May 15th is “Don’t Pump Gas Day!” (2623 hits)
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Submitted by Adam™ (View user info) at 2007-05-08 13:37:43 EDT
Everybody living in the US has probably gotten at least 57 chain emails espousing this lately.
Don't pump any gas on the 15th!
Let's stick it to the energy companies!
Let's show them the power of the American public!
RAWWWRRRR!
Of course this is stupid, and I was fine with plain ol' ordinary everyday, chain mail, pass this on to 32 friends and a magical leprechaun will grant all your wishes while hot supermodels vie in gladiatorial combat over your cock and Bill Gates writes your seven billon dollar checks on top of the millions you're already making for helping that poor finance minister over in Nigeria.
But today stupid evolved.
Right now if Forrest Gump were here he'd say "stupid is as stupid does", and then I'd blow him up with one of my child soldiers ($19.99 on InfidelBAY.com).
http://www.infidelBAY.com/products/search-cgibin/dark-babies/clearance/kaboom-special.htm
I was waiting in line for a coffee this morning when I had the pleasure of hearing the douchebag cashier, tell everybody he waited on, not to buy gas on the 15th of May.
He went on and on about how we were going to show the oil companies by hurting their profits. Even more retarded is that he reiterated that people should make sure they fill up the day before or after, just not on the 15th.
I was about 7 people back in line
By the time I got to him, I was really pretty irritated with the whole situation.
Maybe I'm an asshole for ruining this guy's day. Maybe I'm an asshole for doing it in front of his coworkers and a dozen strangers.
I don't care.
At first I tried to be straightforward with the guy, politely telling him the inherent problem in his logic.
Then he called me a slave to the corporations (My irony meter blew up, seeing how I was in a fucking Starbucks), a sheep for not believing in the power of the people to effect change.
To which I called him a retard incapable of basic math, and explained to him the reality.
Energy companies make billions of dollars in profits every quarter from the sale of gasoline to the average American driver. The fact is, that you can't do anything about it, unless you change your lifestyle in the long term, meaning shorter commutes, more fuel efficient cars, or walking/biking to work because of the fundamental system of infrastructure in place in this country that pretty much ensures you'll own an automobile just to do the basic things like get groceries and go to work. So you can count gasoline as a commodity. As a commodity you can rest assured that American driver "X" will use up "Y" amount of gasoline in a year, generating a certain amount of revenues for the energy companies.
Oil companies don't give a fuck when you buy gas, they could care less if you pulled over at every filling station and pumped .0002 gallons or if you filled you swimming pool with the stuff.
Sales are fucking sales.
I even put it into a nice little coffee analogy for him
If you usually sell 500 cups of coffee a week, but this week you sell 100 cups on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, but you're boycotted on Thursday and sell none, but on Friday you sell 200, does it matter to you're bottom line.
The conversation ended with him accusing me of making unfair comparisons and then blaming me and my apathy for his "cause o the moment" for the crumbling of American values. I of course took the high road and told him he was an idiot and that's why he works at Starbucks.
It just sucks because now I know I can't get a coffee there anymore and it's right down the street from a job site of ours.
The point is, if you believe that not pumping gas on a day or using a only one sheet of toilet paper is going to change the world, you're a fucking idiot. You should just kill yourself in a manner that requires the least amount of cleanup, and do the world a favor.
In a world where China brings a new 100MW coal fired power plant on line every week, cities generate tens of millions of gallons of sewage everyday, where your carpets and paints emit VOC's, and the food you eat depletes aquifers while adding millions of gallons of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and petrochemicals to the food chain, these actions are proverbial drops in the bucket. A bucket with gigantic fucking holes.
This has nothing to do with the post.....
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Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-05-17 01:50:44 EDT (#)
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Bob your reply to this would have made my day, if it were not one of my more significant days.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-05-15 12:43:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Life101 (user info) at 2007-05-11 13:10:51 EDT (#)
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i think its more of the symbolic act of not buying gas.
You would have to admit it be cool if no one bought gas for an entire day.
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I disagree, I think it would be fucking lame.
What are you trying to prove by trying this gay plan? The reason gas prices are so fucking high is because of taxes. At least that is what is the problem in Canada. So if you really want to stick it to the person who is jacking up your gas prices dont pay your taxes anymore.
Let me know how that works out for you.
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2007-05-14 09:40:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:23:38 EDT (#)
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I think I'll get TWO fill ups that day.
I'll just let the pump drain onto the ground for the second one.
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It'd be funny if they drastically reduced the gas price on May 15th, just for kicks.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-05-13 12:19:23 EDT (#)
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ETS:
Look up the facts about what really causes ozone holes and warming. Very little is caused by Man.
Also, consider the cycles the Earth goes through very 10,000 years or so. Yeah, we should stop shitting in our own nest.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-05-13 11:43:31 EDT (#)
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Why does everyone want to "show it" to electrical companies or gas companies or whatever? Show what? What are they doing wrong? OH NO I HAVE TO PAY 40% MORE WHEN I FILL UP MY SUV NOW I CANT AFFORD THE NEW IPOD WAHHHH. Supply and demand; if you don't like it, move to North Korea.
I want to know why the same people seem to be simulatenously complaining about how high gas prices are, and that they should be frozen, while saying that people drive around too much and waste too much gas. Maybe they SHOULD be high hippi.
Submitted by Life101 (user info) at 2007-05-11 13:10:51 EDT (#)
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i think its more of the symbolic act of not buying gas.
You would have to admit it be cool if no one bought gas for an entire day.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-05-10 13:24:56 EDT (#)
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ETS... That last sentence.
Schizophrenia.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-05-10 04:18:56 EDT (#)
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Getting a little bit better, below.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2007-05-10 02:34:04 EDT (#)
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You probably should have just kept quiet. No winning that one. At least not in the time it takes to order your mocha latte.
