JadedWolf

They are going to have to pry it from his cold, dead paws.

I see that you haven't even commented on my links to movies, series and art, which is perfectly in line with what Senran Kagura. They have made a game which is a celebration about girls and big boobs and respond accordingly to the banzai-attitude that japanese have to everything they do. To top it all of, you suddenly shift to comparing it to Honda, which has a completely different target audience in a completely different market. Lack of logical coherence in your argument? Check! And you seem completely unable to grasp my point, the guy is the producer of the game for a corporation\business. Therefore the rules of corporate apply, you shouldn't make offensive comments or derogatory statements. Its fine to say " but this is his target audience ", that's not the point He is encouraging sales and interest in the game by degrading and denigrating women...it shouldn't even be a discussion. We should just be saying " its not necessary to make comments like that " Honestly Bruce, I am actually someone who would in reality never ever make a "crass" remark about women, but your continued attempts at thought policing other people make even me want to take to social media and loudly proclaim my admiration for women's boobies.

I understand the curve going up and then down again, but why does it go up again? Did the subject win an eating contest?

Source: http://sketchmarcks.deviantart.com/art/Jack-the-Tripper-158050888

That ought to teach you to look after your children.

By the way, for those who don't follow football and don't know who Blatter is, this is all you need to know about the man: The woman is asking for a minute of silence for the passing of Mandela, but Blatter decides eleven seconds is more than enough.

Would be hilarious if EUFA pulled out of FIFA. Probably won't happen, but I would love to see the reaction from sponsors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2FVxo30RLc

My recollection of the movie may be a bit hazy, since I last saw it as a child, but I am pretty sure the movie doesn't end that way. I am reasonably sure I would have remembered. Yeah I meant end of the book, not end of the film. Its why I've never seen the film, the end of the book traumatized me so. Oh, I know you meant the book, I was just saying the movie didn't end that way.

My recollection of the movie may be a bit hazy, since I last saw it as a child, but I am pretty sure the movie doesn't end that way. I am reasonably sure I would have remembered.

And of course Putin is quick to denounce these events as an American plot against his good friend Sepp.

What a cheery thought. Yeah, I thought a bit of context and levity is in order...this thread was depressing me You don't like Disney songs?

What a cheery thought.

Wow, all this time I really thought it was a Disney movie, ever since I saw it as a child. My world is all stirred up now. I believe I shall have to sit down for a while. But... but... The Fox and the Hound still is a Disney movie, right? RIGHT?!

Is this thread now about Disney songs? I remember seeing this movie as a child in the cinema. I feel somehow that Disney still made movies that had a little something that they just don't have anymore.

But think of the rich football history of Qatar, the enthusiasm of its fans, the suitcases filled with unmarked bills handed over in shady parking lots...

What it boils down to, is that there are more factors to "being succesful at life" than just working hard. There are many other factors at work such as social class, your basic health, the way you look and what kind of talents and personality traits you happen to have been born with. Now, no one is saying that you should feel ashamed for having been born upper class, having good looks, having certain talents or having perfect health. And no one is saying that if you have certain obstacles in your life that you can't still succeed at life, and that it is any excuse to sit on your bum and to do nothing but whinge about it. What the comic is saying, to me anyway, is that rather than looking at others and condemning them sometimes you should instead count your own blessings, and consider that other people who might not be doing so well as you are might actually still be trying very hard, but might not have had all the opportunities you had.

Its weird but there is something about your post I find inordinately depressing You're going to have to explain that. You find it depressing that I'm doing alright?

Right. Hum. To get back to the original topic of this thread: I'm doing alright, all things considering. Yeah, I am making peanuts, but at least I have a job and a roof over my head. The weather is nice outside, I got some extra money in the bank this month due to the yearly holiday pay out, and best of all my girlfriend will be visiting in about two weeks time. We're in what you'd call a long distance relationship, and I actually only get to see her about two times a year. So I'm pretty much looking forward to that, as you can imagine. A lot of people give me a funny look when I tell them that. But hey, she is definitely worth it, so them's the breaks.

Y'think? And what is needed to change one's situation from unsuccessful to successful? Have you met many people that freely, consciously made the choice to be poor, unhappy, unsuccessful or otherwise miserable? Is this a strength of character thing or it depends on acquired or innate insights? And are those inheritable or environmentally influenced traits? Actually yes. I knew a lady when I lived in South Florida. She worked two jobs making near minimum wage and was so deep in credit card debt she had almost no hope of getting out. But she smoked 2 cartons of cigarettes a week and blew $200 a week in the Seminole Indian Casino. I told her to stop smoking and stop gambling and her financial situation would improve immediately. She wouldn't do either. Sometimes she won a few hundred bucks but spent thousands to do it. If you ever find yourself in a hole the first thing you need to do is stop digging. When I lost my business and my home I was not buying booze or steak dinners or stuff like that. With limited resources I bought only what was needed to turn one day into the next. When I couldn't find work in Ft. Lauderdale I moved to West Palm Beach. When I couldn't afford a better place to live in town I moved out to the sticks. There are no end to the possibilities available to folks in the US today. If your education is what is holding you back there is low cost and even no cost alternatives. Community colleges, trade schools, adult education... free in many cases. All you have to do is show up. Don't buy unnecessary things if you can't afford them. If you need work and there is none to be had nearby, then go where the work is. Start your own business. Do work on the side for cash. It's everyone's first responsibility to take care of themselves and their families. To tell the truth I don't know who I resent more. The ones who get on public assistance and stay there forever because it is always easier to do nothing than do something or the folks who tell me it's people like me who are responsible they are in the predicament they are in and demand I pay their way from my hard work. Good post GD, you make some excellent points I live in a country where there is real sense of entitlement from some people who were previously disenfranchised under Apartheid and now expect the government to give them everything for free....housing ...electricity, you name it. Many of them don't work and this bill is expected to be carried by taxpayers like me, its a massive drain on our economy and very annoying. It basically boils down to people expecting things without having to work for them and I reject this idea vociferously I just have to say I find you saying these things so very, very ironic considering how you present yourself as constantly pointing out to others how privileged they are as white males... So very, very ironic.

Housing is going down, clothes are going down, vehicles are going down (weirdly the cost of maintenance is going up. You'd think as cars get more replaceable the cost of fixing them would go down, but nope. I don't have a car personally so that really surprised me.). The only thing people really need that is going up is food, but food in general is really cheap; a bit of an increase in the cost of food is pennies compared to the lowered costs of housing. And yet, if some people are to believed, we're all doomed unless we collectively switch from eating meat to munching on crickets and mealworms. As far as I'm concerned, they can have all the crickets and mealworms they want. I'll make do with chicken, thanks very much. I love me some chicken, but have you tried a fried cricket? It's delicious. Mealworms not so much, rather boring and tasteless, though I doubt I'd have a problem with it as a supplement to fill out pastas and the like. I want to try spider some day. I'm not really adventurous minded when it comes to these things, I guess. Eating things like crickets, or frog legs, or snails for that matter, just doesn't really appeal to me. And as long as I can easily opt for chicken instead, that's not going to change.

Housing is going down, clothes are going down, vehicles are going down (weirdly the cost of maintenance is going up. You'd think as cars get more replaceable the cost of fixing them would go down, but nope. I don't have a car personally so that really surprised me.). The only thing people really need that is going up is food, but food in general is really cheap; a bit of an increase in the cost of food is pennies compared to the lowered costs of housing. And yet, if some people are to believed, we're all doomed unless we collectively switch from eating meat to munching on crickets and mealworms. As far as I'm concerned, they can have all the crickets and mealworms they want. I'll make do with chicken, thanks very much.