Science: Neurochemical Reward From Mastering a Skill or Learning Something New Is Similar to the Release From Taking Opium

And, I think, therefore vice-versa.

So when you learn things, you feel good, and get a chemical rush.

But, on the other hand, if you smoke opium, you get a similar chemical rush, which would, then, displace any natural dataphile urgency you might have.

Kind of interesting, I think: It kind of tells us what we already might have suspected, but couldn't quite say.

Kids doing bad in school? Must be drugs, parents often conclude.

Well, maybe, yeah:

Scientists have long researched the science behind the natural high that comes with mastering a skill, understanding a difficult concept, or solving a challenging problem. Now, neuroscientists have discovered that the “click” of comprehension triggers a biochemical cascade that rewards the brain with a shot of natural opium-like substances.
"The brain's craving for a fix motivates humans to maximize the rate at which they absorb knowledge," he said. "I think we're exquisitely tuned to this as if we’re junkies, second by second."

Apart from porn, I have another addiction: getting lost for hours reading Wikipedia entries. I have thought before it felt like a drug; it was a silly thing, but I had this idea that if I could just Know Everything, well, then that would be awesome.

Maybe it's chemical.

Something else I suspected: You learn better when you take notes by hand, and learn less well when you type into a computer.

And this is something I've been thinking is probably true: If you have something important to your life you want to do, do it first thing in the morning.

Two reasons: 1, you are more creative and fresh in the morning; 2, in the morning, you have not yet been overcome by the demands of the day, which will cause you to not do that very important thing, should you wait to do it.

The article makes a good point: If something's important, you'll only skip it if you have a really good reason for doing so. But guess what? The longer you wait, the more the odds climb that your day will deliver that Really Good Reason not to do it.

Damn, I seriously have to start getting up before 10.

Apologies for these lame posts -- I've been trying to defend my last post against various critics on Twitter. I'll get up something better in a few minutes.

Bonus: Learning Is Racist: Via @lisadep, Rush Limbaugh found someone arguing that reading to your children at night gives them an "unfair advantage," which, I guess, you should stop doing, because Harrison Bergeron wasn't a warning, it was an instruction manual.

The Daily Telegraph frets:

"Is having a loving family an unfair advantage?" asks a story on the ABC’s [Australian Broadcasting Company's] website.
"Should parents snuggling up for one last story before lights out be even a little concerned about the advantage they might be conferring?"
The story was followed by a broadcast on the ABC's Radio National that also tackled the apparently divisive issue of bedtime reading.
"Evidence shows that the difference between those who get bedtime stories and those who don't -- the difference in their life chances --is bigger than the difference between those who get elite private schooling and those that don’t,” British academic Adam Swift told ABC presenter Joe Gelonesi.

So humanity is doomed, but you knew that.

Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

Posted by: Ace at 04:12 PM

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1 What about Mastering the Study of Taking Opium?!? Double Dose!!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Math Critic ... at May 05, 2015 04:13 PM (nSOh+)

2 I had this idea that if I could just Know Everything, well, then that would be awesome.

I think the compulsive need to acquire data can be driven by insecurity (a need to master the environment by knowing everything).

Just a theory, but not necessarily widely applicable.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 05, 2015 04:14 PM (oVJmc)

3 Someone say opium?

Posted by: Bigby's Pipe-Packin' Thumb at May 05, 2015 04:15 PM (3ZtZW)

4 So you can also get a high by picking the winner in the 5th race at belmont raceway also? Or snagging a date with that hot chick you never thought would be caught dead with you?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2015 04:16 PM (rDqRv)

5 Explains the "and then he was enlightened" ending to the best koans. The thing to remember about being enlightened is that the enlightenment doesn't last. You gotta chase after it again.

Posted by: BJ at May 05, 2015 04:16 PM (S1Xji)

6 Apart from porn, I have another addiction

I don't understand those words in that order.

In non-porn addiction, that's why video games, particularly MMOs, work. It's Skinner boxing, all the way down. If I just do this and master that and get that emblem and that trophy and platinum baby woohoo! It's a rush. It is absolutely.

I've been playing a Sudoku game fairly intensely lately because hell to the yes I am getting three stars on all levels. Hell to the yes.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:17 PM (mf5HN)

7 I was a very good student. (Not the smartest person on the plant, but "good at schoolwork.")

I always re-copied my notes a couple of times to prepare for exams. Worked like a charm. Tried to teach my students to do it.

Studying with headphones listening to loud rock music, I mean like Def Leppard type of stuff, also worked well for me for subjects like organic chemistry. (I think more for visual subjects than for something like literature or language study.)

Posted by: Y-not at May 05, 2015 04:17 PM (9BRsg)

8 And so by making school as boring as possible the NEA is setting kids up to either take drugs or to get that learning fix by knowing that Beyonce ate for supper. She's probably old news for kids but only name I could think of.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2015 04:18 PM (dkExz)

9 The best way to learn a subject is to try to explain it to someone else. It clarifies the process so that you truly understand it.

Posted by: Null at May 05, 2015 04:19 PM (xjpRj)

10 What is wrong with America? Ace is having to defend that last post on Twitter.

Posted by: An Observation at May 05, 2015 04:19 PM (kaMKa)

11 I feel you on this Ace.

Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (zZ7AQ)

12 I feel you on this Ace.

Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (zZ7AQ)

13 "I've been playing a Sudoku game fairly intensely lately because hell to the yes I am getting three stars on all levels."

I had a phase, several years ago now, when I played a fair amount of Dungeon Siege. Got semi-addicted to it. I stopped b/c I realized I felt lousy afterward. Totally without motivation.

I think I have a bit of an addictive personality, so I strive to not ever get to close to the edge of addictive habits. I don't like feeling out of control that way.

Posted by: Y-not at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (9BRsg)

14 I get my best work done in the first 2 hours of the morning.

After that, too many distractions.

Distraction:
1 part bourbon
1/2 part lemon juice
1/2 part maple syrup
Ice - shake well
pour with lemon twist

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (sH832)

15 Learning Something New Is Similar to the Release From Taking Opium

Unless that "something new" you're learning is that Billy Jeff was getting rimmed by Monica.

Posted by: still shuddering at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (9Z8lH)

16 Just started reading your Twitter ace. Give 'em hell. It is really good stuff.

Posted by: River Guide at May 05, 2015 04:20 PM (RJMhd)

17 weird science

http://tinyurl.com/k96rdel

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (S+el1)

18 I've noticed this. When you read a really good book, or get a really hot girl's phone number. There's a rush that you get from "achieving " something, no matter how small. You even get that feeling from picking the correct lottery number, even if it's only one of those daily games that pay like 300 bucks or something. I guess these are the little things that make you feel alive.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (/WU0Q)

19 What Beyonce had for supper. Darn poor proof-reading skills.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (dkExz)

20 Critics on twitter? I'm offended! They should be hounded from the public space for having the temerity to criticize the otherly furry.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (eBNjM)

21

Skills are the opium of the skilled.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (St6BJ)

22 Don't even bother defending, just tell them to fuck off.

Posted by: Lauren at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (MYCIw)

23 Apart from porn, I have another addiction: getting lost for hours
reading Wikipedia entries. I have thought before it felt like a drug; it
was a silly thing, but I had this idea that if I could just Know Everything, well, then that would be awesome.

The attraction of the web and wiki? It's like having the entire Library of Congress in you computer.

For old guys it is a fcuking rush. Don't have to drag out encyclopedia or go to library, I just fire up the computer. AMAZING

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (0FSuD)

24 The whole morning thing is a "morning person" thing.

Morning people are incapable of understanding, for some reason, that there are "not-morning" people. It's kind of like how people get that glazed look in their eyes if you don't like their favorite food or music, then they say, "wait, here, try it again..."

Admitting that it can be otherwise is some sort of grievous offense to them.

I have the most energy and think the most clearly very late at night.

I am tragically barely aware first thing after I get up, for some time.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (bLnSU)

25 I memorized the entire Little Golden Book of Baby Farm Animals when I was 22. Go ahead. Just ask me anything.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (8ZskC)

26 Thanks to Y Not for mentioning it on the last post.

Posted by: River Guide at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (RJMhd)

27 Apart from porn, I have another addiction: getting lost for hours reading Wikipedia entries. I have thought before it felt like a drug;

Simple. ADHD. Click a link, find a new shiny. See a new shiny on that page, click it. Next thing you are wondering, where did 4 hours go?

Welcome to the dark side.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (RcdfR)

28 19 What Beyonce had for supper. Darn poor proof-reading skills.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (dkExz)

Before this dame became famous, did anyone on the planet have that name?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (St6BJ)

29 Hm, I have no memory of any sort of rush or stoned feeling, just satisfaction and moving on to the next thing. Perhaps it varies from person to person physiologically, like how some get a post-sex chemical surge from chocolate and others don't. Or how some metabolize alcohol differently and have a harder time controlling it.

