>> ^Mikus_Aurelius:

If your citizens elect leaders who send troops to kill brown people, then the troops who do it are serving their country. Being the instrument of a bad policy makes them no more responsible than any other voter.
>> ^ghark:
"Happy family reunions"
or
"How to disguise the slaughter of brown people as good service to your country 101"
It's fantastic for the parents, and the son though, I'm very happy for them, it's just sad that the system has been so subverted that this has to happen.



That's irrelevant, I'm not blaming them.

notadupe of eric's posting -- he killed his

http://videosift.com/video/Military-Reunions-with-Mans-Best-Friend

Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
omg. best video ever.

*promote

If your citizens elect leaders who send troops to kill brown people, then the troops who do it are serving their country. Being the instrument of a bad policy makes them no more responsible than any other voter.

>> ^ghark:

"Happy family reunions"
or
"How to disguise the slaughter of brown people as good service to your country 101"
It's fantastic for the parents, and the son though, I'm very happy for them, it's just sad that the system has been so subverted that this has to happen.

"Happy family reunions"

or

"How to disguise the slaughter of brown people as good service to your country 101"

It's fantastic for the parents, and the son though, I'm very happy for them, it's just sad that the system has been so subverted that this has to happen.

I really Love old Sabbath.

My prediction for the reunion--Sad.
They'll make lots of money, but the spark is gone.

Colo(u)r me jealous. I would love to see him in a small venue. Saw Doug Stanhope perform in a 1800 sq ft dive bar once. That was pretty amazing, but uncomfortably crowded. I'm going to email him and bug him about coming back to SD. If you listen to the 08-16-2010 podcast he reads my letter for advice about 5:00 minutes into it. That was so awesome to hear his advice.

In reply to this comment by Deano:
You got to see him live, he's a powerhouse on stage. Total command of everything. Did a 75 minute set. Like he promised on the podcast he gave out the Let It Go dvds for free. In a way I'm glad he wasn't playing a bigger place - at 400 people it was intimate enough to resemble a comedy club. We were also treated to an extended bit on the gold-digging whores :

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
ME TOO! Minus the London bit. I missed him when he came to San Diego...stupid girlfriend's family reunion >:

In reply to this comment by Deano:
Definitely! I listen to the podcast, got the DVDs and saw him at the London show last Sunday :

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
Thanks, Deano! Bill Burr fan?

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*quality

You got to see him live, he's a powerhouse on stage. Total command of everything. Did a 75 minute set. Like he promised on the podcast he gave out the Let It Go dvds for free. In a way I'm glad he wasn't playing a bigger place - at 400 people it was intimate enough to resemble a comedy club. We were also treated to an extended bit on the gold-digging whores

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
ME TOO! Minus the London bit. I missed him when he came to San Diego...stupid girlfriend's family reunion >:

In reply to this comment by Deano:
Definitely! I listen to the podcast, got the DVDs and saw him at the London show last Sunday :

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
Thanks, Deano! Bill Burr fan?

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*quality

ME TOO! Minus the London bit. I missed him when he came to San Diego...stupid girlfriend's family reunion

In reply to this comment by Deano:
Definitely! I listen to the podcast, got the DVDs and saw him at the London show last Sunday :

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
Thanks, Deano! Bill Burr fan?

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*quality

This is the real reunion
Seann William Scott: So your acting career hasn't gone anywhere?
Jason Biggs: (Stuffing pockets at catering table) I just haven't found the right project you know...
Seann William Scott: (grunts his agreement)

There is a long and awkward silence. Biggs uncomfortably sucks crumbs from his sleeve

Jason Biggs: Hey I saw dukes of hazard on blue ray. Really, really excellent picture quality.

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times London Reunion Dec 2007. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

I loved these guys back when their show ran from 1989 to 1994. My wife and I drove through a raging blizzard to see them on their reunion tour in Boston in 2000, it was worth it. I've seen some clips from their later tours and TV show and they are pretty stale and unfunny these days. But they were brilliant back in the day.

What a sad world view. Life is more than climbing a corporate ladder. Career advancement is a hollow goal, especially in this current age, when even white collar labor is fungible.

There are so many people that had this exact philosophy, and worked hard in its pursuit, that are now laid off and highly disillusioned.

I'm a corporate climber, but I don't for a second fool myself into believing it's what you say it is. There are many things that are more intellectually challenging than getting into a corner office. Really.


>> ^chilaxe:

What they don't understand is that building an extraordinary career is our greatest intellectual challenge and the only reliable way to consistently grow via real, sink-or-swim personal challenges.
>> ^NetRunner:
>> ^chilaxe:
@NetRunner "Why should [economic efficiency] get such a powerful say in what sorts of intellectual pursuits I can engage in?"

You're free to follow whatever pursuits you wish, as long as YOU pay your own way.
My lazy liberal friends who majored in "feel-good" subjects and are doing nothing with their lives aren't living up to their human potential, so I think your philosophy of potential is backwards. I have an upcoming reunion, and I'm kind of dreading it because I know they all live unchanging lazy liberal lives, and I've been constantly personally and intellectually challenged through pursuing an ambitious career.

