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simonwolf

I lived next to a Catholic church for 23 years

I think I've taken in enough second-hand guilt from that place to be a half-Catholic at least

Mojo_Jojo

Oh motherfucker. This project clusterfuck costs me my jolly to Chicago and somewhere in Wisconsin.

Also my pay rise is negligible. I am holding my payslip and the additional funds are barely detectable.

I am going to scream into a pillow.

RMS Oceanic

simonwolf wrote: »

I lived next to a Catholic church for 23 years

I think I've taken in enough second-hand guilt from that place to be a half-Catholic at least

Only if you experienced a prolonged exposure of 500 Rites per day.

ronya

Zephiran wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22459815

A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13.

Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Savile scandal to end the "persecution of old men".

She also said that complainants should no longer receive anonymity.

"What we have here is the manipulation of the British criminal justice system to produce scapegoats on demand. It is a grotesque spectacle," she said.

"It's time to end this prurient charade, which has nothing to do with justice or the public interest."

She argues for an end to complainant anonymity, a strict statute of limitations to prevent prosecutions after a substantial amount of time has passed and a reduction in the age of consent to 13.

She said that "touching a 17-year-old's breast, kissing a 13-year-old, or putting one's hand up a 16-year-old's skirt" are not crimes comparable to gang rapes and murders and "anyone suggesting otherwise has lost touch with reality".

Image text: Ms Hewson calls Hall's crimes "misdemeanours" and warns against "fetishising victimhood"

Bolds're mine.

Muh-

Motherfucker, what am I reading!?!

Did someone forget her pills or some shit?

There were some women who found the gender relations of the mid 20th century quite suited to their taste:

Washington writer Sally Quinn told of a 1950s reception where: “My mother and I headed for the buffet table. As we were reaching for the shrimp, both of us jumped and let out a shriek. Senator Strom Thurmond, grinning from ear to ear, had one hand on my behind and the other on my mother’s. As I recall, we were both quite flattered, and thought it terribly funny and wicked of Ol’ Strom.”

MadCaddy

ronya wrote: »

MadCaddy wrote: »

ronya wrote: »

MadCaddy wrote: »

ronya wrote: »

MadCaddy wrote: »

ronya wrote: »

It's interesting because the last time the government tried to move up the productivity chain, it triggered a massive recession and opened the doors to its first real political challenge.

And it's going to create another.. The newer Asian democracies (especially in the city states) are so interesting, they all follow along with what Japan has done before them for the most part, or vehemently try to fight having "the lost decade".

I'm not honestly sure. The last attempt was rather clumsily Keynesian, in the naive let's-raise-wages-and-let-the-market-sort-out-the-details sense. This one seems more sophisticated. Notice that the Ms. Seah featured did not go on to simply employ a low-skilled Singaporean at higher wages. No, she just bought more machinery. There has been no attempt to engineer wages up directly. The government's new model - generous minimally-regulated-and-indeed-subsidized-growth, then redistribution out of taxes just before every election - seems to be working.

I don't know enough about the intricacies of Singaporean politics to really get Into it without doing some reading, I just remember hearing about the wealth inequality, and generous tax oppurtunities there for expats. Anything you wanna put up as good reading I'll read for sure, even though my backlog is getting a bit dense again, and I'm trying to figure out if I wanna stay up all night and handicap two forms, of head into the office.

The wealth inequality stems from the last recession, when the government there decided to completely give up on trying to raise median wages because of all the problems trying to raise it caused.

I thought it had to do to their appeal to overseas investors and Japan as their big buddy in the area? Kinda like Maccau and Taiwan, but in very different ways.

No - more like Hong Kong. Macau has no industry. Taiwan is much bigger.

Macau has a lot of industry, and the most In my field, But yea, Hong Kong is definitely on the money. I just know more about Macau business/political dynamics than Hong Kong.

ronya

Mojo_Jojo wrote: »

Oh motherfucker. This project clusterfuck costs me my jolly to Chicago and somewhere in Wisconsin.

Also my pay rise is negligible. I am holding my payslip and the additional funds are barely detectable.

I am going to scream into a pillow.