Best thing we can do for what that guy is talking about is to...you guessed it ;)...elect Ron Paul. He's proposing we stop subsidizing big business, that means oil companies too. The revenues our taxpayers would save could go toward private investments in alternative energies. Why does the government have to do everything for us? It's been clear to me that more times than not, the people know best anyway. As long as business practices are regulated, like say chemical companies aren't dumping into the oceans (like the Army has been known to do while the EPA looks away), we should be better off than we are now.
I am convinced that the government cannot and will not take the lead on this one. They will spew rhetoric all day about CO2 because it's the current fad, but they'll rarely if ever mention how the fisheries and the coral reefs are in danger and the bees are dying and there's mercury in the air and sea from all the coal burning and our genetically modified agricultural products and over-farming are upsetting the balance of nature.
They'll tax us to death on every little thing we do and in the end that money will go to pay for yet more unjustified wars that burn up oil at a rate that makes God blush and dinosaurs run for cover.
Taxes and penalties are NOT the answer. "Carbon offsets", which do absolutely nothing, by the way, but make the Queen and Al Gore feel better, are NOT the answer. They might help minutely, but they are a drop in an awfully big bucket that, as far as I'm concerned, starts with the ongoing conspiracy between Big Oil and Auto manufacturers to keep us needing their products.
You wanna stop global warming? Stop government subsidies of oil companies add start lobbying your local city planners to quit building urban sprawl and focus on micro communities where shopping centers are within walking distance from residential areas...you know...like virtually everywhere else in the world.
The reality is, nothing we're going to do is going to matter now. China and India have tasted the good life and they're not turning back. This is all headed toward something very ugly in the next 50 to 100 years.
The current sunspot cycle is going to be among the worst humankind has seen in his entire existence on the planet. The bulk of your global warming and ice cap melting is going to be coming from that combined with all the various gasses we've been spewing into the atmosphere for the past 200 years, not just CO2.
Using less of things will help if everyone does it, and I make a conscious effort everyday to be aware of these things, but again, if we really want to try and reverse the trend and find a better way, maybe we should start by reforesting the earth. Looking around the area where I live, I can't help but notice all the parking lots and driveways and perfectly pruned lawns just sitting there taking up valuable real estate where trees and other vegetation once thrived.
But what can I do about what's already here? I used to feel, and I guess still do, that I was put here at this time and place, this epoch in history, for a reason, but I'm running out of things to say and ways to warn people of what's going on around them.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-05-10 01:41:42 EDT (#)
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I thougbt I rated this earlier. Whatev.
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2007-05-09 23:52:49 EDT (#)
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I posted about this on pulseHEAD a while back. Man this thing drives me nuts. I get it at least 2 or 3 times every year around this time.
There's a good snopes article on it.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-05-09 22:05:49 EDT (#)
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I wanted to give you a -2 for even going into a Starbucks, but you have such a good point that I had to change my mind.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2007-05-09 21:53:38 EDT (#)
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Where did that picture come from? Besides the bowels of awesome?
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-05-09 13:48:18 EDT (#)
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Good rant. The pic, however, made me piss myself. I'm trying to think of a good LOLCAT caption for it.
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2007-05-09 10:43:36 EDT (#)
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har har you're going to have go out of your way to get your coffee from now on
Submitted by Grownasskid (user info) at 2007-05-09 10:34:14 EDT (#)
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heh....kittens
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2007-05-09 10:20:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-05-09 09:51:27 EDT (#)
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You know the thing about one square of toilet paper was just a joke right?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-05-09 09:33:29 EDT (#)
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I am going to copy and paste this response to anyone that sends me that damn forward from now on. Thanks. ^_^
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-05-09 08:33:04 EDT (#)
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where i live i pay roughly 1.50 USD a litre, thats roughly 6.50 a gallon for you US types.
and thats the cheaper fuel - diesel.
still more cars out here than anywhere else ive been, so i dont think cost will affect the reasoning at all. people will always drive cos it's more hassle than it worth to take mass transport, especially in N. America.
electric cars. why not work on developing a mode of transport that uses a renewable resource?
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-05-09 04:29:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-05-09 03:10:28 EDT (#)
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Energy companies make billions of dollars in profits every quarter from the sale of gasoline to the average American driver. The fact is, that you can't do anything about it, unless you change your lifestyle in the long term, meaning shorter commutes, more fuel efficient cars, or walking/biking to work because of the fundamental system of infrastructure in place in this country that pretty much ensures you'll own an automobile just to do the basic things like get groceries and go to work. So you can count gasoline as a commodity. As a commodity you can rest assured that American driver "X" will use up "Y" amount of gasoline in a year, generating a certain amount of revenues for the energy companies.
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wrong, the energy companies will just constrict the amount of crude oil, upstream, or dedicate it's delivery to other portions of the world
you people just don't get it...none of you
make a list of products, other than gasoline, that come from a barrel of crude oil and then try to tell me how you can even possibily exist, without them
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absolute waste of comment space below sans barts incomplete mini-slice
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-05-09 00:52:33 EDT (#)
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so does that mean may 14th is "best profit day of the year" for the gas companies from everyone topping off all their tanks at once?
then on my 16th they will raise prices another 10 cents to make up for the numbers recieved on the 15th
....way to fuck it up some more
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2007-05-09 00:35:06 EDT (#)
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I got as far as the "does it matter to you are bottom line", and that just irked me too much to finish.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-05-08 22:19:00 EDT (#)
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headin' back to #29
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-05-08 21:37:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by greEn_uGly (user info) at 2007-05-08 21:37:05 EDT (#)
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i remeber reading a similar rant last year or the year before..
do we have to do this every year?
anyway +2 for out-arguing a starbucks coffeeboy, you tha man!!
