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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Mar 15 2010, 10:41 PM
So, walk with me momentarily as I put on my Darth Trunkie cloak. . .
. . . your assumption is that the system is fucked up. Perhaps it isn't.
. . . your assumption is that the system is fucked up. Perhaps it isn't.
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Originally Posted by EVAN&MONICA,Mar 16 2010, 12:04 PM
sounds like the right way to start the day IMOby the way
sounds nice right now 
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Originally Posted by brantshali,Mar 16 2010, 11:12 AM
So, Unkie, is it a bad thing that I'm thinking of setting up my new-to-me coffee maker on the desk next to my bed?
1. Get up.
2. Scratch nuts.
3. Start coffee maker.
4. Go back to sleep.
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Originally Posted by espelirS2K,Mar 16 2010, 12:04 PM
mmm.. It's not an assumption...
Your bias is towards. . . well. . . you.
If I need masses of cheap labor, and want to maintain a false sense of genuine meritocracy, I'd tell everyone college is a choice. . . and then make it prohibitively expensive.
There again, I can also move large objects by waving my hand.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Mar 16 2010, 01:08 PM
But it is an assumption.
Your bias is towards. . . well. . . you.
If I need masses of cheap labor, and want to maintain a false sense of genuine meritocracy, I'd tell everyone college is a choice. . . and then make it prohibitively expensive.
There again, I can also move large objects by waving my hand.
Your bias is towards. . . well. . . you.
If I need masses of cheap labor, and want to maintain a false sense of genuine meritocracy, I'd tell everyone college is a choice. . . and then make it prohibitively expensive.
There again, I can also move large objects by waving my hand.
How about english, rather than random idiom's, sayings, and phrases I rarely understand
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Mar 16 2010, 01:06 PM
No. You're a bachelor.
1. Get up.
2. Scratch nuts.
3. Start coffee maker.
4. Go back to sleep.
1. Get up.
2. Scratch nuts.
3. Start coffee maker.
4. Go back to sleep.
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Originally Posted by espelirS2K,Mar 16 2010, 01:22 PM
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How about english, rather than random idiom's, sayings, and phrases I rarely understand
How about english, rather than random idiom's, sayings, and phrases I rarely understand
It does not behoove the wealthy to educate any more people. Moreover, it is of great benefit to the wealthy to create an aspirational environment that is still fundamentally unattainable, except by the very few.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Mar 16 2010, 01:38 PM
And now, for the socio-politically retarded, a translation:
It does not behoove the wealthy to educate any more people. Moreover, it is of great benefit to the wealthy to create an aspirational environment that is still fundamentally unattainable, except by the very few.
It does not behoove the wealthy to educate any more people. Moreover, it is of great benefit to the wealthy to create an aspirational environment that is still fundamentally unattainable, except by the very few.
In any event, thanks for the translation
