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Topic | Do you drink tap water? |
Unbridled9 11/29/19 9:31:40 AM #35 | Not really. I tend to drink stuff like soda and juice. When I do drink water it's usually when there's no other source but fountains or bottled. Nothing against it; I just... don't. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | 'The prequels are worse than the Disney trilogy!!!" |
Unbridled9 11/29/19 4:56:49 AM #29 | 5 > 6 > 4 > RO >3 > 7 > Solo > 2 > 1 > The Holiday Special > Ewok Adventure >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8 --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | What do you think of these rumored Rise of Skywalker ending spoilers? *Spoilers? |
Unbridled9 11/26/19 8:31:10 AM #13 | Palpatine uses force lightning to disable the entire rebel fleet. This destroys the Millennium Falcon and kills Leia, Lando, Chewie, 3PO and R2D2 who are inside (these characters dying is apparently in all cuts). I REALLY hope that's fake. It's probably, like, the one thing that would outrage effectively everybody. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Big, jiggly beautiful breasts are a divine gift to humanity. |
Unbridled9 11/26/19 7:39:22 AM #13 | Yes. Boobs and bacon are sure signs that God exists and loves humanity. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Post here and I tell you what Sinpsons character you are! |
Unbridled9 11/25/19 2:21:12 AM #44 | Eh. Sure. Wynut? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Lucasfilm exec: Making Star Wars film is difficult due to lackof source material |
Unbridled9 11/24/19 9:13:46 PM #74 | LeetCheet posted... What was so bad about the Vong? Best I can tell some of the posters feel it was a 'jump the shark' moment. I highly disagree. But let's stop and really think about this. They outright said that they were discarding the 'established' universe. They wouldn't be bound by the novels and whatnot and could fix anything they thought would be problematic. However with the Vong we get to see major progress for the NR, a new threat that is extremely different from the Empire on a fundamental level, a threat that could very realistically force the NR and Empire to work together as well as the Jedi and the Sith, the opportunity to show off a major galactic war without having to revert to the NR being rebels, and many other things. The choice for the NR and Empire to ally would be a massive moral/grey choice just ripe for exploration in shows and novels. You could even do stuff like, say, use the Death Star and have it actually be a legit moral choice since the Vong life forms are alien to the entire galaxy and, arguably, all potentially hostile to the very way of life enjoyed by everyone in the galaxy. Just imagine a scene where Luke and Leia along with the newer generation get confronted with the choice of using it and they end up abstaining due to their own experiences or outright doing their best to vote it's use down only to get outvoted by people who fear the Vong THAT MUCH. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Lucasfilm exec: Making Star Wars film is difficult due to lackof source material |
Unbridled9 11/24/19 4:05:22 AM #66 | They really should have done the Vong. I mean, think about it. You start off with a victorious New Republic basically basking in its triumph over the Empire. It's strong, mighty, and... arrogant... in its virtue. Then they suddenly find a new opponent invading that is, for all intents and purposes, truly alien. They don't show up in the force and are a complete void, they don't use technology, in fact they despise it immensely, and use living beings as weapons. Their tactics and methods are simply completely alien. At first the NR moves in completely arrogant and believing that, with it's victory over the Empire and the growing Jedi numbers and everything it will be an easy victory only to get utterly thrashed. The NR government doesn't seem to care though and, instead, while touting many virtues and the heroism and valor of the 'fallen heroes' seems to ignore every warning and cares more about their own powerbase and even wants to do things like make peace with the Vong. Every battle against the Vong is hard-fought with the NR and jedi having to employ drastic and powerful measures, fighting to the last, and slowly getting pushed back or having victories near phyrric all the while the government effectively hides its head in the sand. Finally they can take it no more and end up broken and shattered, losing Coruscant in the process. After regrouping they find out that a follow-up force is coming and they don't have the numbers to win a battle but are determined to go down fighting with everything they have. Yet as the battle is joined they're clearly overwhelmed and losing... until at the last second... the imperial march plays and the Empire comes to the rescue. They're still evil, still facist, but they're willing to help. The remains of the NR don't know if it's the right thing but know that, on their own, they'll lose against the vong. So they accept the help of the Empire and, slowly, begin to push back the Vong. When the dust settles the NR and Empire end up joining together to make a new government and the few remaining jedi are cautious and wary, but also hopeful and having a chance to rebuild. Stretch that over three movies as well as an animated series or two and you've got yourself a goldmine. Plus then you can make the retcon a lot more sensible by saying that, while you respect the original stuff, it needs to be presented to a wider audience properly without the added baggage of decades of novels and the like. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | In your opinion is your manager smarter than you are? |
