. Maybe I don't either. What does that suggest about you?
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:50:31 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 04:47:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:46:54 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:45:06 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:43:52 AM
Maybe you should have clicked the PDF link before you assumed.
Maybe I should have. Maybe you should also acknowledge when someone admits that they were wrong about something.
Uh, we're kind of past that point. About where you made multiple posts in AI about deciding to be openly hostile towards me. So, you can, you know, pound sand.
:lulz:
You have nothing better to do with your time?
It's over 100F. What the fuck else am I going to do, besides laugh at a bitter drunk?
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:05:24 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 05:09:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:05:24 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:10:16 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 05:09:09 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:05:24 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Well, I dunno. He was shopping for a ring for his girlfriend today.
A move I was considering suggesting to him to maybe wait on for a little bit since his divorce is still recent history until he called me assface (open hostility=/=hatred).
He is a human being after all and I don't want him to get too entangled too quickly if he might not be thinking through the neurochemical rush that is new love.
Well, I guess I ended up making that warning anyway. But, if he's doing that, I imagine he has disposable income to buy a rock the people suffered to get to him.
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http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
Are you requesting someone do something illegal for you?
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
Are you requesting someone do something illegal for you?
To be fair, I may be able to legally acquire it. If I had my previous position, I might be able to acquire it right now, but as it stands, I would have to physically go to the library at work and scan it. Though I doubt he would read it anyway, especially if I specifically went out of my way to scan it.
I'm assuming that he would have similar if not better access than me, since he works in a hospital. May even have that nifty online access. Seems like Journal of Social Issues would be on the list of subscriptions where he works. But, hell, we all know my recent track record with making assumptions about RWHN's personal life.
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Shut the fuck up and close simpleton.
Could someone please teach this kid how to ACTUALLY be funny?
We all can't the funniest person in Maine.
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Ugh, I read that expecting it to be funny and unfortunately, it was unfunny, misguided, and factually incorrect. :(
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Why you think the world is better than it really is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00997.x/abstract)
He probably won't read it.
It's only an abstract. Someone post up the full article and I'll read it.
On the right side of the screen it says, Article Tools: Get PDF.
Have you never gotten an article before?
He doesn't know how to, and the places he works don't have subscriptions (mostly because they are imaginary).
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Yeah I had the same thought around the time he was myseriously unable to access any of the journal articles I linked to.
Unemployed as fuck.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 05:09:09 AM
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
ftfy
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 20, 2013, 07:35:20 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Ugh, I read that expecting it to be funny and unfortunately, it was unfunny, misguided, and factually incorrect. :(
That was my thought after skimming it.
Worst Cracked article i've read so far.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 06:27:08 AM
To be fair, I may be able to legally acquire it. If I had my previous position, I might be able to acquire it right now
Careful now, that sort of thinking got Aaron Swartz dead.
It's Happiness Week this week over at Cracked. Check out the Good Vibes Generator.
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Ugh, I read that expecting it to be funny and unfortunately, it was unfunny, misguided, and factually incorrect. :(
That was my thought after skimming it.
Worst Cracked article i've read so far.
It's hit or miss with them.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:10:16 AM
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Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 05:20:28 AM
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Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Well, I dunno. He was shopping for a ring for his girlfriend today.
A move I was considering suggesting to him to maybe wait on for a little bit since his divorce is still recent history until he called me assface (open hostility=/=hatred).
He is a human being after all and I don't want him to get too entangled too quickly if he might not be thinking through the neurochemical rush that is new love.
I'm 38 years old. She is 39. We didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 05:21:45 AM
Well, I guess I ended up making that warning anyway. But, if he's doing that, I imagine he has disposable income to buy a rock the people suffered to get to him.
Yes I do. Which is a good thing, engagement rings aren't cheap, especially if you want to get a good one.
Oh, and she said yes.
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Shut the fuck up and close simpleton.
Could someone please teach this kid how to ACTUALLY be funny?
We all can't the funniest person in Maine.
Apparently we all can't complete sentences either.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 20, 2013, 07:35:20 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Ugh, I read that expecting it to be funny and unfortunately, it was unfunny, misguided, and factually incorrect. :(
Debunk it then. Seems pretty spot on to me. And I thought it was pretty funny, and inspiring at the same time.
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Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Ugh, I read that expecting it to be funny and unfortunately, it was unfunny, misguided, and factually incorrect. :(
That was my thought after skimming it.
Worst Cracked article i've read so far.
I thought it was possibly the best, which is a considerable feat given that pretty much everything they produce is gold.
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
So?
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Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
So?
So, while you're still getting a government cheque, I'm assuming it's unemployment.
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
He can't even make up his mind about who pays his imaginary salary. :lol:
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http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
Shut the fuck up and close simpleton.
Could someone please teach this kid how to ACTUALLY be funny?
We all can't the funniest person in Maine.
Apparently we all can't complete sentences either.
It is now open season on all RWHN posts, for typos and spoonerisms.
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Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
So?
So, while you're still getting a government cheque, I'm assuming it's unemployment.
Sure, okay, if that brings joy to your life. Appropriate post given the thread subject. ;)
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Ha ha. Nope. Your federal tax dollars are still paying me a salary.
Well, here's the thing. You're a boozer, and boozers ALWAYS lie.
So I don't believe you.
So?
So, while you're still getting a government cheque, I'm assuming it's unemployment.
Sure, okay, if that brings joy to your life. Appropriate post given the thread subject. ;)
Naw. What brings joy to my life is your wet-brained insistence that we're all doom freaks because we look at the bad along with the good...And your crowing of superiority over the issue.
You hilarious fucking drunkard.
Anyway, a better use of this thread is to get back to the original spirit of the thread. So I will instead be posting content from the Good Vibes Generator, starting with this one:
A 10-year-old English boy successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking classmate. He learned the lifesaving move from a background joke poster in the Season 3 Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat." Read More
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty/#ixzz2cWjs5Pd5
On Christmas Eve during World War II, a German woman and her 12-year-old son sheltered a group of wounded American soldiers. Soon after, a group of lost and hungry Nazis also knocked on her door. The woman took everyone's weapons and sat them all down to share a holiday meal. Read More
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty/#ixzz2cWk9ODnO
When John Resig, co-owner of TheCHIVE.com, asked readers to help raise $30,000 so an Iraq War vet and quadruple amputee could build his dream log cabin in the woods, they instead raised $250,000, which funded that cabin and helped him meet the president and get fitted with prosthetic limbs.