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-05-08 19:43:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-05-08 18:32:56 EDT (#)
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I am sure this is how the conversation occurred.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 18:30:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:28:55 EDT (#)
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Maybe I take a potted flower out with me with a sign stuck in it that reads "Have a beautiful day" or some shit like that.
Then people can remark how unusual that is since I was never that sweet in life.
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I'd hold up a 'Vive le Québec Libre' sign.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 18:16:19 EDT (#)
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grrr... I've been fighting the candy-coffee craving all day. May have to succumb. I'm blaming this post!
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2007-05-08 18:11:50 EDT (#)
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If you wrote a reasonable complaint to the starbucks you could probably get his ass fired and a coupon for a free coffee or something.
did i say probably?
I meant he will
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:57:32 EDT (#)
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I deal with stupid liberal "my ideologies are impenetrable" assholes like that on almost a daily basis now. They have SO much info on like, what's really going down man with these corporations and like, wanna get high? So like, this weed man, it's straight from that island in the movie "The Beach" right? I'm gonna go take a twelve hour nap now. Namaste.
Submitted by BadSamaritan87 (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:53:28 EDT (#)
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Fuck the coffee guy, up with the Nazi and his kitten.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:48:46 EDT (#)
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I can only be me, Crystle.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:47:44 EDT (#)
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Racist!
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:36:27 EDT (#)
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But you look so light-skinned in your pictures
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:36:27 EDT (#)
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But you look so light-hearted in your pictures
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:28:55 EDT (#)
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Maybe I take a potted flower out with me with a sign stuck in it that reads "Have a beautiful day" or some shit like that.
Then people can remark how unusual that is since I was never that sweet in life.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:26:26 EDT (#)
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I live right beside an oil refinery....maybe that's why its cheaper
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:25:46 EDT (#)
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Or id stand there with my mouth open and a sign that says "Please don't fuck my mouth"
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:25:39 EDT (#)
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Incontinent: Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum.
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Had to look to make sure I was spelling it correctly.
I was.
Fuck off
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:25:07 EDT (#)
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I'd go with the classic "taking a shit" pose....but with my pants ON!
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:23:02 EDT (#)
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California, Bay Area
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:11:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:10:19 EDT (#)
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I just paid $40.09 to fill up my car. *SOB*
It's a Honda Civic - 11 gallon fill up. Gets 40 mpg, but still! *SOB*
the CHEAP gas is $3.69/gallon
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
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holy fuck where do you live, the moon.
it's $2.89 here
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:22:53 EDT (#)
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Incontinent?
I thought that was when you shit yer pants when you sneezed.
(har har)
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:20:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:47 EDT (#)
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That'd be a kick ass way to go. Have all the air sucked out of your lungs and pretty much han-solo frozen for eternity. People would look at the "statues" of the ones who walked outside. Death frozen on their faces. I'm so fucking going to the moon.
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I'd go for flash frozen in the most insane position possible, right outside a collective window, preserved for all eternity
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And at the last moment you'd feel like you were about to sneeze and be flash frozen like that.
Death by Gurning.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:17:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:16:22 EDT (#)
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Yeah I saw that.
As far as the moon, you'd flash freeze before that would happen.
Instantly.
It'll be a painless and quick way to go.
I'll wait though until I get incontinent.
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You mean interplenipotentiary, living on another world.
If you are incontinent you'd just be living in Europe or something.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:14:03 EDT (#)
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#1 - I'm sick of hearing about this. I think the people who give a damn about these other people who live in fantasy land are just as bad. Who gives a fuck if a bunch of hippies don't buy gas on May 15th? I amount that I don't care one way or another is astounding.
#2 - However, some jackass working at a Starbucks of all places shouldn't be lecturing the customers on such things. I refuse to go there for status-priced coffee when a nice lil' coffee shop is right down the street with normal prices in SANE sizes. More than that, I feel like the employee was nearing harassment of the customers, forcing his personal views upon them when all they wanted was the service of being provided a cup of liquid. The manager should have never allowed him to do that.
#3 - Go back as often as you want. The dickhead gives you shit, get him fired.
#4 - That kitten is the reason that Hitler failed in the end...
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:11:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:10:19 EDT (#)
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I just paid $40.09 to fill up my car. *SOB*
It's a Honda Civic - 11 gallon fill up. Gets 40 mpg, but still! *SOB*
the CHEAP gas is $3.69/gallon
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
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holy fuck where do you live, the moon.
it's $2.89 here
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:10:19 EDT (#)
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I just paid $40.09 to fill up my car. *SOB*
It's a Honda Civic - 11 gallon fill up. Gets 40 mpg, but still! *SOB*
the CHEAP gas is $3.69/gallon
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-05-08 17:06:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:58:59 EDT (#)
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*sigh*
Rob and Caul at it again.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:58:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:44:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:47:51 EDT (#)
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So much bile from you "two". It's laughable.
Nothing I say will satisfy you - you want me to come up with some ideas - then ask me fucking nicely. TALK to me. Engage me in a conversation, explain to me why you think I am wrong and suggest why you think you are right.
Maybe try not acting like a juvenile 13 year old eager to get in his very best interweb cut in.
It's pathetic. I have wonderful conversations with many people on and off this site - that you choose to be so consistently shitty is annoying, but I'm not going to fucking waste my time on you two fucks any more. I can't be bothered.
If you can't be civil - I have no interest in talking with you.
Submitted by jade_digitalmedia (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:49:19 EDT (#)
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finally someone that makes fucking sense.... oh thank you baby jesus! thank you!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:47:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:28 EDT (#)
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talking about ideals is not a solution.
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Fair enough.
I never submit that I have the solution though crankypants - only that:
1) one is needed
and
2) it is ultimately our responsibility to come up with one
oh and
3) people don't give a fuck about much of anything and are so distracted, lazy and yes : willfully ignorant.
