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In my state, on our jury registration forms or during voir dire they used to ask you your religion and level of education...
My favorite conversations were always:
Lawyer: And what do you do, Mr. Home?NobodysHome: I'm a math professor.
Lawyer: Your honor, without bias or prejudice, I wish to thank Mr. Home for his service and excuse him from the jury.
Judge: Granted.
As you say, if there is a single indicator of how bad the U.S. judicial system is, it's how hard they try to keep logical thinkers off of juries.
EDIT: Hey... maybe it wasn't my job that made them dismiss me after all...
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In my state, on our jury registration forms or during voir dire they used to ask you your religion and level of education...My favorite conversations were always:
Lawyer: And what do you do, Mr. Home?
NobodysHome: I'm a math professor.
Lawyer: Your honor, without bias or prejudice, I wish to thank Mr. Home for his service and excuse him from the jury.
Judge: Granted.As you say, if there is a single indicator of how bad the U.S. judicial system is, it's how hard they try to keep logical thinkers off of juries.
EDIT: Hey... maybe it wasn't my job that made them dismiss me after all...
Was that defense lawyer or the prosecutor who was quick to dismiss you?
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In my state, on our jury registration forms or during voir dire they used to ask you your religion and level of education...My favorite conversations were always:
Lawyer: And what do you do, Mr. Home?
NobodysHome: I'm a math professor.
Lawyer: Your honor, without bias or prejudice, I wish to thank Mr. Home for his service and excuse him from the jury.
Judge: Granted.As you say, if there is a single indicator of how bad the U.S. judicial system is, it's how hard they try to keep logical thinkers off of juries.
EDIT: Hey... maybe it wasn't my job that made them dismiss me after all...
its because math is evil.
Duh.
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I m sorry to hear that, LordSynos. It sucks that such behavior is still going on in this day and age.You obviously haven't been to the Midwest.
I live in the South, so OF COURSE that kind of behavior is still going on.
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** spoiler omitted **Well, honestly there are quite a few strong reasons we shouldn't move now:
(1) GothBard's mother is widowed and alone; we're the only family anywhere near her, and she doesn't travel well. So abandoning her and taking her only grandkids with us would be cruelty in the extreme.
(2) While Global Megacorporation truly is global (I could quite literally move anywhere in the world with an internet connection and continue in my current job), GothBard actually has to, y'know, go into an office and work, so we're restricted to cities with gaming companies that are hiring.
(3) Uprooting the kids' lives at 15 and 18 and taking them away from all their friends and everything they know isn't something I take lightly.
(4) I really, really love my kids. To the point that I dread the day that they move out. If I change continents without them, I'm far less likely to see them as often because of the whole "10+-hour plane ride" thing.
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Politics...
P.S. - On the other hand, we have to fight or we are really screwed.
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Hello, everyone!
Hey there John.
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I am so glad that my cats are not spoiled. /s
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** spoiler omitted **Well, honestly there are quite a few strong reasons we shouldn't move now:
(1) GothBard's mother is widowed and alone; we're the only family anywhere near her, and she doesn't travel well. So abandoning her and taking her only grandkids with us would be cruelty in the extreme.
(2) While Global Megacorporation truly is global (I could quite literally move anywhere in the world with an internet connection and continue in my current job), GothBard actually has to, y'know, go into an office and work, so we're restricted to cities with gaming companies that are hiring.
(3) Uprooting the kids' lives at 15 and 18 and taking them away from all their friends and everything they know isn't something I take lightly.
(4) I really, really love my kids. To the point that I dread the day that they move out. If I change continents without them, I'm far less likely to see them as often because of the whole "10+-hour plane ride" thing.
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Politics...
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Wow... I've started a trend... :-P
So...
The population will stabilize. Global warming is survivable. Yes, 80-90% of the human race will be living in abject misery because the 1% cannot share. There will be famine, and warfare, and pestilence. But humanity will survive, and there will be places that remain pleasant to live.
To me, the U.S. is already lost. Corporations have taken over the government, and created a system whereby children are no longer educated, but rather indoctrinated and taught that they cannot escape the current system. This leads to a 30% voter turnout rate and voters who see nothing beyond Red and Blue, seemingly unawares that the leaders of both parties are beholden to corporations, not people. Gerrymandering cements this apathy.
So, if the U.S. population surprises me next year and votes Trump out, I will be pleasantly surprised and stick around for a while. If they reelect him, it's really a sign that the U.S. is lost, and I should fight the good fight in a country where it still matters.
