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[Darvi]

He's Ramona's seventh evil ex?

Man the Scott Pilgrim shoutouts are flying low lately.

I do that all the time.
Sometimes on purpose, like I go in on my day off and sit in a random classroom until the lecturer tells me to leave.

Heh. I sometimes just sit next to a classroom door where I don't have any lectures, do stuff on my laptop, and then I leave, just to make the people standing nearby go "WTF".

[RedKing]

I remember an Australian comedian who went to the US, pretending to be the Australian PM, and thanking Americans for their support in defending South Korea. He had with him a map of Australia, with Australia proper labeled "North Korea" and Tasmania labeled "South Korea".

"I didn't realize just how much larger North Korea was than South Korea."

Yup, that's the one. I facepalmed through the back of my head at that point.

Link please?

Can't find one at the moment...pretty sure it was CNNNN's Julian Morrow, pretending to be John Howard. You'd think that would be enough to find a clip, but no luck so far.


EDIT: Found it. May your face bear the strikes of a thousand palms of shame, as mine did.

[Valid_Dark]

it's just because they got the canon wrong. A cruise on an ocean liner is free, while a bicycle is $1m. Therefore, nuclear weapons are free but a switchblade costs all the money in the world.

this is my dumb quote for the day.

The cruise would obviously cost more than the bike, but since they don't show you the price of the cruise, people assume it's a free cruise, just because you're given a ticket for the cruise for free, doesn't make the cruise free, if you want to say that, they you have to say the bike was also free, as you were also given a ticket for a bike.


also, this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvm7zd4Z-s

I'm voting for Romney because he's hot, and because my kittens name is mittens, and I call him Mitt for short, and that must be a sign as to why I should vote for romney, also, mitt rhymes with tit, and I have two of those.

[Flying Dice]

it's just because they got the canon wrong. A cruise on an ocean liner is free, while a bicycle is $1m. Therefore, nuclear weapons are free but a switchblade costs all the money in the world.

this is my dumb quote for the day.

The cruise would obviously cost more than the bike, but since they don't show you the price of the cruise, people assume it's a free cruise, just because you're given a ticket for the cruise for free, doesn't make the cruise free, if you want to say that, they you have to say the bike was also free, as you were also given a ticket for a bike.

I'm honestly sort of divided: I can't decide if it's stranger that you care this much about people being factually correct when lovingly mocking an old series, or that you apparently believe that you're the only one who has already realized that. We already know that; the whole "cruise is free" thing is being played for laughs.


That aside, I seem to recall much earlier an agreement to not post quotes from B12 because of the potential for flaming. But yeah, assuming that you're the only person with any sort of depth of thought isn't the best way to approach things.

[TheBronzePickle]

it's just because they got the canon wrong. A cruise on an ocean liner is free, while a bicycle is $1m. Therefore, nuclear weapons are free but a switchblade costs all the money in the world.

this is my dumb quote for the day.

The cruise would obviously cost more than the bike, but since they don't show you the price of the cruise, people assume it's a free cruise, just because you're given a ticket for the cruise for free, doesn't make the cruise free, if you want to say that, they you have to say the bike was also free, as you were also given a ticket for a bike.

I'm honestly sort of divided: I can't decide if it's stranger that you care this much about people being factually correct when lovingly mocking an old series, or that you apparently believe that you're the only one who has already realized that. We already know that; the whole "cruise is free" thing is being played for laughs.


That aside, I seem to recall much earlier an agreement to not post quotes from B12 because of the potential for flaming. But yeah, assuming that you're the only person with any sort of depth of thought isn't the best way to approach things.

Wouldn't the currency be more closely related to the Japanese yen anyway? It is a Japanese game. 1 yen is about the same as 1 US cent give or take a bit. The bike's actually only about 10k, which is still really friggin' expensive, but it's at least a little more sane.

It also makes a bit more sense that a 10-year old would be starting out on their quest with about 30 bucks rather than $3000.

[Flying Dice]

it's just because they got the canon wrong. A cruise on an ocean liner is free, while a bicycle is $1m. Therefore, nuclear weapons are free but a switchblade costs all the money in the world.

this is my dumb quote for the day.

The cruise would obviously cost more than the bike, but since they don't show you the price of the cruise, people assume it's a free cruise, just because you're given a ticket for the cruise for free, doesn't make the cruise free, if you want to say that, they you have to say the bike was also free, as you were also given a ticket for a bike.

I'm honestly sort of divided: I can't decide if it's stranger that you care this much about people being factually correct when lovingly mocking an old series, or that you apparently believe that you're the only one who has already realized that. We already know that; the whole "cruise is free" thing is being played for laughs.


That aside, I seem to recall much earlier an agreement to not post quotes from B12 because of the potential for flaming. But yeah, assuming that you're the only person with any sort of depth of thought isn't the best way to approach things.

Wouldn't the currency be more closely related to the Japanese yen anyway? It is a Japanese game. 1 yen is about the same as 1 US cent give or take a bit. The bike's actually only about 10k, which is still really friggin' expensive, but it's at least a little more sane.

