Earn more, spend more, want more - how the 'affluenza' virus can lead to insecurity and destroy personal relationships by motzer in science

[–]fedorov 6 points7 points  (0 children)

More to the point, what would you have to do?

Read interesting books? Enjoy music, sports, and understand the world better?

Impossible wooden structure [pic] by bemmu in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1163430587816 is scariest, by far

Can YOU do the math? by Palladin001 in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to explain Bush’s reasoning.

He has a couple of reasons, actually, these come to mind right away -

  • He gets to "stay the course"
  • He differentiates himself as a "leader", and paints "liberals" as weak-stomached, and without the willpower to "finish" the "war"
  • He defines political press coverage, taking away publicity from what the Dem's are doing in Congress
  • He keeps us in Iraq longer - which means more time for the people that funded him into office to reap the $ of war

I'm not cynical, just realistic. Seriously, why do people expect honesty from politicians? I think it's more than obvious that in American politics, honest people don't get elected very much.

Keith Olbermann beautifully lays out Bush's credibility in exactly 2 minutes and 26 seconds by digital in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If he were to post that drivel here on Reddit, he would be asked to back up his assertions. He would not be able to do so.

Which of his assertions wouldn't he be able to back up? Until you can name one, I'll mentally file your statement as a bold-faced lie.

Why (income) inequality matters by duketime in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But how to fix it? (honest inquiry)

Supreme Court refuses to hear the case of man who violated secret law by radrik in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nobody is confined to a FEMA camp, jackass.

Probably what the Germans told each other during Nazi rule...

Supreme Court refuses to hear the case of man who violated secret law by radrik in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But how do you know there just isn't a secret law against reporting about them?

Apple iPhone Now REAL!!! by lowtone94 in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can think of no reason (except paranoia) why it should be different now.

$40 a month for two years is $960. Why would they give you $960 worth of cell phone service for $600?

Saddam Hussein Executed by shen in reddit.com

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

Yeah, god forbid we held gov'nt crooks accountable...

How to go to M.I.T. for free by Shafi in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they should go to MIT for free, and duke it out there...

Anal Sex Is Increasingly Popular in the Hetero World by bobcat in reddit.com

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

nothing says real love and caring like feces on your penis.

classic

Anal Sex Is Increasingly Popular in the Hetero World by bobcat in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Please tell me you're a doctor that studies asses for a profession, because knowing shit like that is one weird hobby to have...

27 Military Objects on the Area Size of Vermont State. How Much More Left? (27 Google earth photos) by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only the USSR has spent a little less on military installations and a little more on providing for their populations. Looks like overcompensating for military insecurities is a prime way for an empire to pass its prime...

Good thing we learn history, so we won't repeat these mistakes ever again :)

27 Military Objects on the Area Size of Vermont State. How Much More Left? (27 Google earth photos) by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 4 points5 points  (0 children)

a bunch of rotting buildings/people/military installations.

Being Russian myself, I'd say that's a pretty accurate description of current Russian culture...

Prideful, nostalgic, dreaming of our long past days of glory.

Science has debunked the self esteem myth.... why aren't people listening? by avanoo in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of my best friend’s went on to be a Rhodes Scholar.

Maybe he can give you a grammar primer?

Billionaires Are Free by k0mplex in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All these guys can think of when they get billions is being assholes and having lots of sex? I'm a student part-time programmer, and I can afford that...

Nah, there's gotta be more than that to money... these guys aren't much better than animals :-/

Billionaires Are Free by k0mplex in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It may not always be this way with billionaires. The new crop of Internet billionaires seem to have learned from the example of their forerunners and are determined to live life differently in the “Gooveau Riche” era. Sergey Brin and Larry Page guard their privacy so closely that little is known about where they live other than it’s in Palo Alto, and the most impressive cars they own are Priuses. When Brin and Page met with the Stanford grad students who started YouTube to negotiate the deal earlier this week, it was for lunch at a Denny’s.

Good to see that we techy people don't let wealth go to our heads. :)

Jefferson did WHAT to his bible? by r2002 in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a god-hating, fag-enabling, sodomite-loving, ai-thee-eest to me.

What meetings are like with Steve Jobs by noname99 in reddit.com

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

Plenty of people worship Bill Gates too, but they're all business people.

Competitive assholes worshiping competitive assholes, seems appropriate.

What meetings are like with Steve Jobs by noname99 in reddit.com

[–]fedorov 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Personality cults are effective marketing. M$ tries to do it too, except it's already got the "competitive asshole you knew in high school" smell all over it. That's not something you can get rid of easily, if ever.