EDIT: I mean, let's be honest. I live in frigging California. The Democrats hold a supermajority in all branches of government, and the result is largely positive: We're running a budget surplus every year, we're maintaining strong environmental protections, and we're thumbing our nose at the Trump administration to the point that he targeted us (and New York) specifically with a rather nasty tax hike. But California's skewing too far to the left and building its own doomed-to-topple catastrophic house of cards. (I'll just mention mandatory growth as a major issue in my already-overpopulated area.) And I'm not hopeful that with our current extremely-flawed two-party voting system that California will hold out for more than another decade or two. I'd like to live in a country with at least four viable parties, thanks. And preferably more.
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I made the mistake of letting the kids pick team names for the grammar game we were playing.
Team 1, Whatever, Chinese Food, The Trio, and Big Chungus.
...I dread the afternoon's names.
Afternoon name highlights:
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I made the mistake of letting the kids pick team names for the grammar game we were playing.
Team 1, Whatever, Chinese Food, The Trio, and Big Chungus.
...I dread the afternoon's names.
Afternoon name highlights:
Batman and Robin, I Don't Know, Li'l Snaccs, Best Friends, Piglets, and Shoot, I Don't Know Italian
What? No, "Grandma's Grammar Gremlins?"
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What? No, "Grandma's Grammar Gremlins?"I made the mistake of letting the kids pick team names for the grammar game we were playing.
Team 1, Whatever, Chinese Food, The Trio, and Big Chungus.
...I dread the afternoon's names.
Afternoon name highlights:
Batman and Robin, I Don't Know, Li'l Snaccs, Best Friends, Piglets, and Shoot, I Don't Know Italian
I was gonna go with Bad English.
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While complaining is like, dutch people's number one hobby, I am super glad I live in the netherlands.
I would move there in a heartbeat, but...well first off...how does one go about moving to a nation when your own considers you a leach due to having mental disorders? I mean you can't just up and leave. Visas and passports and...jobs and stuff.
Poor people are screwed. The irony is we are the ones complaining, rich at the top say "if you don't like it leave" and when we ask how they stop listening. Probably because they realize we would be refugees they hate so much.
*Not kind-hearted affluent folks like NH, but dicks who horde so they can die with the most stuff. I don't think all wealthy folks are a#~+@+@s. It just is easier to become wealthy if you are a heartless psychopath.
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While complaining is like, dutch people's number one hobby, I am super glad I live in the netherlands.I would move there in a heartbeat, but...well first off...how does one go about moving to a nation when your own considers you a leach due to having mental disorders? I mean you can't just up and leave. Visas and passports and...jobs and stuff.
Poor people are screwed. The irony is we are the ones complaining, rich at the top say "if you don't like it leave" and when we ask how they stop listening. Probably because they realize we would be refugees they hate so much.
*Not kind-hearted affluent folks like NH, but dicks who horde so they can die with the most stuff. I don't think all wealthy folks are a%%*!%&s. It just is easier to become wealthy if you are a heartless psychopath.
LOL. Yeah, as I openly admit, if I didn't give away around 10% of my income to people I felt needed it more, leveraged my property ownership a bit more, and cared far more about money to the point of switching jobs every year or two just to get raises (as Shiro has done), I'd be able to retire by now.
As is, I am crippled by kindness, loyalty, and sloth. I'm not ashamed of it, but "true capitalists" and Randians think I have a mental disorder.
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If, as is likely, we exit the EU without a deal, there may well be another Scottish independence referendum, and there's a strong chance that the pro-independence side will win it. A Scotland outside the UK would probably want to rejoin the EU.
Also, how about the Republic of SynosIreland? (Majority) English speaking, and a thriving tech sector, IIRC
Bands wise, I have:
* Derya Yildirim and Group Simsek on the 31st
* The Once and Future Band on the 7th of Sept
* King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and The Comet Is Coming, in October
* Maybe 'Sleep' in early Oct, if they haven't sold out
* Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and 'Earth', in November.
And there'll always be an England, supposing that are gluoriuos premmier doesn't sell it to the King of America to make a giant golf course, for £2.50 and a viable nuclear deterrent.
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Wow... I've started a trend... :-P
So...
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While complaining is like, dutch people's number one hobby, I am super glad I live in the netherlands.I would move there in a heartbeat, but...well first off...how does one go about moving to a nation when your own considers you a leach due to having mental disorders? I mean you can't just up and leave. Visas and passports and...jobs and stuff.
Poor people are screwed. The irony is we are the ones complaining, rich at the top say "if you don't like it leave" and when we ask how they stop listening. Probably because they realize we would be refugees they hate so much.
