KH were you in Newport Beach recently?

[The Mad Monk]

If its all the same, I'd rather just discuss chickens.

[Al B. Sure!]

I read this and thought it was hilarious. It reads like an article out of The Onion.



The rest of the article goes on much the same with the same self centered whining.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bonus-...050100338.html

The decadence in America is stifling.

[Al B. Sure!]

Emotionally, I'm a fascist. My mind has liberalized and I understand the importance of civil rights and suffrage. I understand the logic of some measure of laissez-faire, as my beliefs or whims are no better than another man's. But emotionally, I am disgusted by this America. I am disgusted by the privilege. Disgusted by the waste and excess. By the indulgence and desire for instant gratification. The drugs, the sex, the food, the violence, all the vices that manifest themselves in our obese, medicated population, led by self-serving multi-millionaires who pander to the ignorant whims of the majority. We need to live with a knife to our throats. It will build a tougher, better breed of American.

But again, that is what I feel, not what I know. It is what my gut tells me is right and how things ought to be, not what my mind says. But my mind is probably weak.

[giblets]

Your gut seems to make you do stupid things like spend years of your life trying to get sent to Afghanistan so people can shoot at you.

[KrazyHorse]

I read this and thought it was hilarious. It reads like an article out of The Onion.



The rest of the article goes on much the same with the same self centered whining.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bonus-...050100338.html

I died laughing reading that story when I saw it on dealbreaker...

[dannubis]

This thing is comedy gold and the author deserves a pullitzer

[C0ckney]

We need to live with a knife to our throats. It will build a tougher, better breed of American.

how does living with a knife to your throat make you a better person?

i actually think the world would be a much better place if humans were softer and gentler.

[Dinner]

You should be able to grow radishes, onions, and tomatoes among other things.

Tomatoes are from central America so they tend to need warm weather. For instance in the UK for 9 months out of the year tomatoes need to be grown in green houses. I expect the same to be true in Sweden.

[Jon Miller]

Basically stuff that grows inside the ground does best in Sweden.

JM

[Dinner]

I died laughing reading that story when I saw it on dealbreaker...

But, but, but... He was HUMILIATED! He had to drive to Brooklyn to shop for discounted salmon instead of having it delivered to his house!

[DinoDoc]

Here's a link to the actual receipt from the incident Oerdin was gulled into believing:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/actual-receipt-from-restaurant-hoax-879234

[PLATO]

Not sure if it's been said, but the story has been proven a hoax. The restaurant found the real receipt and it was a $33 bill with a $7 tip, which is pretty good.

The story was a little too over-the-top, what with the mustache-twirling villainy of the banker.

Hmmm...almost 25%

I guess Bankers are doing alright these days.

Maybe all I needed was a government bailout and I could leave 25% tips too!

[Al B. Sure!]

how does living with a knife to your throat make you a better person?

i actually think the world would be a much better place if humans were softer and gentler.

No. Because then you turn into a modern American. Is that better?

[The Mad Monk]

Yes.

[giblets]

No. Because then you turn into a modern American. Is that better?

Modern America = one of the best places to live in human history

Would you prefer to live as a hunter-gatherer? Maybe you should go live out in the wilderness instead of in a major city. Stop whining about how terrible modern civilization is if you can't even go without it.