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Dear Revoltingest
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Dear reader,
Thank you for your cornucopia of questions. Answering in sequence.....
- Poor personal grooming
- There is, but your better half has given up trying to civilize you.
- Convenience & salty goodness sell like hotcakes.
(Interestingly, hotcakes themselves don't sell like hotcakes.)
- No one needs that much, but they're copious because they're inexpensive.
Even cheaper were boiled pig rectums & fried chicken beaks, but those tested
poorly in focus groups, so they're only available in 3rd world markets.
Dear reader,
Please observe proper decorum as required in the OP.
With the proper salutation, I will be glad to offer advice.
Dear reader,
Thank you for your quick. Of course, I forgive you for your straying
from form, but I did not believe you to have been rude. We be good.
Shermana
Heretic
Dear Revoltingest,
I am losing faith in Capitalism and the concept of Free Markets. I believe if left to their own devices, private business owners will lie, cheat, manipulate the market, form price cartels, falsify information, cover up abuses, have the opposition eliminated or crippled through skullduggery, and ultimately deprive others of their ability to compete. I have grown fed up with the food industry, the oil industry, commercial manufacturing, the military-industrial complex, and everything in between. I think I am becoming a Communist.
Should I move to North Korea? Or should I try to force myself to have faith in the system and accept that it's simply the best of all possible terrible worlds?
I am losing faith in Capitalism and the concept of Free Markets. I believe if left to their own devices, private business owners will lie, cheat, manipulate the market, form price cartels, falsify information, cover up abuses, have the opposition eliminated or crippled through skullduggery, and ultimately deprive others of their ability to compete. I have grown fed up with the food industry, the oil industry, commercial manufacturing, the military-industrial complex, and everything in between. I think I am becoming a Communist.
Should I move to North Korea? Or should I try to force myself to have faith in the system and accept that it's simply the best of all possible terrible worlds?
Dear reader,
Thank you for your capitalist concerns. I always council people against having faith, for it is the mind killer. It blinds one to seeing other perspectives, & makes one immune to altering one's beliefs when needed. Perhaps capitalism would look more attractive if you had lower expectations of it. Its worst features are simply the result of universal human nature, eg, greed, dishonesty, sloth, violence, hate, stupidity, incompetence, pride, lust, gluttony, pandering. These same terrible traits will be present in any system wherein humans participate. So your move to N Korea will only change the venue, while leaving the fundamental problem intact. People's inherent tendencies will be writ large according to incentives in any system. So I suggest that you examine the various "isms", eg, socialism, communism, capitalism, feudalism, in light of how they utilize & cope with humanity's best & worst traits to determine which will best effect your values. Perhaps you might even find some value in each, eh?
But if you do decide to become a communist & move to a practicing country, the best recommendation I have is the PRC. The food is much improved since the Cultural Revolution.
Zai jian!
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Shermana
Heretic
Dear Revolingest,
A quick research on feudalism is that it's a sort of "social contract" similar to Socialism and Communism, and the Free Market at the same time, in which the "peasant", (i.e. the "poor *******") is at the mercy of the landed estate in the argument that he needs their "protection" so he sells himself to his bidding for a meager living space. This "manor" can very in size and fiefdoms with various social classes. A small Austronesian tribe where one tribe brutalizes another over fishing grounds is the way the Free Market works it seems. Ultimately it is a matter of "State" vs "You" or "State" vs "Them".
Now how can we put the "state" in charge of people who aren't trying to run their own giant feudal society?
Dear reader,
Thank you for addressing the problem which most of us guys face. The actual title of the movie is "The Hooker With A Heart Of Gold".
Released in 2011, it appears to not be in distribution yet, so I don't know where you could find it. To find a hooker without an Adam's
apple anywhere in Canuckistan is another tough nut to crack. I recommend a trip to Las Vegas, where the women are real women,
the men are real men, & the hookers are real expensive.
Dear reader,
Thank you for your condiment query.
Catsup looks like this......
While, ketchup (the preferred spelling among those able to breath with their mouth closed) looks like this.....
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Dear Revoltingest,
I am very concerned that the current administration will begin charging a tax on bacon, under the Affordable Care Act. It will do no good for you to protest that "no tax can be passed without a vote from Congress and without the knowledge of the American people" because, apparently this is not the case.
Considering that some politically correct fools actually think that bacon is detrimental to one's health, I am afraid that we will soon incur, at the least, a "sin tax" on bacon - and possibly even a penalty/fine/tax/whatever lingo best suits the speaker, for those of us who persist in partaking of such pork products.
What do you suggest? I tried sending letters with strips of bacon in them to my representatives in Congress, but apparently those were not appreciated. I tried dressing as Lady Gaga and parading up and down in front of the White House, but the flies sort of got to me after a few hours and I had to retire to my minivan and wipe off with some handy wet towelettes before heading over to the Lincoln Monument hoping to catch a little shade.
In short, I am at a loss for how next to plead my case for penalty free bacon. I welcome your suggestions.
Sincerely,
A fellow bacon lover
I am very concerned that the current administration will begin charging a tax on bacon, under the Affordable Care Act. It will do no good for you to protest that "no tax can be passed without a vote from Congress and without the knowledge of the American people" because, apparently this is not the case.
Considering that some politically correct fools actually think that bacon is detrimental to one's health, I am afraid that we will soon incur, at the least, a "sin tax" on bacon - and possibly even a penalty/fine/tax/whatever lingo best suits the speaker, for those of us who persist in partaking of such pork products.
What do you suggest? I tried sending letters with strips of bacon in them to my representatives in Congress, but apparently those were not appreciated. I tried dressing as Lady Gaga and parading up and down in front of the White House, but the flies sort of got to me after a few hours and I had to retire to my minivan and wipe off with some handy wet towelettes before heading over to the Lincoln Monument hoping to catch a little shade.
In short, I am at a loss for how next to plead my case for penalty free bacon. I welcome your suggestions.
Sincerely,
A fellow bacon lover
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Dear reader,
Thank you for your condiment query.
Catsup looks like this......
While, ketchup (the preferred spelling among those able to breath with their mouth closed) looks like this.....
I really appreciate your clarification on this matter, by the way. The term "catsup" always reminds me of what my cat coughs up after he eats too many field mice in one afternoon.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Thank you - so please get busy answering my earlier question. I await with bacon baited breath.
Dear reader,
Thank you for your condiment query.
Catsup looks like this......
While, ketchup (the preferred spelling among those able to breath with their mouth closed) looks like this.....
Where as catsoup is something else entirely (although it is better with ketchup).
Dear reader,
Thank you for your intimate issue inquiry.
As a man, you should avoid the pain, costs & risks associated with such waxing.
The procedure is best left for women, since it is all about your enjoyment anyway.