If I'm traveling at the speed of light and shoot a gun in the direction I'm traveling how fast does the bullet go?
The fact that money is fungible
Or when they pair up that sort of person with a polar opposite: A quiet and smart person, like the knowledge and discipline will just magically and instantly diffuse into the asshole's brain....
Or adults in the school system that take a kid that is obnoxious, abusive and a big physical violent bully and "disciplines" them by such things as telling them not to do it again or "having a stern talk with them". Were these adults ever kids? Did that stuff ever work when they were in school?
Here's a simple analogy that takes care of your misconceptions. Put on a pair of roller blades. Stand on a treadmill going 25mph. Hold on to the handle so you don't go backwards. Now, slowly pull yourself forward. Even if the treadmill was going 100mph, the force to pull yourself forward really wouldn't change much; it's a tiny amount of force. That's what the propeller on the plane does - pulls it forward regardless of how fast the wheels are spinning backwards.
Your misconception/problem is letting go of what propels a car forward. It's not the same thing that makes a plane go forward.
You can pay good money to go to a theatre and sit down with your peers to watch pornography that is supposed to make you want to jack off. However, you can NEVER jack off in the theater where you are viewing pornography because you are still in public -- numerous high profile cases of people arrested for jacking off in adult theatres.
You can pay good money to go to a theatre and sit down with your peers to watch pornography that is supposed to make you want to jack off. However, you can NEVER jack off in the theater where you are viewing pornography because you are still in public -- numerous high profile cases of people arrested for jacking off in adult theatres.
This is the fundamental part of the business plan of porno theaters and strip clubs that utterly confounds me. Your whole business model is based around appealing to horny men and giving them erections... but then leaving them unable to get off? What the fuck is the point of that? It's like running a buffet for starving people where people go in and look at some food and then have to leave without eating. After you visited that buffet one time you'd think "well that was a fucking waste of time and money, I won't go back there." How do these orgasm-less boner palaces stay in business?
You can pay good money to go to a theatre and sit down with your peers to watch pornography that is supposed to make you want to jack off. However, you can NEVER jack off in the theater where you are viewing pornography because you are still in public -- numerous high profile cases of people arrested for jacking off in adult theatres.
First thing I thought about when I saw this thread yesterday was my wife and thermostats. I didn't want to throw her under the bus, but since others have said the same thing I'll echo it. Someone please tell her that turning up the thermostat past the temp you want the house at doesn't heat up the house any faster.
Roundabouts.
Few years back I was talking to my dad about insurance and how the premiums go up every year even if you never make a claim. He said "Well, the insurance company knows that if you go for a while without an accident, you're due." I argued no, that's not the case, and pointed out that if you flip a quarter and it comes up tails 9 times, it's still 50/50 odds on the tenth flip. He told me 'no', heads is more likely on the 10th flip.
Yeah, but that seems like a cop out. I mean, if you ignore it every time it happens, how will the offenders ever learn that their behavior is wrong? You just need to help reinforce positive behavior so they can realize their mistake. Like if someone is driving too slow in the fast lane, give them a friendly nudge into oncoming traffic. At the very least, they'll give you a wide berth from then on and you won't have to deal with their lack of judgment in the future. Or if someone starts unloading what is clearly more than 14 items in the express lane of the grocery store, count off the first 14 items, then take the remainder of their basket and throw it as far as you can down the nearest aisle. It helps if you give a sympathetic look as you do this and say, "Hey, I don't make the rules, I'm just helping you out." They might not appreciate it at the time, but it's important to learn that not giving a fuck about other people goes both ways. I'm not going to let you inconvenience me just because you're an inconsiderate shithead.
You're not teaching, you're raging and if they got killed then what?