Topic: Today's youth. (Read 4565 times)

Unremorsefully, I hate this kind of youth. I'm glad I skipped over this phase.

Definitions of unremorseful:

adjective:   not penitent or remorseful

Definitions of unremorsefully:

No such word in the English language exists.

Definitions of remorselessly:

adverb:   without pity; in a merciless manner

17 year olds 1,000 years back were dumb shits. 17 year olds 100 years ago were dumb shits.

17 year olds these days know more than a typical schoolteacher did a few decades back.
Some of them are brighter than most current adults will ever be, thanks to their open attitudes, unlimited access to internet resources etc.

What does it say about the world humans achieved pretty much nothing for millions of years, but went to the moon, and already sending probes to distant planets in such a short timeframe after the 60-70's?

Today's youth? (Let's say 17-30) No contest between the youth 'back in the day'...
Todays youth is actually worth something.
They are starting revolutions all around the world against unjust dictators, finding new cures for diseases, inventing unimaginable technologies, cryptocurrencies, social responsibility programs, resisting Wall Street's authority as God on all worldy issues, discovering unknown planets, while old people try to resist in shock & vain.

So if you're young.. Don't ever be put down by those old farts. Chances are your perception of reality is already at a much higher level than they will ever achieve.
You are already living a life unimaginable ever before in history for someone so young.

Put it to good use, savour the fact you are finally separated from a wild animal only scavenging food to live another day.
Fight your depression and make your reality a better place one piece at a time.

If there ever was a generation of living species deserving eternal life it's yours. And be careful because you might just get what you wish for some day..

I don't usually correct spelling mistakes because it's stupid and pedantic, but I'd think out of all the people on the Bitcoin forums, you'd be the least likely to misspell "anthropomorphize." 

Your advertising idea isn't bad, but I think it should be done in conjunction with fines that are never less than the amount profited from the crimes, with no upper limit, and have a further general advertising campaign that gets people to think of white collar criminals more like street criminals, since they're far more toxic to society.

No, what I'm saying is that you have to fight the corruption. Giving in and removing regulations is rewarding it. You seem to be the one saying we can't do shit. Too often, the civil lawsuit game ends up being a battle of who has the deepest pockets. Many of the people affected won't be able to afford a lawyer in the first place, let alone drawn-out court battles that require massive legal fees. Like every libertarian idea, the poor get fucked because nobody bothered to think of them yet again.

And companies that do violate regulations still get fined all the damn time in the U.S. even if some of them get away with it.

No, what I'm saying is that you have to fight the corruption. Giving in and removing regulations is rewarding it. You seem to be the one saying we can't do shit. Too often, the civil lawsuit game ends up being a battle of who has the deepest pockets. Many of the people affected won't be able to afford a lawyer in the first place, let alone drawn-out court battles that require massive legal fees. Like every libertarian idea, the poor get fucked because nobody bothered to think of them yet again.

Government regulations corrupt + government courtrooms corrupt = we can't do shit! Wheee!

Is that what you're saying?

Depends on whether you use this as an excuse for having a shitty life and why others should feel sorry for you. Since this is the first I see you post about it, I guess not? Though you're still quite a hell of an immature ahole though.

Heh. You're trying to apply your perception to mine? Interesting.

You aren't planning to go down that purported path any time soon. (side note: what happened to simple english or whatever the hell you were going to speak? Your post has 66 words to say 'I can't imagine abusing drugs'.) Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out that way. 19 months ago I got creamed by a black-out drunk 19-year-old driving his mom's FJ Cruiser without insurance, doing about 95mph into my back end on the freeway while I was doing 65mph. It is nothing short of miraculous that my girlfriend and I walked out of the car, but both of us were physically trashed. I am still taking painkillers on top of cortisone injections into my spine, and at 27 am a candidate for spinal fusion, if only I had some insurance. I am addicted to opiates because of it. I dream of the day when I don't depend on them to function from the moment I wake up. I have also halved my use of them with medical cannabis, usually eaten. So am I some low-life junky?

