Author Topic: Idiot of the Day (Read 254078 times)

BaconForTheSoul · « **Reply #1600 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:08:19 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on July 16, 2010, 11:43:33 AM

So would 2 year bans that effected your entire real ID.

Except I don't trust people to hand out bans in a reasonable fashion when it comes to a judgment call like "how bad of an offense did this troll commit." If moderators are anything like cops then bans would depend more on their mood than the actual offense.

Cotigo · « **Reply #1601 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:18:24 PM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on July 16, 2010, 02:08:11 AM

Yeah, I mean, Alcohol is legal, and everybody doesn't just show up to work drunk, right?

And certainly Zenny never has!

Some people do, unfortunately. These people are either able to hide it or get fired. I can kind of see the argument that legalization is problematic since you can test if someone is intoxicated via breathalyser or some other test, which you cannot do with marijuana. However, I would argue that people showing up to work stoned enough to impair their ability to work are going to get caught through their incompetence. And it's kind of insulting to insinuate that a professional (surgeons, nurses, teachers, etc.) would show up to work impaired to begin with. There's a better argument for entry level employees but in 9 cases out of 10 they're going to be in a job where they'd only be a risk to themselves.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #1602 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:21:56 PM »

Basically I think it's going to come to someone inventing a device to easily measure the amount of pot you've smoked (ala a Breathalyzer). Once that happens, legalization would. So... aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs... get to work! There's a ground floor to make a fortune.

Grefter · « **Reply #1603 on:** July 17, 2010, 02:02:46 AM »

Quote from: BaconForTheSoul on July 16, 2010, 06:08:19 PM

Quote from: Grefter on July 16, 2010, 11:43:33 AM
So would 2 year bans that effected your entire real ID.

Except I don't trust people to hand out bans in a reasonable fashion when it comes to a judgment call like "how bad of an offense did this troll commit." If moderators are anything like cops then bans would depend more on their mood than the actual offense.

I would care if it wasn't the WoW forums which just need to be nuked from orbit.

Pyro · « **Reply #1604 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:25:30 PM »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7901025/Palestinian-jailed-for-rape-after-claiming-to-be-Jewish.html

What the hell is wrong with Israel when a man can't even tell a little white lie to get laid?

NotMiki · « **Reply #1605 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:51:23 PM »

Ugh, read about that. seriously fucked up. I mean, sorry, he gave her a false name, she assumed he was Jewish, and she slept with him more or less on the spot? Not rape. Not even close. Show me a scintilla of coercion and we'll talk. It's difficult to believe this would have even been prosecuted had the situation been anything but a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman.

US rape laws vary by state, but I doubt this would qualify in any of them. In the US, lying to induce sex tends to be punishable as a sex crime ONLY if there was a fiduciary relationship, in other words if the rapist owed some special duty to the victim. Doctor-patient, attorney-client, etc. Some states wouldn't punish lying to get sex as rape in any circumstance (unless there was some coercion as well, though it might be punishable as civil fraud).

EDIT:
some analysis of the legal issue. pretty interesting stuff if you ask me.
http://volokh.com/2010/07/21/an-interesting-rape-by-fraud-case-from-israel/

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1606 on:** July 22, 2010, 05:35:25 AM »

If lying to a chick for sex is rape, I've raped like a dozen different women; probably I should try lying low in Mexico for a spell.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1607 on:** July 31, 2010, 04:08:14 PM »

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/peter-schiff-ad-linda-mcmahons-liberal-positions-are-a-kick-in-the-video.php#more

Ok, so it's an attack ad against McMahon, but somehow I now feel compelled to vote for her...

Cotigo · « **Reply #1608 on:** August 01, 2010, 12:08:27 AM »

Well, she has my vote, or would if I was in that constituency.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #1609 on:** August 04, 2010, 05:16:24 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on July 31, 2010, 04:08:14 PM

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/peter-schiff-ad-linda-mcmahons-liberal-positions-are-a-kick-in-the-video.php#more

Ok, so it's an attack ad against McMahon, but somehow I now feel compelled to vote for her...

