The more this place stays the same, apparently. We still have the libertarians who claim they'd much prefer to sort out payment details with the fire department before the firemen save their mothers from burning buildings, the liberals proselytizing their breed of political religion while fervently claiming they are agnostic but believe in spirituality, the conservatives desperately attempting to remain relevant in a world in which gay men are drafted for the NFL, and Dayton taking television way too seriously. I need more drama if I'm going to be dragged away from the soap operas that are debates about Tri-Met and whether or not it wants to literally murder infants in order to install light rail in the Portland Metro area. I've been registered here for over a decade. I demand to be entertained!
So, how long did Volpone keep you locked up in his basement? Where have you been anyway? I can only do so much to represent PortlandForge
If I wasn't equal-opportunity in calling out the different political camps, the libertarians would have got their panties in a bunch. Or more in a bunch. Their underwear must be like a damn scrunchie or something by now. Of course, in stating this, my call-outs are now unequal, but that's how the libertarians like it, so dammit, they should be happy.
Dude......you're pretty fucking deep and shit. You blew my mind - get back with me when I'm sober. FYI that might be a while.
Kyle and Soma both show up again at the same time. Obviously, the answer is that Kyle and Soma are not Batman. But they might be some kind of gay Voltron.
I welcome back Kyle to this place. I was not aware of his geographic closeness, Portland is....fascinating. The hippy child bums in Portland asked me to "Step out of my comfort zone", and give then five dollars. I declined. I did, however, enjoy all the classic cars being driven there.
It's more like a pub now. No more brawling because the regulars know each other so well. We keep the last remaining bully in a cage and let him out sometimes for our own amusement. He rants a little, then runs off to vape and see if his writing software will have an original idea and type it down for him one day. Anyway, welcome back!
If it weren't for the militant bicyclists and the desperate attempts to appear progressive while snuffing out the lower class, it would almost be pleasant. I love that, of all the verbs they could have chosen to describe Smoking 2.0, they chose "vaping." It sounds like something hobos do out of an old shoe behind a Burger King in the bad part of town. Vapers - don't try to deny it, you know it in your hearts to be true. Well, wranging two kids and being a character from a 1994 city building simulation will do that!
It's no more inappropriate than "smoking" to describe the act of inhaling smoke. Unless you've suddenly gone all Asperger's on us, I'm sure you're aware that smokers aren't actually lighting their hair on fire or something. When you inhale vapor -- and not smoke -- you're not "smoking" even in the same sense that a smoker "smokes." So a new verb to more accurately reflect what's being inhaled is perfectly in order.
I'm not commenting on the term's accuracy or etymology, I'm just saying that if they're trying to position a product as something that's legitimate and safe when compared to smoking, they probably could have gone with a better term than one that sounds like it's straight out of an early-90s anti-drug pamphlet passed out in high school health classes.
Interesting. I want to say that the difference is that we understand how not-there atoms are. But you might rasonably point out that people who vaguely believe in spirituality also embrace that vagueness. The operative difference, then, is precisely that belief in atoms is operational: It allows for technology that works.
I remember when our little Kyle was knee high to a toadstool, riding around on his Power Wheels, trading bubblegum cards with Baba, and wearing his little propeller beanie. They get big so fast. It seems like yesterday.
Is that picture frame meant to imply you've recently acquired a job at arts and craft retail chain Michael's?
Well, Kyle, as you can see the quality of trolling has gone downhill. We used to have some magnificent bastards. Now, Adam West Batman villain henchmen.
