The Off Topic Topic

[jimmy olsen]

This one is for Ide. A 4.5 billion dollar gold plated yacht.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/holiday-ideas/bn-gold-plated-superyacht-the-history-supreme-wows/story-e6frfqf9-1226098872900

The author of the article's opinion on anything is made suspect by this sentence:

The vessel even outshines Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's $450 million yacht Eclipse, which has its own missile defence system and a submarine.

No, I'm pretty sure I could have a lot more fun with yacht that has missiles than the yacht that's really heavy.

For a Russian Oligarch, a missile defense system isn't a luxury, it's a good investment.  You'll always have to worry about the chance that Putin will want you to contribute your fortune for the good of Russia/Putin.  Not that I'm implying he made the money honestly.  Show me a successful Russian business man and I'll show you a crook.

Maybe he wants to sail around the horn of Africa? Hell, a Russian might find that fun.

I hope that Malaysian guy bought some defenses too, Indonesian waters aren't that safe.

[Ideologue]

This one is for Ide. A 4.5 billion dollar gold plated yacht.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/holiday-ideas/bn-gold-plated-superyacht-the-history-supreme-wows/story-e6frfqf9-1226098872900

The author of the article's opinion on anything is made suspect by this sentence:

The vessel even outshines Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's $450 million yacht Eclipse, which has its own missile defence system and a submarine.

No, I'm pretty sure I could have a lot more fun with yacht that has missiles than the yacht that's really heavy.

For a Russian Oligarch, a missile defense system isn't a luxury, it's a good investment.  You'll always have to worry about the chance that Putin will want you to contribute your fortune for the good of Russia/Putin.  Not that I'm implying he made the money honestly.  Show me a successful Russian business man and I'll show you a crook.

Maybe he wants to sail around the horn of Africa? Hell, a Russian might find that fun.

I hope that Malaysian guy bought some defenses too, Indonesian waters aren't that safe.

Actually, that's probably not a good selling point for that yacht: constructed largely from several hundred million dollars worth of highly fungible material that's still extremely valuable when it's melted down or sold piecemeal.

[Tonitrus]

Huh, I was sure the buyer would be this guy...

[Slargos]

[Razgovory]

I had the strangest dream.  I dreamt I was a Napoleonic officer leading my men against the British in northern Germany.  I don't normally dream about things like that.

[Ideologue]

Just applied to a fucking Walgreen's.  I am soooo glad I continued my studies.  Nothing spells contentedness like someone with post-graduate education working for ten bucks an hour with people barely able to read and write, for people who had their first abortion in 9th grade.  Actually, you know what else spells contentedness?  C-U-N-T.

[MadImmortalMan]

Just applied to a fucking Walgreen's.  I am soooo glad I continued my studies.  Nothing spells contentedness like someone with post-graduate education working for ten bucks an hour with people barely able to read and write, for people who had their first abortion in 9th grade.  Actually, you know what else spells contentedness?  C-U-N-T.

My younger brother is doing the same thing. Master of Science working a gas station. The new reality is a bitch.

[Josquius]

I hate it when word fails to recognise words. Vandalisation is real damn you!

[garbon]

Just applied to a fucking Walgreen's.  I am soooo glad I continued my studies.  Nothing spells contentedness like someone with post-graduate education working for ten bucks an hour with people barely able to read and write, for people who had their first abortion in 9th grade.  Actually, you know what else spells contentedness?  C-U-N-T.

[Ideologue]

Just applied to a fucking Walgreen's.  I am soooo glad I continued my studies.  Nothing spells contentedness like someone with post-graduate education working for ten bucks an hour with people barely able to read and write, for people who had their first abortion in 9th grade.  Actually, you know what else spells contentedness?  C-U-N-T.

I was probably exaggerating to some degree about my putative coworkers.  Some of them might have decided to keep their baby and not finish high school, for example.

Or is it the stooping-so-low thing?  It's not like it's the only job I've applied to. I've got a lot of stuff in with the Department of Labor and recently applied to a job with the Department of the Army.

I think I might be doing something wrong with the DoL jobs, though.  They want you to upload your college transcripts, right, but they only allow one file.  So I just uploaded a copied version of my unofficial law transcript, but maybe they want a .pdf of my official one?  Or do they want a compiled .pdf of both my transcripts?  It's a little asinine, anyway, since believe it or not, I could fake a college transcript, and having me upload a document is no more confirmation I actually went to a school than me just stating "I went to such-and-such school."

But in any event, I'd think I'd have a better chance with the "real" jobs.  Who in their right mind would hire a J.D. as a cashier or a pharm tech?

My younger brother is doing the same thing. Master of Science working a gas station. The new reality is a bitch.

I'd become unto Slargos working in a gas station around here.  "Y'ALL SELL LOOSIES HERE?"

[Malthus]

Hey Ide - just to cheer you up, I saw this in the paper today and thought of you:

She was already a fan of another stroller made by Bugaboo, the Chameleon, which she used with her now 15-month-old son. "For me, it didn't make sense to wait," she says, admitting that, including about $350 in customs duties and taxes, she paid close to $2,000. She knows that seems like a lot to spend.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/infant/infant-trends/meet-the-1500-stroller/article2105475/

[Ideologue]

It's a cube-shaped world, my friend.

[Josephus]

It's a cube-shaped world, my friend.

and resistance is futile.

[mongers]

Just been listening to Mark Divine, ex-US Navy SEAL on a bbc radio program ...
very thoughtful guy, he denied they were heroes and said he regarded reserved appellation for people like Gandhi and MLK. 

[Admiral Yi]

You sure he didn't say MSG?