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| Topic | Have you bought any art before? |
| KILBOTz 02/03/18 2:26:02 AM #6 | Yes but never over $500 yet. There are some large photos around $800 I keep wanting to pull the trigger on. --- |
| Topic | The west coast is so lucky... |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 7:49:09 PM #24 | 54 in seattle today, plenty warm for early feb --- |
| Topic | Is gentrification a bad thing? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 6:49:35 PM #56 | Paper_Okami posted... KILBOTz posted...Most people impacted by gentrification are renters, not owners. Why are their property rights greater than mine? so what motivation do I have as a landlord to be a landlord if not to maximize profits? you seem to de facto be arguing for rent control, and if you do any research on the subject you will quickly see it does more harm than good. but lets say there is an area that is getting nicer causing the market rate to increase but for some reason I am legally unable to raise my rents for existing tenants. what do you think the landlord does? Do they keep the places nice, trying to keep their tenants happy? no. they try to make their tenants as miserable as possible, often doing illegal things, knowing that the tenants that are getting these protections don't have means to fight back. and at the end of the day it is my property, not theirs. i am the owner. they get to live there because it is a temporarily beneficial proposition for me. and because of that i have rights and duties to them and the property. --- |
| Topic | Is gentrification a bad thing? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 6:38:01 PM #51 | Kineth posted... Esrac posted...Kineth posted...Esrac posted...Kineth posted...It's both, which is why it's not a net positive. doesn't that just lead to decision paralysis? how else are you supposed to resolve issues of conflicting positions? --- |
| Topic | Is gentrification a bad thing? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 6:15:55 PM #37 | Paper_Okami posted... KILBOTz posted...averagejoel posted...people are more important than property value. I'd support freezing property values based on what you bought a primary residency at, but rents go up. im a landlord, I want to maximize my investment. you think I shouldn't be able to do what I see fit with my property just because someone has been there a while and it becomes their home rather than my property they are temporarily living in? Most people impacted by gentrification are renters, not owners. Why are their property rights greater than mine? --- |
| Topic | Is gentrification a bad thing? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 5:48:03 PM #12 | averagejoel posted... people are more important than property value. no you don't. the gentrified area isn't there without people, people still live there. its just a matter of who gets to live there. and it seems "those who can afford to live there get to live there" seems better than "whoever has been there the longest gets to stay there" to me. gentrification lets highly skilled new people get closer to the areas they want to be, which seems to be a better alternative to me. --- |
| Topic | Is gentrification a bad thing? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 5:34:48 PM #4 | |
| Topic | In my experience, women are so much messier than man |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 5:09:36 PM #6 | seems women are more likely to be clutter everywhere, guys are more likely to have an inch of dust and rotting food left out. --- |
| Topic | What does a girl need to do to get gamer cred? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 4:55:33 PM #12 | |
| Topic | Why are 50% of the room rentals in my city "female only" ???? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 4:54:49 PM #6 | philsov posted... 1) The property owner is female and feels threatened by the presence of a male neighbor/roommate 3) someone living there has a kid and thinks men are pedophile rapists --- |
| Topic | What does a girl need to do to get gamer cred? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 4:53:19 PM #9 | 1) have her gaming be a shameful secret 2) choose to play games instead of going out to socialize at times 3) have a serious gaming machine (either dedicated console/handheld or gaming focused PC) 4) show bobs --- |
| Topic | Last time you been in a bookstore? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 4:46:08 PM #22 | I just stopped by my thai place and half priced books for lunch. picked up an Easton Press copy of Don Quixote (been looking for that) and a book on acrylic painting. --- |
| Topic | Remember when you saw Borat for the first time |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 4:04:29 PM #16 | hollow_shrine posted... Im_A_Dog posted...Ive actually never seen it. Kazakhstan is in central Asia. --- |
| Topic | Remember when you saw Borat for the first time |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 3:59:38 PM #14 | I was 24 when it came out. If I saw it at 18 I would have absolutely loved it. at 24 it was ok, a few good bits but a good amount of eye rolling too. --- |
| Topic | have you guys ever AC Slatered while taking a dump? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 3:29:37 PM #4 | |
| Topic | Dissolve the United States. |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 2:00:19 PM #14 | I feel more culturally connected to British Columbia than I do to Alabama. Time to redraw borders! Cascadian independence! --- |
| Topic | has anyone ever said that your SO is too good for you? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:57:53 PM #8 | my friends always hated my gfs I HS and said I was too good for them. in college I had a friend who thought any girl I was dating was out of my league. as an adult no one has gotten in my business like that. --- |
