|
|||||
|
| Porn Users Forum » User Ranks » User Post History |
Post History:
turboshaft (0)
|
| 451-500 of 1958 Posts | < Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Page 10 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 40 | Next Page > |
| 01-29-13 06:17pm - 4345 days | #15 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
What's "good for the economy" isn't necessarily good for the majority of people, particularly when you're talking about people who have things like mortgages and health insurance bills instead of second homes and nannies. "Hey, the stock market's up, but if that was your job we just shipped overseas I guess you're shit out of luck! Our investors are happy, so we don't really see the problem." Worse, the customers that the major national and regional banks still have are given regular ass-rapings simply for doing business with them. Asinine hidden fees pulled out of thin air, near-zero interest rates, disappearing customer service, and federal government bailouts (meaning we paid for them as taxpayers) without major changes in salaries or severance packages for the higher-ups. The credit card companies aren't much better and seem to live by the same rule of making the majority of their customers swim up a river of shit before they'll bother to treat them like actual human beings. It's such an insane business that for years Capital One has been gleefully depicting the credit card industry as literal vikings attacking anyone who has the balls to suggest opening a new account. Our financial industry is so unbelievable in so many ways that this  above really didn't even feel like much of a rant...  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-29-13 05:47pm - 4345 days | #6 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
IMDB says the referenced clip is Steele Ranger, assuming there are no other gay pornos in the episode (hey, it is South Park after all). Of course I'm still curious which actual porno was shown in the episode "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers," which Kyle's dad claims "is the single most vile, most twisted piece of porn ever made." The clip is clearly a shot of Evan Stone, but beyond that it is any expert's guess.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-29-13 05:33pm - 4345 days | #69 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
For some reason this reminds me of Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment last year.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-28-13 08:33pm - 4346 days | #61 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Okay, I'm going to add a couple to the list. They're not my top ones, but just mainstream actresses who I find pretty attractive and have not, at least as far as I know, done nude scenes. - Jill Hennessy Former Law & Order girl, probably best known for her titular role on Crossing Jordan. Also, has an identical twin sister, who played a small part with her in the truly weird Dead Ringers as twin escorts, (where Jeremy Irons played a dual role as twin brother gynecologists!), though don't ask me who is who in that clip. - Carey Lowell Also former Law & Order girl, and a brunette. Oh, and she was Bond girl Pam Bouvier in Licence to Kill. What's not to like?  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Jan 28, 2013, 08:36pm | |
|
||
| 01-28-13 07:50pm - 4346 days | #64 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Only my first sentence, "Infantile" sounds a little too Freudian for me, but still one way of looking at it. was really a direct response to messmer, the rest was me harping about how those who hate porn can twist people's tastes into something far worse than what they really are. That's why I had the different strokes argument, because people have all kinds of different tastes, and it's hard to make absolute standards, unless of course you're against all porn and then everything's verboten. I can't remember if messmer has ever made the infantile argument before, or if it was made by someone else somewhere other than the forum, but it seems the PU'ers who prefer unaugmented breasts usually say "I don't like 'em," rather than reiterate their entire argument over and over again. --- On a more general note, for those who like unaltered breasts, do you prefer bigger breasts in general or don't care as long as they're natural? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-28-13 07:33pm - 4346 days | #63 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It's usually a bullshit guilt by association argument from the anti-porn howlers: underage girls have no pubic hair, you like women who shave their pubic hair, therefore you actually like underage girls.  WTF?! Some guys shave their junk too, does that mean they're all really seeking some wicked prepubescent fantasy? Sometimes a shaved pussy is just a shaved pussy and not a precrime to indict all men (or women) who happen to enjoy looking at naked women. The moralists can bitch and moan all they want about "proper" sexual desires and tastes but any rational adult can understand the difference between a girl with no pubic hair and one who is grown and decides to shave it off. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-28-13 03:30am - 4346 days | #55 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
"Infantile" sounds a little too Freudian for me, but still one way of looking at it. On the other hand, when you say you prefer small(er) breasts in porn, or just don't even object to them in general, you run the risk of being called some sort of pedophile-in-waiting by the truly humorless porn=rape feminist authoritarians who somehow know exactly what's good for us all. Add in that even more popular porn trend, the shaven pussy, and it's as if you've committed the ultimate misogynist thought crime.  You just can't win: fake tits; women are going under the knife for a cruel, patriarchal society. Small tits; you're a predator of pubescent girls everywhere. Shaven pussy; holy fuck, you might as well confess to being a child murderer! Whatever happened to different strokes for different folks, regardless of whether or not it happens to be really popular at the moment? 
