Yes, I've heard the same argument. It does make sense, and I do believe that is the short term justification. But the long term consequences would turn into the information doomsday scenerio mentioned here.

Most of our society's examples of capitalist exploitation didn't come out of long term conspiracy plans. They…

I'm going to get railed for this but this figurine doesn't seem all that great. The barrel is really nice but the figurine looks kind of mushy and badly made in some places.

one thing you might want to mention to your friend is that most of the infrastructure for telecommunications was paid for in large part by the taxpayers for decades...

No, I get what it's trying to do I just think it's still dangerous. Lots of men are still abusive to their wives, girlfriends and daughters. Spousal rape exists. A misogynist who thinks men are entitled to women's bodies isn't going to think differently because he suddenly figured out his mom has lady parts.

It's one of my favorite books. I re- read it every couple of years.

liberal women are too busy writing obscene & gay sherlock holmes fanfic for their tumblr followers to come up with crafty ways to use mason jars

You know who's underrated? JANE.

Wtf. Belle is objectively the best.

Nope, not the only person. I said this exact same thing the last time Frozen came up here. I didn't dislike it, but I don't get the frenzy over it.

"Desperately?" I would say, cleverly.

Exactly. Huge overreaction to some rather mild shenanigans imo. I was expecting them to slap Grandma's ass and throw up on the dance floor considering the title and the tracking them down bit, and when I read the article it turns out that they "gasp" sat at a table full of cousins. It's not like they were jumping…

Crashing a wedding, something that takes an enormous amount of time, energy, and money is a pretty awful thing to do.

my parents handled it like this (and while I don't have kids this is what my sister is doing as well)

Just a thought: if you really wanna move to NYC, move to NYC, but if you wanna have fun being a young person in an East Coast city, there are a bunch of other options. D.C. and Boston are both less expensive than NYC, while still pricy, and both awesome places to live (from experience); Philly is crazy cheap, and…

My parents handled it two ways. The first way was by keeping tabs on me. I was allowed to do things, but they did spontaneous check-ins to make sure I was where I said I would be and there wasn't anything shady going on. As in, if I told my mom I was going to the movies, one out of every three times, when the lights…

Longtime NYCer here - just wanted to note that much of NYC is pretty safe now but is EXPENSIVE. It's hard to recommend specific areas because it can change so quickly from block to block - for example, I live close to an area that is technically Harlem but has gotten really nice in recent years, but other parts less…

I don't have much for NY, but as a fellow Washingtonian who left for school on the growing up part...I think you deal with it by getting your own life. By going after what you want, the lifestyle/experiences etc. If you are busy doing you it's harder to notice that your family is doing the same thing.

At the end he credits himself, thanks the people who threw him a few bucks, but doesn't credit his model?

As someone who works in retail for a large corporation, yes, everyone on the bottom is affected by your shoplifting. Inventory missing affects our numbers, affects our ability to move up in the company, affects the success of the stores. My company offers profit sharing, so when you steal you are fucking with my…

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