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do you realize that didn't say anything, man?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:46:52 EDT (#)
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What solutions do YOU have besides 'suck it up' and 'it isn't that bad'? """
my solution is to make actual choice like getting rid of what is a luxury, not a need. it's simple, easy and requires a little organization.
it's not an ideal about restructuring humanity and putting into power governments that will solve everything and create a society where 6 billion humans will hug each other and ride naked on horses and eat fruit all day, talknig about how we were ignorant back then. that's idiotic.
getting rid of a car, buying a compact, use cars for occasions and public transport for commutes...these are all feasible practical solutions that i assure you, more and more people will consider as gas prices rise instead of wasting their time trying to lower them and crying about oil.
Submitted by snag (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:45:11 EDT (#)
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Best thing I've read today.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:44:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:28 EDT (#)
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talking about ideals is not a solution.
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Fair enough.
I never submit that I have the solution though crankypants - only that:
1) one is needed
and
2) it is ultimately our responsibility to come up with one
oh and
3) people don't give a fuck about much of anything and are so distracted, lazy and yes : willfully ignorant.
What about those two statements do you find so reprehensible?
What solutions do YOU have besides 'suck it up' and 'it isn't that bad'?
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That's exactly the problem, you just described it better then anyone could. You feel the need to consistently interject on every post with your $.02, yet you never have anything to add. It's always the same thing, several times over. Every Rob_Berg statement is this:
Blah Blah Blah [insert 1]
Blah Blah Blah [insert 2]
Blah Blah Blah [insert 3]
[insert self back slapping]
It's utterly redundant. That's the point Caul is always tring to make, but you seem to miss it. If you were to take it farther, and venture into WHAT kind of solutions could be enacted, or why people are apathetic, lazy dipshits like you, it might be half interesting. STFU. Go draw some more little doodles for your mommy to post on the fridge.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:35:36 EDT (#)
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"...these actions are proverbial drops in the bucket. A bucket with gigantic fucking holes."
heh
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:33:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:50 EDT (#)
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why did I +2 my own post?
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NOOB
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:33:14 EDT (#)
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I, of course, mean 3 statements.
Although given your relative ADD issues Caul, you can just choose 2.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:50 EDT (#)
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why did I +2 my own post?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:28 EDT (#)
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talking about ideals is not a solution.
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Fair enough.
I never submit that I have the solution though crankypants - only that:
1) one is needed
and
2) it is ultimately our responsibility to come up with one
oh and
3) people don't give a fuck about much of anything and are so distracted, lazy and yes : willfully ignorant.
What about those two statements do you find so reprehensible?
What solutions do YOU have besides 'suck it up' and 'it isn't that bad'?
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:31:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:47 EDT (#)
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That'd be a kick ass way to go. Have all the air sucked out of your lungs and pretty much han-solo frozen for eternity. People would look at the "statues" of the ones who walked outside. Death frozen on their faces. I'm so fucking going to the moon.
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I'd go for flash frozen in the most insane position possible, right outside a collective window, preserved for all eternity
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:29:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:23:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:15:19 EDT (#)
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I didnt know rob berg worked at Starbucks
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You consistently prove you know very little JonJon.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:47 EDT (#)
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That'd be a kick ass way to go. Have all the air sucked out of your lungs and pretty much han-solo frozen for eternity. People would look at the "statues" of the ones who walked outside. Death frozen on their faces. I'm so fucking going to the moon.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:18:28 EDT (#)
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no rob, really, you're a fucking joke. it's hilarious.
talking about ideals is not a solution.
i imagine a meeting with you:
boss: "so yeah, it's our worse quarter in 5 years, what do you suggest? steve?"
steve: "i've come up with a great strategy with the marketing departement"
boss: "good, mike?"
mike: "we can still cut in our hr personel but nothing significant"
boss: "i'll look into it, john, what about that deal?"
john: "our providers haven't come back to me and..."
rob: WAIT WAIT WAIT! I GOT AN IDEA!
*everybody rolls eyes*
rob: WHAT IF WE LIVED IN HEAVEN AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK, HUH!?!?!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:16:22 EDT (#)
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Yeah I saw that.
As far as the moon, you'd flash freeze before that would happen.
Instantly.
It'll be a painless and quick way to go.
I'll wait though until I get incontinent.
<3
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:15:19 EDT (#)
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I didnt know rob berg worked at Starbucks
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:14:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:11:15 EDT (#)
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Status symbols are so passe.
With each passing day, the pinko streak in me gets a little bigger.
Maybe pinko or socialist is inappropriate. Anti-corporate is better.
Granted, it's a stupid stand to take considering how corporations are everywhere to the point where you can't escape them.
I'm crabbing to crab.
Hopefully by the time I'm ready to retire, which won't be until I'm past 85 :(, I'll retire on the moon.
In a nice, quiet little pod by the Sea of Tranquility.
You can commit suicide (when you're ready) by simply walking outside.
:)
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It'd be like that scene at the end of total recall where they all fall onto the surface of mars. Eyes popping out and shit. You ever watch that movie? It's the nuts. It really kicks ass.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:11:15 EDT (#)
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Status symbols are so passe.
With each passing day, the pinko streak in me gets a little bigger.
Maybe pinko or socialist is inappropriate. Anti-corporate is better.
Granted, it's a stupid stand to take considering how corporations are everywhere to the point where you can't escape them.
I'm crabbing to crab.
Hopefully by the time I'm ready to retire, which won't be until I'm past 85 :(, I'll retire on the moon.
In a nice, quiet little pod by the Sea of Tranquility.
You can commit suicide (when you're ready) by simply walking outside.
:)
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:10:43 EDT (#)
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...desperate to scrap with someone below.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:08:09 EDT (#)
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I think someone is smoking too much crack
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:06:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:59:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:51:18 EDT (#)
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Measures need to be taken at the highest of levels... the very manufacturing of the vehicles and the fuel used to power them - but there is no money in changing over just yet - and nothing will be done until capitalistic greed runs its filthy little course.
