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[Skm1091]

Take that Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency

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[MrBogosity]

You know, I remember back when all the anti-porn people were right-wing moral majority theocrats and, of course, every good left-wing liberal opposed them.

Until, you know, it was to their advantage to go anti-porn themselves.

[Travis Retriever]

You know, I remember back when all the anti-porn people were right-wing moral majority theocrats and, of course, every good left-wing liberal opposed them.

Until, you know, it was to their advantage to go anti-porn themselves.

Seems they're both against using your genitalia unless it's for state approved pro-creation.

[tnu]

figured blamethe1st would love (or hate) this:

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Then why does the video show Swetie Bell?

[Ibrahim90]

heck if I know--though to level with you I can't tell them apart, this not being of interest to me

it's clear I need to research this more, just so I don't create another awkward incident.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

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[Travis Retriever]

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-my-little-pony-about-to-get-even-creepier/
AW LAWDIE!

[Ibrahim90]

not 100% win, but damn these two articles are awesome:


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Once, during a meeting at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, a person raised a question about why full salary was being paid to 200 employees who were not even aware of their official working hours at the ministry. A high ranking official answered that there indeed was such a problem but it was the responsibility of the concerned undersecretaries and directors, and their conscience should force them to rectify the situation.

Coming from a leader, such a response not only underlined that we are forced to live with this problem, but it also showed that we had no desire to resolve it once and for all.

Otherwise, is it realistic to depend on only people's conscience when it comes to displaying commitment and sincerity in their work, or to rely on their sense of religiosity?

What if someone's conscience had taken a permanent leave of absence? What if someone's sense of religion was weaker than the web woven by a spider?

Then are we supposed to rest our oars and only pray to Allah that things become better?

Should we simply accept that there is no possibility to improve things?

Must we shut our eyes towards a lax employee who does not even know what his job is?

Or another who sleeps peacefully at home after making one of the expatriates agree to carry out his duties?

Should we overlook someone whose work is pathetically slow or who does not perform properly because he is in a foul mood?

Can we ignore an employee who comes directly to work after spending a long night in the diwaniya, and deals with people as if he is standing guard at a sewer opening?

Should we ignore a selfish employee who goes missing from his work 30 minutes before he is to leave, all because he wants to pursue his interest in the stock exchange, or to tend to private matters or refresh his mood by making a visit to a cafÈ or a mall?

Why should we have to do any of this? I am talking here in response to what the concerned official had to say.

They have to take steps that will change the employees' view towards work and its value. Coming from an official about things being in such a sorry state of affairs, it is clear that we need to quickly salvage whatever can be saved. We should be taking the initiative, like others, to solve the problems quickly instead of leaving them to linger and accumulate at the expense of our interests and nerves.

The employees who hate work and commitment are there in any country, and Kuwait is no exception. The only difference is that other countries do not let a state of laissez faire continue and instead hold such employees to account. Let us not go too far looking for examples.

The UAE is next door and it too has similar circumstances, but we do not see such a state of affairs in the employment system there. The reason is very simple: supervision ensures that things are not left to accidents. There is a keen focus on good work in the UAE. The concept of the "secret shopper" helps in ensuring that as it is used to catch malingering employees and workers. Such specially appointed employees frequent the working places pretending to be ordinary citizens who have a certain interest. They judge through such a method the others' performance and commitment levels.

This is one of the reasons the UAE enjoys an outstanding status in many fields, in which it received international prizes. As for us, we are still captive to unfair Wasta culture and the excuse that someone is right because "this is our son." No wonder, we are always in the back row. — Al-Watan

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What do I benefit as a Kuwaiti from the government's sudden savage harassment and attack against expats in the country? I have the right to know if it is in my interest. Does that bring me more money? Does it flourish the economy of the country by kicking expats out? Does it solve the unemployment amongst us Kuwaitis? Definitely no.

Let's face it: the kinds of jobs expats are doing are not our primary target. Why the crazy campaign which everybody has been noticing for four weeks now? It is done to legalize matters. There is difference between legalizing and taking care of the security in any country. All of a sudden the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and Ministry of Interior are at war. It seems they are everywhere and they chase expats. Daily the ministry is issuing the number of violators who have been deported.

What an accomplishment! You should be proud of yourselves, guys. It looks like people who are sitting in the ministries do not own businesses themselves and they do not know what harm is done to the market by this sudden attack and chasing of expats, as if they are all criminals. The funniest part is that they are boasting about it by informing us daily on the deportation numbers. But surprisingly, no company or person was punished that brought these souls into Kuwait, took a handsome amount for himself and threw them to wander illegally in the country. Of course, they will not tell us about these people because they have wasta and are influential.

Let's talk about the ministry that calls for the deportation of "marginal labour". If they understand the word correctly, this kind of labour is important for any country. If the country is emptied of this labour, all of us will cry when unable to paint our house or fix something. If I need a plumber, do I need to go and recruit a plumber on my sponsorship from a foreign country – be it Bangladesh, India or Pakistan? If anyone needs household matters to be fixed at home, we need labourers.

The porters in the co-op, the airport? Are they all marginal? Can the airport do without them? Can the co-op serve without the porters filling our bags and pulling our trolleys to our cars? Can schools be cleaned without all these janitors (commonly known as farash or farasha)? Can hospitals survive without them? Can any office run without an office boy to make chai (tea) and clean? Can any company run its business without security people?

Can you explain what exactly is the marginal labour you target to kick out? Or maybe because you do not have businesses and you do not care. You just try to convince us that you are more loyal to the country than us and that you are more patriotic by kicking out marginal labour out of Kuwait. This would harm businesses. Can we do without taxi drivers? Or are these also marginal jobs? Are the drivers who drive the buses which 50 percent of expats rely for transportation, called marginal labour too? How about the drivers who take our kids to school?

Do we not need them anymore? Can you call us, the people who have businesses and discuss it with us, because it has an impact on our operations. We are not government employees. Our salaries are not secured in the banks in the end of the month. It is easy for you to sit and invent new rules without properly studying their impact on the country. Are you trying to convince us that unemployment among Kuwaitis can be solved by doing all of that? There is a thin line between harassment and legalizing and organizing the labour force.

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these two women IMHO deserve silver cluons: they have the guts to call out their own government's incompetence, bigotry, and demogoguery. They are willing to stand up for people they don't know, who are not Kuwaiti like themselves, against the increasing evil of the government. they simply put, have more balls than the Kuwaiti men--and more integrity.

[tnu]

I would but large Fluttershy plush's are WAY to expensive.

[Travis Retriever]

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Hawkeye does it again!

[tnu]

From that video alone I have to applaud my favorite sentiment.

"Trolls do not discriminate".

Employers are not trying to impose their morals on employees. If an employee is engaging in pre-marital sex, that is there own business. If they choose to have an abortion, that is also their own business. Said employee should take responsibility and pay for their "own business" and not require the employer to violate their own convictions by having them fund it. Take the pay you have earned from the job provided by your employer and go buy your own morning after pills.

From a different video.

[AnCap Dave]

Angry Joe's rant on the Xbox One reveal is win.

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[MrBogosity]

Angry Joe's rant on the Xbox One reveal is win.

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Doesn't surprise me in the least. I paid perfectly good money for Windows and Microsoft STILL wants to charge me for support.

[AnCap Dave]

Another great rant on Xbox One.

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[Goaticus]