Topic No Fat or Ugly People Wanted Wearing A & F Clothing
Posted 19 May 2013 20:03
While society has grown toward the obese, its still not cool to make fun of overweight people. As far as A&F, they are just selling an image that makes money for them. That doesn't bother me. They have a target market that does not include heavier people. If you follow demographics, you'll see that obesity is more common in lower income groups. Obviously A&F markets accordingly and advertises for trendy slim wealthy people. There is a market niche for everything.
If the need for homeless and needy people to have clothes donated gets attention from all this then good! I volunteer at a homeless shelter and feeding ministry. Most of those people suffer from mental problems and cannot hold down jobs and cannot care very well for themselves. Their families got tired of their problems and the government does not help them. If you have some old clothes that you don't wear, please donate them to some shelters. If some of those are A&F so what?
Topic Doing someone else's wife
Posted 18 May 2013 22:14
It is called cheating for a reason. It involves lying. It is not honest.
Of course that dishonesty, lying and sneaking around is just what turns some people on. Would you want to be married to a person like that?
Topic What's your vagina type?
Posted 18 May 2013 21:44
I like 'keyholes' on firm-toned muscular but curvy bodies. My wife has what I like.
Topic The NTSB wants drinking limit lowered to .05 for DUIs.
Posted 15 May 2013 20:29
You are right Coops about the drinking age being raised from 18 to 21 though the federal government's use of threatening to take away highway funding etc. to states that didn't raise the age limit.
I liked what you said about parents teaching their kids how to drink. Did you realize that in the USA if a parent allows their teenager to drink alcohol that the parent can be charged with the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a child?
We the voters could change this if we got organized.
How often do we write or email our US Congressman, US Senator or the President? Its is easy to get their email address. Google their name and all the info is there. Let them know how you feel on this or any issue you care about.
Topic I'm getting married!
Posted 15 May 2013 20:20
Congratulations! I hope you will have a great life together.
My wife & I just recently celebrated our 2 year anniversary.
Topic The NTSB wants drinking limit lowered to .05 for DUIs.
Posted 15 May 2013 19:36
The NTSB has recommended that the blood alcohol level in the USA be lowered to .05 for a driver to be charged with Driving Under the Influence. That would mean 2 drinks for a man 170 lbs or just 1 drink for a woman 120 lbs. and you would register as a drunk driver and be charged with DUI.
That seems too low to me. It used to be .10 then was lowered to the current level of .08. Lowering it to the level of .05 would certainly be culture shock in the USA. Nearly everyone would have to completely cut out any beer or wine at all with food during a nice dinner out if they were driving home. Doing so would put one in jeopardy for a DUI if pulled over by the police. Revenue craving municipalities would probably have police stake out restaurants where beer, wine and alcohol are served and pull over patrons leaving. Many already do.
On the other hand the NTSB believes it will lower alcohol related fatalities by 45%.
Here in the USA, do we overreact to alcohol? Our minimum drinking age is 21 years old, much higher than most of Europe.
Do you believe the NTSB's theory or not? How would lowering the level affect you?
Topic Prostate Cancer chances high - I guess I should get mine removed now?
Posted 15 May 2013 19:25
If you did get it when you reach 75 or so, could you not get a penis pump implant? You would still have your testicles, so you could still get it on and chase the old ladies around the nursing home.
What about preventive measures? What all does that entail? Diet, medication?
Topic do you ever brag to your girlfriends about your boyfriend's cock?
Posted 15 May 2013 19:17
Yes - but only with certain groups of friends and it comes up more when talking about fuckbuddies, one-niters or flings where no detail is spared once we're deep into the drinks. With BFs and long-term prospects there's usually a bit more discretion unless the guy is particularly brag-worthy.
I'm still blushing from that last one you told me about.
Topic My girlfriend's mother fucking hates me
Posted 14 May 2013 19:58
How do you deal with a parent who detests the very sight of you...while you're in love with their daughter (or son)?
I think she actually has a crush on you. She wants you to break up with her daughter (or son) so that she can have a hot sweaty extra-marital affair with you. She is hoping that if she really gets lucky you will also introduce her to Magical_Felix and y'all can have a rowdy assed manage-a-trois.
