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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Influence of Schmoes Waning: Empirical Evidence
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on: May 19, 2013, 05:07:30 AM
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Journal of Schmoeology, Vol IGoogle's Ngram viewer provides a tool for measuring trace impacts of individuals and groups on society by measuring how frequently words that refer to said individuals or groups are utilized, assuming of course that influence and the stock of referential tokens flowing through the ideational realm are directly correlated. ( http://books.google.com/ngrams/info) After appropriating the 'schmoe' word for their own nefarious purposes in the mid-1980's and experiencing a boom throughout the 1990's, the influence of the schmoetastic cabal has been in an unmitigated recessionary clime since the turn of the century. Here I present evidence that the influence of schmoes is directly correlated with the rise and fall of bodybuilding influence. The correlation established (Figures I and II), I infer that the best explanation for its existence is that bodybuilding is solely a mechanism for schmoes to harvest young muscle hunks to ogle and trick into having sex. From this it follows that the power of the schmoe will wane when the pool of eligible trick lays declines, i.e., when the influence of bodybuilding declines. This predicted result is confirmed via measuring bodybuilding magazine/supplement sales and comparing against the schmoe influence variable in a given year. A prescriptive policy for schmoes is also suggested by this explanation: their influence being a function of impressionable and narcissistic douchebags flowing through the system, schmoes will need to expand that pool by establishing magazine fronts to peddle the false message and recruit new "talent," push a variety of sugar water and high-powered fart powder supplements that convince the common man (boy) that they too can become a muscle man if only they follow the strictures of bodybuilding, and utilize prime "natural" athletes who lie out their teeth to convince flocks of young men to enter the industry, after which the pernicious machinations of the schmoe will reel them in -- and stretch them out. Figure 1: Schmoe Influence Recession Figure 2: Schmoe Influence Correlated with Influence of Bodybuilding, Albeit on a Time Lag As you can see, bodybuilding influence peaked in 1998, while schmoetastic influence continued rising until the turn of the century. Peaks in bodybuilding influence were also matched by peaks in schmoe influence, albeit on a two year time delay (on average).
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: Yes..lets be like France
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on: May 18, 2013, 08:49:43 PM
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state taxes and everything else related to living in those states....
you underplay the amount of taxes we are paying, Im not saying its 65-75%
To think that we arent over taxed and the govt isnt incredibly wasteful and frivolous is simply assinine though
It's definitely time to focus on the spending/waste time of things, I agree.
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: Yes..lets be like France
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on: May 18, 2013, 08:15:53 PM
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this doesnt take into account a vast number of other taxes that we are subjected to...
It includes most taxes payed, seeing as the difference between those values and the ones on this chart (which include everything except state, so add a few % to each value if you like) aren't hugely different:  Where did you read the 65-70% percent from? What do you mean when you say it is this high "as a whole"?
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Anabolichalo Tribute Triplet, Part 1
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on: May 18, 2013, 03:10:16 AM
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Just cleaned up after banging this ebony princess that I picked up at the club
complete with koala-style fucking and hard doggystyle with stochastic ass slapping
I finished in her when she was riding me cowgirl style with no protection
Will gravity be enough to hold down the load?
Or am I going to have to pay for another abortion?
Bodybuilding related, if her body absorbs the load and its protein could this be an efficient means of catabolism avoidance?
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: 5/14/13 Stock market SURGES past record highs on Obama policies !!!! FUBB
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on: May 16, 2013, 05:18:02 PM
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The changes in household size is a valid point and well taken, but it's the state of the demographics. I chose the chart because it was really the only one with separated populations, trying to find a per-capita chart is that's sorted by population segments is tough...but I think that chart shows enough data. I understand what Sowell is saying as well, but income disparity is the largest its ever been, or close to it and wages to budge. Every time we have a recession the "miracle cure" by the govt. and Fed Reserve seem to only help the top 5% or so. The cure the results in the bottom 90% doing worse than they were before. I guess I'm just trying to say that there is a huge problem and the latest "Cure" by those in power is making the problem worse. -Wage growth is stagnant/declining for the majority. -Income disparity is massive. -The top 5% or so are doing better than ever. -The rest don't see any improvement. Here's a random chart:  Those income gains mirror the growth in the markets, not just now, but historically. Yes, another mean household chart, but  Depressed wages:   There's a definite and significant trend here, no doubt. I'm not sure what can be done at this point other than selfishly looking out for one and one's family's interests -- just the same if the trend didn't exist, really. The elites will sort this out one way or another.