I recently watched the rather sad documentary After Porn Ends, and it featured a number of former actresses who had the big lip look. It wasn't a pleasant sight, and it seemed to just make them look much more like former porn stars or strippers. All the other women just looked like hot soccer moms. Maybe I'm just dense when it comes to understanding what a truly beautiful woman looks like but I've never been especially turned on by a woman's facial lips, or conversely turned off if they're "too small." If that's even a thing, which I guess it is since plenty of asshole plastic surgeons seem to be making a living at least partly on making a women's lips look like they were beaten up by a surly boyfriend. And of course if you're talking about those other lips (the ones I really like!  ), then you can also pay a plastic surgeon to trim those down to whatever imaginary standard people have in their head that such things should be. Again, like the facial lip thing, what's the problem with how they were naturally? Breasts are somewhat different--since women can show off/conceal cleavage with clothing--but what guy is drowning in so much pussy he could make a girl think something that intimate is ultimately up to him? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Jan 28, 2013, 03:34am (turboshaft: Spelling) | ||
|
|||
| 01-28-13 02:41am - 4346 days | #10 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Don't forget India's massive estimated 1.2 billion population. The CIA World Factbook (hey, I'm American) says that in its 2001 census India counted an estimated 2.3% of its population as Christians, which would be at least 27 million. Not shabby, though a lot less than the 80.5% who were counted as Hindu. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-26-13 09:13pm - 4348 days | #15 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I love how it describes it: "Showalter made the controversial decision" and " 'To think of all the money we could have saved. Actually, I don't want to-it's too painful.' " Jim Gaffigan has joked about buying generic cereal and then having to lie to the cashier about who it was really for. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-26-13 08:56pm - 4348 days | #3 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
There's your answer: it's his religion/cult. Thus it demands unquestioning respect and reverence.  Funny how the bigger sects and religions seem to be in it for the money and power, while the smaller ones just seem to be about some guy who wants to constantly get laid while also imposing a bunch of nonsensical rules on anyone gullible enough to listen to him. Though to be fair, I find the whole concept of marriage, even monogamous marriage, kinda crazy, so I'm a little biased. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-25-13 05:13pm - 4349 days | #13 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
And to be fair they probably cost considerably more than $2, but that's because you're getting a lot more wine (and with a handle!). An interesting thing I've heard about wine that isn't boxed or even bottled with a traditional cork: they're basically impossible to ruin after packaging, but people think that if the wine doesn't have a cork it's then somehow déclassé. But if it's boxed, where it comes in a plastic Camelbak-like bladder, has a screw-top, or has a plastic cork, then it can't be ruined by a rotted or tainted cork. Though I guess it's not as elegant to smell the bottlecap at a nice restaurant.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-24-13 11:15pm - 4350 days | #11 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
You don't need it to check drive space. You should just be able to do it within the OS. I know it's too late now, but anytime you get a new drive, or just want a clean slate and/or are completely reorganizing, you should always reformat the drive. The included manufacturer's "SmartWare" is the computer equivalent of getting the undercoating when you buy a new car and is of little practical value beyond pissing off customers. I'm not sure what's the problem, though I've heard of this version of Windows having trouble with ejecting or disconnecting external drives, but there should have been updates long ago to fix this. Or it could be the drive or its enclosure. I have a WD My Book from at least 5-6 years ago and it took me a while to remember that it had no traditional on/off switch--an annoying, idiotic, simpler-is-not-really-better feature. (It does have a big central button on front, but it really only works the included asinine SmartWare.) I don't think I've ever been able to properly get it to fully disconnect without manually unplugging the USB cable, lest it power up whenever I restart or just wake my computer from sleep mode. Thanks WD, I now only use it as a laptop backup (only have it plugged in when I backup, vast majority of the time it's unplugged).  Best of luck. Try and not take a sledgehammer to the drive.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Jan 24, 2013, 11:19pm | |
|
||
| 01-24-13 09:27pm - 4350 days | #1005 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
That probably would have been around the time he was winning nominations/awards for "Good Will Hunting" and he was still pretty young then. And considering that "good" suits can costs thousands of dollars I wouldn't be surprised if it even cost more than any car he had owned up to that point. I guess I'm not in the right class of privileged elites to comprehend these things, but I've just never understood the mindset behind owning a piece of clothing so hilariously expensive and of such limited utility (I mean, if I can't throw it in the wash with my favorite t-shirt, what's the point?!  ).Yes, there's always that profound bit of advice, "Dude, you'll attract so many women," but men have been successfully attracting and bedding beautiful women (what such dim arguments are ultimately about) for eons without rich, tailored clothing. Plus, I don't think I'd have much interest in some woman so airheaded all she really cared about was the suit/tie/shoes I wore.
