Your Paragon of Virtue

I think that's someone who posts at Boardum. The Fatality rate can never be too high in that case.

When Jake Roberts dies his name should be in 18 point font, bolded, underlined, italicized, multicoloured and somehow we should find a way to get the name to spin around and make siren noises.

It's sad he's degenerated into this now. I like his 12 Play era stuff.

And it was a very good excuse. Twas a good picture.

To be fair to edgehead he wasn't around when that nonsense happened. I was referring to VanHalen in the Benoit thread throwing a bitch fit that people had the gall to discuss the biggest story in the history of professional wrestling a mere two weeks after it happened.

What goes through your mind when you create these threads? Of course people will discuss the deaths considering the huge volume of them. People won't go in one thread to discuss memories about a hundred different wrestlers. If you make one thread about many topics people will discuss what ties them together, duh. WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE BENOIT DEATH! IT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO LETS MOVE ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

A lot of people seem to dislike any negative publicity wrestling gets. The guy died, it's news and people will talk about it. RIP Crush/Evil Crush/Half a sack

I was referring to Koscheck actually, but the funny thing about it is how he's like "I will beat koscheck way easier than GSP will". This guy is so fucking cocky. And I love it, I don't know why the UFC didn't promote him more during his initial reign.

I think RRR hacked Matt Hughes' blog.

Guys get out of here and look at what Dick Cheney had to say in that thread! It's way more disturbing.

Okay so it seems we agree on most things, but I will say this; I think it's a little premature to assume that business will just move everything outside of North America. As long as people are educated and want to live in the U.S. (which it seems they do, contrary to public opinion) then you will still have plenty of white collar jobs in the least. Also, there will be plenty of blue collar jobs considering that the U.S. has certain resources that are cheaper produced at home, not to mention the costs of shipping goods from abroad can outweigh the savings you'd get by producing it there.

A company's intention doesn't necessarily take away from the result. A CEO who runs a company that holds a factory employing 1000 workers in America doesn't do it to improve their lives or help the local economy. But that's exactly what happens. You can't apply one standard to outsourcing and another to local employment. It's the same thought process for both. A guy starts a company to make money, and other people benefit. He should not be restricted on how he goes about running his business so long as he's abiding by ethical standards. Also, let's not pretend that every CEO is a fat white man simply trying to squeeze the lifeblood out of the local populace to make a few dollars. You can be rich, successful and a good person too. I'm not saying you actually believe this, but let's face it, alot of people with the view of outsourcing being bad do believe it. As for jobs created and jobs outsourced, well we went through all that already when machines took over a lot of jobs people used to do. Learn a new skill, find a new job. I'm not telling them to move, but it's not that hard to learn something new and apply it in the real world. It's tough admittedly, but if we stalled any sort of progress we made based on the fact that some people would be hard-off for a while, then we wouldn't make much at all. This is the thing with the U.S. though, in that there's not as much of a social safety net for those people while they try to move on like there would be in Europe or Canada. Of course that can be an abused priviledge, but that's another argument. The world is shrinking, and companies would be stupid not to create bridges between countries now in order to take advantage of this. Maybe if all those dumbasses voted with concern for their wallet and not their soul then maybe you wouldn't have this problem (See! I worked in a Bush cheapshot that's sorta relevant).

I'd like to know what you're basing this on, as nowhere in that longass post of yours did you refute anything I said regarding business practices, or even mention really.

I would say a lot of times in America they don't pay enough to feed a family either. That's why so many people hold two, sometimes even three jobs. That's a problem everywhere. I'd say a more accurate statement is that they're paid an equivalent for their own country and standards of living. It's not gonna be the same, but that's because they live in a third world country which brings a whole slew of problems with it. As for the savings, it's impossible to pinpoint unless you're willing to analyze some balance sheets and financial statements. Not to mention the fact that alot of accounting practices are stretched beyond foreseeable ethical boundaries. Again though, this isn't about what they can do for you. A company is in business to make money by providing a good or service. You can't look at it from the point of view of the consumer. It's not their responsibility to pass savings on to you, and that should not be a reason to bar them from cutting costs. How many other ways do companies save money? How many times do you think they pass savings on to consumers? A company should not be restricted when they make legal business decisions on the basis that they aren't giving enough money away. That's not capitalism, that's socialism, and that just ain't 'merican.

