Man, I'm internet mad about the Monsanto thing. I'm not afraid of genetically modified food; I love THE FUTURE. I don't trust these asshats, and am never in favor of removing regulation and oversight.
Fucking... god damnit it, US.
Yeah we all hate Monsanto.
The law isn't necessarily bad. Think of it more like: "don't fuck people's livelihood until we can get to the bottom of this and cause a panic and food shortage, but hippies are going to over-react to this anyways, so fuck them."
Unless I'm misreading, it takes the teeth away from the FDA for a year; they can say "yo, you need to test that seed more", but can't bring the courts in to actually file injunctions to stop them from selling the untested products. Which is terrible on it's own merits, not counting whatever crap Monsanto's going to try to sell.
It also protects farmers, too, IIRC, so they can keep selling GMO without penalization.
I was reading that it stops lawsuits from preventing distribution of product so a competitor cannot file a lawsuit just to stop you from releasing a product for a year.
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Podlyyou unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered Userregular
awwwww yeah official RA page suckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz
-- a noticeable percentage of the public voice chat is in Spanish, which shouldn't be surprising, but for some reason it is.
-- there are LOTS of little kids that are more than eager to make friends with anyone else who will talk back to them on there. It's cute, in a wholly frightening, "goddamn just how little attention are these guys getting from their parents anyway?" kinda way.
-- and overall there is VERY little negative trash talk, like once every 15th match some guy says "you all are a bunch of fucking idiots" right before you lose (they don't say anything prior to that) so really Xbox Live's reputation as a den of negativity is very widely overblown at this point (although I haven't played CoD for years so who knows what the fuck is happening over there)
It's been this way since counterstrike's voice chat thing. Sure you'd get annoying fuckers, and kids that fucked my mom, but a lot of them just liked to talk about things they were doing or interesting stuff, especially if you frequented a server. I had one kid that followed me no matter what team I played on. Always telling me about his goings on in school. And how great he did on a test.
Kind of weird, at 15 I felt like I was his dad or something.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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monsanto manage to be evil, they just avoid doing it through producing crops that cause cancer aids
they do it through horrendous business practices and suing everybody and firing penises out of large cannons
The thing I find interesting about gravity being a 'weak' force, is gravity is the force that shaped everything. Like, gravity forms stars and planets, directs orbits, which cause the seasons on Earth, and established the pattern of stars in the sky, which was a major influence in human development.
I consider gravity to be the most influential force in the universe in how it affects everything about everything we do.
But like
without the electromagnetic force there wouldn't be stars in the sky! Or anything but superdense black holes, probably.
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also @podly i woke up at 5:30pm and ate croissants with nutella
soon i shall wake up when it is night and i shall have completed
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-- a noticeable percentage of the public voice chat is in Spanish, which shouldn't be surprising, but for some reason it is.
-- there are LOTS of little kids that are more than eager to make friends with anyone else who will talk back to them on there. It's cute, in a wholly frightening, "goddamn just how little attention are these guys getting from their parents anyway?" kinda way.
-- and overall there is VERY little negative trash talk, like once every 15th match some guy says "you all are a bunch of fucking idiots" right before you lose (they don't say anything prior to that) so really Xbox Live's reputation as a den of negativity is very widely overblown at this point (although I haven't played CoD for years so who knows what the fuck is happening over there)
It's been this way since counterstrike's voice chat thing. Sure you'd get annoying fuckers, and kids that fucked my mom, but a lot of them just liked to talk about things they were doing or interesting stuff, especially if you frequented a server. I had one kid that followed me no matter what team I played on. Always telling me about his goings on in school. And how great he did on a test.
Kind of weird, at 15 I felt like I was his dad or something.
The main thing young kids get from playing online is being treated like they're much older, in a constrained environment where they can compete at a basically equal level.
-- a noticeable percentage of the public voice chat is in Spanish, which shouldn't be surprising, but for some reason it is.
-- there are LOTS of little kids that are more than eager to make friends with anyone else who will talk back to them on there. It's cute, in a wholly frightening, "goddamn just how little attention are these guys getting from their parents anyway?" kinda way.
-- and overall there is VERY little negative trash talk, like once every 15th match some guy says "you all are a bunch of fucking idiots" right before you lose (they don't say anything prior to that) so really Xbox Live's reputation as a den of negativity is very widely overblown at this point (although I haven't played CoD for years so who knows what the fuck is happening over there)
Meet people at work! Ask people on your team if they want to go out for lunch as a group. Don't worry if the ages don't mesh up. I've made work friends a few years away from retirement. Go to Juicy Burger in Ballston Spa. My work buddies and I originally became friends because of our weekly lunches.
Don't worry about your parents. You're smart and you're successful. You're doing a hell of a lot better than most people in their mid-20s. If that's not enough for them, tough shit. Don't let them undermine your self-confidence.
