^^ I think boycotting the Olympics is somewhat of a collective action problem. You only get a massive effect if you get enough people doing it with you.
I really, really wish the other countries had the guts and freaking boycotted the Sochi Olympics. Or did something else noticeable to my country besides just wagging finger at it, which is ineffective and only infuriates everyone.
Well you see, your country might have a number of homophobic assholes running things, but they're not Communists, so we in the US are culturally programmed to not care.
(Fashionably) Late to the party, but the thing that bugs me about the (UK) Green Party is their stubborn anti-nuclear/anti-GM stances. Those are policies I absolutely cannot stand behind.
So, me calling people "Comrade" (I do that) is worse than being a homophobe? :)
A lot of Republicans would say "yes" to that question in an unironic fashion.
Also is "Comrade" still a thing in Russia at large? I'd have thought it'd have gone out of style, but maybe not.
Well, "comrade" does not really mean anything in everyday usage, it is more a shorthand for "a person". And yes, it is still used sometimes, though not often. Usually when talking about people than to them. That is, I won't exactly say to a person "hey, comrade", but I could say "that comrade over there..."
So, me calling people "Comrade" (I do that) is worse than being a homophobe? :)
A lot of Republicans would say "yes" to that question in an unironic fashion.
Also is "Comrade" still a thing in Russia at large? I'd have thought it'd have gone out of style, but maybe not.
Well, "comrade" does not really mean anything in everyday usage, it is more a shorthand for "a person". And yes, it is still used sometimes, though not often. Usually when talking about people than to them. That is, I won't exactly say to a person "hey, comrade", but I could say "that comrade over there..."
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I fixed your spoiler tag, Aliroz. For future reference, it's [spoiler] [/spoiler]
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Heh.
My school cancelled all their classes before 11 AM, which is something they rarely do.
The lazy ass in me is hoping they'll go and cancel all of them come tomorrow morning. :P
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Ok, so...
I went to a parking garage expecting to pay $2 to park. I parked my car, then came back some time later and left.
But when I went to leave the garage, there was no attendant in the booth and the exit gate was raised.
What are you supposed to do in that situation? I just left without paying, because it didn't seem like there was any other feasible option. :\
You see, men marrying women is the natural order of things, and so attempting to promote it is just pushback against people who want men to marry men, who are spawns of the devil who want to tempt us into upsetting the way things should be.
On the other hand, free markets are the way things should be, and every man should be looking out for himself, so attempts to force people to cooperate upset the way things should be, so calling anyone your comrade is bad, no good, and very bad.
In other words, life is good but only if you succeed. Otherwise, it's nasty, brutish, and short, so if you suck, you should either stop sucking or just suck it up and deal with it. If you're female, it's always nasty and brutish, though if you're lucky it might not be short.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Around here, it basically goes "buy ticket from machine depending on how long you expect to park, get annoyed that the machines only accept coins, get murdered by a lurking traffic warden when you return ten minutes late."
You don't like how I'm way cooler than you are? Get on my level.
No, I'm not helping you. that would make me less cool because my coolness is a conserved quantity and you are in a zero sum game that i have control over You should learn to figure it out because it's good for you.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Around here, it basically goes "buy ticket from machine depending on how long you expect to park, get annoyed that the machines only accept coins, get murdered by a lurking traffic warden when you return ten minutes late."
Ours generally work the other way around: When you enter, you get a ticket stamped with the current time, then you pay when you leave. That way it's based on the amount of time you were actually in the garage, instead of having to guess how long you expect to be there.
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Dang it guys, I had just gotten to the point where I could say I belonged here.
Now I feel alone.
Thank you.
It means a lot to me.
Also is "Comrade" still a thing in Russia at large? I'd have thought it'd have gone out of style, but maybe not.
Seriously, if yo gonna bash any nation, bash the one responsible for this
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
In my experience, people react to the word Comrade basically the same way that they react to the words Buddy, Guys, Pal, and Amigo/Amiga.
I see.
Interesting cultural factoids!
COMRADES
In my experience,
people react to the word Comrade basically the same way that they react
to the words Buddy, Guys, Pal, and Amigo/Amiga."
Sauce? Wouldn't ketchup suffice?
That being said, "Buddy, Guys, Pal, and Amigo/Amiga" is pretty much what it means, so yeah
I don't understand why this happens but it's stupid.
Actually, I lie. Horseradish exists.
I think I beat you to it. Did I?
On the other hand, free markets are the way things should be, and every man should be looking out for himself, so attempts to force people to cooperate upset the way things should be, so calling anyone your comrade is bad, no good, and very bad.
In other words, life is good but only if you succeed. Otherwise, it's nasty, brutish, and short, so if you suck, you should either stop sucking or just suck it up and deal with it. If you're female, it's always nasty and brutish, though if you're lucky it might not be short.
That my experience is wrong and my life is untrue?
You're probably right, I mean, if we argue this point, I'll lose.
I know I can't be right when people disagree with me, but usually people are more subtle when they warp reality to prove me wrong.
No, I'm not helping you. that would make me less cool because my coolness is a conserved quantity and you are in a zero sum game that i have control over You should learn to figure it out because it's good for you.
But that's not my philosophy and I'm a conservative republican.