Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[CatsCatsCats]

Maybe what you're experiencing is that everyone and their barista use arabica beans

[benjipwns]

Team tea!

Coffee is for the orphans who work in my monocle factory.

Also, closers only.

[Phoenix Dark]

Maybe I'll drink coffee when I grow up. But for now that shit is meh. Stains your teeth, makes your breath smell stale..and worst of all I hate people who leave cups of coffee everywhere and then are all like "hold on don't throw it away, I was going to drink that." You pour that cup 6 hours ago, took a sip, and randomly set it on a table. Fuck you.

[ToxicAdam]

I don't like coffee, but I love it in my ice cream. Dat bitter/sweet combo.

[Shadow Mod]

I don't like coffee, but I love it in my ice cream. Dat bitter/sweet combo.

Some of my favorite ice creams are basically different kinds of java chip/mocha varieties.

[El Babua]

Best of tea >>> Best of coffee

[Mr. Gundam]

The whole coffee thread at GAF reminded me of this article from the Seattle Times which was then dissected at the Stranger:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/02/17/rich-people-willing-to-pay-60-for-a-pound-of-coffee-just-to-remind-themselves-how-rich-they-are

“The convenience is amazing,” said John Berger, a 77-year-old Bellevue resident who was recently buying two boxes of Tully’s decaf K-cups at his local Fred Meyer. “You can get a fresh cup each time,” he said, adding that he owns two Keurig machines — one at home, and one at his vacation place in Montana.
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The convenience does come at a price. At about 65 cents per cup, that Nespresso coffee costs about $59 per pound.

I know you can get the reusable K-cups and use your own, but the article isn't talking about that.

And people balk at me dropping $13-$15 a pound on locally roasted beans? Ha!

Maybe I'm just mad because coffee gives me a grumbly stomach.

Better quality coffee is less acidic.

[Shaka Khan]

Not sure if this was posted, but: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778625

What a terrible situation. I really hope he missing brother turns out safe.

Keep an eye out and spread the word, Seattle bore.

[Shadow Mod]

Sounds scary as hell. Just up and disappears after being harassed like that. 

[Shadow Mod]

had to share...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103063064&postcount=14828
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103064777&postcount=14830

[Shadow Mod]

So you never had a nerd moment in your life where someone said something factually incorrect and you almost pushed up your (perhaps nonexistent) glasses in derision

The part about showing off/impressing someone is what killed me not the first post.

[Joe Molotov]

You wanna come play some Brawl on my pretend Wii, Devo? My girlfriend won't mind (she's also pretend). 

[benjipwns]

she's probably got a hacked wii.  her nerd cred is deffo higher than his.

ugh, even worse than a liar, a pirate

[Phoenix Dark]

or maybe she has an Xbox One. Can't tell the difference sometimes

[Mr. Gundam]

Sounds scary as hell. Just up and disappears after being harassed like that. 

I'm guessing there's probably more to the story than we know, but it's still absolutely horrible. I hope he's ok.

I grew up down the hill from Federal Way and spent a lot of time in the park where he was headed. It's pretty sizable.

[Tasty]

she's probably got a hacked wii.  her nerd cred is deffo higher than his.

ugh, even worse than a liar, a pirate

Not all homebrewed Wiis are used for piracy.

[thisismyusername]

Not sure if this was posted, but: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778625

What a terrible situation. I really hope he missing brother turns out safe.

Keep an eye out and spread the word, Seattle bore.

He didn't show up for work this morning, and his car and phone are missing as well.

Don't want to be a downer in that thread and maybe TOO SOON but doesn't sound good.  There's no identification for the e-mail or the person that has been harassing him? Sounds like a bad ending to me because of that. Major shame if I turn out right, dude doesn't deserve a crazy death.

she's probably got a hacked wii.  her nerd cred is deffo higher than his.

ugh, even worse than a liar, a pirate

Not all homebrewed Wiis are used for piracy.

Speaking as if you don't pirate.

[benjipwns]

she's probably got a hacked wii.  her nerd cred is deffo higher than his.

ugh, even worse than a liar, a pirate

Not all homebrewed Wiis are used for piracy.

Well, they probably should be at this point.

[CatsCatsCats]

http://www.kptv.com/story/24871542/man-uses-zelda-sword-in-brawl-with-girlfriends-ex

Which member of GAF is this?

[Tasty]

Speaking as if you don't pirate.

I don't actually

[WanderingWind]

Speaking as if you don't pirate.

I don't actually

I just backhacked your IP address using my GUI on my iPad. What is Homestuck and why do you have a 36GB file devoted to it?

[Shaka Khan]

Side-question: What exactly is Fiction's gender/orientation?