As well you should. Your other option is that the Undertaker shows up and kicks your ass.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1610 on:** August 07, 2010, 02:01:48 AM »

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100806/REAL_ESTATE/100809871

There's a joke in here somewhere...

Captain K. · « **Reply #1611 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:04:39 PM »

Not a very funny one.

Shale · « **Reply #1612 on:** August 27, 2010, 04:00:44 PM »

Has this topic been dead all month?

http://gawker.com/5623138/middle-school-segregates-class-elections-by-race

Grefter · « **Reply #1613 on:** August 27, 2010, 10:28:17 PM »

Errrr why don't they do what every other school does and just rig the elections?

superaielman · « **Reply #1614 on:** August 28, 2010, 01:17:33 AM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11096512

I can't IotD Greece's entire budget planning for the past generation, but this'll do in a pinch.

NotMiki · « **Reply #1615 on:** August 28, 2010, 03:05:48 AM »

hey! the dead are probably important constituents to the ruling party!

NotMiki · « **Reply #1616 on:** August 28, 2010, 05:58:11 AM »

no link, because I have yet to see this exact analysis, but...

so North Korea has been holding an American who crossed the border from China. Jimmy Carter goes over to negotiate his release. We get the guy back, and what do the North Koreans get? They get to show Jimmy Carter who's the boss by snubbing him. That's right, Kim Jong Il was too busy to meet with Carter because he was in China looking at schools for his grandson.

I love this. Kim Jong Il, who we all know is in terrible health, goes to the trouble of leaving the country JUST to have a pretext not to meet with Jimmy Carter. Yes, North Koreans think NOT having to sit through photo ops with the great leader is humiliating! I don't know how Carter will ever mend his reputation. Except that he just got an American out of an 11-year sentence in North Korean prison.

superaielman · « **Reply #1617 on:** August 28, 2010, 09:08:15 PM »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38891939/ns/us_news?GT1=43001

Because funny IotDs are the best IotDs.

Captain K. · « **Reply #1618 on:** August 29, 2010, 03:13:09 AM »

To be fair, he did prove the legend correct!

Grefter · « **Reply #1619 on:** August 29, 2010, 09:59:17 PM »

http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/942955-mafia-ii/reviews/review-142840

Not the review itself, it is a little funny. The IotD is that Gamefaqs quality checking is that horrible.

Ranmilia · « **Reply #1620 on:** September 06, 2010, 05:10:54 AM »

D+: The Drake University Advantage.

There are really no words.

Grefter · « **Reply #1621 on:** September 06, 2010, 05:35:50 AM »

I am assuming someone is a little jaded with the education system at the moment.

Going to university to break through the box though? I think that is a bit of a stretch. As if anyone who is going to put out in first year university is still a virgin.

Yoshiken · « **Reply #1622 on:** September 06, 2010, 01:13:43 PM »

I like how they highlight the "you" in that line. It's like they're just insulting the reader. "Well, someone else could get better, but you? D+ at the best~"

Grefter · « **Reply #1623 on:** September 07, 2010, 10:26:57 PM »

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/937281-dragon-quest-ix-sentinels-of-the-starry-skies/56225424

This is full of stupid crap. The topic creator defends his point pretty poorly at times against hordes of fanboys. Hordes of fanboys go NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE YOUR EXP IN A LOGICAL MANNER IS AWESOME FUCK YOU THAT IS WHAT MAKES DQ LIKE IT IS and calling all of his arguments logical fallacies while piling on more and more bullshit themselves.

Things like this are why it should be illegal to play things you like overly much.

Captain K. · « **Reply #1624 on:** September 08, 2010, 12:08:49 AM »

I knew which topic that was before I clicked the link.

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Author Topic: Idiot of the Day (Read 254078 times)