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TopicWhy did people support the drug war?
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 1:03:27 PM
#17
It's the misguided belief that denying opium to Chinese, marijuana to Mexicans, alcohol to Irish, etc., will magically turn them into productive Christian workers.
Or something like that.

It's basically: find a group whose general behavior you don't like for some reason, then ban something that group really likes. It's more along the lines of taking a child's favorite toy away until he eats his goddamn brussels sprouts, than it is overt racism.
TopicMy Little Pony The Movie Announced
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 12:30:55 PM
#8
Returning_CEmen posted...
This movie is honey pot.

I wonder if a brony-parent-cop actually exists...
TopicMy Little Pony The Movie Announced
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 12:24:26 PM
#5
RebelElite791 posted...
You know I'm pretty surprised this didn't happen sooner? Feels like they kinda missed the boat there.

You do a movie as hype is declining, not when it's peaked.
TopicMy Little Pony The Movie Announced
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 12:23:11 PM
#2
Yeah... I think I'll wait out a disc release.
TopicNBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 12:05:21 PM
#414
nicklebro posted...
I don't get what you're trying to say... Are you saying that because America is not on the same side as Russia, that Trump and Putin cannot be colluding?

If they are, this is one hell of a long-con.
TopicTrigger Warnings Are Absolutely Necessary and Should Not Be Mocked
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:52:01 AM
#52
hockeybub89 posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
After all, "simulated gunfire" isn't too incredibly different in intent than "TVMA DLSV"

They are both stupid bullshit, but I'd love if everything was just unrated with an optional warning beforehand. Drop a warning and then show all the delicious uncensored content you can.

There's no such thing as too much informed consent, really.
TopicNBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:47:44 AM
#412
nicklebro posted...
Antifar posted...
https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/850362299114176512/photo/1

Now if absolutely nothing comes from that, I'm gonna say it means that the Trump Putin conspiracy has been proven to be an undeniable fact. So you guys know what it feel like to have to seriously respond to such a stupid argument, then you'll know what you put us through everytime you post.

But, Trump and Putin are on opposite sides of this Syria bullshit.
TopicWoman arrested in "sick of fancy white people" hammer attack
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:46:37 AM
#17
Obviously, we need more hammer-control laws.
TopicDo Vita physical copies take up memory?
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:37:15 AM
#5
The hard limit of 4GB on a Vita cart has led to publishers into thinking it's a good idea to download anything past that.
TopicTrigger Warnings Are Absolutely Necessary and Should Not Be Mocked
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:33:16 AM
#45
After all, "simulated gunfire" isn't too incredibly different in intent than "TVMA DLSV"
TopicITT We talk about nothing political.
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 11:08:47 AM
#21
Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
One you can schedule out?

Allegedly, yes.
Incidentally, I've run out of flour for some reason.
TopicITT We talk about nothing political.
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 10:43:25 AM
#16
Got a bread-maker. It's kinda neat.
TopicThere is something rage-inducing about anti-adblock guilt-tripping...
Questionmarktarius
04/07/17 10:02:00 AM
#48
Pornsites are starting to wake up to the self-hosted image + url ad. Maybe the rest of the internet will as well, soon.
TopicITT Sequels that are better than the originals.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 11:18:12 PM
#23
Donkey Kong 94
TopicCan't believe President Clinton attacked Syria.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 10:44:27 PM
#14
Milkman5 posted...
She practically begged Trump to strike Syria just hours before he did lmao

I'm more concerned that both of them think this is a good idea.
TopicCan't believe President Clinton attacked Syria.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 10:39:22 PM
#2
That's an unusual way to spell "Somalia" or "Yugoslavia".
TopicNBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 10:36:02 PM
#234
DDP886 posted...
Iran next please

Pfft. Mexico is next.
TopicNBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 10:31:24 PM
#231
Shit-hits-the-fan things to watch for:
Russia escalates
Some country in the area starts lobbing shells into Israel
TopicNBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 10:03:42 PM
#164
Why in the fuck are we even caring about what goes on in Syria? At all?
TopicWhat's wrong with 20-30 hour RPGs?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 6:28:36 PM
#3
A perfecter length would be about 10-15 hours, and theoretically infinite side content.
Basically Disgaea.
TopicPepsi apologizes to Kendall Jenner for the Pepsi ad.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 6:19:29 PM
#42
MaverickXeo posted...
I really dont understand how the ad is anything related to BLM. Can someone break it down for me?

It treated a white cop as an actual person, instead of a faceless racist stormfronttrooper.
TopicThere is something rage-inducing about anti-adblock guilt-tripping...
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:40:57 PM
#35
Akamukai posted...
How, specifically, do companies make money from internet ads? Do we have to click on them? Simply allow them to play/exist?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_per_impression
TopicWait did Trump actually defund the transit system
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:36:40 PM
#43
TheVipaGTS posted...
It benefits plenty of people. You realize Amtrak isn't the only one right?

Well, let's take a look:
Elimination of all federal funding for Amtrak’s national network trains, which provides the only national network service to 23 states, and the only nearby Amtrak service for 144.6 million Americans;

$499 million from the TIGER grant program, a highly successful program that invests in passenger rail and transit projects of national significance;

Elimination of $2.3 billion for the Federal Transit Administration’s “New Starts” Capital Investment Program, which is crucial to launching new transit, commuter rail, and light-rail projects.

Amtrak is a money hole and will always be one, until it's finally put out of its misery for good.