Or maybe I'm just damaged goods. Wouldn't be the first bit of evidence.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (39g3+)

30 This is not a rapey post. I feel cheated.

Posted by: chiefjaybob at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (2L77z)

31 I often have the 'branching out' problem on Wikipedia, where each term that you come across gets opened in a new tab and from each of those pages, too...

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (oVJmc)

32 Posted by: Null at May 05, 2015 04:19 PM (xjpRj)

Very true. Be shown it, do it, then teach it back. If you missed something, it'll quickly show up.

Damn fine way to teach.

Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (Ce4DF)

33 Yep, when I'm studying for a new skill and/or certification, I *always* write down exactly what I need to know, the old-fashioned way, by pen on a tablet. I don't ever need to read them again, I just have to go through the process of mentally processing it and writing it down.

Doing it now, actually.

Posted by: Oedipus at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (CXLVd)

34 I've always thought I performed better under pressure. The feeling of achievement is much higher the great the chance for failure. And it does feel like a high.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (g1DWB)

35 God, I love knowledge. If I won the lottery (and it would help if I actually bought a ticket sometimes), I would quit my job after reasonable notice and sign up for classes at Oxford, Cambridge, the Sorbonne...completely useless ones, too, like, "The History of Early Anglo-Saxon Gardeners," and such. I'd go to Japan and just live in Kyoto and take courses in Zen or whathaveyou for at least a year. I might even sign up for really stupid university courses in the US, like, "The Dialectics of Post-Modern Feminism," so I could read up and mock the instructor and some of the more emotionally fragile students. Love love love reading, so I'd build a library with a kitchen and bath attached and buy all the books I ever wanted. Love learning stuff.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (AF8UR)

36 25
I memorized the entire Little Golden Book of Baby Farm Animals when I was 22. Go ahead. Just ask me anything.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 05, 2015 04:22 PM (8ZskC)

Did the little piggy go to the market?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (0FSuD)

37 Morning people are incapable of understanding, for some reason, that there are "not-morning" people.
---

Well, vice versa I'd say. I don't think morning people are any less aware of their counterparts than are night owls.

Posted by: Y-not, morning person married to a night owl at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (9BRsg)

38 This is my "first thing in the morning" but I'm not getting anything done cause I have to go work my 12 hour shift tonight. So, I'll run my errands (what I can of them) in the morning on my way home, as usual.

But hey, it's 80 degrees in the Piedmont and the sun is shining brightly, so I'm rockin' the red ragtop to work tonight.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (/2KMt)

39 Beyonce is one of those names 13 year old girls come up with and when there's no dad around to bring some sanity into the conversation, kids get stuck with.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (39g3+)

40 This is not a rapey post. I feel cheated.

It wouldn't really be that hard to at least post a penguin image occasionally, would it?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (sH832)

41 I have a wikipedia "addiction" that comes and goes too. Yeah, I know it's not always "reliable" (especially entries that touch on SJW-issues), but on the Roman Empire, The Dark Ages, WW1 and the albums of Bob Dylan (some of my favorite topics right now), you can't beat it....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (/WU0Q)

42 Welcome to the dark side.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:23 PM (RcdfR)

I see you've been to Pinterest.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (mf5HN)

43 fist bump Merovign

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2015 04:25 PM (dkExz)

44
I find I'm at my best not first thing in the morning, but after a nap.

Close the office door at lunchtime, get 45 minutes, and have a good afternoon.

Sundays are better. Get up, go to liturgy, take a nap after, have an awesome afternoon.

Posted by: LibertarianJim at May 05, 2015 04:25 PM (ULi11)

45 Posted by: Clutch Cargo at May 05, 2015 04:24 PM (sH832)

Kelly Lebrock at 7

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:25 PM (S+el1)

46 I have the most energy and think the most clearly very late at night.

I am tragically barely aware first thing after I get up, for some time.

Did the "deep night shift" 11 to 7 for three and a half years.
Hated it.
Could do the 3 to 11 shift, going to bed a 2 and getting up at 8 for life.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (RcdfR)

47 Y-not, let us simply say we have completely different life experiences.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (bLnSU)

48
As some of you may know, I am a model train boffin who really never had the time nor space to practice at this hobby. Finally, after years of reading I decided to tackle a couple of intricate projects that involved airbrushing, mold making and casting, assembly and other things. Each time I was able to accomplish a phase successfully in my eye, I was totally thrilled with it.

So, short answer, I think there is something to this hypothesis.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (St6BJ)

49 I've been playing a Sudoku game fairly intensely
lately because hell to the yes I am getting three stars on all levels.
Hell to the yes.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:17 PM (mf5HN)

Dayum, AtC. Sudoku is like crack to me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (FsuaD)

50
Something else I suspected: You learn better when you take notes by hand, and learn less well when you type into a computer.

I have old journals where I look at the notes and they're absolute gibberish now. A name, a concept, an arrow.

For me looking at notes reminds me of the physical act of writing them, which helps me recall what it was that needed to be remembered. Until it's not, then it's gibberish again.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (JtwS4)

51 The best way to learn a subject is to try to explain it to someone else. It clarifies the process so that you truly understand it.
Posted by: Null at May 05, 2015 04:19 PM (xjpRj)

I used to do that to myself- talk to myself- now a days they put you on drugs for that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2015 04:27 PM (rDqRv)

52 As some of you may know, I am a model train boffin
who really never had the time nor space to practice at this hobby.
Finally, after years of reading I decided to tackle a couple of
intricate projects that involved airbrushing, mold making and casting,
assembly and other things. Each time I was able to accomplish a phase
successfully in my eye, I was totally thrilled with it.

So, short answer, I think there is something to this hypothesis.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (St6BJ)

Sweet! What scale? I do N, Nn3 and Z.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:28 PM (/2KMt)

53 Totally a night person, too. Morning is not my time, but work requires me be up. Sadly, even when I come home exhausted, my energy shoots up at night and I find it very difficult to go to sleep at a "reasonable" "morning-person" hour.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at May 05, 2015 04:28 PM (AF8UR)

54 I am *not* a morning person. I like to wake up gradually, enjoy my coffee in peace and quiet, and then embrace the day.

Nothing pisses me off more than people who are up early and LOUD. Especially house guests.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:28 PM (FsuaD)

55 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:28 PM (kff5f)

56 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (kff5f)

57 It's sucks I'm great at everything so I don't really get that high from finally conquering a skill.

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (mt2jL)

58 52 Sweet! What scale? I do N, Nn3 and Z.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:28 PM (/2KMt)

HO. And it's esoteric - rapid transit (els and subways).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (St6BJ)

59 Dayum, AtC. Sudoku is like crack to me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:26 PM (FsuaD)

Crack crack cracky mccrack.

With crack sauce.

Because when you finish a puzzle? You feel super smart, you know, like when you get all the answers before the Jeopardy contestants do.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (mf5HN)

60 Sundays are better. Get up, go to liturgy, take a nap after, have an awesome afternoon.

Posted by: LibertarianJim at May 05, 2015 04:25 PM

Ahhh...the PLN. Can't beat it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2015 04:30 PM (h4vJk)

61 Crack crack cracky mccrack.

With crack sauce.
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (mf5HN)

#NotAEuphemism

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 05, 2015 04:30 PM (V+kmg)

62 Morning is like Hell on Earth. Midday isn't so great either. And by the time 9pm rolls around (which is usually nine o'clock, I'm tired.

Not a morning person. When I'm on vacation and can sleep in 'til 10 or 11, and shift my schedule? Everything is awesome. Maybe it's psychological, maybe I don't know what, but it sure feels real.

So of course my job is 7am-3.30. fml

Posted by: Lance McCormick at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (4QNd+)

63
I did not see Neal Sudoku open for Kiki Dee at the Felt Forum back in 76.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (St6BJ)

64
Because when you finish a puzzle? You feel
super smart, you know, like when you get all the answers before the
Jeopardy contestants do.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (mf5HN)

Yep.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (FsuaD)

65 HO. And it's esoteric - rapid transit (els and subways).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:29 PM (St6BJ)

Outstanding. You can do a nice point-to-point on a shelf in limited space. I'm at the place where I have too many train projects going on at once, and I suck at scenery (which is where the two N scale layouts are right now). Fortunately for me Mrs. Hades loves doing the artsy stuff, so I have help now.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (/2KMt)

66 I'll wait to read this post..... I saw "science" and immediately began daydreaming about Ms. Gellars tits....

Hmmmm... not sure that's a good thing.

Or how that connection was made.

Meh. I'll figure it out tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Dirty Randy at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (jjaLl)

67 I, for one, am not going to stand for ace's irresponsible attacks on opium.

Good day sir.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (TJCSB)

68 I called in 3 yes freakin' 3 gobblers all at once this morning after watching a video on box call techniques. Opium ain't got shit on that rush! Braggin' rights at the clubhouse tonight! Woo hoo!

Then I fixed a garage door for the first time in my life! Sweet Jebus I'm a knowledge addict!

Did I mention 3 gobblers all at once?

