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Is 'collateral damage' by drone better or worse than that by human being? How?
"War is atrocity in the name of survival" - Javik the Prothean (Mass Effect 3 video game)
The problem isn't the drone strikes. The problem is that:
A) Our survival is not at stake
B) The Authoritarian propagandists use "surgical" drone strikes to try to hide the atrocity.
The atrocity is a constant.
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Donald Trump for vice-president? Yay or Nay?
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whats on your mind today? :-)
Pure energy.....;-D....
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How do you feel when someone bursts your bubble?
Meh...and the sun rose in the East this morning....;-D....
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What's a girl to do?
Go shopping?
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Why do some people on here think they can be rude ugly and nasty to people and then act all innocent when someone calls them out on it?
I resemble...er, resent...yeah, RESENT that remark....;-D....
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Why are poor people always blaming other for their situation?
It is truly astounding how deeply in denial people are how the world really works on this thread.
The "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" cognitive metaphor is so deeply rooted in our heads by decades upon decades of propaganda that people can't think straight about this subject for 10 seconds and at a minimum concede, "Well...it's complicated."
Meanwhile, how the world actually works is...
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Do you spend a non-negligible amount of time thinking routine, operational thoughts in a language other than your native one?
Nein, dummkopf!....;-D...
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Hot dogs or bratwurst
Yes!
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Why's it OK for Obama to form a group called "African Americans for Obama", but not OK for Romney to form a group for white people?
Why is is so hard for people to understand the reality of asymmetric power relationships.
Whites don't get pulled over for "driving while white"
Whites don't get their resumes round-filed for "white-sounding names"
White athletes don't get moved from positions requiring the greatest mental effort (e.g. quarterback) to less complex positions because the coaches don't think they can handle the...
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Can you post a funny pic ?
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How often do you "plead the fifth"? ;-)
I'll "plead the Fifth" on that....;-D...
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Why can't poor people just accept personal responsibility for their situation and stop blaming their condition on the job creators?
It is a shame. The job creators died out several decades ago and people still pine for their return.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/remains-of-ancient-race-of-job-creators-found-in-r,26490/
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Veterans, those who've served this country, support Romney over Obama nearly two-to-one, and growing. Surprised?
Not surprised at all. Authoritarians naturally gravitate towards other Authoritarians.
If someone has been obliterating wedding parties and bakeries in the Third World, they will naturally gravitate towards someone who says "What you did was for God and Country!" instead of someone who says "Dude? WTF?"
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Do you, like typical young Obamaite journalist Chris Hayes, find it uncomfortable to call fallen service people "heroes"?
Given that the United States maintains a military far far far larger than it requires for its legitimate self-defense needs, the overwhelming majority of US service personnel are simply stooges for the American Empire and the Military-Industrial Complex.
This might not be their intention, but it is their reality.
Sorry, I can't call someone who operates a drone from an air-conditioned trailer...
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Why are some people so envious of hard working successful people?
Because it's a lot more fun than being envious of hard working poor people....;-D...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
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Are you special? In what way are you special?
I sure am...or, at least my brother has always told me I am...;-D...
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Is your love worth more than $10.90 ?
Why? Is someone offering it for only $10.90?
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which is the nearest airport to where you live?
Honolulu International (HNL)
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Atheists and non denominational theists, if you HAD to be a part of an organised religion what would you be?
I'm already a Stochastic Murphyist.
The tenants of Stochastic Murphyism are as follows:
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The Laws of Thermodynamics are the most powerful force in the Universe. They govern everything everywhere and can even determine the fate of such phenomena as black holes (which thermodynamics states will evaporate).
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The Laws of Thermodynamics, translated into everyday language, roughly state:
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1) You...
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Are you a terrible driver? Should your license be revoked? ^_^
No.
I haven't received a traffic ticket (other than "no front license plate") since 1993, and the only vehicle accidents I've had involved other vehicles hitting me.
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Would anyone like to do some strawberry shots with me?
I like strawberries.
I'll get the whipped cream for dipping.
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which city would you describe it as being " sophisticated "?
I was always fond of Hickston....;-D...
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Whose behaviour do you want to change? Why?
Everyone. Because they're all wingnuts.....:-P...
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I am now going to call My friend on AB to chat:-) I bet you cant guess who it is. Can you?
Not telling....;-D....
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What Will It Take For Jeff Gordon To Turn His Season Around In A Very Big Way?
Winning some races.....;-D....
(Here, I spare other people the effort....;-D....)
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Why are you so cranky today? Cranky pants :P :-)
Because (in the immortal words of my father) "people are no damn good!"
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How many poor Wisconsonians could have been fed and housed with the $$$ that went to the futile union-generated recall campaign?
As kindly as I can put this, Go F*** YOURSELF!
You KNOW that far far far far more people could be fed and housed by the giant heaping gushers of money that corporate interests like the Koch Brothers, et. al, pump into our political system.
But you don't actually care. This isn't about helping people.
This is about you reinforcing your cognitive metaphor for the world that the Rich and...
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What was the last thing you flogged ?
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If we had a blind date ( even as women for lunch) how would I recognise you ?By what?
I'd be the short big-nosed goofy-looking fellow in the extremely bright tie-dye T-shirt.....;-D....
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Can i b Hormonally Yours
I'm sorry, but that would be a violation of Opus' Law and the Universe is quite conservative in how many exceptions it allows to such fundamental principles.
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What emotions do you experience when your are in this site?
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Do you like SHERLOCK HOLMES ??? Tell me why
No, he's just too dang perfect.....;-D....
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Men,Is a woman more interesting if she never calls you and isn't always available?
No, I call that "normal".....;-D....
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What is the power of being a woman?
http://youtu.be/4Ol4oWChjzk
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Can you tell when someone is undressing you with their eyes?
Nope.
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Do you consider yourself an athlete, a wannabe athlete ( in really good shape) or other?
I'm an athletic supporter....;-D....
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/athletic+supporter
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For $25,000 would you suck on either Hillary clintons or Rush Limbaughs toes for 30 mins :-)?
As with every other question of this type, I have the same answer.
If I desperately needed the money to keep a loved one from dying due to lack of food or medical care and I had no other options, I'd consider it.
Otherwise, my dignity is not for sale at any price.
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How many ppl do u know u could've had sex with, but didn't go for it for various reasons?????who was it and how many ppl???
Let's see...adding them all up over many years, I would say the total comes to nearly....one.
Let's round off and call it none.
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9 days to recall election, Gov. Walker up by 9%. Isn't it fun watching the lib democrats and union goons in full-panic mode?
@Moron2Be - Here's your tip for the day.
The voices inside your head may NOT be describing actual Reality.
Perhaps you should do some empirical checking before you repeat The Voices' assertions verbatim.
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Do you like life?
Meh. It's OK. But what else is there to do?
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Is Ryan Reynolds the worst actor ever?
Not even remotely.
If you want to see some truly epically bad acting, find some old Mystery Science Theater 3000 tapes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000
...and watch movies so bad they put anything you've seen in the modern ear to shame.
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When's the last time you exclaimed, "Reinforcements!?"
When I was singing the Sparks song....;-D....
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Would you date a werewolf?
Sure! I'm already dating imaginary women. What does it matter if they are also imaginary monsters?.....;-D....
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Most so-called "poor" in the U.S. are trapped in the cycle of poverty. True or False? Why?
It's true and getting more true all the time.
Yes, we Americans love to pat ourselves on the back about America being a "land of opportunity" and selectively notice those instances when it's true.
But it's mostly bulls**t....
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
As moderate-education (mostly manufacturing) jobs that...
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when I think of Las Vegas I think of ___________?
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How sensitive are you?
I don't know how to assign a numerical value to it...;-D...
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Sad but you know its true, what is something that you will NEVER accomplish?
Dunking a basketball on a regulation 10-foot rim.
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William Levy is ____________________?
...a fairly common name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Levy
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Fonzie "jumped the shark." Why didn't Henry Winkler just say "NO," rather than being immortalized thus?
Many actors consider it their job to act.
Just as an assembly line worker will install his designated part on a car that he believes is a piece of crap, an actor will do his or her best to deliver the "work product" that the script and director call for, regardless of the quality of the overall work.
Also, actors are not always aware how the final product will look. They film scene by scene,...
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FOOD FIGHT!! grab some food, what did you grab.?.haha here take some spinach Marky mark!?
Let's see. I've got tomatoes, peas, bananas, cream pies, and watermelon...;-D...
Don't wear a chef's toque around me, mister! (or miss)
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Fill in the blank: Hey! Get off ____________!
Yes, please!.....;-D...
http://youtu.be/zQhQR_hJsGE?t=40s
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Is it true that over 90% of the people who get excited by the words "cookie dough" are female?
Are you comparing against sober men or stoned men? I suspect you'd come up with very different figures....;-D.....
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Why is my anti-virus program flagging this site as dangerous and not other sites?
Because you have the smartest anti-virus program yet devised....;-D....
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F*ck it! Lets just all______?
Party until we're purple!
http://youtu.be/xfCKCq1YCg4
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Did you see Sean Hannity interviewing Colin Powell recently?
Sorry, but that's bulls**t.
There was a similar "Who are these 'Republicans'?" confession from conservative author Michael Fumento recently on Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/24/my_break_with_the_extreme_right/
My reaction to Colin Powell is the same as my reaction to Fumento.
Sorry, Mr. Powell, but your "Come to Jesus" moment is too little, too late for me.
The "conservative"...
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what if anything, are you frustrated with?
Yes...;-D...
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Have you ever been chased by a "Cougar" and survived?
Nope, never happened. And now I'm too old to be endangered.....:-(....
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What 's the final countdown?
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what's that in the sky?
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Im having a party,what song are you going to request me to play for you?
Ice Cream Man by Van Halen....;-D...
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LOLcats for president?
Given how Congress and the American people are eager to turn more and more unaccountable power to the Executive branch (provided said Executive is not a black Democrat), giving the job to a cat (cats are natural monarchs) seems to be a logical endpoint of the trend.
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What does insight mean to you? In which way does it serve you ?
I don't have one but my neighbor does. I assume it transports him to wherever he wants to go.....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Insight
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Do you curse alot? :)
F*** No! Holy s***, what kind of as****e do you think I am?...;-D....
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One to three words to describe drivers
Per George Carlin:
"Idiots. Maniacs."
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Missouri Republicans want taxpayers to fund a security camera for a bust of Rush Limbaugh. Is this a good use of tax payer funds?
With reluctance, I think it's probably a necessary expenditure.
I question what a bust of Rush Limbaugh is doing in the Missouri Capitol Building in the first place (violation of separation of Church and State?....;-D...), but if it's there it needs to be protected from vandalism.
Assuming taxpayer funds were not used to make the bust, I'd suggest hitting up the same people who funded the...
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Would you mind sharing your ice cream with me? I brought my own spoon.
:]
Well, OK, if you're sure.....;-D...
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Tennis or Golf?
I perfer basketball and surfing, but if forced to choose I'd choose tennis.
Golf is a good walk spoiled by nonsense.
(Warning: video is full of profanity)
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What can I bring to a "Drink till you puke" party this Memorial Day weekend?
Syrup of ipecac?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipecac
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When do you start to ignore somebody
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Are you now everything you said you would never be? Why?
I can't remember all the things I said I'd never be, but...
---I have yet to play golf
---I have never hired a prostitute
---I did not become a selfish NIMBY "conservative" as I grew older
---I have never bought a US domestic-brand car (although some Fords are nice)
On the other hand, I am having more "get off my lawn" moments as I become older...;-D...
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Opinions on this lady? Take a look...
I'd buy that for a dollar....;-D...
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What do you think of the phrase, "I have to go find myself." ?
It's a fool's errand.....;-D....
http://www.theonion.com/articles/search-for-self-called-off-after-38-years,1794/
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will you shake that for me? please.
OK....;-D.....
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How often do you take your penguin for a walk?
I just give him a slap on the back and send him on his way....;-D....
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Stop staring at me, you..........
What? What's your problem?....;-D...
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Describe "marriage" in two words?
Three rings:
There's the engagement ring.
There's the wedding ring.
There's the suffer-ring.
....;-D.....
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According to polls Americans want Obama care repealed why is the administration ignoring the people and wasting $20 million on a PR blitz?
Two points:
1) Back in the late Darth Cheney/Boy Emperor administration, a huge majority of Americans want the invasion/occupation of Iraq ended. Darth Cheney's verbatim response was "So?".
Where was your "How dare the President ignore the Will of the People?" indignation then?
2) Did the polls you claim to have read (but did not cite) ask if people wanted "Obamacare" repealed...
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Are you one of those who keep fiddling with your mobile ?
No, I let my mobile just hang there...;-D...
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Do you think everyone has done something in their past that's a little bit illegal?
Given the multiplicity of laws in most modern countries, I suspect almost no one could live their entire life without running afoul of one or more of them at some point.
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If you were given an oppportunity to join a group of 200 people being sent to a distant planet to start a new colony.... (Description)
How's the surf on this first human colony?....;-D...
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I want a woman with a _________________?
Huuuuuge...tracts of land....;-D...
http://youtu.be/g3YiPC91QUk?t=1m20s
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What are some songs about someone being heartless, selfish, extremely self centered, vain, cold-hearted, and so on?
ABC's entire "Lexicon of Love" album
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicon_Of_Love
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Why do some (not all) extremely hot men tend to have selfish, cold hearts? Thats just sad
This applies to men or women. If your hotness gains you attention, privilege, and status, what incentive is there to develop a pleasing personality?
Moreover, the hot person's hotness will attract jealousy and resentment from the less-hot, making it even more difficult for those hot people who might wish to develop real connection with other people to do so.
Luckily, I don't have that...
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Men, would you find a woman with a baby face attractive? See my photo and tell me your opinions.
I'd buy that for a dollar...;-D...
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Is the state in which you live the wrong color for your politics? Are you a red in a blue or blue in a red? How do you stand it?
The notion of Red States/Blue States is a generally invalid media creation.
What is more accurate is that the United States has "Blue"-leaning urban islands surrounded by vast seas of "Red"-leaning rural areas.
The ratio of urban to rural population within the state tends to determine how "blue" or "red" the state is.
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Detroit, run exclusively by democrats since 1962, now so ruined and broke that half its streetlights will go unrepaired. Surprised?
If you tour the American Southwest, you will find many many "ghost towns" that were once thriving...until the local mine tapped out, or the well dried up, or the railroad went somewhere else, or etc.
Detroit, with its near complete dependence upon the automobile industry, is not immune from this phenomenon, regardless of who is in political office.
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Romney charges Obama with being "a protector of special interests"! Like he himself isn't?
Of course Romney would make such a charge.
Remember, the Vast Right Wing Echo Chamber has spent the last several decades redefining the cognitive metaphor of "special interests" from meaning the people who give Rep. John Boehner lobbying checks on the House floor to meaning ethnic minorities, LGBT people, unions (which represent 7% of the private workforce), teachers, nurses, the sick, the...
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Politics aside, do you think President Obama has a good personality?
He seems like a nice and thoughtful man.
Unfortunately, probably too nice and thoughtful. Those traits are not serving him well in the highly dysfunctional and destructive US political climate.
"Nice and thoughtful" people can be deluded into thinking reasonable people can make The System work, when in fact The System is irrevocably broken.
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when dating, does a persons height bother you at all?How tall or short do you like them :-)?
While I do find taller women tend to catch my eye (probably because they are unusual), I've been attracted to women anywhere from 5'1" to 6'2".
But the research indicates that women (as a whole) are not so forgiving....;-D....
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What's the shortest time you've ever worked at a job?
About 4 hours. While I was going to auto technician school, I signed up to be a part-time assistant technician at a combination car wash/auto repair/used auto sales place.
The one day I worked, I mostly cleaned up the mess left by the full-time technicians who were gone for the weekend. At one point, the manager threw more crap on the floor in an area where I had already cleaned. I saw "red...
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Men: In fantasy land, who would you like to wake up lying next to?
The great and glorious Harley....;-D...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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How many bottles of beer can you drink?
At the last Oregon Brewers Festival I attended, I drank twenty 4-oz tasters, which just about made me pass out.
That's 80 ounces of beer, although we should multiply that by 1.5 to account for the high alcohol content of many of the craft brews.
So, let's figure I drank the equivalent of 120 ounces of standard beer, or about 10 beers.
That's an extreme circumstance. Usually it takes me about...
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Do you like hair hair or short hair on a partner?
I prefer non-hair hair...;-D...
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What kind of candy do you like most?
The kind that strangers with panel vans give out....;-D...
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Which AB memebr do you relate to the most?
gtravels and I share similar tastes in LOLCat pictures.....;-D...
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Is it true that chicks dig guys who can play air guitar?
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In the viral video linked below, do you side with the student who speaks truth for America, or the teacher who spouts lies for Obama?
Two points:
We've been burned before by these sorts of viral videos, ESPECIALLY from Breitbart, which appears to be the source of this teacher-student thing.
http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/151236/10_reasons_andrew_breitbart_should_apologize_%28or_just_shut_up_and_go_away
So, I'm not saying it's fake, but I'm not saying it's 100% genuine either.
Also, the teacher's main point is that the...
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3 guys pay 10000 each for watch watch is only 25000 Cashier keeps 2000 gives each 1000 9000x3=27000+2000=29000 Where is 1000
This is a variation of the "Missing dollar riddle":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_dollar_riddle
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Girls or Drugs whats more expensive ?
Does this principle transfer over?.....;-D...
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Could Christian become atheist via atheist organ donor?
http://www.effective-mind-control.com/cellular-memory-in-organ-transplants.html
Yes, your suggestion is loopier than this....;-D...
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What do you call a ghetto language? any examples?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English
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Do you think that she's pretty?
I'd buy that for a dollar.
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Its my birthday today! Wanna send me any birthday wishes?
Sure. Happy Birthday!
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What politician has ever accepted responsibility for anything? Don't they always blame 'the other guy' for what's wrong? Should they?
Oh, politicians "accept responsibility" all the time.
What they don't accept is consequences for their f**k ups.
Ronald Regan "accepted responsibility" for the Iran-Contra affair. Were there any consequences for doing so? (sound of crickets chirping).
The Boy Emperor was "The Decider" who decided to invade a sovereign country that posed no existential threat to the United States, and...
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What's the biggest complaint you have about the Government?
The fact that it's for sale to the highest bidders.
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Would you walk on my back if I asked you to?
No, I wouldn't want to take that risk....:-P....
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Whats on your Right side ??
In order of increasing distance....
---My stereo system
---My neighbor's house
---Lower Manoa Valley
---Downtown Honolulu
---Pacific Ocean
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What does WTF mean ?
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I seem to attract ____________?
...all sorts of chicks!....;-D..
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How to recognize a hypocrite? How do you expose one?
Look in the mirror....;-D...
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What can love you all night long ?
The Great and Glorious Harley would love you (not in the sexual sense) all day, all night, and for as long as you let him (with occasional potty breaks).
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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What do you think of Ron Paul?
I don't consider him any more desirable (as a politician) than any other Five-Time Loser...er, Objectivist/Libertarian.
Five-Time Loser =
1) Bad at History
2) Bad at Logic
3) Bad at Economics
4) Bad at Biology (especially the neurobiology underlying human motivation)
5) Lousy sense of humor
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Are you more machine than man?
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Judge Rotenberg School shocks students who have Autism. Blenkush says most effects are positive in nature.
What do you think?
Gee, our prison system is brutal and inhumane?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED! (ok, that was an inappropriate pun, but the sentiment is still appropriate)
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Getting sick from love? I was in a deep conversation with a girl I have feelings for, and I threw up multiple times after she left?
I suppose it's possible.
Romantic attraction is a huge bath of chemicals for your brain. If that huge bath of chemicals was from something you ate, upchucking would be a obvious defense against overdosing.
I hope it gets better for you in future meetings.
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why do humans need to wear clothes?
Animals would die laughing if we didn't....;-D....
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Can anything good be learned from an idiot?
Surely you've learned something from me.....;-D....
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What can you buy at Costco?
Here in the Hawaiian islands, you can buy some really good marinated smoked ahi tuna. I buy two pounds each month and use it in salads.
Note: This is not exactly what Costco sells but it is similar.
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How would you describe yourself with two words?
Idiot friend....;-D....
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what time is it? right now as you answer this question?am? pm?
Time to unpimp the auto....;-D...
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If I were in bed next to you,,------------------------------------
You look cuddle-able. Please stay a while....;-D...
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What would be the worst thing about having Godzilla as your neighbor? What would be the best?
Worst thing: two words - Godzilla poop
Best thing: He could insult all your stupid neighbors for you....;-D...
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What or who causes YOUR headaches?
Stupid people.....;-D....
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Will The Black Churches Put Obama Before The Bible?
In other news, Obama and "black churches" say it's OK to eat shrimp, despite what the Bible says....;-D...
http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/
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Favorite activity after love making?
Cleaning up the spam and oatmeal, and putting the marmoset back into its cage.....;-D...
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Why are people so frigging stupid?
I resemble....er, resent...yeah, RESENT that remark...;-D....
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In hindsight if there had been no government bailouts instead of a weak recovery would we have been in a strong depression?
The answer is not a simple one, because we don't know what *would have happened* had the government not stepped in with some form of bailout.
History teaches us that the collapse of economic bubbles similar to the mid-2000s housing/mortgage bubble have devastating consequences for aggregate demand.
On the other hand, the US government handed money to most of the very same crooks who caused...
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How long do you take in the shower ?
It depends who is in the shower with me....;-D....
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Is there a battle of Money vs. Democracy?.. In your opiniong who's winning so far?
Anyone who has been paying attention knows the answer.
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Has your dream come true yet?
No...and thank goodness for that....;-D...
