Things that piss you off

[Ⓐaron]

You know, I just thought of something. The article mentions alcohol playing a role for both parties, the perpetrator and the victim. Is there not precedent for convictions in rape cases where the woman did not in fact say no, but was ruled to be incapable of legally consenting to sex because she was impaired by alcohol? Or am I confusing television with reality again? Note, if I am remembering this correctly, I am even more pissed off about this bullshit than before.

Nope, you're quite correct. One of the main reasons I don't troll bars looking for women.

Also, this:

Between 1986 and 2008:

Average incomes in the U.S. grew by $6,894.

All growth went to the richest 10%.

Income for the bottom 90% declined.

I knew things were bad, but I didn't know there that bad. Goddamn. It's pretty damn sobering to see things in perspective.

A similar outcome occurs from 1977 to 2008, except the average income over that period grew by $11,699. As well as between 1969 and 2008, despite the fact that income trends between 1969 and 1977 were exactly the reverse - the average income for the top 10% declined, while the bottom 90% experienced income growth. (That said, the average income fell by $15 over that period, which isn't surprising since it wasn't one of our more robust economic periods, mostly due to a spike in 1968 that wasn't surpassed for a decade).

 

[Dana Scully]

You know, I just thought of something. The article mentions alcohol playing a role for both parties, the perpetrator and the victim. Is there not precedent for convictions in rape cases where the woman did not in fact say no, but was ruled to be incapable of legally consenting to sex because she was impaired by alcohol? Or am I confusing television with reality again? Note, if I am remembering this correctly, I am even more pissed off about this bullshit than before.

I think there was a case where the woman said yes but was considered too drunk for it to be legal consent. However, I'm not sure.

Anyways, imo, alcohol is no fucking excuse for raping someone, especially when they've clearly said no.

 

[ForceStealer]

What happened in the 60s that made the rich income fall and the lower 90% rise? Same thing happened in the late 90s. (just playing around with the thing)

I think there was a case where the woman said yes but was considered too drunk for it to be legal consent. However, I'm not sure.

Without knowing rest of the scenario there's no way to know, but if the guy wasn't simply taking advantage of her that seems a bit unfair to me...

Anyways, imo, alcohol is no fucking excuse for raping someone, especially when they've clearly said no.

This is, of course, very true though.

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

You know, I just thought of something. The article mentions alcohol playing a role for both parties, the perpetrator and the victim. Is there not precedent for convictions in rape cases where the woman did not in fact say no, but was ruled to be incapable of legally consenting to sex because she was impaired by alcohol? Or am I confusing television with reality again? Note, if I am remembering this correctly, I am even more pissed off about this bullshit than before.

In Iowa, if you fool around with a girl while she's drunk she can still prosecute you for rape. You have to get an official 'yes' or some other serious form of consent before the both of you can have sex.

Without knowing rest of the scenario there's no way to know, but if the guy wasn't simply taking advantage of her that seems a bit unfair to me...

if you don't mind me asking, what is your definition of 'simply taking advantage' or someone?

 

[ForceStealer]

Like a dude in a bar seeing a drunk chick and taking advantage of the situation.

Obviously there is more to it than that. I was looking at from the point of view of a honest dude, perhaps also drunk, sleeping with a girl that said 'yes' at the time and then getting slapped with a rape charge. But I knew it would cause ire, I should have just kept it to myself

 

[Dana Scully]

I was looking at from the point of view of a honest dude, perhaps also drunk, sleeping with a girl that said 'yes' at the time and then getting slapped with a rape charge. But I knew it would cause ire, I should have just kept it to myself

I actually agree with you in that a case like this, where both parties are drunk and both have consented, that it would pretty unfair for the dude to get slapped with rape after.

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

I was looking at from the point of view of a honest dude, perhaps also drunk, sleeping with a girl that said 'yes' at the time and then getting slapped with a rape charge. But I knew it would cause ire, I should have just kept it to myself

Thing with this is that rape is one of the most under reported crimes. It's not like women are running around slapping this guy and that with rape charges cause he was a shitty lay, most women are too fucking ashamed to even report when they've been raped. They have a nasty habit of blaming themselves because women tend to be taught that if they were raped, it was their fault.

 

[ForceStealer]

I know, I just couldn't help but myself in the situation. And I would be devastated.

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

I know, I just couldn't help but myself in the situation. And I would be devastated.

