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There was just a brian voltaggio sighting and the office is going crazy. - kelly Apr 25, 09:15 4
- People who have been to Volt understand greatness. You, a lesser being, do not. -- nm - David Apr 25, 09:19 3
  - I checked the guest list; didn't see you on there either, plebian. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:20 2
    - I couldn't even talk people into going to Flip, much less Volt. -- nm - David Apr 25, 09:22 1
      - We're going for our anniversary! -- nm - kelly Apr 25, 09:23
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Yes, we aim to please. -- (link) - David Apr 25, 09:09 9
- I can see the Gearbox influence. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 09:16 1
  - yup -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 09:17
- This seems to indicate it's actually going to happen. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:10 6
  - I was going to try to tie in a joke about The Itchy and Scratchy Movie, then looked it up. Holy crap: Nov. 3, *1992* -- nm - Max Apr 25, 09:21
  - Did you see Gearbox's ad about the 6 week delay? - David Apr 25, 09:12 3
    - No, I missed that. Link me, and I'll view tonight. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:13 2
      - Here you go. -- (link) - David Apr 25, 09:18 [youtube] 1
        
        Danke. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:21
  - I hope so! -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 09:11
ST poll: Did you have a dress code at school? - Epiphany Apr 25, 09:05 15
- I once got sent home for not wearing a belt. It wasn't like my pants were falling down or anything. -- nm - not2fast Apr 25, 09:38
- I went to Catholic school Grades 1-8, so yes. High school was public, no dress code beyond - ty97 Apr 25, 09:19
- nope -- nm - Jim Apr 25, 09:15
- jeans - Danedukenuuk Apr 25, 09:12
- from grade 1-12, had to wear plaid uniform. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:11
- Yes - con_carne Apr 25, 09:08
- no. a few things weren't allowed. but, not much. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:08
- high school (catholic) -- nm - moles Apr 25, 09:07
- 1st through 6th grade in Catholic school... - znufrii Apr 25, 09:07 3
  - I would be jealous - groiny Apr 25, 09:07 2
    - wool forest green sweater vest. -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 09:19
    - ewww... - znufrii Apr 25, 09:08
- no, they were just happy we wore clothes at al -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:06
- grammar school, yes, uniforms. High School, no. - groiny Apr 25, 09:06
- Nope. My kids don't either. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 09:06
Telling a kid "you can only spend this money at a thrift store" isn't the same as telling an adult "you can only use this money to buy groceries". - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:02 30
- Close enough for me. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:05 24
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    - Yes, Libertarians are all about unrestricted handouts from the gov't. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:24
  - it's snobby disdain to like to buy new things not worn by others? -- nm - decline Apr 25, 09:12 15
    - If you call the latter 'demeaning', then yes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:13 14
      - You're focusing on the clothes (as I did in my response to znufrii below), but the true issue is in the concept itself. - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:16 5
        
        i did tons of thrift store shopping in high school. loved it. but, it wasn't my only choice. no-one should be told where they can and cannot shop. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:17 4
        
        Nobody's banning foster kids from walking into an Old Navy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:19
        
        this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:19
        
        Big mistake. *huge.* -- nm - Vivian Apr 25, 09:19 1
        
        god I hate that movie. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:19
      - demeaning from an adult perspective, or from a child's perspective amidst the vicisstudes of middle school cultural clique warfare? -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 09:16 7
        
        By all means, let's cater to 11-year-old clique warfare. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:18 6
        
        it's not catering to it to simply acknowledge it exists. -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 09:20
        
        I doubt you'll raise your daughter wearing only thrift store stuff. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:20
        
        what's your child wearing today? -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:19 3
        
        Hand-me-down clothes from her cousin. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:20 2
        
        great. (i mean that). and that's common. but what if you weren't allowed to buy her school clothes at a store? - Andie Apr 25, 09:22 1
        
