Two Minutes Hate

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by Ymir's blood

The state employees health program is going to start penalizing people over a certain BMI in a few years, so it's been discussed around the office quite a bit lately.

"Hi, we're Ymir's blood's employer. Ask us about our costly lawsuits."

[irukandji]

in the 21st century, this is incomprehensible

she was 12

Yemeni child bride dies of internal bleeding - CNN.com

[Ymir's blood]

Originally Posted by Nullifidian

"Hi, we're Ymir's blood's employer. Ask us about our costly lawsuits."

There's already one started on the other half of the plan, shunting people to the lower insurance plan for using tobacco products.

[curses]

I know this is the South, and sweet tea is like the regional beverage. But I promise when I say unsweetened tea, that's actually what I want.

[Legs]

I had to iron a dress shirt tonight for Widget and I completely suck at ironing.

To add insult to injury I had to removed it from it's packaging, held in by cardboard, plastic and a million pins.

[Ymir's blood]

Originally Posted by curses

I know this is the South, and sweet tea is like the regional beverage. But I promise when I say unsweetened tea, that's actually what I want.

Can't you just use the unsweetner packages?

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

Originally Posted by curses

I know this is the South, and sweet tea is like the regional beverage. But I promise when I say unsweetened tea, that's actually what I want.

Heathen.

[Qingdai]

Just as horny priests and rapists should take control of their penises (penii?), the continental plates should take care of their own earthquakes and quit blaming "immodest women" for every shitty thing that happens.

Thanks.

BBC News - Iranian cleric blames quakes on promiscuous women

[Dingfod]

I've got an earthquake in my pants just thinking about your immodesty.

[Qingdai]

[wei yau]

Originally Posted by Dingfod

I've got an earthquake in my pants just thinking about your immodesty.

I hate it when posters switch their avatars to something that I've associated with another poster. It's so confusing because once I see that avatar, I immediately start "hearing" the post in a specific voice.

I read this skeevy post from Shake thinking that it was actually Ding and...

..wait...what?

Hold on a sec.

Srsly?


oh nevermind

[Dingfod]

Fooled you because I didn't use any fucking curse words?

[lisarea]

Holy shit. Simmons Beautyrest finds it necessary to segregate their consumer tips by sex. And not only that, but for the ladies, they further drill down to providing separate brochures for women (which seems to refer to married adult females) and girls (which appears to refer to unmarried adult females).

For those of you too stupid and/or lazy (I'm talking to you, ladies!) to look at the PDFs, here is a helpful summary.

Dudes.

Hey, we know you hate to shop, but don't let some dumb lady make all the decisions for you! It's your mattress too! Shop for as long as you can bear, and stand up for yourself against that fucking harpy.

Learn these extremely technical facts about mattresses and become a 'policy geek' in order to understand delivery and return policies. BTW, a pillowtop mattress will not necessarily turn you gay or girly.

Try out the mattress. Tell the "sales guy" to fuck off to let you relax for a while.

Understand how sales guys try to rip you off and beat them at their own game!

Hey, not to sound like your annoying nag of a ladymother or anything, but to get a good night's sleep, avoid paying bills or watching the news before bed because that kind of shit might piss you the fuck off.

Ladies.

This isn't like choosing a cocktail dress (for you married Missuses) or a mate (spinsters), where you make your decisions based on the silly natterings of some gaggle of ladygals. This is important. Try to make a rational decision for once in your lives! Oh, and you 'women' need to print out the men's guide and put it under hubby's pillow. It'll be a tough row to hoe getting your 'reluctant' man to come along on a shopping trip with you, but it's the right thing to do.

What's your type? How can you find the right mattress to work with your 'curves' that will not interrupt your 'beauty sleep'?

Try out the mattress for at least 15 minutes. "A good salesperson should leave you alone while you do this." For God's sake, though, don't you dare sass back at the salesperson (lol! amirite?), though. Just simmer about it or something.

Jargon smargon. Ask your salesperson what the differences among different mattresses are!

Oh, and to get your best night's sleep, take a hot bath and read something for pleasure. Probably a romance novel, but don't worry about the news or bills or anything. You wouldn't understand those things, and even if you did, you're too irresponsible and self-centered to let it furrow your pretty little brow. Also, no chocolate, ladies! It's for your OWN GOOD!

[Leesifer]

god, now I can't decide between a dude matress or a lady matress. Thank you very much lisarea.

[lisarea]

Well, I'd venture a guess that the fact that they don't have a brochure for slatterns and trollops indicates that they're not particularly interested in your business.

You should probably stick with sleeping on a pile of excelsior and oily rags for the time being.

[Leesifer]

Fair point, but excelsior and oily rags only last for so long. I will think on this and choose my matress wisely.

[beyelzu]

I don't know if its a good idea to increase your overhead, lees, cuz then you have to increase your price point to maintain your profit margins.

[Crumb]

Mo. cops raid home, kill dog and harass family for small amount of weed (video) | Photography is Not a Crime

[lisarea]

It's actually even WORSE than that. There were two dogs, the 'pit bull' (I'd have to see it before I remove the scare quotes), which was in its crate, and a Corgi. They shot both, but the Corgi apparently survived. The pigs shoot dogs for fun. They really do. It happens all the time.

AND they charged the dad with 'child endangerment.' That's right. The armed, violent idiots who charged into a family's home spraying bullets accused the father of endangering his child.

FTP.

Family questions SWAT drug search that led to dog’s death | ColumbiaTribune.com

[lisarea]

FCC hands Hollywood the keys to your PC, home theater and future - Boing Boing

The thing that pisses me off almost more is that people are lazy dumbasses and don't understand how fucked up this stuff is.

Also: Steampunk!

[Caligulette]

I've been tired of steampunk since 1989.

[Watser?]

I have been bored with it since the Victorian Age

[BrotherMan]

Originally Posted by Caligulette

I've been tired of steampunk since 1889.

[Dingfod]

I was just getting used to frilly shirts from 1789.

[lisarea]

Just a note that I don't actually give a poop about other people's casemods and stuff. I am only annoyed at steampunk because recommendation engines and stuff seem to think I'd be interested in it, and I take great umbrage at that. Plus: A whole "steampunk" issue of Make: once. So I am careful to disavow it if I'm linking to Boing Boing, lest some stalker robot jumps to conclusions.

And because I am pretty het up about this shit: This is just like the DMCA. People can't be fucked to take ten minutes to understand even the explicit ramifications, much less the inevitable slippery slope issues, so they automatically discount it as bullshit or some kind of paranoid theory or something. (Literally, I had someone tell me that the DMCA itself--the ACTUAL TEXT OF THE LAW--was a 'conspiracy theory.') So eventually, people start to think it's 100% completely OK and normal for it to be illegal to tinker with things you own and for electronics and media to be intentionally broken, and it gets progressively more difficult for anyone to get anything else.