Unbridled9 11/24/19 3:45:59 AM #8 | No. She's not a bad person but she doesn't listen to me when I tell her important things like 'if I do the vacuum now we will get a bunch more leaf litter and I will need to do it again before the night is over'. Or 'the garbage compactor isn't working. Since you told me to stop using the dumpsters this means I cannot do the garbage tonight.' --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Do you think it's rational for employers to put years of experience in the-- |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 4:09:08 PM #17 | Funny how the poll says 'yes' but the topic itself is full of people who are saying 'depends on the job' and giving stories of how unreasonable some of the experience requirements are. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Choose a mage color |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 7:50:15 AM #22 | ParanoidObsessive posted... Lokarin posted...I picked Blue Mage 'cuz Final Fantasy, which would probably be Green in MtG I would say TC is still referring to FF mages since 'Green', though exceedingly rare and usually confined to buffs/debuffs, is a legit FF magic type. It's just that most games roll its spells into white/black magic most of the time. In Tactics A2 Green Mages were a legit class though. So you have white/black mages (obv), Red (the mix mage), Blue (learning enemy abilities), and green (buff/debuff). --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Scott and Ramona probably break up at some point after Scott Pilgrim. |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 7:31:20 AM #9 | Mead posted... Everyone knows he actually ends up with Knives In the movie, yea. It makes a lot more thematic sense because... I think they went with the Ramona ending just to stay true to the source material as well as appeal to the 'hero gets the girl' stereotype. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Pick a number from 1 to 8. |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 3:37:42 AM #12 | DeltaBladeX posted... Orc girl bump So Anduin now has both an Orc and a Miqo'te GF? And I got 4... I oppose abortion so this makes me sad (if it were real I mean) but that last bit was... <3 --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Choose a mage color |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 3:32:08 AM #18 | White mage power! Killing with kindness since day 1! --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Do you think it's rational for employers to put years of experience in the-- |
Unbridled9 11/23/19 3:01:33 AM #11 | Now that I'm home I can type more. It depends on the position since some would be reasonable to require experience or training. I wouldn't expect someone to be able to become a pilot without at least some years flight experience and wouldn't be shocked if that came out as '10 years experience'. However, a lot of jobs also do NOT require prior experience to do yet employers are gleefully willing to apply a requirement there. I think some of them just do it out of reflex to be honest. This is made worse because, plenty of times, the only way to get experience in said job is to take a job which requires experience. If everyone requires you to have 5 years doing X but the only way to do X is to have a job... which requires prior experience doing X... you'll end up with an ever-shrinking pool of employees with dwindling skills and the only new blood being people who lied to get in. It's basically almost as if the only way to get anywheres is to just do menial labor until a friend in a job already waves the experience requirements. Sometimes it can be especially absurd but I think we can agree that the really bad ones are flukes as opposed to 'norms'. So my real answer is 'depends on the job' and 'For entry-level stuff, no. For higher-end stuff, yes. For stuff more in the middle; depends.' --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Do you think it's rational for employers to put years of experience in the-- |
Unbridled9 11/22/19 11:31:10 PM #7 | It depends on the job and position. 5 years for a manager is one thing but 5 years for an entry cashier is not. I recall an ad for a programmer for a language requiring 8 years of experience in it despite it being only 2 years old. Or for 20 being an entry waitress. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Sherri ans Terri vs Patty and Selma |
Unbridled9 11/22/19 9:51:04 AM #9 | S&T. P&S scare me just by thinking about them. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Just got done with Frozen 2 |
Unbridled9 11/21/19 11:59:09 PM #6 | quigonzel posted... Did Elsa go lesbian? Course she didn't. China would get angry. Edit: Is Anna the Queen now? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Remember when that Zelda game had chickens with bald human heads and... |
Unbridled9 11/19/19 9:58:48 AM #3 | Destiny posted... bitch what He's talking about the Ooccoo. One of the most weird things in the franchise. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | When you hear 'Hades', whats the first you think about? |
Unbridled9 11/19/19 7:36:12 AM #3 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3z8VcPLgbM --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | I am now an Ancient. |
Unbridled9 11/18/19 6:35:03 AM #11 | ParanoidObsessive posted... EclairReturns posted...This is probably a sign that I spend far too much time on this site than is healthy. >_> I wanna be a ? block. Have you ever thought of becoming a mod? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Do you think mentally challenged people know they are mentally challenged? |