I have seen a number of ads in the last few years with James Bond actors promoting expensive watches (Rolex, or something similar) that I'm betting they also wore in the films. At least a watch is a tad more practical that some overpriced suit. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-24-13 09:06pm - 4350 days | #10 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I recently read something similar about Tide detergent. Supposedly they have such an established brand (around since the late 1940s) that they don't have to lower their prices, and they are still #1 nationally. The article was actually in relation to thieves specifically targeting Tide to resell for quick cash. But it also made the point that customers--who would otherwise be buying cheaper brands of every other product they get from stores that sell Tide--feel that being able to afford Tide is a sort of personal status symbol. I guess that H.L. Mencken quote "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." is alive and well. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-24-13 08:57pm - 4350 days | #9 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
A one time price increase of $.50 after 11 years sounds just about right for inflation. And this article from the Trader Joe's website last February lists a number of states where the same exact product is as high as $3.29 (Virginia) and $3.79 (Ohio), both of which still sound pretty cheap for wine that isn't sold in a cardboard box. I'm not a big fan of Trader Joe's myself--tiny stores with limited selection and a glut of house brands. Though I still think it beats Whole Foods and its own overpriced brand of "all natural" smugness. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-23-13 02:10am - 4352 days | #1002 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Sounds like it sucks for the guys though. I mean what can a designer do with a tux or suit without the wearer looking like a total douchebag? And to be fair, I think suits and tuxes already make a lot of guys look like douchebags to begin with, even without the designer labels (which is pretty much why you would pay so much for them). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-16-13 06:55pm - 4358 days | #58 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Netflix has it for DVD rental at the moment, but unfortunately not Instant Watch.
Oh yes...I remember hearing some controversy about it last year, or at least controversy relating to the audition of one if it's stars, Shia LaBeouf. Supposedly he taped himself having sex with his girlfriend and then sent von Trier the tape which LeBouf claimed got him the part (and possibly proved his willingness, if not his girlfriend's, to have unsimulated sex on camera). Oh the things we do to get work. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-16-13 06:20pm - 4358 days | #991 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Other shows' main cast have done this as well; Fox's The Simpsons eventually got the company to pay the lead voice actors up to around $400,000 per episode in the late 2000s, though it's down to around $300,000 now. I used to love this show--it's now in its 24th season--but every time I've tried to watch a current episode it has always felt like the comedy was so strained and forced, a lot different from what it used to be. I think Seinfeld had some pretty ridiculous salary raising moments in its time but it supposedly still makes a ton of money in syndication and DVD sales (particularly for Seinfeld himself, since he was a writer/producer/star on almost every episode).
You think people would know better than to base a show around an airline that eventually went bankrupt (not to mention suffer a major terrorist attack to boot). I guess they thought they could capitalize on that Mad Men-style the-60s-were-so-cool vibe. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-16-13 12:32am - 4359 days | #56 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I actually like 9 Songs though the reviews seemed to have been pretty scathing when it came out (but what do critics know anyway? ). And frankly I found it far less offensive than many other films that depict intimate relationships, whether they are implied or actually sexual. Seriously, what makes some syrupy "romantic" movie or some fart-and-stoner joke-saturated comedy any better? I liked Shortbus too, though it seemed to be all over the place plot-wise, but again if the nudity offended viewers, they should need to just grow the hell up. (And to be fair, the director is gay, and even included himself as background in an orgy scene.)