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Isn't it eerie and Orwellian how Obama's own 16-years-long claims to his Kenyan birth disappeared down a media "memory hole" in 2007?
I've got nothing more to add to this answer.
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/12183196
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Even Obama's literary agent claims that he was born in Kenya. This is way back in 1991.
And once again the Birthers have to explain how it was that the very-well-funded GOP with its huge opposition research arm and its control of the National Security State (CIA/NSA/FBI/etc.) from 2001 through 2009 missed that President Obama was not born in Hawaii, but the Intrepid Internet Bloggers uncovered The Truth.
The gullibility of people to believe things that fit their cherished...
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What's another (non offensive) way of saying 'making love'?
Taking our talents to South Beach...;-D....
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what would you do or how would react if you found out your best friend or your S/O or even a family member is a Homo sapiens???
I'd be happy to welcome him or her to "the club"....;-D....
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What is the best way to get a really fat girlfriend?
Be a rock star....;-D...
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Does " intuitive" describe you? ever?
My intuition is a non-systematic method for reaching the wrong conclusion with confidence....;-D....
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Do aliens ever contact each other and say "Don't go near Earth! It's got human beings on it, they're contagious!"?
No, but I'm sure their guidebook say "No intelligent life there"....;-D...
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Headline today: "Study - Chain Food Not That Healthy." Are you surprised?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED!....;-D....
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Who deserves more money: 28 year old billionaire who made a website or a doctor that cures a child of cancer?
The problem with your question are the hidden "back stories" that no one wishes to address because they don't fit neatly into our cognitive models about "wealth" and "capitalism".
The doctor who cures the child's cancer is able to do so because he or she spent 20+ years in an educational system that is largely taxpayer-funded and employed therapies that were based upon government-funded...
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Musically, do you have a guilty pleasure ?
I have a soft spot for ABBA....;-D...
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Does anyone else work where they consistently nick pick everything that is done ?? I mean, not just some things but each and everything ??
You forgot to put the new cover sheet on your TPS reports.
I'll make sure you get another copy of the memo....;-D....
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Will U help ME ?
I could say that you're beyond help, but that would be rude of me....;-D...
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If you could rid the world of one vice what would it be?
Stupidity.
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when was the last time something WAS your fault? what was it :-)?
I left the key in my motorcycle ignition and left it turned on. The battery is now completely dead.
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Has anybody noticed the size of Nicky Minaj's butt ?
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If "Death" shows up at the door, what will you say?
Excuse me, but your shoelaces are untied....;-D...
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Both men and women: how high is your s*x drive on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being greatest)?
Sex drive: about an 8
Willingness to "jump through hoops" to get some: about a 0.0005
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What's your hairstyle like today?
About the same as usual.....;-D....
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Okay, how do YOU flirt?
I don't.
My efforts over the years have been so dismally ineffective that I've given up.
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What do you think of her... See picture
I'd buy that for a dollar....;-D...
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What do you like to do when you have a lot on your mind?
I stop thinking...;-D..
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Facebook is a prime resource for criminals. They use scams to access private information. Are you careful and protected or vulnerable?
I don't have a Facebook account, so it would be difficult for criminals to access my meager resources that way....;-D...
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What is the purpose of having a "greeter" at Wal-Mart?
To take us one step closer to our descent into Idiocracy....:-P...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
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how is everybody here today?
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Do you remember DONNA SUMMER?
Yes, I do.
Her work with Giorgio Moroder was highly influential in the Disco era and the early-1980s "New Wave" music scene.
My condolences to her family and loved ones.
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While driving do you use your blinkers to show intention to turn or ask permission to turn?
What? You live in an area where people actually use turn signals?
What strange land is this?....;-D....
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Wouldn't it be wonderful news, to learn that snipers had shot/killed the funeral picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church?
Being part of a free society means allowing stupid bigoted people to say what they want and trusting that, in the long run, they will simply be shamed into silence.
Using violence to further that goal simply makes the stupid bigots martyrs to their cause.
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Are you a fan of Sacha Boron Cohen
No, I'm a bigger fan of his cousin....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron_Cohen
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When someone is treating you to dinner do you order the most expensive or the least expensive thing on the menu or somewhere inbetween?
Unless it's a special occasion or circumstance (e.g. "It's your birthday. Dinner is my treat!"), I'll tend to look at the cheaper end of the menu.
It seems the polite thing to do.
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Have you ever made it rain in a strip club ?
No, but I've practically fallen asleep in a strip club.
I find them dull, boring, and kitschy.
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__________ is often an unintended consequence of ____________ .
Sounding like an idiot....forgetting to engage brain before putting mouth in gear.
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Trayvon Martin, injuries on his knuckles. Zimmerman, to his head. Zim head-butted Martin's knuckles then shot him in cold blood?
If that's the truth of the matter, then so be it.
Zimmerman was still wrong (if not technically criminal) to go out 'stalking' Martin based on racial profiling, and the police/prosecutor were ***very*** wrong to take Zimmerman's word that it was self-defense without a more thorough investigation.
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William _______ . Or Bill _________ .
Let' here it for Bill-O....;-D....
(Warning: Video contains much profanity and is NSFW)
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Should a car salesman be able to sell cars without lying?
There was a Twilight Zone episode centered on this notion....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Truth_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29
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How much does your gas and/or electric bill cost per month?
I don't know.
It's included in my rent.
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Have you ever been approached by someone you've never met who swore they knew you, or had seen you someplace you've never been?
Sorry, that was me...;-D....
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Girls is it okay for YOUR man to have toy cars and play with them by rolling them on the floor or couch?
There's a scene in the movie "Gumball Rally" where this activity constitutes foreplay....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumball_rally
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Know of any music that has similar sharp squeaky sounds as in the shower scene in Psycho?
Anything by Justin Bieber....;-D...
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What do you think of Adam Sandler?
I try not to.....;-D.....
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What do you like to receive at night !
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Do you want to continue to shop at Wal-Mart, AFTER reading this news story?
That's odd, they didn't name which Wal-Mart senior executive was the snake....;-D..
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Do you think she's pretty? See Photo...
I'd buy that for a dollar!....;-D....
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Self rate your intelligence. Scale of 1 to 10?
I'm...."special".....;-D.....
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Do you want what you cant have?
Some things, yes.
Most things, no.
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How patient are you on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest?
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Whats is the difference between liberals and democrats? who do u like more?
Here's a reminder:
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Is This Your Future With Obamacare?? 15-year-old British schoolgirl died after 'doctor mistook tuberculosis for lovesickness'.
To echo what others have said about your idiotic linking of health care socialization systems to doctors misdiagnosing ailments:
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Who/What is holding you back?
That dang forcefield.....;-D....
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I don't know anyone who likes politicians do you? Nevertheless would you make a good politician? Could you survive the meatgrinder? How?
Nah. I'd be too much like the guy in "Bulworth"....;-D....
http://youtu.be/dV_49xlZ07Q
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Is a beer a day unhealthy?
It works for me...;-D...
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Would you lose even more respect for Obama knowing that given the choice of any beer in the world he chooses a Bud Light?
He's a tyrant and a war criminal...and I'm supposed to care what beer he drinks?
Ah, the joys of the American Lamestream Media....:-P....
(Note: I admit his choice is beers is a very poor one)
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Java method calculations problems.
I think "data members" is just a fancy way of saying "The two numbers you are sending to the method"
The wording was probably chosen to avoid giving the hint that using the word "parameters" would have given.
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Do you think she's hot? See Photo...
Works for me, but that might not be saying much....;-D.....
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Everywhere you show up do folks smile? Are they happy to be in your company? What do you bring to them to make them so happy to see you?
Uh...that's not their usual reaction....;-D....
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What is something you've done that you consider a major accomplishment?
Surviving as long as I have with a mind/brain as "special" as mine.....;-D....
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Don't you hate/dislike/unlike life-sensitive people?
No, I mostly feel sorry for them and lament the accidents of brain structure (whether genetic or environmentally-shaped) that make them that way.
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What is your number one book of all time.
The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Mind
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Will Bain be the bane of Romney's campaign? Why?
I doubt it.
The "strict father" Authoritarian conservatives consider Romney's time as a Corporatist Kleptocrat to be a badge of honor.
The "nuturing parent" Moderates and Liberals recognize that running a corporation for the sole purpose of maximizing that corporation's profit in no way resembles running a government for the maximum benefit of ALL people.
The number of people who are aware...
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Is maximization the supreme objective or your sorry little gratuitous existence?
.
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Where should I move? Progressive, small town, GREEN (in every sense of the word), low crime, near parks
I suspect you would find many towns in Oregon to your liking.
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Are you a pig or a dog? Or a ........?
I am a daffy English pig-dog....;-D...
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Is Osama a good name for a pet goat ?
I think "Bush" would be more appropriate....;-D....
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Men: French maid look or School girl with pigtails look?
French maid.
School girls who are actual school girls are children and therefore unattractive.
Adults who dress up as school girls just look silly.
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If all the world is a stage, what character part are you playing?
I'm the comic relief....;-D....
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Can i be your main dish ? or side dish ??
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Scarlett Johansson: Hot or Not ?
Are you kidding me?
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If you could be 1 kind of beer which 1 would it be?
There are too many good beers in the world (most of which I have yet to sample) for this to be a fair question. But if I was forced to choose I would opt to be a Green Flash Trippel.
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Men : are you attracted to the " librarian look " on some women ? yes / no ?
It depends very much who the "librarian" is
Si!
No...
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Do you and your SO work through disagreements well, start to unravel,go haywire or other ?
Yes!.....;-D....
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Prez Bush was a likable guy whom folks said they'd like to have a beer with. With whom would you rather have a beer Rom or Obam and why?
These sorts of things usually don't turn out that well.....;-D....
http://www.theonion.com/articles/longawaited-beer-with-bush-really-awkward-voter-re,1836/
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This question is for only U.S. residents: Someone I know doesn't want to visit the states because of those who believe the following:
There are over 300 million citizens of the United States. The odds that there are less than 12 people who don't follow the Macho American Male stereotype are approximately nil.
I hope he or she comes to visit and has a fabulous time.
Note: the choice of the "fabulous" adjective is slightly in jest, as it is often associated with effiminate/gay stereotypes.
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Is it entertaining to see the Obama-fawning media go way back to Romney's HS prankster days in their desperation to dig up dirt?
Not half as entertaining as the "Obama is Nazi Kenyan Anti-Colonial Communist Indonesian Terrorist Muslim Socialist follower of Reverend Wright whose real Daddy is a Honolulu union agitator..." crowd, but perhaps we have different tastes....;-D...
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Would " Flirt " describe you? ever?
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What shape is your face?
Lopsided....;-D....
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Are your morals falling apart? If so, why?
I have The Willys.....;-D....
Physically...I'm splendid
Mentally...I'm splendid
Morally (morally, he's lax)...and maybe that's the problem!
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What do people compliment you on the most in real life ?
My ability to provide comic relief and make people feel better about themselves....;-D....
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If you had to be trapped in a TV show for 1 month, which show would you choose?
Wasn't there a "reality show" a few years back that took place on the North Shore of Oahu?....;-D...
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-wb-air-hawaii-based-professional-surfer-north-shore-reality-tv-series-763.php
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Dude, like what's your problem brah?
Why are you mixing mainland "surfer dude" lingo with Pidgin?
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Does size really matters?
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Do you buy expensive designer clothes so people can respect you? (DOn't lie)
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Is your middle name "BOGUS"
Nope.
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Romney is the pro-military candidate, but is receiving less donations from active military personnel than Paul and Obama. Why ?
I don't think the United States has had a "pro-military" President since Eisenhower.
We've had several (arguably all of them) who were pro Military-Industrial Complex/Corporatist Kleptocracy.
But being pro-military and being pro MIC/CK is NOT the same thing.
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What would you think of a combination of basketball and professional wrestling? .
That's what many teams (esp. New York Knicks) played in the 1990s.
Sorry, I'm not a fan of Thugball.
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How hardcore are you?
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Does your income belong to you and you send a portion to your rulers? Or
If you don't like paying taxes so that you don't live in a Third World hellhole, you can always move to Somalia....;-D....
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Would you like to wake up tomorrow IMMORTAL, with no more aging and being 100% invulnerable to any harm/diseases?
No, I'd prefer this happen to a much younger version of me....;-D...
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will you PLEASE throw that ____________ away?
Non-reality-based cognitive metaphor.
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Women: Do you prefer a man with big muscles, a big brain or a bit of both ? other?
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Men: Do you prefer a natural or a glamorous look on a woman?
Yes!....;-D.....
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Do rich and poor go together ?
If rich people have a choice, generally not....:-P....
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What old timey words of phrases would you like to see make a comeback ?
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Did you know Demand Media also ran Cracked.com? Do they own everything? Are they evil?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Is Obama one of the 1%?
Yes.
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Prior to reading this question, have you ever in your life spoken the word "obsidian?"
Sure.
Many times.
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What makes you feel frustrated? Why?
Life in general....:-P....
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Say im in G Major, could a chord progression be G major, C major, D7?
Then over that I could use a G major scale, C Lydian and D mixolydian
In the words of Deathtongue manager Steve Dallas: "Just wing that mother!"...;-D....
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Which Hummer limo color is your favorite?
Rust - as in sitting in a junkyard rusting away.
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Is it possible to devoid oneself of all judgement?
To an extent, yes.
Simply shoot a metal rod through your frontal cortex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage#Brain_damage_and_mental_changes
To be somewhat less flip, cognitive scientists have found that people with certain kinds of brain damage demonstrate severely impaired judgement.
Two forms of this lack are an inability to make plans and stick to them (frontal lobe damage) and...
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Do you want to date hot singles in your area tonight?
Is that what Answerbag is advertising nowadays?
I've got script-blockers/ad-blockers for Firefox, so I almost never see the ads.
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What's your favorite fragrance to wear?
Eau de Anchovy Pizza......;-D....
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How do you express your disappointment when you feel it?
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I notice my cat doesn`t pay any attention to the TV. Can they see images in the TV? Do they have any problem with the resolution?
Cats are smart. They know there's nothing worth watching....;-D...
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Yesterday's WV primary, 40% of the Democrats voted for a convicted felon serving time in a TX prison rather than vote for Obama. Opinon?
Their choices were a war criminal/tyrant and a convict.
I'm not surprised that vote was within spitting distance of 50%.
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What's the next pet cause for Obama? Walk-a-child-from-school day for registered pedophiles? Aren't they an oppressed voting bloc, too?
Are you trying to get into Guinness Book of World Record's for constructing the world's largest straw man?
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Are you more pantheist, nontheist, dystheist or henotheist?
I think the best one-word description of my beliefs is panentheism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism
I believe (although I concede I could be wrong) that "something" beyond the material observable world does exist. I'm not sure what that "something" is, although I think some aspect of our consciousness derives from it.
I do explicitly reject the notion that this "something" resembles...
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Why do you listen to so much wimpy music instead of Slayer and Iron Maiden?
I'm into real hardcore heavy metal: Spinal Tap!....;-D....
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Are you afraid to dance?
I'm afraid to subject people to that "train wreck"....;-D....
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Were the leftist just engaged in wishful thinking when they declared that the Tea Party was dead?
http://tinyurl.com/6o9nkd7
Anyone who has followed US politics for the past 20-30 years is utterly unsurprised by this result.
Due to demographics, gerrymandering, and the amplifying nature of our 50%+1 system, winning a party primary is often much more difficult than winning the general election. And primary voters tend to be more doctrinaire and partisan than the electorate in general.
It will be interesting to see...
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Reasons why Justin Bieber is better than Freddie Mercury?
He increases the adrenaline level in cats....;-D...
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Which actor/actress has earned your respect for being " brilliant" at their craft? any specific movie they were in?
I would say Gene Hackman has proven over his body of work that he's an exceptional actor.
The scene that stands out in my mind is in the John Grisham novel-based movie "The Firm."
Hackman plays Tom Cruise's boss (and general hatchet-man) at the Evil Law Firm. There's a scene where he is having a meal/discussion with the Cruise character's wife (played be Jeanne Tripplehorn), and the acting is...
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How comfy is your sofa / couch? scale of 1-10 ( 10 = I could sleep on it-- so comfy) ?
Zero.
I don't have a sofa or couch.
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Have you ever called a suicide hotline? Did they actually help?
No, they put me on "hold"....;-D....
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My cat likes to lick and chew my fingers, he's almost seven months old. It doesn't hurt, but he does it every chance he gets. Why?
You haz a flavor...;-D....
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Some people are born to be evil - True or false?
The scientific evidence indicates this proposition is (mostly) false.
I saw an interesting TV documentary where a neurologist was studying the brain structures of some the worst psychopathic criminals in the United States.
He found some commonality in brain structure among them. However, he also found that his own brain structure had many of those same characteristics.
His hypothesis is that...
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Why isn't the word "cheese" spelt "cheeze"? After all, it's pronounced to rhyme with "freeze" so why not spell it that way?
Because the phonetics and morphology of languages are not always perfectly congruent.
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92% of Wall Street political contributions have gone to the GOP! What the he** is wrong with the other 8%? Didn't they get the memo?
No, the Masters of the Universe on Wall Street know that despite their best efforts to flood our political system with their money, someone who is nominally not a Corporatist Kleptocrat might get elected. So, they have to send some money that way, too, in order to keep those politicians from getting any bright ideas about actually serving the interests of the people.
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What exactly are Centrists? Liberally conservative or Conservatively liberal? Can you describe one for me?
The term is essentially meaningless in modern US politics because over the past 30-40 years the Vast Right Wing Echo Chamber has driven the terms of political debate further and further toward Gilded Age Ayn Randian Social Darwinism.
Here's what a "centrist" Republican would say in the mid-1950s:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and...
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Do you have a vibe
No, but my brother does....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Vibe
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What's the secret ingredient in your homemade brownies?
I could tell you...but I forgot....;-D....
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What is John's last name ?
It depends which Yoyodye Propulsion employee you're talking about.
There's John Yaya, John Small Berries, John Many Jars, John Bigboote (pronounced Big-boot-TAY), and many others.....;-D.....
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In what way are some men stupid?
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Do you find the "Asker's pick" option to be a bit meaningless?
Asker's Picks are put to the top of the list of answers.
Maybe when there are only 4 answers, that doesn't mean much
But once the number of answers gets above 10, most people won't read much past the first few.
So, I can see where the person asking the question would like the "best" answers at the top.
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55 year old grandmother is trying out for the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Wouldn't it be cool if she made it ?
I would think a 55-year-old woman (or 45 or 35 or 25) would have better things to do with her time, but then I've been jaded about cheerleaders since I was a wee tot.
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If you divorced, what was the deal-breaker?
My ex-wife grew tired of my inability to endure for years on end in jobs I hated in order for us to maintain our large house and upper-middle-class lifestyle.
I am grateful that she was willing to let me go.
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How loose is your goose?
I have an elephant that keeps my goose in check.....;-D...
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are you as sick of liberals as me?
No, I'm sick of people who are "sick of liberals"....;-D...
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/guest-commentary/21099-day-in-the-life-of-joe-middle-class-republican.html
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There is no such thing as free will - Agree or disagree?
Yes!....;--D....
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Who do you think Mitt Romney should choose for his Vice Presidential running mate? Why?
The Koch brothers.
It would be the most honest way to portray the real power behind his presidency....;-D...
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I think the current level of unemployment is a national disgrace. I blame The CEO's. What about you?
No, I blame us.
We, as a worldwide people, refuse to grasp the simple fundamental fact that there is not enough economically viable work available for all the people who need to trade their labor for food, clothing, shelter, etc.
If there was a vast Make Everything Everyone Needs machine that required one person to push the "Start" button, and a few thousand people to maintain it, how would...
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Who on AnswerBag is not ashamed to call themselves a "Liberal Democrat?"
I'd consider myself a liberal, but I'm not a Democrat because the Democratic Party no longer represents my interests.
It has been dragged steadily rightward by influence of corporate money and by letting the Vast Right Wing Loony Bin Echo Chamber drag the terms of the debate further and further towards fascism.
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Who on AnswerBag is not ashamed to call themselves a "Conservative Republican?"
Said AB Members should be aware the LOLDog is ready for them....;-D...
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ive recently split up with my ex and he went to prision for domestic abuse against me, do i legally have to give his family his tv back?
Is this something you really want to battle your ex's family about? I think not.
Give them back the TV (and any other of his possessions) and get on with your life.
Good luck.
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Will the waters rise by how much if the whole of Australia sinks to the bottom of the ocean floor?
Actually, world sea levels would fall.
The amount of water Australia currently displaces in the world's oceans is as much as it can be. All the land mass above sea level is irrelevant to this.
Imagine if Australia was a uniform mass with a flat top exactly 1 meter above current sea level.
If that mass was to suddenly drop by 2 meters, there would be an air space above it 1 meter high with...
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How much cash ya got in your wallet, pocket, and/or purse?
Not enough....;-D...
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Do you like my hat? :-) haha
Much nicer than the one Princess Beatrice wore to the royal wedding...;-D....
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Is it Miller-time yet?:)
Not now, not ever....;-D...
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I give up! I keep trying very hard to be aloof, detached, reserved, severe but that's not me! Is it you? How do you pull it off?
I pretend I'm a cat....;-D.....
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Do you like watching people box? Why or why not?
I can recall enjoying amateur boxing events between very lightweight opponents. Because they wear headgear and because they are so light, the match becomes more like a fencing competition. The point isn't so much to actually hurt the opponent, but merely to land blows, which requires quickness, skill, and tactics.
I cannot sanction professional boxing. Any sport where the point of it is to...
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How many of your brain cells are working right now?
Very few....;-D...