Posted by: Xavier at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (iSwC+)

69 noonish can still be considered morning.

well not for me, because kids, but others.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (nqBYe)

70 Ace loves science sexually. He told us so.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (FsuaD)

71 I've been studying and learning the piano for over a year.

My progress has been outstanding but I have never had any experience of euphoria comparable to any drug.

I'm feeling a little hipped here.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (bckL9)

72 I am *not* a morning person. I like to wake up gradually, enjoy my coffee in peace and quiet, and then embrace the day.

Nothing pisses me off more than people who are up early and LOUD.

---

I don't equate being a "morning person" with being loud. I am more relaxed and ready for challenges in the morning. Given a choice between grabbing an extra morning of "me" time in the morning or the nighttime, I'll always choose the morning.

Posted by: Y-not, morning person married to a night owl at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (9BRsg)

73 6 I've been playing a Sudoku game fairly intensely lately because hell to the yes I am getting three stars on all levels. Hell to the yes.
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:17

OMG, where is this game? Must have Sudoku high! Must have.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (y+Cf1)

74 We bought and moved to 25 country acres, almost all covered in trees, vines and shrub. I knew a lot about all of that, but I could only identify about half of what is here. My wife doesn't get nearly as excited as I about a new (new to me) type of tree or wild berry. She must be on drugs.

Posted by: traye at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (nFGz2)

75 65 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (/2KMt)

New York apartment. Believe it or not, we do have a spare bedroom but it's guest quarters and hard to make something of a permanent mess. One day. One day . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (St6BJ)

76 Eh I dont know.

Dont have any experience with Opium though, so ... science I guess.

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (AkOaV)

77 Yeah but opium is way fucking cooler.

Posted by: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt Spreader at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (XpAxm)

78 OT:

Iranian backed Yemeni Houthi rebels shell Saudi Arabian city.

http://tinyurl.com/pbb539e

S**t jut got real.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (7YlUk)

79 Did I mention 3 gobblers all at once?

Posted by: Xavier at May 05, 2015 04:31 PM (iSwC+)

Nice! How many of them did you manage to put in the freezer?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (/2KMt)

80 'Master of the house,
Keeper of the Inn...'

Posted by: George Costanza at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (1RMKx)

81 I've noticed this. When you read a really good book, or get a really hot girl's phone number. There's a rush that you get from "achieving " something, no matter how small. You even get that feeling from picking the correct lottery number, even if it's only one of those daily games that pay like 300 bucks or something. I guess these are the little things that make you feel alive.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2015 04:21 PM (/WU0Q)

-------------------------------------------

Another rush is walking out to the car after 8 hours of work knowing you were productive and gave your employer a quality product to hand to his customers.

The biggest rush is helping someone without them knowing you helped them.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (/HX7u)

82 so. i'm supposed to make dinner because, food the opium of the masses, but have no meat.

however i have three bags of stupid frozen french fries my daughter bought last month.

and who eats cranberry sauce after thanksgiving?

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (nqBYe)

83 I'd like to be a morning person, but my kids wake me up too early for that. Instead I'm a "stumble downstairs while it's still dark to start making breakfast for a horde of zombies" person.

Posted by: Lauren at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (MYCIw)

84 New York apartment. Believe it or not, we do have a
spare bedroom but it's guest quarters and hard to make something of a
permanent mess. One day. One day . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (St6BJ)

All you need is 8 foot of wall at about a 4 1/2 to 5 foot height...but yeah, I completely understand.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (/2KMt)

85 Just like everything gives you cancer, everything can be an addiction.

Yes, it's brain chemistry. Mostly. And all those other things we assume addictions entail: mood/personality/environment/exposure to those addictive things. After all, you aren't going to become addicted to sweet sweet opium unless someone puts the pipe in your hands.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (TOk1P)

86 I'm on level 232 on Jewel Mania and it's kicking my ass. Can't get past it and I'll be damn if I'll buy any of the boost assists. I'll definitely feel good when I beat this level.

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (mt2jL)

87 Posted by: The Political Hat at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (7YlUk)

Sure did.

That's probably not a good sign if Iranian backed whilin' yutes are now bombing American backed cities.

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (AkOaV)

88 Tangentially, but related to the fact that MMOs and mobile games are designed to take advantage of "achievement highs," I've thought for some time and mentioned a few times (even helplessly sent messages to campaigns and other political groups) that this principle probably needs to be applied to political campaigns.

Don't focus solely on the election or a big fundraising goal, or on the group, but look for opportunities to give individuals "micro-achievements" related, get and keep them involved, give them frequent reasons to check in and do things.

In the end, this is probably an insane thing to suggest in a world of Perpetual Campaigning, but it would increase involvement. I'd probably personally run screaming pretty early in that process, unless it was incredibly subtle.

I'm not sure it would make a difference.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (bLnSU)

89 My late f-i-l *always* woke up at 5:30 a.m. And *insisted* everyone else get up.

Of course, by 8:00 p.m. he was passing out on the couch after a couple of glasses of wine.

We have dear friends who visited us a couple of months ago, and the husband gets up early and bangs around the house, turning the TV up loud, and yelling, "Jane, where do you keep the extra K-Cups???"

Gah. Even my husband, a true morning person, gets frosted.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (FsuaD)

90
*shifty eyes*

Oh hell, I'll do it.

Why do pot and opiates get you high? Because there are pot and opiate receptors in the brain. It's not as if a chemical reaction occurs and THC + white blood cells turns into something different.

Molecules of certain shapes fit into receptors designed to receive them, triggering the responses that they trigger.

So our ability to get high is designed in.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (JtwS4)

91 81 The biggest rush is helping someone without them knowing you helped them.
Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (/HX7u)

This is the second highest form of charity (tsadaka) in Judaism. Giving anonymously and not knowing who the benefactor is is the highest.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (St6BJ)

92 Posting on Twitter clearly gives you the responsive "opium fix".

Posted by: Marcus t at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (GGCsk)

93 So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas.

A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro
jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself.
Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking.
So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off
and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot
crevasse, right at the base of this glacier.

Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga.
So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey,
Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you
know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die,
on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that
goin' for me, which is nice.

Posted by: Carl Spackler at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (JO9+V)

94 I got up very early this morning, but never made it out of bed after discovering the secret to self-analingus at 1:36 PM EST.

Posted by: @PeeteySDee at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (7Pvxd)

95 Dont have any experience with Opium though, so ... science I guess.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (AkOaV)

---------------------------------------

I certainly don't recommend it, but it's some really awesome shit.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (/HX7u)

96 If you have something important to your life you want to do, do it first thing in the morning.

It's called sleeping.

Posted by: physics geek at May 05, 2015 04:36 PM (MT22W)

97 Yep, when I'm studying for a new skill and/or certification, I *always* write down exactly what I need to know, the old-fashioned way, by pen on a tablet. I don't ever need to read them again, I just have to go through the process of mentally processing it and writing it down.

I never reviewed my college notes. Write-Only.

Did pretty well in college, too.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 05, 2015 04:36 PM (0NdlF)

98 I got up very early this morning, but never made it out of bed after discovering the secret to self-analingus at 1:36 PM EST.

Did you get your peanut?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (oVJmc)

99 I got up very early this morning, but never made it out of bed after discovering the secret to self-analingus at 1:36 PM EST.

Posted by: @PeeteySDee at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (7Pvxd)

uhhh....ok...

Off to work now. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (/2KMt)

100
My folks woke up at the crack of dawn to go to work so that is in my DNA. I actually love the early morning, especially on a weekend. Breakfast smells remind me of my dad, especially coffee and toast that is almost burning wafting through the air.

Miss my dad.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (St6BJ)

101 The only reason to get up early is to go hunting or fishing.

Posted by: Garrett at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (1RMKx)

102 so. i'm supposed to make dinner because, food the opium of the masses, but have no meat.

however i have three bags of stupid frozen french fries my daughter bought last month.

and who eats cranberry sauce after thanksgiving?

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (nqBYe)

What is dinner, but a concept imposed on you by white male privilege?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (TOk1P)

103 I am not a morning person. Left to my own devices I will keep staying up later and later until I've flipped day and night, and then I'll keep on doing it until I've flipped them back to normal.

But for writing, at least, I have found "write first" very important. I suspect that creativity in the morning comes from the mind having exercised in the night while I wasn't using it.

I have also found that the best combination to write well is to write first, and write last, so that the last thing before dreaming was working out the problems of the writing; good ideas then come unbidden after the semi-conscious works on it (unbidden except for writing first).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (J0IP0)

104 Sudoku crack:

http://www.websudoku.com/

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (FsuaD)

105 83

Last baby went to college this year. It was heaven to be able to sleep in 'til 8am. Hubby suggested I get an alarm clock, I think the withering look he got in return sent the message, hasn't mentioned it since.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (nSjrf)

106 Another rush is walking out to the car after 8 hours of work knowing you were productive and gave your employer a quality product to hand to his customers.

