mdk

United States Government can pretend to be you.

Rtron said
Not with something you can change. If I complain about something I could change or could try to change and I don't, then what am I complaining about? I obviously don't care enough about it to try and change it, so I must be pretty much fine with it as is. It's like walking into your trashy room and going 'I hate all this trash. Something needs to be done.' And then sitting there and doing nothing. Then those 1% make 100% of the federal decisions that affect you. As a hypothetical example, say you're a college student, and you don't vote. The federal government proposes a bill to pay for college tuition for everyone. The 1% goes 'Nope'. You'd be affected, without ever giving your opinion.

Nah nah nah. We're not a democracy, we're a republic. Those 1% pick the .0001% who make 100% of the decisions for me. Or 30% can pick the .0001% who make 100% of the decisions. The number represented in the voting is not the problem -- the involvement of the .0001% (senators and congressman) is the issue. Focusing on voter participation is all we've done for eighty years, and it turns out that doesn't do anything to curb growth of federal power. As it stands, I can send an e-mail to Chuck Schumer today whether I voted for him or not, thus, my opinions are equally represented in the senate whether I vote or not. My real influence in 'decisions that affect me' comes from talking to, and educating, the actual people around me -- I can't just stick my head in a booth for five minutes every year and pretend that makes me a good, empowered citizen.

United States Government can pretend to be you.

Vortex said Anyway, whats your solution mdk? Dare I say a revolution?

Institutionalized apathy. Revolutions empower new people to rule; we don't need a new pack of senators to solve the problem, the problem is we have a pack of senators running wild all over the hill. We need to show them just how pointless they are. For instance, I think eight-ish years ago there was a government shutdown withing NYS in Albany. Some big massive thing, and the two sides got into a grandstanding match, and we were all supposed to believe that the sky was falling. For the first few weeks all the state-congressional phone lines were ringing off the hooks, people writing letters and calling in to talk shows, begging everyone to compromise or find a new solution, something, you know, just get the government back in place (New York is very much a nanny-state). Of course the publicity was amazing, so all the state-senator types were like 'fuck it, let it ride, we're getting famous.' But then after a few weeks we all looked around and realized that the bridges didn't magically collapse, the jobs didn't magically go away, and frankly, shit was running smoother than ever (I dunno what the solutions were in NYC, because I lived upstate, but they figured it out). The shutdown lasted long enough that we all realized "Hang on..... why don't we just do this all the time?" It fell off the frontpage, life went on, and everybody was fine. The talk-show calls changed -- we stopped asking 'What can we do to make our senators go back to work?' and turned into 'Hang on, do we really have to pay them for these last couple months?' We were realizing, collectively, just how much we didn't need Albany. How irrelevant they were, and how much we over-valued their contributions to our lives -- absence made the heart grow stronger. When the GOP/Dem leaders realized that we were figuring it out, sure enough, they figured out a compromise that protected both of their interests, and the state government is right back to work. But some of us learned our lesson.

So that rambled. What's my solution? We don't need or want any kind of revolution, get that out of your head. The chains are imaginary. The cage is imaginary. They are pointless, they don't control you, and they can't stop you. Just. Be. We could shut them down, or we could let them pretend they're in charge. The moral is, it's irrelevant.

so this is probably as good a time as any

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
Is the eagle on your shirt snatching up a dog?

Technically a wolf, but yes. So it's either a really big eagle or a really small wolf.

United States Government can pretend to be you.

I prefer that people don't vote, actually. Voting is a political act of consent. I'm a conservative with New York State residency -- I am absolutely systematically marginalized, and I'm not going to let them pretend that 'well it's not that bad, he gets his vote.' Don't 'ROCK THE VOTE.' Rocking the vote gives them permission to use your voice, even if you vote against something. You're told that it is your civic duty to cast a vote, by the people who spend billions to control your vote. What does that tell you? It's important to THEM, sure.

What do I mean, well, look, if the US federal election had 100% voter participation 100% of the time, then the feds would make 100% of the decisions that impact you. Because 'that would be fair.' Fuck that. I don't need or want a government to make *ANY* decisions that impact me, if I can help it. So as far as I'm concerned, we can get by just fine on 1% voter participation. Then we all know the score. There would be no illusion that the federal government represents anything but itself. I don't think the government (or people, for that matter) should be expected to think of anything but themselves.

I watched Attack on Titan for the the first time

There are anime movies (called OST or some shit) that you should just get yourself into. It's a much lower investment, and it brings you up to speed within the genre so you can watch shows and understand, like, what the tear drop over the face means, or the funky >V< thingies, or whatever. Watch those, instead of trying to jump right into some 300000-episode powerepic. I mean I'm pretty into anime, and shit like Bleach or One Piece just makes me lose my mind. Find something with a single, complete storyline (max 24 episodes) and don't get into anything beyond that for starters.

I'm on an RP server in Wow

Azarthes said
Oh fucking shit I almost cybered with someone in character

NEIGH MEANS NEIGH

so this is probably as good a time as any

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
I bet googled it.

Well duh, I'm Alex Trebek in this equation.

Drakel said
30 bones overall in a human leg(added with the foot) per leg... So if I'm correct (by what I see in the pic) you have 178 (MAYBE 177 but I think you still gotz yo knee) bones left in your body.

The most correct answer is 176.5 I guess. Trans-femoral, no knee left (the knee was most of the problem, so everybody's happy to see it go)

Magic Magnum said
In all seriousness though, can't you just take a picture of the bottom of your leg without aiming the camera at your crotch?

Geometrically impossible, since there is nothing to bend. Any angle that looks at the end of that leg is also looking at my gigantic balls. Maybe I could stretch and do something that doesn't show MUCH crotch, but honestly, I'm not that flexible right now, that shit'll rip out stitches, and we don't want that.

so this is probably as good a time as any

And also, since I'm finally back on wi-fi, I can post some mostly-not-pornographic pictures. You know, so you know I'm not, 'PULLING YOUR LEG.'





Tomorrow I get some special stump-shrinker thing that apparently is easier to use than ace wraps. I haven't actually seen the cut itself yet, and I can't imagine a way to take a picture of that that wouldn't also count as a groin shot, so I guess you guys are SOL on that account for now.

so this is probably as good a time as any

Trivia question -- how many bones are in MDK's body now? If you google it you lose.

so this is probably as good a time as any

I'm compiling a list of places to go..... Thinking IHOP has to be near the top, what else you got