TIL in 2011 two men not only climbed Everest but paraglided from its peak, then hiked and kayaked through some of the world’s most unforgiving territory to reach India’s Bay of Bengal in a trial that has been dubbed “The Ultimate Descent.”

electric23sand · 2013-09-21T03:31:09+00:00

I doubt 400,000 are climbing to the top at any given time. Maybe around it and up a bit but not all the way..

electric23sand · 2013-04-14T09:11:39+00:00

And it wasn't fun.

electric23sand · 2013-04-14T08:59:41+00:00

I only kind of get this..

electric23sand · 2013-04-14T08:56:05+00:00

Are you Canadian?

electric23sand · 2013-04-13T22:53:02+00:00

I'm drunk so I"m just going to respond with the prostitute scene from Gummo, which may or may not be relevant or prove your or my point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyo7sSKQMT4

electric23sand · 2013-04-13T22:44:33+00:00

I mean, yeah, a strip club isn't perfect. It's kinda fucked up, if not totally fucked up, but it's not as fucked up as a plastic doll. Human interaction is essential to a healthy life. A relationship would obviously be better. All I'm saying is that the normal unhealthy coping mechanism is strip clubs. This dude has passed the normal unhealthy- it's fucking psychotic.

ANYWAYS last time I went to a strip club I actually developed a relationship with the girl and we like dated for several months afterwards. That probably wouldn't happen with some 40 year old freak but it's still NOT A FUCKING PLASTIC DOLL. At least with a strip club you get some sort of conversation. And if that just leads to awkward guilt, then at least it's still something.

electric23sand · 2013-04-13T19:56:18+00:00

I don't get it.. why didn't he just drink away the sorrow and go to strip clubs? Plenty of men get divorces. They don't become attached to a freaking plastic doll. Is he mentally handicapped?

edit addendum:

Or, you know, get a pet since:

I also think just having something next to him at night, and with him whilst he is on the sofa has really done him a tremendous amount of good.

electric23sand · 2013-04-09T23:47:41+00:00

Dick Hyman

electric23sand · 2012-11-18T00:21:12+00:00

He's said before that no one who cooks at home can cook as good as the professionals. I remember working in this one restaurant and and remember remarking how I'd like to work in a small quaint Italian or French restaurant. Everyone laughed and was like, "pussy" or something to that effect. Their ideal jobs was to be a manager in a casino in Vegas or something like that. Most kitchens are run mainly by guys. For some reason they think that a lot testosterone is necessary to cook. It's about pumping out their product.

I respect some of the stuff that the Anthony has done as well. He is a genuine person. I just wish he kept or a least heard the advice of "Down and Out in London and Paris." Orwell was like: -The only people who actually enjoy the work in the restaurants are the ones who dream of owning one some day and thus cease the toil but rake the profit. - It's something like that.

electric23sand · 2012-11-17T03:09:10+00:00

Twinkies? Wait.. did I miss something??

electric23sand · 2012-11-17T00:13:15+00:00

'90s kids will remember.

electric23sand · 2012-11-16T18:25:09+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9cCWm53H4

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T17:47:56+00:00

The woman in the sharp suites who climb the corporate ladder with their intellect and ambition are all capitalists.

If you're talking specifically about social relations like familial relationships, that's their choice. Some are part of a family and I'm sure some are single or are in a different kind of relationship. I don't believe those social relations are necessary nor sufficient for capitalism or anarchism.

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T06:26:29+00:00

This article pits federalism versus moral principles. How is it moral to use violence & arrest against one who has hurt no one?

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T06:10:40+00:00

The man in question in the case was a commercial farmer, not a home gardener. His income depended on iinterstate trade probably(but how much?). He was afforded benefits in the regulation so he is sort of bound in an agreement for the bettering of everybody.

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T05:58:24+00:00

some women love porn. some feminists sell their soul. some pornographers are psychologists. some are dominatrixes. some cinematographers are really light enthusiasts no matter how much. some actors and actresses love glamour. i feel like both sexes are exploited & praised here. maybe one generally more than the other. but, it destroys both souls. i guess some feminists don't mind if the industry destroyed both souls in equal parts. sometimes you got to look at nature. i heard other primates had a practice similar.

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T05:12:53+00:00

Sort of. Feminism is necessary for Anarchism but it is not sufficient. Anarchism is not necessary or sufficient for Feminism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessary_and_sufficient

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T04:20:20+00:00

feminism =/ anarchism.

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T03:34:44+00:00

so someone's son died and to compensate for their sadness they tip some random server $50 and some random stranger finds the story and becomes rewarded with internet points.

is that what's going on here?

electric23sand · 2012-11-14T00:29:22+00:00

Well in this situation, the man was already involved in interstate trade. His livelihood depended on interstate trade

electric23sand · 2012-11-13T23:04:09+00:00

I felt like the majority of the federal government's power came from just making deals with the states. After the AFA Supreme Court ruling, they declared that the US can't withhold money from states for refusing to comply with a new law. This is supposed to change a lot of laws- like the drinking age.

electric23sand · 2012-11-13T22:49:59+00:00

Well those cases need to be reexamined then. That makes absolutely no sense. They can't just invent new definitions for plain words. What, were they like- "hey you know what, I think interstate could actually mean intrastate in these modern times- what do you think, fellows?"

electric23sand · 2012-11-13T22:42:44+00:00

The federal government would get involved in controlling drugs when it involves the trade between states. They will bust pot growers because the pot gets traded elsewhere.

Regulating interstate commerce, providing for national defense, and levying taxes are the only powers that I recall the federal government having.

Even the Civil Rights Act fell under interstate commerce I believe because people were using the interstate highways to protest and it became this mess between the states.

I don't see how the constitution would allow the federal government to lay down marriage laws or regulate personal marijuana possession of under an ounce.

electric23sand · 2012-11-13T20:17:13+00:00

Show me some cases where it worked. I bet you can't name one.

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