The Off Topic Topic

[Ed Anger]

Logan • A Utah woman listed her video game-obsessed husband for sale on Craigslist after she tired of being ignored.

Alyse Bradley, of Logan, said she put the post up as a joke.

"I didn't see him much at all. So one day I told him: 'I am going to post you on Craigslist, you know,' " Alyse told the Herald Journal of Logan. "My mother-in-law said: 'Do it!'"

A veteran who served in Afghanistan, 22-year-old Kyle Bradley was so engrossed in "Modern Warfare" that he spent most of his day playing the game.

Within hours, shoppers had responded to the "One husband to the highest bidder" listing on the free classified advertising site.

The ad describes Kyle Bradley as "easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours." It also warns purchasers they'll need Internet service and space for gaming. It also says Alyse Bradley would trade her husband of two years for an acceptable replacement.

"We didn't think we would get any responses at all, but we've gotten so many," Alyse said. "Someone even offered a blue bag of Skittles."

The Bradleys said they've gotten some good laughs out of the post and the replies. One person asks for a photograph, while another suggests Alyse Bradley should use the free time to go out on her own. The couple said they've also had some emails from people concerned about the state of the marriage.

Kyle Bradley, who said he successfully finished the game within a few days, seems amused by his wife's ad and notes that she encouraged his purchase of the game.

"I love my wife. She supported me when I got the game. We stayed until midnight to get the game when it first came out," he said. "It's just funny."

[garbon]

What business does a 22 yr old have getting married in this day and age?

[Grey Fox]

What business does a 22 yr old have getting married in this day and age?

Midwesterners...see our friend Fireblade.

[Razgovory]

What business does a 22 yr old have getting married in this day and age?

Not all of us are gay.

[garbon]

What business does a 22 yr old have getting married in this day and age?

Not all of us are gay.

What child would deserve 1 parent who plays video games all day and another who spends time making craigslist ads about that?  Besides, have you seen the divorce rate?

[jimmy olsen]

Surprising chart

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe top 1% Hispanics = professional baseball players.

[Neil]

Maybe top 1% Hispanics = professional baseball players.

Don't forget Tony Gonzalez.  And Jennifer Lopez.

[fhdz]

Maybe top 1% Hispanics = professional baseball players.

But the graph is supposedly for median, not mean. They ought to be throwing out the outliers.

[Josquius]

But that is a weird graph. Kind of fits in with the stereotype of Latin America really.

[Capetan Mihali]

But that is a weird graph. Kind of fits in with the stereotype of Latin America really.

Where was the article showing that the US now has worse wealth inequality than Argentina and a couple other Latin American countries...

[MadImmortalMan]

But that is a weird graph. Kind of fits in with the stereotype of Latin America really.

Where was the article showing that the US now has worse wealth inequality than Argentina and a couple other Latin American countries...

Argentina? Look where it's gotten them. It's easy to equalize everyone's wealth when you wipe out everyone's life savings. 

[Capetan Mihali]

But that is a weird graph. Kind of fits in with the stereotype of Latin America really.

Where was the article showing that the US now has worse wealth inequality than Argentina and a couple other Latin American countries...

Argentina? Look where it's gotten them. It's easy to equalize everyone's wealth when you wipe out everyone's life savings. 

The stereotype of Latin America that I think Tyr was talking about was the pernicious effect of massive wealth inequality.  More enlightening to look at how Argentina got to the point where someone(?) "wiped out" everyone's life savings... unlike all those Americans whose life savings got wiped out from the S&L crisis to their mortgage-backed derivative pensions...

[Habbaku]

But that is a weird graph. Kind of fits in with the stereotype of Latin America really.

Where was the article showing that the US now has worse wealth inequality than Argentina and a couple other Latin American countries...

Argentina? Look where it's gotten them. It's easy to equalize everyone's wealth when you wipe out everyone's life savings. 

They're currently in the middle of a rather large boom that will, inevitably, turn into an even larger bubble.  Look for (another) Argentine collapse within the next 5 years.  It's gonna be a big'un.

[Sheilbh]

The stereotype of Latin America that I think Tyr was talking about was the pernicious effect of massive wealth inequality.  More enlightening to look at how Argentina got to the point where someone(?) "wiped out" everyone's life savings... unlike all those Americans whose life savings got wiped out from the S&L crisis to their mortgage-backed derivative pensions...

A lot of Argentina's problems caused a lot by unofficial inflation that's incredibly high (I got told over 25% with some products) and 'official inflation' that's terribly respectable.  So while pensions and everything else is tied to the lower rate the actual cost of living keeps going up.  Plus Nestor Kirchner I think nationalised private pension funds a while ago.

I think, sadly, Argentina will probably have another collapse soon-ish

On the other hand Brazil looks good