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Canadian Taco Bell has always had fries. They usually sell it as a 'fries supreme':
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pres_madagascar posted...

Remember when blockbuster had Nintendo 64 display systems that had either super mario 64 or Pokemon snap running on them?

Remember game pass in the summers? That was the single best thing to happen to a teenager on summer break during the ps2 Era.

what the fuck was gamepass?

my blockbusters certainly didn't have that (canada)
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Hairy-man posted...

I live in Canada man wtf is Chipotle

we have chipotle in toronto, not sure about the rest of canada though
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I poke my head out of the gutter for one second and fate shovels shit into my face
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Scottish; French
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nicklebro posted...

Well you're quite obviously dead wrong about the reason behind the USA's success. Sure slavery helped us at the time, but to say we've been riding that wave for over 100 years and that we've somehow been able to exponentially increase not only our wealth, but our GDP since that time solely off of money made during slavery is laughably ignorant.

Basically claiming that the US owes its wealth to slavery is objectively incorrect and common sense is more than enough to prove that. As for your "main points" Idk what the actual point of that list is, so maybe scale it down to one point and actually prove that, and if at all possible make it actually relevant to the discussion at hand.

so you're not going to explain how most capitalist countries that weren't colonies, or financed by the US almost entirely, are still poor?

EDIT: as i'm sure you've been able to deduce from the points I listed, no I don't think socialism is viable. fwiw "Marxism" refers to the economic theory, not the political model.
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nicklebro posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

i'm sorry, i thought this wasn't about atrocities? why do you think the US is such a successful country? surely because all those white people spent hours in the cotton fields.

It isn't about atrocities, its about sustainability. And the US has literally 0 slaves and we are more powerful now than we ever were when we did have slaves. So exactly what is your point?

you realize one of the claims of Marxism is that money makes more money, right? the USA is successful because it made a ton of money from slavery, and has basically been coasting on that boon ever since. don't believe me? then why are poor African capitalist countries still poor?

here are my main points:
-any economic system will be successful if it exploits people
-an economic system won't be as successful if it doesn't exploit people
-an economic system is more likely to succeed if the world order is built to support it
-an economic system will likely fail if the world order is not built to support it
-an economic system is more likely to succeed if it has ample time to develop and grow
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nicklebro posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

a command economy is extremely viable, and as technology develops it becomes even more viable.

remember, socialism brought Russia to the status of an economic superpower in the period of a few decades. before that, it was a backwater agricultural country. Cuba developed one of the greatest healthcare systems in the world.

Marxism hasn't grown because it was virtually abandoned, and any country that tries to be socialist gets shit on by the global community. capitalism is bound to do better as it stands because the global system is set up for capitalism already.

also i'm not a 'marxist', i just think command economies aren't given their due.

I'm asking you to assess the viability of Marxism specifically. You are defending Marxism, so in my eyes that makes you a Marxist. And you talk about Russia being an economic superpower while completely ignoring how that was built on labor camps and forced slave labor of its innocent citizens, which ended up killing 10s of millions of people, and ultimately failed completely which led to the dissolution of the USSR. Idk how you could possibly speak on the "successes" of Marxism without also acknowledging how it proved to be completely unsustainable.

i'm sorry, i thought this wasn't about atrocities? why do you think the US is such a successful country? surely because all those white people spent hours in the cotton fields.
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nicklebro posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

slave owners were capitalists

if capitalism gets a pass for that, why doesn't communism get a pass for its atrocities? it's almost as if political ideologies develop and grow and evolve along with the people that implement them

Its not about getting a pass for atrocities. Sure atrocities play a part, but I'm asking strictly about its viability. Capitalism is still alive and going strong, so you can't really compare that to say Communist Russia (or Stalinist Russia for the semantics Nazis) which was why I was asking.

Marxism hasn't grown and evolved along with the people that implemented it, so Idk what you're even trying to say, but I do now have you tagged as a Marxist.

a command economy is extremely viable, and as technology develops it becomes even more viable.

remember, socialism brought Russia to the status of an economic superpower in the period of a few decades. before that, it was a backwater agricultural country. Cuba developed one of the greatest healthcare systems in the world.

Marxism hasn't grown because it was virtually abandoned, and any country that tries to be socialist gets shit on by the global community. capitalism is bound to do better as it stands because the global system is set up for capitalism already.

also i'm not a 'marxist', i just think command economies aren't given their due.
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slave owners were capitalists

if capitalism gets a pass for that, why doesn't communism get a pass for its atrocities? it's almost as if political ideologies develop and grow and evolve along with the people that implement them

EDIT: to add onto this point, capitalism had hundreds of years to develop. communism was in effect for less than a century.
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Homework is pretty good for building a work ethic. Also for subjects like math or logic, you need to do homework to commit stuff to memory.

