How could you really think that? Dumas awards - Page 3

Amake · 07-27-2011, 05:09 AM

I'm just fascinated with that bank robber. In all the movies he watched as a child, and I assume there was many, did anyone's face ever disappear from the screen for any reason? Did bank robbers not wear masks? Did anyone ever discuss this method of disguise compared to others, in movies or outside? Did anyone even ever act as if they had any idea that this remarkably simple, well-known and incredibly useful trick existed? Did he ever take a picture of someone who had lemon juice on them? Did he examine the difference of the effect of lemon juice on the face compared to other parts of the body? Did he do his research by taking a picture of himself?

The answer to all of the above must be no. This isn't just a singular glitch in the logic process. It's as if this bit of non-knowledge probably imparted by a playground friend existed in his mind in a complete vacuum separate from every possible connection to knowledge itself. I don't see how else could he fail to ask himself such basic questions as "If this works, why don't people do it?" or even "Is there some way I can test if this works before I gamble my life on it?"

Professor Smarmiarty · 07-27-2011, 06:56 AM

I don't see whats so bad about selling your kids. Kids get better life, you get better life, people who bought them get better life- everybody wins. Like assuming you sell them to people who aren't like sex-trafficking drug lords.

Really the surprising thing is how much they got for them, particularly in china where you can get in trouble for having excess children.

Amake · 07-27-2011, 07:38 AM

The better solution would probably be to not have kids in the first place if you're going to sell them, but what are you going to do when you're denied sexual education and there's a free market. It's like adoption except it'll also tend to redistribute wealth to the poor. As long as you're competent to decide the buyers are going to be decent parents of course. Adoption agencies may be better for that really.

Magus · 07-27-2011, 05:25 PM

Precisely. The whole reason you aren't allowed to sell your kids is you are going to sell them to the highest bidder. Drug lords and sex traffickers pay way more than poor old sterile Mr. and Mrs. Li down the street

Jagos · 07-27-2011, 10:13 PM

Dude, what the cluck?!

I mean seriously... All this for $2.90?!

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A former Walmart employee in Alabama has filed a lawsuit against the retail behemoth, alleging that she and her husband were wrongly accused of stealing $2.90 in chicken neck bones, an accusation the plaintiff says led to her losing her job and having her husband deported.

Note to self. Alabama is not a place to raise smart people.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 07-27-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagos

Dude, what the cluck?!

I mean seriously... All this for $2.90?!

Note to self. Alabama is not a place to raise smart people.

That...really doesn't seem real.
At all.

Not even considering that even if this whole thing went to trial, which it pretty clearly wouldn't. $2.90 worth of goods would at worst be a misdemeanor offense. There's no way a case would go through for deportation over that.

Jagos · 07-27-2011, 10:59 PM

PDF

It's real...

pochercoaster · 07-27-2011, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagos

PDF

It's real...

I'm still confused. Among other things, it claims that the INS was involved in 2007 when it ceased to exist in that name in 2003. That's the least crazy part of the story though. Are you sure the website you pulled that from is legit? o_O

Jagos · 07-28-2011, 12:18 AM

Right there at the bottom

Kyanbu The Legend · 07-28-2011, 12:28 AM

Not surprised that this is real. Just one of the many things Americans aren't proud about their country doing.

07-27-2011, 05:09 AM	#21
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I'm just fascinated with that bank robber. In all the movies he watched as a child, and I assume there was many, did anyone's face ever disappear from the screen for any reason? Did bank robbers not wear masks? Did anyone ever discuss this method of disguise compared to others, in movies or outside? Did anyone even ever act as if they had any idea that this remarkably simple, well-known and incredibly useful trick existed? Did he ever take a picture of someone who had lemon juice on them? Did he examine the difference of the effect of lemon juice on the face compared to other parts of the body? Did he do his research by taking a picture of himself? The answer to all of the above must be no. This isn't just a singular glitch in the logic process. It's as if this bit of non-knowledge probably imparted by a playground friend existed in his mind in a complete vacuum separate from every possible connection to knowledge itself. I don't see how else could he fail to ask himself such basic questions as "If this works, why don't people do it?" or even "Is there some way I can test if this works before I gamble my life on it?" __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 07-27-2011 at 05:14 AM.

07-27-2011, 07:38 AM	#23
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	The better solution would probably be to not have kids in the first place if you're going to sell them, but what are you going to do when you're denied sexual education and there's a free market. It's like adoption except it'll also tend to redistribute wealth to the poor. As long as you're competent to decide the buyers are going to be decent parents of course. Adoption agencies may be better for that really. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

07-27-2011, 05:25 PM	#24
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Precisely. The whole reason you aren't allowed to sell your kids is you are going to sell them to the highest bidder. Drug lords and sex traffickers pay way more than poor old sterile Mr. and Mrs. Li down the street __________________ The Valiant Review

07-27-2011, 10:59 PM	#27
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	PDF It's real... __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

07-28-2011, 12:18 AM	#29
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Right there at the bottom __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

07-27-2011, 06:56 AM	#22
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I don't see whats so bad about selling your kids. Kids get better life, you get better life, people who bought them get better life- everybody wins. Like assuming you sell them to people who aren't like sex-trafficking drug lords. Really the surprising thing is how much they got for them, particularly in china where you can get in trouble for having excess children.

07-28-2011, 12:28 AM	#30
Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	Not surprised that this is real. Just one of the many things Americans aren't proud about their country doing. __________________