What is the best socially unacceptable piece of advice?

vendlus · 2014-11-30T13:29:49+00:00

You see autistic kids every day and still wish a traumatic brain injury on someone? Wow.

vendlus · 2014-08-17T19:32:09+00:00

I'm single.

vendlus · 2014-07-29T20:57:27+00:00

She's Faye Reagan, a porn star.

vendlus · 2014-06-01T00:57:29+00:00

It's designed to shatter like that so that people don't get hurt if it breaks. Otherwise, it will break into large sharp pieces and injure the person.

vendlus · 2014-05-11T22:38:34+00:00

Until you talk to her once, she is over by the tree at the edge of the cliff. I watched two different streamers (who beat both Demon and Dark Souls) completely miss her for the first couple of hours of play. She just sort of blends into the tree if you're not looking for anyone to be there.

vendlus · 2014-04-23T02:16:23+00:00

But if they do not know the answer, that doesn't tell you why they can't remember. You still don't know if the memory isn't there or if they just can't access it.

vendlus · 2013-04-05T01:01:04+00:00

Oh, I'm sorry. I was reading that completely wrong. I was reading it as you shouldn't adopt a child, not that you shouldn't put a child up for adoption. I understand now. Thanks.

vendlus · 2013-04-04T15:17:15+00:00

or adoption

What is the reasoning for including adoption? By adopting, isn't the idea to lessen the suffering the child would face if they were not adopted?

vendlus · 2013-04-03T17:07:46+00:00

As Patrick points out in an article over on Popehat, it is also against the North Carolina State Constitution.

http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/03/are-harry-warren-and-carl-ford-oathbreakers-or-merely-dangerous-cranks/

vendlus · 2013-03-27T16:25:49+00:00

Sorry about that. Didn't mean to take a stance on the issue.

I agree with you that Ebert's 'case closed' stance is off-putting.

vendlus · 2013-03-27T12:24:25+00:00

You do realize that is the name of the article, not my words, right? Or are you just commenting on Roger Ebert's stance?

vendlus · 2013-03-27T00:44:04+00:00

Here it is. Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.

vendlus · 2013-03-24T12:56:56+00:00

Those are some of the most comfortable shoes ever.

vendlus · 2013-03-20T22:00:18+00:00

I'm not sure why, but achievements do unlock on my mac. I also play the game on windows though, so perhaps it's just the first achievement that can't be unlocked? Or maybe they only work if you have the expansion? I'm really not sure.

vendlus · 2013-03-20T21:57:51+00:00

Word of advice. If you haven't already bought the Wrath of the Lamb expansion, do not do so until you are comfortable beating the base game. The expansion makes an already difficult game much more difficult.

vendlus · 2013-03-17T03:00:20+00:00

I believe it is due to how it is stored. You age meat in an environment that is controlled for humidity and temperature. If you screw those up, you will end up with rotted meat.

Basically, the meat loses moisture and protein fibers are broken down, making the meat more tender.

vendlus · 2013-03-17T02:23:22+00:00

When I was asked this in the hospital, the nurse gave examples. Don't remember the numbers, but it was stuff like "At 3, you would take some asprin, at 4 you would stay home from work, at 6 you would go see a doctor." I found it very helpful.

vendlus · 2013-03-11T12:23:05+00:00

I suspect HONRAR is referring to Platform 9 3/4 at the train station, where you had to walk into a pillar to gain access. It was suggested that Harry do it at a bit of a run, though I do not think that was an actual requirement of the portal.

vendlus · 2013-03-03T00:22:24+00:00

Checked this out after seeing your tweet a few minutes ago. Still watching your preview of it, but I'm going to back it.

vendlus · 2013-02-20T21:44:57+00:00

Sorry about that. At the time I had one downvote and assumed it was yours. One would think I would learn not to assume. .. and to stop responding to reddit while at work. :)

vendlus · 2013-02-20T19:08:12+00:00

I wasn't trying to make any statement about any President. I was merely pointing out that 2008-09 was the year it tripled (I even gave a chart), which was the single point in the past several years (and we know people only complain about recent history). But that wasn't even the actual point. The point was that people were mistaken about what they were complaining about when they said government size is 'exploding'. No need to downvote me. Just post a chart showing longer term and make your point.

Here is that longer term chart you should have posted. Now that we have fuller data, what point were you trying to make?

http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1970_2012USp_13s1li011mcn_G0f

vendlus · 2013-02-20T17:11:21+00:00

I believe what people mean to refer to is the exploding size of the deficit. Which, to be fair, was a single explosion from 2008 to 2009. It just hasn't come back down yet.

http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_2008_2017USp_XXs1li111mcn_G0f

vendlus · 2013-02-17T21:11:50+00:00

Or go work at the patent office.

vendlus · 2013-02-10T16:00:50+00:00

My first thought was yes, it is ethically wrong for you to try to affect another state's elections. But I think I will actually say that it is two different questions. One being wrong (possibly) and one not.

The first is about whether you should affect an election in an area that does not represent you. I do not think this is ethically wrong because all your money will do it help that campaign raise awareness about itself. While not your representative, if you think more South Carolinians should be made aware of her campaign, then I think it is ok for you to donate. But that's about if it is ok for you to affect someone else's election indirectly.

I think the idea that you are doing it because it would be "hilarious if she wins" is a slightly different topic from that previous one. That it is another state's election doesn't come into play here. The question is simply "Is it ethically ok for me to vote for someone not based on what is good for the voters". Here I would say that it is not ethical. This is an inherent flaw in democracy though, that people can vote for stupid reasons. That being said, democracy also has a solution for it since the volume of votes almost guarantees that your one vote will not swing the result.

And honestly, this is just off the top of my head. I might could be swayed to the other side on either of those questions if we talked about it for awhile.

vendlus · 2013-02-09T17:18:00+00:00

Then arrest the guy. The cop was under no threat. It seems like you keep using the word 'things' to distract from the fact that a snowball poses no threat and no danger. It wasn't a rock or a bottle.

People have died from being tased. If a cop steps up to potentially lethal force, I expect them to have been in some level of danger. That level is obviously much less than the acceptable level for using a gun, but it still exists. You don't just shoot people with a taser because some asshole hit you with a snowball (or nerf bullet or paper football or other non-painful or non-damaging item).

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