RMS Oceanic

(That was a radiation joke. I was referring to the obselete unit Rad)

Casual

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

(That was a radiation joke. I was referring to the obselete unit RAD)

*tumbleweed*

*bells toll in the distance*

RMS Oceanic

Casual wrote: »

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

(That was a radiation joke. I was referring to the obselete unit RAD)

*tumbleweed*

*bells toll in the distance*

The concept of Mutually Assured Excommunication is serious business!

Casual

RMS

stahp

pls

just stahp

RMS Oceanic

Casual wrote: »

RMS

stahp

pls

just stahp

So I should tear down this wall? Of Vatican City?

Zephiran

ronya wrote: »

Zephiran wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22459815

A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13.

Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Savile scandal to end the "persecution of old men".

She also said that complainants should no longer receive anonymity.

"What we have here is the manipulation of the British criminal justice system to produce scapegoats on demand. It is a grotesque spectacle," she said.

"It's time to end this prurient charade, which has nothing to do with justice or the public interest."

She argues for an end to complainant anonymity, a strict statute of limitations to prevent prosecutions after a substantial amount of time has passed and a reduction in the age of consent to 13.

She said that "touching a 17-year-old's breast, kissing a 13-year-old, or putting one's hand up a 16-year-old's skirt" are not crimes comparable to gang rapes and murders and "anyone suggesting otherwise has lost touch with reality".

Image text: Ms Hewson calls Hall's crimes "misdemeanours" and warns against "fetishising victimhood"

Bolds're mine.

Muh-

Motherfucker, what am I reading!?!

Did someone forget her pills or some shit?

There were some women who found the gender relations of the mid 20th century quite suited to their taste:

Washington writer Sally Quinn told of a 1950s reception where: “My mother and I headed for the buffet table. As we were reaching for the shrimp, both of us jumped and let out a shriek. Senator Strom Thurmond, grinning from ear to ear, had one hand on my behind and the other on my mother’s. As I recall, we were both quite flattered, and thought it terribly funny and wicked of Ol’ Strom.”

My Professor's extended relatives had a daughter who married Thurmond late in his life.

I felt pity for that woman.

Echo

I'm multitasking.

RMS Oceanic

The SI unit for radiation is the Gray.

Variable

what's the game on the left echo

RMS Oceanic

Apprently Echo, in addition to multitasking you are unstoppable, dominating and godlike!

Echo

Variable wrote: »

what's the game on the left echo

Civ 5.

Abdhyius

I'm playing the bf3 campaign. I can't play the mp. Why should be obvious.

anyway, good news: my laptop can run it perfectly! Wooh!

bad news: jesus christ, this is bad. This is really bad.

Rear Admiral Choco

Abdhyius wrote: »

I'm playing the bf3 campaign. I can't play the mp. Why should be obvious.

anyway, good news: my laptop can run it perfectly! Wooh!

bad news: jesus christ, this is bad. This is really bad.

Bad as in death of productivity, or multiplayer not working?

Casual

Echo wrote: »

Variable wrote: »

what's the game on the left echo

Civ 5.

god damn you for making me want to play a game of Civ V

Antinumeric

Dear France and the Netherlands.

You are not supposed to have borders.

Stop.

P10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk
last day of being "productive" then video gaems forever

RMS Oceanic

Antinumeric wrote: »

Dear France and the Netherlands.

You are not supposed to have borders.

Stop.

They were meant to have borders until Uppity Belgium wanted its own Kingdom with blackjack and hookers.

Elldren

RMS Oceanic wrote: »

Apprently Echo, in addition to multitasking you are unstoppable, dominating and godlike!

OP champ is OP

I'll be grabbing her later this week

Rear Admiral Choco

Man where has my vidya gaem productivity gone anyway

Got nice new equipment and everything yet I've only found time to play like 4 hours in the week so far, and barely played anything this weekend

Probably all the grocery shopping and cooking and additional sleep and other adult shit

Goddammit life, let me cling on to my disgusting nerdly ways

Solomaxwell6

I'm the first one in the office. I can't figure out the lights, the only switch I can find doesn't do anything, so I'm just sitting here in the dark.

