Languish awareness and your "real world" environment

Started by Martinus, April 02, 2012, 03:22:15 PM

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Ideologue

Quote from: sbr on April 02, 2012, 05:22:25 PM
Definitely.  I am an electrician (sort of) so I spend a lot of time on construction sites.  It is pretty amusing to read an informed discussion like the one here on the health care law then go to work and listen to some fucking sheetrocker preach that the Supreme Court has to overturn the law because it is socialism and socialism is against the Constitution.   :bleeding:

You tell Ide says he hopes he accidentally nailguns his hand to a wall.
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Razgovory

I didn't even know that the word Socialism is in the constitution.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Maximus

Quote from: Ideologue on April 02, 2012, 07:58:09 PM
You tell Ide says he hopes he accidentally nailguns his hand to a wall.
Why would a sheetrocker have a nailgun?

crazy canuck

I learned that Wierd Al is suing Sony.  But for Languish I would never have known that piece of information.  I will leave it to others to determine whether knowing piece of trivia makes me better informed or an otherwise better person.

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grumbler

I think JR explains complex legal and economic issues better than any professional writer on those topics.  Other than that, I treat what I read here as amusement and certainly write that way. 
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Malthus

Quote from: katmai on April 02, 2012, 04:49:59 PM
You lot are a bunch or morons compared to people i deal with in "real" life.

Well, are we a bunch, or are we morons? Clarify!  :P
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Malthus

I find lots of interesting stuff of value in debates here. Not always - sometimes it is fun to just shoot the shit, or make puns to annoy BB.  ;)
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

crazy canuck

I learn more about the Jets then I would have thought any human could endure.

Malthus

Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2012, 12:22:54 PM
I learn more about the Jets then I would have thought any human could endure.

Yeah ... but that's not saying much.  ;)
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Barrister

Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2012, 12:22:54 PM
I learn more about the Jets then I would have thought any human could endure.

Pshaw.  I could give you daily updates about the team and players.  There is much, much more Jets knowledge to be shared - what I have shared here is but the tip of the iceberg.
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Razgovory

#27
I learned from Tim that many people have such bad taste they need to be shot.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

viper37

Quote from: Martinus on April 02, 2012, 03:22:15 PM
Do you find that Languish makes you much more aware of what's happening in the world than your typical co-workers and friends "in real life"? For all its silliness, Languish seems to have a knack for really delving deep into some of the issues discussed here - I find it quite annoying that most people here in Poland seem to have a much more superficial understanding of especially political issues (if any at all).

I wonder if this is just a Polish thing (admittedly the majority of issues discussed here on Languish focuses on the Anglo-Saxon world) or do you experience this as well.
Yes, I like Tim's thread for that, informing me of stuff I may otherwise not read.
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