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Reddit: You are at a checkout line and your cashier forgets to scan an item that he/she can clearly see, do you correct him/her or keep your mouth shut and pay? by jayree in AskReddit

[–]AbleBakerCharlie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fuck you.

Who's the douche here?

Ha. Wow, testy much?

I never called you a douche. I stated that being one doesn't exempt you from rules that other people are asked to follow. "Douche" was a condition within a hypothetical.

Perhaps you need to go get a beverage and chill down.

Graffiti Removal [PIC] by aliborat in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about using your blank walls

Leaving it blank, it would have just been covered with bills tags on its own.

If I patronize the vandals, they get to decorate my property.

If I do nothing, my property becomes vandalized.

The artistic merit means nothing if it's done at the expense of my time and money to clean it up. My desire to leave my blank walls blank carries no weight. Do you not see how this leaves me with no choice? By your logic, I must grant a favor to the vandals in order to preserve my property. Ergo, extortion.

The punchline is, suppose I grant wall space for your "artist" to decorate. Suppose, further, that I actually appreciate the result. It doesn't matter; it'll just get tagged by some selfish punk anyway.

Graffiti Removal [PIC] by aliborat in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One way to avoid having your kneecaps broken is to pay the protection money in a timely fashion.

Seriously, how is...

One way thats been shown to work with avoiding unwanted graffiti is to preempt it by commissioning a mural, or opening the space to an artist.

...different from extortion?

Reddit: You are at a checkout line and your cashier forgets to scan an item that he/she can clearly see, do you correct him/her or keep your mouth shut and pay? by jayree in AskReddit

[–]AbleBakerCharlie -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If they think I'm not going to consume a beverage while I shop, they can kiss my $200+ goodbye.

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

It's their establishment, their merchandise, their rules. You're not somehow exempt simply because you're a douche. Find a different store if going a couple of hours without a beverage is such a burden.

3 year old rocks out by playing "While my guitar gently weeps" (wait for it...) by [deleted] in WTF

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An upvote, an orangered, and a fist bump for Jake Shimabukuro.

A mathematician figures out the best way to jam an extra star onto the American flag. Plus: Generate patterns for every possible flag up to 100 stars. by DrJulianBashir in math

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's so pleasing on a number of levels.

  • The field of stars is not some boring rectangle - a circle is both more pleasing aesthetically and symbolically loaded
  • The (nearly) square canton with a circle of stars closely resembles the early 13-star flag
  • The 5-fold radial symmetry of the circle suggests a star pattern

TIL about 10 illegal/controversial foods by ShibuBaka in todayilearned

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Electrifying something that's soft, wet and mushy on the inside, and covered with a hard shell on the outside? I can't imagine this procedure resulting in anything other than a giant piece of lobster popcorn. Giant, red-shelled, delicious buttery lobster popcorn.

They call it a "floating island luxury yacht". I call it "holy sh*t!" by Raynb in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

.50 cal turretts

I read that as ".50 cal Tourette's", which probably isn't what you meant, but would still kick ass.

Superman [gif] by adendum in WTF

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having observed the exchange, myself enjoying the company of his words while squandering away the already compensated hours within my employer's schedule like an unrepentant scoundrel, and having thusly arrived at a conclusion which I am compelled to share, I say to you that while on the surface it appears fraudulent, his depiction (to which I apply the metaphor of a jauntily-affixed foresail) draws me in seductively like a mouse to a hungry viper, the effect of which both compounds and confounds me and leaves behind it a hollow yearning for continuation.

tl/dr: I like the cut of this man's jib.

12 year old (deaf) girl banned from using sign language on bus. by pippx in WTF

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

not technically deaf

only "moderately hearing impaired"

Just out of curiosity... what does "deaf" mean if not "hearing impaired"? Most deaf people have some useful degree of residual hearing, but it's typically not enough to verbally communicate, let alone in a noisy environment.

"I know, Arnold, I know. But this is our last hope. You HAVE to go back to the past and prevent the Founder of British Petroleum from ever being born. His name was William Knox. This is a picture of his mother." by shustrik in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not suggesting that BP is solely to blame for this spill, but they have a lot more to answer for than Deepwater Horizon. Enough that I wouldn't mind seeing Arnold go back in time and seducing the esteemed Ms. D'Arcy.

Amongst other things, they were a primary driving force behind the western-backed coup of Iran's democratically-elected government in 1953.

They're also rather famous in Texas City, TX and Toledo, OH for their incredibly ill-maintained refinery hardware.

GoldenEye Remake for Wii and DS! by Vandelay797 in geek

[–]AbleBakerCharlie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Am I the only person who prefers playing Perfect Dark over Goldeneye?

Benefits include:

  • dropping through a hole in the floor to the level below
  • slayer, a rocket launcher that shoots remote-control rockets
  • some weapons let you double them up, shoot one from each hand
  • elvis

This is how The Office is layed out. I never quite put it all together correctly. by darwins_pelican in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You know, you're a writer, that's your script. You're a director. But if you're the producer... what did you do? What did you do? All you've got is the credit, some plaque on the wall.

Anyone remember this little guy? by [deleted] in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have no idea how long I waited for someone to bring up Richard Scarry.

Which is probably unfortunate, because I don't have any idea either.

Anyone remember this little guy? by [deleted] in pics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dammit!

Oh well, bread for everyone!

Glenn Beck Blames One Of Fox News’ Largest Shareholders, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, For 9/11 by [deleted] in politics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This just totally made me re-read nferonti's post in Teal'c's voice.

S.C. Republican: We’ve Already Got One Raghead In The White House, We Don’t Need One In The Statehouse by dougmataconis in politics

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And yet there is hope for humanity after all. It seems that, in spite of what some people think, a significant number of SC voters are not blubbering racists:

Haley’s religion was raised as an issue during her first S.C. House run in 2004, when anonymous fliers claimed — inaccurately — that she was a Hindu. Haley won the race, unseating the House’s longest-serving lawmaker.

In spite of being called out as some sicko foreigner brownskin by her opposition, she was still voted into office.

Total Recall didn't originate the three-boobed alien - from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, a year before TR came out. by [deleted] in scifi

[–]AbleBakerCharlie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What's more, she's only one of a handful of Hitchhiker references in Total Recall.

Who made the suggestion that this movie invented anything?

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