-- a noticeable percentage of the public voice chat is in Spanish, which shouldn't be surprising, but for some reason it is.
-- there are LOTS of little kids that are more than eager to make friends with anyone else who will talk back to them on there. It's cute, in a wholly frightening, "goddamn just how little attention are these guys getting from their parents anyway?" kinda way.
-- and overall there is VERY little negative trash talk, like once every 15th match some guy says "you all are a bunch of fucking idiots" right before you lose (they don't say anything prior to that) so really Xbox Live's reputation as a den of negativity is very widely overblown at this point (although I haven't played CoD for years so who knows what the fuck is happening over there)
It's been this way since counterstrike's voice chat thing. Sure you'd get annoying fuckers, and kids that fucked my mom, but a lot of them just liked to talk about things they were doing or interesting stuff, especially if you frequented a server. I had one kid that followed me no matter what team I played on. Always telling me about his goings on in school. And how great he did on a test.
Kind of weird, at 15 I felt like I was his dad or something.
Huh, that's so funny to me for some reason...
But I'm always interested in how there seems to be like little cultures that go along with each game. Halo has the most little kids that I've come across (makes sense, low on the blood and gore) and I play tons of FIFA which is obviously pretty much Spanish language dominated in the online matches. But the team-centric games I liked to play the most (Battlefield, Monday Night Combat, Team Fortress) always seem to have the highest # of normal adults that just wanted to play nice and be normal (makes sense since they're co-op-y).
Considering there's no real evidence GMO food is unsafe to eat, it seems making it so you can't prosecute people for growing it is a good thing?
democratic coalition wedge problem.
SCIENCE IS GOOD AND TRUE
BIG BUSINESS IS BAD AND EVIL
How can big business do science? It must be a lie!
To be fair, when was the last time you heard about a study funded by big business that didn't arrive at precisely the conclusions that best maximize short-term earning potential?
Considering there's no real evidence GMO food is unsafe to eat, it seems making it so you can't prosecute people for growing it is a good thing?
democratic coalition wedge problem.
SCIENCE IS GOOD AND TRUE
BIG BUSINESS IS BAD AND EVIL
How can big business do science? It must be a lie!
We all have are idiot cousin faction :P
I mean, GMO generally, and Monsanto specifically, are terrible environmentally, and that's the angle at which regulations should come.
Attacking the food itself is about as intelligent as the moron environmentalists protesting nuclear power.
There is no evidence that GMO food is unsafe to eat, but if we were to come across such evidence, this law would still protect Monsanto. If we were to discover that they were concealing such evidence, this law would still protect them. It's bullshit.
Regardless of where you stand on genetically modified food, you should give a bit of a fuck when Monsanto turns the political system into its very own sock puppet and starts passing laws that directly benefit them without any regulation.
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Then you throw the humanitarians and the environmentalist loons into the mix and you have a leftwing clusterfuck that is impressive to watch.
Yeah, I sure wouldn't want to be a member of the left wing right now; way too much crazy coming out of there.
Hey, did you see that Republican Congressman calling Mexicans "wetbacks," earlier? And then not apologizing for it?
I missed it. Did that happen on the same day the Alabama Congressman called a white dude's family slave-owning baby rapers? And then didn't apologize for it?
Considering there's no real evidence GMO food is unsafe to eat, it seems making it so you can't prosecute people for growing it is a good thing?
democratic coalition wedge problem.
SCIENCE IS GOOD AND TRUE
BIG BUSINESS IS BAD AND EVIL
How can big business do science? It must be a lie!
To be fair, when was the last time you heard about a study funded by big business that didn't arrive at precisely the conclusions that best maximize short-term earning potential?
All the time. In fact, 19 out of 20 studies by big business probably end up that way.
When was the last time they ever published a study like that? Never.
Regardless of where you stand on genetically modified food, you should give a bit of a fuck when Monsanto turns the political system into its very own sock puppet and starts passing laws that directly benefit them without any regulation.
So start giving a fuck 30 years ago.
On it.
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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YES LET'S DO THIS THING WHERE WE PICK AND CHOOSE HORRIBLE PEOPLE AND CLAIM THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF ~50% OF THE POPULATION
Please consider the environment before printing this post.
Then you throw the humanitarians and the environmentalist loons into the mix and you have a leftwing clusterfuck that is impressive to watch.
Yeah, I sure wouldn't want to be a member of the left wing right now; way too much crazy coming out of there.
Hey, did you see that Republican Congressman calling Mexicans "wetbacks," earlier? And then not apologizing for it?
I missed it. Did that happen on the same day the Alabama Congressman called a white dude's family slave-owning baby rapers? And then didn't apologize for it?
What you are talking about literally never happened.
