Things everyone knows, but you aren't supposed to admit

Scooters are cool.

In reply to Appleseed :

Damn. I guess I'm not the only one. A welding teacher in high school used to say "Scooters are like fat chicks. Great fun to ride until your friends catch you doing it."

Not everyone wants to hear what I have to say.

No motorcycle will ever feel as fast the the Trail 70 I rode at 10 years old. 

Whoever invented aluminum deck screws did not die nearly as painfully and slowly as they should have. 

Screws are great, these nice heads make driving them in easy, good solid metal lets them not bend like nails. "Well there's the problem, go get me the softest metal I can make a stick with, so if the heads don't strip out, the shaft will snap if the angle isn't perfect"

z31maniac said:

 

I'll break it down since it apparently it wasn't obvious (sorry I left out the comma).

If you're taking shots of Vodka, you are trying to get drunk. Not like sipping a nice bourbon or tequila where you appreciate the nuance of flavors between brands and aging, etc.

If I want to get smashed, yeah I'll throw down a few shots of Vodka. 

But I won't be wasting Don Julio Anejo or Woodford Reserve by slamming shots. 

I knew exactly what you meant I was just having a little fun with it because you were so wrong.

Again,  you shouldn't make assumptions about things you don't know about or understand.

In many parts of the world it is very common to drink out of shot glasses. Little glasses about half the size of the American shot glasses you're probably thinking of. Using these little glasses you can enjoy the excellent flavour of a nice potato vodka, or my personal choice, Šljivovica, a typical European schnapps similar to vodka. We don't "slam shots", we don't get smashed and  we certainly appreciate the "nuance of flavours".

Ok, I’ll drop wisdom on his planet. If you are having a bad day that turns into a bad week, trim your finger nails, and clean out your car. I’m not joking. Badness in life happens as often as you do these things. That’s as far as I go tonight world. More to come if you behave. 

Not true. At all. If it was, my car would be spotless and I'd have stumps instead of fingers. What make it better is realizing blanket statements do not often work well with something as varied and unique as individual human beings.

The United States has a bigger percentage of its population imprisoned than any other country in the world, and hardly anyone seems to care.

In reply to barefootskater :

Coming from a Catholic grade school with a bunch of nuns and lady teachers I was shocked when I took Metals I in my freshman year at our local high school.  The ex-iron worker teacher treated us like men and would tell us similar thoughts which I thoroughly enjoyed.  Back in the day he could smoke in his attached office and would take a cigarette break and come out in a cloud of smoke and start class - some of the other industrial arts teachers would stop by for their cig break too.

Except for that emphysema thing the 1970's were way cooler than today.  Maybe. 

Mndsm said:

kazoospec said:

Napoleon Dynamite isn't funny until the second time you watch it.

Its just not funny at all. 

 

My contribution- the Beatles suck. Theu made a bunch of formulaic garbage and got lucky. Nickelback did too, but the world only hates one of them. 

For that matter, there is also AC/DC.

poopshovel again said:

The United States has a bigger percentage of its population imprisoned than any other country in the world, and hardly anyone seems to care.

Land of the free*

Racism is real.

Appleseed said:

Racism is real.

And the unadmitted corollary to that:

Racism goes in ALL directions.

Stay “woke” folks. I’ve been on both sides. My step dad is African American. 

Appleseed said:

Not true. At all. If it was, my car would be spotless and I'd have stumps instead of fingers. What make it better is realizing blanket statements do not often work well with something as varied and unique as individual human beings.

You haven’t realized it yet. Just wait. You’ll start noticing when things get rough in life, you’ll do something like cut your nails, or clean out your car. Then life seems ok for a bit. Then it repeats. FYI- didn’t mean that it’s some kinda voodoo good luck charm. That’s ignorant. 

One other thing, blanket statements do not apply to individuals, because individuals apply to blanket statements. Example: “we all breathe air.”  Orrrrrr.... “each person breathes their own oxygen.” 

But in reality, “we all breathe air”. 

In reply to Trackmouse :

Do you think that's AIR you're breathing now?

Hmm.

Just read that Congress has a chaplain.

what happened to separation of church and state ?

In reply to iceracer :

That isn't necessarily a separation issue.  The general idea behind separation is that there shall be no government sponsored/mandated "state religion".  There's a sometimes subtle difference between recognizing peoples' religious needs and accomodating them, and mandating them by governmental action.

In reply to Knurled. :

Ask that Appleseed guy what he might be breathing - second hand?

I see what you did there.

I think Trackmouse's suggestion is to do some things you have control over when things seem out of control. 

Superhero movies are a cash grab and not worth wasting time on

except the 1989 Batman 

Sting claims tantric sex orgasms last six hours.

Sting is full of E36 M3.

All of metallicas songs over the past 15 years are long and boring.

That's my opinion anyway.

poopshovel again said:

The United States has a bigger percentage of its population imprisoned than any other country in the world, and hardly anyone seems to care.

This actually answers the original question. Bravo, Poop.

Edit, you too, Appleseed.