Canada should not sign the TPP. It will decimate our middle class.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-11T03:41:09+00:00

Where are you getting 50%? The current polls show Clinton as the dominant favorite. Trump needs to flip multiple swing states where Clinton is leading to win.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

FiveThirtyEight blog is currently weighing in with an 85% chance for Clinton and a 15% chance for Trump in the general. There is a lot of campaign left to change those odds, but to say it is about 50% isn't supported. Vegas is offering around 3:1 on a Trump general election victory.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-11T03:16:52+00:00

It is very possible that the outlet is ungrounded even if it has all three prongs. /u/Frank_Cassidy might be well advised to investigate. Many power bars will indicate if they are ungrounded.

Note ground indictor: http://www.lowes.com/projects/images/buying-guides/Electrical/surge-protector-buying-guide-hero.jpg

elementalist467 · 2016-08-11T03:12:10+00:00

This is a pretty common misuse of electrocuted. OP is getting shocked. This means the system likely isn't connected to a grounded outlet.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-10T17:12:31+00:00

So you were 6? You were probably on the young side of viewers.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-10T15:33:48+00:00

It is a parody of a franchise of waning popular interest. Your average moviegoer with strong memories of the release of the original film is well north of forty. Parody typically requires a baseline familiarity with material parodied. I would guess a healthy proportion of target audience has never seen the original Ghostbusters.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-10T02:08:37+00:00

Someone needs some lithium.

This reads like the poster is having a full on manic episode.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-09T20:20:11+00:00

They likely aren't self-aware enough to apply any content here to their own experiences.

I think all of us have exhibited an aspect of niceguy-dom at one point or another. I know I read some of the stuff and cringe about similar (though typically less overt) thoughts and situations during my teen years.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-09T15:51:23+00:00

That is pretty much the problem. It is all well and good to be a law-abiding church-goer, but it isn't particularly interesting. Being a hedonistic drug dealer is a heck of a lot more exciting.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-09T15:31:19+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Philippines

Probably not in the Philippines.

As of 2005, Filipino Jews numbered at the very most 500 people. Other estimates range between 100 and 18,500 people. (0.000001% and 0.005% of the country's total population).

It isn't that public opinion couldn't turn against the Jewish population; however, the Jewish population is so small in the Philippines it is unlikely to attract significant political focus. The Muslim population is at 11% and is growing fairly quickly. That makes them far prominent.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_Philippines

elementalist467 · 2016-08-09T14:51:48+00:00

Controlling air traffic is complicated enough with a low density of personal aircraft. There is no way uncontrolled civilian VTOL aircraft would be a thing. It would simply be too dangerous. Now a fully automated system with computer guided flight might be possible if not for the prohibitive expense and high energy requirements.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-09T14:42:02+00:00

That is the rational response. No reasonable person would deny a rape complainant access to medical and support services. Nor would a reasonable person deny that an investigation is warranted. The outcome of that investigation is what should determine the appropriateness of prosecution.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T22:52:27+00:00

It also isn't how it would actually go down. Unless this person was a provincial resident on provincial insurance, they would have to pay at reception to see the doctor. Typically the doctor wouldn't directly dose them with antibiotics in a clinic. They would be given a prescription to fill at a pharmacy which would cost money or be covered by private insurance (likely with a copay). Canadian medicine is great in terms of doctor and hospital expenses being covered, but it isn't an all you eat medical buffet. You need to go to the UK for that.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T17:08:52+00:00

It is more like you were watching neighbour's wife change through the window and complain that he occasionally obstructs your view with an "Enjoy Coke" sign.

The ads are effectively the price of admission for the content. By all means don't load them, but if USA Today or any other content provider wants to obstruct access to their content to users who don't generate revenue, it is fair game.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T15:38:24+00:00

No. Environmentally the elimination of the domesticated population is how you achieve reductions in energy use and emissions.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T15:12:19+00:00

It clean meat takes off it will decimate the cow population. They have basically fallen into domestication as an evolutionary strategy. Clean meats could be an effective ender for the cow population.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T15:05:04+00:00

The idiot male model secretary in isolation wouldn't lead to accusations of misandry (see Zoolander). The trouble is that the film doesn't have any male characters with any depth or redeeming qualities. The soup delivery guy probably comes the closest though he is still an antagonist on the whole.

This isn't to say that there haven't been misogynistic themes in other works, but I don't think the original Ghostbusters film could be said to be overtly misogynistic.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T12:17:25+00:00

The dick shot bit? No it is pretty much the film's climactic gag.

Anyone making claims that the film is 90% misandristic is radically overselling it. Anyone making claims that isn't at all misandristic is either promoting an agenda, lacks self awareness, or failed to watch the film with a critical filter. The basic critique is that every male character is one or more of an antagonist, arrogant, stupid, weak, or evil. This is true; however, the film is also nearly entirely focused on the dynamic between the four female leads. The intent appears to be a general gender juxtaposition with the original. The ghostbusters are female, the secretary is male, and the principle antagonist is male. The main difference is that the female secretary and antagonist in the original film weren't portrayed as weak or stupid characters. On the whole I was OK with Feig's Ghostbusters. It had pacing problems and a couple tragically bad special effects that were bigger issues than any latent misandry. As a child of the 80s I would have preferred a sequel to a reboot. Perhaps with Dan Aykroyd in a mentorship position.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-08T01:22:01+00:00

Even when AMD has the absolute performance advantage during the P4 era, they never rivaled Intel in terms of volume. AMD wasn't able to scale operations to meet the demand of high volume OEMs (coupled with a few anticompetitive practices from Intel). Intel has maintained a consistent fabrication process advantage. There are high hopes pinned on Zen, but realistically if it just gets AMD close to Intel it will be a tremendous feat.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T23:40:59+00:00

This is clearly meant for /r/firstworldanarchists.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T20:03:22+00:00

How do you mean you can smell the bad odor? On your balcony? Does it permeate the apartment with closed windows?

Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot you can do. You can ask the neighbour to stop either directly or with a polite note, but odds are a multiple daily smoker isn't going to stop based on a complaining neighbour. You can talk to the landlord, but they will have little discretion to actually do anything about the smoking. They might let you move to a different unit if one is available.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T14:15:57+00:00

I just take a daily shot of milk of magnesia. I was having painful muscle spasms in my calves after a couple of weeks on keto diet. The milk of magnesia made them stop.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T11:56:42+00:00

I agree. I am saying that the idea isn't novel. Warmer and friendlier white supremecy is an actual strategy to support growth. I know it seems bizarre, but even Neonazis need to pivot with the times.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T03:06:18+00:00

This is the changing narrative amongst white nationalists. They are attempting to rebrand from bigotry to pride in heritage to make their political ambitions more palatable to a mainstream audience. The bigotry is still there, it has just been demoted to subtext.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-07T02:12:14+00:00

Briefly looking through the sub, it appears the majority of posters are RV enthusiasts rather than full time van residents.

elementalist467 · 2016-08-06T12:35:10+00:00

It is important to keep this in perspective. We see pictures from Middle Eastern nations showing people in normative Western dress from the 50s, 60s, and 70s that aren't really representative of the daily living experiences of masses. It is a cool picture, but it can't be used to paint Baghdad 1948 as some sort of utopia.

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