But seriously, I bet there was some milk-toast weenie of a guy that she has always hoped her daughter would date and/or marry. You came along and you were probably much more worldy, you'd been around, and you were dangerous competition to her plans for her daughter.
Topic What new story categories would you like added to Lush?
Posted 14 May 2013 19:35
I think the categories seem to be very well covered and I can't think of anything I'd want badly to add. If we did add I'd say maybe a College Story category. But as it is that can be pretty well covered in the other categories, especially Group Sex. So I'm mostly well satisfied with the status quo.
Topic 3D Printed Arms
Posted 13 May 2013 16:39
But 3D Printing is not the only tech on offer. 3D CAM like my mill can make gun parts that are identical to the manufactured parts because they are made the same way. Only difference between my mill and the type a gunsmith might use is how long it takes to make a part and the size of part I can make. My equipment won't let me make motor engines for cars (but can do model planes).
I'd love to know more about the model planes. That sounds fun!
Topic Breast feeding in public.
Posted 12 May 2013 19:28
It does not bother me. Its natural. Of course there are times where some discretion is desired. It wouldn't be too cool for someone sitting at the podium of the Presidential Inauguration to suddenly start breast feeding a baby. Of course that might set some TV viewer ratings record though.
Topic IRS admits they deliberately harrassed Conservative groups
Posted 12 May 2013 19:10
no. the ones who were an active part of it, perhaps, but not the poor guy who's told. hey, take a look into this file. that would be a restaraunt owner buying dog meat and serving it as hamburgers and then firing the waitress who brought the meal to the table. :)
Right! The IRS has thrown the blame on low level employees. Is anyone really so stupid as to believe that? I've dealt with the IRS and other government agencies myself. Low level federal employees are not usually motivated to do much at all unless directed to do so by supervisors or department heads.
Topic IRS admits they deliberately harrassed Conservative groups
Posted 12 May 2013 06:04
Sounds like groups that are known for being shady with money are being looked at more closely for not wanting to pay taxes with said money.
Were these superpacs by any chance? Or groups completely unassociated with politics? the IRS needs to look at all of them not just tea party ones. any group related to politics.
Actually it just seems like groups were singled out for their political views.
Superpacs are just as abundant for either left or right politically. I wouldn't mind that 100% of all superpacs get a special review. But unless that is done equally then it would not be right.
Topic 3D Printed Arms
Posted 12 May 2013 06:00
Right now guns made from those 3D printers can only be shot a few times before they break down. No doubt though, technology will soon rectify that. But even the capability to fire just a few shots is all some terrorist or total nut case needs to wreak havoc on an airliner, bus, transit train or group of people.
Topic IRS admits they deliberately harrassed Conservative groups
Posted 12 May 2013 05:48
The IRS really dropped the ball all the way around on this one. The apology was good but every employee taking part in that conspiracy should be fired. It is an outrage that they have not been.
No group whatsoever should be singled out for such action whether they be conservative, liberal, or middle of the pack. The Federal government should do its due diligence to purge the IRS or any other government agency of anyone who would do such a thing.
And for that matter conservative groups have the same right as liberal groups to apply for tax-exempt status and deserve the same consideration. Anything else would be total discrimination. Discrimination comes from bigotry! Bigotry can work from either the right or the left! Bigotry should not be tolerated in any form! Unless stopped bigotry begets itself, grows into a cultural monster and you get something like the Spanish Inquisition, The Third Reich, or The Cultural Revolution. Freedom thrives in a culture of tolerance.
Topic Congrats, gun lovers, you've done it again
Posted 07 May 2013 20:23
I am a gun advocate. I do not mind background checks when purchasing a gun. Background checks already mostly exist. The database for background checks already in existence is national. Convicted felons and people with severe mental problems do not need to have guns!
As far as 'assault rifles' that is mostly a look or styling. In actuality assault rifles pale greatly in comparison to handguns for use in violent crimes. I personally have no problem with 'assault rifles.' I own a few myself, mostly for shooting practice but I do use an AR-15 with nightscope to hunt wild pigs at night. They taste excellent when slow barbecued. It is fairly common for AK-47s to be used in deer hunting, but they are not as accurate as your average deer rifle. Of course some people possess the knowledge of turning guns to fully automatic, which is illegal. With the right equipment and knowledge any rifle or pistol can be made fully automatic. Not very many people possess that skill.
