CharlesK

I hear the government like to never pay people back.

Welcome to America. I said philosphers (i.e. Aristotle, Plato, Confucius), not philosophy majors.

Gas prices are lower in and around my town than they've been in years. I saw it as low as 3.12 this morning, and there was nowhere lower than 3.95 just a week ago. I don't know if this is a result of the shut down or not, but if it is, that's just one more reason for me to love it.

Not sure if you realize this or not, but it is possible to share one's own preferences without saying that someone else's are "god awful."

something that pays the bills...

Who am I?

Who dafuq is this guy?

I wouldn't consider myself well known, but if you do know who I am, it's probably for one of two reasons: a ) I've been really nice to you b ) I've been really mean to you

How can you tell? The picture looks more like a little girl to me.

This pretty much sums it up. The only people I see complaining are the politicians.

So... do you guys seek out threads that you have no interest in just so you can make these kind of pointless remarks. Of the 13 or so responses, only four of them had anything to do with the subject being discussed. I'm all about this shit right here

Has anyone else noticed that the only people "suffering" from the government shutdown are overpaid government officials who do jobs that are ultimately unnecessary? Oh dear, god forbid your six figure income gets cut... Military people are still getting paid and poor people are still living off of my buck last I checked. I feel entirely unaffected by the shutdown.

Pretty much what all my IRL arguments turn into. Ultimately, it will frustrate the other person into just giving up, and then I win (regardless of how right or wrong I am). Also, philosophers should quit sitting on their asses thinking all the time and get real jobs.

Most things that bite, sting (except honeybees), or are downright disgusting (like dung-buzzing flies or cockroaches) I squash with no remorse. I usually let moths live just because I find them to be beautiful. Spiders I never kill. They eat all the bugs that I don't like, so I figure it best to let them live.