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[scriver]

So I haven't been talking with my best friend for some weeks (yup, we're kinda drifting apart, I guess), but today she called again. Turns out she had had another miscarriage.
And of course, like the emotional freak I am, all I could say was "uhu" and "that's... bad".

[Bauglir]

Over the phone? Dude, I wouldn't be able to think of anything else to say either. The only thing I can think of to do when shit happens that I can't confront logically is to volunteer hugs. Doesn't work so well by voice. I hope she's okay (and that you two drift unapart, which I'm guessing would be good just from the tone of your post).

[Gorjo MacGrymm]

This made me sad as an american:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/04/16-tons.html

[Earthquake Damage]

This made me sad as an american

Spoiler: Derp speed, Mr. Sulu (click to show/hide)

I don't see why.  It uses visuals (assuming $1 bills for moar impact) that don't really mean much, but it sounds bad so oooh bogeyman!  If we viewed the economy as a whole that way (i.e. GDP, trade balance, CEO bonuses, and so forth), I think we'd react more with vacant eyes and drool (i.e. dumbfounded, unable to relate to things on such a scale, especially since the average citizen is only used to dealing with quantities that are several orders of magnitude smaller) than with "ZOMG US debt paving the planet!"  Also, for what it's worth, about the federal debt per household, federal debt is not personal debt.

I'm not saying federal debt is not a problem.  It is, for two reasons:  First, once there is insufficient confidence in the US government's ability to repay its debt (perhaps more importantly, its ability to make interest payments), it will no longer be able to borrow enough money to continue deficit spending.  Cue hyperinflation or severe austerity.  Add collapse or coup to taste.  Second, the US dollar is important to the international financial system as a "safe" currency.  A US debt crisis (plus or minus the additional economic crisis) could/would kill confidence in the dollar.  At best it would be horribly devalued.  At worst?  Hell if I know.  Winged pigs and falling brimstone, maybe.  But none of that is conveyed in that video.

So yes, it's a huge problem, but herp derp illustrations serve more to rouse the rabble than educate.

[scriver]

Over the phone? Dude, I wouldn't be able to think of anything else to say either. The only thing I can think of to do when shit happens that I can't confront logically is to volunteer hugs. Doesn't work so well by voice.

Yeah, I guess. It's more than that, though. Issues. It's very hard to talk about without joking it away, though, because that's kinda where the issues' at.

[ToonyMan]

I was able to see the area around my college campus.  It looks dangerous.

[Bouchart]

I was able to see the area around my college campus.  It looks dangerous.

Mine was like that too.  It's like that in a lot of places.

[ChairmanPoo]

I have a stupid yet important exam tomorrow

[Angel Of Death]

The moment I boot up my PC it tries to install some "update bootstrapper"

What in the name of fuck is an update bootstrapper?

I'm confused...

[Taco Dan]

It's updating you bootstraps so you can better pull yourself up by them.
Meanwhile, I hate it when my math class gives me these:

D is the only answer which gives the desired result, but technically it's incorrect because it doesn't use 8.
It's going to say that D was correct, even though I know it isn't.
If I could actually write the equation, I'd probably write it something like this:
(2+8) - (2+3+5+8)
--------------------
8
A bit unnecessary but it get's the job done.
When it gives you this question and makes it multiple choice it sort of defeats the purpose of the question.

EDIT: I just realized I could simplify it a bit by doing:
8 - 2(3 + 5)
--------------
8
...
Wait a minute, what is wrong with me? I don't even like math!

[Leafsnail]

Doesn't C give you -1?

(-25+9)/(16) = (-16/16) = -1

[G-Flex]

Depends on whether you interpret it as -(5^2) or (-5)^2.

[Leafsnail]

-(5^2) is the correct way of interpreting it, I think.  Powers come before subtraction.

[Burnt Pies]

But -5 is a number, not a subtraction. (-5)^2 is my gut instinct. But it's probably -(5^2) anyway, because none of the other answers are close.

[Vector]

But -5 is a number, not a subtraction. (-5)^2 is my gut instinct. But it's probably -(5^2) anyway, because none of the other answers are close.

0 - 5 = -5

What now.