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: USA Debt
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on: May 16, 2013, 04:26:14 PM
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You've been reading too much Krugman. The only reason we haven't seen any major problems with debt at this point is solely because of the bond markets have kept rates very low. When bonds start falling rates will rise and either taxes will have to go up to compensate or the government will have to cut spending somewhere. Right now, just a 1% rise for the US in rates would add another $100 billion in interest payments.
Guys like Bill Gross, who manages the worlds largest bond fund, have stated the super-bull bond cycle is over and to take note. If we go into a bear market with bonds, it could mean implosion for Italy, Spain, Japan, etc and will put a definite strain on the US.
1. Krugman recently cited that k_nt Naomi Kline favorably. He is dead to me. 2. No one is saying the debt isn't a problem at all -- all I'm interested in saying is that the current path is preferable to any further austerity in the short term, given the demonstrable effects of significant austerity in Europe and the IMF calling our deficit reduction efforts "overly strong" as is. Deficits matter, but not as much as jobs. Yes, spending will need to be cut somewhere. 3. Also, I think the CBO projection does include rising interest rates as an assumption, since it projects interest payments increasing significantly. But I'm not really sure that that is the case. 4. There still isn't any substantive research indicating our current or soon-to-be debt-to-GDP ratio is actively harmful to the economy; most people seem to simply intuit this conclusion. Maybe they're right, but I'd think the lack of evidence for the conclusion would give some pro-austerity persons pause. It doesn't, of course.
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: 5/14/13 Stock market SURGES past record highs on Obama policies !!!! FUBB
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on: May 16, 2013, 12:59:49 PM
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Happy days are here again.....for some, at least. Interestingly enough, the top 5-10% and their income gains mirror the rise of the combined U.S. markets. That third segment of income earners used to be happy tagging along at a distance with the top 2 earning populations....not so much anymore. This is income redistribution going from bottom to the top.  Thanks for the chart. 1. While the content of the chart is disconcerting, I don't think the divergences in income between quintiles (and the top 5%) would be as extreme if median real household income were used. The overall trend would still be present, but perhaps much less so. 2. As Thomas Sowell has pointed out, as far income goes, the statistical groups which usually serve as the units of analysis aren't simply groups of people: many people currently in the lower quintiles will end up in the upper quintiles, and vice versa. There is significant turnover among quintiles, meaning we shouldn't read into the chart that there is a class of "rich people" who have reaped the sole benefits of market moves while everyone else has suffered. 3. Also, this chart follows household rather than individual data. The size of households has been declining over the period under consideration, which naturally contributes to lower income-per-household values. But this can be consistent with per capita (per person) or median (individual) income increasing. None of this is to say everything is a-ok, of course.
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / JUST IN: Infamous Getbigger's Illegal Occupation Revealed!
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on: May 16, 2013, 02:30:11 AM
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KFC Runner15 May 2013 IronMeister and syntaxmachine One year ago, Wiggs was living in a soggy, mold-encrusted box and panhandling on a Las Vegas street corner. But he had a deep-seated dream -- fostered since childhood when the drive-through lady mistook him for a girl and put a barbie doll in his happy meal -- to be a fast food professional. That dream, along with the propensity for fierce determination encoded in his Hebrew DNA molecules, kept him chugging and chooming along. He was in a bind: having purportedly been sober since mid-2011, Wiggs succumbed to drinking again. Arby's retracted its earlier job offer, and Wiggs ended up briefly detained by the Las Vegas Police Department with a transsexual prostitute after a fierce yelling match. The dream seemed nowhere near actualization. Hoping to take a sabbatical from being unemployed, Wiggs visited the land of milk and honey to convalesce and pay tribute to his ancestors. Little did Wiggs know, Kentucky Fried Chicken is something of a revolutionary symbol in the Middle East: enterprising Palestinians have begun smuggling fried chicken 35 miles from Egypt. And Wiggs has leapt on the opportunity to finally fulfill his dream.  According to anonymous sources, Wiggs has formed a local delivery company with a Facebook page which serves as a front for smuggling KFC into the Gaza Strip by the bucket load. "Now, I'm working day and night to extend to my true Hebrew brethren some of the freedoms Americans take for granted -- particularly, the freedom to be as morbidly obese as I was at that one bodybuilding expo. Holy sh*t was I fat as f*ck. That's something I don't want these people to miss out on, besides the glorious fried chicken." A network of hundreds of tunnels connects Gaza to Egypt along their seven-mile border, allowing food, medicine, cars, construction materials, weapons and popcorn chicken to bypass an Israeli blockade. Despite the blockade, things seem to be working well for Colonel Sanders fans. According to Wiggs, smugglers in need of work will move a meal for roughly $40 to $50 — down from $200 or more only three years ago. With a glint in his eye apparent on his otherwise utterly obsidian face, Wiggs describes plans to expand to watermelon smuggling. "I've got a very skilled smuggler coming over, too. Due to recent career choices of his own, that guy can store watermelons where the sun don't shine like nobody else -- he's perfect for the job!" 
