Dervish

Spam Constitutional Convention

I don't even know what's going on and I'm getting nominated.

Rock on.

Something about quality control?

Is this thread awkward?

What the shit is this.

Moving is such a hassle.

If you want, ask one of us who've moved recently for advice. I know Sherly just finished a big move, and I had to move 3 provinces, 2 time zones, and 3500 kilometers two and a half years ago.

Hell, I had two days to find somewhere to live. You have tonnes of time in comparison. :D

Normal?

@Protagonist (I always thought that was a fairly clever user name for a roleplaying site, by the way) (also, I am on the phone. Typos other other fuck ups are going to happen)

I'm going to have to disagree with your list being normal for a couple reasons. IQ tests, for instance, aren't a great way to determine someone's overall intelligence, because some people aren't geared towards that kind of intelligence or testing but may be brilliant in other areas. Case in point, I almost always need a pen and paper to do most math because I have a hard time keeping it together in my mind, but I excel at stuff like writing and sciences. Someone who may not be scholarly may be brilliant as a mechanic. An athlete can be brilliant at understanding sport related sciences, but struggles with social sciences. A musician may be able to pick up an instrument like it's nothing, but may not know how to read or write well, and so on. Point I'm trying to make is that intelligence covers a lot of different areas that don't fit nicely in an IQ test, and we're all set up differently.

Likewise, most people have some kind of health condition or another, so is it really normal to have a clear bill of health if most people don't? And how many people fit cultural expectations perfectly? Everybody has something they do or like that's outside of the norm. I mean, you can be a socially awkward goth kid who collects knives but works a steady job, pays his or her bills, and drives an economy car. You can be a store manager who seems like a regular old mom but she collects discarded dolls and takes part in a sex club on weekends. You honestly never know what somebody's like unless you get to know them. Most people aren't cookie cutter bland, even if they appear that way from a casual glance. If you try to find people who are normal and discard anyone who deviates from what the rest of society does, you're going to come up very, very short.

And why advocate deliberately trying to defy your culture? What if you're happy? What if defying just makes you miserable and accomplishes little? More sensible advice would be to do what you're happiest doing and don't let people tell you who you should be. You can still be unique and make choices for yourself without trying to be a rebel without a cause. Going against the grain just because it's not what the majority is doing just seems silly, and you're still letting society dictate how you live. It doesn't mean if your culture is doing something you disagree with you should go along with it, it just means that if you want to do something that's what society expects, why not?Doesn't make sense to try and define yourself by being what everyone isn't. If you want to take risks and strike out on your own, go for it! Just make sure it's what you want to do rather than just because you don't want to be like most people. That's silly.

What is your favorite Kellogs' cereal?

I've been looking for a reason to use this.

If everyone were like Nat...

Now what's wrong with gays? :[

We have several openly gay members in Spam. And they're awesome.

What do, man. What do.

Tee hee. Ball bustin'.

Keystone XL

gamer5 said
I am not from The States so I don't know much about the case at matter but I do know that pipeline transportation is the cheapest way to transport non-solids with a good degree of safety as long as protocols are followed.Instead of wasting time on arguing about the needed evil of pipelines rather do somethtting to decrease the amount of oil you use yourself. The sooner we get rid of our need for oil the sooner we will put stuff like oil pipelines, tankers and so on into the history books of tomorrow.

Sadly, it isn't practical everywhere to discard oil. In heavily rural areas like most of Alberta, you need personal transportation to get anywhere, especially across the vast distances between towns. Public transit really isn't a huge thing out here. That's not even going into what I need for work.

Like Goldy said, if it's practical where you are, it's definitely worth looking into.

New game: be longer winded than Jorick

RusalkaRabbit said
Hell, this is even a better use of his time.

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

If everyone were like Nat...

Doivid said
I just realized you're like the new spam watchdog. Always on the case!

But I still can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

sigh.

The battle continues

I guess purple lost.

What a loser.