At this point, as US citizen, I'm much more concerned about what the US government does both abroad and at home (including stuff like supporting a repressive Saudi Arabia, other actions abroad that make terrorist blowback more likely, domestic cage-like "free speech zones", domestic rulings saying border patrols can operate in a constitution-ignoring way up to 100 miles inland, etc.)

You right-wing fuckbags are always calling for less government. Guess what? Nobody fucking cares about your precious constitution. Your opposition to Obama is just racism. America is going to change and you're not going to like it one bit. Get used to it.

Buddhist converts. Like Steve Jobs. Did you marry an Asian woman? So typical.

That's not true at all, I have read on these very pages how all religion is utterly and irredeemably evil and must be destroyed. Now we're making exceptions?

PS if you think Buddhists are innocent of bombing, you really need to pick up a history book. Beheading, too.

The reason that professionals don't let it get under their skin is that these foreigners didn't choose their names. Software projects do choose their own names, and those names are frequently either puerile or embarrassing. They are rightfully ridiculed and the open source community should have learned by now that names matter.

I love how you totally neglect to mention the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran (its correct name) is a functioning fascist theocracy. It is ruled by Muslim religious leaders. That's why it's so wildly unpopular worldwide. That's why young people need VPNs to get out to the world.

Maybe this is all a message from the world to Iran that they need to change their thinking. Being trade embargoed is like putting a child in time-out. What did you do wrong, and why are you in time-out? Stop calling the other children The Great Satan (seriously, that's their official name for USA in official government reports).

So what you're saying is we need fewer black people? Fuck you, you piece of shit.

Yes, because VCs are so impressed by a good-looking laptop. I mean, forget the numbers on the spreadsheet, this candidate has an ugly Thinkpad.

The US government also brought you the NSA. Hurray for the government!

I feel dirty saying that, even as a joke.

Don't worry! As a US citizen living abroad, I can guarantee you that the US government does not give a shit about us. In fact, they regard us as little more than traitors or tax-dodgers (which is pretty much the same thing).

When other countries' citizens get into trouble, their governments will at least make a gesture to help. I've seen it - Sweden, Britain, Italy...they actually send consular representatives out to investigate, attend trials, etc. I talked with them and it turns out this is their job! Their actual job!

US government doesn't have anyone like this. You get into legal trouble and they just give you the finger. There is a list of attorneys on their website and that's it. Good luck even getting an American on the phone, they hire locals specifically to shield themselves from having to deal with fellow Americans. So, take heart! If your scenario happened then the US citizen involved would be totally screwed, something that should make your kind happy. :D

People don't choose to get cancer. AIDS, however, is almost completely voluntary. Nice job, throwing slurs at dissenters, though. That's the way to show tolerance! :)

Homework: what's a "bug-chaser"?

Funny how things change, eh? Substitute Nobel Prize for Pulitzer Prize, and it's relevant in 2015.

On the other hand, looking at the state of journalism in 2015, maybe the joke is on the Pulitzer Prize.

Not really. Manual labor has the unpleasant smell of redneck on it. Society will figure this out before long and make the connection. The "maker" i.e. handyman culture will be stigmatized as soon as Hollywood notices it's all male and all working with your hands.

A better word would be 'obscurity'. Your Dad might know that you drink, but the rest of the world didn't. Now, just search your name and boom there's that photo of you holding a bottle of JD with puke all over your shirt.

You actually fell for that? It was obvious to the entire world that Obama was lying and had no intention of following through. Are you an educated person? Why did you not apply critical thinking? It's sad how people lose their heads and won't brook any criticism of The Chosen One. It was a transparent lie.

Yes, because spending less than you make is such a terrible idea. Especially for countries that have gone broke through excessive spending and can't even manage to make debt payments.

By the way, market economies don't go away when you stop believing in them, something that can't be said for religion or the Soviet Union.