Another interesting combo from the great minds at Heinz 4 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
If this was real, it would rank right up there with green and purple ketchup.
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Britian is a lie, wake up 7 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
Someone, please, tell me that this is a joke.
Please.
I am begging you.
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Please.
I am begging you.
And that's just the start 2 comments
*touches glasses smartly* 5 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
There was an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that dealt with this.
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Play it cool 4 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
As someone who like to take walks, especially when I am having to think something through, I have run into this once or twice. The first time it happened, when I was in college, I had they called campus security, and even he acknowleged that I had done nothing wrong (we were all on a track where, you know, people go to walk, and there is a set direction that everyone goes).
After that, when I saw that I was behind a woman, I would deliberately take another route. That usually worked, until one time a woman saw me out walking and came up from behind me to ask where I lived (I refused to tell her, beyond that I did live in that town), and to tell me that I looked weird (I'm not the one accosting people).
After that, when I saw that I was behind a woman, I would deliberately take another route. That usually worked, until one time a woman saw me out walking and came up from behind me to ask where I lived (I refused to tell her, beyond that I did live in that town), and to tell me that I looked weird (I'm not the one accosting people).
It's something to think about 32 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
Thanks! I've actually been using this screen name for a while. It just seemed like a good fit. :)
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It's something to think about 32 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
I suppose every person's experience is different, but so many of the things that this person says men lose, I actually gained: friends, respect, sex, and a family. I found it easier to socialize when I became a part of a couple. I found that people quit looking at you weird when they see you are not married yet ("what's a nice guy like you doing still single at your age?"). I started having a regular sex life, which led to having a family of my own, and it didn't cost me the family I already had. I could go on, but getting married was one of the best decisions I ever made.
I think the problem is not marriage itself, but rather, it's that western society does not do nearly enough to prepare young people for a healthy marriage.
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I think the problem is not marriage itself, but rather, it's that western society does not do nearly enough to prepare young people for a healthy marriage.
Maybe we at least have a conversation 28 comments
History meme :) 2 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
Pretty much. Plus, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hitler celebrated because he thought that this would prompt the US to go after Japan instead of coming to Europe.
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Oh noooooo 18 comments
Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
What we have here is a debate that has its origin in two different world views. I am reminded of the painting "The School of Athens," by Rapheal. In the center of this painting are Plato and Aristotle, with Plato pointing up and Aristotle with his hand reaching out. Plato held the position that right and wrong was based on some universal code, while Aristotle held that right and wrong were determined by the impact on the world around us.
From our discussion, it appears that I am taking Plato's side, and you and @bethorian are taking Aristotle's side.
Question: I am in the process of making some teaching videos on various subjects, and one of them is going to be on how our decision making is based on our world view. Would you have any objection to me using this discussion as an example?
From our discussion, it appears that I am taking Plato's side, and you and @bethorian are taking Aristotle's side.
Question: I am in the process of making some teaching videos on various subjects, and one of them is going to be on how our decision making is based on our world view. Would you have any objection to me using this discussion as an example?
Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
We are starting to find some common ground here. What I see are two different discussions:
First : Would it be wise for businesses like Netfli and Disney allow password sharing? If they did so, would it be to their financial benefit?
Second: Given that they currently do not allow password sharing, are people justified in doing so anyway?
I would suggest that the answer to the first one could very well be yes, depending on the setup and market conditions.
However, on the second, I would stand by my original assessment: no, they are not justified in doing so. If you are going to derive benefit from a service, you need to support that service. After, as you say, we are talking about "just entertainment," not something that is essential for life, even if, as you are certainly correct in pointing out, it's not costing these businesses huge amounts of money.
Cheers!
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First : Would it be wise for businesses like Netfli and Disney allow password sharing? If they did so, would it be to their financial benefit?
Second: Given that they currently do not allow password sharing, are people justified in doing so anyway?
I would suggest that the answer to the first one could very well be yes, depending on the setup and market conditions.
However, on the second, I would stand by my original assessment: no, they are not justified in doing so. If you are going to derive benefit from a service, you need to support that service. After, as you say, we are talking about "just entertainment," not something that is essential for life, even if, as you are certainly correct in pointing out, it's not costing these businesses huge amounts of money.
Cheers!
Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
I agree with everything you have written here. However, password sharing is still "theft of services." You are getting something for free when the provider of said services is expecting its customers to actually pay for the service.
