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CPicard 
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 Posted: April 19 2012 at 11:06 |
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Yeah, "human resources" is monstruous: seeing humans as a "resource" is something... disturbing.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: April 19 2012 at 11:19 |
re·source/ˈrēˌsôrs/| Noun: | | A
stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can
be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function... |
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Seems pretty natural given the definition.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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HolyMoly
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Posted: April 19 2012 at 11:25 |
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"Really?"
I can't remember how this started, but this new substitute for "are you kidding me?" and "can you believe that?" has reached the saturation point. I think it was just a few months ago, and it spread like wildfire.
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: April 19 2012 at 13:45 |
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I've been saying it for about twenty years probably, long before I ever heard "are you kidding me" which I find to be a deplorable expression.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Dean
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Posted: April 19 2012 at 17:26 |
 Equality 7-2521 wrote:
re·source/ˈrēˌsôrs/
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Seems pretty natural given the definition.
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Oh - I though the word "human" was the objectional bit.
hu·man/ˈ(h)yo͞omən
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| A human being, esp. a person as distinguished from an animal or (in science fiction) an alien. | |
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What?
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Andy Webb
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Posted: April 19 2012 at 17:30 |
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YOLO?
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AnnaDanielle
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 19:32 |
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I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider...
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I would never cheat in a relationship...
That would require TWO people finding me attractive.
..I can barely find one.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 19:54 |
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Although they're usually deployed by politicians and/or media sl*gs, these still 'rip my knitting' big time:
Having said that....
At the end of the day....
What I will say is this....
The man in the street....
Afro-American....(can I call myself a Celtic Brit?)
Haters gonna hate...(dissent is outlawed by hip hop, say what?)
Edited by ExittheLemming - April 27 2012 at 19:55
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johnobvious
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 20:00 |
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Edited by johnobvious - May 21 2012 at 11:45
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Biggles was in rehab last Saturday
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 20:14 |
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'My bad'
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A Person
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 21:06 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
Although they're usually deployed by politicians and/or media sl*gs, these still 'rip my knitting' big time:
Having said that....
At the end of the day....
What I will say is this....
The man in the street....
Afro-American....(can I call myself a Celtic Brit?)
Haters gonna hate...(dissent is outlawed by hip hop, say what?)
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Earendil
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 00:12 |
AnnaDanielle wrote:
I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider... |
Yeah, YOLO has recently caught on with people at my school. It's one of the worst ones yet...
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zappaholic
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 06:25 |
Eärendil wrote:
AnnaDanielle wrote:
I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider... |
Yeah, YOLO has recently caught on with people at my school. It's one of the worst ones yet... |
I never encountered YOLO until I looked in this thread yesterday. I had to go to urbandictionary.com to see what it meant. Ah the benefits of being an Old Person.....
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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