It also makes a bit more sense that a 10-year old would be starting out on their quest with about 30 bucks rather than $3000.

Yeah, it's pretty much an expy of yen.

[SomeStupidGuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvm7zd4Z-s

I'm voting for Romney because he's hot, and because my kittens name is mittens, and I call him Mitt for short, and that must be a sign as to why I should vote for romney, also, mitt rhymes with tit, and I have two of those.

This cannot be real.
Clearly of the options Obama's hotter. Come on now, I'm a straight guy & I can see that.
Though seriously, there are much worse quotes from that video.

I'm not going to vote for Obama, because he'll take away my right to be catholic. Which he basically already has and it's turning into a tyranny, like socialism.

I just can't... You know what? Let's just leave it at that.

[misko27]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvm7zd4Z-s

I'm voting for Romney because he's hot, and because my kittens name is mittens, and I call him Mitt for short, and that must be a sign as to why I should vote for romney, also, mitt rhymes with tit, and I have two of those.

This cannot be real.
Clearly of the options Obama's hotter. come on now, I'm a straight guy & I can see that.
Though seriously, there are much worse quotes from that video.

I'm not going to vote for Obama, because he'll take away my right to be catholic. Which he basically already has and it's turning into a tyranny, like socialism.

I just can't... You know what? Let's just leave it at that.

...
I continually fail ot see the benefits of this thing called "democracy".

Did you know a majority of polled republican Ohio voters thought Mitt Romney was the one most tocredit for the Killing of Osama Bin Laden?

[Hanslanda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvm7zd4Z-s

I'm voting for Romney because he's hot, and because my kittens name is mittens, and I call him Mitt for short, and that must be a sign as to why I should vote for romney, also, mitt rhymes with tit, and I have two of those.

This cannot be real.
Clearly of the options Obama's hotter. come on now, I'm a straight guy & I can see that.
Though seriously, there are much worse quotes from that video.

I'm not going to vote for Obama, because he'll take away my right to be catholic. Which he basically already has and it's turning into a tyranny, like socialism.

I just can't... You know what? Let's just leave it at that.

...
I continually fail ot see the benefits of this thing called "democracy".

Did you know a majority of polled republican Ohio voters thought Mitt Romney was the one most tocredit for the Killing of Osama Bin Laden?

Democracy is a lie anyway. Preparing for flaming in three, two, one...

[MaximumZero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvm7zd4Z-s

I'm voting for Romney because he's hot, and because my kittens name is mittens, and I call him Mitt for short, and that must be a sign as to why I should vote for romney, also, mitt rhymes with tit, and I have two of those.

This cannot be real.
Clearly of the options Obama's hotter. come on now, I'm a straight guy & I can see that.
Though seriously, there are much worse quotes from that video.

I'm not going to vote for Obama, because he'll take away my right to be catholic. Which he basically already has and it's turning into a tyranny, like socialism.

I just can't... You know what? Let's just leave it at that.

...
I continually fail ot see the benefits of this thing called "democracy".

Did you know a majority of polled republican Ohio voters thought Mitt Romney was the one most tocredit for the Killing of Osama Bin Laden?

Democracy is a lie anyway. Preparing for flaming in three, two, one...

Hooray, Electoral College!

[Hanslanda]

Lowering flaming shields...

Yeah. "He got ninety percent of the popular vote, but these old white guys voted for the douche everyone hates, so yay democracy."

[Valid_Dark]

hasn't there only ever been one instance where a member of the electoral college didn't vote how they were supposed to (supposed to being based on who was voted for in their area)  their vote counted, even though it was against the people she represented, she got fired from the electoral college and in the end her vote didn't really matter anyways (wasn't the deciding vote)

[Hunger]

"The United States of America is a Democracy!"

That is all.

[misko27]

People. PEOPLE/ The Electoral college isn't that complex.

Let me break it down.
Instead of the Country itself being a single "unit" which I will now refer to as Elects. In this system every vote woud be fighting to over turn the entire elect which represents a country.
In our system, your fighting to wina much smalled elect, a county. If a majority of counties win a state, the larger elect is turned, which, in turn, fights to overturn another elect, the country, This is a little lopsided here, because the electoral college clances by population, so thode island has fewer votes then New York.

Now, regarding being able to lose the popular vote but win the election. It is a matter of elects, again. Every signle elect is worth the same, the bare minimun. Thats why they all have the same number of voters. But picture this, a county that is 100% Democrat, and a county that is 51% democrat, have the exact equal number of votes. You can see where I'm going here. All you need is the minumum you need to win, and force the opponent into wining places it was obvious he'd win. In Extreme circumstances, this may decide elections.

[Valid_Dark]

I was referring to in 2000, when elector Barbara Lett-Simmons of Washington, D.C. abstained from voting in the Electoral College rather than vote for Al Gore as was expected/had pledged to do. That elector's abstention did not change who won that year's presidential election, as George W. Bush received a majority (271) of the electoral votes.

this is a flawed system, because if there is nothing stopping a electoral college elect from voting against what the people from their state/county voted for, even though they have sworn to do so.  Imagine if all members of the electoral college did this one election, yes it's not likely to happen, but it could.