Lars Von Trier has already done something like this. His 1998 experimental film The Idiots has plenty of controversial unsimulated nude and sex scenes. And then a few years ago he released his equally controversial Antichrist. I loved it just for all of its what-the-fuck! moments and overall insanity but the nudity and sex is hardly, uh, sexy by the time you get to it. I would have even considered adding its female lead Charlotte Gainsbourg to this thread if she hadn't scared the hell out of me in it (lets just say you wouldn't want to vacation alone with her in a cabin deep in the woods after seeing the film ). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-15-13 11:49pm - 4359 days | #55 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I finally sat down and watched that movie a few years ago...it was truly awful! Sorry if you're a fan, pat, but it felt like a TV movie with a ton of titties and ass (and then more titties!) thrown in for the hell of it. What's worse is they somehow made all that sex and nudity boring--needless to say the least of the actors' worries should've been baring it all.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-08-13 10:06pm - 4366 days | #9 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It's nice to know you did the announcer voice with a thumbs up smiley. For some reason, maybe because of all the spammers you have deal with, I'd imagine your announcer voice to be more like that of Bill O'Reilly mid-meltdown.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-08-13 09:47pm - 4366 days | #20 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I thought it was Abby Winters' offices being raided that specifically made them leave, though the porn laws in general certainly did not help. It's sad to see that a country grown up enough to appoint a prime minister who doesn't believe in god (and isn't even married to boot!  ) can still be so comfortably authoritarian when it comes to smut. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-05-13 02:35am - 4369 days | #21 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
That sounds like Hugh Hefner, though I think he made it up to seven girlfriends at one point in the last few years. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-05-13 02:32am - 4369 days | #20 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Don't feel so bad, it seems about half of people's great "memories" are indecipherable bullshit because they were too drunk or just generally fucked up to actually remember much of it (uh, no offense, Cybertoad...). All those crazy rock star stories that begin with serious drug use always make me wonder And how exactly do you remember the rest? Maybe it's just because I have enough trouble accurately remembering things from when I'm totally sober. That and I'm absolutely dreadful at remembering names so it sounds like I'm making it all up.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Jan 05, 2013, 02:36am | |
|
||
| 01-03-13 04:01pm - 4371 days | #80 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Yeah, stop holding back. They have some asinine regulations relating to the ownership of pickups, which are all required to be registered as commercial vehicles even if they actually aren't used for this purpose. The problem is that requires the owner to pay an additional annual weight-based fee beyond the registration. So a heavy truck, like a dump truck, could be hundreds of dollars, while a light pickup truck could be about $10 (though you also have to pay to get it weighed somewhere if it's imported into the state). It's little but still nonsensical. There are SUVs, even large sedans, that weigh more and don't pay this fee and can ultimately have worse gas mileage and theoretically do more damage to the road (if either of these are the reason behind the specific fee). I see the irritation as the seeming randomness of regulations and laws that confuse the hell out of citizens and don't get much in the way of positive results behind incremental bits of revenue--a main goal of pretty much every government, especially one with a population the size of California. Worse, I believe these open up loopholes to people who have the means to skirt, if not actually break, the laws and exploit the resources of people who can't easily work around them. The biggest known example of this is all the accounting magic tricks bigger corporations perform in order to avoid paying every penny of taxes they can find. And it's all over the place, from gun laws to "decency" and "safety" laws that affect our love of porn. It's not that I'm against regulation, it's just that regulation needs to strong and effective, not feel good and superficial. Just my cynical . "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-03-13 03:51am - 4371 days | #77 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
A .22LR can be lethal out to a range farther than most weapons that shoot it are even sighted for, especially considering it's now really only intended for short range target practice. And for all the blustering about "stopping power" of this and that round basically every caliber every made has a body count. Even blanks can cause injuries and they don't have bullets.