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How rapidly is your brain working right now?
Not very.....;-D.....
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What is stopping a person from calling Popalock to get your car unlocked and steal what's inside?
I never lock my car, so it would be pointless.....;-D....
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Speed Cook a $50 Restaurant Meal For Two
And your question is?...
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Men: Do you like women with some junk in their trunk :-) ?
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Could there be something wrong with me if i keep dreaming of katy perry cooking me Pork Chops
Maybe it's symbolism for some other desire?...;-D...
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Do/Can you dance? Which is your favorite dance?
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How often do you find people taking advantage of your good nature?
What good nature?....;-D....
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If you blew a tire on the freeway doing 90MPH what are the odds you'll come out of it alive?
Car & Driver magazine used to produce a TV show.
In one episode, they tested the effect of sudden tire blowouts on a Ford Explorer (this as in the wake of the rash of Ford Explorer rollover accidents following tire failures).
They found that provided the driver did not overreact to the blowout, they could bring the Explorer to a controlled stop from almost any speed.
Take your foot off...
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How much tax do we pay on a gal. of gas ? Why couldn't our government give us a break there ?
The price of gasoline is MASSIVELY SUBSIDIZED....
http://209.200.74.155/doc/Real%20Price%20of%20Gasoline.pdf
and people are whining about the tax that recovers something like 5% of that subsidy.
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when storms rage, and the ship of life is tossed on the waves, you .........
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How good a kisser are you?
I don't remember. It's been too long.
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Should prospective US citizens be required to renounce Islam?
What part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." is unclear to you?
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True or false: You will PROBABLY vote Obama for a 2nd term in the next presidential election?
False.
To quote his predecessor:
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Would you sit down and drink tea, Earl Grey, hot with Patrick Stewart?
Heck yes!
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Is Angelina Jolie hot?
I have an unusual take on her.
Many years ago, I read an article about how cars are used in Hollywood movies. One of the things the article talked about was how bullet holes on car bodies don't show up well on camera.
So what the special effects people do is pre-drill 1/2" holes where the "bullet holes" will be. Then then cover those holes with tape and paint over the tape. When the time...
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What are you born to be?
I was born to be an NBA power forward. Unfortunately, I'm about a foot too short and have nowhere near the necessary athletic ability.
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Who is the best Batman villian?
I don't know, there are so many to pick from....;-D.....
http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/02/batman-tv-series-villains.html
If I were forced to pick, I'd probably go with The Riddler (the most intellectually stimulating of the Batman villains).
A close second would be Julie Newmar in the Catwoman suit. That's stimulating in a whole other way...;-D....
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Can You Name a Hip-Hop-Rap Artist?
Allen Iverson....;-D....
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Edwards trial. The Youngs testify Edwards is a liar and crook, and vice versa. Good to see democrats telling the truth about democrats?
More2Be's rant for today is brought to you by...the logical fallacies of Confirmation Bias and Overgeneralization of the Singular.
Stay tuned for our next episode when More2Be comes up with new ways to look like an idiot.
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What's in your Locomoco?
I make mine with:
Basmati Rice
Turkey Sausage patties
Fried eggs
Gravy from Zippy's
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Anyone who knows Junior Seau, he died today. Will you pay any respects for him?
That's very sad.
The report I read said he committed suicide via a gunshot would.
I wonder if he, like many NFL players, was suffering from the lingering effects of brain trauma brought on by spending 20+ years engaging in violent collisions on the football field.
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Charlize Theron : Hot Or Not ?
When considering celebrities like Ms. Theron, I have two scales.
The first scale is in comparison to all women everywhere. On that scale, she is hubba-hubba smoking OMG hot.
The second scale is in comparison to other celebrities who, because of their hotness relative to the general population, get to be celebrities. On that scale, she is...OK. There are many other hot female celebrities I...
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Urgently need advice, cant stick this.
I have had bouts of the flu where it felt like my whole body had been run over by large truck.
But, as others have said, your best bet is to see a doctor.
What you're asking is akin to "My car is making a funny noise. What could it be?" Without a lot more information and some basic tests, we have no idea which of the dozens of things it could be to exclude.
Good luck.
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What was the cat doing in the cradle?
Coming to an "understanding" with its current resident.....;-D...
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Newt officially left the race for POTUS Does that mean we won't have a moon colony now?
We're going to miss out on a whole lot of things....;-D....
(Courtesy of Congressional candidate Alan Grayson)
(1) Direct the Army Corps of Engineers to drain the Mediterranean Sea. Gingrich will then lay claim to all of the land underneath it.
(2) Create jobs in the construction industry by getting bids on a project to make the Washington Monument three times as large, and kind of...
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What's worse than seeing your ex?
I'm on excellent terms with my ex. When I'm in her area, I usually try to arrange a visit.
Seeing her is a pleasure, not a burden.
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Would you do Nicole Sullivan from Mad TV?
Yeah, why not?
Times are tough....;-D....
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Can a single person with no family ever get their money's worth from a Costco/Sams Club membership?
It depends.
For some non-perishable things (toilet paper, laundry detergent, ziploc bags, mouthwash, etc.), shopping at "big box" stores can be a real money saver, even for a single person.
Also, if you take medications, the big box pharmacies consistently have the lowest prices in town. The savings on one month of my meds ($40 at Costco, $140 at a major chain drug store) easily covers my...
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What has your highest "vet bill" ever cost?
One of our beagle's knee surgeries ran about $2,500 soup to nuts.
She had three of them in her lifetime....:-P....
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Why are you knocking on my door? what do you want?
The mailman mistakenly put this item in a plain brown wrapper in my mailbox.
It's addressed to you.....;-D....
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When was the last time you stuck your had out a window? Why did you do that?
The damn kids were on my lawn...;-D...
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Why are you taking me to the hospital?!
It seemed only fair after you came out the worse from our little fracas....;-D....
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Do you want to comment on this !
No.
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Do you consider yourself to be "in shape"?
I am "in a shape".....;-D...
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NRA backs federal legislation to eliminate all state/local control over concealed carry regulations. Do you support this law?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED that there is Right Wing Hypocrisy going on here....;-D....
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Should the GOP convice Dr. Condoleezza Rice to join the Romney ticket ?
That would be interesting. There are probably countries that would arrest Dr. Rice for war crimes. If she were VP, would there be places she wouldn't travel?....;-D...
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Have you ever wasted years on a pursuit, only to be a failure?
Multiple times!....;-D....
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I know people lie and some are better than others. Is there a clue when you just absolutely KNOW someone is lying to you?
Their lips move....;-D....
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Is it best to accept complete failure if you're not a doctor, lawyer, or computer programmer (systems analyst)?
Yes.
I've become much happier since I abandoned any hope of upward social mobility...;-D....
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In three words or less:-) describe Howard stern?
obnoxious boring overrated
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What is the best part of being YOU?
I give people someone to feel superior to.....;-D...
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Who would you do, Seven Of Nine or T'Pol?
Seven of Double-D.
Her implants are bigger than T'Pol's....;-D.....
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Why don't you know every CSS3 property, technique, and trick? You're going to end up working at WalMart.
It's worse than that.
In my introductory Java class, we had a class video conference with a project team leader at Google.
He says that the day of Web page/Web site designers doing their work just using authoring software are dying.
Web site builders will actually have to know programming languages (naturally, he thinks Google's new DART language will be the standard....;-D...) to keep their...
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Why don't you know every CSS3 property, technique, and trick? You're going to end up working at WalMart.
Whoops! AB coughed up a duplicate. Please flag this answer.
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OK Supreme Court unanimously struck down state's "Personhood Amendment" saying it was clearly unconstitutional. What do you think?
I'm not at all surprised.
The real goal of the GOP/Vast Right Wing Echo Chamber is to continually nibble at the edges of Roe v. Wade so they can continue to use abortion as a political cudgel.
They know that if Roe v. Wade is ever explicitly overturned, there will be huge migration of voters out of the GOP.
They don't want to suffer a fate similar to what happened to the Democratic Party in...
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If Bush was so bad, why hasn't Obama sent predator drones to Walker Ranch?
Because that would be a 180-degree turnaround from the Obama administration polices of the past 3+ years of covering up, forgiving, expanding, and normalizing all the tyrannies committed during the Darth Cheney/Boy Emperor regime.
There would be embarrassing questions like "Why didn't you arrest them at your inauguration? They were standing (or, in Cheney's case, sitting) right there!"
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Isn't it disgusting to see Obama re-trying to pimp off the action of the brave SEALs who took out Bin Laden to get himself a poll bounce?
I actually almost sorta kinda agree with More2Be on this one.
Not for his reasons. His reasons are he hates President Obama and "Teh Libruhlz" and it wouldn't matter if Obama came up with a Magical Free Ponies and Ice Cream for Everyone fountain. He'd still find a way to hate that.
But I think the assassination of OBL was, at best, a necessary evil.
We violated the territorial integrity of...
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Why's my name spelled backwards?
eman ym....;-D...
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world war 3 ..!! WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU WANT involved ???
Lichtenstein, Andorra, and Monaco.
I don't think they could do much damage to anyone.
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Over and out. 10-4?
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There is a common saying in the military, “Rank has it's privileges.” Is the same true in Answerbag? If so, how so?
Other than the staff occasionally cutting some slack to a long-time member who "goes off the rails", which they might not do for a newcomer, rank means diddly squat.
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There's a runaway truck headed straight for a kid on the street without thinking you jump into action and save him from sure death...
I suspect I'd be a little miffed, but I'd get over it pretty quickly. And I'd be pretty dang proud of myself for saving some kid's life.
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Why do libs always take the side of clemency and leniency for violent criminals over justice for their innocent victims?
Because people in the Reality-based Community...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_based_community
...recognize that however emotionally satisfying getting your vengeance freak on might be, in the long term and on a society-wide basis, it's a terribly expensive and only moderately effective way to reduce the crime rate.
It is, however, a reliable way for politicians to get votes, so...
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If an elderly woman flashed you at a restaurant how would you react to that?
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are there any ABers u just don't get, no matter how hard u try ???
No, not really.
Once you start seeing people as cognitive model processors, it really isn't that hard to "get" who they are.
I don't always get why some people cling to cognitive models that do not reflect reality very well...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2374237
...but I get why those cognitive models exist, and I find them easy to recognize.
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If you're not a saint or a sinner, what are you?
I'm...."special"....;-D....
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Do you believe this economy is doomed because of the internet?
No, this economy is doomed because the long-time paradigm of trading labor for wealth is broken.
If you need one person to push the button on The Machine That Makes Everything, and a handful of people to maintain The Machine That Makes Everything, what do the other 7 billion people on the planet do?
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Those who live off/give off negativity enjoy a life of sorts I guess. Is it because they can't handle positive? How did they get there?
Years and years of life doing this.....;-D.....
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Current favorite love song?
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Lets get one thing straight around here I _______________?
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How often do you check your credit report?
I get my free report every year.
The first time I did that, I had to correct a fair number of errors in each of them. For example, a bank listed my car lease with them as a "charge-off" (i.e. I defaulted) when in fact I terminated the lease early and paid the agreed-upon settlement amount.
Since then, I have been much less profligate with credit and so far I have not found any new errors in...
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Would you ever marry a distant cousin?
Well, if you go back far enough up our family trees, we are all "distant cousins".
So the answer is "Yes".
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Are there any cute single guys in farnborough? :(
The answer is "probably yes".
The chances of you meeting any of them on Answerbag is approximately zero....;-D...
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If someone said" can I interest you in_______________"? whould you be interested?:-)
money, sex, a really fine set of encyclopedias.
You know, the usual.....;-D....
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Do you miss the feeling of hope? Why or why not?
One cannot miss what one has never possessed....;-D...
The tenets of Stochastic Murphyism:
1st Law: You can't win
2nd Law: You can't even break even (--which leads to Murphy's Law: (on average) everything that can go wrong will go wrong)
3rd Law: You can't get out of the game
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If you could hypnotize your SO to do something different permanently, what would that be ?
To BE my significant other....;-D.....
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Did you agree with Romney when he said Russia is our biggest threat? Why?
What decade is that man living in?
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What's your favorite color for a surfboard?
Tie dye!
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Do you ever feel guilty when you are "taking it easy" - perhaps thinking that you might be wasting valuable time or considered lazy?
The notion that we must fill our days with work or "productive" pursuits is nonsense perpetrated by authoritarian institutions.
It's only when humanity built machines that operated 24/7 that the notion of humans working 24/7 really came into being.
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Why doesn't anyone ever take my questions seriously. Am I blowing smoke here?
When you join a circus, you're going to have to expect some clowns.....;-D....
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What is the best song about trains?
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What is the best song about trains?
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Is the Cosmic Sea really like a bumblebee?
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As a fellow supervisor, when do you have to grant an employee time off for a funeral? I say if it's not their funeral, THEN GET TO WORK!
Mr. B, you are clearly upper management material....;-D...
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If you murdered 3 people at 3pm, and 4 people at 4pm, and 5 people at 5pm, what time is it now?
Time to unpimp the auto....
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Why can't the lazy welfare leeches be like Macs and just work?
You are all taking Mr. Bromide waaaaaay too seriously.
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Climb to the top of the ladder be master of all you suryey...
And your cat will still look down at you.....;-D....
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The next President of the United States should be
Former Congressman Alan Grayson.
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Do you think government programs like welfare, food stamps, etc
1 & 2...but so what?
The simple reality of modern life is that there are not enough economically viable jobs for all of the people who need to trade their labor for food, clothing, shelter, etc.
So we either distribute some of society's wealth to them so that they can survive another day, or we let them starve to death.
Please note: People who are starving to death tend to commit crimes...
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What is the best car to get when you begin driving?
A late-1980s or early 1990s Volvo 240.
Big, safe, slow and dull....;-D...
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If you were trying to shoot someone but shot their reflection instead but the bullet ricocheted and killed them is it murder?
The chances of this happening are extremely slim.
Mythbusters have done some experiments with ricocheting bullets, and they found that bullets lose a lot of energy when they reflect off of solid surfaces. Also, if the surface is hard enough for the bullet to retain a decent amout of energy, it's hard enough to shatter the bullet (which is made of lead or lead and copper). So a ricochet shot...
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Can I borrow $500? All I want is the complete Avengers set, and yes
that includes Honor Blackman. DVD set.
.
Let's see, buy health insurance or enable you to purchase a bunch of DVDs.
I guess you're just gonna have to wait (or learn to pirate the content off the Internet....;-D....)
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What physical changes have you observed about yourself as you have grown older?
The brain doesn't work like it used to...;-D...
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Are you as tall as your spouse?
My ex-wife is very nearly as tall as I am.
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Why would Lindsay Lohan be invited to a White House Correspondent's Dinner?
Lindsay Lohan gets paid to pretend to be an actress.
The White House press corps gets paid to pretend that they actually hold our government accountable and provide the American public with useful information.
It seems like a natural fit to me....;-D....
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Will Angela Corey, special prosecutor in the Zimmerman case, face an ethics hearing and lose her license for such a travesty of justice?
Funny how the "law and order" types only start b*tching about prosecutorial misconduct when they don't like the outcome....;-D....
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/27/victims_of_the_prosecution/
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What do you know about statistics?
There are two basic kinds:
Descriptive - Gather your data and organize it some fashion that allows you to draw some conclusions.
Inferential - Gather data on a limited sample and use that data to make inferences about the overall population.
Usually, the problem with statistics is not with the statistics but with the data gathered.
If you're trying to estimate the average weight of American...
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If I knew in Highschool, what I know now, I would have....?
Learned about Cognitive Science much sooner.
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Are Crop Circles maps of the Galaxies?
Yeah, something like that...;-D...
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Does a woman change once you put a ring on her finger
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How do you address the love of your life?
I'm not allowed to. My restraining order says so....;-D...
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Why would a cannibal not want to eat Obama?
Cannibals don't eat spineless invertebrates....;-D...
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_______________ to the rescue
Buzz Lightyear!
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Of all the persons you have lost in your life, whom do you miss the most?
The great and glorious Harley.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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Is it possible to make diamonds out of pencils?
The graphite in pencil "lead" is a form of carbon, the same element that makes up diamonds.
If diamonds can be made from peanut butter, there's no reason they couldn't be made from graphite.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6244778.stm
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Should a 17 year old woman be tortured to get her to confess to or provide vital information on a terrorist attack on which she is involved
No.
1) Torture is illegal. The governing laws say NO EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER justify torture. Not even the belief that torture will save 100,000 lives.
2) Torture is ineffective. The tortured will tell you what they think you want to hear in order to get the pain to stop.
3) Torture simply creates more enemies. The family and friends of the tortured hear about it and want their...
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As an adult, what do you miss of your childhood days?
Someone else paying all the bills....;-D...
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Do you know anybody who is so irritating that there are things they could teach to tropical skin diseases?
Yeah, I keep running into someone like that. He's always on the other side of my hallway mirror looking back at me. What a jerk!.....;-D....
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Is income tax nothing more than legalised theft?
No, taxes are the price you pay to live in a civilized society.
If you don't like it, Somalia can always use a few more Five-Time Losers...er Objectivists/Libertarians.
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Which room in your house needs the most attention as far as repairs or redecorating?
I only have one room.
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What if you woke up and found Lady Gaga sitting on your face?
Given that I sleep on my side, that would be a pretty neat trick.....;-D....
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When a cat rubs up against your leg, does it mean it wants to get freaky with you
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Is it normal to puke from being in so much emotional and mental pain? Just puke out of no where and NOT be sick AT ALL.
Sometimes, these things just happen.
I remember one Christmas I cooked dinner for me, my wife, and my father-in-law.
About an hour after the meal, F-I-L blew chunks.
It wasn't the food. We all ate the same thing, and my wife and I had no issues.
Another time, I was helping a friend move. We stopped for a pizza break. After eating a few pieces, I suddenly felt very ill. I dry-heaved for a...
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Do you buy Playboy just for the articles?
Goodness, I haven't looked at a Playboy in years.
But if I were to get one, it would be because there was a special photo layout of someone I wanted to see in the buff (I think the issue with volleyball star/model Gabrielle Reece was the last one I bought) or it would be for the articles.
There is so much porn of every kind, shape, and color on the Internet that I'm amazed there are still...
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Why don't you just take Mitt Romney's advice and borrow money from your parents to start a business ?
Why not buy a lottery ticket and become filthy rich?
After all, someone wins nearly every week....;-D....
Romney's singular anecdote is meaningless twaddle unless we know the average failure rate of people who do what his friend did.
It might be that his friend was more likely to be successful by taking that money and putting on either red or black at the roulette table than starting his own...
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What has your recent online behaviour been like?
Kind of prickly.....;-D....
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What would you do if you see me flirting with girls?
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What do you know about robots?
They like to boogie down....;-D....
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I remember a monkey was the first Russian to go into space. Who, I
wonder designed the webpages on AB?
That would be AB-Joel.
http://www.answerbag.com/profile/4/
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Do you like people to see you naked?
Nah. I don't need the humiliation.....;-D....
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On a scale of liquid-solid, how healthy is your bowel movement?
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Which life coaches do you like the best? Why?
My favorite is Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
He's not actually a "life coach", but his advice is excellent for separating the people who actually have useful advice from the snake oil salesmen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_randomness
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Can you feel the energy between US
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Should Romney become president what will change?
I honestly don't know, and I'm reluctant to make too many guesses.
When George W. Bush was running against Al Gore back back in 2000, it seemed like most of the policy debates were between slightly-left-of-center Neoliberal policies and slightly-right-of-center Neoliberal policies (this was before Al Gore started championing anthropogenic climate change as an issue, and the resultant "Gore is...
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Is there a way to fix a magic 8 ball that has an air pocket in it?
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What was the last thing you repaired yourself?
My Harmon-Kardon CDR2 CD player/recorder that I bought off of eBay.
The CD tray drawers would stick when inserting or ejecting a CD, so I modified he front covers on the tray.
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Why is hating America cool?
Perhaps you can ask all the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotians, Iraqis, Panamanians, Nicaraguans, Lebanese, El Salvadorians, East Timorese, Chileans, etc., etc., etc. who have been personally wounded or whose loved ones were killed and wounded over the past several decades as the United States engaged in wars of Empire and supported "friendly" tyrannical regimes.
How many dead and maimed make up...
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Why would an attractive woman eat several cheeses?
Why should attractive women be denied one of life's great joys?
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Who on AB would you like to peek in your window at 2.49am
I would never subject anyone on AB to such boredom....;-D...
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Is it time for you to smarten up?
Oh, long past it. But whatcha gonna do?....;-D...
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What is your weakest area of knowledge?
Oh, lots of things.
Art
Music
Ukranian history
Languages of Africa
Quark-Gluon interactions
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the list is endless
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Why would you think Romney would do well engaging/negotiating with the Heads of Foreign Governments? When did a Governor ever do that?
I don't know. He might be OK at that.
The same criticism probably could have been leveled at President Obama before he took office.
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i put a new battery in my car and the only thing that has power is the headlights
That sounds like your ignition switch is faulty.
Your car has 3 kinds of electrical circuits:
1) Circuits that are powered when the ignition switch is in the "Run" position. Example: the heater/AC blower fan.
2) Circuits that are powered when the ignition switch is in "Run" or "Accessory". Example: the radio.
3) Circuits that are powered all the time (so long as the battery is connected)....
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What manufactured bands actually turned out to be great contributors to music?
Spinal Tap!
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How I wish a guy could hug me. My family is abusive and are yelling at me right now. I was never affected nor loved. I only...
The best I can do from Hawaii. I hope it helps...:-D...
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Would an atheist burst into flames if you throw holy water on them?
No, but I've wondered why priests couldn't bless things like lakes, reservoirs, oceans, etc. and make cubic metric tons of holy water instead of a few 10-oz glass jars.