Alright then, provide some numbers. You just contradicted yourself. For the most part, the outsourced jobs tend to be factory work that doesn't pay shit. That's why the companies outsource in the first place: outside of first-world countries, they don't have to worry about stuff like paying a living wage, providing health care or benefits, following strict environmental regulations, paying a regular amount of tax, that kind of thing. That's a result of R&D and technological advances. Not outsourcing. Outsourcing is used to manufacture the products that they already make at a lower cost. Also, your example is an exception, not the rule. Yes, hi-tech specialty and luxury items tend to get cheaper over time, because new breakthroughs and discoveries are made which allow them to be put together in a more cost-effective manner. But that doesn't hold true at all for basic necessities. Stuff like food, clothing, housing, electricity, gasoline, transportation, those don't get less expensive over time. Ah yes, inaccurate character assassination, the lifeblood of great debates everywhere. A lot of the times they pay what's akin to living wages in the country they're in. Just because it's not equivalent to what they'd pay someone in Kansas doesn't mean they're shortchanging them, the wage of an American would be a luxury in those places. I don't think most of these jobs should provide health care insurance if they're that shitty. They wouldn't provide said insurance in the States either. That's a whole other can of worms though, depending on your views on health care. Besides, if you care about the people in these other countries, do you think they'd be better off without the work? These are menial jobs that Americans probably shouldn't be doing anymore, seeing as how you've evolved past that point. But many of these countries are still far behind, so I see it as only fair to give them a chance to play catchup by taking in the many benefits and knowledge that globalization brings. All the problems you're citing aren't related to outsourcing itself, but the handling of it. How regulated should it be? That sort of thing. As for the prices, have you heard of inflation? The difference between nominal and real prices? That would go a long way.

Aren't you a pro wrestler that lives in your mom's basement? Sorry if you moved out, then I guess I was wrong. You're still out of your depth here though, which I'm sure Darryl will show soon enough.

You're arguing with a pro wrestler who lives in his mom's basement about economics and you're surprised that he's ill-informed? Face it, most people here know economics/finance about as far as their local paper will take them. Unless you're talking about Popick of course, who knows a lot but is just as annoying if not worse.

This television show is awesome. I normally don't watch reality TV, but this is an exception. Paul and Juicy J are funny themselves, but the real stars are their clueless assistants. I'm guessing a lot of people here probably don't watch it, but you're doing yourself a disservice. Download episode 103, where they try to make a movie scrip. If you don't like that one you won't like the show. For those that don't know, it's a reality show following Three Six Mafia around Hollywood after they've made it big in the music business. I guess like Entourage, but funnier.

For me university had some people still hang out with high school friends, but for the most part everyone opened up and branched out. I'd say you don't have to worry about clique stuff in Uni at a big school because it will be so easy to meet so many people the law of averages says you'll have to become tight with at least a few of them.

Project Pat is the huge black guy (who is kinda fat) as opposed to the fat black guy Patrice (who is kinda huge). Project Pat is J's brother. I never knew that all the times Juicy J dropped "triece" in his songs that he was talking about this guy. Makes it a little less gangster.

...or rather had to say, about thirteen years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCccFPZAHV0...ted&search= Amazing. I almost have the feeling that it's doctored because it's completely spot on.

You were still in high school when you started at TSM?

Alright I posted in this thread so I might as well ask a question. Do you ever have an overly deep attachment to things that happened to you in your past? What I mean by that is, do you have a hard time going forward because sometimes you look at certain things that happened to you before and feel defined by that? You sound like you've been through a lot in your life, some of which is bad shit (by your own admission) and I find that a lot of people that have had strong negative experiences in their past tend to define themselves by that. For instance, you say you've always been bad at relationships and been kind of abusive towards women, so now you find it hard to stop doing that and find and have a normal relationship with a girl, which is what you want.

I think when Bruiser said draw people he didn't mean literally, he meant attract. I read through half of your answer before I realized that you made the same mistake that I had also initially made.