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what about... (Score:5, Funny)
YOU ARE A WINNER (Score:5, Funny)
My God (Score:5, Funny)
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"The same thing I do every year, Pinky, support the beer industry."
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-pterry,m@a
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A seamstress tucks up the frills.
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Or, if you're really desperate, 'ladies of negotiable infection.
wakka wakka wakka
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Too late, they're booked solid.
Would've also accepted... (Score:5, Funny)
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(In Soviet Russia, the hose supports it!)
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Re:what about... (Score:5, Insightful)
This is Slashdot. I don't have a girlfriend. So I don't have to pay the DeBeers cartel two months' salary to get her to put out.
Re:what about... (Score:5, Insightful)
when you think about it, it really depends on how long this two month salary investment will last. i mean if we are talking for a really long time, it's a worthy investment.
as a friend of mine that once said, "any man who says eh's never paid for sex is lying." it might not be in cash, or even anythign tangible.. but you ALWAYS pay... sooner or later...
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www.intellectualwhores.com/masterladder.html
Interesting stuff
DVDA (Score:5, Informative)
Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Funny)
ObSimpsons quote: (Score:5, Funny)
---Homer
I apologize in advance... (Score:5, Funny)
Sadly for some of us, it will be whack.
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Insightful)
I think some tactical voting is in order this year...
*Breaths deeply* *sits back down*
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Interesting)
All a matter of perspective.
$1M at age 20 = eating cat food at 51, and worse, as you scrounge for cat food for the next 30 years, you'll read news of medical advances that could have extended your useful life to 100.
$1M at age 50 = caviar to 80, and life'll probably suck so hard at 80 whether you have money left or not, that it doesn't matter whether you eat cat food or caviar at 81.
Finally, $1M invested (and yes, this does mean doing some work and producing some economic value -- in that your research is worth money, and you get paid that money when your research predictions come true) in the stocks of companies that pull raw commodities out of the ground, will do just fine in an inflationary environment. That is, if the value of a dollar drops because of dumb-ass economic policy, the value (in Dollars) of oil, gas, gold, nickel, copper, and aluminum will rise. So if you're invested in a company that turns Dollars into oil, gas, gold, nickel, copper, or aluminum, you'll do pretty damn nicely.
Indeed, you may not only not have to worry about eating cat food, because you may end up rich enough to feed people who eat cat food... or at least, to feed them to your cats :)
Or at least, you would be rich enough, if it weren't for the damn taxes. Catch-22. *g*
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Insightful)
The guy with $30M isn't impoverished even if you gouged him for 75% of his income.
With that kind of argument when do you stop? How about we just, as a nation, decide how much we think each person should have?
We already do. It's why we have a sliding tax scale with more loopholes than we can shake a stick at.
If someone is going to be taxed into oblivion,
That just isn't happening. Reword your rhetoric to something reasonable and come back to me with the rest of that statement.
Oh and here's a counter argument. Let's say we keep Daddy Warbucks out of the poor house by figuring out a flat tax rate that hits everyone. Let's say it winds up being 20% for the sake of argument. Daddy makes a million dollars and Uncle Sam takes 200K from him. Daddy still has $800K. Daddy has plenty left to invest and still buy Annie that $10,000 dollar tiara.
Joe Average makes $40K and Uncle Sam takes away $8K. Now do you get it? Does it begin to sink in? $8K for Joe is SIX mortage payments. It's half the value of his car. It's his vacation/music/movie/game allowance for the entire year. It represents nearly triple of what he can put into a ROTH account for the year and almost the max of what he can invest in a 401K using 2002 figures And there are a lot more Joe Averages than there are Daddy Warbucks. People remain employed because more than one person need their services. Gouge Joe Average and all of Daddy's investments fail because their is no one willing to buy them.
News flash: wealth is usually an indicator that someone accomplished something. If you punish someone for accomplishing things, nothing will be accomplished. Often a lot of risk is involved in business endeavors.
Daddy isn't being punished. He can still absorb the risk and reap the rewards. He can still invest in tax shelters. Awww, it's so unfair. What about Joe who would have invested that $8K? He shouldn't have the chance to get the payout that Daddy got?
Those people who were hurt are easily forgotten though. Especially when some idiot on stage turns economics into a one-liner.