Being able to turn on any hose and fire it at a vampire would be nice....;-D...
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Who would you rather do, Crista Miller or Crista Flanagan?
Yes!....;-D...
(Hey, times are tough....;-D....)
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What helps you enjoy camping?
Beer!...;-D...
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Are you happy with the way your government runs your country?
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We "know" that our lives have meaning - but exactly what is it?
To answer Answerbag Question #1:
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1
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Is it more evident in this election that the US needs a 3rd party?
No, the United States needs fundamental reform of its democratic system to make it more parliamentarian.
A 50% + 1 system will always tend to move back towards a 2-party system because additional parties can result in elections like this:
GOP 35%
Democratic 30%
Socialist 20%
Green 15%
So even though 65% of the people voted ***against*** the GOP, the GOP wins.
Note: this works the other way...
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Are u an emotional eater ?
Hang on...I need to put down the box of Malomars before I answer....;-D....
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Have you ever Inappropriately touched a department store mannequin
As if I'd tell you....;-D....
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Is it a bad sign if you talk to yourself?
I don't know. Let me ask myself what I think....;-D....
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Theists: Studies show that critical thinking deflates faith in God. Does that not trouble you at all?
Well, you know, you start questioning whether God actually hates shrimp or not and who knows where you'll end up....;-D....
http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/
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Do you refer to yourself in the 3rd peson?
Old School don't talk about Old School in the third person. Old School got to take it one game at a time and do what's best for Old School and his family.
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Why are married people so borring?
Because much of the "exciting" things people do are centered around getting laid. Once they have that issue dealt with, they don't feel the need for so much "excitement".
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Can I study your brain?
I don't that would take much time...;-D...
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If my wife is cheating do I stay or kick her butt to the curb
I recommend against any actual real-world butt-kicking. That could lead to charges of battery and spousal abuse.
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Behner says the war on women was created by Dems. No matter how much he wishes it were true saying so doesn't make it so. Does he know?
It's true in his heart....;-D...
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411675/april-03-2012/rick-santorum-speaks-from-his-heart---california-colleges
Or maybe that was "not intended to be a factual statement"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/13/not-intended-to-be-a-factual-statement_n_848298.html#s263645&title=Stephen_Colbert
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Will You Identify 2 Things About Obama That You Voted For In The First Election That Are Still True About Him For This Election?
I voted for him because I thought he believed and/or was willing to fight for the principle that "The government does for the people what the people cannot do for themselves"
Unfortunately, he turned out to be just another Corporatist Kleptocrat.
Maybe it was him, maybe it was The System. I don't really care.
He lost my support around February 2009 when it was clear he would do nothing to...
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Christian Bale Vs. Brad Pitt?
Christian Bale! He laid the smack down on Bill O'Reilly.....;-D....
(WARNING: Video has lots of NSFW profanity).
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Restaurant sign states "Bring in your church bulletin on Sunday and get 10% off your meal". Thoughts?
Slightly evil thought:
What if someone came in with a "church bulletin" from an Islamic mosque, and the text was in Arabic?
Would the restaurant still honor the discount?
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whats your occupation?
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Where's your shoes?
Out by the front door. It's almost universal Hawaiian custom to leave your flippahs outside and go barefoot indoors (at least in private homes).
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Restaurant sign states "Bring in your church bulletin on Sunday and get 10% off your meal". Thoughts?
I'm a little taken aback by it, but when I think about all the other semi-arbitrary discounts retailers are allowed to offer ("Ladies' night" at bars, senior citizen discounts, etc.), I can live with this one.
After all, it doesn't say you have to believe in whatever the church is preaching, just that you bring in the document.
It does tread a bit close to the limits of anti-discrimination...
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Should the House Unamerican Activities Committee be reimplemented?
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Obama's student loans were paid off from book royalties. We can't all do that! For us non-famous, is college worth the cost?
Well, you can choose to focus on the fundamental problem that worldwide there is not enough economically viable work available for all the people (with or without college degrees) who need to sell their labor in order to purchase the necessities of life.
Or you can focus on stuff like when President Obama paid off his student loans.
Your choice.
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The new Shelby 2013 Mustang has 662 hp and can get to 60 mph in first gear! Want one?
Given that I seldom exceed 40 mph here on Oahu, that would be wasted on me.
But I'll buy you one if the Publishers Clearing House people ever come through like they keep promising....;-D...
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OW! Why did you throw a rock at me?!
Because you took my cookie!
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/12112470
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True or false? Obama resembles Frank Marshall Davis much more than he resembles Barack Obama Sr.
[Sarcasm on]Yeah, funny how all them N-words look alike....;-D...[end Sarcasm]
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Will you put that cookies down?!
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Would you rather stay at hotel or motel?
Couch-surfing is much cheaper....;-D...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch_surfing
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have u been here long enough to know what to expect from whom ?
Yes....;-D....
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Are u wired for weird ?
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Did Al Gore cause global warming when he invented the internet?
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Wow I feel really sorry for Obama, he must feel like a real sap - agree?
Yes, I do. I don't know if he was born without a spine or if he had it surgically removed at some point, but it must be a tough way to live....;-D....
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Besides drinking a beverage, what's another use for a straw?
Back when I was in engineering school, the grad students used bundles of straws to straighten out the airflow through the mini wind tunnels they had constructed.
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What politically incorrect movies of the past, that likely couldn't be made today, do you like? What about the movie made it un-pc?
The original Airplane (1980) made fun of just about everyone. I can see a lot of panties getting bunched if someone tried that today.
The original Fun With Dick & Jane (1977?) also contained stereotypes about blacks, Hispanic immigrant, gays, and televangelists that would just not fly today.
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If Mitt Romney wins the November election, he plans on eliminating Section 8, SSI, & food stamps. What will happen to the poor people?
Soylent Green!....;-D....
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What position does your body tend to be in while you are occupying a couch?
Holding a beer!....;-D...
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How many black senators they are in the USA, and why do the liberal drones keep promoting racism when you are a conservative?
Have fun!
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How would you feel if your vehicle(s) got damaged?
With my pickup truck, it would have to be pretty substantial damage before I'd notice (the rust hides a myriad of sins....;-D...).
With my motorcycle, as long as the wheels are true and the engine runs, I don't really care how it looks. It's been dealt several dings and dents already.
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It's okey dokey to criticize Mrs. Obama in every way but criticize a GOP wife and there's he** to pay! Are the wealthy sacrosanct,holy?
I think there's a combination of things going on here.
First of all, there's the usual partisan nonsense. Because First Lady Obama (and First Lady Clinton before her) are "Teh Evil Libruhlz", anything they do by definition must be part of the grand plot of the Communist takeover.
If Michelle Obama were to do a PSA recommending everyone drink lots of water ("It's healthy, and has zero...
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Are we all animals?
We are Devo!
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If the players on all teams were suspended for the remainder of the season if they purposely harmed someone would you support it? Why?
What sport are we talking about? Golf?
If so, then yes. It would be pretty hard for a golfer to argue that his whacking an opponent with a sand wedge was accidental or a normal action in the game.
The same goes for tennis.
In almost any team sport, you will have a devil of a time proving intent. Moreover, some sports (e.g. hockey and football) have violent collisions as part of the normal...
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Do you like listening to music without words? Why or why not?
I am a huge fan of instrumental music, particularly instrument guitar rock and jazz-rock fusion.
I have no real explanation for it. but I suspect it has to do with how my brain processes language, particularly language designed to evoke emotion. It (usually) doesn't do anything for me.
Instrumental music bypasses the language processing part of my brain and appeals to my limbic system more...
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Which is your Color that best describes you or stands for your personality?
Kind of a dingy grey....;-D....
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Which girl is prettier??
Yes!...;-D...
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Are there any poor lawyers or doctors?
Oh sure, there are plenty.
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant:" "Liberal's One Mission in Life is to Abort Children, kill children in the womb." Your thoughts ?
Dear Gov. Bryant,
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Mitt Romney; King Of Hypocrites?
If that's what it takes to be King of Hypocrisy, then every last one of us are Royal Family.
Just more "same old same old".
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Is there anyone that doesn't watch Reality Shows?
It depends upon your definition.
If you mean shows that are fair simulations of reality, like some of the stuff on HGTV where they show homes being renovated, I do watch some of those.
If you mean shows where the point of the "reality" is to artificially create conflict and swear words (everything from "Jersey Shore" to the shows about the family that builds custom motorcycles), then, no, I...
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You just opened a Fortune Cookie. What does it say?
Beware of Japanese waitress bearing fortune cookies....
http://youtu.be/jw1f94dx4xo?t=3m18s
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You look at yourself in the mirror and say ______
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You live a privileged life and you're trying to convince folks that you are a regular guy. Does talking about trips to France do that?
Isn't funny how times change?
Ten years ago the French were our sworn enemies because they refused to support the US decision to invade Iraq for....for....remind me again why the US did that.
Remember "Freedom Fries" and people dumping out bottles of French wine in protest?
Now Romney proudly touts his trips to France as part of his qualifications to be President?
If the underlying cause of...
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Is what Rush Limbaugh said an attack on women or an insult to one woman?
Yes.
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If teachers can not teach the traditional way (maybe because students are lazy), should the entire educational system change?
The entire education system (at least in the United States) should change, and not just because of the reasons you cite.
Our current system is based upon outdated notions of how people learn (hence, the 3-month summer vacation) and modeled on Industrial Revolution-era mass production (move them units!...).
It makes NO sense to take 20-40 different people with widely varying capabilities,...
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Is American democracy drowning in hypocrisy?
http://www.laprogressive.com/drowning-hypocrisy/
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What does your favourite colour say about you?
That I'm special....;-D....
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How important is prioritizing to you?
It's not a big priority....;-D....
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What do you hate when you're at the airports?
Everything!
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When is making mistakes a big deal? When isn't it?
If you're performing brain surgery, it's a big deal.
If you're playing Solitaire on your computer, not so much.....;-D...
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Why is beer so expensive at sporting events
Because the event operators have a natural monopoly.
Businesses of all kinds and sizes will attempt to charge as much as they can. Competition tends to limit that tendency. In a sporting event arena, there is no competition to force prices down.
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Why do we only have two political parties in the US? I know we have more...but I also know that most people disregard those as ineffective.
Unfortunately, the dominance of two parties is built into America's 50%+1 winner-take-all electoral system.
What happens is that 3rd parties always take away votes from the major party most ideological similar to themselves (some Democrats vote Green, some Republicans vote Libertarian, etc.).
This has the effect of strengthening the major party least ideologically similar to the 3rd party in...
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What's the fastest you've gone on a motorcycle?
I actually don't like to ride my motorcycle excessively fast. It's much happier at moderate speeds.
Probably 80-85 is the fastest I've pushed it.
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Why are you a Liberal (Democrat)?
Have fun!
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Gingrichs' Secret Service protection costs taxpayers $40,000 a day. Why?
While this does seem excessive on the face of it, I guess it's one of those costs we have to absorb to have (nominally) a democracy.
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If you could have anything that you wanted, what would you have for lunch?
I could really go for a Tommy's chili burger right about now....;-D....
http://www.originaltommys.com/
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Have you ever fell in love with your teacher? Male or female?
Schoolboy crush? Yes.
In love, no.
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why is an orange called an orange
One of the design features of human languages is arbitrariness.
There's nothing inherent in the word "orange" that tells you what an orange is.
The same goes for "platypus", "whale", "crampon", "stress", and zillion other words in languages all around the world.
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Ann Romney says talking to women at campaign events makes her sure of victory. I wonder. Does she realize they're all Republicans?
Yes, but since President Obama and his supporters are all Nazi Kenyan Marxist Anti-Colonial Indoesian Muslim Socialist Terrorists, that must mean all correct-thinking Americans will vote for Ann's husband. Right?...;-D....
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Who or what is your mind on right now? Why?
A good friend of mine whose dog is ailing. It's causing her great distress.
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What do you love about girls?
Yes!
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Will you help me with the cost to re furnish my house
Let me check my lottery numbers....dang!
Sorry, not this week.....;-D...
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How do you handle scorn and derision?
That's like asking me how I handle breathing....;-D....
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Will we ever do the TANGO together ?
Trust me. Unless that was a euphemism, you don't want to Tango with me....;-D...
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is drinking 3 monsters in one dat bad for you because i did one day and i just want to kn
You will probably end up running around like this....;-D...
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have you ever heard an audible voice speak in your ear when you were alone?
No, they stick to speaking inside my head....;-D...
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im having marble cake tomorrow. what should i drink with it? i want something alcoholic.
Pabst Blue Ribbon!....;-D....
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Its not looks that make you look good its your confidence that do?
Nonsense.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/293831
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Why'd the lib media leave out that 1 of Trayvon's 3 suspensions was for possessing 12 pieces of women's jewelry and a burglary tool?
@Moron2Be - I can't speak for "The Liberal Media", but I can speak to why it does not matter.
Now, follow closely, this is going to get not at all complicated.
Zimmerman had NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT MARTIN'S HISTORY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN.
All he had was "young hoodie-wearing black guy walking through my neighborhood".
All of his subsequent actions (at least up until the fight...
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Thinking majoring in computer programming but i'm not great math will i still be able to do it?
It's more critical that you can think through problems logically and have an attention to detail.
The software actually does most of the math for you nowadays.
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Most shrimp I get these days have no flavor. Are there still kinds of shrimp that have taste? What kinds?
Well, there's the mutant Gulf shrimp (which probably taste of petroleum and dispersant chemicals....;-D...).
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/18/the-aftermath-of-bp-oil-spill-mutant-seafood/
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"Don't think. Just do." When is this good advice? When isn't it? To either or both, why?
It can be good advice under particular situations when you've had extensive practice and training in dealing with what's at hand.
For example, if you're playing basketball and you stop to think, bad things usually happen. You need to just let practice and subconscious recognition do the work.
Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink explores many of the benefits and pitfalls of rapid cognition.
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What are some of the highest qaulity MP3 players as far as audio?
Don't do compressed audio files.
Memory is becoming so cheap there's not much point to saving space.
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Would you be surprised if CNN reported that Zimmerman was murdered by an outraged citizen?
I would not be surprised. I would be greatly saddened.
In a country that loves gun violence as much as the United States does, we should not be shocked....SHOCKED when these things happen.
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What causes you to lose your train of thought? Why?
A light breeze is usually sufficient...;-D...
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Am I the only who finds it disturbing to realize how much women today hate men?
I think you have badly misinterpreted the available data.
What you are most likely seeing is a reaction to very rapidly changing social roles.
So, yes, you are the only one who is disturbed by your not-based-in-reality cognitive construct.....;-D....
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Have you ever been able to pull yourself away from Rosie Jetpackers questions just long enough to go to the head, or the kitchen,(Snack!)?
Sure. Is this a problem for you?
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Will you help me shave my legs, i have broke 3 razor blades its so thick
Maybe gtravels will let you borrow her Garden Weasel.....;-D....
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Was Trayvon Martin a thug who deserved to die?
If, as some accounts of the Zimmerman-Martin shooting state, Martin confronted Zimmerman and initiated the scuffle, then he did commit battery, and in that very narrow sense he was a "thug."
But Zimmerman should not have perused Martin, he should not have done so while armed, and he should not have shot Martin.
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So who is coming down to Florida to PARTY , the fun bus leaves tomorrow
Have fun. Just make sure you don't wear a hoodie in the "wrong" neighborhood....;-D....
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How did they get the horse, (Mister Ed) to flap his lips during talking parts?
Possession by Satan....;-D....
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If you met Paris Hilton, what would you like to do with her?
Play a game:
We both put all the money we have on a table and then we each take half the combined total back...;-D...
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At what age did you become an adult?
Still waiting.....;-D....
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Does it ever amaze you how some people bounce back and forth between intelligence and stupidity on AnswerBag?
I wish some people would bounce back and forth.
There is a contingent here (they know who they are) who stay consistently in the cognition-challenged end of the spectrum....;-D....
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Another controversial "self-defence" shooting, this time in Arizona. Has the case of Daniel Adkins received adequate media coverage?
I don't know.
This case lacks the clear element of racial profiling that the Zimmerman-Martin case had.
Let's hope that, as with the Zimmerman-Martin case, someone will take a strong look at the facts of the matter.
Also, the United States has about 9,000 gun murders every year. Which ones should be publicized and which ones should not?
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Are you able to change a tire by yourself?
No, I require at least a jack and a wrench for the lug nuts.
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Christie, Rubio, Jeb Bush...possible V.P. for Romney? I don't think so. They would so far outshine him he would be invisible. Right?
I suspect Romney will pick a hard-core Christian conservative to be his running mate to appeal to that part of the Republican base. Romney has the Corporatist Kleptocrat vote sewn up, so he doesn't need to clone himself.
I don't know who in the GOP qualifies as "Sarah Palin with an actual brain/education", but that's who Romney will pick.
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If god were paddling upstream at 3mph with a crosswind at 4mph, how long would it take him to get to Cleveland?
Never.
Cleveland is a god-forsaken place....;-D...
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Expensive cars aren't necessarily cool... What is the COOLEST car?
Mazda Miata.
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What is a town/city name so dreadful that you'd lie rather than admit to being from there?
Canoga Park....;-D...
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Are you in touch with your feelings? Why or why not?
You are asking many questions this evening for which I have the same answer...;-D....
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Are you feeling emotionally tortured right now? If so, why?
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How enchanting do you feel you are? Why?
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How much do you rely on charm? Why?
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Do you like candles? Why or why not?
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How interested are you in habits? Why?
Extremely. Well...one particular nearly universal habit.
According to the cognitive linguist George Lakoff, most human cognition consists of processing subconscious metaphoric frameworks.
I think this "habit" is leading humanity on the path to disaster, and a cognitive revolution that allows us to "break this habit" is absolutely essential for humanity's long-term survival.
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What do mainstream Christians think of Gnosticism?
I dogn't kgnow....;-D....
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What tribute can you give Mr. Bush for his intelligence?
To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Who's the bigger fool? The fool...or the fools who voted for him?"
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What would you do if I go to the bathroom?
Alert the media. Clearly this is an event of national importance.
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What car do you drive? Is a car just a car to you, or is it your pride and joy ?
I drive a 23-year-old 195k mile rust-and-peeling-paint covered Toyota pickup truck.
I am proud to own it because it was handed down to me from dear friends and it has served all of us well.
In market terms, it's worth next to nothing.
In "pride and joy" terms, I treasure it greatly and will patiently wait for the right aloha-enhancing situation to pass it on.
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Why do girls seem to hate me so much? I haven't had a girlfriend since the third grade. Am I really just that ugly and annoying?
Because you are up against the 3 Laws of Intergenderdynamics, which are (in approximate form):
1st Law: You can't win
2nd Law: You can't even break even
3rd Law: You can't get out of the game
It kinda sucks, but there it is....
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FL prosecutor testifies there's "no additional evidence" in Trayvon Martin case since Al, Jesse, and Barack agitated the media circus...
Well, first of all, it wasn't the prosecutor. It was an investigator for the prosecutor's office who may or may not have access to all the evidence in the case:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/investigator-no-additional-evidence-to-show-zimmerman-confronted
But, of course, anyone who has ever dealt with Moron2Be know that he doesn't actually read the material upon which he...
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What is it like to live near a McDonalds restaurant?
It smells like French fries a lot....;-D....
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Mercy has a total of 100 dimes and quarters. If the total value of the coins is $14.50, how many quarters does she have?
You have two equations with two unknowns:
Let's call the number of quarters X
Let's call the number of dimes Y
We know....
X + Y = 100
(0.25)X + (0.1)Y = 14.50
Solve away....;-D....
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What's a diplomatically correct word for ugly?
a paucity of pulchritude....;-D...
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What does this sign mean to you?
Does it demarcate a red-light district, where are large number of female chests are on display and "for sale"?
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Romney doesn't apologize for being rich. He was born to the 'right' folks. Not his fault. It is neither to his credit nor debit, right?
The responses in this thread are truly fascinating.
The amount of exaggeration, fabrication, and red herrings is truly epic to behold.
I don't personally care much about how Romney got his money. He's just done what many many other Americans have done. It's not his fault that casino banking gamblers make much more money than real wealth generators. I find it a far greater problem that large...
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Have you ever gotten in serious trouble for uncontrollable laughing?
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I don't want___________________-.
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Cougar hockey player Nick Torres was suspended 25 games for hitting a Blackhawk player in the playoffs. Was that enough?
It's hard to say.
Both football and hockey have the same fundamental problem. They are sports that were developed and grew popular when the players were 1/4 to 1/3 smaller than they are now.
Despite safety equipment improvements and rules changes, the unavoidable fact is both of those sports are centered upon people violently colliding with each other. Some of those collisions are within the...
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I believe that the President of the U.S.A. should be someone who has served the country honorably in the military service. Anyone agree?
No, I don't.
Serving in the military does not, in general, given anyone special perspective on what it takes to run a democratic government.
Though I look forward to the watching the people with vague emotional reasons for justifying this notion do their mental gymnastics.
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When will prisons become forced labor camps?
It's already happening....:-(....
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/21st_century_chain_gangs/singleton/
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Why don't more people in their 20's want to join AB?
Because it's full of cranky old f*rts like me.....;-D.....
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Fried pork rinds with?
reverse peristalsis.
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Why are you mad at your government?
Because it has been sold to the highest bidders.
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Whether you are a righty or a southpaw, what can you do equally well with either hand?
I can shoot a pretty good jump-hook shot with either hand.
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Do you think Madonna is still hot?
Hot or not, that bicycle has been ridden by waaaay too many other people.....;-D....
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Have you slept in a car?
