"Gen "whatever" of my species fucked shit up, so I'm giving up.
I would probably have done the same in their shoes, but it's really easy to type self-righteous shit. I am awesome because of the internet which they also somehow managed to create while they were ruining _everything_."


^ much more succinct. Save your words.

Related reading:
https://medium.com/@EcofiscalCanada/lessons-from-toronto-s-ill-fated-plastic-bag-tax-3b411e6dfaf6

ugh. ok. I stand corrected.
Late night and I guess I pulled off the headphones off at a key point and completely missed that. :-(
Yesterday was one of those days. Sigh.

Ok, so....

Cops should just jump on people they think *might* commit a crime because: Reasons .

Good call, citizens!

Due process. Due fucking process.
It exists for reasons beyond your cynical worldview...or even worst case scenarios. It exists to protect the rest of us. The majority.

The cops were right there to take the guy away once he did something stupid. They were also "correct" in not doing anything beforehand. Right before he pulled a knife and stabbed someone, he was just being an asshole, nothing more. That's not illegal. Sorry.

and no: you don't want the police "protecting" you. That's what the Mafia does.

So what's the alternative? Preemptive police takedowns? That happens too, and people scream all the same.

Difference is: I'd rather live in a free society where cops wait for somebody (maybe me) to actually do something wrong, than just leave it up to them to decide when you (or I) *might* be a risk, and then taze or shoot you or me dead.

The police are not there to keep you safe. For one, there is no such thing as "safe" in absolute terms, and in my opinion, if there was, you sure as shit don't want the state prescribing that "safety".

But...that's just my opinion.

Clearly all of the phone booths have been uninstalled everywhere today so they can save some money and reinstall them in 2048.

*beg

The only thing about this that grabbed me....
there is an actual theory floating around out there that Donald Trump can't read (google it).

WHY DID HE HAVE AN OBVIOUS STAGED PHOTO OP TO SHOW HIM "READING"?

Seriously. Maybe he can, maybe he can't. That's besides the point:
The POTUS is actually staging photo ops to dispel internet theories.

Let that shit sink in.

I don't care what else you might say about Donald Trump, but he is a very, very, small person. He may be the smallest person. You have no idea.

I keep watching Wes Anderson movies waiting for the moment he becomes self-aware in stead of self-indulgent. I respect him massively as a filmaker; Rushmore is a personal all-time favourite, but the formula (music, casting, plot, cinematography, pacing, etc) is wearing pretty goddamn thin now.

I will still probably go and see this movie though.

She's aged remarkably well.

I really wish stuff like this wasn't promoted. It's junk/pie-in-the-sky science/engineering.

Anyone who has ever been in an ocean storm or had to deal with anything man-made that's had to survive a few months in the open ocean could tell you how this idea reeks of untenability. Stuff far less fragile than this proposed contraption go to the bottom all the time. In short: the oceans are far less forgiving than this kid would have you believe.

From its durability, to the difficulties of mooring a giant sieve in ~3000ft of water, to the actual quality of the plastic being harvested, to the fragility of plankton (the centrifuge is only one hardship it would have to endure) the list of why this idea can never float goes on and on.

I think this article sums it up nicely, but there are many, many others by people who are seriously trying to tackle the problem:
http://inhabitat.com/the-fallacy-of-cleaning-the-gyres-of-plastic-with-a-floating-ocean-cleanup-array/

I almost miss the days where that would have been replayed at least twice more in slow motion----with sound.
Almost.

Relevant to the conversation...

http://www.utsalumni.org/news/how-one-man-escaped-from-a-north-korean-prison-camp-3549/

I hope it's a thorough investigation. At this point I'm not completely sure if she's ignorant, or just a moron. I'd like to get to the bottom of this. No, wait....is The Voice on?

I would.>> ^chingalera:

Oh shit.....I just watched this loaf!! wtf......WHAT THE FUUUUUCK???!!
Dude....I wouldn't wish that flaming airline disaster on ANY Mormon!!

You make a fine point. I only wish we could be curious AND remove moral judgement about it all (so much of the gender classification talk falls into this trap it seems). Me? I'm more fascinated by how this guy thinks he's found the perfect mate....she/he could be a dolphin for all I care. I don't think I'm completely alone in that more singular fascination...it just somehow seems to be perverted by questions that don't really have any relevance to the subjects of such matters...the anatomy of his chosen partner is largely moot...to him it seems and to me. I was expressing a desire for it to become so for everyone else.

>> ^dag:

Unless we rewire our brains at a limbic level - I don't think we'll ever stop thinking and talking about this stuff - because it involves sexuality. That's what we're here for. We've evolved to find sex endlessly fascinating.>> ^bigbikeman:
shrug . Can't wait til nobody feels the need to figure it out. We're well past the point where prolific and abundant reproduction is a necessary part of our survival as a species...and....we have other problems.
They're happy with each other. Unless you want to drag some kind of puritanical/biblical morals into it, that's pretty much a wrap imho.