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Well, I dunno. He was shopping for a ring for his girlfriend today.
A move I was considering suggesting to him to maybe wait on for a little bit since his divorce is still recent history until he called me assface (open hostility=/=hatred).
He is a human being after all and I don't want him to get too entangled too quickly if he might not be thinking through the neurochemical rush that is new love.
I'm 38 years old. She is 39. We didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Still seems a bit quick. Just saying.
Finally, we've found a reputable source that RWHN can agree on!
http://www.cracked.com/article_18595_6-slacker-behaviors-that-science-says-are-good-you.html "Smoking Weed May Fight Alzheimer's and Cancer"
http://www.cracked.com/funny-6678-why-cannibis-nessesary....for-everyone/ "The best evidence of how long we have been using cannibis though is contained within our own brains. We have Canniboid receptors in our brains. Not receptors for pears, or or flax, or chickpeas. We have used this plant so long we have a special structure in our brain cells just to interact with it."
http://www.cracked.com/article_19372_5-ways-your-bad-habits-might-just-save-your-life_p2.html "Marijuana Helps People With Alzheimer's" "LSD and Psilocybin Mushrooms Cure Headaches and Fear of Death Itself "
Drug Threads Over! Thanks Cracked!
My ex did something really similar; got engaged not long after the divorce, just a few months after starting to date someone. It didn't work out and it put a ton of stress on the kids, which of course he refused to see.
The parenting class Oregon makes you take when you get a divorce here tells you specifically not to do that and to just give it a couple of years before bringing home a replacement spouse, for the sake of the kids, but of course he thought he was special.
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on August 20, 2013, 05:46:16 PM
Finally, we've found a reputable source that RWHN can agree on!
http://www.cracked.com/article_18595_6-slacker-behaviors-that-science-says-are-good-you.html "Smoking Weed May Fight Alzheimer's and Cancer"
http://www.cracked.com/funny-6678-why-cannibis-nessesary....for-everyone/ "The best evidence of how long we have been using cannibis though is contained within our own brains. We have Canniboid receptors in our brains. Not receptors for pears, or or flax, or chickpeas. We have used this plant so long we have a special structure in our brain cells just to interact with it."
http://www.cracked.com/article_19372_5-ways-your-bad-habits-might-just-save-your-life_p2.html "Marijuana Helps People With Alzheimer's" "LSD and Psilocybin Mushrooms Cure Headaches and Fear of Death Itself "
Drug Threads Over! Thanks Cracked!
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-pro-marijuana-arguments-that-arent-helping/
"If the argument is that pot is the safer choice, then by that rationale, it's also safer than deep-throating a cactus or mouth-fucking a rattlesnake. Is someone obligating you to choose between the two? There's not a third option of just not doing either of them? That has baffled me for years, and I still don't understand it. But I've heard it. A lot. As if the legalization of one unhealthy activity obligates us to legalize every single thing that's less lethal than that."
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-pro-marijuana-arguments-that-arent-helping_p2/#ixzz2cWsUJsaX
Yes, thank you Cracked!
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Well, I dunno. He was shopping for a ring for his girlfriend today.
A move I was considering suggesting to him to maybe wait on for a little bit since his divorce is still recent history until he called me assface (open hostility=/=hatred).
He is a human being after all and I don't want him to get too entangled too quickly if he might not be thinking through the neurochemical rush that is new love.
I'm 38 years old. She is 39. We didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Still seems a bit quick. Just saying.
Seeing how the actual wedding will be, at the earliest, next summer, it's really not that quick at all.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 05:21:47 PM
Anyway, a better use of this thread is to get back to the original spirit of the thread.
I disagree.
A better use of this thread is speculating on which came first, your booze problem or your wife leaving you.
Baltimore businessman Lenny B. Robinson spends $25,000 a year on a Batman costume, gear, and a black Lamborghini decked out with bat symbols. Why? Because it lets him entertain sick kids in the coolest way ever.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 20, 2013, 05:47:08 PM
My ex did something really similar; got engaged not long after the divorce, just a few months after starting to date someone. It didn't work out and it put a ton of stress on the kids, which of course he refused to see.
The parenting class Oregon makes you take when you get a divorce here tells you specifically not to do that and to just give it a couple of years before bringing home a replacement spouse, for the sake of the kids, but of course he thought he was special.
That's probably why 2nd, 3rd, and 4th marriages have a progressively higher divorce rate.
Which of course is what's screwing up the stats to say 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 05:56:34 PM
"If the argument is that pot is the safer choice, then by that rationale, it's also safer than deep-throating a cactus or mouth-fucking a rattlesnake. Is someone obligating you to choose between the two? There's not a third option of just not doing either of them? That has baffled me for years, and I still don't understand it. But I've heard it. A lot. As if the legalization of one unhealthy activity obligates us to legalize every single thing that's less lethal than that."
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-pro-marijuana-arguments-that-arent-helping_p2/#ixzz2cWsUJsaX
Yes, thank you Cracked!
Cracked.com is SRS BZNS ITT :lulz:
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Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 04:54:19 AM
Read a book. Interact with other real humans in your domicile. Take up stamp collecting.
Your bucket list? I mean, you're doing the same thing we are.
That's different. For reasons that do not concern you or I. :lulz:
The worst thing about severe alcohol abuse is that it might not kill you.
It might turn you into RWHN.
RWHN doing substance abuse prevention in his spare time, ironically.
You can believe that, if you so choose. I think he's been out of work for a while. Just a guess, mind you.
Well, I dunno. He was shopping for a ring for his girlfriend today.
A move I was considering suggesting to him to maybe wait on for a little bit since his divorce is still recent history until he called me assface (open hostility=/=hatred).
He is a human being after all and I don't want him to get too entangled too quickly if he might not be thinking through the neurochemical rush that is new love.
I'm 38 years old. She is 39. We didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Still seems a bit quick. Just saying.
Seeing how the actual wedding will be, at the earliest, next summer, it's really not that quick at all.
If you say so.