The biggest rush is helping someone without them knowing you helped them.
Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:34 PM (/HX7u)

Ha ha. Oh wait, you were serious.

(Posting on company time)

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:38 PM (mt2jL)

107 Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (/HX7u)

Prescribed pain pills at a young age for a surgery.

have hated opiates ever since.

So never was tempted.

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 04:38 PM (AkOaV)

108 101 The only reason to get up early is to go hunting or fishing.
Posted by: Garrett at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (1RMKx)

Don't golfers get up ridiculously early? Sort of incongruous with SCOAMF's love of the game since he rises when the sun is warm, 11:30, noon.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (St6BJ)

109 Tangentially, but related to the fact that MMOs and mobile games are designed to take advantage of "achievement highs," I've thought for some time and mentioned a few times (even helplessly sent messages to campaigns and other political groups) that this principle probably needs to be applied to political campaigns.

I'm pretty sure that Leftists are already doing this sort of thing.

This is the Newest Most Importantest Issue that you give Obama $5, spam links on social media, and be Very Concerned!

Every day.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (0NdlF)

110 Why do pot and opiates get you high? Because there are pot and opiate receptors in the brain. It's not as if a chemical reaction occurs and THC + white blood cells turns into something different. Molecules of certain shapes fit into receptors designed to receive them, triggering the responses that they trigger. So our ability to get high is designed in.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (JtwS4)

-----------------------------------------------

So you're saying our brains are organic. That's heavy, man.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (/HX7u)

111 Don't focus solely on the election or a big fundraising goal, or on the group, but look for opportunities to give individuals "micro-achievements" related, get and keep them involved, give them frequent reasons to check in and do things.

It is a good approach and someone will likely tap into that eventually. Advertisers have tried to but haven't found much success, because they're a bit clumsy. What you have to do is find a way to bend what people like to do and are going to do anyway in a direction you like and reward them in small and usually meaningless ways (like MMO achievements) for doing what you want.

Its a really old principle but with everyone so hooked in and online in social media, a lot easier to do. Consider how apps that just keep track of how long and how often people go to an area and give them titles do. It means nothing but it encourages people to behave certain ways.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (39g3+)

112
the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England and Australia is now arguing that reading to your children at night gives them "unfair advantages" over less-fortunate children and perhaps you should stop that.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (PA7DS)

113 >>So our ability to get high is designed in.

Whoa...
far out, Man.

Posted by: Stoned Moron at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (1RMKx)

114 Oh yeah, parents should totally feel guilty for trying to give their offspring advantages and tools to better survive. I mean, how in the world can such evil people live with themselves?

But seriously, wtf is wrong with people these days that we're now dreaming up new "problems" to overcome?

Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (/Ho8c)

115 Posted by: ace at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (PA7DS)

makes sense.

its like the left always says -- we need to distribute the wealth. The poor says, "whoa awesome man. that means I get richer" when in reality it just means everyone else has to get poorer.

so, yeah. leftism.

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (AkOaV)

116 The left does the achievement high thing all the time, any public speech by NDGTyson is basically "you're smart because you agree with me," and so is a Jon Stewart or Colbert show or any show on MSNBC.

To some extent everybody does that with in-group things, but the left is obsessed with group compliance and praise for compliance. It does seem very "religious" from the outside.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (bLnSU)

117 Burt i'm probably going to need a set of earplugs with all the crying tonight.

S**t jut got real.
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 05, 2015 04:33 PM (7YlUk)

uh oh

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (nqBYe)

118 98 I got up very early this morning, but never made it out of bed after discovering the secret to self-analingus at 1:36 PM EST.

Did you get your peanut?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 05, 2015 04:37 PM (oVJmc)

Self-analingus? That's a bit of a stretch. Ease up a few inches and you got it made, IMHO.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (St6BJ)

119 112

the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England and Australia is
now arguing that reading to your children at night gives them "unfair
advantages" over less-fortunate children and perhaps you should stop
that.

o_O

*twitches*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (FsuaD)

120 I'll get up something better in a few minutes.

Huh uh huh huh

Can't believe you jokers left that one hanging. It's like I don't even know you anymore.

Posted by: Beavis & Butthead at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (3Db2Z)

121 The biggest rush is helping someone without them knowing you helped them.

Do they really not know, or is just a thankless job?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (YEelc)

122 That update is why I hate things.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (TJCSB)

123 the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England
and Australia is now arguing that reading to your children at night
gives them "unfair advantages" over less-fortunate children and perhaps
you should stop that.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (PA7DS)

I think Weird Dave's suggestion to answer all leftists with a hearty FU-FOFF is going to be my go-to position from here on out.

And now, I'm really going. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (/2KMt)

124
Damn, I seriously have to start getting up before 10.

*snort*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (ewiBW)

125 Wow...I thought I was the only with that addiction...to Wikipedia, I mean.

Posted by: Mike at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (1V9qu)

126 OMG, where is this game? Must have Sudoku high! Must have.
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 05, 2015 04:32 PM (y+Cf1)

*shifty eyes*

You didn't get this from me.

http://amzn.to/1KewBat

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:41 PM (mf5HN)

127 'Daddy never hugged me and Mommy never read to me.'

Posted by: Garrett at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (1RMKx)

128 112
the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England and Australia is now arguing that reading to your children at night gives them "unfair advantages" over less-fortunate children and perhaps you should stop that.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2015 04:39 PM (PA7DS)

If Planned Parenthood got off their lazy asses and worked a bit harder, we wouldn't have this problem.

/S /S /S ! ! !

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (St6BJ)

129 The only reason to get up early is to go hunting or fishing.
Posted by: Garrett

Threadwinner!

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (RcdfR)

130 It's an interesting theory. Since Jugears already thinks he knows more than anybody does that explain why he's so high on himself? He's got a powerful feedback loop going on there?

Posted by: Please Don't Rock the Boat, If You Want Me to Love You at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (ky5gy)

131 It's Skinner boxing, all the way down.

Another term for fapping?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (W5DcG)

132 Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2015 04:35 PM (JtwS4)

The opiates trigger the release of endorphins .

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (mt2jL)

133 127 'Daddy never hugged me and Mommy never read to me.'
Posted by: Garrett at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (1RMKx)

Said Woody Allen's children never.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:42 PM (St6BJ)

134 Wow...I thought I was the only with that addiction...to Wikipedia, I mean.

Posted by: Mike

Funny.

Not quite the same thing, but when my dad was in high school, he read the entire encyclopedia set in his study halls. Served him very well.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (/Ho8c)

135 104 Sudoku crack:

Thank you Jane. It's almost been nice knowing civilization, but it's time to go full hermit.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (y+Cf1)

136 Even though I don't do it very often, building things with my hands is always great.

Be it a piece of furniture, or when I was a kid putting together plastic models, that was always a lot of fun.

Never had the time for a train set, but always wanted one, if nothing else to build or set the buildings. Heck, I always imagined if I had one I would make the town some sort of deserted, burned out place with trashy trailers on the outskirts.

Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (Ce4DF)

137 Learning is racist. Yes of course. Therefore we may conclude that Dr. Carson is an oreo.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (xWW96)

138 AtC, I posted this one up-thread:

http://www.websudoku.com/

I have yet to attempt the "evil" level.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (FsuaD)

139
Are you beer body ready?

https://goo.gl/e7p31P

Posted by: Bruce J at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (iQIUe)

140 the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England and Australia is now arguing that reading to your children at night gives them "unfair advantages" over less-fortunate
children and perhaps you should stop that.

F them.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (RcdfR)

141 Good grief, not being a morning person I missed the previous post, but this is the headline on the Washington Post:

Event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in Texas

Victim offers no apology after evading attackers.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (J0IP0)

142 I get a rush every time I beat a level of Candy Crush Saga.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (V70Uh)

143 Video Games are the new opium. It's Achievement Porn.
You get the illusion of learning something useful and mastering a useful skill when you haven't - you've just unlocked a new dungeon in a stupid game nobody will give a shit about 6 months from now.

And, like Opium, it satiates your need for learning and mastering.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 05, 2015 04:44 PM (ZPrif)

144 Nothing feels as good and natural in my hands as an excellent, well designed tool. Except a nice pair of bewbs.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 04:44 PM (xWW96)

145 Hell, anything beats learning something new.

Posted by: Barack "The Choom King" Obama at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (FcR7P)

146 Burt i'm probably going to need a set of earplugs with all the crying tonight.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:40 PM (nqBYe)

That's the white male privilege leaving their systems, that's how you know it's working.

So just consider it withdrawal symptoms.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (TOk1P)

147 ace, so our goals should become , lazy parents unite for children to become less than they might be?

what next, will they ask those families with high IQ's to off their children, to be fair?

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (nqBYe)

148 When our son was barely two, I read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to him.

Pretty sure he didn't have a clue what I was reading, but he sat still in my lap and listened (I was reading it again as much for myself as for him).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (FsuaD)

149 So humanity is doomed, but you knew that.

Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

SMOD? Is that you?