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I smell the socialistic stink of governmental regulation all over this reply.
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I guess you are right on that... but my position is that we need a completely new government.
A completely new system - one that is able to effectively AND transparently regulate the sort of shit that needs regulation.
Like healthcare, environmental protection, civil protection, law enforcement and education. (...to name the big ones.)
Our governments in their current incarnation fucking suck. Giving them more control is stupid - because THEY are fucking stupid. Hence my call to Ctrl-Alt-Delete the whole bloated inefficient system.
Create a new one, parallel to this one. Lets work on Society V 2.0. Do some beta testing then release that fucker to the world.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:04:17 EDT (#)
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Fuck, that was for Bart's rating.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:03:53 EDT (#)
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Truth below
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:03:47 EDT (#)
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Might I also add that people who are on the way other end of the argument are also retards.
"PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FILL UP ALL YOUR VEHICLES ON THE 15TH. DON'T FORGET ABOUT GAS FOR YOUR LAWNMOWER. OH AND FILL UP YOUR GAS CONTAINERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE GAS CONTAINERS, GO BUY SOME FOR THIS CAUSE. FILL A SWIMMING POOL UP WITH GASOLINE, THROW THE BOYCOTTERS IN IT, AND ADD A MATCH!!! C'MON GUYS, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE."
Our only prayer is that these people jump in the explosive swimming pool with the other raging tardos.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:01:31 EDT (#)
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Corporate lackey: Sir, the people of the US have stopped buying gasoline! Our profits for today are down 0.0001%!
Evil CEO: Raise tomorrow's prices by ten cents per gallon! Also, nuke Iran.
All: [Evil laughter]
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2007-05-08 16:00:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:23:38 EDT (#)
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I think I'll get TWO fill ups that day.
I'll just let the pump drain onto the ground for the second one.
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<3
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:59:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:51:18 EDT (#)
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Measures need to be taken at the highest of levels... the very manufacturing of the vehicles and the fuel used to power them - but there is no money in changing over just yet - and nothing will be done until capitalistic greed runs its filthy little course.
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I smell the socialistic stink of governmental regulation all over this reply.
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:57:31 EDT (#)
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I haven't read the reviews, but I'm guessing everyone agrees with you like I do.
Idiots and their flawed logic make me smile, though, because ... it makes me feel blessed that I have a cognitive advantage over them and my brain is able to think logically.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:57:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:25:27 EDT (#)
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no1hasdis - I need a car to commute due to distane to my employment and the absense of any public transport there."""
yes, and i assume you knew that you'd need a car wherever you settled. just like i know that finding myself an apartment near work will force me to pay outrageous rents.
in the end, it's a question of choices. but what annoys me is all the little babies (the majority of people) who think that the world should evolve around their personal decisions.
those are the same idiots who will cry when interest rates will rise because they bought a house they can no longer afford or that credit card is jacked up.
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If I had written that people would shit themselves and say, "Fuck you, Jack, we don't all have GREAT jobs and some of us have to live outside the city where it is cheaper!!!!!!!"
For the record, Caul, I am like you. I've always lived where I could either walk to work or take cheap public transit. I may soon have to break down and buy a car since I moved to the semi-boondocks, but I'd only use the damn thing for shopping on the weekends.
Gotta keep up the kitty litter stockpile.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:54:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:18:07 EDT (#)
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Isn't American Idol on tonight?
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HAR-HAR cultural erosion.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:54:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:13:38 EDT (#)
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I don't know... I seem to think the majority of the folks out there are pretty decent.
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I like to believe that most of the time... Usually I can just avoid assholes and forget for a while they exist.
It sucks when you're perfectly nice and polite to the people you can't escape (like a post office worker) and they treat you like shit for no reason.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:52:44 EDT (#)
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*relies
damn spell check!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:51:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:36:21 EDT (#)
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Buy fuel efficient vehicles.
There is no earthly reason why a city dweller needs a huge ass SUV or an H2.
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But this kind of thing relay's on the fallacy of 'human responsibility'.
We don't have a very well defined sense of it.
We are greedy, selfish and lazy. You know this, I know this. Suggesting we moderate our behavior for the 'greater good' is just to nebulous a concept for us to embrace... is it cheap? Does it work?
That is all MOST of us really care about.
Of course there is no reason for a city dweller to have a huge ass SUV - but people dig their cars. We love convenience. Taking the bus or walking is a pain in the ass.
Measures need to be taken at the highest of levels... the very manufacturing of the vehicles and the fuel used to power them - but there is no money in changing over just yet - and nothing will be done until capitalistic greed runs its filthy little course.
Unless 'we' do something about it. The vast majority.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:48:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:45:41 EDT (#)
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Just to clarify, it's not where I live, it's where the company is located. There is no residence near to work option, and it's not because of cost or not liking the neighbourhood. Further, I need to travel extensively to job sites, and they are everywhere from Montreal to Vancouver.
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you seem to have a very different life than me for someone who is my alter.
my schizophrenia is pretty sharp.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:47:13 EDT (#)
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*waits for rob's automated reply*
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:45:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:25:27 EDT (#)
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no1hasdis - I need a car to commute due to distane to my employment and the absense of any public transport there."""
yes, and i assume you knew that you'd need a car wherever you settled. just like i know that finding myself an apartment near work will force me to pay outrageous rents.
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Just to clarify, it's not where I live, it's where the company is located. There is no residence near to work option, and it's not because of cost or not liking the neighbourhood. Further, I need to travel extensively to job sites, and they are everywhere from Montreal to Vancouver.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:45:20 EDT (#)
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rob is the anti-definition of pragmatism.
