War Room Lounge v57: We Sher Love Dogs

[Madmick]

Meh. The corpse is just an empty vessel. I hope when I die people throw a party (with me in attendance) and then dispose of the body in a responsible manner. If they get $7K for it, more power to 'em.

Q: What's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish wake?

Spoiler: A:

There's one less drunk.

It's not about her soul. It's about what she and her son wanted done with that corpse. This had humanitarian utility. Instead of her corpse being used to develop medical understanding it was used to further sophisticate martial understanding.

That's a betrayal.

 

[Cyrano200]

There is nothing more manly and secure than loving a tiny dog and I mean that

I decided a long time ago that I'd ticked more than enough of the manhood boxes to worry about proving myself to anyone else. I'm not a cage fighter, but I can live with that deficiency.

 

[senri]

It's not about her soul. It's about what she and her son wanted done with that corpse. This had humanitarian utility. Instead of her corpse being used to develop medical understanding it was used to further sophisticate martial understanding.

That's a betrayal.

Yes, Mr. Mad. Betrayal of the highest order. Corpses should be used for the advancement of The Sapiens, treated with care and nurtured to preserve what must be learned while it is in it's entropic state.

 

[senri]

Mr @Lead

I see you are here. Do you like to watch?

 

[Andy Capp]

It's not about her soul. It's about what she and her son wanted done with that corpse. This had humanitarian utility. Instead of her corpse being used to develop medical understanding it was used to further sophisticate martial understanding.

That's a betrayal.

I am not insensitive to the needs of the aggrieved, and I would be going postal if I were him.

I was making a more general comment on my beliefs and getting a joke in at the same time. I would have done differently if that person were a Sherdog user, or if I were aware of anyone ITT who recently lost a parent. My response would also be different in a thread dedicated to this subject, but this is the lounge. You might wish to chill out a little.

 

[HockeyBjj]

@PolishHeadlock2 @Gregolian

Guess that break in wasn't targeted. Or this group has a big list to hit. Not as near to me as the last one but still in the area, 4 men, all armed, kicked down the door of another residence last night. Groups this big of home invasions seem more rare than a lone or burgler, so I'm thinking it's the same guys.

Again thankfully only stuff taken and no one hurt.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Chernobyl is arguably one of the best miniseries ever made

It's no Band of Brothers, but it's in the same tier

 

[Lord Coke]

The protestors in HOng Kong are beginning to wake up to the truth of the Right to Arms.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Lol wtf?

 

[Prokofievian]

Lol wtf?

In Maastricht there's an old city wall with arches built into it. The poorest people in that city used to built a front wall to one of the arches and make a house there. The dutch monarchy's solution to the problem of people being so poor that they were living in literal holes in the wall? Well, they banned the construction of such dwellings.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

It's no Band of Brothers, but it's in the same tier

That's another great one

 

[JDragon]

Lol wtf?

"making single-family houses out of reach for anyone making less than 100k a year"

That has long been the case here. You wanna build a house in the city, you better earn enough or have inherited or it simply will not work.

The measures they are talking about sound absolutely sensible.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

In Maastricht there's an old city wall with arches built into it. The poorest people in that city used to built a front wall to one of the arches and make a house there. The dutch monarchy's solution to the problem of people being so poor that they were living in literal holes in the wall? Well, they banned the construction of such dwellings.

Similar to anti loitering laws

 

[HockeyBjj]

"making single-family houses out of reach for anyone making less than 100k a year"

That has long been the case here. You wanna build a house in the city, you better earn enough or have inherited or it simply will not work.

The measures they are talking about sound absolutely sensible.

? Not really. I make right around 100k, no way I could afford a 300k home

180k is probably the upper of my ability to do. So in des Moines there, I'd be stuck in renting purgatory unable to build any wealth for myself.

Des Moines actually has a shortage of homes, so this isn't a roundabout way to help people selling their homes so that someone like me would buy an existing home for my budget. There's not enough of those available anyways.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

"making single-family houses out of reach for anyone making less than 100k a year"

That has long been the case here. You wanna build a house in the city, you better earn enough or have inherited or it simply will not work.

The measures they are talking about sound absolutely sensible.

Lol we're talking about Iowa here. The median household income in the state is $56K

And what is sensible about these proposals?

 

[JDragon]

Lol we're talking about Iowa here. The median household income in the state is $56K

And what is sensible about these proposals?

I just glanced over them, but having minimum standards in terms of quality, design, energy efficiency etc. is totally standard stuff here. Maybe I don't understand what is going on there.

Great point about median household income, you need to consider also that Germany is not a house-owning country. More than 50% live for rent (57% in 2013). I was assuming that it will be more expensive to buy in the city than in the countryside, too. Buying a house in some rural place is different than doing so in a city with 200k inhabitants.

@HockeyBjj
My point is that here, earning less than that has long been a deal breaker for owning (or at least building) a house.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I just glanced over them, but having minimum standards in terms of quality, design, energy efficiency etc. is totally standard stuff here. Maybe I don't understand what is going on there.

Great point about median household income, you need to consider also that Germany is not a house-owning country. More than 50% live for rent (57% in 2013). I was assuming that it will be more expensive to buy in the city than in the countryside, too. Buying a house in some rural place is different than doing so in a city with 200k inhabitants.

@HockeyBjj
My point is that here, earning less than that has long been a deal breaker for owning (or at least building) a house.

I can understand safety and energy efficiency (considering the climate crisis) but I find mandating minimum square footage and mandatory basements to be ridiculous and regressive.

I think government regulation around home building should only really revolve around safety and environmental concerns.

How much is rent typically around your area in Germany?

 

[Gregolian]

It's no Band of Brothers, but it's in the same tier

This one doesn't get enough love. The book outlines it perfectly too where it states "the generation before from the last Great War was the "greatest generation". This generation was raised on rap, Grand Theft Auto, in broken families and was called the Lost Generation. We couldn't be more wrong"

 

[Gregolian]

Great job...
I'm still ultra cautious of deadlifts. That was probably my last serious sports injury. (Last year)

Hit 175 for reps. Could have gone up...but I'm playing it safe

It was only 3 reps but last week I couldn't even do a single pull at 245.

 

[HockeyBjj]

I can understand safety and energy efficiency (considering the climate crisis) but I find mandating minimum square footage and mandatory basements to be ridiculous and regressive.

@JDragon - polish hit my argument spot on. The minimum size of the house is the biggest driver of the cost. Seems nothing more than a deliberate attempt by the city to make it so only rich (upper middle class) people can move in and force the middle and lower middle class out.