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In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Indeed. That was an own goal.
November 27, 2017 at 11:03
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I noticed that too.
November 27, 2017 at 10:30
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
No thanks. I'll just leave it at the eye roll.
November 25, 2017 at 15:48
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Because of what you said, of course. Anyway, I'm not interested in your red herring about my role as a moderator on this forum, and I'm not interested...
November 25, 2017 at 15:43
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I thought that you were talking in general, not specifically about the forum. I am a moderator of this forum, not society. I don't have a master plan ...
November 25, 2017 at 10:33
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Why not? Spoil sport. I don't know. Do you really expect me to answer that? There's no miracle cure. Just education. I had a half-decent parent. Maybe...
November 25, 2017 at 10:27
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
The Sun. Send everyone a copy of The Sun.
November 25, 2017 at 10:24
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
>:O
November 25, 2017 at 10:18
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
This.
November 25, 2017 at 10:17
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
:-}
November 25, 2017 at 10:10
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I hope that you had the most dreadful Thanksgiving of all time. I hope that its mere recollection will send shivers down your spine. I hope that inste...
November 24, 2017 at 21:39
In: What's Wrong With 1% Owning As Much As 99%?  — view comment
No.
November 24, 2017 at 21:33
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Wosret?? >:O
November 24, 2017 at 21:29
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
November 24, 2017 at 21:26
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
I don't need to do that. Someone with greater expertise can do that. And I don't need to rely on gut feeling and prejudice. Anyone with common sense c...
November 24, 2017 at 11:59
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Welcome to the party. Here are some related questions. Why is Phillip Green so despised? Do we need more like Phillip Green or less? Should we do some...
November 24, 2017 at 11:23
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Not quite, but countless people - including Agustino, to whom my reply was directed - would claim to seek the ethical foundation for their thinking fr...
November 24, 2017 at 11:07
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Yes, whatever you do, buy a new one! Ending is better than mending. The more stitches, the less riches.
November 24, 2017 at 10:46
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Yes, I have noticed that. And that's a very good question to which I do not know the answer. I hope that it's the former, but my hope is not enough. C...
November 24, 2017 at 01:19
In: The actual worth of an "intellectual"  — view comment
Yes, but on the other hand, some nonsense about a pregnancy "really" being ten months, instead of nine. Therefore, astrology. (Perhaps very quite poss...
November 24, 2017 at 01:03
In: What's Wrong With 1% Owning As Much As 99%?  — view comment
No, I've considered the facts, and I remain unable to conceive of a situation like that I described. Even Superman wouldn't deserve such a high percen...
November 24, 2017 at 00:29
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
So it's only appropriate to joke about dominating white men here? You must be having a laugh.
November 24, 2017 at 00:21
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Another good reply, Comrade Crank! (Y)
November 23, 2017 at 23:36
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
"Marxism is finished. It might conceivably have had some relevance to a world of factories and food riots, coal miners and chimney sweeps, widespread ...
November 23, 2017 at 22:04
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
You haven't yet explained how science could be applied to that end, despite my specifically raising that issue in my last reply - although perhaps you...
November 23, 2017 at 21:10
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
The truth is that sometimes jokes are harmless, sometimes they're not, and the degree of harm can vary - all of which depend on content and context. T...
November 23, 2017 at 18:36
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
I meant that we disagree over what, more precisely, constitutes fairness - which, like you say, relates to what each deserves. That's where we hit upo...
November 23, 2017 at 17:57
In: The actual worth of an "intellectual"  — view comment
He thought that women had fewer teeth than men. Bloody idiot!
November 23, 2017 at 16:40
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
No, that is not a certainty, merely your skewed interpretation. I would implore you to set aside whatever emotions you happen to perceive in my replie...
November 23, 2017 at 15:53
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
Cutting through the you-know-what, I take that to be an admission that no one here has actually made the simplistic suggestion I was referring to, nam...
November 23, 2017 at 15:30
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
No, I would like a straight answer, please. Can you confirm whether or not you think that anyone involved in this discussion has made that suggestion?...
November 23, 2017 at 15:12
In: Sometimes, girls, work banter really is just harmless fun — and it’s all about common sense  — view comment
Your expectation is itself irrational, since rational people can decide not to respond to a point, yet remain rational - especially if that point is i...
November 23, 2017 at 14:46
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
We often hunt each other. It's fun to play with predators like domestic cats. I find it hard to resist.
November 23, 2017 at 14:31
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Business, business, business. Sheesh! Do you have any advice which doesn't involve starting a business?
November 22, 2017 at 23:08
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
She doesn't do that often. She had a phase where she would jump on top of my wardrobe. My previous cat would also sometimes like to sit and lay high u...
November 22, 2017 at 22:54
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
It's full of bitterly sarcastic lefties, and they're all in cahoots with each other.
November 22, 2017 at 19:58
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No, that was clearly not an "air pistol". That was clearly a pistol shaped rocket launcher capable of levelling a skyscraper full of elephants with a ...
November 22, 2017 at 19:36
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Bainted taint.
November 22, 2017 at 19:15
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Yes, Poirot, I was planning on killing my cat. I've been caught red handed. Take me away. >:O That "air pistol" was in fact a 50,000 calibre pistol, f...
November 22, 2017 at 19:07
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Are rocks conscious? Is life a dream? Will machines take over? Can adversity be beautiful? What's the meaning of life? Does God exist? How many angels...
November 22, 2017 at 18:48
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Never said that. Don't know what you're talking about. :-*
November 22, 2017 at 18:35
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Surprise! I'm secretly a gun nut, and have been playing a very long game of devil's advocate this whole time. I'm not even from England, I live in Tex...
November 22, 2017 at 18:17
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Unfortunately not. Not even close. Since the seat in parliament which represents my constituency was created in 1974, it has been held by a Conservati...
November 22, 2017 at 18:07
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Problem: Posty feels alienated. Solution: Come to the dark side. You're welcome.
November 22, 2017 at 16:39
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I hate every single one of you, and my hate has only grown stronger over the past decade. Come to the dark side. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 22, 2017 at 16:05
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
/uploads/resized/files/qc/2q7fcvcu54krin1i.jpg She was looking at me funny.
November 22, 2017 at 15:50
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
But he didn't say that, and what he did say to me in the comment that I was replying to doesn't even come close. I will resist the urge to let loose o...
November 21, 2017 at 00:18
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Yeah, because the rest of society ought to fail to reach its true potential because of Mike's selfishness in relation to his brownie business. Mike ou...
November 21, 2017 at 00:10
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
:-d
November 20, 2017 at 23:52
In: The Facts Illustrate Why It's Wrong For 1% To Own As Much As 99%  — view comment
Why are you even asking me that? What if I don't want to start a business? What if I want to become a paramedic? I'm arguing for decent wages for dece...
November 20, 2017 at 23:51
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