How much ice cream would you like?

Six.

Yes.

Thankfully my country kicked out the man that tried to change this.

I agree with you, but there are a number of things about it that annoy me here:

- Bad employees have little motivation to improve
- This causes trouble for better workers, discouraging them
- Employers are less likely to employ less experienced workers
- Much higher absenteeism

Don't get me wrong, I prefer it over at will. But when the solution for getting rid of a troublemaker is offering them tens of thousands of dollars to go away, it pisses me off a little. My American brain remembers being thrown to the curb for missing one single day with zero compensation. Both of these circumstances are wrong.

Women should purchase rape-baby insurance. Ah, the invisible hand is fingering me.

Edison was also a massive douche by the way.

What a perfect excuse to not diet and exercise

Actually I'd imagine there would be a cleanup to volunteer for..

These scandals are all generally moral wrongs, but not legal wrongs.  It's an indictment of Washington more so than the current siting President.

This. These are screw-ups for sure. My opinion of the Obama administration and the political scene in general are lower because of whats happened, but the media and Republican sh**t storm over this is completely uncalled for.

I know this is completely off topic, but I've never seen you here before and yet you have posted three hundred and eighty-three times. And your username is bballrox###. Are you absolutely sure that you exist outside of the idea of what someone whose consciousness was raised in the 1980's thinks of as someone who posts on an internet forum?

I don't see how my username should have anything to do with what I post. It's something I kept as a kid for internet forums in which I would rather not use my name, which is on my email now.

I'm not saying that your username actually matters. I was just impressed that you, along with your username on this forum, are a thing that exists. It just seems so much more.. "internet" than what I'm used to here. It's like a username an undercover policeman would use on To Catch a Predator, you know what I mean? Anyway, I'm failing to contribute again. No offense meant. Cheers.

I work in a blue collar factory here that employs people from all over south east east or that have visited these places. Here is what they have told me, or unfounded hearsay:

BURMA is unremarkable besides their interesting reforms and not worth your tourist dollars.

BRUNEI is a country that exists?

CAMBODIA is full of half-wits and good scenery, and plenty of people being forced into virtual homelessness because they cannot prove that they have inhabited land their ancestors lived in for ages.

EAST TIMOR is on fire.

INDONESIA is a country with great diversity and lots of Muslims who like to kill Australian livestock in cruel ways. BALI is where white people go who don't have tons of money so that they can be harrassed by merchants and imprisoned for drugs.

LAOS is something besides a spelling mistake.

MALAYSIA has decent food and is a great place to stop for a couple of days to be sweaty on your way to India.

The PHILIPPINES are so Catholic and proper that they can't wait to move somewhere less anal. And there are entire cities that exist within graveyards. And one Filipino cannot speak to another because islands.

SINGAPORE contains sad people unhappy about their depression because they're disappointed in the legality of spitting. Also, five star hotels!!!!!!

THAILAND is great as long as you stay within tourist areas and aren't offended by women with penises larger than your own.

VIETNAM is beautiful and everyone there adores Bill Clinton. And it's ridiculously easy to get a driver's license.

Based on the retarded information my brain has decided to associate with these countries, I'd choose Thailand and Vietnam.

These scandals are all generally moral wrongs, but not legal wrongs.  It's an indictment of Washington more so than the current siting President.

This. These are screw-ups for sure. My opinion of the Obama administration and the political scene in general are lower because of whats happened, but the media and Republican sh**t storm over this is completely uncalled for.

I know this is completely off topic, but I've never seen you here before and yet you have posted three hundred and eighty-three times. And your username is bballrox###. Are you absolutely sure that you exist outside of the idea of what someone whose consciousness was raised in the 1980's thinks of as someone who posts on an internet forum?

All of these people getting on your case is not good motivation. You need to find what really motivates you to constantly do what you ought to do. I have zero idea what that might be, but an audience doesn't seem to be doing a whole lot of good.

Death motivates me, personally. I know that it could come at any moment unforeseen and so I'm motivated to make the best of what's happening right now as well as what may happen (assuming that I continue living). If you were to die immediately, would you actually be satisfied with yourself, how you conducted yourself, and how others treated you? Or, perhaps, would you merely serve as a warning to others?

Pardon my morbidity. It just helps me, personally, to strive constantly to do better. Improving yourself, even when you can't see the results immediately, is extremely rewarding in the long term.

I woke up early and went to work unable to tell anyone there that I was getting a promotion and would be their boss in two weeks. Didn't eat anything until dinner except coffee and cigarettes. Rearranged my garage because the landlord next door claims that there are cockroaches in our garage that have infested his unit (spoiler: there are no cockroaches in my garage). Got drunk and watched Boston Legal with my wife. Now I'm wasting time on here until the Benadryll kicks in.

Do the Democrats hold any statewide office in Alabama anymore?

I don't think so, at least not statewide elective office.  I believe that there are only two left in the Deep South--Senator Landrieu of Louisiana and the Mississippi Attorney General.

Bill Nelson

Florida =/ Deep South.

Florida may not look like the rest of America, but it may be the closest state to a microcosm of America in politics.

Silly, that's Ohio!

A 16 year old shouldn't play violent video games? I disagree, unless they're masturbating to it.

Thank God it is just city owned buildings only.

Yes, we must have our God-given right not to pee in a closed stall next to someone of a different gender. The horror!

That scenario is every peeping Tom and Voyeurist's dream...

It's also a dream for lots of perfectly decent citizens. The benefits for them far outweigh the drawbacks.

I'll always choose a wrap over a sandwich, unless I don't.

I tried it once a few years ago.. I was very keen and thought it would help during a long flight from the states back to here. I found the taste gross and it left me feeling nauseous. Ended up discarding the rest. As far as smoking alternatives go, I prefer electronic cigarettes. A shame they cannot havenicotine content in them here.

You typically go down TO a place (I'm going down to the supermarket)
You go along WITH someone (I'm going along with Greg)

But this is typical, and not concrete. Going along seems to imply that you are with people or in a special mental state.

To make it even more confusing I can imagine using both of these things. For example, one could go down to the supermarket along with Greg. Or you could go along with Greg down to the supermarket. There is a subtle difference with which of these two things ties to the word go. If you switch them around it can sound awkward. You probably wouldn't say you were going down along with Greg to the supermarket. You certainly wouldn't want to be caught saying that you were going down on Greg in the supermarket. To summarize, I this is a difficult question to answer. Is Greg in a relationship? Might someone see you and Greg in the supermarket? What are the consequences? Your best bet is to consult a lawyer.

http://m.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/cornered-labor-chooses-brave-way-out-20130514-2jklb.html

Interesting theories.

The 2013-14 budget was announced yesterday. Lots of people disappointed, the opposition is calling the plan to get back into surplus next year a farce. Am I the only one who doesn't care about the deficit that much?

Still, plenty of cuts to satisfy if that's your priority, plus new taxes. Didn't see that coming.

A majority of people dislike a youth subculture? The times, they are a'changin.

Hmm...

A legal form of union versus a category of sexual fantasies?

What a dumb poll.

Pole*

See what I did there?

Waiting for Snowguy..

Anytime, good sir. I think you should make a megathread for your English questions, like the good old days. Cheers.

Technicalities aside,  you still did all of our moms?

Perhaps you should come up with your own question and post it. Example:

Which of these two things would you feel least comfortable discovering your parents engage in?

"Tell your mom I said to have a happy mother's day."

I can't take this idea seriously. I keep expecting that sentence to continue with "oh wait, I already told her last night. Buuuurrrn."