*gasp*

Supernatural

Do you watch Supernatural? Did you see tonight's episode?

Why is Ben Affleck there?

First of all, I think it's a catchy song and I like that it's not just a cookie-cutter love song.

However, I think the feedback it's garnered is really bizarre. There's a change of attitude in society about rejecting the notion that women have to be skinny to be pretty. This song isn't about fat-acceptance, it's about acceptance of your body, using herself as a role model. Yeah she's not obese but keep in mind this is criticizing the perspective of media that considers Jennifer Lawrence a "fat actress".

It's not about fat acceptance or skinny shaming; she frames the "skinny shaming" as a joke, and shows that she understands the psychology behind that lifestyle by saying "I know you think you're fat but...every inch of you is perfect".

I dunno. I'm not one to take a liking to pop music, so it irritates me when songs with some actual value come along and then get blasted hypocritically from both sides.

That's a negative, Ghostrider.

Quote from: EngagedTurkey on October 07, 2014, 12:59:35 AM

This just in: most cops aren't assholes!

If they truly weren't, they wouldn't be police.

This just in: most cops aren't assholes!

Quote from: BasedLove on October 06, 2014, 03:32:16 PM

Dell is still a thing?

They make some really nice monitors.

And tacos.

I don't really see the value in doing this to your kids, and screwing with their emotions for attention on YouTube is reprehensible, in my opinion. I did love seeing the one example of kids not caring that their parents did it because they love them anyway.

Let's clear some misconceptions about nuclear weapons detonating in space:

1. There would be no physical blast. Shockwaves are a result of pressure moving particles in the atmosphere; when something is destroyed by an explosion, it's because it's pushing huge quantities of air at a very high velocity into it. In space, there is no air so there's nothing to carry a blast. This is also why sound doesn't travel in space; sound is a reverberation of particles in an atmosphere.

2. There would be no transfer of heat because that radiation travels through a medium also. You could be right next to a nuclear explosion and, aside from shrapnel and the other forms of radiation, you'd feel nothing.

3. The significant threat is nuclear radiation, which is normally dispersed through the air. It's still a huge hazard in-atmosphere, but in space the radiation will travel outward until it hits something.

So no, nukes won't really do anything to an asteroid. The Armageddon tactic was actually pretty sound, since drilling into the asteroid will mean the explosion will attenuate off of the asteroid's tiny atmosphere of trailing gases and ice.

IUD

I really hope not. I'd much rather take a pill than get something surgically implanted somewhere.

The only reason why she doesn't want to date me aside from feeling that I'm better then her, is that I'm a few months younger (and yes, it is that stupid.) But it's not like she doesn't want to, she says and openly talks about how I make her happy and how I would be an amazing boyfriend, she just can't get over that fact. It's weird.

This is code for "I don't like you for very much outside of sexual thrill".



Right now you're an emotional dildo to her. Don't be an emotional dildo.

Quote from: RC5908 on October 01, 2014, 05:23:24 PM

Quote from: BC1096 on October 01, 2014, 03:23:22 PM

Everyone hear is under the impression that because I have money I'm not allowed to not be happy.

Literally no one thinks that.

Read what everyone is saying. Somehow me having money somehow dictates everything I do and my demeanor.

It sounds like a lot of people are claiming that because you have so much money that you should be happy. I'm not drowning in tears of sympathy for the unhappiness of someone whose car costs more than my college education, but my recommendation is to get involved in your community somehow. If you're religious, try volunteering at your church. Find a social group to become a part of. Find value outside of the typical rat race of work and school.

Fu­ck frack.

Sounds like a job for the the Little Doctor:

There's no need, and it's a logistical nightmare.

You'd end up keeping inflation rates, exchange rates, commodity values, etc., so basically all you'd have is a universal currency in appearance alone. You can make a standard set of bills and coins, but you'll never make them equal everywhere.