*Not kind-hearted affluent folks like NH, but dicks who horde so they can die with the most stuff. I don't think all wealthy folks are a$~+$%#s. It just is easier to become wealthy if you are a heartless psychopath.
you are not a leech. Mental health is important. Keep doing the best you can. Everyone in my program looks up to you, even though they have never met you.
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While complaining is like, dutch people's number one hobby, I am super glad I live in the netherlands.I would move there in a heartbeat, but...well first off...how does one go about moving to a nation when your own considers you a leach due to having mental disorders? I mean you can't just up and leave. Visas and passports and...jobs and stuff.
Poor people are screwed. The irony is we are the ones complaining, rich at the top say "if you don't like it leave" and when we ask how they stop listening. Probably because they realize we would be refugees they hate so much.
*Not kind-hearted affluent folks like NH, but dicks who horde so they can die with the most stuff. I don't think all wealthy folks are a%%*!%&s. It just is easier to become wealthy if you are a heartless psychopath.
LOL. Yeah, as I openly admit, if I didn't give away around 10% of my income to people I felt needed it more, leveraged my property ownership a bit more, and cared far more about money to the point of switching jobs every year or two just to get raises (as Shiro has done), I'd be able to retire by now.
As is, I am crippled by kindness, loyalty, and sloth. I'm not ashamed of it, but "true capitalists" and Randians think I have a mental disorder.
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"NO. BAD FH." it says in robotic voice. *spray-spray* "DOWN. NOT YOURS." *swat-at with paper*
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And for many of us, this straight-up isn't an option, on top of all of NH's reasons. He at least has the benefits of being employed by a global company and the spare wealth to make such a transition. I could never leave the US because I just can't afford to leave the US. Even if I likewise can see nothing but blazing inferno on the horizon.
EDIT: Which Scint beat me to mentioning, I see.
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** spoiler omitted **And for many of us, this straight-up isn't an option, on top of all of NH's reasons. He at least has the benefits of being employed by a global company and the spare wealth to make such a transition. I could never leave the US because I just can't afford to leave the US. Even if I likewise can see nothing but blazing inferno on the horizon.
EDIT: Which Scint beat me to mentioning, I see.
come on NH. Orthos is staying. You need to see our team up attack.
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come on NH. Orthos is staying. You need to see our team up attack.** spoiler omitted **And for many of us, this straight-up isn't an option, on top of all of NH's reasons. He at least has the benefits of being employed by a global company and the spare wealth to make such a transition. I could never leave the US because I just can't afford to leave the US. Even if I likewise can see nothing but blazing inferno on the horizon.
EDIT: Which Scint beat me to mentioning, I see.
Are we good to learn double techs on our own or do I need to start looking for special shiny colored rocks so we can triple tech when Scint gets here?
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Alli know is, we built a couple of really nice walls out in the middle of nowhere.
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Alli know is, we built a couple of really nice walls out in the middle of nowhere.
Honestly, when all is said and done, I expect the Midwest to remain the Midwest.
Eternally.
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Please tell me your anti-FH robots are animatronic skeksis.
"NO. BAD FH." it says in robotic voice. *spray-spray* "DOWN. NOT YOURS." *swat-at with paper*
Without a doubt.
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Alli know is, we built a couple of really nice walls out in the middle of nowhere.Honestly, when all is said and done, I expect the Midwest to remain the Midwest.
Eternally.
its where all the hot chicks are.
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Please tell me your anti-FH robots are animatronic skeksis.
"NO. BAD FH." it says in robotic voice. *spray-spray* "DOWN. NOT YOURS." *swat-at with paper*
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** spoiler omitted **Wow... I've started a trend... :-P
So...
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Flesh-eating cannibal GothBard chewing your leg off?
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** spoiler omitted **** spoiler omitted **Well, honestly there are quite a few strong reasons we shouldn't move now:
(1) GothBard's mother is widowed and alone; we're the only family anywhere near her, and she doesn't travel well. So abandoning her and taking her only grandkids with us would be cruelty in the extreme.
(2) While Global Megacorporation truly is global (I could quite literally move anywhere in the world with an internet connection and continue in my current job), GothBard actually has to, y'know, go into an office and work, so we're restricted to cities with gaming companies that are hiring.
(3) Uprooting the kids' lives at 15 and 18 and taking them away from all their friends and everything they know isn't something I take lightly.
(4) I really, really love my kids. To the point that I dread the day that they move out. If I change continents without them, I'm far less likely to see them as often because of the whole "10+-hour plane ride" thing.
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** spoiler omitted **Well, honestly there are quite a few strong reasons we shouldn't move now:
(1) GothBard's mother is widowed and alone; we're the only family anywhere near her, and she doesn't travel well. So abandoning her and taking her only grandkids with us would be cruelty in the extreme.