Pot, kettle, black. I have looked at, thought ahead and just happen to come to a different conclusion than you do. Basically because I'm not willing to accept your ridiculous opinion that someone making $30 million is currently being taxed into Oblivion. If the max tax rate is 50% then Daddy will still try for $60M because he would make $30M instead of $15M. The only reason for Daddy to not try for the 60M is if he suddenly winds up in a Twilight Zone 75% bracket. And that isn't going to happen in reality because the max tax bracket 35%. Since there is a cap and Daddy hit that cap $29M ago it provides no disincentive for Daddy to try and make $60M.
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Funny)
that would imply that you actually get some.
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:4, Insightful)
The poll results (56% online news and suicide) would suggest that precludes most of slashdot
Re:Let me be the first to say.. (Score:5, Funny)
Bitter beer, single malt?
Different industry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Different industry (Score:5, Funny)
Masturbation, they say it isn't romantic. Hey, I light a candle. Then I try and shoot it out, it's like a fun carnival game!
What about... (Score:4, Insightful)
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...And they say chivalry is dead....
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Re:Don't listen to them (Score:5, Funny)
The patron saint (Score:5, Funny)
St. Valentine:
The patron saint of making single people feel inadequate.
Corollary:
The patron saint of making single people feel smug.
I choo-choose Suicide! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I choo-choose Suicide! (Score:5, Informative)
"...the supposed origins of Valentine's day."
You mean the Roman festival of Lupercalia [everything2.com], which boiled down to a big smelly orgy principly involving the mass deflowering of legions of nubile young women?
Suicide? What are you? A freak?!
Just one option? (Score:5, Funny)
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Japan (Score:5, Interesting)
On Valentines, it is the women that give gifts (small chocolate boxes) to men. Also, it is not confined to lovers; relationships like workmates and teachers/students also tend to warrant a gift (don't ask me about the actual protocols; I have no idea).
Then, on "white day" a month later, the recipients of the valentine's are supposed to reciprocate with gifts of their own.
It's not that bad, actually; the disconnect of Valentine's from being a popularity contest means we geeks get gifts as well.
Re:Japan (Score:5, Funny)
Valentine's day massacre [prairieghosts.com]
What? No Steak and Blowjob? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Like the metric system, some other countries... (Score:5, Insightful)
Anti-Valentine (Score:5, Funny)
The site has electronic anti-valentine cards, which are (imo) quite funny. Got a laugh or three out of a couple friends with them, anyways.
http://www.meish.org/vd/
Poor foreigners (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Poor foreigners (Score:5, Informative)
Believe it or not, not everything in the world is American! Oh horror!
Re:Poor foreigners (Score:5, Insightful)
Believe it or not, not everything in the world is American! Oh horror!
Yeah, but they can have Valentine's Day for all I care. It's the dumbest, most overly commercialized excuse for a holiday I've ever seen. Appreciation for loved ones should be shown because they deserve it, not because they expect it, damnit.
And no, I'm not just saying this because I don't have a girlfriend. I can be bitter about that any day of the year.
P.S. Missing poll option: ( x ) Reading Microsoft source code
Re:Poor foreigners (Score:5, Insightful)
It's just a hallmark holiday. Move along, nothing to see here :P
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Re:Poor foreigners (Score:5, Interesting)
I think Valentine's Day is a good thing.
My observation has been that while many people talk about how it's a Hallmark holiday and/or unnecessary because the right thing to do is show your love for the object of your affection over a whole year and not just one or two days, the reality is that most people (including some of the anti-Valentines brigade) aren't up to it. They get preoccupied. They forget to express their love (and not just materially). I have a friend who swears up and down about the uselessness and commercialism of V-day, but he also couldn't remember his wife's birthday or their anniversary. Nor was there romance of any kind from him outside of their initial courtship period. I'm not saying that's the only reason he's divorced now, but it sure didn't help. He's not alone. There are a lot of people in couples like that, both men and women.
It's good to have a day that reminds us to be grateful that we have someone special in our lives.
it may be useful... (Score:5, Insightful)
Almost continuously over the last month I get to hear ads for jewelry; as the day gets closer, I get to hear ads for items that are quick and easy to give. I don't object to having a day to remember loved ones, but the point of Valentine's Day seems to be more and more to spend money to support businesses rather than to express love for someone. In the context of the "holidays" (Sweetest Day comes to mind) that have been invented for the sole purpose of spending money on things one would not choose buy otherwise, it's hard to look at Valentine's Day with an unjaundiced eye.