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (mf5HN)

150 In the Marines, we used to say 'those who can't do, teach'. Kind of a dig at all the NAMTRADET weenies who no longer turned wrenches and deployed to exotic locales to live in GP tents and eat sandy food. But later, I learned that the training folks wouldn't even consider taking you if you weren't a good troubleshooter and hadn't been a collateral duty inspector.

And I firmly believe that you learn best when you do, not when you just read about it and take a test I a computer.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (60Vyp)

151 136 Heck, I always imagined if I had one I would make the town some sort of deserted, burned out place with trashy trailers on the outskirts.
Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 04:43 PM (Ce4DF)

Dude. Check this guy's website out.

http://www.peterfeigenbaum.com/gallery/index.php?album=model-rr

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (St6BJ)

152 Learning is racist. Yes of course. Therefore we may conclude that Dr. Carson is an oreo.

I'm a little surprised Boko Haram doesn't have more proponents over here. I mean, outside of the White House.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (J0IP0)

153 the update is pretty chewey -- the left in England and Australia is now
arguing that reading to your children at night gives them "unfair
advantages" over less-fortunate children and perhaps you should stop
that.

I can remember Papa Basura telling bedtime stories like, "There once was a kid who wouldn't go to sleep when he was told. So his dad beat his ass. The end."

Advantage? I got more sleep than my peers.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (YEelc)

154
Pamela Geller evidently was asking for it. Islam really is rape culture, with guns knives and syphilitic muzzy peckers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:46 PM (St6BJ)

155 Burt, lol, it's good forthem..
i will say , remember all those meals you picked at that i made? well i decided to send the food to a food bank for the more deserving.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (nqBYe)

156 Here's a money saving tip:

Whenever I study, I use cocaine.

That way when I learn something,

it's just like a speedball.

Awesome!

As a student, I need to watch my money and not buy

heroin when I can easily use endorphins.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (0cMkb)

157 My Dad kept his bed time stories in the toe of his combat boots.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (xWW96)

158
Never had the time for a train set, but always wanted one, if nothing else to build or set the buildings.

that is a very addicting and expensive hobby,had a friend who got started on it and it ended up taking over his garage and much of his income

Posted by: kj at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (lKyWE)

159 So where were did we leave off last night, Billy?

Ah, yes. Here we are...

'Dear Penthouse Forum,

I never thought this would happen to me, but...'

Posted by: Harry Reid at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (1RMKx)

160 126 *shifty eyes*

You didn't get this from me.
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:41

I got responses from Jane and atc. You cannot believe the rush. It is time to sink into the chair and enjoy the moment. Thank you, thank you.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (y+Cf1)

161 Heh. My late dad gave the boy a big book about trains when he was little.

Caught Daddy "reading" to him one day, and adding colorful tidbits about man-eating lions (like the Tsavo lions).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (FsuaD)

162 Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (YEelc)

My dad read from those same books.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at May 05, 2015 04:48 PM (nqiq9)

163 Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 05, 2015 04:44 PM (ZPrif)

You do know that it's okay just to do something strictly for the enjoyment of doing it right?

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:48 PM (mt2jL)

164 heck, i didn't like doing the reading out loud anyway to the children, i'd miss half the details. and why should kids know how to read anyway. all they are going to do is sit and play video games and collect ebt

so it's good for me!

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:48 PM (nqBYe)

165 Heck, I always imagined if I had one I would make the town some sort of deserted, burned out place with trashy trailers on the outskirts.
Posted by: HH

One long track across endless, brown plywood = Mad Max.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (RcdfR)

166 158 that is a very addicting and expensive hobby,had a friend who got started on it and it ended up taking over his garage and much of his income
Posted by: kj at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (lKyWE)

It certainly is addicting but it doesn't necessarily have to be expensive. You can do things cheaply but like anything else in this life, you have to have a budget and stick to it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (St6BJ)

167 I got responses from Jane and atc. You cannot believe the rush. It is time to sink into the chair and enjoy the moment. Thank you, thank you.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (y+Cf1)

Your lucky my responses from them usual involve raptors and pain.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (S+el1)

168 Well, yeah, of course it's racist.

Why else would you think that in the inner cities, paying attention in class or talking grammatically is called "acting white" ?

*denounces self, runs away*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (go6ud)

169 I wonder if you can program yourself to be a morning person...

Posted by: River Guide at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (RJMhd)

170 Re: "Something important? Do it in the morning."

My entire novel (btw, did you know I wrote a novel? I'm trying to self publish if you want to contribute to my gofundme) was written at night.

I am much more mentally alert and creative at the end of the day than at the beginning.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:50 PM (kff5f)

171 159 So where were did we leave off last night, Billy?

Ah, yes. Here we are...

'Dear Penthouse Forum,

I never thought this would happen to me, but...'
Posted by: Harry Reid at May 05, 2015 04:47 PM (1RMKx)

Except Reid would be reading from "Inches" or "Honcho."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:50 PM (St6BJ)

172 This place is addictive.

Posted by: AoSHQ junkie at May 05, 2015 04:50 PM (QyBQv)

173 I have read The Maneaters of Tsavo by Patterson.
I don't think the screenwriters of The Ghost and The Darkness ever did.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 04:50 PM (xWW96)

174
my addiction is youtube, no not cat videos, just learning stuff, I bet I have watched every washer and dryer fix video there is out there, maybe not. youtube is big, but when the washer broke, I knew what to do instantly. Wham Bam fixed it Maam. I did get some sort of high from it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (ODxAs)

175 Couple thoughts about that ABC article in the update.

1) The ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, their version of PBS or the BBC (or CBC, eh). Its their official government news media outlet.
2) The argument of the person in question is that since some families have an advantage by being close and caring for kids, while others do not... all families should be eliminated and the government care for all kids for equality's sake
3) This is not parody or satire.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (39g3+)

176 I wonder if you can program yourself to be a morning person...

Farm life, the US Army.
Worked for my dad.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (RcdfR)

177
This place is addictive.

It is well known that F5 releases endorphins.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (JtwS4)

178 165 Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (RcdfR)

Here's the link again, but not plywood.

http://www.peterfeigenbaum.com/gallery/index.php?album=model-rr

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (St6BJ)

179 You do know that it's okay just to do something strictly for the enjoyment of doing it right?
--

Wow, no. Thanks for the tip, Good Citizen!

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (ZPrif)

180 Remember when the Brit lady with breast cancer went to another country and got a drug that the NHS denied her with her own money? Because it gave her an "unfair advantage" over other patients, the NHS refused to treat her anymore, I shit you not.

Posted by: Bruce J at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (iQIUe)

181 Tangentially, but related to the fact that MMOs and mobile games are
designed to take advantage of "achievement highs," I've thought for some
time and mentioned a few times (even helplessly sent messages to
campaigns and other political groups) that this principle probably needs
to be applied to political campaigns.

I've sometimes wondered if this kind of thing could be used to treat addiction as well. After I quit smoking, I noticed that there were a thousand little things that used to trigger a "reward" with a cigarette (washing the dishes is the only one I can remember now, though), and suddenly there were no rewards even though I still had to do all the things. I developed a nasty addiction to all of those "push a button, get a pellet" Facebook games like Farmville, for a good six months or so. It was an artificial way to get little rewards all day long. When I finally realized that was what I was doing, I quit FB games, too.

In other news, Beyonce is a French name, and Ace's post explains why I can't stop buying Craftsy courses.

Posted by: Dora Suarez at May 05, 2015 04:51 PM (0/Svj)

182 Reading to kids is an unfair advantage?

Hmmm, also unfair: having two undead and married parents. Who aren't drug users. Who beat you.

Out of fairness, the state will now provide the beatings your childlings are not receiving at home.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (TOk1P)

183 169 I wonder if you can program yourself to be a morning person...
Posted by: River Guide at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (RJMhd)

Where's your USB port?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (St6BJ)

184 so. i'm supposed to make dinner because, food the opium of the masses, but have no meat.

however i have three bags of stupid frozen french fries my daughter bought last month.

---

Do you have a gravy packet or Gravy Master and/or cheese or a can of chili?

Posted by: Y-not, morning person married to a night owl at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (9BRsg)

185 I can remember Papa Basura telling bedtime stories like, "There once was a kid who wouldn't go to sleep when he was told. So his dad beat his ass. The end."

Was your dad Red from That 70s Show?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (39g3+)

186 I am much more mentally alert and creative at the end of the day than at the beginning.

What sucks is crawling in the bed at 9:30 and feeling yourself waking up. By 10:30 pm you are wide awake.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (RcdfR)

187 What the fucking fuck is unfair about giving your child the advantage of being able to read better?

Posted by: Heralder at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (ECROs)

188 this is how lazy kids have become.

they don't even have to play x box they watch others playing xbox on youtube!

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (nqBYe)

189 >>169 I wonder if you can program yourself to be a morning person...

Yeah. It can be done. But the while world changes.
There are other morning people.
People you don't know.
Happy. Morivated and productive people.
They really suck.