        I would find one at the thrift store. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:25
  - okay, why don't YOU buy 100% of your clothes at thrift stores? - Andie Apr 25, 09:08 4
    - I buy a fair percentage of my wardrobe there. And just about all the rest at Costco. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:12 1
      - I haven't bought clothes for myself at Costco, but their baby clothes are great -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:14
    - ... because all the clothes in alaskan thrift stores have been worn by lumberjacks. Stinky! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:09 1
      - (Yes, even the dresses and the high-heels.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:09
  - it insults their character by saying "you do not have the capacity to make decisions about this money" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:07
- on the other hand, resticting the types of food they can buy has a direct effect on their health, and thus helps keep public spending in check - znufrii Apr 25, 09:03 3
  - But to follow your logic, the clothes they wear have a direct affect on their access to cliques, which can steer their future economic potential. - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:06 2
    - Oh, yes. I hope my kids learn fast to hang tight with the spoiled and superficial. - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 09:14 1
      - I seriously wonder about what schools you all went to. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:16
- i actually see a difference. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:02
Loosi every time i look in the mirror, Andie Happy Birthday, David is there a new Duke Nukem/Borderlands commerical? -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 08:59 9
- You need a new mirror. :) -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:12
- Yes, they debuted the trailer during the season finale (*sniffle*) of Archer. - David Apr 25, 09:00 7
  - here is the Borderlands video.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 25, 09:02 2
    - hee. - decline Apr 25, 09:03 1
      - I just woke up! -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 09:07
  - why had I never heard of this Archer show? - groiny Apr 25, 09:01 3
    - Wiggie introduced us to it abut six months ago. It's become Kim's absolute favorite. - David Apr 25, 09:03 1
      - I could have a Krieger clock. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 25, 09:11
    - It's the best show ever. - Kim Pine Apr 25, 09:03
Watching Dickie and Coover handle the pot makes me miss texx. - David Apr 25, 08:55 3
- You must be a few episodes behind. -- nm - not2fast Apr 25, 08:56 2
  - Nope. -- nm - David Apr 25, 08:58 1
    - I'm at least one episode behind ... ended up not having time to watch this weekend -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 08:59
Walt, if he does fall short of majority, but still gains some more seats, Harper will be only the second PM in history to... - Name Withheld By Request Apr 25, 08:53
I wonder who the new Ohio State football coach is going to be. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:51
Have we seen the security camera footage of the tornado hitting St. Louis Lambert airport? -- (link) - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 25, 08:46 2
- This one's better. -- (link) - Jim Apr 25, 08:57 1
  - Amazing how it goes from really nothing bad to "HOLY S**T!" in about 2 seconds around 18sec in. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:07
I honestly believe our consumerist culture puts too much stigma on used and thrift items. - Hotkiss Apr 25, 08:44 66
- Stigma? not cache? I believe it's cache, esp... - OAE Apr 25, 09:04 2
  - stigma is negative, cachet is positive. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:16
  - i think YOU mean 'cachet'. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:10
- all of this reminds me of the politician who kicked the kid in a soccer game and his opponent put the clip in an ad that ended... - Mel Profit Apr 25, 09:01 2
  - (To be fair, the oppo ad was a joke ad someone made for YouTube. His opponent did not actually put out an ad that said that.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 25, 09:04 1
    - ah. thanks. - Mel Profit Apr 25, 09:06
- to be clear, the proposed law would only apply to the $79 annual school clothing allowance they get from the state. - znufrii Apr 25, 08:51 12
  - oh so they only have to wear old used clothes to school? That's ok then. -- nm - decline Apr 25, 08:52
  - and impractical. just because i need a school kilt in size 7 doesn't mean my thrift store will have it. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 08:52 7
    - you and I probably get this better than do most. as tall chicks, thrift shops are so hit and miss. - amanda jones Apr 25, 09:00 4
      - I seriously like where you are taking this conversation :) -- nm - decline Apr 25, 09:02
      - oh, god, if i had to buy my pants only at thrift stores i would have no pants. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:01 2
        
        tell me more. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 09:01 1
        
        " here comes ' No Pants McGhee'" -- nm - Epiphany Apr 25, 09:02
    - it's like dude has never even seen a TJMaxx. -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:53
    - May I please see a picture of you in a school kilt in size 7? - decline Apr 25, 08:53
  - So they'd be saving literally nothing, like I thought. Cool. -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:52 1
    - not exactly... - znufrii Apr 25, 08:58
  - hey, you give me 79 bucks to buy clothes at a thrift store, I'll take it. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:52
- It's not that thrift stores are bad. It's enacting a law that says certain people can only shop at a certain store. - JaxSean Apr 25, 08:48 4
  - it's classism -- nm - decline Apr 25, 08:49
  - hey, you, get to the back of the bus! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:48 2
    - "Oh, your shirt still has tags on it, well, you can sit up here i gues." -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 08:50 1
      - you can only ride those old- non air conditioned buses, everyone else can ride in the new buses. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:51
- You are missing the 'required' aspect here. These kids are wards of the state due to whatever reason; that doesn't take away their 'right' to make - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:47 35
  - It's just clothes and like I said, thrift doesn't always equal Orphan Annie rags. - Hotkiss Apr 25, 08:53 26
    - you understand that kids have emotions and feelings and being constantly told that they can't have what other kids have could hurt them? - Andie Apr 25, 08:56 2
      - ~ you go to school to learn, not for a fashion show ~ -- nm - Fresh Vermin Apr 25, 09:01 1
        
        My mom's mantra 2001-2008 -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 25, 09:02
    - You must have had the most progressive middle school ever. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:56 2
      - i believe Hotkiss shops thrift now. I bet when she was in grade 6 nothing she wore came from a thrift store. - Andie Apr 25, 08:57 1
        
        this -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:58
    - other issues, like maybe, for example, "having to be an effing orphan" or "my parents didn't want me"? -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:54 19
      - Kids are resilient and many brave through more extreme circumstances. Clothing should not make or break a character -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 25, 08:57 17
        