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: I'm considering starting a blog/writing comedy...honest opinions
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on: May 15, 2013, 03:49:15 PM
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Studmuffin (no homo), you have talent but you'd need to get used to writing at a higher level, e.g.: I've had quite a few pm's [PM's] since i've [I've] posted here, encouraging me to try my and [hand] at writing comedy/staring [starting] some kind of blog.
I've learned that the Thunderdome is pretty much the most honest place on the planet, so please don't hold back.
Considering I only really give half of what I write here much thought anyway - [comma is more appropriate here] do I have what it takes to write??? [one question mark is enough]
My sister has recently been signed by a huge publisher , [inappropriate comma] as a result of her own [unnecessary word] writing online - [comma works better] so I figured there could be some decent coin involved - [too many fucking dashes, use a comma here instead] hence this thread  You might also want to consider if your skills are actually transferable to other formats: it's one thing to zing veritable retards like shitsoak on a board like this and another to do something a bit more substantive like write a full-blown story, a set of jokes for an episode of a show, or what have you. I guess you need to research potential formats and see which you're best suited for -- if any. Finally, you need to consider the opportunity cost of the effort involved. If it's just a blog, the cost is probably low. But if you're going to take all of this more seriously than that, it will take time and effort that could be expended elsewhere. Kind regards, syntaxmachine
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: U.S. to pay off debt for first time in six years
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on: May 15, 2013, 06:09:03 AM
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Whorewell wins by knockout.
So simple yet these obamaturds try to pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
Those of us in reality would like to cordially invite you to step out of your bubble and join us. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323798104578453290294756574.html"WASHINGTON—The federal government said Monday it would pay down a small portion of the national debt this quarter for the first time in six years. The debt reduction, seen as temporary, is a sign that higher tax receipts and spending cuts are improving Washington's finances. The respite in borrowing will likely give the Obama administration a bit more time before running up against the federal debt ceiling. The Treasury Department said that it expects to retire a net $35 billion in bonds, notes and bills from April to the end of June. That compares with its estimate from earlier this year that it would rack up an additional $103 billion in marketable debt in the second quarter. "The paydown this quarter, the first since 2007 is emblematic of the turn in budget finances from horrible, to grim on their way to steadily better," Eric Green, global head of research at TD Securities, said in a note."
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Getbig Main Boards / Politics and Political Issues Board / Re: U.S. to pay off debt for first time in six years
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on: May 15, 2013, 06:04:13 AM
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The size of the debt pile -- ridiculous you and I can agree -- doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the government's ability to pay portions of it off at any given point in time. There is no "premise" to this thread; there is merely the assertion of a fact: The USG payed off a portion of the debt for the first time in six years, a vaguely positive state of affairs. Look it up if you like. Your exaggerated reaction must be in response to something you're reading into my posts, then, a comprehension issue. The "monumental achievement" quip was sarcasm on my part. We aren't "paying" our debt at all. How can you begin the paragraph with the assertion that US debt is being paid down by Treasury to the tune of 35 billion dollars and conclude the paragraph by stating that the government will "only" borrow 223 billion during the 4th quarter.  See above. 1. The Fed is flushing away over twice that amount ($85 billion a month: http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/12/12/qe4-is-here-bernanke-delivers-85b-a-month-until-unemployment-falls-below-6-5/). 2. Nobody knows what will happen when the Fed unravels quantitative easing; maybe it will be a disaster, maybe not. But that's a different discussion. About.com, the best source for an education in economics, to be sure.  Try http://ideas.repec.org/ and the evaluations of actual economists.
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: Quickerblade, why not just post here for all to see?
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on: May 15, 2013, 05:41:01 AM
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If you phone was off, how could you see there was no call or text? I think in just about anyone's case, if their cell phone isn't working they call their company.
So you first imply it was an initial meeting, then you go on to say that you met her before. Are we to believe that you just happened to bump into her (let the statistical geniouses figure out the odds on that one) at LAX? Or did you arrange to have HER meet you there? Seems the latter is the more logical.
Things just don't add up for me. Just an observation.
Cut the man some slack: it isn't easy keeping track of that many lies at once.
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