Posted by: Harry Reid at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (1RMKx)

190 When our son was barely two, I read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to him.

Pretty sure he didn't have a clue what I was reading, but he sat still in my lap and listened (I was reading it again as much for myself as for him).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (FsuaD)

According to Mommy, I have always known how to read. Seriously, there is no family memory of my learning to read, I just always could.

Also according to Mommy, this was really super annoying when they tried to skip ahead during bedtime stories and I would go "That's not what it says".

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (mf5HN)

191 reading to your children at night gives them an "unfair advantage," which, I guess, you should stop doing, because Harrison Bergeron wasn't a warning, it was an instruction manual.

O_o

I really shouldn't be surprised by this.

Just this morning, I was thinking about the damage we've done to ourselves with the participation trophy mindset. We've completely reversed things so that now, not only is failing "not failing," but success *is* failure.

The only way to win is, indeed, not to play. Because if you play, you might win, and that would not be fair, and so you would lose.

Argh!

Sometimes being a teetotaler sucks. I need a drink.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (kff5f)

192 Oops, my first paragraph there in 181 ("Tangentially, etc.) was a quote from 88.

Posted by: Dora Suarez at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (0/Svj)

193 maybe if Heather's 2 mommies didn't spend so much time at roller derby they could read to the kid.

Posted by: X at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (n5fTN)

194 Except Reid would be reading from "Inches" or "Honcho."

I'm not sure what concerns me more: that there are magazines actually called that, or that you know them by name.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (39g3+)

195 193 maybe if Heather's 2 mommies didn't spend so much time at roller derby they could read to the kid.
Posted by: X at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (n5fTN)

I can't picture Raquel Welch as a bull dyke.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:54 PM (St6BJ)

196 Science: Neurochemical Reward From Mastering a Skill or Learning Something New Is Similar to the Release From Taking Opium

Umm, no it's not. Don't ask me how I "learned" this.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at May 05, 2015 04:54 PM (X+nFp)

197
Ummmm... I want my kids to have an unfair advantage over others. Why wouldn't you?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2015 04:54 PM (ODxAs)

198 Y-Not i do have a white country peppered gravy package.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:54 PM (nqBYe)

199 What the fucking fuck is unfair about giving your child the advantage of being able to read better?

Not every child has parents to read to them or that want to, or can! Hater!
/sjw

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (39g3+)

200 194 Except Reid would be reading from "Inches" or "Honcho."

I'm not sure what concerns me more: that there are magazines actually called that, or that you know them by name.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:53 PM (39g3+)

You would not believe the mags in a typical NYC candy store/newsstand.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (St6BJ)

201 I can't picture Raquel Welch as a bull dyke.

But I can topless... brb

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (S+el1)

202 http://www.peterfeigenbaum.com/gallery/
index.php?album=model-rr

Wow. The Walking Dead train set. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (RcdfR)

203 Men have more of the learning addiction genes since that's more our evolved role.

Basically, when you waste time mastering yet another computer game combat system -- your brain thinks you are mastering a useful skill for the tribe, like fishing or hunting and everybody in the tribe is gonna be so impressed and you'll rise up in tribal hierarchy.

That's why games have all those rewards of "Way to go!", "You're so awesome."

It's literally Achievement Porn.

Your higher brain knows you are wasting time, but your lower brain can't really tell.

Just like with Porn your higher brain knows you are alone in your basement, but your lower brain is thinking you are a stud for pulling all these hot naked chicks.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (ZPrif)

204 "Two reasons: 1, you are more creative and fresh in the morning; 2, in the morning, you have not yet been overcome by the demands of the day, which will cause you to not do that very important thing, should you wait to do it."

Meh. There are "night people", too. Studies show their IQs are typical above the norm. And the best evidence of that? The ONT. You cannot get quality like that first thing out of bed.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (1CroS)

205 having two undead and married parents.

You have zombies for parents?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (kff5f)

206 I am much more mentally alert and creative at the end of the day than at the beginning.
Posted by: AllenG
-
Same here.
There are 'Winders' and 'Unwinders'. I am one of the former. I'm not worth a crap until early evening. Around 1:00 a.m. I am at my peak. This can be witnessed by the witty, insightful comments with which I grace the ONT.

I've known plenty of people who would leap from bed in the morning, and *immediately* begin to achieve stuff. Then, by 8:30 in the evening they would be nodding off.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (QyBQv)

207 202 http://www.peterfeigenbaum.com/gallery/
index.php?album=model-rr

Wow. The Walking Dead train set. LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (RcdfR)

The guy is twisted, for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (St6BJ)

208 Y-Not i do have a white country peppered gravy package.

Fry up some hamburger, add the gravy as per package instructions, make toast. Serve over toast.

Not exactly healthy but filling and tasty.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (39g3+)

209
Heck, I always imagined if I had one I would make the town some sort of deserted, burned out place with trashy trailers on the outskirts.
Posted by: HH

One long track across endless, brown plywood = Mad Max.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 04:49 PM (RcdfR)

TE Lawrence ambushing an Ottoman troop train on the Hejaz Railway.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (ewiBW)

210 201 But I can topless... brb
Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (S+el1)

"Ulla, go to work!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (St6BJ)

211 The problem is that we shield the worthy from winning a Darwin award.

Posted by: dogfish at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (NuPNl)

212 yeah i'm missing the meat in that.

perhaps i should go out and actually change the tire.

waaaaah

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (nqBYe)

213 You want to get a rush similar to taking opium? I have a suggestion: Take even more opium.

Posted by: Choom-Boy Obama at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (1CroS)

214 Islam really is rape culture, with guns knives and syphilitic muzzy peckers.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:46 PM (St6BJ)

Sigh. Yep. Could we get some penicillin. Please???!!!!!

Posted by: Goats, Camels & Sheep at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (3Db2Z)

215 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (St6BJ)

Damn! Yeah, that's exactly the kind of set-up I always envisioned. 1990's Utica NY.

Thanks J.J.

Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (Ce4DF)

216 211 The problem is that we shield the worthy from winning a Darwin award.
Posted by: dogfish at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (NuPNl)

So the Left, by definition then, is anti-science since they are interfering with the forces of nature, i.e. "evolution."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (St6BJ)

217 My parents read Stephen King novels to me at bed time.

Posted by: Cruzinator at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (mt2jL)

218 having two undead and married parents.

You have zombies for parents?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 04:56 PM (kff5f)

I wish.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (TOk1P)

219 they don't even have to play x box they watch others playing xbox on youtube!
Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:52 PM (nqBYe)

Twitch. You watch games on twitch.

I do this because there are games I want to see played that I will not play because I'm too cheap and/or too unskilled to advance to a high level.

There is something wonderfully satisfying after a difficult day in watching some highly skilled Mortal Kombat X player whipping the ever loving shit out of someone else and screaming FINISH HIM at the computer screen.

So I've been told.

By other people.

Who are not me.

koff

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (mf5HN)

220 it's not that i don't know how to change a tire, it's that i only have a scissor jack and jacking up the suburban with that makes me shivery

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (nqBYe)

221 78

Holy shit. Thanks for posting that.

Posted by: River Guide at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (RJMhd)

222 I read The Hobbit to my sons when they were 5 & 7. Then I read them Lord of the Rings. Both could already read, but it is among the fondest memories I have of being their dad.

Lefty progressives can suck it.

Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (RwwCT)

223 Was your dad Red from That 70s Show?

No. Red would have been an upgrade.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (YEelc)

224 willow,
Maybe you could make a version of "poutine."

Some variation of this:
http://www.iwashyoudry.com/2014/03/19/poutine-gravy-recipe/

Posted by: Y-not, morning person married to a night owl at May 05, 2015 04:59 PM (9BRsg)

225 Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (nqBYe)

You have Velveeta cheese? Melt some and add chili powder serve over the fries.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:59 PM (S+el1)

226 215
Thanks J.J.
Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 04:57 PM (Ce4DF)

It matched exactly your description. Some cool stuff, and I am an urban transit modeler, but my period is the 1930's.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:59 PM (St6BJ)

227 alex LOL, alright, i just didn't understand it as a person that hasn't spent much time on game things that don't go up.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:59 PM (nqBYe)

228 So the Left, by definition then, is anti- science since they are interfering with the forces of nature, i.e. "evolution."

The science is settled!

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (RcdfR)

229 I'll never forget the high I got when my older brother taught me long division.

Good times.

Hell yes I had an advantage. Unfair? Maybe. So what!

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (V70Uh)

230 it's not that i don't know how to change a tire,
it's that i only have a scissor jack and jacking up the suburban with
that makes me shivery

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:58 PM (nqBYe)

For the want of a jack, the meal was lost.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (TOk1P)

231 i need a

jack.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (nqBYe)

232
So do the Saudis send ground troops into Yemen, and if so, does Iran do the same thing?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 05:01 PM (St6BJ)

233 Lefty progressives can suck it.

I'm pretty sure they do.

