So let's leave them to freeze on the streets, huh
So let's leave them to freeze on the streets, huh
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Isn't that precisely what the officer did?I don't recall the homeless person being taken off the street.
Hope is the denial of reality
I don't either, and I didn't comment on it originally because ACAB, I'm saying it'd be nice if we got people off the street and not on them, but there I go again disagreeing with Saint Ronny and oh well.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
The problem is getting these people off the street generally means getting them into mental asylums (incidentally, the closure of mental hospitals and the disability independent living movement are the main reason we have so many long-term homeless to start with), and no one wants to do that.
Hope is the denial of reality
Hence my reference to saint Ronnie
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Perhaps they'd be better suited as Soylent Green. Might as well turn them into something useful for a change. Right?Originally Posted by Loki
See, that's the best part about useless austerity, you destroy everything that could've potentially had value for no reason whatsoever. Back in the Gilded Age, the poor were at least permitted to scrounge on what wasn't digested by the rich, today they're to make due with mere piss. Who said private equity wasn't a hell of a drug?
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
My long-awaited and hard-earned sthlm vacation has been a blast so far. Beautiful weather, no stress, hanging out with some of my closest friends... even enjoyed the trip here, having almost no luggage and leaving the laptop at home. New shoes and a coat, both on sale and both just right. First time since moving that I've bought a solid pair of shoes for winter, my last pair having been just ridiculously practical (albeit not beautiful). Never thought I'd find a coat that'd suit me either, but H&M of all places finally delivered. Like most of my clothes, it feels a tiny bit uncomfortable around my belly... although perhaps it's more a case of my belly feeling uncomfortable around clothes :-O
Checked out the venue for the wedding, it was covered in snow but still lovely but def. just a little bit too small for my taste.
Tonight, more party. Now, breakfast. Or not, since I'm still stuffed from pigging out last night. Hmmm, shopping or Nobel lectures? Hmmmmm
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I was presented with a difficult ethical problem
Say you hook up with a slightly crazy (not abusive) sex-maniac
and say you end up boning her
but then boning both her and her little sister in the same bed at the same time
and finding that although they're both a little crazy, the little sister is sweet, loveable and affectionate
and knowing that you yourself are a little crazy (and a pervert like all guys)
... how far and how fast should you run?
Would you change your cellphone number and throw theirs away in order to stave off temptation?
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Erm, what?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Ditto
The world just became a slightly safer place to live in. In past, in the messin w/ groove thread I've mentioned an extremely incompetent and therefore quite hazardous coworker.
He was fired yesterday. Apparently, our boss, who sometimes is too fond of giving people another chance, ran out of any potential redeeming qualities she might've found in that guy previously.
The problem isn't solved completely - he will still stick around for a while, until he gets his Bachelor's thesis done, or (more likely) fails to do so. He's not getting paid for that, though, and he is to leave afterwards.
Carthāgō dēlenda est
Thats depressing and hilarious. Reminds me of some of the middle school events we have down here, where only 1 or 2 parents per school show up.
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SWTOR runs on my netbook, bottleneck seems to be the CPU, but it runs good enough to do the small shit, so I can play during my lunch hour at work.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Last work day of the year, in an hour or so I'll schlepp my bags to the office. Work a tiny bit, then schlepp my bags to the airport and fly to Istanbul. Where I will sit out all holidays and more.
Congratulations America
Schlepp. Good word.
I'm working throughout xmas and the new year. Only taking off the public holidays; xmas day, boxing day, and new years day.
Aaaaand just got a letter from the Amsterdam court that he's convicted, and has been ordered (In the name of the Queen, even) to pay me back
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Congratulations.Aaaaand just got a letter from the Amsterdam court that he's convicted, and has been ordered (In the name of the Queen, even) to pay me back
Congratulations America
Nigerian prince?Aaaaand just got a letter from the Amsterdam court that he's convicted, and has been ordered (In the name of the Queen, even) to pay me back
Mail-order date
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Seller on an online auction site that never delivered, and it was one of the exceptions for automatic refunds by my bank.
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
Sure this is will give some of you "government is a waste" guys an aneurysm, but its funny as hell the CDC has published something like this. Originally came out in July.
http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/documents/11...mbie_Final.pdf
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Eh, that's not even a big problem IMO. It's just their cute PR way to get people to have an emergency kit made. I'm more amused by brilliance like the US government having official stances on the Mayan apocalypse or using nuclear weapons against hurricanes:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html
There are plenty more where that came from. I understand why all of them exist, but it's pretty awesome that our government has to have a position about whether the world will end this week.
Wife is due 1st Jan, but think we're not long at all from having another baby in the house!
Also, that would mean I don't have to work Christmas Day
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
Wife is due 1st Jan, but think we're not long at all from having another baby in the house!
Also, that would mean I don't have to work Christmas Day
For the love of your unborn baby, do not rush it. Having a christmas birthday scars a person for life.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I can warmly recommend the 2nd as a good birthday, much better than the first
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
It's not as if esp. NASA scientists haven't been BOMBARDED by questions about our impending doom at an ever increasing intensity as dec 21st 2012 has drawn closer
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
How? Why? And more importantly... Uhhh... What?
How do you expect to run with the wolves at night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?
- Omar Little
its common for christmas babies to feel overshadowed by the holiday, they don't get nearly the same level of attention that someone that had a birthday during the school year would have. and presents, jesus, every year they get screwed on that with the combo christmas/birthday present. they will always think that they are getting short changed in that department, no matter what you do.
The wife was born on Christmas eve.
As for the how...sex.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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