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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#100476: Sep 11th 2015 at 8:31:22 AM

But penises are going inside butts

And That's Terrible

Who cares about starving and homeless people

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100477: Sep 11th 2015 at 11:13:34 AM

[up]Which Butts though? I've heard some women like it as welltongue

As for the homeless, well, where do you think mystery meat comes from?tongue

But seriously, what people do in the bedroom/locker room/car is kinda trivial compared to, oh I don't know: ISIS, our nations massive debt, lack of jobs, that sort of thing.

edited 11th Sep '15 11:17:54 AM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#100478: Sep 11th 2015 at 11:14:13 AM

The wrong butts

Oh really when?
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#100479: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:03:02 PM

It's been repeated numerous times that our national debt isn't actually that big a deal. Because we evidently owe most of that debt to ourselves and China would in no way benefit from suddenly demanding we pay what we owe them right up front.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#100480: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:11:17 PM

But seriously, what people do in the bedroom/locker room/car is kinda trivial compared to, oh I don't know: ISIS, our nations massive debt, lack of jobs, that sort of thing.

If you ask me, but you did not, then the most important things in the U.S would be: Affordable healthcare NOW

Yes. I apologize for the "baitclicky" source but it is a well known fact that the most common cause for bankruptcy in people is sudden healthcare costs. This means that you people in the U.S cannot afford being sick because then you will be poor. And the poor getting sick quickly become homeless and deprived of pretty much anything.

Health is a basic fucking service people.

The other is education in general. Higher expenses with lower income is not sustainable. People just do not know how credit cards work.

But yeah. China? ISIS? Debt? A flu is more likely to kill you than ISIS.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
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#100481: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:13:40 PM

Lightning from a cloudless sky while you are inside a coal mine is more likely to kill you than ISIS.

Far more important than even healthcare is climate change. If we want human civilization to exist 200 years from now, we'd better get on that.

edited 11th Sep '15 12:14:44 PM by Fighteer

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100482: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:18:56 PM

[up][up]The point I was making was that in the grand scheme of things, bedroom affairs are pointless, when there's a metric ton of other things to worry about.

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#100483: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:19:44 PM

Yeah but they do a great job of distracting the bigots and bogging down national debates and interests while they make off with our money.

Oh really when?
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#100484: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:19:52 PM

[up][up] I know but I butted in with my unrequested opinions because I am an asshole

edited 11th Sep '15 12:20:07 PM by Aszur

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100485: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:21:26 PM

[up]I counted two horrible puns in a row. Unless I'm making an ass of myself.tongue

[up][up]The bigots or politicans?

edited 11th Sep '15 12:34:06 PM by Skycobra51

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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100487: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:36:58 PM

So much for the war on poverty, the war's over, we already lost.

The unfortunate constant of reality, is that poverty will always exsist regardless of what's attempted to relieve it.

In other words, some poor scmuck will always get the short end of the stick, such is life.

edited 11th Sep '15 12:40:57 PM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#100488: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:42:54 PM

There will be less of it if we get more socialist-leaning.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#100489: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:46:15 PM

Skycobra, I know you think that's an insightful and wise thing to say, but really all contexts I've heard it in it's been used an excuse to not care or try to alleviate the problem.

There's stuff that's been tried and that works. And it's likely this stuff would work on a wider, government supported scale. If our politicians would develop the political will to try.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#100490: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:47:18 PM

I agree. I'm not a fan of the "If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?" mentality. You'll never be perfect, but that doesn't mean you can't be better.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100491: Sep 11th 2015 at 12:48:45 PM

[up][up] I wasn't trying to be wise or insightful either. Just my own bitter thoughts on the matter.

To be frank, I'm a very cynical person.

If Socialism works then it works, but I'm not gonna be holding my breath anytime soon.

edited 11th Sep '15 1:21:55 PM by Skycobra51

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100492: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:38:58 PM

Not a big fan of socialism, to be honest.

edited 11th Sep '15 1:39:28 PM by Protagonist506

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#100493: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:40:19 PM

Why not? Sure as hell better than what we've got now.

Oh really when?
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#100495: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:45:55 PM

[up][up] Why not both? That's what happened in reality, even in the Soviet Union.

edited 11th Sep '15 1:46:34 PM by Greenmantle

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#100496: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:47:17 PM

[up] Like the Nordic coutries.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#100497: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:48:56 PM

Protagonist, having a national military the way we do is technically socialist. And the countries that are openly socialist are far from falling apart or considering their freedoms curtailed.

Frankly, most countries these days that are functional are varying mixes of socialism and capitalism. Having a veteran's fund is socialist. Having a national post office is socialist, even though Republicans are forcing it to do ridiculous things. Local municipalities that are trying to get up their own internet infrastructure is technically socialist. There are a lot of things that the US does that falls under the socialist model, and this stuff usually works if we let it do what they're supposed to do instead of defunding them constantly.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#100498: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:49:09 PM

Is Bernie Sanders not actually a Socialist I assume, but merely agrees with some of their ideas? Because I honestly believe that any governmental concept, taken to its total extreme, is a disaster waiting to happen.

  • Communism: government gets everything, you get nothing, and you get punished for not working hard enough.
  • Democracy: people get bogged down voting on tons of little issues they know little about, plus there's the whole "tyranny of the majority" problem, along with stupid people directly influencing public policy.
  • Republican: elected representatives that no longer represent the people, and don't do what their voters want.

edited 11th Sep '15 1:52:04 PM by BonsaiForest

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#100499: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:50:42 PM

[up][up][up]Nordic countries aren't socialist.

They are highly capitalist states with a very well developed social net. Capitalism after all is an economic model, not social.

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#100500: Sep 11th 2015 at 1:53:19 PM

[up][up][up] Local Governments running their own public transport is indeed, socialist...

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