On that note, not only does California have some of the strictest state-level gun laws in the U.S., they also have some of the strictest air pollution laws, higher than even federal standards. This pertains not only to cars but also, yep, lawn mowers. I guess no matter what poison you pick someone's going to regulate it.  (I can only imagine the prophylactic-related micromanagement politicians will dream up when it comes to condoms in LA-shot porn. Though unlike the NRA and guns I don't think barebackers really have an industry on their side.) "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-03-13 03:36am - 4371 days | #76 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
You're not kidding, the regulation minutiae are like some sort of bureaucratic art form! If you're buying ammo within Los Angeles the vendor is required to record what exactly you're buying, how much, and then get a thumbprint from you. You can of course legally just drive outside the county or order online (if the ammo is allowed in CA and LA). And though it sounds like an environmental issue (dry climate, wild fire dangers), tracer ammunition is illegal in the state because it's considered a destructive device. LA also bans all ammo sales 5 days prior to New Year's Eve and 4th of July. The city has a problem with celebratory fire around these holidays, so I guess this is to stop that typical impulse buying that happens when you're doing your holiday firearms shopping. (BTW, discharging a weapon is pretty much illegal anywhere in the city except for a range so the celebratory fire is a no-go. )
What's stupid is the minimum age is 18 to get the HSC but that doesn't mean you can legally buy a handgun (I think 21 is a federal standard, state age laws can only go above that minimum). You also have to recertify the HSC every five years for the same fee, which makes it sound like a typical nickel-and-dime issue, not a safety one. And even though I'm a veteran I would not be exempt from the HSC requirements (honorably discharged is not an exemption, though retired is). Makes me a little nervous that there's no "safety" difference between me and some firepower-salivating douchebag who's watched too much YouTube gun porn (which frequently have a gleeful disregard for even the most basic of safety procedures) because we've both passed and paid for the same simple test. And shotguns and rifles, assuming they're even CA legal of course, are exempt from a safety certification. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 01-02-13 08:47pm - 4372 days | #73 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
A lot of civilian weapons--the AR15-style weapons--are 5.56 NATO so people can also use the military ammunition if they want. For hunting purposes and the rules at some ranges pretty much all military and full metal jacket ammunition is not allowed. The .223 Rem ammo may operate at lower pressures but it's still deadly and the softpoint bullets can create catastrophic wounds that are meant for quickly/humanely killing game in one shot (if you can call it humane). I've read many accounts of hunters successfully killing deer (which isn't even legal with this caliber in all states) with one round from AR-15s. .223 is really a varmint round but gets used in bigger animals; boars, coyotes, and even deer as I mentioned. Keep in mind deer are also hunted with bows so the .223 is hardly underpowered when you compare it to what's available. And because hunting regulations outlaw full metal jacket ammunition hunters frequently end up choosing bigger calibers. If full metal jacket ammunition was legal for hunting you could probably just as easily use .223 to kill bear or even moose with a single shot to the head, but hunting regulations prevent this because it's easier and more practical to hit an animal somewhere besides the head, especially at longer ranges. Hitting a bear in its chest with a .223 round may not be lethal and would almost certainly not be a quick kill. For the purposes of gun crimes it's best to think of any firearm as being potentially lethal. Endless arguments about bullet mass, barrel length, bullet design, and other minutiae are pretty much meaningless when you're talking about people being shot at close range in crowded areas. More than one victim can get hit with a single bullet, no one is wearing body armor, medical attention may be delayed, and of course no one is expecting to be shot at, all play into the fact that even "underpowered" weapons and ammo can be very lethal. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-02-13 08:19pm - 4372 days | #10 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
What PBS shows have you been watching? I just keep watching and watching and I haven't found anything like this yet! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 01-02-13 08:17pm - 4372 days | #9 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Who doesn't?!
Don't forget InTheCrack (though that's more spreadin' than stretchin') and the sheer insanity of Kink.com, specifically EverythingButt.com. Okay, that's really more ass-stretching, but there's still a lot of crazy pussy-related stuff there too. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 12-28-12 09:42am - 4377 days | #62 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Yes and no. Most assault rifles fire small caliber, high velocity ammunition--good range and stopping power with relatively little recoil. The Thompson has quite a bit of recoil, uses pistol ammunition, and is pretty heavy even for a submachine gun. But yes, both types of weapons can be just as deadly, and I doubt people would have a preference for being with either one.