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on August 20, 2013, 06:02:36 PM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 05:56:34 PM
"If the argument is that pot is the safer choice, then by that rationale, it's also safer than deep-throating a cactus or mouth-fucking a rattlesnake. Is someone obligating you to choose between the two? There's not a third option of just not doing either of them? That has baffled me for years, and I still don't understand it. But I've heard it. A lot. As if the legalization of one unhealthy activity obligates us to legalize every single thing that's less lethal than that."
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-pro-marijuana-arguments-that-arent-helping_p2/#ixzz2cWsUJsaX
Yes, thank you Cracked!
Cracked.com is SRS BZNS ITT :lulz:
Well, Daily Mail.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 06:01:00 PM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 20, 2013, 05:47:08 PM
My ex did something really similar; got engaged not long after the divorce, just a few months after starting to date someone. It didn't work out and it put a ton of stress on the kids, which of course he refused to see.
The parenting class Oregon makes you take when you get a divorce here tells you specifically not to do that and to just give it a couple of years before bringing home a replacement spouse, for the sake of the kids, but of course he thought he was special.
That's probably why 2nd, 3rd, and 4th marriages have a progressively higher divorce rate.
Which of course is what's screwing up the stats to say 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
Funny, because you'd think that most people would come out of a divorce thinking "Boy, I sure don't want to do that again!". Not that every divorce is a trainwreck, but even if it's amicable, it isn't something most people are looking forward to on their wedding day. But no, "Must erase the past! This new person that I have spent a few months with is so much better than my last memories of my ex! This must mean we are destined to be together!" It is easy to get caught up in new feelings and feel like you've found your soul mate. And sure, sometimes it does work out, but usually a few months isn't enough time to get to know someone to the extent you can tell if you will be compatible for life. My boss had a client recently that was on his 2nd or third divorce - and he was about the same age or barely older than me.
Also, apparently RWHN believes that age brings an immunity to making mistakes or getting caught up in the whirlwind of a new romance. No-one over the age of 30 makes mistakes ever! I would think that age would bring the knowledge/wisdom that the early stages of romance produce a huge endorphin rush that may seem like you were meant to be together forever, but that things can change as you get to know someone longer/spend more time around them. And, probably more important, as Nigel mentioned, the effects that bringing "replacement Mommy" into a home so soon can have on the children. But RWHN never really cared about The Children anyway
Yes, of course, getting engaged now is actually not the same as getting engaged now, because the wedding is in the future, and that means that the engagement is actually in the future too
Makes perfect sense
if you're RWHN.
:lol:
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Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 20, 2013, 05:47:08 PM
My ex did something really similar; got engaged not long after the divorce, just a few months after starting to date someone. It didn't work out and it put a ton of stress on the kids, which of course he refused to see.
The parenting class Oregon makes you take when you get a divorce here tells you specifically not to do that and to just give it a couple of years before bringing home a replacement spouse, for the sake of the kids, but of course he thought he was special.
That's probably why 2nd, 3rd, and 4th marriages have a progressively higher divorce rate.
Which of course is what's screwing up the stats to say 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
Funny, because you'd think that most people would come out of a divorce thinking "Boy, I sure don't want to do that again!". Not that every divorce is a trainwreck, but even if it's amicable, it isn't something most people are looking forward to on their wedding day. But no, "Must erase the past! This new person that I have spent a few months with is so much better than my last memories of my ex! This must mean we are destined to be together!" It is easy to get caught up in new feelings and feel like you've found your soul mate. And sure, sometimes it does work out, but usually a few months isn't enough time to get to know someone to the extent you can tell if you will be compatible for life. My boss had a client recently that was on his 2nd or third divorce - and he was about the same age or barely older than me.
Also, apparently RWHN believes that age brings an immunity to making mistakes or getting caught up in the whirlwind of a new romance. No-one over the age of 30 makes mistakes ever! I would think that age would bring the knowledge/wisdom that the early stages of romance produce a huge endorphin rush that may seem like you were meant to be together forever, but that things can change as you get to know someone longer/spend more time around them. And, probably more important, as Nigel mentioned, the effects that bringing "replacement Mommy" into a home so soon can have on the children. But RWHN never really cared about The Children anyway
Yeah. I would think that having kids would make you even more cautious to do so. What happens if there's a second divorce, and they've gotten attached to her (and stepdad on the other side for that matter, in the even XWHN is doing the same thing).
My grandparents were engaged within 6 weeks and were married until my Grandmother passed away just a few years ago. Her parents were engaged within 5 weeks and are still going strong.
When you know, you know.
"We all fall down when we fear love."
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 06:27:30 PM
My grandparents were engaged within 6 weeks and were married until my Grandmother passed away just a few years ago. Her parents were engaged within 5 weeks and are still going strong.
When you know, you know.
"We all fall down when we fear love."
Well, yeah, that's the sort of shit they did in the good old days. You know when stalking and shit was considered romantic.
Six armed men on scooters busted a Rolex window and started grabbing merchandise in broad daylight. No one did a thing until septuagenarian Ann Timson
charged
the group of young men and started
beating the hell out of them with her purse.
All were arrested
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 20, 2013, 06:29:19 PM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 06:27:30 PM
My grandparents were engaged within 6 weeks and were married until my Grandmother passed away just a few years ago. Her parents were engaged within 5 weeks and are still going strong.
When you know, you know.
"We all fall down when we fear love."
Well, yeah, that's the sort of shit they did in the good old days.
Yes, back when romance wasn't considered cheesy and cliche.
TE,
Old School Romantic
It's not my place to judge and I have nothing against making commitments early on, it's just that it's usually not encouraged very soon after a divorce when there are kids involved because it can be so stressful on them.
Which is why I regularly talk to and check in with my kids. Daily. Which is why I am talking to my child development partners. Why I had my daughter's guidance counselor and teacher regularly check in with her and report back to me. Why the wedding won't be for another year so my daughter can complete her full upcoming school year. Why I have the daycare staff keeping tabs on my son and making me aware of any potential stress or developmental impacts.
My job makes awareness and understanding of child development a necessity. I know all too well what stress can do to a kid. I know what I am doing.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 06:56:43 PM
Which is why I regularly talk to and check in with my kids. Daily. Which is why I am talking to my child development partners. Why I had my daughter's guidance counselor and teacher regularly check in with her and report back to me. Why the wedding won't be for another year so my daughter can complete her full upcoming school year. Why I have the daycare staff keeping tabs on my son and making me aware of any potential stress or developmental impacts.
