The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(6601)

I'll be chasing you. I'm off to Georgia later this week.

[Larks2242 251]

6602.

I'm off to go to Florida after I'm done here, see you later!

What part?

[Frdm920 50]

6603

1 more exam in 2 days and then done with uni for the year

[Meg 368]

6604

EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

Is it just me or is the world going crazy?

[emperordaniel 1,281]

6605

:|

That's just crazy.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6606)

Bureaucracies are known to defy common sense.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6607

The Japanese birth rate is still ahead of Korea and a few other European countries, and yeah, there is no immigration to speak of on a scale like there is in the US or Australia or Canada.

Florida would be nice to visit.

Water seems to do just fine for when I feel dehydrated.

I must deal once more with the Japanese bureaucracy on Friday when I make my second run at a Japanese driver's license. The soulless subhumans who work at that place can drive a man insane with their banality and, uh, lack of soul.

[Larks2242 251]

6608.

Hey Meg, nice to see you stopping by, seems they have too much time on their hands that they need to waste money on things like this.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6609)

Apparently the logic is that they think the claim implies that this is a special quality of bottled water and not just something true of water in general.

Which I guess makes sense. "Water prevents dehydration" is a true statement, but "Aquafina prevents dehydration" is perhaps a tad disingenuous if you read between the lines.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6610

Overzealous advertising... People will say anything to make other people buy their crap.

[Larks2242 251]

6611.

Yea, thats marketing for ya.

[astronelson 339]

6612.

A lesson shown time and time again on Gruen Planet (formerly The Gruen Transfer).

[Duke87 1,070]

(6613)

Marketing does silly things.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6614

There was a marketing professor who came to my economics class for a couple weeks who was the most boring, dreadfully awful professor of the group who taught us. I've since stayed away from the subject.

[Jack³ 291]

6615

A lot of commercials now purposely make an annoying song to get stuck in your head so it drives you crazy until you buy it. Advertising is so annoying now.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6616)

Given how people have learned to tune out and ignore advertisements, marketing now often relies on making ads too obnoxious and in your face to ignore.

  Edited November 23, 2011 by Duke87  

[RipRap 4,400]

6595.

Recently?

6617

Yes :|

[Larks2242 251]

6618.

Given how people have learned to tune out and ignore advertisements, marketing now often relies on making ads too obnoxious and in your face to ignore.

Or saving them for the superbowl.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6619)

I don't mind that super bowl ads end up on YouTube afterwards, but when they get posted online before they air on TV, that just isn't right.

[RipRap 4,400]

6620

Well, that's the power of the internet...

[Larks2242 251]

6621.

Only 12 more minutes till the arbitration deadline!

Been waiting weeks for this!

[617squad 52]

6622:

Today, I solo'd!!!!!

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6623

I wish I could see Magglio Ordonez retire as a Tiger. He had such great moments with that team, and the intangibles he brought far outweighed his statistical contributions... Sadly, he probably ended his time in Detroit with that broken ankle...

[Duke87 1,070]

(6624)

Star Wars on blu-ray fits a lot of discs into a small box.

[Skimbo 304]

6624

@ads: Mineral water is the most crazy thing to buy.... But people buy it... why? because so many crap is written upon thoose bottles. At least "water prevents dehydration" can be seen as true. while oter "healthy" arguments to buy this water can be seen as too minimal to effect the customer in any positive way.

[Larks2242 251]

6225.

I wish I could see Magglio Ordonez retire as a Tiger. He had such great moments with that team, and the intangibles he brought far outweighed his statistical contributions... Sadly, he probably ended his time in Detroit with that broken ankle...

I think he is done, at least as a Tiger, i have him down as forced retirement but a platoon role somewhere is possible, I never liked his strong support of Hugo Chavez.

[astronelson 339]

6627.

I used to get mineral water. It was about 80c per 1.25L bottle. I stopped, though, because it tasted terrible.

[The Avatar 1,089]

6628

I don't like mineral water or sparkling water, because the makers can never find a balance between water and flavoring. It ends up tasting like watered-down juice.

[RipRap 4,400]

6629

The only thing that we can drink in the Philippines that is clean is mineral water. So when we immigrated here in Canada, at first the tap water here tastes terrible... Then we get used to it

[Larks2242 251]

6630.

I'm sure Canada has more then just water , i never drink tap water.