Remember when all the kewl NYC parents were training their darlings to sh*t in the curbs? Are they still doing that?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:01 PM (FsuaD)

234 I think willow is actively taunting the Morons at this point.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 05:01 PM (kff5f)

235 Get Bill O off my Five! Gah.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:02 PM (FsuaD)

236 i need a

jack.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (nqBYe)

What no matt or eric?

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:02 PM (S+el1)

237 "Is having a loving family an unfair advantage?"
===

Yes. Having good parents (like good genes) helps.

Now get over it and stop making excuses for your own screwups.

Posted by: looking closely at May 05, 2015 05:02 PM (hoiM7)

238 You have Velveeta cheese? Melt some and add chili powder serve over the fries.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 04:59 PM (S+el1)

i do have a bag of frozen chedder in the freezer, that's actually a good idea i think they Might accept.

ty

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:02 PM (nqBYe)

239 i need a

jack.
Posted by: willow

How you doin'?
-Jack

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:02 PM (RcdfR)

240 Leftards require legalized marijuana so they can get their much craved endorphins, cause the sons of bitches sure aren't getting any from learning shit.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 05:03 PM (xWW96)

241 I would jack willow if I could.

Wait, that sounds really wrong.

I would jack willow's truck.

Wait, that still sounds wrong.

Sometimes you can't win!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 05:03 PM (bLnSU)

242 Not only do Lefties suck it, they want the rest of us to bake cakes to celebrate the government sanction of the event.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 05, 2015 05:03 PM (V70Uh)

243 233 Remember when all the kewl NYC parents were training their darlings to sh*t in the curbs? Are they still doing that?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:01 PM (FsuaD)

I have not seen kids do this. Bums, unfortunately, yes. And lest we forget the Occu-pooper.

Once, whilst on the F train, a bum actually peed in the corner of the car. And it was and express train with a relatively long ride between stations.

Momma always told me never to sit on her bed or go into her room wearing my "subway pants." She was right.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 05:03 PM (St6BJ)

244 'The early zoologist gets the peanut.'

Posted by: Grandpa always said... at May 05, 2015 05:03 PM (1RMKx)

245 i cannot make enchiladas today anyway. so..

allen, i'm trying to be nonsensical and light fluff.

i'm really having a shitty time controlling my emotions lately and hoping fake it until i make it will work.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (nqBYe)

246 "Hey, we have no meat with dinner!"
"You've heard of Meatless Monday?"
"It's not Monday."
"It's Flat Tire Tuesday."

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (bLnSU)

247 You would not believe the mags in a typical NYC candy store/newsstand.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 04:55 PM (St6BJ)

----------------------------------------

I thought all magazines in NYC were sold in open newstands on the streets by shrivaled but witty proprietors.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (/HX7u)

248 So the Left, by definition then, is anti- science since they are interfering with the forces of nature, i.e. "evolution."
----------------------

Actually, the Left believe that all evolution miraculously ceased about 50,000 years ago. It's hard to defend the 'All cultures are equal' meme otherwise.

As Derb would say, "They are Left Wing Creationists", they don't really believe in evolution. Call them on it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (QyBQv)

249 Unfair? Maybe. So what!

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo

The universe is not fair, and we are unable to make it so.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (/Ho8c)

250 i need a

jack.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:00 PM (nqBYe)

Sorry I don't know jack. that came out wrong.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (S+el1)

251
So instead of punishing people for being loving, responsible adults, tell the irresponsible welfare mooches to get off their asses, stop having bastard kids and love the ones you have.

But, no. Slavery and Jim Crow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 05:04 PM (St6BJ)

252 ty guys and gals for being also cheerful and silly with me.

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:05 PM (nqBYe)

253 >> "Should parents snuggling up for one last story before lights out be even a little concerned about the advantage they might be conferring?"

It's Idiocracy all the way down.

Posted by: Andy at May 05, 2015 05:05 PM (FXR80)

254 {{silly hugs}}, willow

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 05:05 PM (bLnSU)

255 OT (but what isn't after post #100) linkage.

Just for Stinko de Mayo, I give you "Metalachi":

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It's their medley of Europe's "The Final Countdown" and Motorhead's "Ace of Spades".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:06 PM (YEelc)

256 Blanco, that's one epic Barreling.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (FsuaD)

257 Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:06 PM (YEelc)

WOW.......just WOW

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (S+el1)

258 Early dinner!

Posted by: The Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (1CroS)

259 Traditionally, a post's damage has to extend to other posts to merit a barreling, but in some cases I think exceptions are warranted.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (bLnSU)

260 I love love love learning new things.

But, the game-addiction part of my brain must be broken-

about 30 minutes of video gaming and I'm done.

If playing a video game, I get bored about 1/4 of the way in, but-

I'd like to know how it ends.

Maybe that youtube thing is for people like me.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (0cMkb)

261 And into the barrel I go.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (YEelc)

262 Blanco Basura, please report to the barrel. Paging Blanco Basura, .......

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:07 PM (RcdfR)

263 You are a very wordy person, Mister Blanco Basura.

(Use notepad)

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (FCuM7)

264 Come to me.

Posted by: Barrel. at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (1RMKx)

265 Early dinner!

Posted by: The Barrel

rofl

Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (/Ho8c)

266 Blanco, if you're lucky there may be some hand sanitizer in the Barrel.

Courage.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (FsuaD)

267 Blanco, if it moves don't piss it off.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (S+el1)

268 I just got a chemical rush.

Posted by: The Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:09 PM (9Z8lH)

269 it's not that i don't know how to change a tire,
it's that i only have a scissor jack and jacking up the suburban with that makes me shivery

She's got the jack

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 05, 2015 05:09 PM (39g3+)

270 Oooof

Posted by: The Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:09 PM (QyBQv)

271 And no reading to him while he's in there!

Posted by: Garrett at May 05, 2015 05:09 PM (1RMKx)

272 264 Come to me.
Posted by: Barrel. at May 05, 2015 05:08 PM (1RMKx)

France Jolie, 1979. Annoying tune, but she was cute.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2015 05:09 PM (St6BJ)

273 Blanco, to keep you busy I'll que the loopback tape of Obama best speeches.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:10 PM (S+el1)

274
Blanco Basura, time to celebrate Stinko de Mayo!

Posted by: The Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:10 PM (0cMkb)

275 And everyone gets an opium high upon learning how to avoid the barrel.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:11 PM (RcdfR)

276 Wow, I got here just in time for an embarrelling.

Blanco, dude...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 05, 2015 05:11 PM (0HooB)

277 273
Blanco, to keep you busy I'll que the loopback tape of Obama best speeches.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:10 PM (S+el1)

lol

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:11 PM (FsuaD)

278 Merovign hugs back.

and with that i'm going to go be a cook.

well as much as possible.
peace

Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 05:12 PM (nqBYe)

279 You know... it's not like it's news that you're not supposed to cut-n-paste from Word (or any other MS product).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 05:12 PM (kff5f)

280 I wish KG would take one of her 6" stilettos and nail Bill O'Blahblah right in the forehead.

What a windbag he is.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:13 PM (FsuaD)

281 Nothing but spaces all the way down.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 05, 2015 05:13 PM (0HooB)

282 Looks like some white trash fillin' up the barrel, esse

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 05, 2015 05:13 PM (oerr2)

283 Oh yea as a bonus commentary by Chris Matthews.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:13 PM (S+el1)

284 I brought a barrel cuddly for Blanco.
http://goo.gl/Skjoav

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (xWW96)

285 We doan need no stinkin' badges.

Posted by: The Barrel Police, dragging Blanco away at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (QyBQv)

286 Let's send Blanco Chris Hayes' "sizzle" reel.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (FsuaD)

287 #HowToSpotAFeminist now trending on Twitter

Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at May 05, 2015 05:15 PM (7YlUk)

288 wrg500: "Blanco, to keep you busy I'll que the loopback tape of Obama best speeches."

Nice try. A VHS tape and I run Betamax.

He'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: The Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:15 PM (1CroS)

289 Come on, guys. Blanco is already in The Barrel. What more do you want? It's not like he's the sack-dress or MUMR.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at May 05, 2015 05:15 PM (kff5f)

290 I brought a barrel cuddly for Blanco.
http://goo.gl/Skjoav

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (xWW96)

Blanco, just lay back and think of England

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:15 PM (S+el1)

291 Let's send Blanco Chris Hayes' "sizzle" reel.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (FsuaD)

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Might as well throw in these Richard Simmons exercise CD's too.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 05:16 PM (/HX7u)

292 but oh, the taste of opium is sweet

Posted by: adsila at May 05, 2015 05:16 PM (AR612)

293 I brought a barrel cuddly for Blanco.

http://goo.gl/Skjoav

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 05:14 PM (xWW96)

Damn you to hell. I should know better by now. Dammit.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:16 PM (FsuaD)

294 Yer welcome, Jane

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2015 05:17 PM (xWW96)

295 Blanco, sending you some Tony Robbins life coach tapes to enjoy!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2015 05:18 PM (JO9+V)

296 Um, guys, why are my shoes melting?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:18 PM (YEelc)

297 #HowToSpotAFeminist - He knits his own socks

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM (QyBQv)

298 Damn you to hell. I should know better by now. Dammit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:16 PM

*snort*

My day isn't complete without a giant spider close-up, courtesy of maddogg.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM (h4vJk)

299 Blanco, just lay back and think of England

Play some Zamfir and his pan flute muzak.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM (RcdfR)

300 Um, guys, why are my shoes melting?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
-----------------

Uh, oh. You didn't take neoprene boots with you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM (QyBQv)

301 http://goo.gl/Skjoav

You can get those monogrammed, right? And by the sackful?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM (1CroS)

302 #HowToSpotAFeminist

"That's not funny!"