My job makes awareness and understanding of child development a necessity. I know all too well what stress can do to a kid. I know what I am doing.
WEll, Mazel Tov, then.
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 06:27:30 PM
My grandparents were engaged within 6 weeks and were married until my Grandmother passed away just a few years ago. Her parents were engaged within 5 weeks and are still going strong.
You forget one important detail - none of those people were married to
you
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 20, 2013, 05:58:11 PM
Quote from: The End on August 20, 2013, 05:21:47 PM
Anyway, a better use of this thread is to get back to the original spirit of the thread.
I disagree.
A better use of this thread is speculating on which came first, your booze problem or your wife leaving you.
Him being a shitty father.
A better place for this thread would be the legislator's office.
I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
Quote from: Balls Wellington on August 21, 2013, 02:30:39 AM
I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
I don't care what he says about time spans, or how fast his grandparents got engaged, this isn't the early 20th Century anymore.
He's looking to replace his wife, though normally, single men buy cars instead.
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I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
I don't care what he says about time spans, or how fast his grandparents got engaged, this isn't the early 20th Century anymore.
He's looking to replace his wife, though normally, single men buy cars instead.
But when you know you know. You know. Like the first time around.
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I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
I don't care what he says about time spans, or how fast his grandparents got engaged, this isn't the early 20th Century anymore.
He's looking to replace his wife, though normally, single men buy cars instead.
But when you know you know. You know. Like the first time around.
I know. I knew. I also learned that lust sure as fuck isn't love.
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Quote from: Balls Wellington on August 21, 2013, 02:30:39 AM
I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
I don't care what he says about time spans, or how fast his grandparents got engaged, this isn't the early 20th Century anymore.
He's looking to replace his wife, though normally, single men buy cars instead.
But when you know you know. You know. Like the first time around.
I know. I knew. I also learned that lust sure as fuck isn't love.
Yeah and thats why yer man-o is probably making a mistake. Even if it does end up lasting for the duration of their lives hes not going into this with a clear head and his head might still not be clear a year from now. Being in recently love as far as ive heard is indistinguishable from being insane. Well. Its his mistake to repeat.
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I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
I don't care what he says about time spans, or how fast his grandparents got engaged, this isn't the early 20th Century anymore.
He's looking to replace his wife, though normally, single men buy cars instead.
But when you know you know. You know. Like the first time around.
I know. I knew. I also learned that lust sure as fuck isn't love.
Yeah and thats why yer man-o is probably making a mistake. Even if it does end up lasting for the duration of their lives hes not going into this with a clear head and his head might still not be clear a year from now. Being in recently love as far as ive heard is indistinguishable from being insane. Well. Its his mistake to repeat.
BF and I have already discussed that the only reason why we would ever get married is so that I can have good health benefits if the job I eventually get does not provide. Neither of us see any real reason for marriage, after having both been married previously. Hell, we aren't even sure if we're going to survive his upcoming billet or future deployments. Everything is just far too dynamic.
Sorry -- sorry.
The guy's got his head wrong. He's making bitter tea. His map is written in crayon, and is tracing Mr Roger's neighborhood. But for serious, the ad homonim stuff makes me uncomfortable.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 21, 2013, 04:21:23 AM
Sorry -- sorry.
The guy's got his head wrong. He's making bitter tea. His map is written in crayon, and is tracing Mr Roger's neighborhood. But for serious, the ad homonim stuff makes me uncomfortable.
Understandable. But I feel at this point, he's practically asking for it. Maybe it's just time to stop paying attention to him all together.
Been trying.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 21, 2013, 04:21:23 AM
Sorry -- sorry.
The guy's got his head wrong. He's making bitter tea. His map is written in crayon, and is tracing Mr Roger's neighborhood. But for serious, the ad homonim stuff makes me uncomfortable.
Well as far as the remarriage bit it is out of genuine concern.
I might have my beefs with the guy but that doesnt mean he isnt a human being who deserves to be happy and that he and his fiancee would benefit from waiting to declare their intentions.
I appreciate the concern. Sorry for calling you "assface" and for being belligerent with you.
It would be completely arbitrary and academic to wait a certain number of months to propose. That is just an arbitrary life-game that doesn't consider individual situations. In addition I would point out that I waited for almost two years before proposing to ex-Mrs WHN and look how that turned out.
Nothing is going to be different a year from now so, for me, it seems silly to wait a year just because that's what everyone else does.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 11:39:26 AM
I appreciate the concern. Sorry for calling you "assface" and for being belligerent with you.
It would be completely arbitrary and academic to wait a certain number of months to propose. That is just an arbitrary life-game that doesn't consider individual situations. In addition I would point out that I waited for almost two years before proposing to ex-Mrs WHN and look how that turned out.
Nothing is going to be different a year from now so, for me, it seems silly to wait a year just because that's what everyone else does.
I wish you luck.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 11:39:26 AM
I appreciate the concern. Sorry for calling you "assface" and for being belligerent with you.
It would be completely arbitrary and academic to wait a certain number of months to propose. That is just an arbitrary life-game that doesn't consider individual situations. In addition I would point out that I waited for almost two years before proposing to ex-Mrs WHN and look how that turned out.
Nothing is going to be different a year from now so, for me, it seems silly to wait a year just because that's what everyone else does.
Dude, seriously. I hate your dumbfuck opinions about certain things but I don't actually hate you and I certainly don't hate your kids. What's the rush?
[size=78%]I would flip that question.[/size]
Why should I delay?
She and I are both knocking on 40. We have both experienced a LOT of life. We are both pretty clear on what we want in a mate, and luckily works out that we have fit the bill pretty well for each other.
So what am I waiting for other than a predetermined socially accepted amount of time?
What difference does a predetermined socially accepted ceremony make? Other than, y'know, it'll cost a fortune if you change your mind, once you get to know her.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 02:20:09 PM
[size=78%]I would flip that question.[/size]
Why should I delay?
She and I are both knocking on 40. We have both experienced a LOT of life. We are both pretty clear on what we want in a mate, and luckily works out that we have fit the bill pretty well for each other.
So what am I waiting for other than a predetermined socially accepted amount of time?
How long have you been dating?
How long have you been divorced?
