The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Wu Wei]

And now, I'm off to the pharmacy to get Eye meds

 

[John53]

We must hunt down the bear for his vile attack on California!

 

[sun rise]

Fake news...interesting.....did that feel good to you to be able to type in response to my post....

sorry forgot to add link

Tax Burden by State

There ya go rover

Thanks. The problem with those numbers is that some states such as CA have very progressive income tax rates and some do not.

Last year for example, my property tax rate was Prop 13 limited (thus lower than others), my effective 1040 rate was under 8% and my state effective tax rate .27% (yes just a little over 1/4 of 1%). And sales tax in CA varies by county as well.

 

[Revoltingest]

Compliments won't help. You have to take control.

Such emotional manipulation is best.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

allow me to clarify, even though some on the site may have been over sensitive and taken it personally and as an attack on California.... it wasn't... it was a simple post showing tax rates aimed more at NYS where I live..... and New Hampshire where I hope to live...... I cannot help that California was listed in the top 10.....

Mine was a general statement anyways. Much of the outloud thinking I do here, given here the nature of the thread.

 

[Stevicus]

I'm not surprised the the South and Central parts are mostly comparable to poor countries. It does show, however, Indiana's plan of rolling out the red carpet for corporations and making its citizens front the bill for corporate expansion and very deep and generous tax breaks and benefits isn't really paying off if Austria is the best ot could do.

Well, Austria isn't too bad, I suppose. At least they have the Alps.

 

[Revoltingest]

And now, I'm off to the pharmacy to get Eye meds

Does Apple make iMeds?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Well, Austria isn't too bad, I suppose. At least they have the Alps.

Austria isn't bad, but for how Indiana governors hype up their ability to bring in jobs and make a good economy Austria isn't a very high mark to hit.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Does Apple make iMeds?

Not yet. But the iNanobots are around the corner.

 

[sun rise]

 

[Revoltingest]

Philly's only snowless winter was 50 years ago. No flakes in sight anytime soon...

 

[Brickjectivity]

Such emotional manipulation is best.

Machines can't kiss or get goose bumps. What about Control Theory? Control theory - Wikipedia

Its the new hotness.

 

[Wu Wei]

Mine was a general statement anyways. Much of the outloud thinking I do here, given here the nature of the thread.

Will you just QUIT arguing with me

 

[Wu Wei]

Does Apple make iMeds?

Nope

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Does Apple make iMeds?

Pills that cost too much & are small and designer & crash in your digestive system.

 

[John53]

Pills that cost too much & are small and designer & crash in your digestive system.

And there's no headphone jack

 

[Wu Wei]

And there's no headphone jack

And AND you can't surf the web with them

 

[sun rise]

Will you just QUIT arguing with me

This is abuse, you poor excuse for a 4-legged creature. Argument is down the hall.

 

[Wu Wei]

This is abuse, you poor excuse for a 4-legged creature. Argument is down the hall.

Quit picking on me

 

[Stevicus]

Documentary Tracks 10 Boys & 10 Girls Left Alone In A House In Chaotic Social Experiment | YourTango

Chaos ensued the moment the boys walked through the front door.
They kicked things off by painting the walls, throwing food on the floor, and squirting each other with water guns. Most of the boys continued to behave in this manner before the third day when a few of them attempted to clean the paint off the walls.

Despite all of them taking a cooking class the week before living in the home, none of the boys appeared to utilize their skills. Instead, they mostly snacked on sugar and cereal for meals.

The closest any of them came to cooking was throwing a frozen pizza in the oven.

The boys had also divided themselves into two groups, one of them being noisy and the other laying low and being quieter.

The boys often whacked each other with various objects for fun.

Michael, one of the boys in the group exhibiting strange behavior, became a target of the other boys.

By the time the fifth day rolled around, the house was trashed, with food, toys, and chairs strewn about and nearly none of the food being used to cook with.

After the success of “Boys Alone,” the channel decided to launch a second documentary with the exact same concept — except this time with 10 girls instead of boys

'Girls Alone' proved that girls had a much different approach to cooking, cleaning, and interacting.
The girls, who were in the same age range as the boys, displayed different behaviors and methods of organization.

On the first day, one girl took charge of the cooking and cleaning and prepared a meal for the rest of the home.

Unlike the boys, the girls all gathered at the kitchen table and ate their first meal together.

After the meal was over, some of the girls decided to organize a fashion show and bake cakes to entertain themselves.

After the activities, one of the girls began cleaning and organizing the home, and the others joined in.

Soon, they came together and constructed a cooking and cleaning chart to split responsibilities amongst themselves.

The girls would sometimes bicker with one another but often reconciled by comforting and assuring each other. Two of them would up leaving the house early.

They organized the house a bit shortly before leaving.

The social experiment sparked conversations regarding gender roles and how women are often overlooked for leadership roles.
Though the series was somewhat controversial when it was originally released, clips recently shared online sparked a widespread conversation.

Internet users were quick to point out that the girls were organized and worked together to achieve clear decisions while the boys wreaked havoc even though both groups had the same resources.

“So ALL of them took a cooking course? And only one group cooked? Only one group cleaned? Only one group organized meetings? Only one group delegated tasks? And that’s the group that would make terrible leaders because they’re “too much drama and too emotional????” Twitter user @aguavrgo noted.

So, the boys trashed the place, and the girls played house. I guess that was to be expected.