(2) While Global Megacorporation truly is global (I could quite literally move anywhere in the world with an internet connection and continue in my current job), GothBard actually has to, y'know, go into an office and work, so we're restricted to cities with gaming companies that are hiring.
(3) Uprooting the kids' lives at 15 and 18 and taking them away from all their friends and everything they know isn't something I take lightly.
(4) I really, really love my kids. To the point that I dread the day that they move out. If I change continents without them, I'm far less likely to see them as often because of the whole "10+-hour plane ride" thing.
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On (2), we have Riot Games (League of Legends) in Dublin, and Romero games (Doom) in Galway, and I'm pretty sure EA has offices over here too. Just saying... :P
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While complaining is like, dutch people's number one hobby, I am super glad I live in the netherlands.I would move there in a heartbeat, but...well first off...how does one go about moving to a nation when your own considers you a leach due to having mental disorders? I mean you can't just up and leave. Visas and passports and...jobs and stuff.
Poor people are screwed. The irony is we are the ones complaining, rich at the top say "if you don't like it leave" and when we ask how they stop listening. Probably because they realize we would be refugees they hate so much.
*Not kind-hearted affluent folks like NH, but dicks who horde so they can die with the most stuff. I don't think all wealthy folks are a%%*!%&s. It just is easier to become wealthy if you are a heartless psychopath.
LOL. Yeah, as I openly admit, if I didn't give away around 10% of my income to people I felt needed it more, leveraged my property ownership a bit more, and cared far more about money to the point of switching jobs every year or two just to get raises (as Shiro has done), I'd be able to retire by now.
As is, I am crippled by kindness, loyalty, and sloth. I'm not ashamed of it, but "true capitalists" and Randians think I have a mental disorder.
My grandmother used to tell my aunt that she'd never have anything. Apparently, she didn't mean it in a mean way (is that possible?), just that because she was so generous and giving, she'd never have anything for herself. It's held true, unfortunately, as she is one of the kindest, most generous people I know, and now in her 80's, she barely has a roof over her head.
I like to be generous, where I can, I think it's a great trait. But I don't give more than I can afford, which isn't much these days.
Anyways, rambling aside, I just wanted to say that I think those are great traits to have, and to heck with the capitalists.
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Alli know is, we built a couple of really nice walls out in the middle of nowhere.Honestly, when all is said and done, I expect the Midwest to remain the Midwest.
Eternally.
You could always do what Fallout did.
Nuke it from orbit.
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Flesh-eating cannibal GothBard chewing your leg off?** spoiler omitted **Wow... I've started a trend... :-P
So...
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...waitaminute. France. Cemeteries. Middle fingers. oh my god SHES BEEN USING ME THIS WHOLE TIME TO KILL HER POST APOCALYPTIC RIVALS
Alli know is, we built a couple of really nice walls out in the middle of nowhere.Honestly, when all is said and done, I expect the Midwest to remain the Midwest.
Eternally.
You could always do what Fallout did.
Nuke it from orbit.
Go for it. Then I'll get to see how effective my efforts at crossbreeding cockroaches with Twinkies have been. Perhaps humanity shall die off, and the Twinkroaches shall inherit the Earth. And I shall be their God. The Creator. The Intelligent(?) Designer.
They won't last for more than a couple of days. Just so you know. Roaches aren't great at nuclear wastelands, and Twinkies actually have a shorter shelf life than most think.
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Ah, the little victories in life!
The sprinklers have all been going off correctly all week long, and not a single drop has gone into the sump pump.
So I'm successfully watering my lawn, I'm doing it at the right time of day, and I'm not wasting any excess water doing it. Woo hoo!
Yes, a pet peeve in drought-ridden California is watching people water their lawns to the point that they create veritable rivers in the gutter with overflow. Or the simple fact that we're a water-starved state and the utilities impose penalties on people who use more than 1,000 gallons a day, and lots of people break that limit, especially in Southern California, which IS A DESERT!!!
(I was at 155 gallons/day for 4 people before I started watering, so still well below the 50 gallons per person per day "ultimate goal by 2050" politicians have proposed. Just don't water your lawn and it's not hard.)
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Hello, everyone!
My Mother's Birthday is Tomorrow. She will be 72.
Hello, John!
And happy b-day, John's mother!
And see? If I'm not being political, no one except John posts here!
So, how's 'bout that Sportsball team that is doing so well/poorly by cheating/playing well/bad/good management?
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Happy Birthday, John'sMom!
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I should play Fallout again, it's too bad Fallout 4 is so f%@%ing boring.
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Happy early birthday John’s mom!