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War Room Lounge V43: STEM is Overrated

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Jack V Savage said:
Like with the other stuff, I don't think it's attainable fully but we should have an ideal in mind and try to get closer to it. And the ideal is to discourage the activity and to compensate the public that is hurt by it. If people do it less, there is less harm and less need for compensation for the harm. If people had higher incomes and driving/owning cars was much more expensive, to the extent that those two things exactly balanced out, most of us would realize that car ownership is not a necessity and be richer as a result, especially since that would put a lot of pressure on society to develop better options.
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I was separating the two issues but I now see your argument was one piece as you think the net damage for car use isn’t taxed enough. There’s a lot of pieces to this and I’m not certain where I land on this aside from seeing my states approach as reasonable despite being on the higher end for the tax.
 
Trotsky said:
6. Pittsburgh Pirates (bitch, your city isn't even coastal)
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I hate baseball but decided to look this up. Back in the 1800's, they had the worst team in the league and the following year signed a bunch of good players from a rival league which pissed off other teams, being called "piratical". They took on the name as a badge of honor. Looks like at one time they were the Pittsburgh Burghers... christ...
 
Lead said:
I hate baseball but decided to look this up. Back in the 1800's, they had the worst team in the league and the following year signed a bunch of good players from a rival league which pissed off other teams, being called "piratical". They took on the name as a badge of honor. Looks like at one time they were the Pittsburgh Burghers... christ...
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The team we now know as the Atlanta Braves used to be the Boston Beaneaters, and the Yankees were once called the Highlanders. The Dodgers used to be the Bridegrooms. Been some weird names by our standards.
 
Jack V Savage said:
The team we now know as the Atlanta Braves used to be the Boston Beaneaters, and the Yankees were once called the Highlanders. The Dodgers used to be the Bridegrooms. Been some weird names by our standards.
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I suppose with a sport that old, you are going to seem some odd choices in the context of present day. I have to believe people still thought some of those names sucked at the time as well though.
 
Jack V Savage said:
The team we now know as the Atlanta Braves used to be the Boston Beaneaters, and the Yankees were once called the Highlanders. The Dodgers used to be the Bridegrooms. Been some weird names by our standards.
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I used to deliver medications to old people when I was a freshman? in college.
One of my favorites was this guy who actually saw Babe Ruth play for the Boston Braves
 
Jack V Savage said:
The team we now know as the Atlanta Braves used to be the Boston Beaneaters, and the Yankees were once called the Highlanders. The Dodgers used to be the Bridegrooms. Been some weird names by our standards.
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The Highlanders has to be one of the best names ever.
 
sickc0d3r said:
The Highlanders has to be one of the best names ever.
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Their first star was Happy Jack Chesbro, which is a pretty good name, too. He set the modern record for wins in a season but died without ever knowing that fact (because we now use 1901 as the cutoff for "modern," which wasn't something that they did in his time).
 
Anung Un Rama said:
Anybody else legit worried for Ilhan Omar's safety?
The rhetoric targeted at this woman is scary.
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I'm more concerned that an antisemitic piece of shit like her is in congress.

Seriously though, gimme a break. You concerned about the Trumps' safety? Sarah Sanders? Mike Pence? William Barr?

It's politics. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. She's receiving no more hate than any other controversial figure, but, but...she's Muslim and brown, so it's different, right?
 
Anung Un Rama said:
I used to deliver medications to old people when I was a freshman? in college.
One of my favorites was this guy who actually saw Babe Ruth play for the Boston Braves
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I took my dad to Lambeau Field for a packers game for his Christmas gift 2 years ago when Aaron Rodgers was hurt as resell tickets dropped to face value and I could afford them.

The old man sitting next to us has had season tickets forever saw the 1967 ice bowl live sitting in that same seat.
 
I'd like to see sports teams adopt practical home safety advice as their team names.

The Kansas City Wear A Mitt When Reaching Between Hot Oven Racks, or the San Antonio Don't Try To Catch A Dropped Can Of Soup With Your Foots.
 
HockeyBjj said:
I took my dad to Lambeau Field for a packers game for his Christmas gift 2 years ago when Aaron Rodgers was hurt as resell tickets dropped to face value and I could afford them.

The old man sitting next to us has had season tickets forever saw the 1967 ice bowl live sitting in that same seat.
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Gets Packers tickets

Can't afford Plat though

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LOOK HOW DISAPPOINTED MICHELLE IS HOCKEYBJJ
 
Fawlty said:
I'd like to see sports teams adopt practical home safety advice as their team names.

The Kansas City Wear A Mitt When Reaching Between Hot Oven Racks, or the San Antonio Don't Try To Catch A Dropped Can Of Soup With Your Foots.
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The Phoenix Don't Forget to Bring a Towels.
 
Jack V Savage said:
Wow. Probably had some great stories.
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