Unbridled9 11/18/19 12:57:29 AM #25 | Some do. The rest try to get into politics. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | I am now an Ancient. |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 11:52:05 PM #3 | I'm a sage. Why are you such a young whippersnapper? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Are you planning on seeing the new star wars movie in theaters? |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 9:37:40 PM #13 | ParanoidObsessive posted... I'm not planning on seeing it at all, unless a miracle occurs and it winds up being far better than I believe it's capable of being. The movie has been leaked to be a 2-hour long session of kicking Jar Jar in the balls. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | [Serious] Why is there a general dislike for Kotaku and its writers? |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 7:46:07 PM #78 | The_tall_midget posted... Unbridled9 posted...No. It didn't. That event was extremely important but it was more of a straw on the camels back situation as opposed to the sole reason. Distrust with the gaming media had been building for a long while precisely because of the increasing political slant, dishonesty in the media, and so-forth. Even outside of politics it was well known that review companies would regularly accept bribes and the like for their reviews. Depression Quest was massive because it was utterly blatant that the game suuuuucked and there was personal bias in the review. However, even the incident with Quinn could have been handled if it wasn't for the 'Gamers are dead' articles that came out shortly after. That ruined any chance of there not being a massive blow-up. You'd think that they'd realize it wasn't about sexual discrimination simply by the fact that games with female leads (Tomb Raider, FFXIII, HDN, etc) were still selling and quite well. Or at least that the issues people were having were not related to sexism. The reality is that the GG movement never fully solidified behind a unified cause which is why it's so easy to scapegoat them as being sexist. Get 100,000 people riled up and you'll probably get 100 who are legit sexist against women in gaming. Focus on those 100, ignore the other 99,900, and you've got a case for 'gamers are sexist'. It doesn't help when a lot of the people who were outraged also did not read gaming articles in the first place (largely because they didn't trust the media in the first place and hadn't for years). That's not to say it wasn't important. It showed that the gaming community wasn't going to yield to the ideals of political correctness easily and that a medium could exist effectively without a media to cover it; thrive even. Also that, for games, the most important thing was to ensure the ability to enjoy them regardless of the underlying political message as games that have relied heavily on said message have repeatedly gotten flack and flopped. However, despite GG no longer being 'important' to say the least the issues raised continue to be important today as the post I quoted earlier showed. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | [Serious] Why is there a general dislike for Kotaku and its writers? |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 6:53:05 PM #76 | GetMagnaCarter posted... Because on the internet many people want to hate and complain so they misinterpret and exagerate to distort and complain about what they made up rathe than what is. No. It didn't. That event was extremely important but it was more of a straw on the camels back situation as opposed to the sole reason. Distrust with the gaming media had been building for a long while precisely because of the increasing political slant, dishonesty in the media, and so-forth. Even outside of politics it was well known that review companies would regularly accept bribes and the like for their reviews. Depression Quest was massive because it was utterly blatant that the game suuuuucked and there was personal bias in the review. However, even the incident with Quinn could have been handled if it wasn't for the 'Gamers are dead' articles that came out shortly after. That ruined any chance of there not being a massive blow-up. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | [Serious] Why is there a general dislike for Kotaku and its writers? |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 6:36:43 PM #75 | Callmege posted... What do I want to know from gaming "journalists": Basically this. They're not the worst but they're still pretty bad. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Most men know how to talk to women. |
Unbridled9 11/17/19 5:59:45 PM #15 | OhhhJa posted... pedro45 posted...acesxhigh posted...most men don't know shit about women tbh. it's just that most women don't really care as long as you don't talk like a robot or psychoIsn't that most people? Men can be complicated, women can be simple and vice versa. Biology can play a factor and we're all just people. It's sort of true though. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Why are unions considered communistic? |
Unbridled9 11/14/19 5:39:06 PM #3 | Because they take power away from the corporation/government/whatever and put it into the hands of the worker. At least 'ideally'. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | So apparently ABC had Epstein evidence for like 3 years...? |