[Shadow Mod]

Side-question: What exactly is Fiction's gender/orientation?

why's that pertinent you cray

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heterosexual female

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[Shaka Khan]

General curiosity. Since there references to a husband, I was secretly hoping she was a recently married gay bro.

[Shadow Mod]

General curiosity. Since there references to a husband, I was secretly hoping she was a recently married gay bro.

 :himu

[Tasty]

Speaking as if you don't pirate.

I don't actually

I just backhacked your IP address using my GUI on my iPad. What is Homestuck and why do you have a 36GB file devoted to it?

I think you're confused, that's my Homestar Runner archive.

[thisismyusername]

General curiosity. Since there references to a husband, I was secretly hoping she was a recently married gay bro.

 :himu

[archie4208]

You'll never have a binary world view. 

(Not condoning the OP but some of the replies are scary)

[MCD]

we all cheated anyway

[Brehvolution]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779042

Who really cares what a libertarian's view on anything is? A libertarian utopia is so awesome, no one in the history of the world tried it.

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779042

Who really cares what a libertarian's view on anything is? A libertarian utopia is so awesome, no one in the history of the world tried it.

I had to stop myself from spitting at my screen whenever I read a Computer post.

[recursivelyenumerable]

Yeah I feel like a true coffee lover should be able to enjoy cheap crap.

[Shadow Mod]

Utility companies would just spring up out of the woodwork to take on giant monopolies if we let the free market handle it.

 

[Great Rumbler]

I'm gonna start my own company building roads since the ones we've got now aren't that great. BRB, getting a loan from the bank. Oh wait, sorry, the bank is actually owned by the same company that builds the roads now and they won't float me a loan to start up a direct competitor to their business.

[Steve Contra]

Private, competing sewer companies!

[CatsCatsCats]

Will be realistic just as soon as the teleportation technology is ready

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103112801&postcount=16

Tag is accurate

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

[Shadow Mod]

 

[StealthFan]

[Shaka Khan]

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103186361&postcount=171

 

[StealthFan]

so hard in da paint

[FStop7]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

 

[benjipwns]

I'm gonna start my own company building roads since the ones we've got now aren't that great. BRB, getting a loan from the bank. Oh wait, sorry, the bank is actually owned by the same company that builds the roads now and they won't float me a loan to start up a direct competitor to their business.

Hmm, sounds familiar. Slate? Bate? Grate? Something like that.

Utility companies would just spring up out of the woodwork to take on giant monopolies if we let the free market handle it.

De-monopolizing utility companies is a bad thing because the current monopolies might win?

[Great Rumbler]

De-monopolizing utility companies is a bad thing because the current monopolies might win?

If it wasn't heavily government regulated? Yeah, definitely.

[Purple Filth]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

 

[benjipwns]

If it wasn't heavily government regulated? Yeah, definitely.

Utilities are currently heavily regulated (if competition isn't outright banned) the result of which is why you have monopolies and cartels managing them.

The libertarian position is merely that removing the state protection of utility monopolies shouldn't result in a worse situation because worse case you have the same existing monopolies in place so all you've lost is one avenue of collusion and graft.

Partial airline deregulation under the Carter Administration (with Ted Kennedy's help) being the most famous example of a flood of new competition entering an once cartel dominated industry. I know lots of elites lament it because it democratized access to air travel but I don't find that a particularly compelling case for monopolization.

[Positive Touch]

The libertarian position is merely that removing the state protection of utility monopolies shouldn't result in a worse situation because worse case you have the same existing monopolies in place so all you've lost is one avenue of collusion and graft.

[benjipwns]

Hey, at least I'm not defending monopolies and big corporations exploiting the people while yelling "it's good for you! stop resisting!" 

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778211

[benjipwns]

California probably should have tried deregulation instead of shifting regulations around in a way that they were told beforehand was going to create shortages. Especially the part that required purchases from a centralized exchange.

[benjipwns]

Yeah, sorry, I apologize for derailing this thread so far off-topic.

[Shadow Mod]

Not any more off topic than it usually gets, like beverage wars.

[Atramental]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103182674&postcount=156

Holy fucking shit 

[benjipwns]

Hank Hill's vinegar strokes 

[Shadow Mod]

Not any more off topic than it usually gets, like beverage wars.

beverage wars is pretty closely connected to gaf, if you think about it.

Possible but borebros agree more than they disagree. Plus we all started jacking off about Thai tea.

[benjipwns]

No point really, I/others will just point out failures in deregulation or privatisation experiments and benji will say that there wasn't enough of it

I wish I had others to point out the endless failures in central planning and monopolization experiments so you guys can just say there wasn't enough violence used. 

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Not really, MAKES ME SPECIAL AND UNIQUE YAAAAAAAAY

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