It's complicated. Different gun laws and economic realities are probably the biggest reasons. The Thompson was legal for a time, assuming you could even afford it. Sort of like the cartoonishly huge sniper rifles that are made today; gigantic ammo, long range, and stratospheric prices compared to a lot of other weapons that are civilian legal. They're definitely intended for military use, but they're anything but compact and the size of the ammo only allows for small magazines so they are legal throughout much of the U.S. And I would also argue that shootings by gangsters in the 1920s and '30s (many related to our Puritanical alcohol laws) are just as bad as ones today by people with previously clean criminal records and legal weapons. It's just that then the blame could legitimately be placed on outlaws, and stricter gun laws were not an obvious solution (many of their automatic weapons were stolen from government armories, not purchased at the local gun store). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 12-28-12 09:22am - 4377 days | #16 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Are there even any specifically Chinese or Korean sites? I would think besides ancestral Chinese or Korean actresses (parents are immigrants, but the actress is born in the U.S.) there are even any performers from these countries. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-28-12 09:17am - 4377 days | #15 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I second this! Almost nothing worse, at least in terms of sounds, than the silly cries of "pleasure" these actresses belt out mid-thrust. But taking a second look at some of the more extreme anal scenes out there and maybe these screams are just cries for help. After these eardrum-shattering vocalizations the caveman grunts and groans of the guys aren't much better. Seriously, are these guys having sex or pulling a muscle (or both)? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-20-12 04:53pm - 4385 days | #41 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I at least hope they attempt to get the name correct before they publicize it ad nauseam, and then adding their typically breathless and shallow cable channel news profile: male, lonely, violent video games and music and movies, trench coat, etc. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-20-12 04:46pm - 4385 days | #40 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Glad to hear we're not too hostile, but there are a lot of Europeans here, not to mention all the porn that comes from Europe. Still it's bizarre to think that after one of these tragedies we Americans will eventually get around to blaming Europeans somehow. Sorry.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-20-12 04:43pm - 4385 days | #39 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Population size doesn't matter because the U.S. has such a massive privately-owned and largely legal arsenal. Gun ownership is also much higher per capita. And I would agree that it is a cultural problem, but not how the self-proclaimed culture warriors say it is. Since the shooting a whole slew of reactionary opinions have come out in favor of not just a change in 2nd Amendment laws, but 1st Amendment ones as well. Video games, films, music, and that beloved phobia of the religious right, secularism in schools--it's all gotta go! Otherwise it'll be more gay marriage, wars on Christmas, and ultimately dead children. I'm not joking either, as these have been touted as what to really blame because it's somehow unconstitutional to even acknowledge the amount of firepower that America's citizens own. And it is this culture, the culture of gun love, that I see as the problem. And it isn't the gun ownership I'm talking about, it's the worship of the firearm as some sort of magical anti-tyrannical panacea. That the only thing between freedom and chaos is a pistol concealed under your jacket. Or that it's only a matter of time before you'll be hauled off to a gulag once they outlaw 30 round magazines. Or that schools will truly be safe when the principal can store a carbine in her office, or hell that some teachers be required to carry a concealed weapon. The guns certainly don't help the problem. It's ignorant to gloss over the number of suicides, accidents, and violent crimes committed with legal firearms to say it's just a people problem. But combine this with our unique, paranoid, and at times just weird love of said guns and I think you have a recipe for more of these mass shootings. I still stand by my claim that shootings of this scale are anomalies, but that doesn't make them less horrifying. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-16-12 11:03pm - 4389 days | #21 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Actually the suspected shooter in that attack was wearing a ballistic helmet and leggings (probably a sort of riot gear, I don't know if they were really a kind designed to stop bullets), but only a load bearing vest to hold ammunition, not a ballistic vest, plate carrier, or even a flak jacket. Granted, you would need a fairly powerful handgun to shoot through certain helmets but a vest to hold ammo can't even protect you from a sunburn. Regardless, I have my doubts about being able to positively ID a shooter in a dark movie theater, especially if he's wearing all black or looks more like a SWAT member than not, or I'm simply reeling from a gunshot would myself. Your best bet would be if it was one of those more elaborate multi-tiered theaters where the entrances are in the middle of the seats so you could be on higher ground or simply have slightly better cover (though fire codes might mandate doors at the top that someone could slip in through). I still say these are freak incidents with exaggerated media coverage relative to the danger of ever being caught in one. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-16-12 10:44pm - 4389 days | #20 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Is it? I'd give more credit to the unarmed actions than the armed ones (by both private and public) to protecting our most important rights. It's what separates the majority of us from the less civilized in the country and around the world. Hell, the Supreme Court, for all their faults and biases, conducts business without the use of firearms (at least as far as I know; they're obsessed with keeping cameras out of their courtroom), and is that not in defense of the Constitution? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for private gun ownership. They can be a lot of fun, while also giving you a sense of individual power--which is arguably one of the fundamentals to being "free." A power that many countries, who I would argue are freer and more progressive than the U.S. in other areas, have decided "Eh, no, fuck you." This certainly isn't a step toward a gas chamber (the stupidest anti-gun control argument I hear repeated), but it's not a step towards empowering and liberating the individual either. I just believe that despite that power and responsibility there's a lot more to the continuation of my free will and personal liberty than what my friends, family, or neighbors have stored in the gun locker. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-16-12 11:17am - 4389 days | #14 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Then they will be thinking to wear body armor, not rejoin society as a peaceful, productive citizen. These mass murders usually involve a lot planning, as well as a complete disregard for their own lives (many end in suicide, not Charles Bronson fantasies) and the lives of anyone who in gets in their way. To me it's last minute, lose-all-hope thinking. Rather than try to prevent such acts we just arm ourselves to the teeth--or more so, since the U.S. already has as a massive private arsenal--and wait to play hero. Reminds me after 9/11 how among the more outlandish "solutions" was that pilots should be armed, never mind the dangers of firing a gun in a pressurized cabin. I understand if you're armed it makes you have some sort of security, but it doesn't necessarily make the unarmed feel that way. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-15-12 10:18pm - 4390 days | #12 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I don't. Sorry, but despite the coverage of these types of events they are really not that common, just sensationalized to the nth degree. There are countless "If only..." statements by the gun lovers and gun haters after them, most of them nonsensical and impractical. Is it too much to ask to live in a country where teachers aren't expected to be packing heat every time they go to work, ready to dispense justice at the drop of a hat? "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 12-11-12 11:18pm - 4394 days | #26 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Elite? Hardly! (After all, I'm here... )But seriously, PU is a rare exception to the fuck-these-sluts attitude of so much of the Internet, whether it's genuine porn like on VideoBox, the professional douchebaggery of Joe Francis, or basically anything having to do with women. Personally I blame it on a number of things. First, the influence of too many sexist, superstitious, Abrahamic religions shaming women over the very nature of their bodies and thoughts, lest they risk enjoying sex and life for themselves instead of for whatever man happens to be in shooting or shouting range. Second, a fiercely patriarchal world (particularly the U.S., where so much of the porn is created, though it's still a problem in much of the modern world) where, frankly, women are in many ways second-class citizens. Or they are at least second in line to what society offers them in the way of opportunity and outcomes (though they usually live longer on average, so maybe they have the last laugh after all?). This can range from a lot of sexist humor in the media, which is relatively harmless if still a negative, to the truly horrifying, like the percentage of rapes believed to be unreported (at least to authorities). I may have elaborated a little more than I needed to there, but it's what I think after having grown up and still living in a country where women get the short end of an already short stick (occasionally in the shape of a transvaginal ultrasound  ).I'm not one to tell people what they can and can't say, but if you feel you need to charm a girl by staring with "Hey bitch..." you might be doing it wrong. Just a thought.
