Election 2012 - Page 5

glatt · 06-22-2012, 10:53 AM

Be careful what you wish for. Unicorns are constantly snagging their horn on low tree branches when they gallop.

I'm sure you would be a smart unicorn, so it wouldn't happen to you so much, but you'd have to hear about it from the rest of them. And that might get old.

Ibby · 06-22-2012, 11:06 AM

I think the bottom one is important because it shows that we really don't like the insane exponential growth of the gap between the wealthy and the poor.

infinite monkey · 06-22-2012, 11:06 AM

Damn unicorns are always kvetching about something, aren't they? Sure, the media paints them as a gentle ethereal creature but once you've spent some time among them you know better!

infinite monkey · 06-22-2012, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

I think the bottom one is important because it shows that we really don't like the insane exponential growth of the gap between the wealthy and the poor.

Puh. Subjective and irrelevant.

I don't think anyone needs to tell anyone that they don't like the fact that there are insanely uber-rich. Except the uber-rich, they might not know we don't like it.

Ibby · 06-22-2012, 01:57 PM

I think it's important to understand what society thinks is "fair", even if we don't necessarily do anything to force it to be. It's definitely politically relevant I believe.

classicman · 06-22-2012, 09:12 PM

I like that its changed so much in the last few years.
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

classicman · 06-22-2012, 10:36 PM

Kinda funny. Great comeback.

Glinda · 06-22-2012, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Hell, I'd like to be a unicorn but it ain't going to happen.

I, for one, would be very interested in seeing a monkeycorn. Surely there's a surgeon out there who can make this happen.

ETA: Oh, dear ghod, they exist!

infinite monkey · 06-23-2012, 07:24 AM

Ibby · 06-23-2012, 05:53 PM

Tony Soprano explains Bain Capital.
I assume it's mostly tongue-in-cheek rather than a serious accusation, but.

classicman · 06-23-2012, 06:26 PM

I must have missed the Tony part... I couldn't see through all the bullshit.

Clodfobble · 06-24-2012, 10:06 AM

We've been watching Downton Abbey, the main theme of which is the breakdown of the stark class system in Europe around WWI. It's fascinating to compare to now. Back then, the uber-rich were very uber-rich indeed--though I'm not sure how the distribution of wealth would compare to now--but they also were expected to support the poor beneath them. Pretty much the whole village is Lord Grantham's responsibility, including things like singlehanded funding of the local hospital.

Spexxvet · 06-25-2012, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

What we would 'like' wealth distribution to be is rather silly. I like the contrast between what it 'is' and what we 'think' but what we 'want'?

Hell, I'd like to be a unicorn but it ain't going to happen.

DanaC · 06-25-2012, 12:49 PM

Waitafuckingminutetheresunshine!

How comes Infi gets to be a unicorn? Why is it the hobo-killer gets to play horny ponies?

Spexxvet · 06-26-2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Waitafuckingminutetheresunshine!

How comes Infi gets to be a unicorn? Why is it the hobo-killer gets to play horny ponies?

I've never been called sunshine before.

Infi gets to be a unicorn because she needs the horn to skewer hobos.

06-22-2012, 11:06 AM	#62
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I think the bottom one is important because it shows that *we really* don't like** the insane exponential growth of the gap between the wealthy and the poor. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-22-2012, 01:57 PM	#65
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I think it's important to understand what society thinks is "fair", even if we don't necessarily do anything to force it to be. It's definitely politically relevant I believe. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-22-2012, 09:12 PM	#66
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I like that its changed so much in the last few years. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-22-2012, 10:36 PM	#67
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Kinda funny. Great comeback. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-23-2012, 07:24 AM	#69
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Attached Images

06-22-2012, 10:53 AM	#61
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Be careful what you wish for. Unicorns are constantly snagging their horn on low tree branches when they gallop. I'm sure you would be a smart unicorn, so it wouldn't happen to you so much, but you'd have to hear about it from the rest of them. And that might get old.

06-23-2012, 05:53 PM	#70
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Tony Soprano explains Bain Capital. I assume it's mostly tongue-in-cheek rather than a serious accusation, but. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-23-2012, 06:26 PM	#71
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I must have missed the Tony part... I couldn't see through all the bullshit. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-24-2012, 10:06 AM	#72
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We've been watching Downton Abbey, the main theme of which is the breakdown of the stark class system in Europe around WWI. It's fascinating to compare to now. Back then, the uber-rich were very uber-rich indeed--though I'm not sure how the distribution of wealth would compare to now--but they also were expected to support the poor beneath them. Pretty much the whole village is Lord Grantham's responsibility, including things like singlehanded funding of the local hospital. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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