I'll bet I scare the tits out of the second person in.

Rear Admiral Choco

On the other hand we've been eating great and I'm making a meal plan as we speak so that's satisfying in its own way

Variable

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

Man where has my vidya gaem productivity gone anyway

Got nice new equipment and everything yet I've only found time to play like 4 hours in the week so far, and barely played anything this weekend

Probably all the grocery shopping and cooking and additional sleep and other adult shit

Goddammit life, let me cling on to my disgusting nerdly ways

you disgust me

Abdhyius

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

Abdhyius wrote: »

I'm playing the bf3 campaign. I can't play the mp. Why should be obvious.

anyway, good news: my laptop can run it perfectly! Wooh!

bad news: jesus christ, this is bad. This is really bad.

Bad as in death of productivity, or multiplayer not working?

no, the campaign, I mean. The campaign is really bad.

the mp not working was entirely expected and not a negative thing.

Checking if it could run was the only reason I acquired it.

Abdhyius

newspaper says that for authenticity's sake, women wearing the bunad on 17th of may should forgo wearing underwear.

Abdhyius

and now I have a new line to use.

James

Abdhyius wrote: »

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

Abdhyius wrote: »

I'm playing the bf3 campaign. I can't play the mp. Why should be obvious.

anyway, good news: my laptop can run it perfectly! Wooh!

bad news: jesus christ, this is bad. This is really bad.

Bad as in death of productivity, or multiplayer not working?

no, the campaign, I mean. The campaign is really bad.

the mp not working was entirely expected and not a negative thing.

Checking if it could run was the only reason I acquired it.

i think it is safe to say that people don't usually play battlefield for sophisticated narrative

BobCesca

Still working on stuff for the interview next week.

The more I do, the more nervous I get.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

I didn't sleep great

I put some mattress protector on my mattress but maybe I also need some pillowy mattress pad

Antinumeric

Reading the Hate speech thread sometimes I wonder how the US views Europe. I mean we have these left wing policies and laws but then we have hate speech laws and gun control. Do they think of us as incredibly authoritarian?

Abdhyius

James wrote: »

Abdhyius wrote: »

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

Abdhyius wrote: »

I'm playing the bf3 campaign. I can't play the mp. Why should be obvious.

anyway, good news: my laptop can run it perfectly! Wooh!

bad news: jesus christ, this is bad. This is really bad.

Bad as in death of productivity, or multiplayer not working?

no, the campaign, I mean. The campaign is really bad.

the mp not working was entirely expected and not a negative thing.

Checking if it could run was the only reason I acquired it.

i think it is safe to say that people don't usually play battlefield for sophisticated narrative

yeah, but the narrative is a secondary or tertiary problem at worst

the main problem is how there's no freedom whatsoever

the godamn NPCs just do their scripted thing and expect you to follow the script. They're awful.

everything is super linear.

also I mean, a battlefield game where I can't enter the jeep over there if I want to? The fuck is this?

Abdhyius

Antinumeric wrote: »

Reading the Hate speech thread sometimes I wonder how the US views Europe. I mean we have these left wing policies and laws but then we have hate speech laws and gun control. Do they think of us as incredibly authoritarian?

hate speech is an american term isn't it

Rear Admiral Choco

Variable wrote: »

Rear Admiral Choco wrote: »

Man where has my vidya gaem productivity gone anyway

Got nice new equipment and everything yet I've only found time to play like 4 hours in the week so far, and barely played anything this weekend

Probably all the grocery shopping and cooking and additional sleep and other adult shit

Goddammit life, let me cling on to my disgusting nerdly ways

you disgust me

No, no!

Stop looking at me!!

Casual

i am a fat pie with my 2 cheez burgers

ronya

Antinumeric wrote: »

Reading the Hate speech thread sometimes I wonder how the US views Europe. I mean we have these left wing policies and laws but then we have hate speech laws and gun control. Do they think of us as incredibly authoritarian?

i think it is easier to conceive of someone other than the government as the enemy when the Other is all around you, in every direction, and outnumber you