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Old 01-10-2018, 04:03 PM
 
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter View Post
When people say idiotic things, it’s my duty to condescend.

Sorry if I’ve hurt your feelings a couple thousand times. Shrug.


1. Not enough to complain about, if you pay any at all.

2. I know you’re not clowning because you can’t clown me...I clown YOU, not the other way around. Moreover, don’t be so insecure about your home state. If what I said wasn’t true, it wouldn’t be getting under your skin so badly.
Pointing out the fact that you trash Texas whenever you come across it doesn’t make ME insecure.

If I were insecure, I’d dog other states. Just a few days ago, I said California would be a state I would live in if money were no issue. You put down Texas because you’re insecure about where you live.

Where I live works perfect for my lifestyle. I like having a relatively large home, with a big yard and a pool on a lake relatively close to downtown. My guess is that you’d say what I have sucks. How do I know this? You make an automatic assumption about my income based upon the mere fact that you don’t like me.

 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:05 PM
 
Location: NE Ohio
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Where do you live (your profile is blocked) that you find "charging stations?" You'd have a tough time living where I live. I never saw a "charging station."

"Trying to get home?" Who has to "try" to get home? Do you ever not make it?
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:05 PM
 
Location: NC
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When people say idiotic things, it’s my duty to condescend.



2. I know you’re not clowning because you can’t clown me...I clown YOU, not the other way around. Moreover, don’t be so insecure about your home state. If what I said wasn’t true, it wouldn’t be getting under your skin so badly.

you say idiotic things constantly, you must be in the clown business.
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:08 PM
 
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Where do you live (your profile is blocked) that you find "charging stations?" You'd have a tough time living where I live. I never saw a "charging station." I didn't know they existed! I thought a "Telsa" was an experimental vehicle. I don't know anyone who owns one, and I don't think I've ever seen one.

"Trying to get home?" Who has to "try" to get home? Do you ever not make it?
The only time I’ve seen charging stations was in Austin at the HEB in Lakeway.

I hope to eventually have the money to justify buying a Tesla. That new Roadster 2 is going to be insane.
0 - 60 in 1.9, a 8.9 quarter mile and supposedly a top speed of around 280. Insane.
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:10 PM
 
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How does the society help the rich to achieve wealth?

When you buy something from me, you aren't helping me. You actually get something from me that is more valuable to you than to me.

Think about that for a second. If the thing you buy from me is less valuable than what you have paid for, you would be pissed off and feel like being cheated.

So, you get something more valuable. How does that "help" me?
Do you really think the Rich are not helped by a open, stable, competitive economy ? The rich have the most to gain from an open society. One where the rule of law is enforced.

Name any country (any) where the rich benefit more than the US ? Where your rate of return/risk is better than the US ? Protip - there is none. In other countries you gain your wealth/power from your friends or political associates, your party affiliation or even your family name/status.

It is part and parcel of why the US has the highest total GDP in the world.
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:11 PM
 
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As far as I can deduce, the main reason that Conservative hate Liberals is because the foremost goal of Conservatives is to hold on to every possible penny of their money, and to keep on profiting. So they hate any projects, no matter how well-intentioned (e.g. education, health care, etc.) that they may be forced to pay into. They can't always say this directly, so it take other forms, such as spinning tales about welfare queens.


The second possibility, which I'm starting to consider, is that Liberals more often seem fact-based, and Conservatives aren't. For instance, for instance, Conservatives still like to promote a tax set-up that lets them hold onto money, claiming that it will trickle down to the less fortunate - even though that's been proven to be untrue. So perhaps they lash out angrily because they secretly know they're in the wrong.


That's interesting, your speaking of self-described liberal-haters. Perhaps that ties in to the tendency of Conservatives to use more violent rhetoric - and to their stated wish of eliminating the Democratic party permanently from power.
Why should anybody be forced to pay for anything at gunpoint no matter how well intended it is?

If something is so well intended, why would you even need to put a gun on people's heads to force them to pay? Wouldn't people voluntarily give you money already? When you have to force people, you KNOW very well it's not well intended!!!!

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Old 01-10-2018, 04:13 PM
 
Location: NE Ohio
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The only time I’ve seen charging stations was in Austin at the HEB in Lakeway.

I hope to eventually have the money to justify buying a Tesla. That new Roadster 2 is going to be insane.
0 - 60 in 1.9, a 8.9 quarter mile and supposedly a top speed of around 280. Insane.
Yeah, you really need that. With the speed limit between 55 and 80 in most of the U.S., why do you care if it goes 280? And for anyone who lives in CA (or has lived in CA as I have) you aren't going to need to go faster than about 25-40 mph at rush hour! LOL
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:14 PM
 
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Pointing out the fact that you trash Texas whenever you come across it doesn’t make ME insecure.

If I were insecure, I’d dog other states. Just a few days ago, I said California would be a state I would live in if money were no issue. You put down Texas because you’re insecure about where you live.

Where I live works perfect for my lifestyle. I like having a relatively large home, with a big yard and a pool on a lake relatively close to downtown. My guess is that you’d say what I have sucks. How do I know this? You make an automatic assumption about my income based upon the mere fact that you don’t like me.
Here we go....large home with pool on the lake!

Robin Leach should be over to interview you soon. Lol
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you say idiotic things constantly, you must be in the clown business.
I am. See 🤡?
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:15 PM
 
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Do you really think the Rich are not helped by a open, stable, competitive economy ? The rich have the most to gain from an open society. One where the rule of law is enforced.

Name any country (any) where the rich benefit more than the US ? Where your rate of return/risk is better than the US ? Protip - there is none. In other countries you gain your wealth/power from your friends or political associates, your party affiliation or even your family name/status.

It is part and parcel of why the US has the highest total GDP in the world.
1. Most of the rich aren't born rich. Over 90% of the rich people lose their wealth by the 4th generation, and 80% of millionaires are first generation and self-made.

2. Everybody benefits from a stable economy and environment. The poor benefit the most as when things go south, the poor would die in millions, but the rich would just move to another country. Not mention, 2/3 of our government spending is on the poor.

3. I came from a socialist/communist country. I am well aware how things work in the leftist utopia.
 
Old 01-10-2018, 04:16 PM
 
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Yeah, you really need that. With the speed limit between 55 and 80 in most of the U.S., why do you care if it goes 280? And for anyone who lives in CA (or has lived in CA as I have) you aren't going to need to go faster than about 25-40 mph at rush hour! LOL
If I bought one, I’d take it to track events like autocrosses.

My daily driver will most likely always be a truck.
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