>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^bobknight33:
Germany is the most financially secure country and that's because of their thrift.
So this would be the same Germany that has the world's oldest universal health care system, a top tax rate of 45%, some of the most liberal laws in europe for homosexuals and has a socialist party as one of the two main parties?
Sounds like a republican heaven!


Right, it couldn't be their policies... It's because they clip so many coupons!

This happened to me one time. I ate this piece of pepperoni pizza that turned out to be a toy from my kid's "Cook & Play" kitchen set. It looked so realistic! I just marvel at how lucky I was that my eighteen-month-old didn't eat it! He must not like pizza or something...

I'm not a weightlifter, but it appears he's violating the whole "lift with your legs, not your back" thing, no?

>> ^bobknight33:

A stupid video ad from a stupid Liberal. Obama is a fool of a president. He is in way over his head and doing such a shitty job that any person with a bit of intelligence will help Romney win, even if they are billionaires.

I glad I'm not dumb enough to vote for Obama.


What a factual and well-informed argument! I hope when Romney becomes president, he puts all the stupid, dummy poo-poo-heads in their place!

>> ^My_design:

Fixed.
>> ^Ryjkyj:
"Even though my official title was President of the United States, I can't be held responsible for the last four years. See, what had happened was... I took a leave of absence for a little while, then I decided to do something else, so I back-dated my resignation to 2008. See?"
- Barak Obama, 2012




Cute, except that Obama hasn't actually used this excuse once already.

"Even though my official title was president of the United States, I can't be held responsible for the last four years. See, what had happened was... I took a leave of absence for a little while, then I decided to do something else, so I back-dated my resignation to 2012. See?"

- Mitt Romney, 2016

>> ^TheFreak:

I'm a 4th degree black belt and an instructor. My best technique in this situation is "abandon your ego". Apologize, bargain, beg or buy your way out of the situation. If that fails, run. Final option, fight.
If those options offend you then you're watching too many action movies or you're young and stupid.


This is just brilliant. It's funny to think of all the people who can break a bat on their shin, or take a KO punch and stay standing, who will never have the ability to "abandon the ego" for even one second. But what's really funny is that this is what smart people do instinctively when confronted with a situation like this, even if they always thought they would do something completely different.

I'll bet this guy could weigh in a little on this conversation.

Intelligence is not derived from the threat of physical punishment. I'll take positive reinforcement every time when it comes to situations like learning how to throw a fucking ball. Spank your kid for running into traffic or pointing a toy gun at his grandmother, fine, but learning how to throw a ball? I bet there's no more sure-fire way to get your kid to hate you.>> ^chingalera:

Fucuking Roman Catholics with low IQ's is what he the fuck that was.

Alright Boards!!!

I know circumcision can be a touchy issue here sometimes, but I don't think there's a single member of this site who questions whether or not circumcision prevents AIDS. And I say that as a person who's son is circumcised, and who's stepfather died of AIDS.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:
Hah! But no, seriously.
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/lantern53" title="member since August 6th, 2010" class="profilelink">lantern53 knows.. that depriving servers of a living wage and forcing them to bust their asses for 5% gratuity on a $130 check.. you know, builds character.
Struggling in quasi-poverty for years of your life is what the American Dream is all about! duh.
That's why Mitt Romney is such a great American and needs to be President.
He knows what it's like.. to force people to struggle. For their own good.
p.s. - Everyone knows that raising the minimum wage is just another Socialist/Marxist scheme by Obama to disenfranchise the Job Creators in this country.
While I completely agree that people should be paid a living wage, I don't really have a problem with tipping. People should bust their asses in their job, especially if your job is customer facing. Customer service in the USA is so much better than almost anywhere else I've been, (it's particularly bad in NZ)


Just a meaningless anecdote (just find it funny that you mention it):

I went to Sydney once (15 years ago) and the very first day, I went to a place called the Juba Cafe. My friend and I were surprised to find porridge on the menu, because all I knew of porridge was from Oliver Twist or Little Orphan Annie. Our server, who's name was Anna, was really surprised to hear it, so she bought us porridge to convince us it was good. It was. Then, after we ate (before we tipped her) she invited us over to her apartment for some wine that night. When we got there, she had invited all her friends over to meet "her new Americans." They gave us wine, we talked for a long time about NZ (where she was from) and they rolled me the first "baseball bat" that I ever smoked, with the the little cardboard filter in it and everything. They also introduced me to Aphex Twin (the "Richard D. James Album") and we bonded over Ween, which I was surprised to hear they knew all about, even in 97'. So, after we were completely blitzed, Anna and her friends took us out to dinner, where we ate and drank and talked for hours and didn't pay a dime while these guys all treated us to a great first night in their city. I'm not even sure how we got home, but they sure didn't let anything bad happen to us.

The reason I mention it, is that I would say it was, easily, the best service I've ever had in my entire life, anywhere. We had to leave town the next day and I never saw or spoke to any of those guys again. I really wish I'd kept in contact with them because I owe them so much more than a night out. I still roll a fat bat and pop in the Aphex Twin on a pretty regular basis.

It makes me sick to think about the things we could do to these businesses if people just organized long enough to make themselves heard. We could have all these companies begging for our business and bending over backwards to make us happy. Imagine what a phone company would do if, for one day, all their unhappy customers decided to call in and cancel their service. Just imagine the kind of sheer chaos and paranoia something like that could achieve. Instead, this guy goes to jail, and the only people he affected were the low-paid, street-level employees who probably couldn't to anything to help him anyway. It just makes me sick. What a waste.

I am a professional student and and full-time caretaker of my son. Failing that, should I ever need money, I have reliable remodeling trade skills like laying carpet, tile, framing, painting, etc.. I'm going to school however, for nursing.

Also, what's the little yellow line that appears on the bar when you hit play?