Unbridled9 11/14/19 10:18:10 AM #24 | ZBug_ posted... So let me get this straight... a rapist is dead and people are upset about it? It's not so much them being upset that he's dead but rather that he's dead... and was clearly murdered by a bunch of people who want him to hush up about all the horrible stuff he did. Anyone with a brain can tell he didn't commit suicide. Likewise there was no way he was gonna earn sympathy from the public masses. If he had told the truth, though, people might have been a bit less harsh on him and there would be a looooot of wealthy people who would be in deep trouble. So they had him killed (in a horribly obvious manner) and no one is buying the suicide story. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Which person do you respect the most in the world? |
Unbridled9 11/14/19 6:38:32 AM #1 | Living people. Has to be a specific person (as opposed to 'My mom'). Who do you respect the most in the entire world? The Pope? Queen of England? Dahli Lama? Someone else? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | lol why are people so quick to defend Michael Jackson? |
Unbridled9 11/14/19 2:06:38 AM #20 | Mead posted... Muscles posted...A lot of people, including me, think he was kinda weird but not a child molester Well, that's also sort of the issue. A lot of people can't separate the man from his music or anything of the sort. If he was then they'd say you can't enjoy his music and must be a terrible person if you do. Needless to say this causes a lot of problems because the option of 'yes he was but I still like his music' becomes invalid. Meaning you either like his music and think he wasn't guilty or you think he was guilty and hate his music as a result. No neutral ground. I've sort of become dispondent whenever people say I should hate someone for something they did in their personal life. A lot of people did things that weren't perfect and that we would probably consider 'terrible' but that shouldn't affect if I approve or disapprove of their work. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | How Many Hours per Day Do You Work? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 10:44:13 PM #40 | dancer62 posted... Unbridled9 posted...23 hours a day, 7 days a week, not counting bathroom breaks.Ah! Mother of young children, apparently! No. Cashier. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | lol why are people so quick to defend Michael Jackson? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 8:55:21 PM #6 | I think it's because so many people are just sick of hearing the accusations and trials and everything and just want to enjoy his music/dancing without having to worry about if they're supporting a pedo or not. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | How Many Hours per Day Do You Work? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 8:34:47 PM #36 | 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, not counting bathroom breaks. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | A millennial co-worker ask me how to address and send an envelope. |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 8:04:06 PM #34 | EvilMegas posted... Younger people are unfamiliar with obsolete technology. News at 11. It's... not really obsolete though. It's still used as the primary method of sending physical documents and stuff. It's unlikely to ever be really obsolete so long as physical letters/bills/other stuff need to be delivered either. Less relevant, sure, but unlikely to be obsolete. Plus it's something that's, well, all over the place. Plenty of envelopes either have the lines right on the box/front or show an outright completed letter and there's still tons of physical letters and whatnot. Plus a lot of people are really familiar with things like letters to Santa and whatnot. So... yea. TBH, this is less a 'millennial' problem and more something specific to this one person. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Is making 10 topics every day about Brie Larson creepy? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 7:56:23 PM #11 | FrozenBananas posted... DocDelicious posted...It'd be one thing if she was exceptional in some way, but she's not. It's like making topics about your next door neighbor. Who cares? It's just an oscar. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 2:57:24 AM #116 | Mead posted... https://i.imgur.com/dAMod2S.jpg His only weakness is the missing button upon his chest! *cough* Anyways, the fact is that wealth cannot be removed until either an unlimited plentitude can be obtained or the world reverts back into a pre-trade society. The fact is that money and wealth as we understand it is the result of centuries of work across the entire world to grasp how economics work and we're still figuring out some of the stuff. At it's core money serves as an intermediary for trade to permit barter between people who have things not mutually desired. A days labor digging ditches may not be worth a pie to one person, but to someone who needs ditches it might be worth something and said something might be worth it to the pie baker. While this is an extremely basic view even at this level it should be clear where the billionaire comes to exist (someone who can produce something highly desired) as well as the inherent flaws in a communistic society (money's value is not fixed and there is no way to stop the sale and trade of goods and services). In capitalism the goal is to accentuate this system of trade and barter which results in the creation of goods and the reduction of prices due to competition. While oversight is needed and steps need to be taken to ensure that monopolies don't arise and that competition continues it is inherently GOOD for the common man as it means people attempt to make newer and better goods. Communism removes this and a system in which wealth and competition is not permitted stagnates and the value of money is drastically reduced (since everyone has money but not everyone has, say, bread) to the point of meaninglessness. People refuse to work because what good is money? It's devalued to a level where it's barely worth anything and even if you got enough the government would just take it all away. There's no market for innovation since, after all, people struggle to feed themselves so who would care about the ComradePhone 2's new ability to play Patriotic Birds (in which patriots destroy the glass walled castles of capitalist pigdogs) or even about wifi when it's too expensive and you need food anyways? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | what do you do if people bully you for liking pokemon |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 2:27:12 AM #16 | You know, since a lot of gamers are adults now while the sort of people who would bully over this are kids/teens... shouldn't we be bullying THEM for NOT liking pokemon? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Is making 10 topics every day about Brie Larson creepy? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 2:25:41 AM #4 | Why would anyone care about her anyways? She's not that famous and there's easily much bigger names in Hollywood if someone in Hollywood is even worth paying attention to when they're not on the silver screen. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Is making 10 topics every day about Brie Larson creepy? |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 12:55:32 AM #2 | Depends on the context. Hundreds of fans on a fansite: no. One man posting his obsession over her on an unrelated forum: yes. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | what do you do if people bully you for liking pokemon |
Unbridled9 11/13/19 12:53:40 AM #10 | As I am an adult now I ignore them. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 6:33:30 PM #97 | You really don't see the logic error in your circular reasoning, do you? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 6:18:25 PM #95 | SunWuKung420 posted... Unbridled9 posted...You literally said that people will work if it means survival. That means that, if they don't work, they don't survive. And how the heck would you handle luxuries when your population is struggling to survive and can't accumulate wealth? Then why work? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 6:01:47 PM #93 | SunWuKung420 posted... Unbridled9 posted...So your plan is to rob the population of all luxuries and necessities and force them to work or else starve to death? That's... terrible! You literally said that people will work if it means survival. That means that, if they don't work, they don't survive. And how the heck would you handle luxuries when your population is struggling to survive and can't accumulate wealth? --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 5:54:11 PM #91 | SunWuKung420 posted... Unbridled9 posted...Actually, no, you can't. Because there's no way to do it without brutal government oversight, an overpowering government, and depriving the masses of the will to work. You wouldn't get a utopia, you'd get gulags and mass graves with people in bread lines. So your plan is to rob the population of all luxuries and necessities and force them to work or else starve to death? That's... terrible! --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 5:50:35 PM #89 | SunWuKung420 posted... Unbridled9 posted...ferrari Actually, no, you can't. Because there's no way to do it without brutal government oversight, an overpowering government, and depriving the masses of the will to work. You wouldn't get a utopia, you'd get gulags and mass graves with people in bread lines. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 5:36:06 PM #84 | SunWuKung420 posted... Unbridled9 posted...destroy the concept of wealth at it's core. Unless you have a replicator hiding in your basement that can turn scrap plastic into a ferrari or intend to revert to a purely tribalistic lifestyle where you and a small group of friends/family wander the freeways to hunt the great and mighty Mammoth that's not going to happen any time soon. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 5:31:08 PM #81 | SunWuKung420 posted... It's truly sad that people honestly believe that 99% of wealth/power/resources being in the hands of less than 1% of the population is sustainable despite all the historical evidence to the contrary. You mean 'the vast majority of history'? You don't think the Egyptians didn't have their wealth concentrated in the pharoh's and a few wealthy merchants and whatnot? That the Roman's didn't have poor or whatever else? That the multitude of chinese empires didn't have similar issues? Maybe it wasn't a billion dollars but it was the functional equiv for the time. The fact is that this is the natural result of a free trade market and the only way to stop it is to destroy the concept of wealth at it's core. To render money effectively useless as there's little point to earning more since it would be just taken away and, likewise, little point to working since you'd have to be guarenteed a basic income. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 5:19:31 PM #77 | Wow. Can people really be this stupid? So many 'no' votes. I wonder how many of them actually grasp how reality works and how many of them are just college students looking at rich people with a head full of communist ideals and a hand full of bills. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
Topic | Should billionaires exist? |
Unbridled9 11/12/19 1:06:25 AM #24 | I'm a billionaire! Not in usd... but I have a billion dollars! --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage |
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