Companies sometimes get away with breaking laws or bending regulations in their favor. Solution: no laws or regulations! Civil suits for all! Because unlike legislators, America's courtrooms are incorruptible and never favor the rich and powerful!

Libertards fully support being able to sue companies that put the lives of their employees and customers at risk. They just don't support there being arbitrary laws that may or may not allow that risk to exist in the first place. Considering that those same companies now use those same laws to get away with their bullshit, basically using them as guidelines for how far they can go, and when they fuck up and kill a lot of people, point to the laws and say that they were still within the regulatory limits, thus are prevented from being sued, since everything they did was legal (never mind that they fucked up and hurt people), I'm starting to agree with the libertards more and more.
BP is excellent example. Not only were they within EPA's approval, the "fine" of $15 billion or so they eventually paid out is WAY LESS than the ammount of damage they actually did, but thanks to the agreement with the government to pay that fine, they are now exempt from lawsuits by citizens needing to get their ruined oily shit fixed. So, thanks to government regulation and oversight, probably most of the environmental damage done by BP won't get cleaned up now. Especially not by BP.

I am not saying that you belittled me or that I am insulted by you. I could give a flying fuck what you think. I am saying you are incredibly naive and I am trying to point out the fallacy in your logic using my own experience as an example.

Heh. I don't think I've ever belittled you, Randy. I have never referred to you as a junkie. If anything, you're irrationally taking my smugness as an insult to your character. Don't let me affect your happiness. I am not that important. Haha. Anyways, I wish you all the best.

Yes, I am proudly ignorant. It would be boring to have nothing left to learn.

You aren't planning to go down that purported path any time soon. (side note: what happened to simple english or whatever the hell you were going to speak? Your post has 66 words to say 'I can't imagine abusing drugs'.) Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out that way. 19 months ago I got creamed by a black-out drunk 19-year-old driving his mom's FJ Cruiser without insurance, doing about 95mph into my back end on the freeway while I was doing 65mph. It is nothing short of miraculous that my girlfriend and I walked out of the car, but both of us were physically trashed. I am still taking painkillers on top of cortisone injections into my spine, and at 27 am a candidate for spinal fusion, if only I had some insurance. I am addicted to opiates because of it. I dream of the day when I don't depend on them to function from the moment I wake up. I have also halved my use of them with medical cannabis, usually eaten. So am I some low-life junky?

Fuck your self important garbage. What happened to me is jack shit, and it has upset my life beyond what I could ever imagine. Every morning I wake up and make a decision between crippling pain or living in a haze and there are plenty of times since this happened that I have just wanted to curl up in a ball and die. I never thought I'd be here either.

tl;dr - you are incredibly ignorant, atlas. also, if you think LSD, weed, liquor and cigarettes are the works, you've got a lot of exploration left. THiKAL and PiHKAL...there's like, 400 tryptamines and phenethylamines to burn through.

I'll be open: I've sampled weed, LSD, alchohol, cigarettes the works yet never has it consumed me. I never become dependent on substances or anything for that matter. The only "destructive behavior" I have experienced thus far are the suicidal thoughts and depression I live with daily and that has only built me. I don't think I am going down this purported path any time soon.

So you support the laws that criminalize operating a motor vehicle in a state that makes an individual more likely to have an accident, even though she didn't "aggress" against anyone and no crash would be a purposeful act.

But at the same time, you relentlessly attack the laws that prevent companies from purposefully putting the lives of their workers and customers at risk.

I guess you're only for individual liberties if it makes you feel superior.

Your personal morality is of no interest to me.

I'll be open: I've sampled weed, LSD, alchohol, cigarettes the works yet never has it consumed me. I never become dependent on substances or anything for that matter. The only "destructive behavior" I have experienced thus far are the suicidal thoughts and depression I live with daily and that has only built me. I don't think I am going down this purported path any time soon.

So if you're young.. Don't ever be put down by those old farts.