Yeah Communist Dictator is one of the worse, definitely gets my pick of the bunch.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
Also ATM machine.
Yeah Communist Dictator is one of the worse, definitely gets my pick of the bunch.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
Also ATM machine.
Arguably, it could work. It's a more convoluted concept, but saying "I could care less" could be considered to be more of a dismissal than not being able to care less. It suggests that, while it is possible to care less about something, it isn't even worth the effort involved in developing that level of nonchalance.The Shade said:I can't stand it when people say, "I could care less."
The saying is "I couldn't care less." This indicates that you are at the minimum caring level.
The other way makes no sense. Think about it!
Why? Communism has always had dictators, however conflicting with its political ideas it may be. Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin.... you get the idea.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
Would you care to name a leader from an actual communist state or are you happy to assume that the names they gave themselves were not propoganda?curlycrouton said:Why? Communism has always had dictators, however conflicting with its political ideas it may be. Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin.... you get the idea.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
When something like that happens, it's called "RAS Syndrome".berethond said:Yup, that too.RavingPenguin said:or ATM machinesberethond said:PIN number.
PIN is an abbreviation for Personal Identification Number.
Personal Identification Number number?
ATM is an abbreviation for Automatic Teller Machine.
Automatic Teller Machine machines?
I never relised how funny that is.Nivag said:Sorry, this just cracks me up every time:
Microsoft Works
I think it's fairly safe to say that the USSR was Communist. It's Government nationalized all productive property, put factories and railroads under strict government control, collected and rationed food, and introduced bourgeois management of industry.Dys said:Would you care to name a leader from an actual communist state or are you happy to assume that the names they gave themselves were not propoganda?curlycrouton said:Why? Communism has always had dictators, however conflicting with its political ideas it may be. Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin.... you get the idea.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
I can't think of a single 'communist' party that has had remotely communist ideals after they rose to power (Fuck the United states is a better example of a communist state than the USSR). You wouldn't call the peoples Democratic Republic of Korea a democracy, so why would you call the USSR or China communist? If they directly oppose communist ideals in what sense are the communists?
A scientific law is a perfectly valid term.Odude said:Scientific law. There's no such thing people. Science does not deal in absolutes, only in evidence for or against a theory.
Yes actually, only too often people claim to be communits while also being dictators.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
Also ATM machine.
If there's a dictator it isn't communism, communism cannot exist without democracy.danskrobut said:you can have a communist state without a dictator it just hasn't happened yetDys said:Communist dictator....just no
Also ATM machine.
The system of government was very near the opposite of communism. It's less wrong to claim that Britain or the U.S.A are communist than it is to claim the USSR is, they at least have a restrained form of democracy and a level of freedom.curlycrouton said:I think it's fairly safe to say that the USSR was Communist. It's Government nationalized all productive property, put factories and railroads under strict government control, collected and rationed food, and introduced bourgeois management of industry.Dys said:Would you care to name a leader from an actual communist state or are you happy to assume that the names they gave themselves were not propoganda?curlycrouton said:Why? Communism has always had dictators, however conflicting with its political ideas it may be. Chairman Mao, Lenin, Stalin.... you get the idea.Dys said:Communist dictator....just no
I can't think of a single 'communist' party that has had remotely communist ideals after they rose to power (Fuck the United states is a better example of a communist state than the USSR). You wouldn't call the peoples Democratic Republic of Korea a democracy, so why would you call the USSR or China communist? If they directly oppose communist ideals in what sense are the communists?
OK, so the leaders might conflict with the Communist ideal, but the nation of the USSR, and most of its people, was most certainly Communist.
Claiming to be communist doesn't make you one. Like I said above, you wouldn't call the Democratic Republic of Korea a democracy, so why call the USSR communist? (I've bolded that because people seem to ignore it, and the hypocrisy is a tad annoying).danskrobut said:you can have a communist state without a dictator it just hasn't happened yetDys said:Communist dictator....just no
Also ATM machine.
*Puts on glasses*Mimsofthedawg said:I hate people who get all worked up when I say, "That's gay,"
One of the definitions (And a much, MUCH older one than "to be homosexual") of gay is, essentially, and obscenity, or a negative, odd thing. It's technically correct to say, "That's gay,"
Personally, I find it more offensive to call homosexuals gay. I also find it ironic. The term "gay" in reference to homosexuals came about as a negative conotation - you'd call anyone who was obscene gay.
If anything, both uses of the term should be halted. But since that won't happen, I refuse to stop saying my technically correct (not culturally accepted) use of the word.
I say something similar - I'm not being funny but... i.e."I'm not being funny but I think you've got your head firmly up your arse". Is that the same thing?Compatriot Block said:Also, I don't know if this counts, but "no offense" makes me end any conversation right then and there. Why is it that people think that they can get away with saying anything if thy add "no offense" to the front? "No offense, but you're a worthless pile of pond scum" IS offensive. And you do NOT get to be upset when I call you out on it. FUUUUUUUU-
I hate people.
Aw, man, that's fantastic. You should have that framed in your office.BlueMage said:Working for a consulting firm as I do, I've come to hate the phrase "The customer is always right"
No. No no no. Frequently, not only is the customer DEAD WRONG, but they're morons who couldn't find their own arse with both hands, a torch, a manual, two assistants and a week to organise the whole expedition.
sallene said:Flying high....
If you are flying arent you already technically high up in the sky?
High as a kite, agian, if its a kite and its up in the air, isnt that a given that its high?