Are you already living together? If not, how do you know she will be someone you can share personal space with? Sleeping over houses is not sharing space. It's a sleepover. How do you know she doesn't do that thing with the toothpaste tube or some other pet peeve?
Or MAYBE CLAIMS TO HAVE AN ALLERGY TO DOING FUCKING DISHES AND LEAVES A NASTY ASS KITCHEN AFTER THEY COOK?!
-Suu
Doesn't mind doing dishes after dinner, but is going to throttle him when he gets home for his new habit of leave pots of ick on the stove.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 21, 2013, 02:24:00 PM
What difference does a predetermined socially accepted ceremony make? Other than, y'know, it'll cost a fortune if you change your mind, once you get to know her.
I do know her. That's why I proposed.
Fair enough. Enjoy...
Quote from: Suu on August 21, 2013, 02:24:40 PM
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 02:20:09 PM
[size=78%]I would flip that question.[/size]
Why should I delay?
She and I are both knocking on 40. We have both experienced a LOT of life. We are both pretty clear on what we want in a mate, and luckily works out that we have fit the bill pretty well for each other.
So what am I waiting for other than a predetermined socially accepted amount of time?
How long have you been dating?
How long have you been divorced?
Both questions are irrelevant. Our relationship is our relationship. It will be dictated by us, not social conventions. Numbers are just numbers. We are two very open people with very open books. We've seen the nastiest aspects of each others' past lives. We've seen up close and personal each others' faults and less-than-desirable traits. And we love each other more with each passing day.
QuoteAre you already living together? If not, how do you know she will be someone you can share personal space with? Sleeping over houses is not sharing space. It's a sleepover. How do you know she doesn't do that thing with the toothpaste tube or some other pet peeve?
I don't get hung up on stupid shit like toothpaste tubes and the like. We've spent considerable time in each others' homes and lives. There really are no secrets at this point, as far as how we each run our homes, and they are pretty similar really. What differences exist are pretty easily negotiable. Life is kinda short to worry about that stuff really.
Fine then.
Good luck.
Actually, you know what? No.
As previously mentioned, I don't think anyone here actually hates you. We're openly criticizing your choices with your best interests in mind. How much shit did PD give me during my post-divorce insanity? The shitty boyfriends I had...the lessons I had to fucking learn with that. Did I want to hear it then? FUCK NO. I wanted my happy, but with that pretend happy came a world of shit. I wasn't ready, and the board saw it. This resulted in me having tearful phone calls with Roger, and pouring all my emotional bullshit in person on Richter and Luna, because I chose to ignore the warning signs people were giving me.
Sure, relying on an internet message board for relationship advice may be fucked up, but if anything, we have a mixed bag of varied experiences here. You already had your heart ripped out once, and we feel like you're setting yourself up to do it again.
You're not going to want to read this, in fact, you'll probably ignore this or just tell me "thanks, but no thanks" and that's fine, but don't be surprised at the "I told you so's" that may come in the future.
Quote from: Suu on August 21, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Actually, you know what? No.
As previously mentioned, I don't think anyone here actually hates you. We're openly criticizing your choices with your best interests in mind. How much shit did PD give me during my post-divorce insanity? The shitty boyfriends I had...the lessons I had to fucking learn with that. Did I want to hear it then? FUCK NO. I wanted my happy, but with that pretend happy came a world of shit. I wasn't ready, and the board saw it. This resulted in me having tearful phone calls with Roger, and pouring all my emotional bullshit in person on Richter and Luna, because I chose to ignore the warning signs people were giving me.
Sure, relying on an internet message board for relationship advice may be fucked up, but if anything, we have a mixed bag of varied experiences here. You already had your heart ripped out once, and we feel like you're setting yourself up to do it again.
You're not going to want to read this, in fact, you'll probably ignore this or just tell me "thanks, but no thanks" and that's fine, but don't be surprised at the "I told you so's" that may come in the future.
Do not listen, RWHN. Go for it.
TGRR,
Would like to point out that the second line of text in Suu's post is factually incorrect.
Quote from: Suu on August 21, 2013, 04:46:21 PM
Actually, you know what? No.
As previously mentioned, I don't think anyone here actually hates you. We're openly criticizing your choices with your best interests in mind. How much shit did PD give me during my post-divorce insanity? The shitty boyfriends I had...the lessons I had to fucking learn with that. Did I want to hear it then? FUCK NO. I wanted my happy, but with that pretend happy came a world of shit. I wasn't ready, and the board saw it. This resulted in me having tearful phone calls with Roger, and pouring all my emotional bullshit in person on Richter and Luna, because I chose to ignore the warning signs people were giving me.
Sure, relying on an internet message board for relationship advice may be fucked up, but if anything, we have a mixed bag of varied experiences here. You already had your heart ripped out once, and we feel like you're setting yourself up to do it again.
You're not going to want to read this, in fact, you'll probably ignore this or just tell me "thanks, but no thanks" and that's fine, but don't be surprised at the "I told you so's" that may come in the future.
See, though, the difference here is that the advice y'all are giving me is based solely on arbitrary numbers based in arbitrary social conventions. In fact I didn't have my "heart ripped out" when my previous marriage ended. Did I have a period of angst and negative feelings? Absolutely, at the dissolution of the family. But I had known, really, for years that my marriage was a bit of a sham. We had Little WHN 9 months after the wedding. (you do the math). Our entire married life revolved around being parents. Along the way, there were many clues that the romantic aspect of that marriage kind of died early on in the marriage. Romantically, we were on different pages and wanted different things. She is much more casual in relationships. I am a hardcore romantic. Her getting fired and having a mid-life crisis when she turned 36 just served to be the last straw and finally blew it up. So when we officially separated a year ago, it was done. I mean, done, done. The divorce was an academic, legal exercise.
I was 12 years younger, in only my late 20s when I had made that decision to propose and marry ex WHN. 12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
I'm sorry but your experiences are your experiences, and not appropriate for comparing to mine, or anyone else's for that matter. Numbers are just numbers. I would hope this to be a concept understandable by Discordians.
This Discordian sees the multiple paths available, and with a very clear heart and mind, is taking this one without an ounce of hesitation.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 11:39:26 AM
I appreciate the concern. Sorry for calling you "assface" and for being belligerent with you.