Fully automatic guns are illegal, unless you have a special license. That means that the police are well aware that you own and use that particular gun. The license is mostly used for commercial use. You pay the owner at the gunrange to shoot the weapon at targets, under their supervision.
Guns designed to look like toys or marketed to children, well, I don't like that at all. I don't even like the pink handguns marketed for women. I think that a gun should look very serious and intimidating so that people will fully understand how careful they need to be around them and how serious they are.
I truly get disgusted at anyone not taking gun safety seriously and especially leaving unsecure loaded guns where children can get at them. I want to see anyone who does that prosecuted, because it is illegal. If someone is injured or killed because of that, there is a host of other felonious charges that they can face.
I actually would like to see tougher standards required to get hunting licenses, There are just a few complete idiots in the woods. It only takes one unsafe stupid idiot to ruin something for everyone else by not following proper safety and etiquette.
Truthfully my favorite hunting is done with old-fashioned black powder rifles or bows. The best challenge is hunting with a non-compound bow. Just my skill and arm strength. I love it!
Topic Vagina Hair Fashion Show!
Posted 07 May 2013 17:13
I actually had no idea pubic hair could grow this long. Do they just tuck it down each pant leg or something? Or what kind of industrial strength granny panties would they need to wear to pack all this away otherwise - some of these women have it growing past their knees. So disturbing.
It's California so you know they were going sans panties in tiny tight ultra miniskirts. Whoa, I bet that looked just a little odd on Rodeo Drive, even for Californians. Worse, imagine how they looked Beach Boy style, "in a fresh bikini under a palm tree."
Topic Congrats, gun lovers, you've done it again
Posted 05 May 2013 20:39
Ear protectors are a lot cheaper, and just as easy to use. Everyone at the gun range doesn't have a silencer. (By the way, the Silencer Shop calls them silencers.) Hunters can wear ear protection too. A hunter with ear damage from firing a gun is too dumb to own a suppressor. Put a couple of ear plugs in your ears and wear muffs. Hunters deafened by gunfire is a reason why guns should require some sort of test of intelligence before being allowed to buy a gun.
I always wear ear protection. Most everyone I know does, especially when shooting pistols of a high caliber. With a lot of rifles or shotguns, the noise travels forward and isn't that loud to the shooters themselves. A person should know their gun, but then again that's just good common sense. Not all people have it. Dumbasses who leave their guns out and unsecured where children can get to them are a prime example.
Topic Westboro Baptist Church and Jason Collins
Posted 05 May 2013 20:28
Buz, I read that even the Baptist Church doesn't recognize them anymore. They are only Baptist in name only.
I was raised as a Baptist and Westboro Baptist is nothing at all like any church I ever attended. True Christianity is about love, forgiveness, and compassion. Jesus Christ's sacrifice replaced the law with grace. Westboro Baptist is like an extremist cult built on legalism and hate, which is a major sin in itself. Westboro Baptist is not a member of any other church organization. They are a stand alone group, mostly of one extended family of relatives. Magical Felix hit the nail on the head when he called them inbred.
There is a large Southern Baptist Church near where I live that has gay & lesbian deacons and deaconesses. The Southern Baptist Convention is like a confederacy. The central organization does not have much power or any at all over member churches. There is actually a wide range of church styles and beliefs within it. Its major goal is to be united in mission work throughout the world and with the poor. Each church works independently and owns its own property and building and hires its own ministers. You can get entirely different experiences from one church to the next. There are also other organized denomination groups that use the name Baptist. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister. He embodied true Christian character. The Baptist title mainly comes out of the baptism style, where you get totally immersed under the water.
Topic Congrats, gun lovers, you've done it again
Posted 05 May 2013 20:03
So what is the big deal about having similar checks for all guns? What is so bad about that? Why is it a bad thing for guns to be easily tracked? And it's not for all fully automatic guns. There are manufacture date restrictions.
I don't know about other states but here in Georgia I've had a background check ran on virtually all the guns I've purchased. You can't take possession until the background check comes back clean. Legally anyhow. There is the blackmarket everywhere I assume. I don't do that.