Yes, in a van, down by the river.....;-D....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=van+down+by+the+river
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What helps you face life and the future with equanimity?
LOLCat pictures....;-D.....
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Have you heard the good news of Cheeses? Cheeses loves you. Cheeses will save you.
I wear the cheese, it does not wear me....;-D....
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87 Chrysler fifth avenue Worth Keeping?
If it makes you happy as a hobby project, go right ahead.
But keep in mind a few things:
1) It will never be collectible. Too many of them were made and it was not historically significant.
2) If you do as you plan, you will spend many hours of time and many large chunks of money...and you'll be lucky to get even one-third of that cost back if you decide t sell it. Drop $5000 and 500 hours...
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Why is Obama still fomenting hatred, envy, and divisiveness? Can't he just campaign on his presidential record?
Gee, I don't know.
Maybe it has something to do with the Right Wingnuts who have been calling Obama a "Nazi Kenyan Marxist Terrorist Indonesian Muslim Communist Anti-Colonial...." since before he was even elected?
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What's the magic bullet?
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Before the GPS, did you ask directions from strangers?
I have no personal qualms about asking someone for directions.
However, I have an exceptional sense of direction and rarely get lost.
It's usually a non-issue.
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How is barack obama a socialist ?
What makes America different is that a substantial portion of our electorate is ignorant and/or racist and/or bat-s**t crazy.
A perfect example is the health care reform law. America's health care system is already socialized with numerous government programs taking care of special populations (Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits, SCHIP, emergency room subsidies, etc.).
The major planks in...
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Are you aware that ALL of you people on AB have absolutely no life?
What do you suggest (specifically)?
It's remarkable how those who plead for others to "get a life" have only the vaguest idea what they mean by that phrase.
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Girls, do you find this man attractive?
In the real world, the answer would be subject to two crucial factors:
1) How tall is the guy?
2) What is his wealth/social status?
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If you murdered someone with fried chicken then ate the chicken, could the police pump your stomach for evidence?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter
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Is there an better way to start your day than a Hot Coffee and a cigarette ?
Dawn patrol, followed by a Big John's breakfast.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dawn+patrol
http://www.tiptopmeats.com/menu.aspx?mt=1
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Are you a law maker or a law breaker or neither?
I am The Law Giver....;-D....
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What is something really dumb & ridiculous that used to bother you, but you're over it now?
Women....;-D....
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Men, do we all spit in the toilet before weeing?
I can't say I've never done this in my life. But I rarely spit and it's certainly not a bathroom habit.
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Considering it's 420 today, what are you doing?
Let's see:
---Goofing off on Answerbag.
---Going to class
---Doing homework
---Having lunch with my landlady
---Riding my motorcycle around town
---Giving away my old computer to a man on short-term disability
---Watching the Lakers play the Spurs
---Helping a friend buy a new car (hers was recently totaled in an accident)
---Hoping the Harmon-Kardon CD Recorder that I ordered on eBay finally...
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Do you have style,flair,charisma? Are you a fashion icon for others? My style is 'comfy'. What's yours?
Uh...no.....;-D....
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Will you be mad if I give you a small birthday gift?
Not a bit. It's very thoughtful of you to give me anything at all.
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What's the first thing you would do after learning you won the BIG lottery? Only you know.
Call my sister and let her know that I'll help her through her tough times.
Then take my best friend and his wife out to dinner.
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After seeing the picture shown in the video on this article, do you still believe George Zimmerman lied about his injuries? See link below.
To quote the woman from the iPhone 4/HTC Evo cartoon, "I don't care."
If Zimmerman had the right to "stand his ground" and shoot when Martin picked a fight with him, then Martin had the right to "stand his ground" and lay a beatdown when some self-appointed vigilante "neighborhood watch captain" started stalking him.
But, of course, in our country polarized between people who wish to...
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What can I find in your kitchen?
Ants.
No matter how careful I am to clean up and put everything away, they still come exploring.
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Why do some people resent others who have worked and made a decent living?
Because anyone with an understanding of economics, sociology, history and law that extends beyond simplistic sound bites knows that "Hard Work = Decent Living" is bulls**t.
Yes, being willing to put in some hard work biases things in favor of making a decent life, but factors of birthplace, social class, education, mentoring/nepotism connections, laws, trade policies, etc. and just plain old...
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Are today's "conservatives" really a socialist 5th column - perhaps even a duped and unwitting one?
No, there's a much simpler explanation.
1) The GOP sold out to the Corporatist Kleptocracy (note: the Democratic Party is scarcely any better in this regard).
2) In order to keep people voting against their own best interests, the GOP had to adopt (at least publicly) Right Wingnut bat-sh*t crazy policies.
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Is your best still to come
Probably. But for "special" individuals like me, that's not exactly setting the bar very high....;-D....
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Am I a loser if I live under my mums roof but I do help pay for the mortgage and bills for the rest of my life?
No, given how much the price of real estate has risen much faster than the rate of inflation throughout the industrialized world, and how wages have stagnated since the 1970s, the rate of "boomerang kids" is very high.
You're much closer to "normal" than "loser" given current economic conditions.
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When somebody complains about his or her partner, do you tend to take his or her side no matter what? Why or why not?
No, I just assume it's "business as usual"
(Otherwise known as the 2nd Law kicking in....;-D....)
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Are there such things as stupid questions?
Yes, I found a real doozy here....;-D....
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Do you want a dog? Why or why not?
I am not in a position to own a dog at this time, but if I ever am again, I most likely will get one.
OTOH, the Great and Glorious Harley may have spoiled me for all other dogs.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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If you were granted only enough money for a current need, what would you request it for?
Well...my health insurance bill just arrived. I could use the $650 to pay it.
That's about the only "need" expense I have right now.
If I could ask for enough to cover my needs for the next year or so, that would be around $5k.
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Should it be legal to kill someone for spitting on you?
As offensive and humiliating being spat upon is, it is no justification for murder.
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Are you sad that Starbucks is getting rid of the crushed bug ingredients in their Frappuccinos?
I don't really mind either way.
Unless you eat only unprocessed natural foods, you are probably ingesting all sorts of unpleasant-to-think-about ingredients.
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There, their and they're. What can't people get the differences right?
Because for most people, there perception is they're is no benefit to careful grammar, and their lazy....;-D...
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Behold the power of ___________.
Stupidity.....;-D...
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Who dislikes Michigan and why? I have been for a visit in the fall, and now I am here in the spring (Kalamazoo ). I just love it.
I think most of anti-Michigan sentiment is based on two things:
1) The brutal winters most Michiganders endure.
2) The urban blight in Detroit created by the rapid decline of
the American-based automobile industry over the past few decades.
I've enjoyed the few times I've visited Michigan.
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Is "Abstinence Only" Education, Really a Lie (See Below)?
Yes.
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A guy I used to talk to bought me some jewelry. Now wants them back Can he take me to court for it & get it back?
While I'm not a legal expert, I believe the principle is that a gift giver has no claim upon the gift once it has been given.
I recall reading of instances where men have sued their ex-fiances demanding the return of engagement rings. The courts denied their claims.
I believe similar logic applies to other gifts.
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Would you be friends with a devout follower of Ayn Rand?
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
--Paul Krugman
I may be a loser, but...
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What one thing NOT to say to Obama?
Were you born without a spine, or was it surgically removed when you were elected to Congress?
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Did you come to get down?
You betcha!
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Would you prefer indoor or outdoor basketball court?
Maybe it's just because I didn't get to play on indoor courts much when I was growing up, but I've always preferred the feel of the wooden floor (or the Wooden (Center) floor when I was at UCLA....;-D....)
The quality of outdoor court surfaces, rims, and backboards is much more variable than indoor courts.
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Why are idiots allowed to exist?
The human race would fall below a sustainable population level if all the idiots in the world were eliminated.....;-D....
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Should anti-immigration Republicans be arrested for treason?
Well, that whole "huddled masses" thing may be an American ideal, but it is not the law of the land.
There are other treasonous acts for which politicians should be tried (lying us into war, eviscerating our civil liberties, etc.).
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Men: Cleavage in public:
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Do you buy into the whole evolution concept? Why or why not?
Yes, because it is a concept fundamental to our modern scientific understanding of the Universe.
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What do you think of provocative costumes and poses or even nudity in opera?
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Is it racist to say you simply want to live among your own kind in Society?
If you don't want to live among marmosets, elk, or lemurs, that's not racist. Specie-ist, maybe, but no racist.
If you don't want to be associated with certain members of "your own kind" (the human race) because of arbitrary superficial group stereotypes then, yes, you are being racist.
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Anyone find it ironic that Mississippi is the most religious state, but is the state with the highest teen pregnacy rate? While
Much like Captain Louis Renault, I'm shocked...SHOCKED!....;-D...
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WHY DO MY FEET SMELL LiKE PUDDING
Strange. I've heard of a Pudding Head, but not pudding feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudd%27nhead_Wilson
Maybe, as the expression goes, "If your nose runs and your feet smell...you're built upside down."....;-D..
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Why did you break my portable CD player?
It's time for you to become an Apple zombie and get an Ipod anyway....;-D...
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What are the policies of Mitt Romney and Ron Paul?
Mainstream Corporatist Kleptocrat and Five-Time Loser Delusional, respectively.
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Have you been chewed up and spit out?
No. I keep hoping, though...;-D...
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what do you think about the company" HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS"?
Their tool quality is highly variable. Some of it is OK. Some of it is absolute junk.
The nice thing is that their prices are so cheap you can buy them for a single project or single use and not feel like you've wasted money.
For example, I was changing the front shock absorber on my Toyota pickup and I couldn't get the top mounting nuts off. After a visit to HFT and the purchase of a $15 die...
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How do I keep from going crazy from boredom at work?
Go tell your boss what you ***really*** think of him or her.
That will either make your job much more interesting...or you won't have a job anymore.
Either way, problem solved....;-D...
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If bringing home a paycheck means someone is dignified does that mean Romney's wife ain't since she didn't? Or is she an exception?
What? You want the GOP to consistently apply language and cognitive principles to themselves as they are applied to "The Bad People"?
You can hope for that.
You can also hope that someday Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football....;-D....
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Your experience with CCleaner : removes too much from your computer or just right?
I have never found it to cause any damage.
How much good it does is probably a "Your Mileage May Vary" situation.
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Lazio? or Manchester?
Yes! ....;-D...
(truth be told, I don't know either one from a hole in the ground)
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Good abuse? It was once common for fathers, drill sergeants, etc. to "slap some sense" into youngsters. Is there such thing as good abuse?
It is not always destructive, but it's not the way to bet.
Child psychology makes a distinction between ***Authoritarian*** and ***Authoritative*** parenting styles.
Authoritarian parenting can be quite damaging. It basically teaches children that "Might makes Right" and that there is no accountability once you have obtained enough power.
Authoritative parenting involves setting clear limits...
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How much do you hate it when other people are disappointed in you? Why?
It really disappoints me....;-D....
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Has anyone heard Bruce Springsteen's new song, We Take Care of Our Own? What country does he live in? See description...
It was probably meant to be ironic.
His well-known hit "Born in the USA" was parody of jingoistic patriotism (which the mid-1980s GOP adopted as a paean to jingoistic patriotism...;-D...).
Sarcasm and irony don't always register with some people.
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Mitt Romney filed an extension and will not file his 2011 taxes on time. Does that bother anyone? Why or why not?
I don't really care.
Against the great overarching issue of the regressivity of the tax code (i.e. Warren Buffett pays a lower overall tax rate than his secretary), the Mittster wanting a few extra months to get his paperwork in order is trivial.
Also, filing for an extension doesn't delay when you actually have to pay your taxes, it just delays when you have to file your documents. If Romney...
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is software engineering hard?
while (question == asked){
System.out.println("Yes!");
}
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I'm racist, what do you think of me?
At least you're honest about it.
You might want to figure out ***why*** you are racist. How does it benefit you?
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Does the Papa Tony's Crunchin' Munchin' Pizza Pie Conjunction song make you hungry for Papa Tony's pizza? Why or why not?
If they are messing with my Schoolhouse Rock, it's gonna get real.
On the other hand, I love this parody...
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What makes motorcycles so cool? Why?
They are an enormous amount of fun to ride (if weather is decent).
For anyone who like the dynamics of a small light car, a motorcycle takes it to the next level.
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How do you feel when you are dancing? Why?
Like a complete dork (actually, that's not much of a change from when I'm not dancing...;-D...)
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When did people start worshiping aliens?
After the Gary Numan song came out?....;-D...
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Did you know that women are complete wimps?
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Should there be a law against geriatric rockers doing revival concerts long after the spark left?
Only if we write a "Spinal Tap Exception" into that law....;-D...
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Am I okay looking? Honesty, please.
Better than me....;-D...
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Do you believe you are better off today than you were in 2006?
Financially, I was much much better off in 2006.
Emotionally, I was a comparative wreck.
Those situations have pretty much reversed themselves in the past six years.
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BOOOOO YAAAHHHH! All up in your face! How you like that?
Don't go there girlfriend!....;-D....
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Atheists: Tell me a dark/sick joke.
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I love trucks, anyone kind enough to post any good pictures for me?
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What should I take to a 5 day 4 night volleyball camp? Please list everything!
For some reason, the line from the movie "American Pie" where Alison Hannigan say "And this one time, at band camp..." keeps popping into my head....;-D....
Adjust your packing plans accordingly....;-D....
http://youtu.be/uYWQAg12Ko0
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truth or fiction Did Obama kick open a door when leaving a meeting with Rep. ?
Of course, he blasted it off the hinges with his demonic bolt of fire (or so certain Right Wingnut web sites would have you believe)....;-D....
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Need help! Design a nested loop that displays 10 rows of # characters. There should be 15 characters in each row. Smallbasic or visualbasic.
Shoot! I tried to show how to do it in Java and I used an "angle bracket" character that ate 3/4ths of my answer. Sorry, I'm not going to reconstruct it.
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Please spread the word! Why is not one taking this seriously?
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Go ahead punk, make my ____________
This one wonders if the criminal scum consider itself fortunate?...;-D...
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Is a "spiritual atheist" a contradiction in terms since atheists do not believe in spirits/ souls?
That depends upon your definition of "Atheist".
If you define atheist as lack of belief in anything non-material (i.e. anything we cannot observe and/or measure), then such atheism does, by definition, exclude spirits/souls.
Conversely, if you broaden the definition of atheism to allow for belief in some form of non-material existence that does not include anything resembling a deity, then...
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How much would it cost to buy your questions back from demand media?
More wealth than you can imagine.....;-D.....
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why isn't astrology not considered a science
Because it isn't.
While the definition of what constitutes a science varies, those definitions all tend to feature the same central themes.
For something to be considered a science, it must...
A) Involve some construct that allows definite measurement
B) Those measurements must be repeatable by anyone who follows the construct
C) The explanations for the gathered measurements must, in...
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why do we cry ?
Because you didn't leave the cat's tail alone.....;-D....
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Did you just touch my radio?!
Yes, there was a great song on it. I needed to turn the volume up.....;-D...
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Should traffic wardens be armed?
Well, here in America, apparently it's OK for "neighborhood watch captains" to go out packing heat (cf. Zimmerman-Martin controversy), so why not traffic wardens?
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I need enforcers, would you like to be one?
You got it....;-D....
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Why can't people learn to use the word "literally" correctly?
Because it's literally impossible for them to do so....;-D....
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Why do people living outside Major Cities have such Liberal ' turn the other cheek' opinions of inner city problems not affecting THEM??
What evidence do you have for the assertions inherent in your question?
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Do you like leprechauns or are you weird?
Yes...;-D...
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If the pinokio effect for telling a lie was imposed on our politicians...
Who would have the longest nose...
It would be a umpteen-way tie...;-D...
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What are the most obvious signs of flirting? just so i know if a girl is flirting with me, and also can tell between a flirt and a girl just being friendly. (sry, if u are confused by the question.)
Because guys are dumb.....;-D....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080401081904.htm
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What is something that bores you even though many other people seem to find it interesting?
"Reality" television, in all its permutations.
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A singer with a poor voice but a great song can still be a hit, true of false? Examples?
Gary Numan.
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Did your low SAT scores seal your fate for a life filled with hardship and low paying jobs?
No, my relatively high SAT scores obscured the fact that I have "Triple-A" math skills that are insufficient for high-paying "Major League"-level mathematical science fields.
I've spent the better part of two decades trying to overcome the decisions resulting from that misleading indicator.
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Are you pure breed or mixed breed? Arf! Arf!
Harley, the Best Dog Ever, was part Scottish Deerhound and part "who knows what else".
Don't let the stupid and arbitrary culture around dog breeding inform your notions about how genetics work in the real world.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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Obama says "Legalization is not the answer". Whats your answer to the War on Drugs?
I suspect President Obama does not actually believe what he said.
However, he is politically savvy enough to know that if he were to come out in favor of drug decriminalization/legalization, the Vast Right Wing Echo Chamber (led by drug felon Rush Limbaugh) would be on him like white on a Klu Klux Klan hood.
Given the 40+ year history of the War on Some Drugs being specifically targeted at...
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Do you think air travel is exhilarating/exciting or a pain in the a**? Why?
It's mostly a PITA nowadays.
Between the security lines, the hub-based schedules, and the knee-killing seat row spacing, I try to avoid flying when at all possible. Since I live on Oahu, that's just about impossible for any trip off-island.
But when I lived on the US mainland, I didn't fly to any destination that I could reach by two days or less of car travel. The hassle just wasn't worth it.
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On scale of 1-10, with 10 being best, how do you rate your life? Even if its low, please be honest. Let AB help :)
I'll put it at a 6.5. With a few minor tweaks it could be a solid 8. With a miracle it could be a 9.
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İ think hunger games is ................... Film.
an ignorable
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Did Southern-style cooking come about when a bunch of people had a contest to see who could conceive of the most unhealthy food possible?
Actually, most common daily Southern cooking is pretty healthy. I doubt you'd develop a bunch of medical problems eating rice, grits, collard greens, black-eyed peas, and the like.
What is bad for your health is Southern-style ***celebration/party*** foods. Fried chicken is delicious, unhealthy, and a PITA to make (unless you have industrial-grade deep fryers). Similar logic applies to much of...
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Depression. What it is really and how can be confronted?
I strongly recommend the book Against Depression by Peter Kramer if you'd like to know about this in more detail.
Here's the Readers Digest summary: Depression is a condition your brain enters when its stress-coping mechanisms are overburdened. This can be due to a short-term problem (e.g. A family member just died) or, more commonly, due to long-term everyday stress ("Gee, another day...
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Have you ever participated in a Flash Mob?
No, I have the wrong cell phone service....;-D.....
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The White House confirms; Obama paid a lower tax rate than his secretary. I doubt he is the first, So loop holes at work or what?
So what?
This has been true of every President going back at least to George H.W. Bush (cf. America: Who Pays The Taxes by Bartlett and Steele).
President Obama has (very weakly) advocated revisions to the tax code that would require him and everyone else in similar economic situation to pay a higher tax rate.
But the "Taxation is theft" Tea Partiers have fought any such...
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Can WHlTE men play basketball?
Of course they can.
In fact, if you took a cross-section of 1000 random "white" men and a cross-section of 1000 random men from any other ethnicity, corrected for time spent playing and learning to play basketball, you would find that the "bell curve" of basketball abilities of those two groups would overlap about 99.9%
This does not match your experience of watching basketball on television...
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Why is capitalism better than communism?
We don't know.
No economic system meeting the actual definitions of Capitalism or Communism have ever been tried on any large scale in human history.
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Are you pure breed or mixed breed? Arf! Arf!
My ancestors are from Eastern Europe, which was invaded and overrun so many times in history that the acronym for my genealogy (the part of it I know about) is GSLELFMURP.
It doesn't get much more mixed than that.
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Is it time to inject some responsibility into our welfare system?
__________________
Yes, let's inject some "responsibility" into our "welfare system".
http://www.amazon.com/Take-Rich-Welfare-Mark-Zepezauer/dp/0896087069/
www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Legal-Campaign-Rich---Everybody/dp/B000CDG8N8/
www.amazon.com/Free-Lunch-Wealthiest-Themselves-Government/dp/1591841917/
http://www.conservativenannystate.org/cns.html
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With all the answers you've posted on AB...what could someone find out about you?
Just how "special" I am.....;-D....
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Which Continent are you? (Online Quiz)
I'm on Oahu, so I'm not on any continental body.
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How do I wire my ceiling fan to a switch in this scenario? Hope the picture helps.
OK, I'll give a shot at explaining this.
The point of the junction box is that we only want continuous insulated wires hidden inside walls and ceilings, so any time we join wires together, that is done in an accessible junction box.
The reason you have two black wires and two white wires going into the junction box is that one pair of black and white wires is coming from the electrical panel...
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The answer is yes, now what is the question?
Let's go surfing?
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If you smelt it, did you indeed delt it?
The cats beg to differ with that proposition....;-D....
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Why do most robots in movies go "beep boop beep beep boop"? Real machines don't make those noises.
Nah nah nah.
Robots like to party on and get down.....;-D....
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Do you like being the reason for the smile on other people's faces? Why or why not?
As a lifetime member of the all-Comic Relief Team, it's not like I have a choice.....;-D....
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Do you fear youth culture, mobile marketing, the internet, and the Loch Ness Monster?
Yes, no, no, heck no.
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Today's computers are 10,000 times more powerful than those in 1969. So how come now we play "Angry Birds" and then we went to the moon?
It turns out that the kinematics of a flight to the Moon and back is not that complicated.
Relatively straightforward mathematical equations govern such a journey and the number of inputs and outputs is small, so not a lot computing power is needed.