In addition, an expresion of value on Valentine's Day (when it is expected rather than freely given) is worth less than that on other days. As others have said, in a relationship where partners don't appreciate one another for the rest of the year (or on days when they are not expected to), the gestures of Valentine's Day are hollow. In the presence of appreciation and love in a relationship, Valentine's Day has some meaning, but not much more than other days. For lots of other people, the commercial messages are likely to overwhelm any memories that might cause one to remember and appreciate the loved one.
In theory, Valentine's day is a good idea, but the good in it (for me) is overwhelmed by the dross.
Defending V-Day (Score:4, Insightful)
You won't find a holiday that people celebrate that doesn't promote some forms of insincerity or just going through the motions.
Let me come at this from a different direction, with an anecdote about a different friend of mine, a guy I've known since we were ten years old. He's due to be married in a few months and he's been dating his fiance for about five years now. When they started dating, he was all about doing flowers and little gifts and the various small, regular romantic gestures that many women (including his fiance) love.
Over the years, that kind of thing has trickled off from him a lot. It's not that he's not still very much in love. It's not that he doesn't remember how many nights he was depressed and/or crying himself to sleep in the years before he met her because he didn't have the love of someone special in his life. It's not that he considers himself any less blessed or is any less passionate if you ask him about his girl than he ever was.
I guess it's just that it gets easier with the passing of time for him to forget about these things. Maybe he has a really busy week at work one week and is just too distracted, the next week she has a week like that, friends are in town, family visits for the weekend, whatever. It all adds up and it's easy to forget to make time to celebrate your love. I don't think he's alone in that, either. I think a lot of decent, loving people are just build that way and have those kinds of lives.
It's good that there are days to remind people like him to express what he genuinely feels.
When I say that I like V-Day, it's not a rosy-glasses pollyanna kind of like. I realize that it's a day of insincerity for some, and a day for bitterness about being single for others. What I'm really saying is that when you add it all up, I think the good of the day outweighs the bad.
I'd just like to wish everyone (Score:5, Funny)
No, I'm not bitter or anything.
Damn Consumerists (Score:5, Funny)
You know, some of us make our Valentine's Card and dinner.
I suppose that means I'm supporting the paper goods / glue / and pen industry. And the farmers.
Auto Show! (Score:5, Interesting)
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I do. I do. Its just that they usually don't say the same.
Its ironic. Like this one time, I was in a bar looking for a significant other. I will call that girl "Girl" just to be anon. The last bits of conversation shattered my faith.
Me: So, umm... can I have your phone number
Girl: Its in the book!
Me: I am sorry, what was your name again?
Girl: Its in the book too, dumbass.
Or... (Score:5, Funny)
Sweatshop workers making Victoria's Secret Panties (Score:4, Funny)
Only to have them end up on the floor later.
Single Awareness Day (Score:5, Funny)
I chose the wine industry because.... (Score:5, Funny)
All of the above.... (Score:5, Funny)
The Malt Liquor Industry (Score:5, Funny)
I hear it's fun, but I plan on driving out to see my gf instead
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Other choices (Score:4, Funny)
Valentine's Day is a fascist crock. (Score:5, Insightful)
Feh.
Options... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, flowers will look good on top of my computer.
Supporting the chocolate industry
Chocolate does taste good, but my PCI slots don't appreciate it.
Supporting the greeting card industry
My computer gets enough spam as it is.
Supporting the restaurant industry
I'd rather not disconnect everything just to dine out with my significant other. Mac n' Cheese it is!
Supporting the wine industry
Building the latest WINE from CVS, always fun for the both of us.
Supporting the online dating industry
Done, but not to meet other people
Supporting the online news site industry
Well, here I am.
Supporting the suicide hotline industry
They raised their rates for the valentine rush
I get along fine
Checkboxes (Score:5, Funny)
I plan to buy my better half roses, wine, candy and then take her out to dinner.
All of this just so she will leave me alone on sunday so I can play computer games all day without having to listen to her telling me that I don't spend enough time with her.
In the Words of Sluggy Freelance (Score:4, Funny)
I now know how my parents celebrated. (Score:5, Funny)
Missing option (Score:5, Funny)
I chose the suicide hotline option (Score:5, Funny)
-72
Hate the cheesy commercials (Score:4, Interesting)
Why can't they think about the rest of us who happen to be unwillingly single, and may be saddened by watching/hearing happy, gushing lovers kiss/say loving things to each other day in and day out during "Valentine's Week". I have been depressed all day long for the past week or so, just because of the cheesy radio commercials that I hear during my morning commute.