It would be completely arbitrary and academic to wait a certain number of months to propose. That is just an arbitrary life-game that doesn't consider individual situations. In addition I would point out that I waited for almost two years before proposing to ex-Mrs WHN and look how that turned out.
Nothing is going to be different a year from now so, for me, it seems silly to wait a year just because that's what everyone else does.
Well it was an inaccurate comparison. My cheeks arent that robust and my mouth is more akin to a sideways vulva what with the general shape and beard. But whatever man is all good.
I think your mindnumbingly wrong on a few things sure. One of which is that you think that sooner is no different than later. But the damage is done even if you agreed with what suu pent and i are saying. But i would delay the wedding another six months or so if you can manage it.
Weddings seem all romantic and stuff but really theyre expensive rituals attached to essentially signing a contract. You dont need to marry your chick in order to have a satisfying relationship or even to fertilize those last few eggs if thats what you want. Never hurts to wait unless one of you is terminally ill.
Anyway now that im not an assface did you watch that video?
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:03:13 PM
12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:03:13 PM
12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
Quote from: Suu on August 21, 2013, 05:23:46 PM
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
Well, employees are fungible, these days. If he's smart, he'll bring her on as a temp. If things don't work out, he can just chuck her in the dumpster and call the agency for a replacement.
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
Well, employees are fungible, these days. If he's smart, he'll bring her on as a temp. If things don't work out, he can just chuck her in the dumpster and call the agency for a replacement.
Because everybody knows that there's a line of well qualified and fully vetted individuals just WAITING for this position, should the current candidate fail.
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
I really just have nothing to say. I'm just horrified.
Although I guess the mirth is right there in the thread title. :horrormirth:
Yeah that made me go oh dear thats not good too. Sure its a contract but a wife is not an employee and using bureaucratic metaphors should give him a little pause.
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 21, 2013, 05:18:33 PM
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 11:39:26 AM
I appreciate the concern. Sorry for calling you "assface" and for being belligerent with you.
It would be completely arbitrary and academic to wait a certain number of months to propose. That is just an arbitrary life-game that doesn't consider individual situations. In addition I would point out that I waited for almost two years before proposing to ex-Mrs WHN and look how that turned out.
Nothing is going to be different a year from now so, for me, it seems silly to wait a year just because that's what everyone else does.
Well it was an inaccurate comparison. My cheeks arent that robust and my mouth is more akin to a sideways vulva what with the general shape and beard. But whatever man is all good.
I think your mindnumbingly wrong on a few things sure. One of which is that you think that sooner is no different than later. But the damage is done even if you agreed with what suu pent and i are saying. But i would delay the wedding another six months or so if you can manage it.
Weddings seem all romantic and stuff but really theyre expensive rituals attached to essentially signing a contract. You dont need to marry your chick in order to have a satisfying relationship or even to fertilize those last few eggs if thats what you want. Never hurts to wait unless one of you is terminally ill.
Anyway now that im not an assface did you watch that video?
I have been married before so trust me I'm pretty aware of the expense and everything that goes with it. We both have pretty small circles of people so it won't be a big affair.
The wedding will be next year sometime. We've ruled out summer because we both hate summer. Maybe next Spring, more early next Fall.
This isn't about "need" at all. We both value marriage, obviously not out of any religious aspect, but as (for us) an important symbolic, and ceremonial way to convey and celebrate our committment to each other. Marriage isn't for everyone, but it is for us.
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Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:03:13 PM
12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
Uhh, maybe try not being so literal and taking everything so seriously?
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 21, 2013, 05:33:56 PM
Yeah that made me go oh dear thats not good too. Sure its a contract but a wife is not an employee and using bureaucratic metaphors should give him a little pause.
You guys taking that so seriously is giving me a little pause,
Lighten up guys.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:39:08 PM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 21, 2013, 05:33:56 PM
Yeah that made me go oh dear thats not good too. Sure its a contract but a wife is not an employee and using bureaucratic metaphors should give him a little pause.
You guys taking that so seriously is giving me a little pause,
Lighten up guys.
You're the one that made the comparison first.
You're not the only one on the board that has been married before, and I've never ONCE thought about a potential spouse as having an impressive resume.
It wasn't a comparison, it was a lighthearted, completely not serious metaphor. Just another way of saying, we're really good for each other.
Lighten up.
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 21, 2013, 05:32:41 PM
Quote from: Suu on August 21, 2013, 05:26:41 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:03:13 PM
12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
I really just have nothing to say. I'm just horrified.
Although I guess the mirth is right there in the thread title. :horrormirth:
I think I need to riff on this a bit. Seriously. Her resume is pretty much perfect. They have vetted each other. They are considering a contractual merger.
WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE GIGGLING HERE? This is AMERICA!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 06:49:35 PM
Quote from: TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR GENITALS on August 21, 2013, 05:32:41 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 05:03:13 PM
12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
I really just have nothing to say. I'm just horrified.
Although I guess the mirth is right there in the thread title. :horrormirth:
I think I need to riff on this a bit. Seriously. Her resume is pretty much perfect. They have vetted each other. They are considering a contractual merger.
WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE GIGGLING HERE? This is AMERICA!
You're not, I was in hysterics when he first posted it, myself.
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12 years later, two kids later, a new career later....at 38, I know pretty well what I want in life, and who I want travelling with me down those different paths. Her resume is pretty much perfect. The vetting on either side has been pretty comprehensive.
This is the horrormirthiest thing I've read this year. :lulz:
I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up several times already, too.
No, the fact that he's treating it as a job position to be filled. Resumes. Vetting. It's awesome, and it's completely full of 21st century goodness.
He's hiring a replacement.
I really just have nothing to say. I'm just horrified.
Although I guess the mirth is right there in the thread title. :horrormirth:
I think I need to riff on this a bit. Seriously. Her resume is pretty much perfect. They have vetted each other. They are considering a contractual merger.
WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE GIGGLING HERE? This is AMERICA!
You're not, I was in hysterics when he first posted it, myself.
I probably should be, but I can't. I 'm just
:horror:
Either this is all just a big joke or he's making exactly the type of catastrophic foreseeable mistake I'm so intrigued by.
There is a third option.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 07:11:39 PM
There is a third option.
Whether your description was intended humorously or seriously, it made my day. I mean, it fits right in with the arrogance you were boasting about not too long ago.
humor = arrogance :?
