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On March 04 2014 03:22 Sub40APM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 04 2014 01:42 ComaDose wrote:
It came about in the middle ages when the church forbade Christians from charging interest on loans and less stupid people followed less stupid rules. Shakespeare and Dickens made reinforcing references to it so its not a new thing, but its stupid so don't do it. Its new to me because when I was a kid I never heard it. So it seems like its 'new' for this generation of punk ass kids.
It's not a "new" stereotype by any means. I was born in the 80s and have been hearing it my whole life. The "why" is a little more complicated. From what I understand, Jews at one point were forbidden from most work in Europe; however one of the few lines of work that they were allowed to do was money lending. So from my basic undertstanding the stereotype rose out of the ubiquity of Jewish money lenders.
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Also a lot of the stereotypical jobs Jews hold these days tend to involve managing/making money, such as banker, small business owner, and lawyer. All three are to some extent penny-pinching jobs, lending credence to the term even in today's world.
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Why would anybody have kids?
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On March 04 2014 15:09 Dogfoodboy16 wrote:
Why would anybody have kids?
Biological instinct, mainly
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On March 04 2014 15:09 Dogfoodboy16 wrote:
Why would anybody have kids?
Because kids are awesome. Because when you will be old and rusty it's nice to have kids that will come to see you or help you a little bit when needed. Because rising kids is fantastic feeling and there is nothing more rewarding that this.
I'm speaking as a father of 3 months old son 
Edit : I'm 26 years old.
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and continuing the human race if all that stuff isn't enough.
i mean im not personally inclined but if no one else was doing it i would feel obliged.
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Where can I find some case studies on how defenestration will improve my life?
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Did the Industrial Revolution completely destroy Darwinism?
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On March 05 2014 14:58 Dogfoodboy16 wrote:
Did the Industrial Revolution completely destroy Darwinism?
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Did the microscope invalidate gravity?
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How come whenever James Bond gives out his name to his enemies, they have no idea who he is? Haven't they seen his movies? And why, as a spy, is he so irresponsible not to use an alias? His enemies could just Google search his name and find out he's actually a spy!
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How can it really be 2014 and the following product does not exist and/or is so hard to find that I have been looking for over an hour without success?
An alarm clock that wakes you with mp3 music from a USB-stick or SD-card and has a goddamn shuffle function
Seems theres like 10 types of this product out there, that all suffer from one or another fatal flaw and generally seem to be low-quality
I'd be happy to be proven wrong
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On March 06 2014 08:01 Epishade wrote:
How come whenever James Bond gives out his name to his enemies, they have no idea who he is? Haven't they seen his movies? And why, as a spy, is he so irresponsible not to use an alias? His enemies could just Google search his name and find out he's actually a spy!
James Bond is pretty much the worst spy ever. Imagine James Bond vs Real Spy. RS knows that JB is in town and somehow opposed to what he is doing. RS asks the valets around 5 star hotels for a 1967 Aston Martin. RS then gets a job as waiter in that hotel. Waits for someone to order a Martini, shaken, not stirred. Puts in some cyanide. Or any variation thereof.
My guess is that the whole James Bond situation is one where everybody thinks he fools the others. Everybody knows that JB is a spy, but they prefer to not kill him because at least they know who the British spy is this way. However, the British also know that everyone knows who James Bond is, and thus just send him in as cover for real agents. And James Bond becomes really famous and gets all the chicks.
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but what if it was just all a dream?
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On March 06 2014 10:29 icystorage wrote:
but what if it was just all a dream?
If it was all just a dream then what does it mean to be awake?
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On March 06 2014 08:25 Jonrock wrote:
How can it really be 2014 and the following product does not exist and/or is so hard to find that I have been looking for over an hour without success?
An alarm clock that wakes you with mp3 music from a USB-stick or SD-card and has a goddamn shuffle function
Seems theres like 10 types of this product out there, that all suffer from one or another fatal flaw and generally seem to be low-quality
I'd be happy to be proven wrong
A quick google turned up this, there may be other apps that do similar.
http://m.cnet.com/news/wake-up-to-your-favorite-music-with-pandoras-new-alarm-clock/57614958?ds=1
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What would happen if Europe(by which I mean western Europe) went full EU and became one country, similar to the US with states?
Who would be the redneck state, who would be the technology state, who would hold the most weight when voting time came along?
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On March 06 2014 08:01 Epishade wrote:
How come whenever James Bond gives out his name to his enemies, they have no idea who he is? Haven't they seen his movies? And why, as a spy, is he so irresponsible not to use an alias? His enemies could just Google search his name and find out he's actually a spy!
Well, if you think about James Bond not as the individual guy's name but rather the persona that a British spy -- with a real background -- assumes upon being promoted to 00 status it makes a bit more sense. Which is why he always look different throughout the ages but also never ages, always in his mid 30 to mid 50s.
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On March 05 2014 14:58 Dogfoodboy16 wrote:
Did the Industrial Revolution completely destroy Darwinism?
I guess you mean since we are more independent from nature and "escaped" the food chain completely?!
I thought so for quite some time but then I saw birth rates from western countries: It seems like the "well educated, successful" people are not very good at reproducing so there is a group of people who will die out in the long run if not supplied with successors from outside. So the answer is no: there are always people who don't have kids while others have more. unless we discover immortality selection still applies.
On March 06 2014 10:29 icystorage wrote:
but what if it was just all a dream?
if you can't tell the difference, what's the point?
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On March 06 2014 16:11 Sub40APM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2014 08:01 Epishade wrote:
How come whenever James Bond gives out his name to his enemies, they have no idea who he is? Haven't they seen his movies? And why, as a spy, is he so irresponsible not to use an alias? His enemies could just Google search his name and find out he's actually a spy! Well, if you think about James Bond not as the individual guy's name but rather the persona that a British spy -- with a real background -- assumes upon being promoted to 00 status it makes a bit more sense. Which is why he always look different throughout the ages but also never ages, always in his mid 30 to mid 50s.
But surely, if you're the enemy, and somebody tells you they're James Bond, shouldn't that set off some red flags for you? Regardless of who actually assumes the name when they're promoted (if that's an actual theory), shouldn't his name alone be an indication for being a spy that you should be able to pick up on? Surely his enemies must have heard somewhere of the all great and powerful 007 James Bond from all of the times he's saved the world?
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On March 06 2014 16:03 Johhey wrote:
What would happen if Europe(by which I mean western Europe) went full EU and became one country, similar to the US with states?
Who would be the redneck state, who would be the technology state, who would hold the most weight when voting time came along?
The first thing that would happen would be a huge civil war over how each states' car industry would be represented. Germany wouldn't want to say that they make European sports cars, they want to say they make German sports cars. Italy doesn't want to say that they also make European sports cars, they want to say they make Italian sports cars.
Germany and Italy would secede when their lobbyists fail to let them keep advertising cars like they use to. The rest of the country would fill obligated to try to stop the secession and thus a civil war is started. Thinking that this is just a threat of force all the super-rich folk will have tea parties sitting in their Rolls Royce's on nearby hills adjacent to the skirmishes. After realizing the war is real, the seceded states will contact the United States for weapons. But the United States doesn't want their paper currency because the US fears that the seceded states will lose the war and thus their currency will become worthless. So the US will only accept their Sports Cars as currency. Being true capitalists, the United States will then import the Sports Cars to the Europe State because all their citizens will be rioting because they can't get this year model BMW or Ferrari because of the war.
When the war is over and most of the robots that make said cars are destroyed, the German and Italian car makers will have to start paying skilled craftsman to build their cars, instead of letting the robots do it for free.
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