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even tho I like your description and tags much better.

almost sounds like the same voice actor that did the announcer for Monday Night Combat.

impressive, and i might just try it out, but i really wish i had one of those cockpits like at Dave & Busters and such. So many buttons, I loved it, cause I could work it... Frustrated everyone around me.

>> ^rottenseed:

Who the fuck is this broad speaking on behalf of? Every fucking woman I know has a reasonable expectation for her own body. Sure they might be unhappy about this or that, but nothing that makes me think that there's this fucking epidemic of depressed anorexic, bulimic women walking around and wishing they looked like the models in the ads.
Yea we get it, ads are ridiculous.


I know this is contrary to the comment I just posted, in a way, but I agree with you. I would think the issues would be more pronounced in an LA/NY type of environment though. Areas that are constantly under the scrutiny of social commentary, as it were.

Disclaimer: I'm only quoting to illustrate an issue. This is not a personal attack and all references to "you" are to be taken as the collective "you".

>> ^The_Ham:

Why is it the people complaining about this are always ugly women?
When was the last time you saw a male saying they are tormented by the ads in mens magazines?


I haven't read the rest of the comments (yet) so if this has already been addressed, please overlook this comment.

that said, the comment I quoted illustrates exactly the issue. it is your opinion, solely, that dictates her/them being "ugly"...
you must now ask yourself what has affected your opinion of what is considered "ugly"... advertising? thought so... (excuse my assumption for the sake of arguement).

advertising in this fashion affects both men and women, but doubly for women (when it is the attractiveness of the woman in question). advertising attempts to tell you what you want, so men will tend towards finding a mate that resembles this subconscious expectation. there's all kinds of research that shows this is true. I could link them all but I'm not going to when a quick keyword search on google will suffice, and that is what i would likely be linking anyhow.
for women though, they are not only affected by attempting to resemble this physical fantasy, but upon failure they are also shunned by the opposite sex due to those fantasies.

mind you, this doesn't apply to everyone, but when this message has been banged into your head for 100+ years anyone will have a moment where they start to question whether their own opinion is wrong when contrasted to the status quo.

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on a slightly different note, advertising has its affect on men as well. there's a reason some shave their chests and get all guido'd-out. if that's what women dig, or you are told that's what women want, you'll mold yourself to a certain extent (some further than others) to the fantasy image that allows procreation.

They didn't send it to Colbert or Stewart either. But then Colbert and Stewart KNOW they're not real news...

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Give me a warp drive, replicator, and view screen and I would never return to this blue globe.


don't you dare forget the holodeck, and i'm coming with...

That's utter bullshit. A basketball hoop is CLEARLY not a sign.

If the case is made that people might run off the road and hit the "sign" (basketball pole), then one of two things need to happen:
1) Force everyone in the state to re-take their driver's license tests, since they obviously have issues staying on the road.
2) Remove all roadway lighting fixtures, utility poles, traffic signs/signals. They are a similar hazard.



Reference: http://www.deldot.gov/information/media_gallery/2005/illegal_signs/index.shtml

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DelDOT is enforcing laws designed to keep the State's Rights-Of-Way clear from illegal and dangerous signs. The law is simple:

DelDOT must remove any sign posted in the Clear Zone (in medians and approx. 10' from the edge of the roadway), including those attached to utility poles anywhere along the roadway.
Any sign in the State's Rights-of-Way that is not in the Clear Zone will also be removed.
Exemptions apply outside the Clear Zone only for signs posted during a period of 30-days prior to and 30-days after an election, in a district in which an election is held.
Sign owners are subject to fines of $25 per sign and a recovery fee of $15 per sign.
Confiscated signs will be disposed of after 30 days. The fines still apply.
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http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/198005/
" Last fall, DelDOT sent letters to at least eight residents in the Radnor Green and Ashbourne Hills subdivisions saying their street-side basketball hoops violated the state’s Clear Zone law, which prohibits hoops, trees, shrubs and other objects from being within seven feet of the pavement's edge in subdivisions."



edit: I also see at least 3 trees and several shrubs within 7' of the roadway that would also fall under their Clear Law, why is no one pulling those out? Oh, because elderly people don't have to slow down for kids who are playing in the roadway near shrubs...

in the case of the side collapsing from an aftershock, the current configuration prevents an accident that would otherwise cost them precious time and resources.

that's kinda the point of the Germaine character in that series.

that hang drum/steel drum is going to be stuck in my head for weeks.

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>> ^bcglorf:

How about this approach for the truther crowd. Anyone convinced that jet fuel can't melt steel needs to go and tell that to these guys. They base their entire business on selling oil fueled furnaces for melting steel. If jet fuel can't burn hot enough all they're devices they've sold will be duds. Actually, it looks like that's the bigger conspiracy. Hundreds of different companies are selling all manner of steel melting furnaces that run on oil. If the truth gets out that their furnaces are impossible to operate, they'll go broke.

Yeah.


so... you're saying that the WTC towers were furnaces in disguise? I didn't realize they built those towers packed with alumina bricks and backing insulation with which to direct potential fuel into radiant energy.

I can make a device to boil water at room temperature or below, but that doesn't mean that I've debunked modern science's assertion that water boils at ~100C.

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I haven't made a concrete decision one way or another, but IMO the 'official' story is not the truth. The 'proposed truth' is made even more suspect due to the immediate and secretive clean-up efforts, and the only scientific presentation being made by a government entity.

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