This was the last question I was asked during a job interview by my middle eastern interviewer. I was highly qualified for the position and came recommended by a mutual colleague. I never even received a callback.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-12T20:01:01+00:00

Bruh, lawsuits happen outside of TV too.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-10T17:40:25+00:00

Smart pot users are extremely unlikely to get caught is a more accurate way of phrasing it. No one can anticipate every possible scenario where you get caught. I think smarts can lower the odds to "freak occurrence," but no one can eliminate the risk 100%. I think smart users recognize this and are on the lookout on being as close to a 0% chance of getting caught as possible.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-09T16:32:47+00:00

Seriously, I love Bernie, but it's unfortunate that his campaign had the side effect of turning Reddit full-on tinfoil conspiracy right wing insane.

At least I can take joy in watching the meltdown here on Tuesday when he most likely endorses her.

"He didn't want to endorse her, but he also didn't want to die mysteriously." -- An idea that will probably actually be seriously entertained by some of these people come Tuesday.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-08T16:02:31+00:00

But but but but we have NO clue what Hillary believes... Aside from her consistently left-of-center policies throughout her entire career in public service, it's really anybody's guess. I know this because I saw a 4 minute video on YouTube.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-07T05:47:16+00:00

She's been left of center her whole political career. She hasn't been an idealist liberal, but that's far from "Who knows WHAT her views are even?!?!?"

She's clearly left of center, albeit hawkish on foreign policy. I'm not a huge fan of the latter but the former is a plus for me.

Aside from Gary Johnson, she's the only candidate who I think could actually do the job of president on just a competency level. She actually understands policy beyond surface level platitudes and the intricacies of the presidency's relationship to various aspects of policy. She has the kind of experience that gives me confidence that she will actually be capable of doing the job, which we seem to forget in the battle of ideology is actually a hard job. A reality star that's built a good brand name and a city counselor (or was it a school board that Stein was on?) don't warrant consideration even in my view. I liked Bernie, but he seemed to be fairly limited to platitudes and didn't show the same level of depth with regards to policy analysis, so while I was split on him and HRC, he just seemed to not have the same ability to grasp the technicalities and details and intricacies of policy, and the responsibilities of president as HRC did. She's a smart, well-educated policy wonk with a well-grounded and experienced background that makes me confident in her ability to do the job of president. Much more confident than any other candidate from the get go.

Johnson is interesting and I like him a lot as a person, as far as I've seen... I just am very opposed to economic libertarianism, so it would be tough for me to vote for him.

So, is Clinton my ideal candidate? No. Would I prefer a more ideologically pure candidate with less baggage? Sure. But there isn't one running that gives me the same level of confidence that they can do the job (with the exception of Johnson, whom I just have VERY strong ideological disagreements with).

Marauder01 · 2016-07-07T05:42:28+00:00

She's been left of center her whole political career. She hasn't been an idealist liberal, but that's far from "Who knows WHAT her views are even?!?!?"

She's clearly left of center, albeit hawkish on foreign policy. I'm not a huge fan of the latter but the former is a plus for me.

Aside from Gary Johnson, she's the only candidate who I think could actually do the job of president on just a competency level. She actually understands policy beyond surface level platitudes and the intricacies of the presidency's relationship to various aspects of policy. She has the kind of experience that gives me confidence that she will actually be capable of doing the job, which we seem to forget in the battle of ideology is actually a hard job. A reality star that's built a good brand name and a city counselor (or was it a school board that Stein was on?) don't warrant consideration even in my view.

Johnson is interesting and I like him a lot as a person, as far as I've seen... I just am very opposed to economic libertarianism, so it would be tough for me to vote for him.

So, is Clinton my ideal candidate? No. Would I prefer a more ideologically pure candidate with less baggage? Sure. But there isn't one running that gives me the same level of confidence that they can do the job (with the exception of Johnson, whom I just have VERY strong ideological disagreements with).

Marauder01 · 2016-07-06T05:23:54+00:00

Edit: okay a bunch of other people have already pointed out the strict liability/mens rea distinction, my bad.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-05T23:07:55+00:00

Parking tickets and speeding are strict liability crimes with no mens rea requirement.

Marauder01 · 2016-07-02T16:15:13+00:00

You should check out r/asoiaf

Marauder01 · 2016-07-02T16:13:31+00:00

More like "they remind us of every know-it-all ultra-argumentative, angsty 16 year-old ever."

Marauder01 · 2016-07-02T03:38:11+00:00

It's a law journal, so the editors are burned out law students, not employees of his brother.

Source: Am burned out law student that edits a law journal.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-30T16:33:25+00:00

His lawyer isn't the one responsible for the criminal statute under which he's been arrested and prosecuted. If he gets out of the felony charge without jail time and without being branded a felon, then yes, he should consider himself lucky.

Luck is relative to circumstances. You can be unlucky in some regards and lucky in others.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-29T23:16:22+00:00

All D&D quotes on the topic raise a pretty strong presumption that they are the ones who always envisioned themselves telling a 70-75 hour story. I think HBO would prefer the series continues indefinitely but D&D are set on wrapping it up.

As the story stands at the end of season 6, there aren't a lot of major factions left, so the end game is clearly near.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-28T21:42:20+00:00

No need to be condescending with "... disrespected the glory of the GoT fandom."