Conversely, "Angry Birds" involves the kinematics of many more items (even if they only exist as software objects), a much much much more...
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If i hit you in the nose what will you do?
Then it's on!....;-D....
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Swastika building at US Coronado Navy Base... an accident?
Probably what happened is that multiple people involved in the project noticed it but thought "Well, if no one has raised a stink yet, I guess it must be OK."
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Do you have a job to do?
Indubitably.....;-D.....
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How many teachers do you recall cursing at you?
Just one: my third grade teacher Mrs. Agnew, who for reasons unknown decided that daily humiliation was the way to motivate an 8-year-old.
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What would you do if somebody called you stupidface?
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i am bord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, the crew of the Enterprise (and Voyager) showed that resistance is NOT futile!
Oh...wait. You said "bord", not Borg.
Never mind....;-D...
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Bought suv from private seller. Found out not safe to drive due to prior accident didn't know about.Can we get money back?
A lot will depend upon whether the seller misrepresented the vehicle's condition.
If he said "Yup, it was in a real humdinger of an accident. I don't know if it's safe or not." then you probably have no recourse, because you were buying it with full knowledge of the condition.
If he said "Oh, it's never even been hit by a shopping cart because I park as far as possible from the store every...
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You run off to another place and it turns out to be worse than the place you left. Over and over and over again. When you do stop running?
As the very wise Buckaroo Banzai once said, "No matter where you go...there you are."
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Who, anyone in the public or your private life, deserves a good spanking?
Too many to count....;-D....
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Why do some girls want to insult the very guy that they obviously like? Isn't that kind of immature?
Trying to emotionally connect with someone, especially in a romantic relationship, is difficult to do. It involves making oneself vulnerable.
People (especially young people) are often not comfortable being emotionally vulnerable, so they find ways to hide that vulnerability.
Guys do dumb things around girls they like, too.
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What's your favorite berry?
John Small Berries.....;-D...
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Have you learned anything from having se#?
As the old saw goes, se# is a lot like oxygen. It suddenly becomes very important when you're not getting any....;-D....
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Which Ab user would you vote for if they ran for president?
I'd love to see one of AB's Right Wingnuts try to be President for a week or two.
It would be amusing to watch them squirm as they have to deal with the reality of governing.
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Should presidents and their families be given a budget for their vacations?
Of course, we all know the ***real*** answer to this question....;-D....
When the President in question comes from My Political Party, then clearly he needs his vacation time to recover from his highly stressful job and his vacation expenses are trivial in the Grand Scheme of Things.
When the President in question comes from the Other Political Party, then he is a layabout slacker who doesn't...
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If the n-word is so offensive, why do rappers use it in their songs so much?
Goodness, I grow tired of explaining the nature asymmetric power relationships.
It's "OK" for a powerless minority group to use the language of its oppressors because there is an implicit sense of solidarity in that usage.
To use the rapper example, saying the N-word contains the implicit message "Yes, were all just a bunch of N-words in the eyes of the dominant culture...but we're people...
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have I lost my mind?
I am marrying a girl in less than 2 weeks, I am 32, she is 19.
History indicates that your marriage is unlikely to last.
But history indicates that about 50% of all marriages don't last.
Since we don't know you or your fiance, we really have no idea if your chances are better or worse than average.
But I wish you both the best of luck and hope that you remain happily married for a good long time.
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What is the best argument against democracy?
The Darth Cheney/Boy Emperor administration.....;-D.....
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Are consumer contracts deliberately structured to deter(buyers) people reading them thoroughly?
Yes.
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what are some good scary games for xbox 360?
I haven't actually played it, but I watched a walkthrough.
F.E.A.R 2 is pretty darn scary.
I can't vouch for F.E.A.R. 1 or 3, but the person who posted the FEAR 2 walkthrough I watched seemed to enjoy FEAR 1.
Have fun.
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Ture or False: John Wayne stands for everything that is MASCULINE
No more than Michael Douglas stands for capitalism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gecko
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How to deal with the fact that my wife's body will never be the same after pregnancy?
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Is your heart filled with anger right now? If so, why?
Because it is the nature of things.....;-D.....
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If you died and went to "heaven" and found you could meet anyone there who has died, whom would you want to meet first?
The most enlightened soul I've ever known: Harley
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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By now you've heard that Zimmerman is in custody and has been charged with second-degree murder. It only took 43 days. Is justice possible?
Judging by the other answers here, it appears most people do not understand how the court system deals with highly public trials.
It is NOT the case that the courts seek out jurors who are so media-starved that they haven't heard a darn thing about the controversy at hand (although such jurors are acceptable).
What the courts seek out are jurors who, DESPITE any media exposure to the dispute...
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Do you live in Merced, California?
No, I don't. I did contemplate going to UC Merced to pursue a Cognitive Science degree, but they did not accept my application.
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Are you a misfit of science?
I'm a misfit....period. (.....;-D....)
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Should young white people who are not racist feel guilty for the mistreatment of black people several decades ago in America?
Guilty? Not really.
Aware that the legacy of that racism means that they have privileges women and people of non-European ethnicity do not, ABSO--F****G-LUTELY!
http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf
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Who thinks they are 'The Stig'?
No, I lack his driving talent.
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Which girl is prettier/more attractive?
Yes!....;-D...
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What do you think about Zimmerman being charged with second degree murder?
I think it's about dang time.
I don't know if he's legally guilty, but the police/district attorney response should NOT have been "Well, you said it was in self-defense, so we'll let it go."
Perhaps with a trial we'll get to see ALL the evidence put on the table and addressed within a legal framework.
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What is one trait you have that you absolutely hate?
I have bouts of astonishing clumsiness.
For example, today I dropped my surfboard for absolutely no reason. My hand simply quit gripping it and let it go. Gravity did the rest.
When those episodes happen in isolation, I can usually deal with them. But when they stack up I get into a "death spiral" where I'm clumsy, which makes me frustrated, which makes me distracted, which makes me clumsier,...
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Last time I took shots of tequila, ____________!!!
The cat looked at me funny....;-D...
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do you remember the last time you kissed somebody, when was it?
I forget. Was it four years ago or five?.....:-P....
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Obama Attacks Women By Claiming That Being A Housewife and Raising 5 Kids Is NOT A Job. Obama caters only to feminists, disrespects others.
I would like to point out that given how wealth the Romney family is, Ann Romney probably had plenty of help (maids, nannies, gardeners, chauffeurs, etc.) in raising those five children.
That's a very different task than Joe and Mary Six-Pack trying to raise 5 kids in a 1500 sq-foot rancher with no domestic help.
So I think the statement, while not entirely accurate, was somewhat fair in...
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Should the Black Panther Party get the Waco treatment?
Yes, how dare they have a day of protest involving boycotting work, school, and shopping in favor of fasting, teaching, and prayer?
That's a fundamental threat to Mom, Apple Pie, and the American Way!
http://gawker.com/5900331/how-to-survive-the-new-black-panther-partys-day-of-action-a-guide-for-conservatives
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Can I just become a non-player character? I'm tired of this life.
What makes you think you aren't one?
Do you get to go on the epic quests and get rewarded with massive treasures, adulation, and hot babes?
Or are you stuck with the more mundane aspects of this MMPORG?....;-D....
http://www.twistedjenius.com/rants/?id=48
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What will cure my depression?
Since you are borderline suicidal, it is once again time for Old School's Standard Answer for the Suicidally Depressed™.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your problem is not that your life sucks. Your problem is what your brain is telling you about your life sucking.
This is not to discount your pain. Your pain is real, and it needs relieving. But the source of your pain is not your life, it's what...
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My cookies were deleted, how can I restore them?
Bake a fresh batch....;-D....
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how many people like to buy online goods Online?
I like to buy my online goods offline.....;-D....
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Should we start the party?!
You'd better....;-D....
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Why do people with a certain political background insult others with a different political background?
Because politics is ultimately about power and control.
If you can diminish your political opposition, you can seize power and control from them.
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Do you believe you need to be religious to have morals?
Not at all.
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Anyone believed in soulmates?
Yes.
Unfortunately, mine passed away a few years ago...:-(...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1797712
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Did the suspension that Ozzie Guillen received for his comments about Castro make him open his eyes to others feelings?
Gee, Star Trek did an entire episode with the central premise of a historian's respect and admiration for what the Nazis were able to accomplish in terms of bringing a dysfunctional broken country back to the precipice of dominating Europe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_of_Force_%28Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series%29
I don't recall mass protests about that.
I feel exactly the same way...
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Have you ever lost confidence? And how did you get it back?
One cannot lose what one never had.....:-P....
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Men, would you date or marry a poor or economiclaly struggling woman?
Given my current socioeconomic status, I have no room to complain...;-D...
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Are cats welfare leeches?
Of course not! Just ask them.....;-D.....
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What makes you sad today?
Life in general....;-D...
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Am I too negative? Are you?
No.
...;-D....
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What makes you wonder whether or not you should go to Wal-Mart? Why?
I don't have to wonder.
I do not shop at Wal-Mart unless I absolutely cannot avoid it.
Wal-Mart's unofficial motto: "We abuse our employees (especially women), our middle management, our vendors, the environment, and your local economy...and pass the savings on to you!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart_Effect
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Do you wish you could live in Beverly Hills?
No, for the kind of money it costs, there are many other places that are far nicer.
Besides, your neighbors might be godawful hicks...;-D...
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What is a CVV2 number on a credit card?
It's the number on the back near your signature.
Credit card companies and merchants use that to ensure that you have an actual physical credit card and not just the numbers on the front from a receipt or carbon trace.
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Could you beat the Grim Reaper in a game of chess?
I prefer alternative contests....;-D...
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Does anybody want to order Rick Santorum's birth certificate?
Is "God" listed as the father or the mother?....;-D....
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Do you find people in genral annoying?
No, I absolutely love people!.....;-D....
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Are you happy I'm single?
No. You're just more competition for the pool of available single women.
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What is the point of cussing?
F*** if I know!.....;-D....
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Has Obama made the Black Panthers a branch of the military?
If I were to take you seriously, I would have to post an LOLCat disparaging you for your lack of intellect.
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Are you being stupid right now? If so, why?
Because one should dare to do so!.....;-D.....
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Fox News' Mike Huckabee on his Easter episode said "The Atheist day of celebration should be April 1st." Offensive ? surprised ?
This simply isn't important enough for me to care much one way or the other.
I'll save my energy for much more significant attempts by Theists to impose their particular worldview on society.
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If a basketball player goes out of bounds does he have to have two feet in before he can touch the ball?
Yes, a player must establish position in bounds (by having both feet on the floor within the court boundaries) before he or she can touch the ball again.
Note that if a player touched the ball immediately before going out of bounds, another player ***must*** touch the ball before the out of bounds player touches it again, even after he or she reestablishes position in bounds.
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The Special Prosecuter in the Trayvon Martin has cancelled a Grand Jury Inquiry. What can we read into that? The case is a slam-dunk?
After reading a couple of news reports on this, I can only speculate.
My speculation is that the Special Prosecutor want to continue investigations without the potential public spectacle that a grand jury inquiry would bring.
While grand jury proceedings are secret, the courtroom where the jury does its work is a public place and would be a natural attraction for protestors.
It's interesting...
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Good golly miss molly/gadzooks/oy vey! Give it a rest! Yet another 'person' says Obama's birth certificate is bogus? Really? Desperation?
Being a "Birther" means believing the following scenario:
President Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" requirement to run for President.
The Republican Party, with its billionaire backers like the Koch brothers, and large "opposition research" staff could not establish this fact. Moreover, the Bush administration, with its highly extensive and intrusive National Security apparatus...
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Are The Supremes a justifiable expense or should we eliminate for budget purposes? What does it cost per year and what has it done for us?
The Supreme Court, as an institution, I think has been more of a positive force than a negative one.
The main problem with the SCOTUS is that the people currently serving on it pretty much all come from the same narrow socioeconomic/ideological background. It's not always clear if their idiotic decisions come from ignorance ("Gee, who knew that allowing corporations to spend unlimited money on...
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Does saving someone who would have made the gene pool stronger by dying, make mankind weaker?
No, this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of population genetics (one that is very common, but still....).
Before you go any further with this line of thought, you have to define your terms. What do you mean by "weaker"?
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So what PRECISELY is your problem with me? huh?!
You have a major malfunction in your numb-nuts....;-D..
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Why are guys so protective of their younger or older sisters, as opposed to their brothers?
Because guys know what they'd like to do to someone else's sister, and they're not about to let that happen to their own sister....;-D....
Conversely, guys know (or imagine) what they'd do if anything tried something funny with them, so they imagine that their brothers can handle anything similar....;-D...
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What do you guys think? Should California repeal the death penalty?
Given that the United States has "the best justice system money can buy" (cf. People of State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson), the death penalty includes an unavoidable component of randomly killing innocent (mostly poor an/or minority) people.
I do approve of granting government the power to randomly kill innocent people.
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I want 43 billion dollars
I think you have to wait in line behind Dr. Evil....;-D....
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Should all white people be forced to wear T Shirts with pictures of great African Americans from history with the caption "the person on
You know...as superficially silly as your idea sounds, it might not be the worst thing in the world.
It would give modern "white" Americans a taste of what it was really like under slavery and Jim Crow.
Of course, modern "white" Americans will complain "I didn't do any of that. I'm not responsible. Why do I deserve such treatment?". Well, the African Americans who were treated as sub-humans...
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Do strange men with scary eyes ever stare at you
Hey! I resemble...er, resent...yeah, RESENT that remark!.....;-D....
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If you're a software developer, are you enraged when people don't indent the right way?
Guilty! (of not indenting properly....;-D....)
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How do you feel about people who get offended too easily? Why?
They hurt my feelings.....;-D.....
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Is Slash a real person?
Every bit as much as Nigel Tufnel, Derek Smalls, and David St. Hubbins are real people.....;-D....
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Can you do me a favor please and just stop wasting my time please?
It wouldn't be Answerbag without periodic visits from Randy....;-D....
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What cartoon/animated series has the most catchy theme that you've ever heard?
It absolutely has to be the Speed Racer opening credits!
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Could a Metal Gear beat a Mobile Suit Gundam?
They can do whatever the script writers say they can do.....;-D...
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Why you smell bad?
It's sort of fundamental to my character.....;-D......
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Java compiler Do error messages it displays when your code does not compile help you determine what is wrong? Give explanation and example.
It depends upon your Java Development Environment (i.e. what program you use to edit/compile Java code) and the particular error.
I use an IDE called JGrasp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JGrasp
When I forget a semi-colon or a parenthesis, it can usually spot where I forgot to put it. It's also good at identifying variables or methods that are not valid.
But if you misplace a "squiggle...
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Are you more of a Democrat than you want to admit?
Define the term "Democrat."
If you mean the Corporatist Kleptocrat sellouts that have ruled the party for the past 20+ years, then the answer is "Hell no!"
If you mean traditional Democrats of the post-WWII "Golden Age" whose policies produced the largest middle class the world has ever seen and a massive expansion of civil rights, then the answer is "Damn straight!", and I have no problem...
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Is IT considered hard work or is it just pressing a few buttons?
Physically, it's usually not very taxing.
Mentally, it can be quite challenging.
Computers are notorious for doing precisely what they are told, whether or not we accurately told them what we wanted.
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Why do we spend 40 hours a week doing jobs we hate? With a finite time in this life, shouldn't we make a living doing what we like?
Because then no one would clean toilets, or wash dishes at the taqueria, or euthanize animals, or slaughter carcasses for food, or....
I thought after the film Office Space eviscerated this notion, no one would seriously assert it anymore.
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In the Atheist non-belief system, is believing in Astrology considered a "sin"?
Most atheists I've encountered believe that everyone should be allowed to believe in whatever damn fool notions they wish to believe in.
However, one should not base public policy on those damn fool notions.
If you wish to believe Venus being in the 7th house makes this a good day for you to do business, go for it.
On the other hand, if the President of the United States is using astrology...
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Who would win in a magic battle? Indian Indians from India, or Native American Indians from Indiana?
Hufflepuff.....;-D....
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Do you think abortion should be left up to The States to decide its legality/illegality? Why or why not?
No more than I think it should be up to individual states to decide if they should have "coloreds only" water fountains.
It continues to amaze me, given the racist and oppressive history of those who have previous waved the "states rights" banner, that some people seriously put forth "states rights" as a defense for some policies.
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Does it Bug you to see President Bush sitting right in front of home plate at Baseball games?
Yes, it bothers me that his entire administration of war criminals and torturers got off scott free.
It bothers me even more that his successor abetted him in burying and trivializing those crimes.
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Don't you hate it when people jump to their own conclusions and judge someone, or something before they hear all the facts?
Yes.
And you clearly must be an uncouth person of questionable parentage whose mother wears Army boots to believe that I would think otherwise....;-D....
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How can people use the zodiac signs with horoscopes? They are some 6 weeks out of synch after some 2250 years!
Unfortunately, people are extremely susceptible to charlatans.
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Do you have a friend that irritates you but is still a friend?
I tend to be more the irritator than the irritatee.....;-D....
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Do you have someone who attracts and irritates you at the same time?
Yes.
Pretty much every woman I'm attracted to...because the chance of me actually getting to act on that attraction is virtually nil....;-D...
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If Google offered you $1000 to install a sensor in your body that tracks every place you go and everything you buy, would you do it?
Google can take any such hypothetical tracking devices and attempt to digest via the incorrect orifice.
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What is the meaning of life?
To answer Answerbag question #1....;-D...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1
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Should Rick Santorum be publicly executed for kind of sort of almost maybe calling Obama the N word?
No.
The cure for bad/stupid/ignorant speech is good/intelligent/reality-based speech.
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Do you believe anything you see or hear on ghost hunting shows?
I don't watch such shows.
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How much influence do you think Independent voters will have on the 2012 Presidential election?
Almost none.
The fundamental problem with American-style 50% + 1 democracy is that the voting of "independents" tends to weaken whichever of the two major parties is most similar to the independents' views.
For example, liberals voting for Nader in 2000 weakened Gore. Conversely, Bill Clinton's victory in 1992 was partially due to many conservative-leaning voters voting for Perot rather than...
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What would you say or do if you were stranded on an island with Judge Judy?
Hope that she brought a pallet of duct tape....;-D....
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-duct-tape-island/
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What have I done lately that is so wrong? Everyone is treating me with hostility, and I have done NOTHING to deserve that.
We're just in that kind of mood lately....;-D....
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Will you worship Obama in his one world religion?
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What's something that's for Republicans only?
There is nothing exclusive about Republicans.
They are people just like people of other political persuasions.
They have a higher rate of cognitive metaphors that don't correspond to Reality, but that's certainly not exclusive to them.
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will you do business with me?
Only if it's cash on delivery.....;-D....
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Can you ride a Motorcycle
I can and I do.
http://www.hondanighthawks.net/
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When should a woman mow the lawn
When the "man" of the house is busy with other activities.....;-D.....
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Is there crying on this website?
Answerbag is not baseball, so the dictum against crying does not apply here.....;-D....
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What kind of things do the US citizens protest severely?
Someone being mean to a fellow contestant on Dancing With The Stars....;-D....
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The US president controls the ---health care system?
No, he doesn't, despite what his political opponents may say.
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Run that by me again?
Yes, it's true.
Despite what you've heard in the media, President Obama is NOT a Nazi Kenyan Marxist Anti-Colonial Communist Indonesian Terrorist Muslim.
...;-D....
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I just had this message from an alien. "Karn nes eh ping. Wah twah morah". What does that mean?
It translates to "Gort...Klaatu barada nikto.".....;-D....
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After birth abortions? What do you think?
It's a contradiction in terms.
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Do you like the smell of a new car
It depends.
In general, not really.
But some cars (European makes, especially BMWs, seem to be the worst) have really nasty "new car smell" that I would have difficulty tolerating if I actually owned the car.
The main source of the aroma is a class of chemicals called phthalates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_car_smell
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People are not psychologically wired nor have the innate ability to sustain a monogamous relationship for more than 7 years. True or false?
Actually, the evidence is that the fundamental hormonal basis of couples changes around 4 years (which is also when divorce rates peak).
However, there are many outliers. Someone on Answerbag recently celebrated her 55th wedding anniversary. I have friends closing in on their 20th wedding anniversaries with no sign of major discord.
What seems to be true is that people have different marriage...
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Are you going to pick up my mom?
You know you're just setting yourself up for a lot of wisecracks about your mother's avoirdupois, don't you?
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Have you ran out of soda yet?
No.
Safeway had a "buy 2, get 3 free" deal on 12-packs this week, so I stocked up (and bought two twelve-packs for some friends).
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I've seen fire and I've seen rain. What about you?
Those are pretty much essential elements of human existence so, yes, I've seen both.
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Are you a trained professional?
No, but I'm special...;-D...
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Are you in a downfall?
No, I leave that to Hitler and his generals....;-D....
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How much would Uncle Sam take out of $181?
You will have to pay 7% FICA tax (or 14% if you're a 1099/independent contractor).
If $181 is going to be your income for the whole year, then you will most likely pay zero income tax on it (the personal exemption on income is a few thousand dollars).
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I was recent release from job for hitting the supervisor table with my fist. The company released me for workplace violence.
Yes, they had every legal right to fire you. In most states, you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.
Whether you are eligible for unemployment benefits is less clear. You should check with a labor attorney (if you can get a free or low-cost consultation).
I hope you find a new job soon and learn from this experience.
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can you ask a question and not expect an answer?
I have posted several questions on Answerbag that have received zero answers or 1-2 half-hearted answers.
In the infamous phrase of (baseball player) Joaquin Andujar, "You can sum it up in one word: you never know.".....;-D....
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Do you go to night clubs???
