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[Travis Retriever]

my friend Kyle the other day posted this lovely gem--about ou universty's "shortages":



I think Surho might recall what this refers to; I mentioned it in a conversation XD

*Standing Ovation*

[Ibrahim90]

*Standing Ovation*

Kyle Reeder is open 24/7; when he makes another awesome statement, I'll be sure to post.

[AnCap Dave]

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[Goaticus]

Boy do I know what that's like.

[Goaticus]

Democrats in 2003: "How could we lose? The president is unpopular, and our base thinks he is evil incarnate and was illegitimately elected. He has no policies that our base considers a success. The wars are going badly, and we've lost the respect of our allies oversees. The jobs lost in the recession that occurred early in the term have not come back, and while the economy is growing, the folks at the bottom can't feel it yet. We just have to run a candidate that appeals to moderates; a candidate that shares similar views to the president but has a better track record on areas where the president is weak. Perhaps a moderate from Massachusetts? How could we possibly lose?"

Dan Bier

[Ibrahim90]

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epic...just...epic.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

...where's the epic?  Coughlan's got an ego that is in serious need to go on a diet.

[Gumba Masta]

...where's the epic?  Coughlan's got an ego that is in serious need to go on a diet.

Not sure if trolling...

[Ibrahim90]

...where's the epic?  Coughlan's got an ego that is in serious need to go on a diet.

well, ego aside, I just thought what happened was epic. in that it is very hilarious.

[MrBogosity]

I thought it was awesome when Dara O'Briain joined in!

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Not sure if trolling...

Not trolling, serious.  I don't see what the big deal is.  He uses his popularity to spam someone.  He's done it before and been quite a shithead about it on many occasions.

I admit, I haven't watched Coughlan lots but from what I've seen, he's come off as an immature kook who needs proffesional help badly.

[MrBogosity]

It wasn't spamming, it was (I thought) a clever way of pointing out how ridiculous he was being, with actual refutations delivered en masse.

[Goaticus]

"Lawrence of Arabia or Meyer Lansky
(Another argument in the Political Philosophy section)
If you ever have to chose between a mobster and a civil servant, go with the mobster. Any time. Institutions do not have a sense of honor, individuals do.
During the Great war, T.E. Lawrence, nicknamed Lawrence of Arabia struck a deal with the Arab desert tribes to help the British against the Ottoman empire, against his promise to deliver to them an Arab state. As they did not know better, they delivered on their side of the bargain. But, it turned out, the French and British governments had a secret agreement made in 1916, the Sikes–Picot agreement to divide the area between themselves. After the war, Lawrence went back to live in the U.K., supposedly in a state of frustration, but, of course, not much more. But it left us with a good lesson: never trust the words of a man who is not free.
Now on the other hand, a mobster greatest asset is the designation "his word is gold". It was said that "A handshake from the famous mobster Meyer Lansky was worth more than the strongest contracts that a battery of lawyers could put together" In fact he held in his mind assets and liabilities of the Sicilian mafia, and was their bank account, without a single record. Just his honor.
As a trader I never trusted transactions with "representatives" of institutions; pit traders are bound by their bonds, and I've never known a single self-employed trader over a two-decades long career who did not live up to his handshake."

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[VectorM]

Not sure if trolling...

Look who's talkin'.

[Gumba Masta]

Look who's talkin'.

Yes, well... I'd like to see myself as an on authority on that sort of things...
Then again I'd also like to see myself on Sarah Michelle Gellar. So what does that mean?