The Kansas City Streetcar is not of "national significance". Not even close.
https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/kansas-city-streetcar-tiger-fact-sheet

And why, exactly, should federal funds pay for a municipal train?
TopicRepublicans just nuked the filibuster
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:30:06 PM
#63
s0nicfan posted...
What I wanna know is WHY can a rule that requires more than a simple majority to use be repealed with a simple majority? Who the hell missed that loophole in the early draft. Was it old Benny Franklin? That lush!

The concept of filibuster is not in the constitution at all.
TopicWait did Trump actually defund the transit system
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:18:48 PM
#40
Amtrak needs to die anyway.
$212 to take the train from Boston to DC, and they're still losing money?
TopicTrump's travel expenses in 10 weeks cost taxpayers as much as Obama's in 2 years
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:07:59 PM
#22
Maybe it's time to reconsider the need for a dozen cars full of secret service agents and a bigass 747 every time the president goes anywhere.
TopicWhat do you think Trump will do about Syria?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 5:04:00 PM
#3
Ship a bunch of munitions to the resistance. That's never backfired spectacularly before, right?
TopicWhat do conservatives plan to do about automation?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 4:57:04 PM
#122
Logos posted...

stuff is getting cheaper and better all the time. computers, smartphones, televisions, cars, etc. you can find higher quality stuff for less money now, and that will continue to be the case.

Seriously. Go look at an old Radio Shack catalog sometime.
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
TopicWhat do conservatives plan to do about automation?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 4:55:57 PM
#120
youngfossil posted...
hmm maybe, current climate of corporations tend not to pass the savings to the consumer.

But, that's how Walmart killed Wards and Sears, and how Amazon is currently killing Walmart.
TopicThere is something rage-inducing about anti-adblock guilt-tripping...
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 4:52:14 PM
#32
darkknight109 posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
darkknight109 posted...
Who it does make suffer is the content providers, since you've taken away their main source of income. If you are using an ad-blocker, then unless you're supporting the site some other way (you're providing content to the site, donating via Patreon, etc.), you don't really have a right to be using it anymore. I do think it's a bit selfish that people get on their high horse and say "I only block because the ads are invasive/really annoying/etc.", yet still feel they have a right to use a service they're now not even paying for.

I pee during commercial breaks on television. How is that any different?

Because a) You probably pay for your TV subscription and b) Even if you don't, the advertiser pays the content provider regardless of whether you sit there and watch or not. You're not robbing them of any income by muting the TV or walking away during ads.

And that's why internet advertising is inherently flawed.
TopicPepsi apologizes to Kendall Jenner for the Pepsi ad.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 4:49:43 PM
#34
Yet, there's no apology for a two minute and thirty-nine second ad existing?
Topicwhat is the best Magic the Gathering expansion set
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 4:41:07 PM
#12
ChromaticAngel posted...
Ever since Mirage shit went downhill with everything being underpowered and a boring easy to predict meta.

There was a brief shining moment, when expansions had "Urza's" in the names.
TopicY'all want some regime change in Syria?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:35:10 PM
#7
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
TopicSo oral sex can give you cancer of the mouth.
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:33:55 PM
#4
No. HPV does.
TopicCommunism has failed every time it was tried
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:32:21 PM
#15
CowboyDan posted...
That comic is a strawman though, socialism doesn't imply "no work" at all. I'm not really sure what that has to do with the tendency towards authoritarianism.

Success is punished and failure is rewarded. Working one's ass off and ending up no better off than anyone else just leads to apathy and complacency.

Even Marx realized that a great utopia of all the people doing what they can for the equal betterment of everyone is just completely impossible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_each_according_to_his_contribution
TopicCommunism has failed every time it was tried
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:16:31 PM
#13
CowboyDan posted...
Every attempt has devolved into some form of authoritarianism, often centered on a cult of personality.

It kinda has to.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxgnvDgUcAAJLN2.jpg
Topicmagic the gathering would be so mich better if they had hot girls
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:13:59 PM
#25
TopicDesert levels are never more than just okay
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:10:47 PM
#17
TopicCommunism has failed every time it was tried
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:07:51 PM
#4
But, muh Hy-Vee!
TopicDon Rickles has died
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 3:06:07 PM
#7
He was still alive?
TopicSo its gonna be Scorpio>switch>Ps4 pro it seems
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:32:43 PM
#9
Still waiting on a X1 exclusive I can bother to care about...
TopicShould i get a Playstation TV?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:30:37 PM
#5
If you can get the Lego Movie bundle for around $50 or less, sure.
TopicRepublicans just nuked the filibuster
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:27:58 PM
#14
PiOverlord posted...
Y'all might as well rip up this Constitution because it is as valuable as a piece of Toilet Paper now.

Do you even know what "originalist" means?
TopicRepublicans just nuked the filibuster
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:19:44 PM
#10
Darklit_Minuet posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
PrinceDBF posted...
originialism is just about the dumbest concept ever

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-judiciary/327298-critics-of-originalism-dont-know-their-history-or-founding

Originally, the Founding Fathers intended for the constitution to be regularly rewritten.

Yes. That's what Article 5 is there for.
TopicWhat do conservatives plan to do about automation?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:16:04 PM
#101
youngfossil posted...
all self checkouts are like that one crappy one right?

...yes.

and good luck buying beer.
TopicWhat do conservatives plan to do about automation?
Questionmarktarius
04/06/17 2:14:30 PM
#96
youngfossil posted...
a speedier checkout... who would want that...

But is it, really?

https://fnkybee.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/images9.jpeg
http://www.thepoxbox.com/what.php?id=checkout
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