Oh boy! Let's go someplace hot, bright, loud, crowded and smoke-filled. Sounds like a grand old time.
Sorry, this high-amplification brain prefers less input.
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I'm a Pizza Hut addict: What foods do you eat most often?
The Costco stores in Hawaii have a wonderful marinated/smoked ahi tuna product (similar to beef jerky). I just love it. It makes a great snack and cutting it up for salads is the bomb.
I go through two packages (about 1 lb. each) every 3-4 weeks.
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Diehard Baseball team Fan's. Would you throw out the First pitch of your teams opening day if you could?
Sure, why not?
I'm sure I couldn't do any worse than many of the famous people who've done so.....;-D....
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Who's your favorite Hooters girl?
I have never been to a Hooters and consider the whole concept juvenile and borderline offensive.
I think this parody commercial captures the inanity well:
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Never trust drunk women, aggressive men or_____________!
dining establishments called "Mom's"
poker players named "Doc"
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What's your favorite sound to hear on any given day?
Surf's up!...;-D...
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I think if an American Company opens a plant in another country, The CEO should have to move out of The USA. Comments?
While I am sympathetic to the notion underlying this, there is no practical way to enforce it that wouldn't go down a very bad slippery slope.
But it makes for a fun Gedanken experiment. What if those CEOs actually had to live in some defined radius of their factories (e.g. 5 miles). Wouldn't it be interesting to see how society would change if the 1% had to live and work in the close...
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Shouldn't republicans actually support government run health care?For example,I have heard of people not realizing all the immunizations th
The argument over health care reform has nothing to do with Reality.
We already have Medicare, Medicaid, veteran's hospitals, and many other forms of "Teh Ebil Socialism" in our health care. The current debate is simply a cudgel to use to beat over the head of President Obama and "Teh Ebil Libruhlz" in order to score political points.
And, yes, you are correct. It's actually in our...
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There are many "Yo Mama" jokes, why aren't there "Yo Papa" jokes?
Probably because, to use another popular urban expression, "Moma's baby, Poppa's maybe."
It does not good to insult someone's father if the identity of that person is uncertain.
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If i give mt cat a Viagra will his tail stay in the upright position
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Opening Day is here! Who's your team, and does hope spring eternal for them?
Go Giants!
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Milt Romney or Barack Obama? If today is election day.
I'm not voting for either of them.
And if enough people who agree with me withdraw their votes from President Obama so that Mitt Romney wins, so be it.
It's time for the Democratic Party to decide if it wants to be Slight Less Awful Corporatist Kleptocrats than the GOP, or if it wants to be a genuine alternative.
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“There aren't offensive words, only offendable people.” - George Carlin.
Your opinion on this quote?
This is both simultaneously true, and compete bulls**t.
Yes, if we we're all emotionless automatons, we would be able to take whatever speech was thrown our way without reaction.
But we're not, we're human beings (most of us, anyway), and we have hardwired (both biologically and culturally) notions of equity, fairness, respect, reciprocity, and the like.
Offensive speech violates those...
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what do you get if you put House, Sheldon Cooper and Jack Bauer in a room together?
Nothing...since they are all imaginary characters.
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What do you hate when your at the beach
Lack of surf.....:-(....
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Walmart is looking for a new celebrity for its commercials, who do you suggest?
Gordon Gecko.....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gecko
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If you were a rock star, what color would your guitar be?
Tie dye!
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One million children are at risk of starvation in Africa. Is Romney aware? Does he care? Has he ever even been hungry in his life?
I don't think it's fair to single out Mitt Romney on this one.
We could equally criticize Larry Ellison for spending upteen gazillion dollars on his latest mansion, whose sole purpose is to be bigger and more ornate than Bill Gates multi-gazillion dollar mansion.
Romney, Gates, Ellison and even this humble author could probably afford to spend more alleviating world hunger and not suffer a...
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I understand why guys don't want gals in their Locker rooms. On the Golf course? Why forbid women at Augusta? What is the logic of that?
There is no logic. There is only prejudice and resentment of social change.
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Is that a cigarette you're smoking?
No, that's just my awesomeness wafting around...;-D...
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Isn't it amusing seeing the Obama DOJ trying to backpedal his Supreme Court remarks?
No, it's kind of pathetic.
But it was evident almost from Day 1 that President Obama forgot to reclaim his spine upon leaving Congress, so I expect little better from him.
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Could you send for the hotel porter? There appears to be a frog in my bidet.
Is that something like this problem?....;-D....
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What time is it on your biological clock?
Time for hysterical mating panic?....;-D....
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Why does Death kill people in the Final Destination films? Would Death (the character) eventually die in some same gruesome, horrific way?
No, but eventually Bill & Ted give him a "Melvin"....;-D...
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How many so-called Biblical literalists have actually read the whole Bible? Are you a pick and chose "Christian"? Why is that okay?
Not to mention how much God hates shrimp...;-D...
http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/
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Is your biological composition so valuable that you owe it to the world to make babies?
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Is that a blank stare you're giving right now? If so, why?
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Are you in touch with your inner self?
Unfortunately...Yes!.....;-D....
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How is Your Slice Of Life These Days?
Small, squashed and soggy.....;-D.....
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What does it tell you about objectivity in journalism when Obama tells journalists exactly how to report his position?
Do you have ANY factual counterpoint to Obama's statements in the video?
No? I didn't think so.
Once again, you find a link that sounds like it matches your non-Reality-based ideological bubble, fail to actually see what's in it, and pretend like you've found some Great Revelation about President Obama and "Teh Librulz"
Don't you have anything better to do with your life than...
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After losing $$$billions on Saab auto partnership, why did General Motors buy PSA Peugeot Citroen last year?
GM did NOT buy PSA.
They bought a 7% stake in PSA and formed a business partnership where they hope to save costs by jointly purchasing components and working together to develop new car platforms.
http://jalopnik.com/5889324/gm-buys-7-of-peugeot-in-platform+sharing-alliance
This sort of stuff goes on the automotive industry all the time.
GM's purchase of Saab was an idiotic move because...
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Can you give me a word that has two o's in it? :)
Boo-Yeah!....;-D...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boo+yeah
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Do you prefer beer in a bottle or a frosty cold mug?
Yes!....;-D.....
Actually, I tend to drink ales which taste better when they warm up a bit from refrigerator temperatures.
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Artificial Intelligence is something that has been in the works for years. Does a robot 'thinker' exist yet? Pipedream or possible?
The mathematician Roger Penrose established to my satisfaction that human cognition is fundamentally different from computer algorithmic processing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Mind
While AI researchers have nibbled at the edges of the dichotomy established by Penrose, it's going to take several fundamental breakthroughs before Siri asks "Does this iPhone have soul?" or...
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What's one thing that You think, costs too much??
Nothing.
Everything costs exactly what it should. Given the realities of supply, demand, information availability, governing laws and regulations, etc., everything costs exactly what people are willing to pay.
Now, given the imperfections in every human institution, one can argue that many things could be produced more efficiently and sold more cheaply if those institutions were designed...
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What ingredient are you NOT particularly fond of in food? Not hate, just not care for.
I'd put mushrooms in this category. I don't mind the flavor of them, but the texture is off-putting.
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Why do I have to buy and "enhansed license" to travel into Canada from USA? (They cost $87.00!)
Because governments see "security theater" as a wonderful revenue opportunity....:-P....
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Isn't all this health debate going on, just a defiance against health meaning life, in life liberty and the persuit of happiness?
No, the "health debate" going on is all about a dark-skinned Democrat being President....:-P....
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-11-2009/reform-madness---white-minority
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When was the last time you combed your hair with a fork?
It's been many years since I had enough hair to enable that maneuver.....;-D....
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Do you feel that you are worthy of admiration and respect? Why or why not?
I'll let my brother comment on that one (he's on the left in the picture).....;-D.....
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How does stress affect you?
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Has a faculty member ever hit on you when you were a student?
Yeah, right....
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If you were on a first date with someone who was smoking hot but had terrible table manners would go on a second date?
Eh, times are tough. I'd give her a second chance....;-D...
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Even better than Pink Slime? How about wood pulp in your Taco Bell food and Aunt Jemima pancakes?
At least cellulose is high in fiber....;-D....
It's interesting, the Isaac Asimov novel The Caves of Steel envisions a future where most people on Earth subsist on various yeast products which are produced by yeasts consuming cellulose from various non-food crops.
It seems like the future came sooner than Asimov expected....;-D....
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NBC News regrets editing of Trayvon shooting call? why inject racism when there was clearly none in the call. Is an apology enough?
I think NBC should apologize for not revealing that BOTH Zimmerman and the 911 dispatcher were engaging in racial profiling.
If there was "clearly no racism" in the phone call, WHY did the Zimmerman and the dispatcher discuss Martin's race?
This one earns you an LOLCat...
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Hey guys! I have to ask a favor!
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Three men are paddling upstream at 2, 4 and 6mph to a destination 2 miles away with downstream current at 3mph. When will each arrive?
Is this the proverbial "Excrement Creek"?
It's good that they have their paddles.....;-D...
By the way, the answers are:
Never
2 hours
40 minutes
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What is your opinion of mechanics putting the lugnuts on to tight on your car?
There's no excuse for it.
Torque-limiting sockets are widely available...
http://www.torquestick.com/cart/home.php
...and every mechanic should use them.
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Here's one! Anything else?
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Are you the teller?
That would be telling....;-D....
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When i was young a sixpence was worth 2 and a half pence and there were 240 pence to the pound. Is it any wonder we couldn't do maths?
I recall reading a non-fiction article by the noted author Isaac Asimov where he found a mid-19th century school elementary school primer and reviewed some of the things that were taught back in the day.
Much of the "math" section was concentrated on knowing different units for weights and measures and the conversion factors between them.
So, instead of learning the underlying principles of...
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What would you do if The Supremes voted 9-0 to keep the healthcare law exactly as it ? Celebrate or riot? Why?
Shrug my shoulders.
The Obama plan does little to address fundamental problems with our health care system (i.e. that for-profit insurance-based health care is a disaster).
If it doesn't get declared unconstitutional, it will fail because of its own inadequacies.
The "debate" over the particular provisions in question are far more about scoring political points against President Obama than...
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Did cavewomen really looked like Raquel Welch in "One Million BC"?
No.
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Republicans created Individual Health Insurance mandates in the 90's. Obama likes it,they don't! Say What? Flipflopping hypocrites?
Yes.
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If President Obama required citizens to own a gun like Washington did would Republicans still fight individual mandates?
Your question presupposes that Republicans are fighting the "individual mandate" portion of the Obama health care reform bill as a matter of principle.
They are not.
The "individual mandate" in the bill is, in effect, a tax deduction. If you don't buy private health insurance, you don't get the tax deduction.
We have similar "individual mandates" for home mortgage interest, purchasing an...
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I've felt my biological clock ticking since 13. Getting closer to age 30, and instead of winding down, it's getting WORSE! How do I deal?
Go into a hysterical mating panic......;-D.....
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What do you think about the producers of "Pink Slime" saying that it is safe for consumption?
There are a couple of different ways to look at this.
It is true that "pink slime" is safe to eat. In fact, it is probably safer than the actual beef sold by pink slime producers, because the pink slime has been sterilized to within an inch of being inedible.
To quote Wikipedia, "The recovered material is processed, heated, and treated with ammonia gas or citric acid to kill E. coli,...
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When are non-Muslims going to start pronouncing "Muslim" Correctly?
Could you enlighten us as to the correct pronunciation?
Keep in mind that there are vowel sounds in Arabic that have no English equivalent.
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How can I get the courage to kill myself I just don't want to be here no more I want to die just don't have the courage to do it
You have an ill-formed question.
What you really need is the courage to keep on living when every fiber of your broken brain is telling you that it is worthless and pointless.
I hope you find that courage, because there is far more honor in continuing to fight The Demon...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonday_Demon
...than there is in letting it win.
I hope you take the advice of some of...
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Are you an obsessed fan of mine ? :)
Gee, I just want your autograph....;-D....
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Who appointed or elected Al Sharpton the prosecutor, judge, and jury?
Nobody.
But he is exercising his Constitutional rights to protest injustice where he perceives it has occurred.
Of course, Authoritarians feel this is impermissible because he has the "wrong" skin color, and the "wrong" point of view.
And lots of Americans wish to pretend that all racism magically disappeared in 1964 with the passage of one noble law, so they don't want to hear what Sharpton...
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What do you think of building 2 reactors in the beautiful green river area, endangering all water sources SW of it?
The same way I feel about all nuclear reactor construction.
No one has demonstrated that nuclear power is viable without massive subsidization and/or massive government oversight.
Given that reality, every dollar invested in nuclear power beyond basic research is a waste of money. If these particular reactors are being built in a scenic area, that is an additional tragedy.
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Most every gas station or convientence store in America is owned by an Arab. Why is that?
To the extent that this is true, I think there is a cultural element to it.
As a parallel example, the overwhelming majority of donut shops in California are owned/run by Cambodian immigrants or their descendants. Unless we conclude that Cambodians have some genetic/cultural advantage when it comes to making donuts (a preposterous notion), the likely explanation is that a few Cambodians got...
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Do you like sausage?
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How come people aren't more grateful to live in a time that isn't as harsh as it once was?
There are many reasons for this.
One is the human brain's tendency to become acclimated to almost any condition. Even though I live on Oahu, I can't honestly say that every day I wake up thinking, "Wow, I live on Oahu! How unbelievably cool is that?" Occasionally, I have to take time out for a Hawaii Appreciation Moment and remind myself of my good fortune.
Similar logic applies to almost...
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Would it be possible for Neanderthal Man to have interbred with Homo Sapien Man?
Yes, and the result was the Republican Party.....;-D....
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How to rebuild a spirit that is broken ?
It's probably not worthwhile.
Any significant repair you do to a Dodge that's at least 17 years old probably will cost more than the car is worth....;-D.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Spirit
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Millions of cases of diabetes, heart disease, and early death are linked to junk food, while none directly linked to Marijuana. Huh?
But imbibing one almost inevitably leads to the other.....;-D.....
http://www.theonion.com/articles/everyone-involved-in-pizzas-preparation-delivery-p,504/
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I will be 18 this year and people on this site have told me to grow up when I asked political questions.
@Alesea - You are at a peculiar age. You have been educated to some extent, but much of the education people get through high school is more focused on indoctrinating young people in the cultural myths of the society than an honest assessment of how the world really works.
I strongly encourage you to keep learning history, economics, psychology, sociology, and whatever other fields you can...
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Agree or Disagree (Ideally) - The government can tax my income or my purchases, but they need to pick one not both.
Yeah, ask California how that works out.
Because California's primary taxes are on income and sales of products (but not services), the state's tax revenues fluctuate wildly with economic conditions.
Insisting that governments get tax revenue from a single source (or a narrow range of sources) guarantees that people will "game the system" to avoid those narrowly-targeted taxes, and that...
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Did the US ever apologize for the rape of millions of German women by US soldiers and their allies, the Russians?
In the video game Mass Effect 3, one of the characters comments that "War is atrocity committed in the name of defense"
That pretty much covers it.
Whenever a war starts, regardless of the "Rules of War" or "Geneva Conventions" or any other legal niceties that are pasted over it, atrocity is what happens.
That doesn't excuse the behavior of those who commit the atrocities, but history has...
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Seen the latest? Trayvon Martin's mama is trademarking his name so she can get rich from Tshirt sales. Surprised?
Or, it could be that Trayvon Martin's mother is trademarking her son's name to stop all the OTHER leeches who want to make money off of this tragedy.
http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/03/26/Trayvon-Martin-Trademark-Applications-032612.aspx
But, of course, since Mrs. Martin is an African-American and this has become a cause célèbre for "Teh Librulz", we must assume the worst...
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Is it acceptable to start drinking at 3pm on a Sunday?
I usually start much earlier than that...;-D....
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Are you a casualty of technology?
Unless you are hunting/gathering using tools you made from locally available materials, you are dependent upon the technological network that supports all of us.
While shifts in technology sometimes displace parts of our population, it enables the lives of far more people.
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Ok. .. The B-52's " Love Shack " with lyrics .. punch the play button .. !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzo4NHFKu9Q
I prefer the "Radio Shack"....;-D....
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What's the deal with the God that you worship?
Those gods are in your life every day....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics#Quotes
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Oh my gosh .. they just called you to the karaoke stage.. quick !! what song are you going to do ??
Rapper's Delight!.....;-D..
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Why don't liberals just tell the truth about Romney and admit they don't like him because he is Mormon?
I don't really care that Mitt Romney is a Mormon.
I do care that intends to implement the same Corporatist Kleptocratic policies that every President since Carter have promoted to the ever-increasing detriment of the 99%.
I do find Romney's plutocratic cluelessness amusing from time to time.
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My Music Library or CD collection is practically half ___________ and half _______________.
Half Joe Satriani (or similar instrumental guitar heroes)
Half assorted other stuff.
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My car broked. How do I make go vroom again?
Fix it.....;-D....
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Would you accept an invitation to the Playboy Mansion?
I probably would, just out of curiosity (and, of course, I only buy Playboy for the articles....;-D...)
But seriously, I would be curious to see what it's like. I recall reading an article many years ago (I believe early-to-mid-1990s) where a reporter described her experiences during a Playboy Mansion visit.
According to her, AIDS fears had made the place much less libertine. It was more...
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what did the senate house in Caesar's time look like?? AS in terms of decor and colors as well as any statues, tables, or other furniture?
According to great Bill & Ted:
"Much of the world looked the cover of the Led Zeppelin album 'Houses of the Holy.' It was most tranquil..."
....;-D.....
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What woman's body type is most attractive?
Yes!...;-D....
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Are you among the I sheep? Do you subscribe to the herd mentality? A new electronic thingy comes out and ya gotta have it? Why?
Warning: Video is full of profanity (but is &*^%$ing hilarious)
@RosieG - I'm sorry you can't see video on your computer
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Do you call people who see both sides of an argument "liberals" meaning that in a derogatory way?
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What is your main problem?
My numbnuts had a major malfunction....;-D...
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How do you deal with jerks?
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Do you believe George Zimmerman should go to prison?
I don't know if what he did in essentially "stalking" Trayvon Martin is legally prosecutable or not.
I do believe that Zimmerman is a least partially morally responsible for the tragedy because, even if he genuinely feared for his life and was forced to shoot Martin to defend himself, there is NO WAY he should have put himself in the situation where the confrontation with Martin happened.
But...
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Legislators extend courtesies to those who are on the same page politically but are quite rude to those who are not. Shocked? Surprised?
I'm shocked....SHOCKED! (OK, no I'm not....;-D....)
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U mad bro?
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I think i was just told by another user im not an Intelligent adult :( should i go back to school im only 24
First of all, there really isn't any one thing we can call "intelligence." We all have different cognitive skills and abilities.
I suspect the comment was simply abuse because of a disagreement over a matter of opinion.
I would never discourage anyone from attending school, but it is a commitment of time and money that not everyone is in a position to invest.
Please do keep educating...
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Would you do a 7 day a week, 12-16 hour a day job for a take home pay of $156,000 a year?
No, because the company management who are setting those work conditions are a bunch of idiots.
www.salon.com/2012/03/14/bring_back_the_40_hour_work_week/
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How good does your hair smell right now?
Probably pretty nasty. I sprayed sunscreen all over it before I went surfing and I haven't had a chance to shower yet.
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Ford F150/Ranger Truck or Toyota 4x4 ?
No vehicle in the world is as versatile and indestructible as a Toyota pickup....:-D.....
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Which is more effective against depression? Prozac? or watching cat videos on Youtube?
Yes!
The Demon is best fought with attacks on multiple fronts, including diet, exercise, medication, talk therapy, behavior changes, mediation, active appreciation, and many other techniques.
Pets can be an enormous source of solace and joy.
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I really need to talk to a priest. Does anyone know if they will tell anyone if I am considering suicide? Please help.
If you are considering suicide, then it is once again time for Old School's Standard Answer for the Suicidally Depressed(TM):
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your problem is not that your life sucks. Your problem is what your brain is telling you about your life sucking.
This is not to discount your pain. Your pain is real, and it needs relieving. But the source of your pain is not your life, it's...
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Would girls wear a tanktop and no bra or outer shirt in public?
I see it nearly every day on campus.
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What do you think about the whole Trayvon Martin case?
If the ultimate facts of the case closely resemble what has been reported so far and what we can reasonably project, I think what we have here is tragic accident utterly steeped in racism.
What I believe happened is that Zimmerman was "sick of those people" committing crimes in his neighborhood, and based on skin color/dress assumed that Martin was one of "those people".
Meanwhile, when...
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Given the way various political figures, activists, news organizations, etc., that have been stirring pot, can George Zimmerman even get...
Gee, isn't it amazing how much faith Right Wingnuts have in human beings when it comes to rationally employing firearms, whether or not to pollute the environment, the ability to shut out the legacy of prejudice in their society and judge people as individuals, etc.?
But for some reason once those same people get empaneled on a jury, they will be helpless drones who will simply fall victim to...
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What benefits accrue to the US when illegals are deported? What if retirees were deported instead? Medicare/medicaid eliminated? Oorah?
Don't give the GOP ideas!....;-D....
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Why do people have such a hatred for the rich and large corporations?
Because corporations by their very nature are psychopaths.
Hating corporations is as natural as hating Charles Manson.
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How many times have you been informed that you've won the 20 million dollar, pound, yen, mark, euro lottery?
Probably hundreds by now. Thankfully, the spam filter on my e-mail (Yahoo mail) dumps nearly 100% into the appropriate receptacle.
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January Jones ate the Placenta in a drink from her new born son believing it was nutritious. What do you think of that?
That's OK. I'm more into Christina Hendricks anyway.....;-D....