Though, if you'd like to talk about things said by state legislators, then we can start bringing up the Republican stance of "slavery was good for black people."
Thanatos on
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The thing I find interesting about gravity being a 'weak' force, is gravity is the force that shaped everything. Like, gravity forms stars and planets, directs orbits, which cause the seasons on Earth, and established the pattern of stars in the sky, which was a major influence in human development.
I consider gravity to be the most influential force in the universe in how it affects everything about everything we do.
But like
without the electromagnetic force there wouldn't be stars in the sky! Or anything but superdense black holes, probably.
Redundant! A black hole by definition has infinite density!
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democratic coalition wedge problem.
SCIENCE IS GOOD AND TRUE
BIG BUSINESS IS BAD AND EVIL
How can big business do science? It must be a lie!
I was reading that it stops lawsuits from preventing distribution of product so a competitor cannot file a lawsuit just to stop you from releasing a product for a year.
residentadvisor.com/dj/spssky
It's been this way since counterstrike's voice chat thing. Sure you'd get annoying fuckers, and kids that fucked my mom, but a lot of them just liked to talk about things they were doing or interesting stuff, especially if you frequented a server. I had one kid that followed me no matter what team I played on. Always telling me about his goings on in school. And how great he did on a test.
Kind of weird, at 15 I felt like I was his dad or something.
they do it through horrendous business practices and suing everybody and firing penises out of large cannons
1. This is America. We should never be barring "people" from civil suits; they can win or lose on their own merit.
2. I'm not worried about "people". I'm worried that the FDA, the regulatory body overseeing food production in the US, is no longer able to regulate.
"Dylan just ate a cup full of butter. #pauladeenreincarnated"
kids lol gross
But like
without the electromagnetic force there wouldn't be stars in the sky! Or anything but superdense black holes, probably.
soon i shall wake up when it is night and i shall have completed
Mine was a combo of loans, grants, scholarships, parents, and me
and this was for a state school
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The main thing young kids get from playing online is being treated like they're much older, in a constrained environment where they can compete at a basically equal level.
They all play jailbreak now
Well, it mostly is. They're just patenting genes/DNA sequences (?). The science they're doing was most likely perfected in a university.
So, they're still bad and evil.
We all have are idiot cousin faction :P
I mean, GMO generally, and Monsanto specifically, are terrible environmentally, and that's the angle at which regulations should come.
Attacking the food itself is about as intelligent as the moron environmentalists protesting nuclear power.
Meet people at work! Ask people on your team if they want to go out for lunch as a group. Don't worry if the ages don't mesh up. I've made work friends a few years away from retirement. Go to Juicy Burger in Ballston Spa. My work buddies and I originally became friends because of our weekly lunches.
Don't worry about your parents. You're smart and you're successful. You're doing a hell of a lot better than most people in their mid-20s. If that's not enough for them, tough shit. Don't let them undermine your self-confidence.
its .net not .com
Trains on time, etc.
Huh, that's so funny to me for some reason...
But I'm always interested in how there seems to be like little cultures that go along with each game. Halo has the most little kids that I've come across (makes sense, low on the blood and gore) and I play tons of FIFA which is obviously pretty much Spanish language dominated in the online matches. But the team-centric games I liked to play the most (Battlefield, Monday Night Combat, Team Fortress) always seem to have the highest # of normal adults that just wanted to play nice and be normal (makes sense since they're co-op-y).
But yeah, I worry for the little kids, man...
Hey, did you see that Republican Congressman calling Mexicans "wetbacks," earlier? And then not apologizing for it?
shaz is a smart boy
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residentadvisor.net/dj/spssky
To be fair, when was the last time you heard about a study funded by big business that didn't arrive at precisely the conclusions that best maximize short-term earning potential?
I'm worried about my parents commenting on my $$$ purchases
Regardless of where you stand on genetically modified food, you should give a bit of a fuck when Monsanto turns the political system into its very own sock puppet and starts passing laws that directly benefit them without any regulation.
Just because the other side is more nuts doesn't mean there aren't nuts on the Left.
Though, the main difference being, the nuts on the Left are completely marginalized, even by the Left. They aren't in control of party policy.
wut?
I'm confused!
What do you do for a living if you don't mind me asking?
I missed it. Did that happen on the same day the Alabama Congressman called a white dude's family slave-owning baby rapers? And then didn't apologize for it?
When was the last time they ever published a study like that? Never.
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So start giving a fuck 30 years ago.
On it.
some i hang out with outside of work
god i would be so sad if i wasn't
OK!
Half the nation refuses to tip.
I am nervous as shit about getting along with lab mates.
Though, if you'd like to talk about things said by state legislators, then we can start bringing up the Republican stance of "slavery was good for black people."
Redundant! A black hole by definition has infinite density!