Again, you're not seeing my point. Economic success != living up to human potential in my book.
These young women are maximizing their economic potential by whoring themselves out. Are they maximizing their human potential by doing so? I don't think so.

This is what Matt Damon is referring to by MBA thinking. Some people are defined by their jobs, some people aren't. I always thought it was rather insulting when people want to find out "Who are you?" in the sense of more than just your name, they ask "What do you do?" in the sense that your job/daily activity is the end all be all of what you contribute.

You are essentially saying that if you find a spot in a career path that you enjoy, excel at and are love to do and are still there 5 years later, you are doing nothing with your life. Even if you raise a family, volunteer, involve yourself in other people's lives........instead of spending your time looking for career advancement because that's what we should value. It's not specifically a bad thing, but it's something a lot of people would be utterly miserable doing. Live to work versus work to live type mentality.

Besides there are jobs that have to be done in society for it to run that are seen as menial "do nothing" jobs. With one hand you are accepting the services they make possible and with the other you are slapping them in the face and telling them their contribution is nothing. Waste management (Garbage truck operators (lots), landfill operations (few)), Waste Water Treatment facilities, road crews, farmers, etc. All of these jobs their progress and contribution to society can be measured daily if so desired, and the majority of those jobs are looked down upon and seen as unskilled labor. Yet they are necessary for the "noble"/desirable/rich professions of doctors and lawyers to even function. They would do away with those jobs if they could, but instead they work to cut the costs associated with them.....no matter how necessary they are. Earnings and cost are something to be considered, but they are not the end all be all of what keeps a society functioning. There are a lot more grunt jobs than there are management/white collar jobs.

>> ^chilaxe:

It's not that my lazy liberal friends are living up to human potential in less economically rewarding ways, it's that they're doing nothing with their lives and they're almost exactly the same as they were 5 years ago.
What they don't understand is that building an extraordinary career is our greatest intellectual challenge and the only reliable way to consistently grow via real, sink-or-swim personal challenges.

Regarding the women in this video... I think it's a cognitive bias (that I've been prone to in the past) to view women having sex outside of committed relationships as being 'more immoral' than when men do it. The women are free agents able to do their own cost/benefit analysis, and young rationalists would seem to have incentive to trade erotic entertainment for economic and personal resources.
Personally, I enjoy dating older women because they're more advanced in life and career and thus have more stimulation to offer. I've noted in the past that young women seem to have an advantage in this regard over young men... it's easier for young women to date older, more advanced men and thus they can grow as individuals faster.
>> ^NetRunner:
>> ^chilaxe:
@NetRunner "Why should [economic efficiency] get such a powerful say in what sorts of intellectual pursuits I can engage in?"

You're free to follow whatever pursuits you wish, as long as YOU pay your own way.
My lazy liberal friends who majored in "feel-good" subjects and are doing nothing with their lives aren't living up to their human potential, so I think your philosophy of potential is backwards. I have an upcoming reunion, and I'm kind of dreading it because I know they all live unchanging lazy liberal lives, and I've been constantly personally and intellectually challenged through pursuing an ambitious career.

Again, you're not seeing my point. Economic success != living up to human potential in my book.
These young women are maximizing their economic potential by whoring themselves out. Are they maximizing their human potential by doing so? I don't think so.

It's not that my lazy liberal friends are living up to human potential in less economically rewarding ways, it's that they're doing nothing with their lives and they're almost exactly the same as they were 5 years ago.

What they don't understand is that building an extraordinary career is our greatest intellectual challenge and the only reliable way to consistently grow via real, sink-or-swim personal challenges.



Regarding the women in this video... I think it's a cognitive bias (that I've been prone to in the past) to view women having sex outside of committed relationships as being 'more immoral' than when men do it. The women are free agents able to do their own cost/benefit analysis, and young rationalists would seem to have incentive to trade erotic entertainment for economic and personal resources.

Personally, I enjoy dating older women because they're more advanced in life and career and thus have more stimulation to offer. I've noted in the past that young women seem to have an advantage in this regard over young men... it's easier for young women to date older, more advanced men and thus they can grow as individuals faster.

>> ^NetRunner:

>> ^chilaxe:
@NetRunner "Why should [economic efficiency] get such a powerful say in what sorts of intellectual pursuits I can engage in?"

You're free to follow whatever pursuits you wish, as long as YOU pay your own way.
My lazy liberal friends who majored in "feel-good" subjects and are doing nothing with their lives aren't living up to their human potential, so I think your philosophy of potential is backwards. I have an upcoming reunion, and I'm kind of dreading it because I know they all live unchanging lazy liberal lives, and I've been constantly personally and intellectually challenged through pursuing an ambitious career.

Again, you're not seeing my point. Economic success != living up to human potential in my book.
These young women are maximizing their economic potential by whoring themselves out. Are they maximizing their human potential by doing so? I don't think so.