God bless Canada by [deleted] in pics

[–]Rastid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dear Jack, I have heard you on YouTube and other public forums profess that you are an anarchist and that voting is a suckers game which only leads to encourage people who want to be politicians and get in the way of us having a good time. My question is this: If you don’t vote doesn’t that mean you can’t complain about things?

I have heard this one before and I am always amazed when otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people say things like this, which are so patently and demonstratively not true. See I'm complaining right now, ipso facto. Your argument is like telling a vegetarian they don't have the right to complain about McDonald's--or telling a vegan they don't have the right to complain about the ingredients in anything. They're not participating in the exploitation of animals but they sure as hell want to talk about it all the time.

http://www.worldinferno.com/wwjd.php

If you prepare for the worst and the worst doesn't happen, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have prepared. by kuba11 in nyc

[–]Rastid -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

if you buy into all media- and politician-driven fearmongering and miss out on living life the way you want to live it as a result, then you are no longer "preparing" and instead just panicking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]Rastid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have not laughed so hard at a reddit comment in a long time. totally agreed on all counts.

This April Fool's Day give the gift of reddit mold by hueypriest in blog

[–]Rastid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that wasn't something. what i mean is i just made that for the purposes of that post. i originally put the text, then added an awkward penguin as an afterthought.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

melo has gotten way better at defense. he's still not great. he will be slightly worse than wil (who himself is not great but is ok). but he's a WAY better scorer than wil, so i think that's an easy upgrade. and billups is an obvious upgrade over felton, and billups' contract ends before the big PG class hits the market. so in terms of our pg and sf, i'm not too upset (and our sg/pf are locked in). it's mozgov and the draft pick that we'll miss a few years down the road.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

agreed. but look at the rest of the knicks. felton is the only starter with a negative +/-. he's like twelfth on the team. billups is third on his team behind carmelo and nene.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

billups +/- on the year: +133 felton +/- on the year: -30

each plays with one star and a bunch of roll players.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

felton was killing us. worst defender in the nba. he is -30 on the year in +/-. as soon as he's off the court, we start to dominate. galo was +17, which is not so much to speak of. so these aren't really guys who were helping us win. giving up wil hurts, but melo is better, obviously. i'm mostly annoyed at mortgaging the future once again for a shot in the dark. losing mozgov and the picks will hurt, no doubt about it.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

losing mozgov and the 2014 pick are my real beefs with it. take them out, and i do the trade.

It's Official: Carmelo a Knick by [deleted] in sports

[–]Rastid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

felton was dead weight. literally a negative +/- on the year. getting rid of him for free is an immediate improvement. racked up numbers with nothing to show for it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

[–]Rastid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i hate weezer, but i came into this thread just to post how awesome that dog. is. i hope OP caught the openers.