Over the past few years, I've come to dread V-day and my birthday...because I am EXPECTED to be happy and surrounded by friends on these days, and it doesn't necessarily work that way for everybody.
Fsking lovers... baah who needs them. I have Slashdot to keep me company.
Supporting the restaurant from the other side (Score:5, Funny)
Dinner "In" (Score:5, Funny)
I wouldn't risk going out on Valentine's when it falls on a weekend -- Boston drivers are bad enough sober and without anyone else's hand in their lap.
Createor of Poll does not have a girlfriend/wife (Score:5, Funny)
November 6 (Score:5, Interesting)
My uncle, my cousin and myself were all born on November 6, which is 266 days after Valentines Day.
So... be careful on Valentines Day. Or don't be, according to your desires.
Cheap Chocolate Day (Score:5, Funny)
"Cheap Chocolate Day" (the day after Valentine's when all the extra chocolate goes on sale) should be a national holiday.
how much do you envy me (Score:5, Funny)
only to find out that that she bought some for herself to wear on valentines. Let's just hope she was planning on wearing the 200's
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I, for one, welcome... (Score:5, Funny)
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mmmmmm
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Re:Supporting the 'Lonely Guy' industry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Supporting the 'Lonely Guy' industry (Score:5, Funny)
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> @11 my b@53
> @r3 b310ng t0 y0u
Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
chmod -R you ~/base
Re:Chocolate, Diamonds & Slavery (Score:5, Insightful)
yes, diamonds and chocolate and flowers come to us thanks to the underpaid, overworked labor of the oppressed. but I am not entirely sure that the successful boycotting of these industries would have the desired effect of improving the lot of those people most affected.
Again, I'm not promoting ambivalence towards injustice. But I simply don't know the most effective, humane way to respond to the situation.
Looking forward to thoughtful replies.
Wake up, man! (Score:5, Insightful)
"What are you getting your SO for Valentines Day?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Are you gay?"
No, that's not the worst thing. I hope you're sitting down when you read this, because when I tell you what the worst thing is, you're gonna cry. Seriously.
Are you ready?
The worst thing is that you don't realize that when a woman asks you things like this, it's because she's flirting with you.
The first question is a casual attempt to enter your world - they're casually asking about your love life, in an attempt to let you know they're interested in you, and to find out if you're single.
The second question is a direct approach to you - they're being 'bold' because they figure you are too shy to pick up their hints from the first question.
The third question is an attempt to reconcile in their minds why you're not reciprocating their advances - they've established that you're single, and that you're not interested in them, so they're wondering if they're wasting their time.
Can't they see I am an ugly-socially-retarded geek?
First, beauty is in the eye of the beholder - maybe you're not as ugly as you think you are (from experience - until I was 23 or so, I thought I was ugly - I had no idea that most women considered me very attractive.)
Second, they probably see that you're socially retarded, and that's why they're being so 'open' about the flirting (yes, I know - to you, it doesn't seem 'open' - but to them, it's the equivalent of hitting you over the head with a brick - they're probably wondering why you don't pick up on it.)
if I were the last man on earth I still couldn't get a date
Bullshit. A woman may have said it, but that's just the opinion of one person. But don't just take my word for it - you have proof from women that deal with you at work:
If you were truly unwantable, women wouldn't assume you had a girlfriend, and wouldn't ask you about her. Think about it - the first two questions mean that whoever asks you this automatically nullify the statement that you couldn't get a date.
Now on to the good news: If you want to change, you may be surprised to learn that social skills, just like any other skills can be learned, and they can be learned by you. They're really quite simple, and most of them just involve paying attention to your surroundings. Contrary to a lot of 'sour grapes' cynics, learning to relate to members of the opposite sex does won't change who you are - you'll still be you, and you'll still be good at everything you do, you just have additional skills to use (when you learn one language, you don't automatically forget others, do you?)
Most cities have 'singles clubs' which offer classes in socializing, but if you have female friends, you can get it for free - just confide in them, and ask for help.
Lingerie: the gift that men give themselves (Score:5, Informative)
(And yes, I am a woman. I would know.)