Another analogy would be hopping a city bus without paying the fare. Technically, the city is not out any money for having one more person on board, paid or not. Yet you are still utilizing someone else's resources without compensating them. It costs money to maintain a bus system, just like it costs money to maintain a streaming system, and to use either system without supporting it is simply wrong.
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Another analogy would be hopping a city bus without paying the fare. Technically, the city is not out any money for having one more person on board, paid or not. Yet you are still utilizing someone else's resources without compensating them. It costs money to maintain a bus system, just like it costs money to maintain a streaming system, and to use either system without supporting it is simply wrong.
Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
Oh I read it, I just don't buy any of it.
While an intelligent case can be made for such things as "piracy is not really a bad thing," you are still stuck with the fact that by sharing passwords you are not only violating the terms of service which you agreed to when you signed up, you are also helping someone steal from the service in question.
In other words, while a solid argument can be made that a company such as Disney or Netflix would benefit from allowing customers to share their passwords with friends, they have chosen not to do so. This is their prerogative.
If you share your password with someone outside your household, you are giving something away without the permission of the owner, which is a kind of theft.
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While an intelligent case can be made for such things as "piracy is not really a bad thing," you are still stuck with the fact that by sharing passwords you are not only violating the terms of service which you agreed to when you signed up, you are also helping someone steal from the service in question.
In other words, while a solid argument can be made that a company such as Disney or Netflix would benefit from allowing customers to share their passwords with friends, they have chosen not to do so. This is their prerogative.
If you share your password with someone outside your household, you are giving something away without the permission of the owner, which is a kind of theft.
Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
You can type all day long, but at the end of the day, stealing is still stealing. If you password share, you are getting something from someone without paying the expected fee. Just because it is commonly done and people routinely get away with it doesn't make it any less wrong.
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Oh noooooo 18 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
I know it's hard to generate any sympathy for billion dollar corporations, especially ones that are as money hungry as Disney, but sharing passwords is like going to an "All you can eat" buffet, paying for one person, and then slipping enough food out the door to feed your entire family.
Stealing is stealing, period.
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Stealing is stealing, period.
If you were wondering the size of the Enigma 3 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
Actually, this is "an American-made version of the Bombe, a machine developed in Britain for decrypting messages sent by German Enigma cipher machines during World War II."
An actual Enigma machine was about the size of a typewriter.
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An actual Enigma machine was about the size of a typewriter.
I tried to do a twist on this trend and took me so long to find just a few good things 5 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
@bethorien, You may be thinking WW1. What you posted pretty much sums up US involvement in that war.
As for WW2, when the US officially joined the war in December of 1941, Germany and Japan were at the height of their power, in terms of real estate under their control. Unoffically, the US had been providing materials to Britain and the USSR for quite some times, but until Pearl Harbor, we didn't have a legitimate reason to join the actual fighting.
While a good case can be made that Germany was primarily defeated by the USSR, Japan was defeated by the US pretty much on its own.
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As for WW2, when the US officially joined the war in December of 1941, Germany and Japan were at the height of their power, in terms of real estate under their control. Unoffically, the US had been providing materials to Britain and the USSR for quite some times, but until Pearl Harbor, we didn't have a legitimate reason to join the actual fighting.
While a good case can be made that Germany was primarily defeated by the USSR, Japan was defeated by the US pretty much on its own.
The nerve of some critics 4 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
The critics who panned those movies were kinda missing the point: it's all about watching giant monsters tear apart one city after another. Nothing else really matters.
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World War [iced] Tea 4 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
If you come to the south eastern US, where iced tea is predominant, and experience one of our summers, you will see very quickly why we ice our tea.
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It was commonly known among the animators as “getting Shrek’d” 4 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
True, but misleading. The final product that hit the movie screens was nothing like what the "Shrek'd" animators put together. When the higher-ups saw it, they immediately fired the whole crew, and then, when Chris Farley (originally cast as Shrek) died, it was almost scrapped. Thankfully, with a revamped cast and crew, Shrek was remade, and the rest, as they say, is history.
nypost. com/2010/05/16/ugly-green-montrous/
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nypost. com/2010/05/16/ugly-green-montrous/
Double Dad 8 comments
married_dude
· 3 years ago
With these DNA tests, some serious skeletons are coming out the family closets. (Turns out, my whole family is the skeleton in someone else's closet).
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When I was engaged, my Mom and my sister took my fiancée out to lunch to have some "get to know you" time. (We lived 9 hours drive from them, and we had a quick courtship, so they had not had a chance to meet her before this.) It went a long ways to getting things off on the right foot.