Really?
Good luck, man. Just, seriously, good luck. I genuinely wish you well, for your children if no other reason. May you be blessed by whatever forces you believe in.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 07:16:10 PM
humor = arrogance :?
Really?
That's not what I said, RWHN. Please attempt to use more honesty.
What you said makes no sense, especially considering I've been pretty clear I was using very non-serious metaphors. I can only chalk it up to you needing to continue unpleasantries.
Quote from: The End on August 21, 2013, 07:32:59 PM
What you said makes no sense, especially considering I've been pretty clear I was using very non-serious metaphors. I can only chalk it up to you needing to continue unpleasantries.
Not "needing", RWHN. "Wanting".
And I'm just saying, the metaphors you decided to use positively reek of the very arrogance you BRAGGED about.
I am sure you will make that lady very, very happy.
AM making her very, very happy.
Quote from: The End on August 22, 2013, 01:18:36 AM
AM making her very, very happy.
Shiny things make me happy, too.
-Suu
So happy, she can't even SELL them, because diamonds are worthless chunks of the most abundant substance on the planet.
Never Fear Love!
Quote from: The End on August 22, 2013, 03:22:07 AM
Never Fear Love!
But what if it's love from a creepy serial killer?
BUY HEALTH INSURANCE!
At some point, RWHN will learn the difference between mockery and genuine interest.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 22, 2013, 03:24:30 AM
At some point, RWHN will learn the difference between mockery and genuine interest.
WHEN WILL YOU?
DRINKING IN LIFE BABY!
I was going to do a point by point rundown of OP article.
But then I remembered how much of a /clusterfuck/ RWHN threads are.
I would be interested in that. There is no reason the article can't actually be discussed.
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 22, 2013, 04:11:20 AM
I would be interested in that. There is no reason the article can't actually be discussed.
No thanks. I'm not a sucker.
Suit yourself, in the meantime, ducks:
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-reasons-why-every-news-story-should-be-about-ducks/
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 22, 2013, 01:57:57 PM
Suit yourself, in the meantime, ducks:
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-reasons-why-every-news-story-should-be-about-ducks/
Serious business happened with the NSA today in a strange case involving wired ducks.
Something smells afowl.
Quote from: Balls Wellington on August 21, 2013, 02:30:39 AM
I'd say he's pulled off an inspired bit of trolling, getting anyone to believe there's a woman out there that would actually agree to marry him. :lulz:
You're projecting again ECH.
Yes, yes...tell me more about your amazing and totally real fiancee. :lulz:
He's only been dating this chick a month, hasn't he? Well, claimed to have done so. I mean, really?
Really?
Quote from: Kai on August 22, 2013, 12:18:48 PM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 22, 2013, 04:11:20 AM
I would be interested in that. There is no reason the article can't actually be discussed.
No thanks. I'm not a sucker.
I was actually looking forward to discussing the OP article as well, but now i've spent almost an hour reading up on a strangers fictional love life. If i wanted to do that, i'd get into twilight. :argh!:
Actually fuck it, here goes. I liked how the article pointed out a perceptual bias towards focusing on the negative aspects of things. Human history has been one long struggle to make things less shitty for the next generation and no matter how much progress we make, we will always see the flaws in the world around us first, because ultimately that's what keeps US working towards making the NEXT generations world less shitty.
I don't think it's as simple as confirmation bias or optimism/pessimism. It isn't so much a "glass is half empty" vs. "glass is half full" thing, so much as a "um.. guys... this glass is half full... of piss" thing.
Quote from: V3X on August 26, 2013, 07:03:47 AM
I don't think it's as simple as confirmation bias or optimism/pessimism. It isn't so much a "glass is half empty" vs. "glass is half full" thing, so much as a "um.. guys... this glass is half full... of piss" thing.
Funny thing about piss, if you drink it, it can keep you alive a little longer so you can get yourself to some water.
Quote from: V3X on August 20, 2013, 03:22:03 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
WELL! That's a load off my mind, for sure!
You hear that? We've arrived! The world now features 100% more unicorns shitting rainbows all over everything!
Such a relief. I guess I can stop worrying about stuff now. Good to know we've beaten poverty, disease, injustice, starvation, war, famine, inequality, ignorance, violence, racism, sexism, and totalitarianism. Guess we can all just go back to sleep. Hell, we even have flying cars now, so I guess that's it. Call it a wrap! The future is here, and it's better than you ever thought it would be!
Yes, you're right, we haven't defeated all those things and we probably never will in our lifetime, yet while cynicism is a great tool for helping us to recognize problems it is the shittiest possible attitude to have for going about about fixing them. The article talks about how optimism isn't simply sitting around hoping things will turn out alright, it's looking at the things you can do to help solve them. An entire generation of Darias is great for making us aware of problems the world over, but there's a reason that series didn't end with Daria making huge meaningful changes in the world. Because the Darias of the world see all problems as huge insurmountable things that they can only bitch about cause What's the Point in Trying Anyway?
I'm all for drinking piss to survive, I'm just not so keen on people telling me it's lemonade their shoving down my throat when I'm not thirsty.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 26, 2013, 06:48:37 AM
Quote from: Kai on August 22, 2013, 12:18:48 PM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 22, 2013, 04:11:20 AM
I would be interested in that. There is no reason the article can't actually be discussed.
No thanks. I'm not a sucker.
I was actually looking forward to discussing the OP article as well, but now i've spent almost an hour reading up on a strangers fictional love life. If i wanted to do that, i'd get into twilight. :argh!:
If it were fictional I would at least set it up so she lived 5 miles away as opposed to 40. Gas is expensive these days, not to mention the tolls.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 26, 2013, 07:15:24 AM
Quote from: V3X on August 26, 2013, 07:03:47 AM
I don't think it's as simple as confirmation bias or optimism/pessimism. It isn't so much a "glass is half empty" vs. "glass is half full" thing, so much as a "um.. guys... this glass is half full... of piss" thing.
Funny thing about piss, if you drink it, it can keep you alive a little longer so you can get yourself to some water.
Quote from: V3X on August 20, 2013, 03:22:03 AM
Quote from: The End on August 19, 2013, 02:17:42 PM
http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/ (http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-news-looks-worse-than-it-really-is/)
WELL! That's a load off my mind, for sure!