| Topic | Last time you been in a bookstore? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:38:18 PM #7 | I picked up a book on a collection of stories about gold mining in the Yukon. --- |
| Topic | Last time you been in a bookstore? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:30:19 PM #4 | about a month ago. I stop by half priced books any time I go to my fav thai restaurant --- |
| Topic | the Simpsons vs family guy |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:16:58 PM #10 | eh, seems more people still enjoy/watch family guy so cancel simpsons. seems like people only watch simpsons out of habit. --- |
| Topic | Tom Hanks will die someday. |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:13:08 PM #9 | what if tom hanks becomes the first person to beat death?! --- |
| Topic | How soon after college did you get a job? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 1:11:18 PM #41 | Looking at a calendar and trying to remember back: Graduated Dec. 16, 2004 Had 3 job offers upon graduation. Job offer I accepted I received Jan. 7, 2005. Start date was February 25, 2005 because of drug tests, background check, interim security clearances, etc. --- |
| Topic | What should my question of the day be at work? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 12:47:47 PM #9 | C7D posted... KILBOTz posted...Would you let a mad scientist cut off one of your feet for the technology behind the flying car? The mad scientist did not patent the single example of the flying car he made. You can do whatever you want with it, including patent it, but that will require you to reverse engineer it and do the proper paper work. --- |
| Topic | What should my question of the day be at work? |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 12:23:47 PM #7 | Would you let a mad scientist cut off one of your feet for the technology behind the flying car? --- |
| Topic | So my paycheck is officially $227 a month larger now after Trumps tax cuts |
| KILBOTz 02/02/18 11:52:36 AM #199 | HypnoCoosh posted... KILBOTz posted...I just checked mine. $3 more every 2 weeks omg I'm rich! lol I talked with a number of people at work, everyone making between like 70k and 150k, no one was getting more than $10 a paycheck (every 2 weeks). At the end of the day what you are getting now is just how the companies expect it will impact your end of 2018 taxes, could be my company is taking a conservative approach but my CEO is all in on Trump, the company even donated to the inauguration party, so seems like they would have the inside scoop on things. --- |
| Topic | Worst leg cramp ever, seen this video? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 5:24:19 PM #7 | I think for me lack of potassium gives me cramps. not nearly that bad but if I don't have my legs straight while sleep (like a leg tucked under the other leg) I will sometimes wake up in excruciating pain and limping the next day. --- |
| Topic | Worst leg cramp ever, seen this video? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 5:11:44 PM #2 | I only lasted about 2 seconds watching that. --- |
| Topic | Remember when Jessica Simpson was the hottest girl in Hollywood? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 5:09:48 PM #34 | Dustin1280 posted... Deadpool_18 posted...Dustin1280 posted...Deadpool_18 posted...Dustin1280 posted...she never was IMO yeah that era alba was my fav. also kate beckinsale around then was OMG hot. --- |
| Topic | what is your opinion on eating dog meat? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 5:04:40 PM #17 | I have nipples greg, could you milk me? --- |
| Topic | More than 50,000 American bridges are falling apart |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 5:02:35 PM #4 | Carlbertomfg posted... How am I supposed to get over this?! :D --- |
| Topic | What is with the obsession with food in Texas |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:52:57 PM #23 | I gained a lot of weight out of college because I was eating the garbage most people shovel in their face as like a distraction. I control what I eat so I don't get fat again but that upsets people. Kineth posted... People push food on their guests across many cultures. We just have BBQ and other fatty foods. to me this seems like an issue from a bygone era when food was scarce so feeding your guest was actually showing real hospitality. But it turned to an obligation to eat lest you are thought as a rude guest anymore instead of actually serving your guest. --- |
| Topic | Donald Trump and Mike Pence were at a press conference. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:45:59 PM #4 | |
| Topic | what is your opinion on eating dog meat? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:39:00 PM #3 | youd be an asshole to eat someones pet. but eating a dog raised as food is no different than any other animal as far as I can see. --- |
| Topic | Is the population of big boobed girls smaller than that of tall guys? |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:37:36 PM #2 | define big and define tall. first google sources tell me about 1% of women are DD or larger and about 1% of men are 6'4" or taller. --- |
| Topic | What is with the obsession with food in Texas |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:30:20 PM #20 | I tend to not eat at office functions in general. even in seattle people tend to give you shit for it. for a lot of people food is like how you bond or something. seems like for a lot of people food represents love or something. or is a replacement for it. when I was a kid parents of friends, aunts and uncles and grand parents always tried to force me to eat more and more because I wasn't fat. gave me body image issues where I thought I was a rail thin stick even though I was pretty muscular and in good shape. --- |
