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Those Jay Walking and Look how stupid Americans are videos are, well, stupid. Lets use logic for a second. Jay Walking claims to ask random people on the street questions, then we see how stupid the average person is and we all laugh at him uh, one problem guys. Who watches his show? Yea average, random Americans. And they find it funny at how massivly stupid average Americans are. *facepalm* To explain it further: If average Americans are that stupid, no one would find "jay walking" funny, everyone would watch it and say "heck, sounds like a smart answer to me". I mean, come on guys, were not that much smarter than the average American. A little smarter, sure, but the gap really isn't that large. Those segments of shows are totally fake, people will say any stupid crap to get on national TV, and its getting annoying when you travel abroad and you talk to foreigners who see these videos online and think they are real. Sigh.

Hey, don't joke about that, it happens all the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vDClhnJjs

Likewise my old friend. I am amazed by your stamina and the fact that you have stayed by Tip.It's side for what, 8 years now? Very impressive Das. Personally I am getting into the habit of posting for a month, then stopping for a few weeks, etc. You may think I have left, but I always return you don't expect it :

Jesus getting that drunk at 14? You're still in puberty you can really screw up some of your physiology. Oh well, your choice I guess. I didn't drink till i was 20, but you should be fine drinking at 16. Anyway, back to irresponsible drinking stories. You know what a power hour is? 1 shot of beer of minute? Yea, me and my roommate tried a power hour... with 1/2 shots of Absinthe. We wanted to see if there were any hallucinogenic effects. I don't remember past minute 22 though. My other, sober, friend who was pouring the drinks told me I made it to #38 before I passed out, and I was mumbling loudly about cardboard.

Grinding is kinda... meh. Its sex with cloths on, its just dirty and lame. I mean, if a girl comes up to a guy and they dance and she throws a grind or three in there thats pretty cool. But when guys just go up to complete strangers of women and start rubbing their pelvis on their butts... I don't know, its kinda sleezy. Dancing to upbeat songs is fun though. To people that are self conscious of dancing: Just keep moving your legs and arms, thats really all there is to it. It might feel like everyone is watching you but they aren't, they're just dancing and doing the same thing you are \ I really didn't start dancing until a year ago or so. Once you get 2 drinks in you its a good time (i'm not saying dance while totally being plastered, thats not advised, lol) Oh and if Flo Rider's "Right Round" plays, I am totally and completely obligated to dance to it. The first time I went out to dance my friend requested the song to dance to and it was one of the best nights of my life. Now if that song plays in a club, I will drop whatever the crap I was doing and get on the dance floor, like instantly. Its actually quite amusing. Last time it happened I was literally in the middle of ordering drinks (after waiting in line for 10 min) and the song came on. I was like "Ah finally. Yes, I will take three Rum and Co-- I just turned around and left mid sentence and was dancing before I hit the dance floor \

I'v seen my fair share of stupid people, but the internet amazes me. See below. ------------------- scared: a girl died in 1993 by a homicide murderer.he buried her in the ground when she was still alive. the murderer chanted, "tome sota balcu" as he buried her.now that you have read the chant,you will meet this little girl.in the middle of the night she will be on your ceiling and suffocate you like she was suffoced . if u comment this to 5 other ppl,se will not bother you ------------------- ------- 1. Take a deep breath 2. Think about the one you love 3. Press ''F10'' 5 time 4. Send it to 5 video on youtube 5. Look at your background ------- and finally... ----- Take this Advice: 1. put your finger on your nose 2. hold your breath for 5 seconds 3. say the name of your love 4. that person will ask you out on the next Friday 5. you will have the best day tomorrow 6. if you don't copy and paste to 2 other videos you will have bad luck and die in 2 day ------ I mean, really? Really? Really? I don't even know what else to say. People baffle me

This happened to me 2 days ago and I actually said "F M L" out loud. Quite loudly. Working in a lab this summer. Spent the past 2 weeks treating a rabbit with antigen to test the affects on its vascular tissue. Euthanized the rabbit, dissected out the aorta, purified the epithelium, and froze all cells I needed and put them in a vial, then put the vial into a box filled with other vials and that went in the freezer. Went in the next morning to FINALLY collect my data and I open to freezer... to realize I didn't label my tube. Two weeks or working 7am-6pm wasted, and a rabbit killed for nothing. sigh... :|

How is this thread still going on? Everyone and their dog has something to say or some rumor to spread about swine flu. Don't get your news or panic from CNN or the kids at school, ask a doctor or a Microbiologist and see what they say about it. *Hint* They aren't worried. The fall swing this year will be worse than usual, but that just means get a vaccine this summer (this years flu vaccine will include h1n1)

Lol, it's not a scam if its advertised on prime time TV. But you can get more money from a jewelers. Take any gold or any jewelry to a jewelry store and they will buy it back from you and melt it down to re-use it.