You hear that? We've arrived! The world now features 100% more unicorns shitting rainbows all over everything!
Such a relief. I guess I can stop worrying about stuff now. Good to know we've beaten poverty, disease, injustice, starvation, war, famine, inequality, ignorance, violence, racism, sexism, and totalitarianism. Guess we can all just go back to sleep. Hell, we even have flying cars now, so I guess that's it. Call it a wrap! The future is here, and it's better than you ever thought it would be!
Yes, you're right, we haven't defeated all those things and we probably never will in our lifetime, yet while cynicism is a great tool for helping us to recognize problems it is the shittiest possible attitude to have for going about about fixing them. The article talks about how optimism isn't simply sitting around hoping things will turn out alright, it's looking at the things you can do to help solve them. An entire generation of Darias is great for making us aware of problems the world over, but there's a reason that series didn't end with Daria making huge meaningful changes in the world. Because the Darias of the world see all problems as huge insurmountable things that they can only bitch about cause What's the Point in Trying Anyway?
Yes to all of this!
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:05:20 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on August 26, 2013, 06:48:37 AM
Quote from: Kai on August 22, 2013, 12:18:48 PM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 22, 2013, 04:11:20 AM
I would be interested in that. There is no reason the article can't actually be discussed.
No thanks. I'm not a sucker.
I was actually looking forward to discussing the OP article as well, but now i've spent almost an hour reading up on a strangers fictional love life. If i wanted to do that, i'd get into twilight. :argh!:
If it were fictional I would at least set it up so she lived 5 miles away as opposed to 40. Gas is expensive these days, not to mention the tolls.
Fictional gas is cheap :lulz:
I would say the world is a fractal MMORPG where we continuously get the change the rules set at difficulty level Awesome. But that's just me.... :horrormirth:
Quote from: Ixxie on August 26, 2013, 06:55:40 PM
I would say the world is a fractal MMORPG where we continuously get the change the rules set at difficulty level Awesome. But that's just me.... :horrormirth:
<insert Keanu Reeves pic here> "WHOA", etc.
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
:spittake:
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
Did this sound all deep and meaningful in your head before you typed it out?
Because that didn't translate. It comes off as meaningless drivel. :lulz:
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
I absolutely agree. Furthermore, we need to embrace the subjectivity of that which we are subjected to. Although we may disagree, we need to embrace and accept the differing paradigms and reflect this acceptance in our behaviours. We'll never get anywhere if we spend all of our time gazing into mirrors or history books instead of walking forwards into tomorrow. But neither will we make it to tomorrow if we do not wield those history books and mirrors as shields to deflect the arrows fired at us from the future. Nobody will ever agree on everything because our beliefs only have relevance in relation to the beliefs of others and it is this relationship that our focus should be on I am so baked right now are you baked too? Rather than celebrating the small victories, we should gather them up and stick them together using our hope and optimism as glue to form greater victories built from the pieces of our smaller victories. In this way, will we be victorious.
Quote from: Pæs on August 27, 2013, 10:47:50 AM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
I absolutely agree. Furthermore, we need to embrace the subjectivity of that which we are subjected to. Although we may disagree, we need to embrace and accept the differing paradigms and reflect this acceptance in our behaviours. We'll never get anywhere if we spend all of our time gazing into mirrors or history books instead of walking forwards into tomorrow. But neither will we make it to tomorrow if we do not wield those history books and mirrors as shields to deflect the arrows fired at us from the future. Nobody will ever agree on everything because our beliefs only have relevance in relation to the beliefs of others and it is this relationship that our focus should be on I am so baked right now are you baked too? Rather than celebrating the small victories, we should gather them up and stick them together using our hope and optimism as glue to form greater victories built from the pieces of our smaller victories. In this way, will we be victorious.
That was impressive.
Quote from: Pæs on August 27, 2013, 10:47:50 AM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
I absolutely agree. Furthermore, we need to embrace the subjectivity of that which we are subjected to. Although we may disagree, we need to embrace and accept the differing paradigms and reflect this acceptance in our behaviours. We'll never get anywhere if we spend all of our time gazing into mirrors or history books instead of walking forwards into tomorrow. But neither will we make it to tomorrow if we do not wield those history books and mirrors as shields to deflect the arrows fired at us from the future. Nobody will ever agree on everything because our beliefs only have relevance in relation to the beliefs of others and it is this relationship that our focus should be on I am so baked right now are you baked too? Rather than celebrating the small victories, we should gather them up and stick them together using our hope and optimism as glue to form greater victories built from the pieces of our smaller victories. In this way, will we be victorious.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Pæs on August 27, 2013, 10:47:50 AM
Quote from: NEVER FEAR LOVE! on August 26, 2013, 02:08:12 PM
We will never acheive the ideal world for everyone. But we also have to remember, as pointed out in the article, our Western ideal of an ideal world is not shared by everyone. Moreover, if we cannot recognize and celebrate the small victories, it will slow advances.
I absolutely agree. Furthermore, we need to embrace the subjectivity of that which we are subjected to. Although we may disagree, we need to embrace and accept the differing paradigms and reflect this acceptance in our behaviours. We'll never get anywhere if we spend all of our time gazing into mirrors or history books instead of walking forwards into tomorrow. But neither will we make it to tomorrow if we do not wield those history books and mirrors as shields to deflect the arrows fired at us from the future. Nobody will ever agree on everything because our beliefs only have relevance in relation to the beliefs of others and it is this relationship that our focus should be on I am so baked right now are you baked too? Rather than celebrating the small victories, we should gather them up and stick them together using our hope and optimism as glue to form greater victories built from the pieces of our smaller victories. In this way, will we be victorious.
The UK pays spin doctors serious cash for this kind of bullshit. If you can pull this out consistently there's a glittering career in drivel waiting.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Glorious.
Quote from: Junkenstein on August 27, 2013, 09:48:31 PM
The UK pays spin doctors serious cash for this kind of bullshit. If you can pull this out consistently there's a glittering career in drivel waiting.
Someone should hire me. I could churn this shit out for days.
Contact any political party and work with the terms "Assist" and "Victory". If you can pull off a 5 minute ramble then you'll get an interview. Be sure to work in Eton and Oxbridge credentials too.
I'll take 5%, see you in Westminster.