I Called In Sick Today

[Theraflu 1,035]

poor/regular people are all so dumb

[Essay21 2,385]

How’s that?

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

How so? You were just annoyed at everyone because they kept changing their minds?

I just spent a ton of time making something look nice, and I just know the ROI probably didn’t appear to be there, but the reality is that other people really do care about the font color, spacing, and stuff like that. They just say they don’t care and that it’s not important, up until they see the finished product.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

that stuff is almost as important as the content. presentation means a lot in any business.

[hank213 1,823]

Next time go with comic sans and tell them to stfu.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

That’s basically what the situation was before I got involved. Ruffled feathers with the creator of it when I mentioned how I was playing with formatting on my stuff. Mine is all internal, his goes to all clients...

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

merry christmas you filthy animals. and ronny, bubby, i'm your white knight.

 

[Essay21 2,385]

Die Hard 2 was really not that great. Thy redeemed it with three, but after that I really don’t wanna talk about it.

[mrfritz 885]

Merry Christmas, Ronny, Brvy, Essay, Internet Explorer, Napa, Theraflu, Colby, hank, Bigd, David Sklansky, Frau, lurkers and everyone else in this lovely forum. I got really drunk last night and fell asleep with my shoes on.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I think I’ve only ever done that once. It’s not pleasant.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Happy Holidays!

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Die Hard 2 was really not that great. Thy redeemed it with three, but after that I really don’t wanna talk about it.

 

You aren’t wrong about Die Hard 2.

 

In order

 

- Die Hard

- Die Hard with a Vengence

- Live Free or Die Hard (can’t go wrong with Justin Long, Kevin Smith and Timothy Olyphant, with a sexy as hell Maggie Q)

- Die Hard 2

 

- A Good Day to Die Hard

 

 

 

This list in unimpeachable

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

And there is a top ten list for you. Top ten Bruce Willis movies

[Essay21 2,385]

I’ll look into it.

 

I finally sawThe Last Jedi. Woof, not a good movie.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

I have not seen a Star Wars movie since the Phantom Menace

[Theraflu 1,035]

Essay, you're not a Star Wars fanboy, which is where the majority of the complaints are from. What makes it "not good" for you?

 

Ronny, it seems unlikely you grew up loving them, and then hopping in the travesty of the Phantom Menace certainly didn't do you any favors. Watch Rogue One, though.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

Essay, you're not a Star Wars fanboy, which is where the majority of the complaints are from. What makes it "not good" for you?

 

 

 

the pointless storylines for one. the whole trip to the space casino and love story between finn and asian lady 2 was pointless and a waste of time. then there is poe, a noted soldier and warrior causing a mutiny that served only to make him look dumb.

 

then there is snoke dying without every getting any more information about his motivations or powers was pretty dissapointing. that scene was by far the best of the move, but it seemed rushed to me. i can get over that i guess.

 

but the unforgivable thing was the way they handled the luke/rey interactions. jesus what a waste. she was supposed to be his daughter for one, and they blew that. this is supposed to be a story about the skywalker family and now luke is gone after that bullshit where we dont even get to see him fight for real.

 

yoda appearing out of nowhere and leia using the force to get back into the ship arent great, but i can get over that.

 

it just felt like they made this movie for children. i want something darker, something more intimate to the family. i'm pretty bored of the first order / empire vs. republic/rebels war storyline.

 

and give chewbaca something good to do for christ's sake.

 

 

 

[Theraflu 1,035]

 

 

the pointless storylines for one. the whole trip to the space casino and love story between finn and asian lady 2 was pointless and a waste of time. then there is poe, a noted soldier and warrior causing a mutiny that served only to make him look dumb.

 

then there is snoke dying without every getting any more information about his motivations or powers was pretty dissapointing. that scene was by far the best of the move, but it seemed rushed to me. i can get over that i guess.

 

but the unforgivable thing was the way they handled the luke/rey interactions. jesus what a waste. she was supposed to be his daughter for one, and they blew that. this is supposed to be a story about the skywalker family and now luke is gone after that bullshit where we dont even get to see him fight for real.

 

yoda appearing out of nowhere and leia using the force to get back into the ship arent great, but i can get over that.

 

it just felt like they made this movie for children. i want something darker, something more intimate to the family. i'm pretty bored of the first order / empire vs. republic/rebels war storyline.

 

and give chewbaca something good to do for christ's sake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your last point is your best. I saw a tweet somewhere that mentioned everything he's done, and he's the only remaining person from New Hope, and he's like 250 years old, and he can't even get subtitles. Related, and re: your Skywalker thought, is that Leia seems like she was going to be the focus of the next one, as the last Skywalker, and probably the most important person to the Resistance. Carrie dying kills that, and probably puts JJ in a tough position. But to hate that Rey isn't (so far) a Skywalker, and that maybe some other people in the whole god damn universe just might possess the force, an act as if it's a bad thing, is ****ing stupid and, yes, childish. I'm not surprised that your version of a children's movie involves a large percentage of the good guys dying for a probable lost cause, and Finn almost doing the same (killing him really would have been badass, even though he's done a great job in silly side missions). Hating the "final" luke appearance is absurd to me. wtf is he going to do in person?

 

Good thing there's no precedence for Yoda or other Jedi's appearing post-death. Wow, what a **** up!

