I believe the theory is that if it is obvious that people do in fact care what an area looks like, potential criminals will think "oh, what I do will be noticed, i'd better not fuck anything up"

There are only like 10 vehicles in Idaho though

You could make the same argument about seat belts. Exactly 0 deaths are attributable exclusively to not wearing seat belts, but there are at least three ad campaigns a year in my town to threaten drivers who choose not to wear them. Why bother with that when they could be running ads that say "don't rape" or hiring a…

That's a sincere description of the man, though. Not out of place at all.

Just be glad it's not the left hand of Jesus Diaz. You know how crazy he is about minimalist designs, that guy probably doesn't use toilet paper. :p

I do subcontracting work, so my direct employer only makes about 6ish times what I make, but the company that contracts the work out to us charges as much as three times that depending on the length of the contract.

My customers pay 17 times what I am paid to do IT consulting.

Mine mails that shit to me every month. Granted, they also beg me on hands and knees to pretty-please-for-the-love-of-God-why-wont-you-think-of-the-trees-just-let-us-stop-mailing-you-paper-statements every time I log on to online banking, and on every paper statement they send.

This is why I make it a policy to make universally morally objectionable statements to every person I hope to have sex with...

There are times and places for both styles of communication.

If you can't find a home without a HOA, then you want to live in bad places. I've advised several friends to submit extremely low-ball offers to developers who have built a HOA covenant into the deed. Always with the explanation that they would totally have paid the requested price but a HOA decreases the value of a…

Most people in urban areas probably shouldn't own homes.

Somebody else's work cannot be anyone else's "right".

...which proves the government is at least doing 50% of the job. If they'd just make it easier for law abiding citizens to own guns, then we wouldn't have to worry about being shot by the bad ones anymore.

Personally as long as the government is keeping people from other countries from shooting me and people from this country from robbing me, I'm pretty happy with their job of "taking care of me". I don't know when it was decided that the personal health of citizens was the government's responsibility, but I'd just as…

Maybe they're hidden? I've already given them credit for wide-spread duplicity

And Tolkien adaptations!

Experiencing a relationship with a girl like that is why I now dump any girl the first time they play a game like that and have sex with one of her friends/roommates.

What if their real reason is the extra strain heavier folks place on the wheels and tracks of their public transit trains? New Zealand is well known for their hidden motives.

I was always told that you should work as hard as you can to get the treatment you want, but my last job had a maximum raise of 4.5%, which is barely above inflation and reserved for "Outstanding" performance. The review is supposed to happen once a year, right? Well my boss didn't do one for the first two years, and…