Yeah, we did. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 11-28-12 07:29pm - 4407 days | #15 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I don't know why it wouldn't sound good through headphones. It could just be the headphone jack, a certain setting buried somewhere in the TV's menus (like a choice of headphones or speakers or external sound, etc.), or maybe the headphones themselves. The problem with watching porn on a big screen is that you probably don't want to pipe the audio through a sound system unless you live in a house with at least a little space between you and your neighbor's place. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-27-12 07:48pm - 4408 days | #13 | ||
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I've had the same problem with my PS3 and there are a number of workarounds. For most HDTVs and "smart" TVs (as opposed to the ones held back a year in school) there's a lot of information you can find on various tech sites about all the proper color settings, audio settings, and other adjustments you can fine tune to make your favorite porn, er, non-adult movie look its best.
I agree, though it's frequently left me at times feeling like a gynecologist-in-training (because they mostly use porn videos, right?). "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | ||
|
|||
| 11-27-12 07:30pm - 4408 days | #15 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
It's hard to pick a top three, as my favorites change every month or so, or even every week if I'm lucky. That and it really depends on what kind of mood I'm in and how I define "hardcore" could range from two girls (yeah, I know, not strictly hardcore) to What was I thinking when I downloaded that?!. My top 3 three right now probably include: - at least one "classic" (by my standards) with Aurora Snow; - something I've seen from Kink, but most likely only EverythingButt or Pissing.com, because honestly those are the least head scratching of the content they come up with and still have the balls to call porn; - and something with whichever Euro chick I'm in love with at the moment, though I still can't be bothered to remember her name. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-27-12 07:11pm - 4408 days | #14 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Good you clarified that, because mentioning Max Hardcore in your top 3 might need some serious explaining. "Uh, I meant my top 3 that still give me nightmares." There's probably at least one of his scenes that I've sat through (or saw enough of, since Max hasn't been very good at being subtle) that stuck in my head as one of those unfortunate WTF moments. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-12-12 09:15pm - 4423 days | #12 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
These have been some kind and thoughtful comments on this thread...I just wish more Americans would remember them the other 364 days of the year. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-12-12 09:12pm - 4423 days | #30 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
 Thanks, but I have the same problem comedian Bill Maher has said about even thinking of running for office: I love drugs and I hate religion! It's not exactly a winning formula in American politics. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-12-12 12:28am - 4424 days | #950 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Bond is a giant franchise and it's a big deal when they hire a new actor to take over the role, so I don't think Craig would have an easy out if he tried to renege on his contract. Not to mention that there's a lot riding on the production of those films; I remember Bronsan saying in an interview that principal photography would take close to six months on each film. That amount of time would not be chump change for any major studio. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-12-12 12:21am - 4424 days | #949 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Me personally I've preferred the darker ones (which I don't think started with Craig, look at what Dalton did with the character). 007 really was supposed to be a serious, all-business spy; not a playboy-cum-secret agent that somehow convinced a powerful government agency to grant him a license to kill. Yes, Craig's films are obviously a 007 take on Jason Bourne, albeit with far less memory loss, but they are also a more accurate take on what Fleming created. Dalton had a veritable bloodbath on his hands in "License to Kill," though that was more of a crime film than a Bond spy film (his enemy is a South American drug lord, not a billionaire with ICBMs hiding under a mountain). But really, when I was watching "Casino Royale," it was the first time I thought "Shaken, not stirred." Ha, that's still funny--holy fuck this guy has a license to kill and he just used it to murder a guy who happened to step in his way! I was reminded that a guy who goes around killing people for a living might eventually come off as a psychopath to at least one of the many women he lures into bed every night. Apparently in Roger Moore's day you just said a couple of cheesy lines and the body count was a silly afterthought. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 11-11-12 01:48am - 4425 days | #24 | |
|
turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
That's easier said than done. LA County is not just huge in population but it's gigantic geographically as well. And simply driving outside of it can have problems if those jurisdictions don't want porn seeping into their area (or any seeping for that matter). Neighboring Simi Valley said they didn't want porn coming from San Fernando Valley if condom rules drove the industry outside LA. Maybe they just didn't want people shooting porn within site of the Ronald Reagan Library, located in Simi Valley? Either way there are economic consequences to so many studios located in LA and all of a sudden having to deal with a rule that their customer base has no desire to see enforced. "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
|
||
| 451-500 of 1958 Posts | < Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Page 10 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 40 | Next Page > |
|