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Would you like to buy a car?
No, I like not having a car payment.
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What urge, if any, do you feel right now? Why?
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Are you starggeringly good looking?
Yes, it's staggering how not good looking I am....;-D....
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can i have your Car ?
Check back with me in a couple of years.
Right now, I need it. But it's worth so little money that I'll probably give it away to the next soul that is in need of its aloha.
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What is a ''SIN'' according to you ??
It's a button on my calculator.....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine
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Does speed always beat power?
There is an old aphorism about basketball but it applies in general to the speed vs. power question.
"Quick guys get tired. Big guys don't shrink."
In any contest where endurance or fatigue becomes a factor, power usually wins out over speed.
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Is knowing the answer to many inconsequential and/or trivial questions a genuine sign of intelligence?
Yes.....;-D.....
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Why are you holding a propeller, man?
Because if I didn't my beanie cap would fly away.....;-D....
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Do you think this is worthy of being expelled? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/27/student_expelled_fbomb/
Didn't you know?
High school students have no civil rights that adults are bound to respect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bong_hits_for_jesus
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Tomorrow Dieter and I celebrate our 55 year marriage. Would you like to join us? Party is ready to go, snacks are ready and the bar is open.
May the next fifty-five years be as grand as the last.
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Are there any TV preachers you just can't watch/listen to?
Every one of them sound like "Dr. Will" from the original 1977 version of Fun with Dick and Jane.
"Money loves me. Money loves to be in my pocket. And if you donate a dollar to the Lord today, he will reward you tenfold in some mysterious way...."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_with_Dick_and_Jane_%281977_film%29
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What would keep congress from mandating burial services or cell phones be purchased?
The government already does "mandate" these things.
Part of the taxes you pay supports disposal of dead people who do not have some means of privately paying for burial.
This is to your benefit, as otherwise dead bodies would pile up with all the sanitary issues that would cause.
Similarly, part of your cell phone bill is a tax to support cell phone services for disadvantaged people.
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Our tax increases are fixing to go up 43%, part of that will be Obamacare.
Waffles. The eighth dimension. Can I interest you in a really fine set of encyclopedias?
See, I can post random nonsensical sentences just like you can....;-D....
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What would you not expect to be the secret ingredient in Iron Chef?
Humor welcome.
Rocky Mountain oysters....;-D...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_mountain_oysters
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Was the film RoboCop the greatest film ever made
No.
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What's does your cat likes to drink?
Beer!....;-D....
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Jackson says "Targeting, arresting, convicting blacks and ultimately killing us is big business."
I find nothing controversial about Jessie Jackson's claims in this regard.
Think of all the money made by construction companies, institutional food suppliers, police officers, district attorneys, home security system companies, real estate agents, etc. all based upon the fear of African-Americans.
Think of all the politicians who have exploited racial fears for political gain.
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Jesse Jackson says "Blacks are under attack" in his latest photo op in the Trayvon Martin case.
Many things can simultaneously be true:
It can be true that "black are under attack" in the United States.
White people do not get pulled over for "driving while white"
White people do not get their resumes round-filed for "white-sounding names"
White people do not suffer disproportionately long prison-sentences for their powder cocaine/oxycontin drug crimes compared to their crack-cocaine...
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Subsidies are what rich folks get for doing nothing. Unemployment/welfare is what poor folks get. What's the difference?
Rich folks can afford to buy politicians and propaganda networks, so they can both dampen public outrage about their subsidies and ensure that those subsidies continue despite popular opposition.
Poor people don't have those options.
www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Legal-Campaign-Rich---Everybody/dp/B000CDG8N8/
www.amazon.com/Free-Lunch-Wealthiest-Themselves-Government/dp/B002HREKHS/
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Why would a cat leave a perfectly good home to go and try to live in someone elses house?
Cats have their own complex set of territorial and social networks that they negotiate with the other cats and creatures in their environment.
Sometimes the boundaries of these networks do not match what human beings have set up for cats.
When I was growing up, we had many many cats. Sometimes they got along, sometimes they didn't. Two cats who could barely stand each other set up a mutual...
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Do game noises and tunes drive you mad?
There's a group of people centered around the hobby of talking old video game consoles and using their sound chips as musical instruments.
I suggest anyone who doesn't like video game sounds to avoid these people....;-D....
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What does your car say about you?
That my days as a "car guy" are over.....;-D....
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How likely is it that a fine untroublesome 17-yr-old "on the right path" would find himself on a 10-day school suspension?
Given the past few decades of a "use brute force, and when that doesn't work, apply more brute force" approach to discipline/criminal punishment in America, it would not surprise me at all to see a 17-year-old get a 10-day school suspension for something minor.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-01-16/justice/teen.strip.search_1_strip-searched-savana-redding-ibuprofen?_s=PM:CRIME
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Cheney got a heart transplant at age 71. Anyone know why? What did he/will he contribute and who would have been more deserving?
I guess after so many years without one they decided to see what he'd be like if he actually had one....;-D...
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How many beers should I drink?
One is enough...if it's the right beer.....;-D....
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Have you ever been to Reno ?
I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him put on his safety goggles to use a drill press....;-D....
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HI, CA or FL? Where would you prefer to live?
I grew up in Southern California
I lived my most of my adulthood in Northern California.
I now live on Oahu.
All things being equal (income, approximate quality of housing, no drug gangs next door, etc.), I'll take Hawaii.
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Are YOU everything im not !
Very likely.....;-D...
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Has love ever consumed you?
Nope!
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This is my first try at this, I'm sixteen y.o. are there may here that ask and answer that are around my age? And . ...
Welcome to Answerbag!
It's always nice to have fresh meat....er....new members....;-D...
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Are you more dateable or f***able? Why?
Neither. I'm more rejectable......;-D....
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Are any of these girls hot enough to be a model?
Your question is based on a false premise.
The criterion for becoming a model is not being sufficiently attractive.
The criterion is being sufficiently attractive AND having some aspect that is unusual (usually exceptionally slenderness)
Mass Media Culture can't sell you status anxiety or sexual insecurity if the attractive person pitching their product looks like you or somebody you know.
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Do you think it's time to remove Shakespeare from American curricula?
No, I think Shakespeare is still quite relevant.
Your point that Americans should be exposed to other world authors is well-taken, but this shouldn't be an either-or proposition.
Perhaps Shakespearean writings should be matched with similar writings from other cultures so students can see both the universality of narratives and the cultural differences.
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How do you dress to clean house?
Badassfully!....;-D....
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Who's your daddy?
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Have you ever hacked a vending machine?
Just as a curious coincidence, the term "hacker" in computer circles used to refer to anyone who spent significant time using/programming computers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker%27s_dictionary
As it so happen, right now in my introductory Java course, I'm trying to create a program for a "virtual vending machine", so in some sense I'm "hacking" it....;-D...
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Why pay Obama's fuel bills while he is parading as a potential presidential candidate? He must use more fuel in a day than we use in a year
This was a non-issue for every President prior to President Obama.
Your whining about it says more about your ignorance of history and/or hypocrisy than it does about President Obama's fuel use.
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Is America the real terrorist?
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Why do men equate big cars and loud motorcycles with being "macho"?
Because women are attracted to 1) High-status men and/or 2) Men outside of their "tribe" (which, in modern terms, translates to "bad boys").
Big cars tend to be owned by men of high social-status.
Loud obnoxious motorcycles have historically been ridden by "bad boys" (mostly PTSD-suffering war veterans).
Other men notice these patterns and try to take advantage of it.
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Would you like the banks to teach your young how it should be done?
Oh that's just great!
What's next? Drug dealers teaching kids about healthy habits?
Fast-food companies teaching kids about nutrition?
What flipping Corporatist Kleptocrat sellout thought this was a good idea?
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Does anyone enjoy their own company?
I sure do....;-D....
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Have you ever been rejected and it not hurt?
I have it hurt less than some other times, but the pain level was never zero.
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Will "Trickle Down Economics" not work if there is no faith in the economy and no faith if changing too quickly offering no stability?
"Trickle-down" economics worked exactly as it was intended. It duped the masses into voting for advocates of it. The 1% became even more ridiculously wealthy...and the rest of us got trickled on.
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If you were blessed to live in Hawaii, what would you do first? How would you live your life?
Greetings from Oahu!
Living in Hawaii is different from vacationing in Hawaii.
Living in Hawaii means you have all of the day-to-day issues that you have anywhere else. Jobs have to done, classes have to be attended, rent has to be paid, and so forth.
If you wish to come here...
---Be sure that you can afford it. Either be independently wealthy, have a job lined up before you get here, or...
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Why don't MOST MEN like starting out as friends 1st before becoming romantic with women?
Gee, I don't know. Maybe because it often turns into this?.....;-D....
http://www.theonion.com/articles/but-if-we-started-dating-it-would-ruin-our-friends,11473/
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Billionaire head of Sinaloa cartel thanks U.S. presidents for keeping drugs illegal. Is it time for a new strategy?
Yes.
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Does contraceptive cost a women $3000 a year or is it closer to $9 a month?
If you actually READ YOUR LINK (the inability to do so seems to be an epidemic among Right Wingnuts on AB....;-D...), you'd realize the answer is "Yes".
For women who can use the generic pills that Target sells, and have access to a Target, and we assume that Target is actually making a profit on those $9 prescriptions and not using them as a loss-leader (which they would quickly stop if they...
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How incompetent are you?
I'm a genius at incompetence.....;-D....
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What is it in getting older that makes us, "thicker skinned?"
Our hearing gets worse.
Our brains get slower.
So, if we're insulted, we either don't notice or don't notice soon enough for it to matter....;-D...
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Which meat would you like with your breakfast?
Why choose?
Go to Tip Top Meats, order a Big John Breakfast, and you can have as much as you want of whatever you want.
http://tiptopmeats.com/menu.aspx?mt=1
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What is the best way to treat depression with out seeing a doctor?
The book Making a Good Brain Great by Daniel Amen has many helpful tips on improving brain health and summarizes much of the research about vitamins, herbal remedies, etc.
However, it should be noted that Amen's claims about the utility of SPECT scanning are not backed by good science, and he recommends a particular kind of meditation when there is no clear evidence that one form of...
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God is great, beer is good, and _________________________.
...what else do you need?...;-D....
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A wealthy man, once said, if i offered you the gold or the way, what would you say?
I would take the gold, because any "way" he had to offer would be fraught with Confirmation Bias and non-repeatable random events that would be almost impossible to duplicate.
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how would you rate this girl?
I'd tap that....;-D...
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What do you do when you experience disappointment and betrayal?
Note that things are going pretty much as expected.....;-D....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_Law
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Why is it that the United Nations never condemns the overseas actions of the United States?
The United Nations consists of two bodies, the General Assembly and the Security Council.
The Security Council has five permanent members: Great Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States.
Any one of the five permanent members can veto anything the UN does.
There have been many resolutions in the General Assembly condemning the actions of the United States (and Israel). Whenever...
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If you're compulsively honest, you should avoid a job like ________.
Used car salesman.....;-D....
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describe yourself to me.
I'm the guy on the left....;-D....
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Does anyone wanna add me at Orkut?
http://www.orkut.com/Main#Profile?uid=17273801676051760705
What's an Orkut?
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Are you going to come clean?
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How aware are you of who you are?
Very. My brother has frequently reminded me....;-D...
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What is the first thing your eyes would say to me?
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What do you view as an excuse to get drunk? Why?
Days that end in a "y".....;-D....
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Wow. I guess you don't have to know anything about fiscal responsibility to work for the government.
I would note the link your provide mentions how the Ex-Im bank performed a similarly ridiculous subsidy for Enron Corp.
Which brings up two points:
1) The Enron subsidy happened almost 10 years ago. Did you and the Examiner columnist have your panties in a bunch about it back then? Or was that OK because a Republican was in the White House?
2) The fates of Enron, Tyco, WorldComm, Global...
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Can you become an angel?
No, I don't believe I have the necessary qualifications....;-D....
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Do you ever spell words in funny ways to imitate certain accents?
Ah haave nohhhh eyedeahhh whaat yah'all are tawking about....;-D....
http://soundcomparisons.com/
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Do you agree with Eminem's greatest rapper list in "Till I Collapse"? He says "Reggie (redman), Jay-Z, Tupac, and Biggie, Andre from Outkast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me (Himself)"
What? Allen Iverson and Michael Steele didn't make the list?
That's nonsense!
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Do you like being given jewels? Why or why not?
No, not really....;-D...
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Is my life over?
If your avatar photo is accurate, you are FAR too young for your life to be over.
You'll be amazed at how much there is left for you to do.
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vanilla icecream goes really well with ___________!
Yes!....;-D...
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If a billiard ball is placed at both ends of a pool stick w/no space between the stick and the balls and we tap SOS on one ball by poking it with a finger towards the pool stick, would not the other ball receive the same pokes and SOS faster than light?
This would only be true if you had an infinitely light infinitely rigid pool cue made of Unobtanium.
In the real world, your SOS tapping translates to pressure pulses in the pool cue. The speed of propagation of those pressure pulses is governed by the material properties of the cue. A good first-order approximation is that the pulses would travel at the speed of sound for the pool cue...
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Anything faster than Light?
Actually, yes.
There are several things in the Universe that travel faster than light. The most famous is the action of quantum entanglement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement#Entanglement.2C_non-locality_and_hidden_variables
However, none of the "things" that can travel faster than light possess any mass, nor can they transmit information.
Here's a very good book that gives...
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Got something constructive to say?
No.
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Woman fearing "Obamacare" and "death panels" refuses to go to the doctor and dies. What do you think of this case?
Given the reality of how the human mind works, I'm not terribly surprised.
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What's the most useless thing in your house right now??
Other than the person who pays the rent?.....;-D.....
My CD recorder drawer doesn't open. I've been trying to get a replacement on Ebay, but I keep getting outbid.
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Can I borrow your luck for a day?
You really don't want to do that....;-D....
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Who is the most annoying game show host?
Yes!....;-D...
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This past weekend in Chicago 10 people were shot dead; another 39 were wounded. Why is this not world news? Do people just not care?
Gee, a city of nearly 3 million people (almost 10 million in the greater metropolitan area) with wealth/income stratification similar to any banana republic you'd care to name, and a thriving criminal gang-dominated black market (thanks to the War on Some Drugs) and somehow we're shocked...SHOCKED when there's a random uptick in criminal violence.
Get a clue, people. Or, at the very least,...
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Grumpy People: Have you tried Laugh Therapy?
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why are the angry birds so angry??
Because they're not getting royalties from the app sales...;-D...
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which one of the following behaviors do u find most annoying ?
Yes!....;-D....
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Would anyone mind grabbing a gallon of milk from the store for me? I baked some brownies, and I have no milk to drink with them... :(
That will be about $155.
$5 for the gallon of milk.
$150 to ship it overnight in a cold pack from Hawaii.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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What does human meat taste like?
Ask your cat. He knows.....;-D...
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Carly Foulkes, the T-Mobile girl, hot? or not?
I view this a few different ways.
Compared to the vast majority of the general populace, she is very hot.
Compared to the population of "hot" celebrities, she doesn't particularly float my boat.
However, there is one commercial where she is dressed in motorcycle leathers and she looks absolutely stunning in them.
I certainly wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers....;-D....
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Hey conservatives, who messed up America?
I believe it was a bipartisan effort.
Once both major parties attached their grubby little claws to the corporate money train, the outcome was pretty much inevitable.
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_________________ is inevitable?
Disaster...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics
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Is a Bailbondsman, liquor store, quick cash and 99 cent store two blocks of each other the hood?
Nah, that's your average Los Angeles-area strip mall....;-D....
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Why does my cat curl up into a ball on the bed, turn his head upside down, and stare at me with one eye?
He's listening to the voices in his head....;-D...
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Can Obama's $5-per-gallon energy policy be wholly explained by his complete un-knowingness of science and technology?
I should start an alfalfa farm near More2Be's location. I'd be a millionaire in no time....;-D....
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What would make you want a dog? Why?
Dogs are our friends!
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If you seen me burning a BIBLE in public - would you take action ?
For me, this is an interesting question.
I think I would be more upset about the fact that you were burning a book, ANY book, then the fact that the particular book in question would be a Bible.
The implied tyranny of suppressing ideas is scarier to me than the hateful message of "your religion is evil."
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How would you react when someone calls you an Infidel?
Thank him or her for being my friend....;-D...
Oh...wait. You said "infidel", not "idiot." Uh...never mind....;-D...
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Is it more important to have a realistic energy policy? Or to front $billions in useless grants to Obama's corporate donors?
Once again, I'm sure you were hundreds of times more outraged at the bipartisan failure to have a rational regulation and taxation scheme for Wall Street instead of "Whatever Goldman Sachs wants, it gets".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114829/Greg-Smith-resignation-letter-Goldman-Sachs-exec-quits-firms-toxic-culture.html
After all, that stupid government policy cost the taxpayers...
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George Zimmerman killed some black kid for eating Skittles in his Sanford, Florida neighborhood. What was that black kid doing there anyway?
Clearly he was an Al-Queada sympathizer....;-P...
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What airline should I take?
If you're coming to Hawaii, I've found Hawaiian Airlines to be consistently good.
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My __________ is very small. :P
...bank account....
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Lollipops or gum drops? (This will tell me everything about you!)
Incense and peppermints....;-D....
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Hey conservatives, what happens to people without health insurance?
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Hey conservatives, what happens to people without health insurance?
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You've changed! :( What happened to the lovely old you we used to know?
Surrounded by too much idiocy.....;-D....
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Who created Sin?
According to Wikipedia, it was a Greek named Hipparchus....;-D...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine
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What legal act do you think should be illegal? Why?
Purchasing politicians.
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Just Saw an Ad By Exxon-Mobile (See Below), "...Could...", Really? WTF?
Petroluem is getting ever harder and more expensive to extract, requiring ever greater inputs of money, energy, and environmental destruction. But, by golly, all that will "create jobs"!
So what?
We could "create jobs" by building windmills, or solar panel installations, or algal biofuel plants, or plug-in hybrid charging stations, or etc.
Heck, we could "create jobs" by having a bunch of...
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Are you badgering the witness?
We don't need no stinkeen badgers!
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Have you ever dated a Monkey
Yeah...it didn't end well....;-D....
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If you could play any musical instrument better than anyone in the world, what would you play? Why?
There can be only one answer: Guitar.
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Will you drown in deep water. The boat is 25 yards away.
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Do you click it or ticket?
Definitely lick it.....
Oh, wait....never mind.....;-D.....
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It's pointless to _______.
Yes!....;-D...
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The disadvantages of internet discussions are _________________ ?
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Can McDonald's coffee burn a hole through the crust of the earth? What's the brew instuctions 4 the stuff, brew at a rolling boil 4 15 min?
No, but prior to the infamous "spilled coffee" lawsuit, it could give you third-degree burns within a few seconds.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
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Are things really as random as some people say it is? Do you believe in "randomness"? Describe randomness?
There are several aspects to this:
1) Things are far more random than most people realize.
2) Some things are not random, but often it is difficult or impossible to distinguish the non-randomness without the benefit of hindsight.
3) Even with the benefit of hindsight, because we can't do multiple "runs" of individual decisions we don't know if a particular outcome is an expected one or an...
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Are you officer Krupke?
No, but I yam psychologically dis-toibed....;-D....
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If you flip a coin 99 times and it comes up tails every time, what's the probability % that it would come up heads on the next flip?
In the real world, something very close to 100%
You did not specify it was an honest coin, and even if you had, I would assert that you were unintentionally or deliberately lying about that.
This is an example of what author Nassim Nicholas Taleb calls "the Platonic fallacy."
Here we have an example of a real coin. It has flipped tails 99 times in a row.
In our minds, we have the abstract...
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Man on rampage stabs 4. Does that indicate an obvious need for knife-control legislation?
I wish the 4 victims a speedy recovery from their wounds.
Please note that the 4 victims are still around to recover from their wounds. Imagine how many more the criminal scum would have been able to wound or kill had he been more heavily armed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre
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Would you rather live next door to black kids who always smoke pot and breakdance, or racist white people who constantly use the "n" word?
I think I'd rather live next door to the breakdancers.
At least they don't have poles up their collective cloacae....;-D....
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Are you surprised obamacare is estimated to cost twice what obama said it would over 10 years?
I am sure that in your desire to not be a F*****G HYPOCRITE, you moaned just as loudly about the Bush tax cuts "sunset" provisions that hid their true impact on the budget, or the Iraq Invasion/Occupation (which was supposed cost a few tens of billions and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenue), or how the Bush administration disguised the true size of their budget deficits by funding the...
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We ARE facing a financial crisis. If Medicare and SS are off the table, what WOULD you cut?
Eliminate the Bush tax cuts
Eliminate the Reagan tax cuts
Treat capital gains as ordinary income
Reinstate the financial transactions tax dropped during the Kennedy administration (helps discourage financial market "churning")
Double or triple the IRS budget (from $12 billion/year to $25-40 billion/year) in order to catch the estimate $300 billion - $400 billion in underpayments on legitimately...
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How often do you stand upright in your wheelbarrow and pretend you are Boadicea?
I've never had that particular pleasure....;-D....
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Is it okay for a woman to only want males as friends & nothing more? Is this possible/likely?
Yes. Yes. No.
Find friendship and love wherever you can get it. Many men and women are not comfortable being "just friends" with the opposite gender, but that's their problem, not yours.
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Do you own a hybrid car, any regrets?
I don't own one, but I've rented a Prius a few times. Getting 51 mpg when you're driving from LA to San Francisco and back is nice.
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What is a good car for a hobo?
A van...down by the river....;-D....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=living%20in%20a%20van%20down%20by%20the%20river
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