LET'S SHOVEL SOME CLOUDS AND MASTURBATE OVER TEENAGER PHILOSOPHY AND PROBLEMS IN HUMANITY WILL SOLVE THEMSELVES!
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:43:07 EDT (#)
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Someone should create a counter-email. It should go something like this.
"June 12th is national Beat the System Day! This is the day we show those fat cats at the oil companies what-for!
Want to fling your commercial cum in the eye of the collective cuntbaggery that's keeping you down with high gas prices??? Well in the words of Samwell, "Ohkaaaaaaay."
Here's the plan. It's so simple a Republican woman could figure it out.
- The morning of June 12th you and whoever you forward this email to will fly down to Caracas, Venezuela. THEY HAVE GAS THERE FOR SOMETHING LIKE $0.30/gallon! How's THAT for price gouging? LOLZ!
- Using those little half-sized water bottles they gave you on board the aircraft, proceed to fill up five, six, hell even 20 containers if you've got them and put them in your checked baggage. Remember: the more you fill up the more you save. And the more you save the more you stick it to the man! Don't forget to bring a couple ounces in your carry-on luggage. It's what the law allows you to bring, but you and me both know that the greedy corporate pigs never counted on us using their regulations to beat the system! ROFL!
- Touch down in the evening and pour your cheapass gas into your vehicle. YOU'VE WON! CHEAP GAS, A DAY OFF WORK AND A FINGER UP A SUIT'S ASS! YAAAAAAAAY!"
I'm sure someone would do this.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:36:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Buy fuel efficient vehicles.
There is no earthly reason why a city dweller needs a huge ass SUV or an H2.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:29:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:22:13 EDT (#)
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Think about this... by definition, half the people on earth are of below average intelligence.
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hehe
Well sure - but intelligence and ignorance are not mutually exclusive.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:29:16 EDT (#)
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You know what would really help things?
The rapture.
If Jesus took all the Christians off the planet, that'd be around 1.5 billion people gone.
With fewer people, demand should decrease.
Man, where's Jesus when you need him?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:25:27 EDT (#)
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no1hasdis - I need a car to commute due to distane to my employment and the absense of any public transport there."""
yes, and i assume you knew that you'd need a car wherever you settled. just like i know that finding myself an apartment near work will force me to pay outrageous rents.
in the end, it's a question of choices. but what annoys me is all the little babies (the majority of people) who think that the world should evolve around their personal decisions.
those are the same idiots who will cry when interest rates will rise because they bought a house they can no longer afford or that credit card is jacked up.
i think someone forgot to read them the Grasshoper and the Ant fable.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:23:38 EDT (#)
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I think I'll get TWO fill ups that day.
I'll just let the pump drain onto the ground for the second one.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:22:13 EDT (#)
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Think about this... by definition, half the people on earth are of below average intelligence.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:19:00 EDT (#)
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I also love the argument "I have no choice" If you live far in a tiny village where everything is far apart, it's all right, I can understand.
But if you decided to go deep into the suburbs for lower house prices and a more quiet area with a huge fucking garden, don't come bitching because gas prices are high. Should we make helicopter affordable to commoners so that your commute is more accomodating, hmmm?
If you want to have everything your way, just rob a fucking bank and live like a king or get an actual job. Otherwise, stfu about gas price or sell your house and get a nice apartment near work.
It's amazing how people take things for granted. As if cheap gas was a basic right and that riding around a huge piece of shit filled with gadgets was mandatory to human existence.
I don't wanna sound like a hippie but there are limits to be spoiled.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:18:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:57:55 EDT (#)
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Lobby for...
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I hate to say it, but the system is broken. Lobbying will eventually solve certain problems, but the way 'it works' is such a polluted, inefficitent fucking shit show that by the time your specific problem is even addressed chances are there are even MORE issues that need attention.
Of course during that time MORE things will distract us from even giving a shit about whatever it was we thought we were lobbying for in the first place.
Isn't American Idol on tonight?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:13:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:51:39 EDT (#)
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I think you're giving "the majority" too much credit. Do a little experiment, go out to a public place and observe people. Take score of how many people act courteous and intelligent, and how many act like self centered-borderline retarded-assholes.
Then realize that "the majority" is the problem.
OH DARWIN! WHERE ART THOU!
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I don't know... I seem to think the majority of the folks out there are pretty decent.
I think morally we have a fairly significant compass that directs us in a generally "good" direction... most of our faults come through laziness or ignorance - when I stop to think about how many "bad" people I know of - the number is dwarfed by the sheer volume of folks that seem relatively 'fine'.
Humanity is self-centered, by nature. We live our entire lives in our own heads. Our entire perception of reality is unique and individual. Our experience defines us, and our ignorance separates us.
Sure there are lots of 'retards' out there, but I think there is a fair argument that most of those people would rather help someone than harm them... just so long as it didn't require much effort or consideration on their part.
We have compartmentalized ourselves through necessity - I mean society as we know it is overwhelming... there HAS to be a way to string us all together. 'Media' has been the standard thus far - but the world is just too big, and there is just FAR too much shit to sell these day so any education potential is smothered by capitalistic greed. (Not to mention all the glorious programming that exists to remain conveniently distracted.)
I just think something drastic and grass-rootsy needs to take place that embraces technology and style - plays into humanity's weaknesses and sets up something that is destined to succeed instead of likely to fail. If willful ignorance is the problem... how does that get solved?
What can be done to fundamentally change the world? Because that is what we need. We need to take all the good things that we have accomplished, get rid of all the stupid fucking bullshit and restructure the fuck out of humanity.
I mean it looks so simple on paper. The question is : How?
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:13:15 EDT (#)
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I have the following things to say about this post:
1. For some reason it made me want coffee so badly I had to go make a cup before finishing the post.
2. Thanks to the picture, a decent amount of said coffee is now all over my laptop screen.
Submitted by MidnightToSix (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:13:06 EDT (#)
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And....
