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Posting quotes from The Notebook is going too far.

I have no idea what's going on here.

Messhugger..you funny :D Germany is raising GDP of EU, this means the economy is getting better ?

No, I went to the gym and was at home waiting for the gf to get out of the shower.

I went to the gym and cleaned my mom's house before she has chemo on Wednesday. Currently drinking a stout while Maria takes a shower.

Slavoj Zizek.

Is Jonah Goldberg his real name? It sounds like something out of /pol/'s fever dream.

Looks like someone managed to top Elfwick then.

So this guy trolled everyone he could?

Sorry for the new thread/topic but the old one is locked. I'm assuming for length. Why did he even bother running? Publicity for a book and/or potential senator or VP.

New update with more goals: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin-2/posts/1349217 Still no MCA stretch goal though.

I'd say yes. It seems to me a big portion of the.."anti-GG media types", for lack of a better term, largely rely on outrage and controversy to sell their brand. Making wacky statements such as that are bound to get a reaction and drives angry clicks and solidarity retweets and clicks(mostly the latter due to archives) to the media type's twitter account or media outlet.

Exactly. Do this and everything else takes are of itself. I consider myself to be in good shape, not just for my age but period. I don't exercise but I am very active, I do a lot of manual labor around my home like wood cutting, garden work, etc. I think I'm what you would call "farmer strong". I sympathize, but please understand, this is simply luck on your part. Your own experience is not sufficient to establish a general principle that can be extended to other people, which is compounded by the fact that it's based on something as unspecific as "moderation". Not trying to be an ass here, but that's not really helpful. As a counterpoint, I could use my own example: if I eat everything in moderation, I shed weight FAST. This is bad news because generally, less lbm = less strength. And I'm not even hardcore about training. Perhaps because what you view as "moderation" is different to my own idea. I have also met people who had weight problems and were honestly convinced that they didn't eat that much. They simply weren't aware of the mistakes they were making. Others thought they could offset their excesses at the table with more exercise. Ask anyone who's serious: the hard part isn't what you do in the weight room, it's what you have to do once you step outside. I'm thinking that you also probably have a good idea of what's healthy and what isn't, and especially what not to go overboard with. Odds are you also have access to high quality, satiating foods. Start changing parameters, and moderation just doesn't cut it anymore: you are going to need help to get your eating habits sorted out. (not a sales pitch in any way, just sharing a different perspective...) I'm going to have to agree. As a former fatty(was 5'10'' and 260 pounds at my worst) it was incredibly difficult to get healthy and I would have failed if I didn't have help. Planning a healthy diet requires information sorely lacking from the public education system here, ditto with the exercise routine, and maintaining the willpower to go through with it when you are bombarded by desires to fall off the wagon and feel uncomfortable(to out it lightly) almost all the time is an incredibly difficult thing to pull off. Not to mention work, school, and various life maintenance **** eating up those precious hours you need to pull off getting into or keeping in shape.

Neoliberalism is a filthy thing, and I find the idea of corporations trying to destabilize entire regions in the name of profit entirely plausible, but do we have actual proof of this going on here? No, we do not have absolute proof that a cabal of shadowy corporations are destabilizing Europe so they can have more cheap labor and obtain more capital with the intent of reaping profits. But we do have 1. An EU that aggressively pushes Neoliberalism, particularly harsh austerity in response to debt, that has done huge damage to the standard of living in PIGS 2. Conditions(both austerity and EU mandates that discourage state-owned capital) that have allowed private businesses to scoop up previously state-owned capital(search for Greece's situation with airports for a good example) and a trade agreement(TTIP) which cedes state power to corporations 3. A wave of refugees consisting largely of men, who if following the behavior of most other immigrants of poor states will work for less than locals and as such cause tensions with existing citizens Combined, this is a recipe for disaster that will likely result in a drop in standard of living for the average citizen while increasing profits and control for corporations. Whether this is an intentional attempt to destabilize Europe for profit or a bunch of idiots blinded by ideology on a collision course matters little to me if the result is the same.

There are subtle differences hidden between the following groups of statements. Can you find them all? Group A: "Germany is purposefully trying to destabilize Europe!" "The EU is conspiring to erode people's national identities because people without a strong sense of belonging to a national community are easier to control[citation needed]!" Group B: "The EU has implemented neoliberal policies, possibly due to the influence of Germany." "The EU's track record with the integration of migrants so far has been less than stellar." Ah yes, because clearly this continued austerity is doing wonders for PIGS. Look at Greece, unemployment there should be down to a low 20% if they just take a little more from citizens and give a little more to the private sector to boost confidence! And this TTIP being championed will do even more wonders, with giving corporations the right to sue states if they feel profit was negatively impacted and more privatization. The EU only has everyone's best interests in mind and isn't a shady attempt to assert corporate dominance over memeber states and you're a filthy commie if you think otherwise.

Wait what. Germany is planning on destabilizing Europe so German businesses can buy up capital and the EU can push neoliberalism as hard as possible. You missed the part with political "normalization", meaning that a federalization of the states in the EU and more centralized power. People without a strong sense of national community are more passive and will be easier to control in the power vacuum that it creates....or the leaders are simply completely clueless and we are riding the chaos-train. Both of you sound suspiciously like you're spewing tinfoil-hat nonsense, do you have any extraordinary evidence to back up your extraordinary claims? (Also, I somehow doubt Woldan meant to allude to that. I'm kinda curious about his insane conspiracy theory as well.) Yes the EU, which Germany has a good deal of influence on, is clearly not pursuing a neoliberal agenda that has done severe damage to the economies of PIGS while benefiting Germany. And past experience has shown that these refugees will not be used as a source of cheap labor and will get along splendidly with the locals. It's got to be crazy talk that neoliberals would bend over backwards to accommodate corporations.

I know that feeling, I can't get drunk off beer because the amount of fluid needed to get there gets me bloated as hell. I'll usually ice some tequila or bourbon and drink about a pint or so of that when I feel like getting drunk.

Wait what. Germany is planning on destabilizing Europe so German businesses can buy up capital and the EU can push neoliberalism as hard as possible. You missed the part with political "normalization", meaning that a federalization of the states in the EU and more centralized power. People without a strong sense of national community are more passive and will be easier to control in the power vacuum that it creates....or the leaders are simply completely clueless and we are riding the chaos-train. I do not want to be right in either case. That's part of the plan. They're breaking down state sovereignty(such as the ability to nationalize certain industries) so that private entities can exert more control. The TPP and TTIP are the legal means to do this and the influx of refugees is designed to agitate locals and prevent action against this power grab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFIhmWB7k0U

Wait what. Germany is planning on destabilizing Europe so German businesses can buy up capital and the EU can push neoliberalism as hard as possible.

Zizek is right on about the entire thing.

I have never had a choice to be or not to be a certain race. I do not have a choice to change my race. However, most people do have a choice on whether they are fat or want to stay fat. The overwhelming majority of fat people are fat because they eat and eat and eat, and they are too lazy to get off their asses to do exercises and lose the calories. Now they are demanding special privileges and treatments for being fat and lazy. So you are assblasted the fatties are encroaching on your territory?

You're just upset someone tried to take your race card aren't you?

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/slavoj-zizek/the-non-existence-of-norway

Well sorry about the influx of cheap labor to prevent wage growth for the work force currently there and the likely attacks from jihadists. Perhaps this is what will cause the EU to crash with no suhrvivohrs though.