Protests and Riots Thread

[Blarg]

32 minutes ago, Taylor said:

That's really cool.

With some exceptions, I think a good indicator of your parenting skills is, "Do your adult kids still talk to you and want a relationship with you?"

Middle son showed up last week mid-day to hang out in the pool. We weren't even talking work, which is often since we are in the same industry. 

My other two sons showed up Saturday to hang out, played some video games and later grab dinner when Mom got back from a baby shower. 

We've agreed we don't have to see eye to eye on very subject but we also agree not to try and shut each other down and listen. One difference between my father and I is he was a great lecturer and an impatient listener. That's why we rarely hung out together. 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, cals said:

Once it was in his throat he was free to do what he wanted with it.

There it is. This was better than my comment was going to be

[Blarg]

You guys are sick minded. Taylor is a twerp at times but he probably was a pretty good kid growing up and his parents are not disappointed in the man he became. 

Even if he wasted a damn good down-payment on Lake Forrest property on a Starbucks Barrista degree. 

[Jason]

31 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You guys are sick minded.

What in the world could lead you to this conclusion? 

[Taylor]

50 minutes ago, cals said:

Once it was in his throat he was free to do what he wanted with it.

I never consented to that either.

[Taylor]

49 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You guys are sick minded. Taylor is a twerp at times but he probably was a pretty good kid growing up and his parents are not disappointed in the man he became. 

Even if he wasted a damn good down-payment on Lake Forrest property on a Starbucks Barrista degree. 

C'mon, you can compliment me without also insulting me.

Not that it matters, but I'm starting a new job next week that will make it possible for me to reach six figures by next year.

 

 

 

Male prostitution is very lucrative.

[Blarg]

31 minutes ago, Taylor said:

C'mon, you can compliment me without also insulting me.

Not that it matters, but I'm starting a new job next week that will make it possible for me to reach six figures by next year.

 

 

 

Male prostitution is very lucrative.

Good career choice but wear a condom. Victor's mom is a petri dish of infection.

[Kotchman]

50 minutes ago, Taylor said:

C'mon, you can compliment me without also insulting me.

Not that it matters, but I'm starting a new job next week that will make it possible for me to reach six figures by next year.

 

 

 

Male prostitution is very lucrative.

Give it 5 years and you’ll be in here ranting about these outrageous Democrat tax policies 

[Taylor]

10 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

Give it 5 years and you’ll be in here ranting about these outrageous Democrat tax policies 

There are a lot of rich libs.

[Jason]

5 minutes ago, Taylor said:

There are a lot of rich libs.

They should apologize for being like that

[Lhalo]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

There are a lot of rich libs.

I heard they ride in limousines.

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

There are a lot of rich libs.

They obviously know tax shelters and that the threat of higher taxes means nothing to them while those below a certain threshold can't deflect taxable income as efficiently. That threshold usually starts at lower Upper-class and gets more tax burden heavy as it works it's way down the ladder. Those above those income thresholds rarely see a change in tax liability, it's all a dog and pony show raising the base rate so the public thinks they are giving up more.

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

I heard they ride in limousines.

They wear designer dresses with slogans on them. 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, cals said:

Think we should rob them.

They are against guns so they aren't armed. It should easy pickings 

[Kotchman]

18 minutes ago, Taylor said:

There are a lot of rich libs.

 That’s very true. Libs are generally wealthy or poor. It’s the main reason they are out of touch with the average American.  

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, cals said:

I'd like to see them spend a week living life out on the street.

I don't think they would survive.

 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

C'mon, you can compliment me without also insulting me.

Not that it matters, but I'm starting a new job next week that will make it possible for me to reach six figures by next year.

That's great, but when most people discuss their income, they don't include the figures after the decimal point.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

That's great, but when most people discuss their income, they don't include the figures after the decimal point.

$120,000*

 

 

 

$53,000.120000

[Taylor]

28 minutes ago, Jason said:

They should feel guilty for being like that

Fixed

[St1ck]

5 minutes ago, cals said:

If they could spend a day or two walking in someone else's shoes I think they'd stumble and they'd fall.

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complainin'

[Tank]

50 minutes ago, Jason said:

They are against guns so they aren't armed. It should easy pickings 

but they hire private security after supporting defunding the police. it might not be a cakewalk.

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

but they hire private security after supporting defunding the police. it might not be a cakewalk.

That would be hypocritical of them

[AngelsFaninGA]

22 hours ago, Taylor said:

A bunch of dudes who went to the "school of hard knocks" ragging on people who went to college.

I honestly don't care if you went to college or not. I know plenty of people who have had successful, fulfilling careers without a degree. I know many others who have successful, fulfilling careers because of their degree.

If you're older than 50, though, you really have no idea what the job market is like these days for younger people. 

That's the problem, the job market. Employers these days require a bachelor's, and oftentimes a master's, for jobs that really don't need a degree at all, where the candidates would benefit more from just getting training on the job. The result is that college education is now more expensive both for people that don't need degrees and people in technical fields that actually do (engineers, lawyers, doctors, etc). And of course the ease of accumulating mountains of debt has made it even worse. 

I'm a typical overeducated millennial and I never even used my undergraduate degree, and my business school degree was purely a signaling mechanism for employers; the actual curriculum was useless. 

[Tank]

15 hours ago, Jason said:

That would be hypocritical of them

well then, clearly, that would never happen.

[Taylor]

5 hours ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

That's the problem, the job market. Employers these days require a bachelor's, and oftentimes a master's, for jobs that really don't need a degree at all, where the candidates would benefit more from just getting training on the job. The result is that college education is now more expensive both for people that don't need degrees and people in technical fields that actually do (engineers, lawyers, doctors, etc). And of course the ease of accumulating mountains of debt has made it even worse. 

I'm a typical overeducated millennial and I never even used my undergraduate degree, and my business school degree was purely a signaling mechanism for employers; the actual curriculum was useless. 

Do you mean to tell me that you can't get a job these days by simply showing up at an employer, shaking his hand, and looking him in the eye?