| Topic | White college tennis player suspended for racist comment toward black opponent. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:16:28 PM #10 | did the student who was offended know his dad? --- |
| Topic | Fuck Stillwater Insurance |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 4:03:15 PM #1 | Stillwater is the underwriter that Geico used when I briefly had them for home owners insurance. I dropped them August last year and have been trying to get the remaining balance of my pre-paid premium from them since then. They are now requiring me to fill out paper work to get it back or else it goes to "unclaimed property". Seriously, fuck them so hard. --- |
| Topic | So my paycheck is officially $227 a month larger now after Trumps tax cuts |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 3:35:35 PM #126 | |
| Topic | So my paycheck is officially $227 a month larger now after Trumps tax cuts |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 3:28:40 PM #123 | Uncle Choad posted... KILBOTz posted...I just checked mine. $3 more every 2 weeks omg I'm rich! I make over 6 figures. Could be due to my allowances but I didn't notice any difference until I went back and looks at my pay stubs. --- |
| Topic | So my paycheck is officially $227 a month larger now after Trumps tax cuts |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 3:16:37 PM #120 | I just checked mine. $3 more every 2 weeks omg I'm rich! --- |
| Topic | CE anonymous confession topic |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 3:15:56 PM #20 | --- |
| Topic | Cancer vaccine soon? Researchers at Stanford make breakthrough. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 3:03:20 PM #56 | Ok, so lets say you are a super wealthy business owner. Candidate A has a policies that will grow the economy by 3% per year and supports an economic model where your business is free from new competition. Candidate B has policies that will grow the economy by 20% but supports models that would put your business at risk of competition. Which do you support? --- |
| Topic | Cancer vaccine soon? Researchers at Stanford make breakthrough. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 2:47:56 PM #54 | Let me ask this in another way. Would you have supported ending feudalism? The feudal lords were the ones who were paying the taxes and keeping civilization. Shouldn't their voices be the only ones being heard? The serfs are the ignorant masses who have minimal skills and only have value when led by the feudal lords, no? As far as I can see we are making the owners of capital the new feudal lords and the arguments I see now are the same as the ones hundreds of years ago. --- |
| Topic | Cancer vaccine soon? Researchers at Stanford make breakthrough. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 2:40:51 PM #51 | FLUFFYGERM posted... KILBOTz posted...FLUFFYGERM posted...If you were a politician who wanted to best serve your community, who would you give more credence and floor-time to? An 18 year old NEET who plays WoW all day and doesn't even know where the town hall is, or the successful and reputable businesswoman who is employing hundreds in your own and providing critical services/goods? Your argument is going off the rails, I am not arguing for a direct democracy where each voter votes on an infrastructure plan and town budgets, I am arguing that the elected officials who are delegated those specific duties need to be working for the actual citizens, not just the owners of capital. --- |
| Topic | Cancer vaccine soon? Researchers at Stanford make breakthrough. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 2:36:54 PM #46 | FLUFFYGERM posted... If you were a politician who wanted to best serve your community, who would you give more credence and floor-time to? An 18 year old NEET who plays WoW all day and doesn't even know where the town hall is, or the successful and reputable businesswoman who is employing hundreds in your own and providing critical services/goods? I would say yes, it is unethical to prioritize the latter. if you prioritize the voice of the latter you will be setting up a system where they are likely to be able to continue their success without the former having much opportunity to improve their situation. both are just as much citizens of this country and deserve to be represented by their government. but the 18 year old neet does not have any real representation. --- |
| Topic | Would you say Lebron James is 'relatively close' to Michael Jordan in popularity |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 2:30:53 PM #13 | pinky0926 posted... J E S U S posted...Nowhere near as likeable but he was super popular and loved by all. modern day he wouldn't be nearly as popular since he couldn't control his image as much in the era of social media. if LeBron was at the same time as Jordan he would have been just as big but I don't think its possible for an athlete to be as big as Jordan anymore. we live in the age of iconoclasts. --- |
| Topic | Cancer vaccine soon? Researchers at Stanford make breakthrough. |
| KILBOTz 02/01/18 2:28:10 PM #35 | its not a matter of leading, its a matter of saying we are all Americans and all deserve a fair say in who will lead us. People naturally try to move up the ladder. Those who have power try to silent the voices trying to usurp them. We have a system that keeps those in power in power and makes it harder for new players to get a bigger stake of the pie. "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" The voice of the people being governed must have weight according to the founding fathers of this country. --- |
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