Stupid Pet Peeves
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Are you not paranoid that all online poker is super rigged?
No, not at all. There are hand histories of billions of hands, if there was statistical anomalies it wouldn't be hard to find. There have been allegations that online poker sites create more "action" hands to encourage bigger bets, but still, I don't think that's true. There are a lot of people who play professionally online. These folks would be the first to blow the lid off any kind of rigging.
There just isn't a whole lot of motivation to rig, anyway. Poker is a game where players play against one another and the house just takes a rake. The house doesn't care who wins, just that people play.
All that and at the end of the day I'm really talking about playing in a single table $5 buy-in tournament where winning means I get like $22 bucks and losing means I'm out $5. It's a form of entertainment, not something I do to make money.
You dont think there are paid players in the game who work for the company?
I don't. There could be, sure, but pokerstars in particular has a very good reputation and has hosted I think somewhere int eh hundreds of billions of hands. They are getting theirs. Having shills or rigging games would be the fasted way to ruin that cash cow for them.
Joe Bagadonuts
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Two lane road going into a roundabout and a bunch of cyclists are in the left? Is that really what I'm seeing, or is there some other explanation I don't understand. It almost seems like there must be because of the numbers. How does everyone forget the rules at the same time?Not ****ting.
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As cyclists they should know that many automobile drivers dislike them in the first place. It's asking for trouble to do something like this. I'm a huge cycling advocate, but I definitely don't advocate stupidity.
These were not avid cyclists, to be fair. Seemed to be a group of tourists on rented bikes.
I appreciate cyclists, really, but there's just a huge % (seems like maybe 1 out of 5 or so) that just come off like the road is theirs with ZERO respect for through traffic. Those types piss me off because they are the ones that do it completely consciously. You should write a book on it. It would be a bestseller to non-cyclists (a self-deprecating comedy). Lol
Joe Bagadonuts
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Yeah, I could tell from the photo that they were not avid, but anybody with a driver's license ought to know that they shouldn't be doing that. As far as educating cyclists and non-cyclists about each other, I'm on the job. It's not easy because, very honestly, it is a lot of extra (and probably unnecessary) work for cyclists to obey every single rule written for automobiles.
For instance, in a car it is no big deal to stop at every stop sign, even if it's obvious there is no traffic. Many competent and completely safe drivers do not come to a full stop when they arrive at an intersection first and they know they will have the right of way. They are not putting anybody at risk even though they are technically breaking a law. For a cyclist to come to a complete stop in that same circumstance, though, means the investment of a significant amount of energy getting back up to speed. It's also important to remember that a cyclists braking and maneuverability are far better than a car. So when a cyclist approaches an intersection where he can see that there's no actual reason to stop, I can understand why many blow through, and I can also understand why that pisses some drivers off.
All of this makes it even more important that cyclists do not break rules there is no reason to (like doing what those people you took a photo of were).
[size/HUGE] boobs [/size]
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People they can not walk out gas station doors with not seeing outside. Why they think I have to enter in left lane? It is not a ****ing freeway my friends. Bake tha mutha ****ing cake thru the other door bitch.
[size/HUGE] boobs [/size];1119781 said:
People who are gasbags.
Or is it windbags?
Whatever...
I get you confused.
It is disgusting how many people do this.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I worked with a guy in the Navy who didn't and even went on and on about how he knows how to not pee on his hands. I told him that's not really why you wash your hands, that you should wash your hands several times a day regardless and that after you use the bathroom is a great time to do it. I also pointed out that even though he knows how to not pee on his hands that we worked on a ship and a lot of other people not only didn't know how to not pee on their hands, they were also just disgusting pigs in general and we all lived in the same steel box together for months on end.
Anyway, wash your hands people!
Joe Bagadonuts
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Did he die of a disgusting infection? That would have taught him a lesson.
Nope. Not gonna happen. I'll also make sure to rub my penis-juice covered hands on everyone's face.
He actually got a pretty bad infection on an ingrown hair on his *** and had to spend a few days in the infirmary. Still didn't learn his lesson.
Urine is sterile as far as I understand. The stuff that's in some people's poop on the other hand... That they get on their own hands and touch all the door knobs and stuff, well, let's just say I'm happy washing my hands after I use the restroom.