The new pic thread

[Lina]

Can I please ask you something?

Note that what follows is not in the spirit of trying to start a fight or to belittle your opinions - just an attempt at discussion on the matter.

Personally, I do share your worries about the environment, and personally I would not buy a large truck, as I have stated in the past. I also am, in a professional capacity, a supporter of John Roemer's take about letting China and India pollute for a while so that they can get decent living conditions for their people, and try to counterbalance the effect of this necessary evil by using whatever technology we have in order to reduce our own emissions (although I do not believe that we should renounce growth, for a number of reasons that I am willing to debate if you want).

I have nothing to say against overtaxing large cars, as I said before: actually, fairly standard economic theory also points out to the optimality of some disincentives. However, I would stop at tax rates that are blatantly undemocratic, ie they just reflect the desires of 10 per cent of the population, no matter how wise.

But my question is: why do you have to call someone selfish and inconsiderate just because he has different preferences? It's a bit like calling someone bad because they are gay. The attitude is the same: deviate from a given concept of the common good, you're evil. I cannot condone that, except in extreme cases (I think we all agree that pedophilia is an unacceptable threat to the common good, but it is very hard to see whether we do have this right when it comes to our conceptions of the environment, or of the ideal model of family).

Nowhere in my post did I refer to the environment. I was going to point that out earlier when you lumped me in the "environmentalists" category.

My complaints about SUVs/pickups/minivans are based primarily on how they impact other drivers.

I mentioned that taller, wider cars block the view of the trailing car, which is dangerous.

I mentioned that they raise insurance rates for everyone, because when they strike a smaller car the impact causes more damage (not to mention more deaths and injuries).

I mentioned that they spill out of their parking spaces, which is just fucking annoying and rude.

And finally, I mentioned that they're using up a lot of fuel. I threw that in primarily to point out the hypocrisy characteristic of most SUV/pickup drivers in this country, who are inclined to broadcast their supposed patriotism more than other drivers through bumperstickers, even though their choice of vehicle is part of the reason why the U.S. is digging a hole for itself in the world, both militarily and economically.

The first three are clearly selfish and inconsiderate. The last one is far worse.

 

[Siren]

@Kov: i imagined the whole scene, it must have been priceless.

 

[Taliesin]

I bought some new shirts for working experience and generally look good and stuff
Anyone needs a new car? Or new insurance? Im your guy

Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4

 

[afz902k]

Nice hair

 

[RampageSword]

@Taliesin: Sweet! On #4 you actually look like "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski

 

[stardrowned]

You look like Tomas Lindberg from At The Gates. Nice photos by the way!

 

[Taliesin]

thanks

 

[Dark_Silence]

This one is from Sunday, i tried a new hairstyle for a family party:

 

[Kovenant84]

Now Feeling:

(Our dog.)

~kov.

 

[plintus]

Couples who decide to have dogs instead of children are even more pathetic than Norwegian tween roommates who dress alike.

And couples with curly lazy floormats lying in bed - MUST DIE.

 

[Siren]

@Kov: i'm not very fond of dogs but i have to say yours is a total cutie!

 

[plintus]

@Kov: i'm not very fond of dogs but i have to say yours is a total cutie!

Sirens must die as well.

 

[Siren]

Sirens must die as well.

Doesn't this fall under "racism" with the new rules? I call for protection!

 

[Kovenant84]

Haha, well our dislike for human children does not extend to furry companions, and his previous owner could not care for him enough, so we decided to adopt the little guy.

He's a lazy little S.o.B. most of the time, and this was him falling asleep on a guest bed of ours. I put the blanket there after the fact, but the pillow thing was all him.

~kov.

 

[plintus]

Ah yes - picking up feces after them, like they are a superior race, is SO MUCH FUN. Feeling this warm I-dunno-what-else-it-is on the palm of your hand through the plastic bag - oh dear, soooo gooood.

Soooo goooood.

It's like taking out your loneliness/lameness on a leash for other peeps to see. That's why I can't ever have a dog. Or a girlfriend. But I love kids.

You don't? I guess you just don't know how to cook them.

 

[rahvin]

Doesn't this fall under "racism" with the new rules? I call for protection!

Speciesism?

 

[plintus]

Speciesism?

Introduced by Dimension Zero:

"The only good human... is a dead human!"

 

[Siren]

"The only good human... is a dead human!"

Of course. But he wasn't talking about humans.

From this day on, i declare myself "endangered". After all, there's only one of me left.

 

[plintus]

You fucking wish...

 

[rahvin]

From this day on, i declare myself "endangered". After all, there's only one of me left.

On the other hand, zero specimens of you have been killed in the past year, in the past five years, in the past twenty years, and since any specimen of you has ever been proved to be in existence, nor has any specimen of you died of natural causes either. So I'd say the chances of any specimen of you to bite the dust are, well, zero.