        Neither should food. All Asian kids on food stamps have to eat at the Chinee Takee Outtee place only. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 09:02
        
        and one straw shouldn't break a camel's back... -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 08:59
        
        Should not...but does. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:59
        
        you're not wrong here. Let me take another tact... - Mel Profit Apr 25, 08:59 10
        
        I agree that the $0-200k savings isn't worth the effort of demeaning a bunch of kids. But the idea of the law in and of itself is not an entirely horr - Hotkiss Apr 25, 09:01 9
        
        It's cruelty under the guise of fiscal responsibility. - Mel Profit Apr 25, 09:03
        
        (It's not saving *any* money. They still get $79 from the Government.) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 09:03 2
        
        right. and if foster-mom can find a pair of appropriate pants at Goodwill, then, great. but if she can't the kid can still have pants from somewhere - Andie Apr 25, 09:05
        
        they would still get "close to" $79 -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 09:04
        
        Sure it is. It's singling out kids who are already less fortunate than 99% of people...for no truly good reason - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:02
        
        really? really? do you have no memory of childhood whatsoever? -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 09:01 3
        
        I guess the fact that everyone around me was always going on Vail ski trips and Florida beach holidays for spring break - Hotkiss Apr 25, 09:05 2
        
        Plus, you had parents. See this from the view of a foster child. - JaxSean Apr 25, 09:07
        
        yes, it made you stronger, sure. but you weren't already a kid *whose life was so bad you were in foster care*. - Andie Apr 25, 09:07
        
        we don't choose what wrecks us. it doesn't always make sense. emotions aren't rational. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 25, 08:58
        
        sure, but still, why? what is the point of this law? you say the kids will survive. sure, most will. but why do they have to do this? - TFox Apr 25, 08:58
        
        no, but it sure makes the trip easier. - groiny Apr 25, 08:57
      - or my parents were eaten by a Yeti, nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:55
  - what do you do when you're in high school and get a job and can't find the right clothes in your size for the dress code at work? -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:48 3
    - Exactly. I need an outfit for a mixer at the historical society, so thought I'd check out Goodwill... - MojaveMeg Apr 25, 08:53
    - steal them. nm -- nm - Mike Leake Apr 25, 08:50
    - Quit your job...like renters, orphans are beneath normal societal conventions such as earning a living. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:49
  - Yeah...it really is just people being dicks. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 25, 08:48 3
    - i do like that lawmakers propose these things so that i can see the people who think they are a good idea and tag them mentally. - TFox Apr 25, 08:50 2
      - heh -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 09:08
      - absolutely. - Mel Profit Apr 25, 08:53
- We yuppie ass white people make thrift store shirts look good because we pair them with new sneakers and jeans. - TFox Apr 25, 08:46 3
  - The Old Navy comment was dead on. You can get shirts for $6 there. Are you really saving anything over the Sally Ann? -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 08:48 1
    - Plus, if they're getting $50 from the state to buy clothes, what does it matter? The plan isn't saving any money - he just wants to force kids where - JaxSean Apr 25, 08:51
  - yeah, this is correct. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 25, 08:47
- you are not wrong. but it's different when it's a choice and when it's 'you can't buy what you want, you can only buy what someone else doesn't want. - Andie Apr 25, 08:45
- you are so pretty. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:45
How does one launder their karma, anyway? - Reagen Apr 25, 08:43 4
- I know a guy... -- nm - David Apr 25, 08:54
- do they have any other songs worth owning? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 25, 08:45 2
  - nope,. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:48 1
    - tx -- nm - Epiphany Apr 25, 08:56
Breaching whale whacks sailboat. Caught on video. -- (link) - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 25, 08:42 9
- This is from July 23rd, 2010....jesus christ, you're kidding us, right? - Will Hunting Apr 25, 08:53 7
  - I'm sorry, has it been linked before? - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 25, 08:57 4
    - Nice. -- nm - kelly Apr 25, 09:18
    - Not at all. We spend the three seconds it takes to ask, are you effing kidding us and then we move on to other things that are currently happening. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 09:01
    - (aka trolling) -- nm - TFox Apr 25, 08:58 1
      - I don't mind the posts ... sometimes dredging turns up gold. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 09:18
  - poor mop. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 08:54 1
    - Memo to BBC: Tell your readers to rank something fresher at #2 on today's most watched list. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 25, 08:58
- And if you happen to get the Korean Air ad from the BBC site... *nice*. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 25, 08:42
tru, how did you find those guns already at level 6? - groiny Apr 25, 08:42
Word. -- nm - Jim Apr 25, 08:40 1
- wonky -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 25, 08:41

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