Sweet and sour stories

ahh that sweet Chikfila

I kinda like the ethos but I feel there are some holes to this method

it's surprising that so few people seem to do ok after winning the lottery and that they seem to have to give it away in order to have their happy ending. i distinctly remember a lotto winner from earlier this year - she said she was going to buy "everything she ever wanted." I checked up on her.

everything i know about N.W.A. is from chuck klosterman. but maybe that could change. this is just weird now - the producers are the original members and the police are, well, policing the event because of Ferguson. I don't have any coherent thoughts about what this would mean if it were a big hit.

because it's cute. and i like posting cute things.

responses

1. oh dear. but where would bunny sleep? and how would she peel bear off the wall?

2. Well I think the problem is that Cecil was killed illegally (whatever that means). Also, somehow, he's a beloved lion (I've never seen him in anything myself but maybe he saved some children from a burning house?). So I don't think the killing of Cecil the Lion has more nuance. It's bad all around. I do understand that illegal and legal hunting shouldn't be conflated though and that legal hunting.is a necessary evil until we can figure out what kind of handicrafts lions can sell to earn their keep. =P It still strikes me as pretty mean but I guess the liberal lion government isn't talking about how to stop killing humans for sport.

3. I can't tell for sure but it seems like the old plan would be better if there's a $20/phone fee + data + pay full price for the phone? I guess unless you buy a phone for cheaper.

4. Ugh these prosecutors, this judge and that jury. And those grandparents! I think a fitting punishment is community service. Now the government has to spend $50k and we have weakened the meaning of sex offender. I feel like judges and prosecutors should be  held accountable for how many people they put in jail. like maybe there should be a budget. then they could think, well I'd rather put that rapist in jail but this guy had sex on the beach....decisions, decisions. jail shouldn't be some bottomless pit.

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1. Yeah and I don't know how it's supposed to be such a great insult either. Like your money isn't worthy of our publication but everyone else can pay for it. I guess it could be insulting if it were a unique good (or if they couldn't buy it off the stands) but it reeks of "I'm trying to make myself look important.

2. I LOVE AUGUST!

4. I realized it was gimmicky but I kept thinking about it days later so I had to post it. I read a lot of stuff and very little of it sticks with me.

5. I would like to see shortening college as a possibility for reducing the cost of college. with so many people going to grad school, what's the point in having these kids in school for so long? That said, I think "patrons" would quickly become sugar daddies, if it hasn't already.

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1. Death by lack of a/c seems cruel and (hopefully) unusual.

3. i think there's money to be made there. I feel like a lot of jobs these days have divored high pay from prestige. that's why CEO, doctor and lawyer still have such a draw they are the few where you can have both. but videogame coach probably has the added benefit of money + fun.

9. only the kids who grew up in fairly affluent households will be set up for retirement (and even then, that's only if they're using their money wisely while living at home, which i never seem to see that often in stories from people living at home) so i'm pretty sure this won't stop whining.

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3. This is like the rape activist thing all over again. If #blacklivesmatter, everyone should be doing everything they can to alleviate the problem - including black people. That's more important than demonizing one side.

5. Was it everyone loves raymond? because that's kinda not their style....

6. Why the second alarm? do you fall back asleep because you're so tired after shaking?

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3. Fair. If Sabato didn't love UVA so much, he would have left for better pay nearly anywhere else.(though he probably also has a lot of power).