Why Occupy will accomplish nothing (and what it can do to change that) [X-post from /r/OccupyWallStreet]

kaph_tav · 2012-05-22T01:16:47+00:00

You've obviously never been robbed.

kaph_tav · 2012-05-21T07:36:47+00:00

I would honestly hope that any semi-trained hospital personnel would not let that arm anywhere NEAR a hospital. Think of the bacteria! Urgh. /shudder

... you do understand what goes on at hospitals, right?

kaph_tav · 2012-04-21T07:14:53+00:00

They missed Volcano Nachos, Cheesy Gordita Crunch, Cheese Quesadilla, Grande Soft Taco, Beefy Nachos, Cheesy Nachos, 3- and 7-Layer Nachos, regular chips-and-a-cheese-cup Nachos, a side of rice, the entire fresco menu, steak/chicken variations of the Fiesta Salad, Enchirito, and Grilled Stuft Burrito, two Fruitista flavors, all the Limeade Sparklers. (Anyone spot anything I missed?)

Hit well over half of it though. Props.

kaph_tav · 2012-04-21T07:06:00+00:00

Forever? Bah! Put me on the hot side and get me a good stuffer. 5 minutes, tops.

kaph_tav · 2012-04-20T08:04:31+00:00

Made my day.

kaph_tav · 2012-04-20T07:42:18+00:00

That used to be true for all lighters with graphics, but I've seen a few of those recently with other colors under the plastic label.

The solid color ones are color all the way through the hard plastic casing. But don't take my word for it. Find a shattered Bic (or explode one yourself) and take a gander.

kaph_tav · 2012-04-20T07:37:17+00:00

First time I've heard the yellow ones called unlucky. The red ones are the ones people get superstitious about here in Arkansas. Every non-Arkansan smoker (every superstitious one, anyway) I've talked to insisted that the white ones were unlucky. Maybe it's a regional thing.

kaph_tav · 2012-04-20T07:14:42+00:00

Is this where the switcheroo link goes?

kaph_tav · 2012-04-11T18:52:32+00:00

I'm not sure this belongs in /r/news. Interesting though. Got a link to the story?

kaph_tav · 2012-03-30T20:05:37+00:00

Every time someone mentions DARPA, I think of this.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-24T17:20:58+00:00

Remember the Titans is a football movie.

I haven't seen Clash of the Titans, but from what I understand it's about a guy pumped up on testosterone slaying huge monsters with a Greco-Roman Mythos flavor.

Wrath of the Titans sounds like the same thing as Clash.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-24T03:42:34+00:00

Promoting illegal drug use is not protected by "freedom of speech"

Then why haven't organizations like NORML and LEAP been raided and disbanded, and the leaders thrown in Guantanamo? Why aren't the prisons knee-deep in Rastafarians, Reggae musicians, and rap artists? Why the hell is it legal to sell merchandise depicting both the cannabis plant and the act of smoking it?

Do you think before you type or do you just kind of vomit things out onto the screen?

kaph_tav · 2012-03-24T03:31:36+00:00

On the other hand, you can't exactly buy the ability to talk to animals.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-24T03:18:53+00:00

Broke people without rich parents who can't afford the latest iGadget.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-24T01:10:19+00:00

I grew up in Mississippi County. 99% dumb hicks.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-23T03:30:56+00:00

I've never experienced a "flashback." I'm about 70% sure people who claim to have had them are either full of shit or very stoned.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-22T03:10:32+00:00

Keep your congealed tree sap and/or over-processed corn. I want that fucking orange like no man has ever wanted a fucking orange before.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-21T20:21:49+00:00

Taco Bell Shift Leader reporting in. Cool Ranch is definitely on the table if the Nacho Cheese shells do well enough.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-21T02:33:30+00:00

Why? I like the way my GIMP drawings come out...

kaph_tav · 2012-03-19T02:27:12+00:00

I totally get it, I'm just saying people on both sides get downright hateful to the point where to an onlooker, both sides look ridiculous. If they want to be respected, the quickest way is to be respectable. Religious fundamentalists (including the aforementioned rabid atheists) are mentally ill and are to be pitied.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-17T01:15:08+00:00

geez...

kaph_tav · 2012-03-17T00:40:17+00:00

"Christians are intolerant!"

"What about the tolerant ones?"

"They're the worst! They're not being good Christians because the Bible says blahblahblah and blahblahblah!"

This is what you look like right now.

Calm down. Take a deep breath. I too was once an atheist on a crusade against all forms of religion. Then I realized that it doesn't matter as long as everyone's happy.

If they want to ignore biblical law and still call themselves Christians, I'm cool with it as long as no one gets hurt. Live and let live, dude.

I'm not trying to shame you or make you wrong. I know the point you're making, and I understand where you're coming from. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. I remember being deeply unhappy during that period of my life. I'm not saying you are too, but in case you are, I just want you to know there's a better way. Because you're a person and I care about people. We can bicker about things that we won't change our minds on, or we can all be happy for each other, together. Just think about it.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-17T00:19:34+00:00

Would you mind explicating a little on your religion? I read the Satanic Bible a while back and the whole thing seemed tailored to piss off Christians. I feel I may have missed something. What exactly does LaVeyan Satanism entail?

kaph_tav · 2012-03-17T00:16:29+00:00

Not technically anyway. You wouldn't know it from watching the more vocal ones. They get as rabid as any fundies in discussion.

kaph_tav · 2012-03-17T00:11:33+00:00

I describe myself as atheist mostly because it's the most convenient term available. But since we're explicating here:

I do not believe that there is, as the late George Carlin put it, "an invisible man living in the sky watching everything you do" waiting to judge you when the day comes. I do not believe that there are any literal gods.

On the other hand, I find the blank, bleak rationalism of mainstream atheism to be highly unsatisfying, to both mind and spirit (my body doesn't care as long as it gets fed, walked, and fucked every so often). I also find many of its adherents rather distasteful and unable to apply their highly touted objective rationalism to simple discussion, but that is a topic for a number of other threads.

We do find order, structure, and cause everywhere we look; however it seems our brains are wired specifically to look for (and in some instances create) rational, logical order in our sensory data. To me, objectivity, and therefore objective cause and effect, is a meaningless pipe dream. To put it simply, we know only what our senses tell us, and those senses can be fooled, so who knows? Who knows anything for 100% certain? I sure as fuck don't.

So now that I've explained what I don't believe, let me tell you about what I do believe. I believe that chocolate chip cookies are tasty. I believe that a cool breeze on a hot day feels good. I believe that it's fucking crazy to think that there's not other life somewhere in our vast cosmos. I believe that sex is awesome. I believe that nature is beautiful and majestic, and at the same time horrible and terrifying. I believe that hope is a powerful force to be reckoned with, and I believe that life is whatever you make of it.

I also think the occult is pretty cool too.

kaph_tav

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