And I can't help but put myself in the place of the woman since 1 in 3 women across the globe are raped or coerced into sex within their lifetimes.

 

[ForceStealer]

Thought you'd say that - which is why I said I should have kept it to myself.

 

[Celes Chere]

YEAH THAT'S A FUCKING PROBLEM. Well, it's your birthday, maybe I can send you a game. BD

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

Thought you'd say that - which is why I said I should have kept it to myself.

Uh, no, I think you don't fucking get rape and you have managed to lose any respect you may have unwittingly ever earned from me.

Congrats bro.

 

[ForceStealer]

What are you talking about? I knew that you would say you couldn't help putting yourself in the position of the woman because that makes sense.

I was uncomfortable enough around this topic in the first place (again why I shouldn't have said anything), please don't make it out like I'm going off on some tear to disrespect rape victims. Please...

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

What are you talking about? I knew that you would say you couldn't help putting yourself in the position of the woman because that makes sense.

I was uncomfortable enough around this topic in the first place (again why I shouldn't have said anything), please don't make it out like I'm going off on some tear to disrespect rape victims. Please...

don't talk to me

 

[Ⓐaron]

What happened in the 60s that made the rich income fall and the lower 90% rise? Same thing happened in the late 90s. (just playing around with the thing)

My guess is the governments that presided over those periods were significantly more left-wing than those that surrounded them. Although of course correlation does not mean causation, but when there's so much correlation it's hard not to be suspicious. It's also worth noting that Nixon was significantly more left-wing economically than anyone that came after him and over the period of 1968 to 1974 (not coincidentally, the year he resigned) there was again economic growth, and all of it went to the bottom 90%. Which contradicts what I said earlier about the economy not recovering to 1968 levels for ten years. That's what I get for posting while half asleep.

Edit: Which period in the late '90s are you looking at? I can't duplicate the results. Which doesn't surprise me as Clinton wasn't particularly left-wing economically.

edit 2: oic, 1997 to 2002. Probably the lower class took less of a percentage drop in the recession since they didn't own as much in the stock market. Most of the economic growth in the '90s was due to a stock market bubble. On the other hand, the growth in the '00s was due to a real estate bubble, which resulted in comparatively more widespread misery throughout the economy when it popped.

 

[Hisako]

Disputes.

Everywhere. So sick of them.

 

[Ghost X]

- Probably said this before but I hate when people (generally my dad), inform me about the most simple of things like I'm a retard or something. My dad does this practically every time he speaks to me. EG: "If you're hot, turn on the air conditioner." Funny about that, maybe I'm not that hot that I require the air conditioner to be turned on, which is why its off. You know, maybe I'm trying to conserve resources n' all that shiraz.
- People who walk on the road when there is a perfectly functional footpath no less than a metre or two away from them. I notice this behaviour all the time, generally in the back streets, and it makes me wonder why the council bothers making footpaths when no one fucking uses them. Should be legal to run the fuckers over.

 

[Lelouch]

when people just leave..

 

[Mantichorus]

*sigh* This has been simultaneously depressing and annoying me every since I saw it reported.

A Brit who was pulled out of Libya by British troops is complaining to the MoD that they were under-equipped. Why were they under-equipped? Well, in the middle of extracting people from a hostile blackout zone, they didn't use torches (flashlights, ye ken?), so he gave them his.

Not offered, which they then accepted: gave.

Does this man have no concept of tactics?! Using a light source in a blackout zone, during a potentially covert rescue mission, surrounded by hostiles... WHY NOT CARRY AROUND A GIANT NEON TARGET? ffs

 

[Super Mario]

Flat tire fucked my car WHILE I was parking it in my garage. Gods decide to shove cock on ass again because we're all fucking broke to afford a god damned new tire =/

 

[Hisako]

Are you like stuck there now :/

 

[Super Mario]

It's at my house thankfully. gonna have to buy a new one. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

 

[Hisako]

Do you have to go work or something or is it okay for you to be trapped at home

 

[Super Mario]

Can't do my mock exams tomorrow ;/ taxi's expensive. might have to call friends.

 

[Madame Mayor]

Having to work the busiest day of the week with the worst employee because the assistant manager can't stand him and refuses to work with him. Well guess what, you're management, you deal with it.

Two weeks from now she tried to give me over 40 hours so she wouldn't have to work with him a certain day. Ya, I refused that shift.