Posted by: t-bird at May 05, 2015 05:20 PM (FcR7P)

303 Uh, oh. You didn't take neoprene boots with you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:19 PM

Wait until it eats through the waders....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2015 05:20 PM (h4vJk)

304 I should know better by now. Dammit.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2015 05:16 PM (FsuaD)

What, you don't like pictures of Hillary???

Posted by: HH at May 05, 2015 05:21 PM (Ce4DF)

305 O'Reilly on The Five (looking rather ill-at ease) talking about how Hillary should come "on the Factor" and clear up the e-mail scandal. What a douche.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2015 05:21 PM (/WU0Q)

306 #HowToSpotAFeminist - He knits his
own socks

He's buying his own Summer's Eve.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:21 PM (RcdfR)

307 Uh, oh. You didn't take neoprene boots with you?

That was an option?

Also, there's either something staring at me, or somebody dropped a glass eye in here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:21 PM (YEelc)

308 Um, guys, why are my shoes melting?

Break time is over- back on your head!

Posted by: El Barrel at May 05, 2015 05:21 PM (FcR7P)

309 Yes, Harrison Bergeron. Explains so much liberal braindamage.

Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at May 05, 2015 05:22 PM (xkSSa)

310 Your only seeing 1 eye? That's bad,bad,bad.

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:22 PM (S+el1)

311 " have another addiction: getting lost for hours reading Wikipedia entries"

Me too!

And somewhat the same, clicking related youtube videos.

Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at May 05, 2015 05:22 PM (0LHZx)

312 #HowToSpotAFeminist When you see someone in the room (male or female) who constantly looks like they smelled a fart.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:22 PM (QyBQv)

313 "O'Reilly on The Five (looking rather ill-at ease) talking about how Hillary should come 'on the Factor' and clear up the e-mail scandal. What a douche."

The ego on that guy!

Posted by: That Donald at May 05, 2015 05:23 PM (1CroS)

314 #HowToSpotAFeminist When she tells you to get your own damn sammie

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:23 PM (S+el1)

315 Why is Blanco screaming in ungodly terror?

What is in the Barrel?

And which one of you put it there.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 05, 2015 05:23 PM (OsWis)

316 #HowToSpotAFeminist - Urges female choice & empowerment, then publicly shames & humiliates any woman who doesn't identify as a feminist.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:24 PM (QyBQv)

317 What is in the Barrel?

Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 05, 2015 05:23 PM (OsWis)

I can't confirm or deny anything but....*looks at AtC*

Posted by: wrg500 at May 05, 2015 05:26 PM (S+el1)

318 I'd like to smoke some opium.

Posted by: Jack at May 05, 2015 05:26 PM (53CCM)

319 I'd like to smoke some opium.

Posted by: Jack at May 05, 2015 05:26 PM (53CCM)

320 Yup. Those feminist tweets is interesting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2015 05:26 PM (QyBQv)

321 Why is Blanco screaming in ungodly terror?

Sorry about the screaming. Something whispered, "Can you fix my Windows computer?"

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 05, 2015 05:26 PM (YEelc)

322 Being accepted by your peers (or those you think of as your peers) also provides a similar high.

It's most likely the driving force behind mobs forming.

It's behind the semi cult (tongue in cheek) we've formed here (though very iconoclastic and free range secular in focus)

We've all remarked or seen it remarked how folks feel about visiting here and commenting. It's pleasant and fun and it makes one feel part of something and it's something that generally most of us approve of.

Regardless of the slings and arrows tossed by the elites and the so called warriors, Ace. You've done a good thing here and should be (and I assume are) proud of it and pleased at how well it actually has turned out. (since it could have gone in many other directions none quite so pleasant or popular.

Pat yourself on the back Ace and don't worry too much about the tweeters.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 05, 2015 05:27 PM (zRby/)

323 Wikipedia???

There is so much more out there than Wiki.

Posted by: Jack at May 05, 2015 05:27 PM (53CCM)

324 Heh Blanco.

That'll do it.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 05, 2015 05:27 PM (OsWis)

325 Ace, you need to pay me reparations.

Posted by: Jimmy Wales at May 05, 2015 05:27 PM (xkSSa)

326 Yes, Harrison Bergeron. Explains so much liberal braindamage.
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf
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* jots down Sunni's name *

Posted by: Diana Moon Glampers at May 05, 2015 05:28 PM (QyBQv)

327 #HowToSpotAFeminist

she's the one screaming "RAPE" because a man held a door open for her.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 05, 2015 05:28 PM (0HooB)

328 God, whats this world coming to?

Man arrested for enjoying the aos lifestyle...

http://tinyurl.com/ng42uap

Freedom just aint want it use to be

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 05:28 PM (AkOaV)

329 They want to get rid of that plushie memorial in Ferguson. I cant see that happening without a riot or a demand for a formal memorial. And Brown's mother wants part of the road carved out and repaved b/c her son's blood is there.

http://goo.gl/gW9v73

Posted by: Bruce J at May 05, 2015 05:29 PM (iQIUe)

330 If you cant bang a stripper named Ashley in a hotel room with tax payer dollars earmarked for veterans, then you no longer live in a free country.

all I'm saying...

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 05:29 PM (AkOaV)

331 neuroscientists have discovered that the *click* of comprehension triggers a biochemical cascade that rewards the brain

Which is why 'voxsplaining' is so important to the Left.

Posted by: t-bird at May 05, 2015 05:29 PM (FcR7P)

332 Rain and storms the rest of the week and weekend. Saturday looks like the severe day in OKC.

Posted by: Soona at May 05, 2015 05:29 PM (/HX7u)

333 #HowToSpotAFeminist

Optimist- The glass is half full.
Pessimist- The glass is half empty.
Feminist- The glass is being raped.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 05, 2015 05:30 PM (0HooB)

334 what next, will they ask those families with high IQ's to off their children, to be fair?
Posted by: willow at May 05, 2015 04:45 PM (nqBYe)

nah, they'll just have to eat the government mandated dosage of lead paint every day.

(as an aside, the science behind eating lead leading to low IQs is... suspect. Although it can most certainly lead to lead poisoning, which does not sound fun.)

Posted by: mynewhandle at May 05, 2015 05:31 PM (AkOaV)

335 Now, neuroscientists have discovered that the click of comprehension triggers a biochemical cascade that rewards the brain with a shot of natural opium-like substances.

That's just crazy talk.

*hits F5 repeatedly*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2015 05:32 PM (h4vJk)

336 Although it can most certainly lead to lead poisoning,
which does not sound fun.)

230 grains at 950 fps is never fun.

Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 05, 2015 05:33 PM (RcdfR)

337 329,

So this thug's momma wants taxpayers to fork up the dough to memorialize her son's illustrious and meritorious service to humanity - namely, slinging dope, bullying and subsequently robbing shopkeepers, and being unbelievably stupid or high (probably both) enough to try and take a cop's gun after sucker punching said cop in the face.

Fuck that stupid bitch and her stupid dead son and all the other stupid fucks that follow other stupid fucks.

These people have no idea what they think they want.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 05, 2015 05:36 PM (OsWis)

338 Late to the party, I know. Are we still talking addictions?

Mine include sudoku (AtC, Jane and I should start a support group)...and the Marvel Heroes MMO. It's all about the achievement of reaching the goals, getting the gear and making your hero as badass as possible.

As someone else stated earlier, I also love the rush of knowing you put in a good, effective day's work.

This, however, isn't one of those days...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread can't find the umlauts at May 05, 2015 05:42 PM (4X5NS)

339 The left is all so predictable and boring. They're going to PC themselves into nothingness.

Posted by: MTF at May 05, 2015 06:02 PM (FCsIb)

340 YOU CAN ALLLL BLOW ME..
JUST READ
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Posted by: Better Made Potato chip at May 05, 2015 10:07 PM (/WmRg)

341 Jerry Brown Blows!!!

Check your energy bill!!!!
Hey Jerry Suck This Now!!!!

Posted by: Better Made Potato chip at May 05, 2015 10:10 PM (/WmRg)

342 "Should parents (not) snuggling up for one last story before lights out be even a little concerned about the (dis)advantage they might be conferring?"

There, fixed it.

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