"Come and see the violence inherent in the system!"
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:30:34 EDT (#)
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I suppose this is the problem inherent in the system isn't it?
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:09:36 EDT (#)
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Lobby for better CAFE standards that don't exclude SUV's and actually set a target HIGHER than currently used. (If US cars met current European standards of ~45mpg, there would be no need to import gasoline from the middle east.)
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YES!
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:08:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:44:28 EDT (#)
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now that i'm done laughing at this picture, i can voice my opinion.
if oil companies bother you so much, just don't buy a fucking car.
simplistic you will say, but how many of us really need a car? much of our population is urban, there are buses and most destination are reachable by bike and the only fuel required is in large quantity in your love handles.
it's amazing since i have been on foot how much all this talk about pollution, oil and whatnot has automatically exited my mind while extra money has entered my account. i assure you, if you get rid of your car, you will quickly ignore about those stupid incentives against oil companies and on top of that, you will have a smug feeling of having done something right. :-Þ
if you really need a car (and you know you don't in most case), i can respect that, to each his own, but please stop fucking bitching about the price of LUXURY!
hahahahahha, picture!
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I can't stand the idiots who complain gas should be cheaper, even while whining about the enviroment to boot, and then you find out they'redriving around in a cayonarro or 3/4 ton 4x4 truck. And why? Because they need to haul material? Work in construction? No, just because they think a big truck is cool, or it's to hard to load the kids in a mid-size sedan. And the worst part is, half them don't even commute farther then a couple blocks. Oh, but they can't walk. Or use public transport. Hey, fine, it's a free world and your choice, but don't bitch abotu fuel costs. I need a car to commute due to distane to my employment and the absense of any public transport there. However, I have the sense to use small displacement sub-compacts for commuting. I have a larger displacement sports car for fun, and taking on highway trips to the lake, but I only use it occasionally, and whether it's $40 or $80 to fill doesn't matter, as it's something I don't do every day. Personally, I hope the price of oil jacks up over $100 bbl this summer, it doesn't affect me overly when I have the good sense to be economical about fuel use. And unfortunatly the only way to cure the self-centred, ignorant masses of their apathy and wastefulness is to hit them right in the wallet.
Whatever, I'm rambling. Picture rocks.
Submitted by MidnightToSix (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:08:21 EDT (#)
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I've mixed feelings about this. While you are correct that "Anti-Gas Day" would work better for Gas-X and hurts the bean industry, it has no effect whatsoever on the oil cartel of the world.
However, these life style changes you speak of..... that involves not going to Starbucks. So you are actually part of the real problem.
But, it is all solved by blitzkrieg kitten.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:05:21 EDT (#)
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I think the cars in America are hilarious. Here they have taxed petrol/ big cars so much that people are starting to find SUVs too expensive to run.
I probably drive less than 5000 miles a year- we've moved to a small town and I can walk everywhere.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 15:00:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:44:28 EDT (#)
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now that i'm done laughing at this picture, i can voice my opinion.
if oil companies bother you so much, just don't buy a fucking car.
simplistic you will say, but how many of us really need a car? much of our population is urban, there are buses and most destination are reachable by bike and the only fuel required is in large quantity in your love handles.
it's amazing since i have been on foot how much all this talk about pollution, oil and whatnot has automatically exited my mind while extra money has entered my account. i assure you, if you get rid of your car, you will quickly ignore about those stupid incentives against oil companies and on top of that, you will have a smug feeling of having done something right. :-Þ
if you really need a car (and you know you don't in most case), i can respect that, to each his own, but please stop fucking bitching about the price of LUXURY!
hahahahahha, picture!
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EXACTLY!
I agree, and I take the bus/walk/ride my bike to work/school/store.
I only drive my car when I have to go on site, which is usually 20-30 miles away in the burbs or further. I've had my car here in Boston for almost two years and have only put just over 6000 miles on it (two oil changes) and that counts a few trips to Upstate NY and MD to visit the folks.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:57:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:34:19 EDT (#)
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I guess what I mean to say : Fine.
The whole boycott idea sucks for all of the reasons you mentioned.
BUT
What are some things that COULD be done to affect (effect) change?
After all - pointing and laughing is fairly ineffective, however satisfying.
What else is there?
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Lobby for better CAFE standards that don't exclude SUV's and actually set a target HIGHER than currently used. (If US cars met current European standards of ~45mpg, there would be no need to import gasoline from the middle east.)
Lobby for the discontinuation of incandescent bulbs (energy savings would be enourmous)
Lobby for the BILLIONS of dollars spent annually on 8 lane freeways to go to Public Transit
and on and on
The email's stated goal is to have 74 million people participate. If 74 million people actually did something with a tangible effect we'd be off to a start.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:52:44 EDT (#)
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Also, the lines are gonna be hige on the 16th.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:51:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:30:34 EDT (#)
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I suppose this is the problem inherent in the system isn't it?
We are already convinced of somethings uselessness before it is even attempted.
You are an apathetic fuck... we all are.
Question for all you big brain nerds following along: "Why are the people who organize such attempts marginalized in such a polarizing fashion?"
I mean I giggled at this post - I certainly recognize the futility of such an event
- BUT -
I also recognize how fucking pathetic WE are to let this sort of shit go on.
We created society. We created economics. We let "other people" run our lives and make decisions for us. We allow ourselves to be distracted. We don't give a fuck.
We need to restructure society in such a way that places the control into the hands of the majority. This isn't going to happen on its own because the people in power are going to do everything they can do to stay in power.
I just don't know how... yet. Anyone else got an idea? Bueller?
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I think you're giving "the majority" too much credit. Do a little experiment, go out to a public place and observe people. Take score of how many people act courteous and intelligent, and how many act like self centered-borderline retarded-assholes.
