Only Jiku can simultaneously play along and rag on you for the joke *jazz-hands*
You didn't read the thread, did you? It doesn't have to pass anything. This is not a bill, it's a policy, independent of the government. The procedure is going to be different. I hope that petitions will still help, and I assume they will be aimed at pushing the government to intervene on the users' behalf. Congress was pressured into action once before; here's hoping it can be again. No matter who gets burned, is it fair?
Damn. You guys partied back in the day.
Uhhhh no. Umlauts create entirely different sounds; they're counted as separate vowels in the German alphabet. "Guten" uses an "oo" sound; it's not the same as the ü sound, which is kind of like a "yeu" sound. Most umlaut sounds actually require the use of the lips to say properly, unlike English vowels which can all be said by a droopy-eyed coma patient if you whack 'em on the stomach just right.
True, I guess it doesn't apply to us. Kind of why I was confused. The article's kind of scattered @_@
...H-how... How am I expected to deal with this. I live in FLORIDA. A DAY WITHOUT ORANGE JUICE IS A DAY I WAS NOT ALIVE. ;_; Good gaud, y'all. So is it ok if it's not from concentrate? Will concentrate O.J. be imported from somewhere else for a while? Kind of confused by the article's organization tbh.
Crossposting this from Current Events, because people REALLY ought to see this. Hope this isn't breaking any rules, or if it is that staff will consider making an exception for the greater good. I encourage you to take any serious discussion/opinions/findings to the adjacent thread and get all the jokes out of your system here. I'm sure there are plenty to be had; it's getting kind of ridiculous at this point. Of course, I'm not opposed to two strains of serious discourse; above all else, let's not have the silliness bleeding over into the Current Events thread. Spoiler: Serious Stuff Remember when I was freaking out over ACTA? Well get ready to piss your freshly changed pants, because I think this one's gonna top all three that came before it. Full article here. As I understand it, this is the companies attempting to do what the government failed to do with SOPA and PIPA. There are a few key differences, though. First off, this isn't censorship; it's downright spying. ISPs will monitor all user traffic and will potentially be able to reduce your bandwidth or outright lock you out of the internet if you don't jump through some hoops, and even then, you could still have a lawsuit levied against you. Second, this is not a bill, an amendment, anything like that; it's a policy being enacted by the RIAA/MPAA and participating ISPs, which if you view the full article includes pretty much every major ISP in the U.S. In other words, it's endeavoring to step right over the government. Awareness and opposition are low, perhaps lower than for ACTA. Please, if you support privacy and transparency on the internet, or even if you support the companies' efforts and simply recognize that they're taking it way too far, do something about it! I found a petition here, but given the low number of signatures something tells me it's not the only one. Please post any relevant information/additional reading you have, every little bit helps. Of course anyone with a more informed opinion is welcome; my level of involvement is still at the "reading news articles and being freaked out" stage, so if anyone's beyond that point, they can probably explain it better than I can.
Remember when I was freaking out over ACTA? Well get ready to piss your freshly changed pants, because I think this one's gonna top all three of the precedents. Full article here. As I understand it, this is the companies attempting to do what the government failed to do with SOPA and PIPA. There are a few key differences, though. First off, this isn't censorship; it's downright spying. ISPs will monitor all user traffic and will potentially be able to reduce your bandwidth or outright lock you out of the internet if you don't jump through some hoops, and even then, you could still have a lawsuit levied against you. Second, this is not a bill, an amendment, anything like that; it's a policy being enacted by the RIAA/MPAA and participating ISPs, which if you view the full article includes pretty much every major ISP in the U.S. In other words, it's endeavoring to step right over the government. Awareness and opposition are low, perhaps lower than for ACTA. Please, if you support privacy and transparency on the internet, or even if you support the companies' efforts and simply recognize that they're taking it way too far, do something about it! I found a petition here, but given the low number of signatures something tells me it's not the only one. Please post any relevant information/additional reading you have, every little bit helps. Of course anyone with a more informed opinion is welcome; my level of involvement is still at the "reading news articles and being freaked out" stage, so if anyone's beyond that point, they can probably explain it better than I can.
Oh my gosh I just realized my first rep was from DPWolf. And she was complimenting my maturity. Hilarious considering what would follow, particularly that she would come to think of me as an immature shithead
DAAAAMN SON You better have BRN HEAL!
1. I AM A GOD OF PHOTOSHOP 2. Before 2011, my sole form of communication with Jiku Neon was making references she liked/completing her references and getting rep for it. 3. I spend way too much time on my posts sometimes. (Let's not even get into the megaquoteposts) 4. Radiowave loved the shit outta me. 5. So did all the ladies, judging by a handful of rep messages... 6. I am much funnier when I'm being an asshole. What have you learned so far?
... I give up *ollies outy*
This does not affect my point at all Why do people who like a thing feel the need to give themselves a dumb nickname based on the thing Can they just like things without being OBNOXIOUSLY VOCAL ABOUT IT
>play games for small-minded people >surprised when teammates are small-minded I'm confused??? Mostly referring to CoD and Battlefield but I honestly wouldn't expect much from the average Mass Effect fan either, less to do with the game in that case
Now you're trolling Jube doesn't spend all his time here so his perception of the word is not defined solely by KH-V behaviors. I hope getting your ass whupped still gives you your debate fix
Most of those came from someone linking this thread in a megachat on MSN. We thought somebody was starting an actual religious debate.
Yeah so shuddup witcha mouf
I CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN CUDDLE PUDDLES. Because someone of my size HAS to be the foundation, or else I will crush someone. And I'm never the foundation because I'm too shy. SO SHUT UP WITCHA MOUF.
You have gone in a completely irrelevant direction from the point I was trying to make I have never known anyone to use "brony" to refer to "male fans of MLP FIM" They use it to refer to "******ed older male viewers of MLP FIM who give it entirely too much attention to be mentally healthy" Unless you consider yourself of the latter camp, there is no way to be trolled by that video or the presentation thereof Now stop making me do things I don't want to do
My will be done.