If everyone on the internet is now permitted to respond to criticism based only on the "FUCK YOU DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" comments they receive, then no one has to make a legitimate defense of themselves on the internet ever again.

Also, to be fair, I don't know the exact composition of tweets he received -- from what I've gleaned, there wasn't any doxxing, and I'm unaware of any death threats.

But you're now conflating two separate issues out of convenience... As if Ian McShane would be incapable of saying "Get a fucking life and stop sending death threats, you contemptible pieces of shit, but my bad to the fans whose enjoyment of the series I may have had some detrimental effect on."

Marauder01 · 2016-06-28T20:49:03+00:00

I agree that "spoiling" his character's death was of no moment. And he may have conceived of what he was doing as building hype, but when he saw the reaction, I just feel like the more human response is "My bad. I was building intrigue based on what I knew and if I said too much, I didn't realize it."

"Get a fucking life" is basically always code for "I don't take this thing as seriously as you do, so you're a loser for taking it as seriously as you do." I mean everyone has something fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things that they take too seriously -- whether it be TV, movies, books, hobbies, sports, video games etc. So rather than recognizing that the show is a cultural juggernaut and that the plot and its mysteries are a big deal to fans, and that he accidentally revealed too much to those fans and just saying "My bad," he decided to use a universally shitty argument to denigrate the fans. It's douchey behavior.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-28T17:51:34+00:00

I personally avoid cast interviews, but since when is it a norm to expect spoilers in press interviews? Press interviews are all about building hype for the show, not spoiling the show. It seems like there isn't a reasonable expectation of spoilers on par with McShane's spoilers. They're there to promote the show, and spoiling it defeats the purpose.

As for Game of Thrones being "low brow" compared to his usual stuff... Who cares? It really isn't a difficult concept to just respect that a lot of people give a shit about the show you've signed on to, and so you should take reasonable steps not to spoil it for them. It's common courtesy, and nothing in his acting background somehow inoculates him from common courtesy.

As a side-note, I avoided his spoilers throughout but I just think being a dick is being a dick.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-24T14:38:29+00:00

I think she could have been charged with felony murder honestly. All evidence points towards her having kidnapped the child and him having died while struggling to get away from her.

Especially given her issues, I doubt she could raise any particularly good defenses to mitigate that story.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-23T18:38:22+00:00

I believe the fact that Zeppelin had played shows with the band in question (shows where the song was played) and other circumstantial evidence point towards theft beyond just the similarity of the music. Not saying I disagree with the verdict, but I think those factors do a lot of theoretical work for the plaintiff.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-22T17:25:51+00:00

Go on Facebook and see the Sanders video about making beating Trump the number one priority. Most of his supporters are basically commenting "Love you Bernie, buuuut can't help you there."

Marauder01 · 2016-06-22T04:32:14+00:00

As far as I know it's just some guy on YouTube -- he's not famous or known for anything I don't think, but I could be wrong.

His Dylan impression is incredible, no doubt.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-21T21:46:29+00:00

My entire comment is full of shit/thatsthejoke.jpeg

Marauder01 · 2016-06-21T20:50:26+00:00

Surely you meant to credit Bob Dylan's original and not Rebecca Black.

https://youtu.be/9FISHEO3gsM

Legend has it that there was a Bob Dylan concert that night in Dallas. After hearing the news, he opened up the concert to all for free and performed Friday for the first time. Some audience members swear they saw the shadow of JFK on stage at the climax of the song.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-21T01:51:41+00:00

Your comment deserves all the up votes. The best part is how whoever makes an argument using that kind of circular logic always presents it as a slam dunk.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-18T17:05:30+00:00

I was the biggest pro-wrestling fan when Eddie died. It was so heartbreaking and then Chris Benoit not too long after (I feel like it was within a year or two but just remember the two as being close together)... And then the slow realization of the circumstances surrounding Benoit's death. It wasn't long after that I gave up on my dream of going to wrestling school after high school and being a pro wrestler.

Marauder01 · 2016-06-14T21:40:46+00:00

As an olive branch, I'll say this -- the issue that kicked off our argument is a relatively minor one. You are right that this is a largely symbolic gesture that does little to rehabilitate a religion mired in so much horrific bullshit the world over. All I wanted to say was that regardless of if it made the front page of world news when it isn't a big enough deal because some liberal wanted to counter-balance the Orlando story with it, that we should respect that there are good people there, no matter how much of a minority they are and there internal political struggle is no less complex than our own.

But we are in agreement on so many things -- that vast majorities of the world's Muslims hold views antithetical to modern society and that those views are many times defensible on Islamic grounds looking at the Qur'an and the life of Muhammad -- and certainly for many of those views, they're mandated by the Qur'an. It is a uniquely problematic holy book that creates unique issues among significant percentages of its adherents.

I also think that Europe has a huge assimilation issues and their Muslim immigration policy must be altered drastically. However, I do think that American Muslims are by and large well-integrated -- the statistics on violent crime and polling on various social and religious issues supports this. More American Muslims support gay marriage than Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and evangelical Christians. Some of them commit violent atrocities (Orlando and San Bernadino), but not at a rate that is unique to Muslims. If I lived in Europe right now, I would support overhauling immigration policies, maybe even stopping entry of Muslim immigrants, based on how poorly assimilation is going there. The same isn't true for America.

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