Then realize that "the majority" is the problem.
OH DARWIN! WHERE ART THOU!
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:49:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nearly fell out of my chair over that picture.
It's from my personal collection.
I remember that kitten. I named him Heinz. He was a little hellraiser.
(See The Caulaincourt - Jack McCallum Feud, Volumes VI through XXVIII)
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:44:28 EDT (#)
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now that i'm done laughing at this picture, i can voice my opinion.
if oil companies bother you so much, just don't buy a fucking car.
simplistic you will say, but how many of us really need a car? much of our population is urban, there are buses and most destination are reachable by bike and the only fuel required is in large quantity in your love handles.
it's amazing since i have been on foot how much all this talk about pollution, oil and whatnot has automatically exited my mind while extra money has entered my account. i assure you, if you get rid of your car, you will quickly ignore about those stupid incentives against oil companies and on top of that, you will have a smug feeling of having done something right. :-Þ
if you really need a car (and you know you don't in most case), i can respect that, to each his own, but please stop fucking bitching about the price of LUXURY!
hahahahahha, picture!
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:38:52 EDT (#)
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yay kitten!
You may be right.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:34:40 EDT (#)
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On the ladder of success, the coffe whore is the very bottom.
Fuck Starbucks and every person that works for that vampiric corporation.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:34:19 EDT (#)
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I guess what I mean to say : Fine.
The whole boycott idea sucks for all of the reasons you mentioned.
BUT
What are some things that COULD be done to affect (effect) change?
After all - pointing and laughing is fairly ineffective, however satisfying.
What else is there?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:32:11 EDT (#)
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i have never lol so much at a picture hahahahahahhahaahhaahahahahahahhaah
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:30:34 EDT (#)
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I suppose this is the problem inherent in the system isn't it?
We are already convinced of somethings uselessness before it is even attempted.
You are an apathetic fuck... we all are.
Question for all you big brain nerds following along: "Why are the people who organize such attempts marginalized in such a polarizing fashion?"
I mean I giggled at this post - I certainly recognize the futility of such an event
- BUT -
I also recognize how fucking pathetic WE are to let this sort of shit go on.
We created society. We created economics. We let "other people" run our lives and make decisions for us. We allow ourselves to be distracted. We don't give a fuck.
We need to restructure society in such a way that places the control into the hands of the majority. This isn't going to happen on its own because the people in power are going to do everything they can do to stay in power.
I just don't know how... yet. Anyone else got an idea? Bueller?
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:27:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:50:40 EDT (#)
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hehehe - yeah, that was my thought when I read the emails.
I actually am planning to fill up on that day, as there shouldn't be any waiting at any of the pumps.
ok, so I'm banking on a majority of the public being highly illogical and not prone to thought...
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Everybody is thinking the same thing as you, and to prove the point they'll forward you the message to you on the 14th TO BE SURE YOU'RE NOT THERE!!!!! which is exactly where you'll see them on the 15th.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:10:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:53:07 EDT (#)
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I fart turtle doves. Points well taken, but you go to starbucks so I must take a point off. Is overpriced coffee really that much different from regular priced coffee -or- do you go for the double hot anal fudge mochiatta sundae splash with shot of expresso triple ground for faggots?
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Yea, we'll I'd get my coffee somewhere else, but in Weston (or anywhere in Massachusetts) it's either one of the 15.2 trillion Dunkin Donuts (and they have shitty coffee) or Starbucks.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:08:43 EDT (#)
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Bring him your gasoline receipt on the 15th. Make sure you have an empty tank and fill it with premium.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:04:54 EDT (#)
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so true.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-05-08 14:00:03 EDT (#)
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The "500 cup a week" analogy alone is worth a +2
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:59:49 EDT (#)
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What sico said. That and I've read/heard this many times before. Not that that takes away from your argument at all. It's just that I'm kinda getting tired of hearing it so "Kicker of all ass" doesn't really apply.
Made me smile (+1)
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:54:59 EDT (#)
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>>>
Maybe I'm an asshole for ruining this guy's day. Maybe I'm an asshole for doing it in front of his coworkers and a dozen strangers.
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Well, he had it coming, anyway.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:53:55 EDT (#)
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where did you find that pic? Also, I know that that's a meme, but is there a specific name for those types of pics, the ones with the inspirational images theme?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:53:07 EDT (#)
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I fart turtle doves. Points well taken, but you go to starbucks so I must take a point off. Is overpriced coffee really that much different from regular priced coffee -or- do you go for the double hot anal fudge mochiatta sundae splash with shot of expresso triple ground for faggots?
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:51:21 EDT (#)
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http://pulsehead.com/message/4904/Don%27t+buy+gas+on+May+15th.++Or+do.++Either+way..html
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:50:40 EDT (#)
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hehehe - yeah, that was my thought when I read the emails.
I actually am planning to fill up on that day, as there shouldn't be any waiting at any of the pumps.
ok, so I'm banking on a majority of the public being highly illogical and not prone to thought...
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:49:41 EDT (#)
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Dude, you can still get your coffee there. In fact, you should make a point of continuing to get your coffee there. It's that clown's fucking job to get you your coffee, not proselytize about his retarded "cause o' the moment," and that's exactly what you should tell him.
Of course, in the future, you'll want to watch him like a hawk to make sure no jizz finds its way into your coffee.
Submitted by ticklish_squirrel (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:45:05 EDT (#)
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And for the kitten. I have a new kitten and she's given my cat something to live for!
I love kittens!
Submitted by ticklish_squirrel (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:44:08 EDT (#)
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Awesome. My thoughts exactly.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:40:35 EDT (#)
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People who participate in "Gas Days" are welcome to shampoo my balloon knot.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-08 13:38:39 EDT (#)
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hahahaha....and AHAHAHAHAH at the picture