Don't deceived by movies and TV shows, they cater to a nerdy audience so to please them they show nerds getting laid and being awesome. College Humor just made this awesome music video on this very subject. Highly recommended:

No, no, no, no, no. This will never happen, the most basal rule any geneticist leans is never, NEVER, NEVER manipulate the DNA of humans. I mean, i can't stress this enough. The North Koreans and Iranians even follow this rule, and for good reason. Regular medicine like surgery is fine, if you screw up the person dies, no big deal. If you screw up with someone's DNA they leave your office carrying the DNA, and that mutated DNA is now in the general population. They can have kids, etc, and mankind's genome will forever be tainted. It took us billions of years to get to the point where we are genetically, trillions of humans/apes have died to evolve us to this point. If we start "activating genes" or what not, genes that we evolved to leave inactive, we screw up everything our species has lived and died for. I mean, look what we did to the wheat crops, 100 years ago their were thousands of species of wheat. Now we have about four, and a single virus can wipe out an entire species since we removed genetic diversity to increase crop yeilds. Trust me, no scientist will ever even remotely consider doing DNA work in humans. It really would be like asking a historian to burn down the library of congress.

Man, a lot of you guys need to stop basing your world view on video games and movies. Mercenaries aren't Samus Aran or the DELTA troops from Crysis, they are armed prison guards and bodyguards. It's not like a shadowy CIA agent pays this secret army 5 million dollars to blow up a Russian powerplant, only to later find our the Russians paid the Mercs 6 million to be double agents and take out an American base. I also don't see the logic in people disagreeing with Kriegsmier, considering he's been there and seen them. -.- EDIT: that's a very well done commercial dizzle. Catchy tune, shows you the plot, and is short. Props to their advertising department, whoever they are.

Whenever someone says something out of place, like a joke that wasn't funny, I somberly say "Go on..." and then they just sit there and are like "uh.. thats it" and it makes them feel really awkward. It's highly amusing.

I lived in Barcelona for a while. Fantastic city, really. A few notes - You gotta check out the Ramblas. Its a wide boulevard that runs perpendicular to, and connects to, the beach. Just totally full of cafe's, street performers, venders, entertainers, etc. Really, the place is just awesome to walk around and enjoy the sights. And it connects to the best beach in town, so thats a pluc - Avoid the nude beaches on either side of the main beach. The only nude people there are gay men and old people. Seriously. - In Spain, if the beaches aren't nude, they are topless (with about 30-40% of females following this, regardless of age). Just a heads up. - TAKE THE METRO (aka the subway). Barcelona has a huge metro system with stations every 2-3 blocks, and it goes everywhere in the city. Its quite cheap if you buy a 10 day pass. Its like $15 and you can ride unlimited times to anywhere in the city. Really this needs emphasizing, the metro in Barcelona should be a model of publics transportation to the rest of the world : As far as pickpockets go, yea Barcelona has some. One of my friends had his camera get stolen out of his backpack, and this one girl lost her entire purse with passport, etc on the beach when she fell asleep. Don't put things in your back pockets, and don't put valuables (money or anything electronic) in a backpack. Also, try to blend into the culture a little bit. If you're going around town wear long pants and a nice shirt, not shorts and flip flops. And if you ever go there after the age of 18, omg the night clubs there are to die for. Like seriously, right on the beach you go in these places and you have bass running through your whole body on a dance floor that literally holds about a thousand people, with 500 of them being hot young Spanish chicks... I mean wow, good times back there.

that was a called for and inventive way to attack the US for no reason. Lol, i don't mean to side track the topic by bringing this up, but dude I wasn't attacking the US, I live in Wisconsin. I was just referring to the point that no democracy has every declared war on another democracy, ever. This international rule of thumb line kinda got blurred when the US attacked Iraq while Iraq claimed to be a democracy. Hence, to sidestep getting in this very argument #-o I put a "lets ignore the US for sake of argument" into my post since I was trying to stay focused on India. It wasn't a slight to the US. Anyway...

And I would walk 500 miles and then I'd walk 500 more just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to end up at your door. Or something like that. Wait, was that in there? I missed it, I actually like that song. I see the point, though. I've noticed a few times now that love in some form or another is all over the place in music, almost dominating today's popular music. There may not be a single Kelly Clarkson song in existance that doesn't have something to do with love/a [ex]boyfriend. When I'm working, yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you. And when the money, comes in for the work I'll do I'll pass almost every penny on to you Yea, it was in there, last 1/3 or so. I did love that song

Lol, thanks man, that took me a while to make, but I was fun to do :

I am wondering how we will view the 90's or the 'aughts (the 00's) in like fifty years. You know, like how if I say "the sixties" you get images of teeny boppers, hippies, etc. And if I say "the seventies" you think if disco dancing and 70's cop shows. I really want to know how present day will be viewed. My guess is the world will remember the 90's like this... The 90's The internet began in earnest: Lithium Batteries, invented in 1991 by Sony, created the path for cellphones/laptops/and palm pilots Flat panel TV's became consumer goods Google was founded. Yes I already mentioned the Internet, but since Google will rule the world in the near future, mankind will learn to lament the date Sept 4th, 1998 :

Uh, scary how? Who are they going to attack? The overcrowded desert that is Pakistan? The deserts of Afghanistan? The mountains of Tibet? China? There is no land for them to take. The only countries that have land they would be useful (Russia, Canada, Argentina, etc) are several countries or oceans away from India. Not to mention I'm fairly certain the UN/NATO/China/Russia/US would be able to prevent India from taking land away from other counties. Oh and there's the fact that India is a democracy... which (the US aside) is a system of government that doesn't start wars of aggression. I mean, really, a offensive war by India is at the bottom of my list of theoretical wars to be worried about.