I never did my homework though.
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my poor husband is out there, waiting for me
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or does it just happen at a certain point?
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poisonwood bible?

edit: not part of a series but neither is the colour purple?
second edit: nevermind, that's not right

my second guess is a margaret atwood book
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i was a salad/dessert cook at an italian restaurant. once they upped my pay a little, i got a lot better and took the job more seriously. by the end of it i was actually the most senior/effective station regular.

-went for a 3-minute smoke every hour
-if i didn't want to prep something i would just put it on the prep list for the evening guy (if i was in during the morning) or the morning guy (if i was in during the evening)
-would always be on my phone during slow periods rather than prepping (open concept kitchen, so i had to duck down and hide behind the counter)
-if the host/hostess was someone i liked i would talk to them at every opportunity (my station was beside the host stand), would also bother the bartenders nonstop (my station was basically at the end of the bar)
-would constantly snack on anything and everything: desserts, cold cut meats
-would outsource my prep work in the morning before we opened to the guy who was supposed to help with pizza prep
-never bothered to time my orders with the hot side of the kitchen, if someone ordered a well-done steak with a salad i would make the salad right away and let it sit there
-didn't bother to re-whip deflated whip cream so half of the desserts i made had watery whip cream (to be fair that shit had a shelf life of like two hours)
-gave food to the front of house staff whenever they asked for it
-sometimes wouldn't prep enough food and would have to prep stuff during the middle of a rush
-cut all my veggies unevenly and really rough so it looked terrible on a plate

overall it was actually a really fun job, and all the staff were amazing. i kind of wish i could go back but i left on pretty bad terms with the head chef, and i'm not too keen on working in a kitchen again.
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Aristoph posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

Is it possible to purchase a better personality?

I second this option.

If it's not possible currently, perhaps you could donate to a charity or a science foundation that will research it?

well jeez, now he needs to buy 57k worth of burn ointment
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speedboat
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this is so lovely. the RP site I'm a part of has had a similar story, but i don't think they started at such a young age.

things like this are why i love the internet.
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buy this starter pack: https://www.reddit.com/r/UofT/comments/5lsejm/chinese_international_student_starter_pack_xpost/
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would CE be better off without TC?
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tcg products? i'm intrigued
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why he gotta be black
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right-wing extremism in the US has been an issue since at least the 90s
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lol, pretty funny to see the reporter getting ignored or have people walk away from him despite his attempts to start shit
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how much should i charge for this?
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>8102
>still no utopian android waifu
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the power

can i have them do songs that already exist too, or is always an original song?
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chamomile, maybe with an ice cube
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>15 views

how did you find this
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Starbucks > Tim Hortons > Second Cup
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you know what TC, you make a good point
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Conquest on hard mode is ridiculously hard
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Gunbuster is 10/10 and is made by the same guy who did Eva
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irc
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so i used to work at this place and quit kind of abruptly due to mental health issues. it's been about three months since then, and i have just been a neet for that period of time.

the people from that have started inviting me to hang out with them more and more and i have basically just been bailing on them constantly, because i don't really want to have to explain my situation to them. it's getting to the point that i genuinely miss these people and want to have my social life back, so i have been thinking of going to a party i was invited to. i just don't really know what to do when it comes to explaining my situation, i don't really want people to know i'm a neet.
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/pol/ is ruining /lit/, it's bordering on unbearable now
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thanks for the reminder that delaware exists
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If I had the time to homeschool them, I think I would. Also enrol them in lots of clubs and activities so they learn how to socialize.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Smoking what?

cigarettes
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5 million tax free but you're now a smoker

if you're already a smoker, you have the option of quitting permanently for free
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i have maintained for a while that the only reason that suicide isn't openly supported and enabled is because of profit loss
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are they still on namek?
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Geiki Ganger posted...

University of Toronto.

lol, the school raped my GPA. That's all I can say.

Same lol
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31 in the first link.
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they're one of my favorite bands
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i recently found it again, good website. irc was great, too bad everyone is on discord or slack now.
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St0rmFury posted...

What if they gave you a landwhale?

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I'm a recent NEET. More like I'm just taking an extended holiday, though.
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lmao... that article cites this website: http://www.tiedc2014.com/incarceration.html

the link you provided actually agrees that drug incarceration is a racial issue
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