Comment Re:LOL (Score 1) 206
So, the internet was cool before it became popular, Hipster Ariel?
So, the internet was cool before it became popular, Hipster Ariel?
If we had a Hari Seldon, would anyone listen to him?
You jest, but once upon a time you were able to get cheap lobster with black beans and rice on Rosarito Beach, with freshly made tortillas and salsa.
Now I understand why that "Gangnam Style" video is hilarious when drunk, but incomprehensible when sober.
That's because the dollar was not created tied to the british pound, it was tied to the Spanish/Mexican silver Peso, which was decimalized in 1863.
We've also had metric for 30 years, though even that is basterdized because butter is sold in 454g packages and meat and produce is advertised in per pound prices, while measured and sold in per kg prices. Gas is sold in litres, odometers measure kilometres, yet a lot of people still talk about fuel economy in Imperial-MPG (not to be confused with US MPG which is 84.4% the size).
We've had metric in Mexico for over a hundred years, and if anything, we've seen a retreat in metrification because of so many products standarizing in US sizes.
We've always had 355ml soda cans, 113 gram hamburgers, etc. But now it's worse, now we are seeing gallon and half-gallon milk containers, along with the traditional liter cartons.
Did they bury him with a stake through the heart and his head chopped off?
Yup.
And we buried the body at a crossroads, facing down, with the stake firmly lodged in its cold grey heart.
The head's mouth was filled with garlic and holy wafers placed on the eyes, and was buried separately, across running water.
It's the only way to be sure. (no, nuking from orbit was not an option)
Also, wasn't Alf's home planet destroyed in an incident involving hair dryers? Hairspray doesn't sound far-fetched...
Heh, here in Mexico the goverment and commerce chambers have tried to create a new shopping holiday "El Buen Fin" (sorta translates to "Good Weekend"), to stimulate spending. They are doing it the third weekend of November, and goverment workers are even given their Christmas bonuses early in that date.
However, retailers have responded with only small discounts, and most promotions involve enslaving yourself to the credit cards even more. So overall, it's been a bust.
[clap, clap, clap] Hilarious AND relevant! Well done!
Tumblr is full of them, I'm afraid.
Yup, Libertarian paradises tend to be like that.
He should defend himself in court.
I'm guessing things look a little different when it's oneself being falsely accused, even without taking into account whatever level of corruption is perceived in the local judiciary.
You mean it's a false positive?
He was probably wearing some "steampunk" watch and boots, the poor idiot.
I'd bet there was no statement planned.
Most heavy metal is regular chords and melodies, played fast and hard on distorted guitars, with thrumming bass lines and staccato drums.
No dissonances there, strictly speaking.
The hardest part of climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