Here's an interesting twist. CNN just reported that the Somalian pirates have vowed to now kill any American or French sailors they find on trade ships they capture. (France also recently killed pirates while rescuing French citizens). So... if you're a sailor stay away from that region. Ah yes, stabilize Somalia. Sounds like fun, can the US call "dibs not" on this one?

A great Scotsman and a scholar once told me that countries, nay, people, need something to unite around. Something larger and more important than themselves. For Islamic countries, it is the Qur'an. For Russians it is the land itself, the Rodina or motherland. For Americans, it is the constitution, something above and beyond any individual. And for the UK and other countries, it is the Queen/King. It may seem insignificant, but history shows that when you remove the uniting factor of the civilization its people break up.

To answer why this incident had it's own thread is simply because it was a more publicized event, it had nothing to do with the OP's ignorance or anything like that. Now, why was this event more publicized? 1) There was a 50 hour hostage standoff. Normally these events end in death or surrender, not a raft with hostages being surrounded by warships and special forces for 3 days. 2) Nearly all traditional international media is owned by American companies. CNN, FoxNews, MSNBC, Yahoo, Google, etc are all American companies that billions use, and these companies choose to report on this incident since it involved an American. Again, this had nothing to do with the OP of this thread. Besides, all this debate and my "flag is bigger than yours" talk is moot. We should instead be focusing on the story at hand! Personally, I believe Yahoo mixed up the story. The real news is as follows: At approximately 5pm GMT the pirates were nearing the Somalia shore and the US Navy was unable to stop them without directing firing onto the ship. All hope seemed lost when suddenly the guy controlling the aerial surveillance drone blinked. When his vision returned approximately 0.0001 seconds later all the pirates were found dead and piled neatly on the US navy ship, cause of death seemed to be katana and thowing star wounds to the face.

This. Although I did have a good laugh. Silly Americans getting trolled IRL. Would you have had a laugh if it was someone from your country? That would be funny. If it was your friend, it'd be hilarious! .... Wouldn't it? They're just being idiots because Americans were attacked. Ironically, Latios is from Australia and Racheya is from the UK. I wonder how those [bleep]ers would have felt if we just let the Japanese slaughter the Aussies and Hitler crush the Brits. After all, they aren't our countrymen, so that makes it funny as hell. Stop, please stop, you're making the rest of us Americans look bad.

sorry but I just have to comment on this 1) You meant smallpox not plague, thousands get infected with plague every year, its nothing special these days 2) The disease isn't airborne, dropping a vial in a city wouldn't do anything. 2) Today there are cures plague and treatments for smallpox 3) The CDC teamed up with the WHO is a very powerful organizational pair with international authority and the knowledge to stop an outbreak or quarantine one if it happens. Anyway, that aside, I think out population will stabilize. Countries like India and China are already feeling the crunch and are taking steps to limit population growth, meanwhile the United States/Canada are scarcely populated. Over the next 100 years population densities in countries should even out a little bit and food will be mostly grown in greenhouse skyscrapers, I believe Korea/Japan already are testing some of these. Eventually there is a limit though, there will be a straw that breaks the camels back.

I stopped reading at this point. I'd be surprised if even 30% of men (and I mean men, not teens) who thought that. ...I did carry on reading though. I like your anecdote, however you've confused love with something lesser. You don't *love* someone you met in your freshman year, without even being in a relationship with them. You studied so hard because you wanted to be a doctor, and "impressing" the girl was as you said earlier (for yourself) an "indulgence that is available if they have the time". /shrug I don't know, I'm willing to bet quite a few men don't want love. Sex, sure. Friends, sure. But love? It's not for everyone. Two of some of my closest friends are virgins at the age of 24, not because they are that bad looking or that anti-social, but they just don't want to get into a relationship. If the opportunity for a cheap lay comes up, they'd take it, but they wouldn't want anything past a one night stand. Likewise, ever play World of Warcraft? 12 million players (11 million of them guys) all aged 13-50 (the average is 22). Are they looking for love? I'm sure a few of them could be, but most of them seem content with doing dungeon runs with their guild every night. I do somewhat agree with a part of your second point. Love is a two way street, you really can't 'love' someone who doesn't love you back. But I disagree with you on the reason I studied, and stand by what I wrote there. Trust me, I'm not THAT good of a student. And you know what? At all times I had a picture of the girl in question on the desk next to the textbook I was reading. Ever try to read an Organic Chemistry book for 6 hours strait, day after day? You go insane and just need to get out of the house, well unless you look to the right and see a picture of her, remember why your doing what your doing, and get back to work. That may not be love in the true sense of the word, but dam, its pretty powerful