 

**** Snoke. Who gives a shit? Why do you want an exact rehash of Palpatine?

 

But yes, the casino stuff was a waste of time, even if it is the first time anyone tried something mildly political (and kind of hit it) in a Star Wars flick. Finn needed something to do, and I guess they wanted to use Benicio? Asian Lady 2 was pretty solid for me, up until the kiss. That felt way too forced.

 

 

 

 

You're mostly wrong, as usual.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

 

 

Your last point is your best. I saw a tweet somewhere that mentioned everything he's done, and he's the only remaining person from New Hope, and he's like 250 years old, and he can't even get subtitles. Related, and re: your Skywalker thought, is that Leia seems like she was going to be the focus of the next one, as the last Skywalker, and probably the most important person to the Resistance. Carrie dying kills that, and probably puts JJ in a tough position. But to hate that Rey isn't (so far) a Skywalker, and that maybe some other people in the whole god damn universe just might possess the force, an act as if it's a bad thing, is ****ing stupid and, yes, childish. I'm not surprised that your version of a children's movie involves a large percentage of the good guys dying for a probable lost cause, and Finn almost doing the same (killing him really would have been badass, even though he's done a great job in silly side missions). Hating the "final" luke appearance is absurd to me. wtf is he going to do in person?

 

Good thing there's no precedence for Yoda or other Jedi's appearing post-death. Wow, what a **** up!

 

**** Snoke. Who gives a shit? Why do you want an exact rehash of Palpatine?

 

But yes, the casino stuff was a waste of time, even if it is the first time anyone tried something mildly political (and kind of hit it) in a Star Wars flick. Finn needed something to do, and I guess they wanted to use Benicio? Asian Lady 2 was pretty solid for me, up until the kiss. That felt way too forced.

 

 

 

 

You're mostly wrong, as usual.

 

you're mostly douche, as usual. the movie wasn't any good.

 

 

 

 

yoda appearing is one thing. summoning lightning is another. but i dont really care about that.

 

making luke skywalker a useless old man who best contributes by creating a hologram of himself across the galaxy was pure insanity.

 

and rey, well i think there's a reason why the classic story line involves the main characters being related/connected somehow. it makes everything work. it always has and it always will.

 

 

 

[Theraflu 1,035]

I'll put it simpler: The same reason you like this $1000 "bonus" for every major corporate wealth employee is the same reason you let the space casino planet ruin an entertaining movie for you.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

i didn't let that ruin it for me. it ended up serving no purpose to the plot, involving two shitty characters. and then, just when one of those characters is about to do something great, something heroic, the other shitty character stops him for one of the dumbest, sappiest moments i've seen in a long time.

 

as for the $1,000 bonuses, i've yet to see a solid argument for how it is bad that people are getting money from their employers. most of the people getting those bonuses probably think 1000 dollars is a lot of money and maybe they can do something with it, something that will help them.

[Theraflu 1,035]

THEY'RE LOSING WAY MORE THAN THAT IN THE NEXT TWO ****ING YEARS

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

THEY'RE LOSING WAY MORE THAN THAT IN THE NEXT TWO ****ING YEARS

 

I dont know what you're referring to, but i'm sure it is grounded in fact and reasonable analysis.

[Theraflu 1,035]

For the majority of the major corporations giving out these bonuses, it's like 5% of the tax break they're getting. A few, it's around 10%. It's not like they're only making a thousand. They're making a ****ing billion. Or two! And all that money is going to like the top 10 ten people in the business who are already really ****ing rich. And that's the tax plan as a whole: Gut important health funding for poor people, and make the .01% a few percent wealthier. And maybe a few paralegals can put the money towards something useful, but eliminating teachers ability to write off student supplies? Enabling ****ing PLANE write-offs? Jesus man. They literally added personal money to every senator's pockets who wasn't going to vote it. It's horrific.

[Essay21 2,385]

For the majority of the major corporations giving out these bonuses, it's like 5% of the tax break they're getting. A few, it's around 10%. It's not like they're only making a thousand. They're making a ****ing billion. Or two! And all that money is going to like the top 10 ten people in the business who are already really ****ing rich. And that's the tax plan as a whole: Gut important health funding for poor people, and make the .01% a few percent wealthier. And maybe a few paralegals can put the money towards something useful, but eliminating teachers ability to write off student supplies? Enabling ****ing PLANE write-offs? Jesus man. They literally added personal money to every senator's pockets who wasn't going to vote it. It's horrific.

 

The teacher expense deduction was not removed in the final bill.

 

As for the amount of money saved by the corporations, yes, it will be significant. But the rich were already rich and that isn’t going to change. And all the savings won’t go to the board of directors. Some will, sure, but some will go to share buy backs and human capital investments and new technology and other good things.

 

But putting money back into the pocket of the middle class is not a bad thing. Moreover, cutting the c Corp rate to 21 had to be done eventually. The rate was too high. The issue isn’t the rate it’s what the government spends it’s tax revenue on, because there will be still be more than enough. But arguing about what programs should be cut - obviously from defense spending and not medical programs - is separate from the bonuses being good. The bonuses are good for the people who get them. The lower tax rate on 80 percent of individuals will be good.

 

It’s not my fault the morons in Washington cut social programs to fund the tax cut. But it’s beyond me how people can be upset that the individual gets to keep more of the money he or she works for, whether that person makes 32k or 32 million.

 

But I’m sure you’ll take every penny you save and donate it to the teachers.