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Old 2008-07-05, 00:10
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I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ. Any pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic. This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement), keep population down (especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license), and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.
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Old 2008-07-05, 01:52
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You are painfully stupid.
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Old 2008-07-05, 02:35
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these new arrivals are just fucking stupid. (i am a lurker, not being able to register till now)
people own their genitals, and can do whatever they want with them. that includes making children.
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Old 2008-07-05, 02:37
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I think you should move to Britain, you'll fit along nicely with their police state you wannabe fascist.
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Old 2008-07-05, 02:39
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I think you should move to Britain, you'll fit along nicely with their police state you wannabe fascist.
dude, it already happened.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-matches.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...%27-tests.html
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Old 2008-07-05, 02:40
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dude, it already happened.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-matches.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...%27-tests.html
Thanks for proving me right.
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Old 2008-07-05, 08:20
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You don't seem to have considered just how easy it is to get pregnant.

It doesn't cost to get pregnant, like it costs to say, drive a car, or buy a gun. (I don't know about anywhere else, but where I'm from a firearms license is mandatory for legal gun ownership).

Really, I think that it would depend on what the goal of such a policy was. If it was there to encourage a productive society, then it would arguably be a good idea; however from a human-rights perspective, it's simply shocking.
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Old 2008-07-05, 11:45
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I think registration should be closed.

Seriously, what a retarded idea.
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Old 2008-07-05, 12:56
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this thread shows why we need those licenses as soon as possible
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Old 2008-07-05, 13:35
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LOLOLOLOL, OP you're an absolute fucking idiot if you believe the government should have the power to grant and deny the right to give birth.
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Old 2008-07-05, 13:54
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I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ. Any pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic. This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement), keep population down (especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license), and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.


So many problems with this idea. I don't even know where to start, but wow, I'll try. I'll use small words so you can understand.

- The human rights violations are pretty significant.
- We will not be able to agree on a standard. IQ tests don't make or break the person.
- IQ is not hereditary.
- If it was passed (and it won't be), pregnant women could simply stay in their homes to give birth if they wished.
- The religious people would be quite pissed off.
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Old 2008-07-05, 14:38
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If they ever passed such a bill here in the states they will definiately get a hell of a fight out of me. Genocide is unacceptible under any circumstances, especially if the race is capable of intelligent thought. I'm suprized that any group of people would allow this to go on in their own nation. Passing such a bill wouldn't increase mankinds' intelligence, percentage wise anywise, 1 in 4 will still be stupid, the only thing that will improve intelligence is education, now if you want to talk about doing away with school systems that don't try to teach the students, I will get behind you on that, when I went to school you had to get 95% to get an A, now the most they try for is a 70% to get a C, if you only make 70% of a car how well do you think the car is going to work, and by fixing education we fix proverty. I have no problem with the idea of government, I just have a problem with some of the people in government.

Thank God for America
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Old 2008-07-05, 14:49
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If they ever passed such a bill here in the states they will definiately get a hell of a fight out of me. Genocide is unacceptible under any circumstances, especially if the race is capable of intelligent thought. I'm suprized that any group of people would allow this to go on in their own nation. Passing such a bill wouldn't increase mankinds' intelligence, percentage wise anywise, 1 in 4 will still be stupid, the only thing that will improve intelligence is education, now if you want to talk about doing away with school systems that don't try to teach the students, I will get behind you on that, when I went to school you had to get 95% to get an A, now the most they try for is a 70% to get a C, if you only make 70% of a car how well do you think the car is going to work, and by fixing education we fix proverty. I have no problem with the idea of government, I just have a problem with some of the people in government.

Thank God for America

Just because someone doesn't get 90% in calculus doesn't mean they can't build a car.

Some of the not-so-clever people I knew are amazing at cars. Some of the brightest people (school-wise) I know can barely make Kraft Dinner.

There are many types of intelligence, school fails to measure all of them.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:02
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If they ever passed such a bill here in the states they will definiately get a hell of a fight out of me. Genocide is unacceptible under any circumstances, especially if the race is capable of intelligent thought. I'm suprized that any group of people would allow this to go on in their own nation. Passing such a bill wouldn't increase mankinds' intelligence, percentage wise anywise, 1 in 4 will still be stupid, the only thing that will improve intelligence is education, now if you want to talk about doing away with school systems that don't try to teach the students, I will get behind you on that, when I went to school you had to get 95% to get an A, now the most they try for is a 70% to get a C, if you only make 70% of a car how well do you think the car is going to work, and by fixing education we fix proverty. I have no problem with the idea of government, I just have a problem with some of the people in government.

Looks like you could use a little more education. ;)
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:10
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Just because someone doesn't get 90% in calculus doesn't mean they can't build a car.

Some of the not-so-clever people I knew are amazing at cars. Some of the brightest people (school-wise) I know can barely make Kraft Dinner.

There are many types of intelligence, school fails to measure all of them.

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend, I'm just saying if someone is going to school to become a surgeon, but the teacher is passing them even though they only got 70% of the information right, think of how that surgery is going to go. Nurse: "Doctor, I think he is waking up!" Doctor: "Don't worry 70% of the procedure is already complete." Patient: " Aghhhhhhh!" Doctor: "Will you shut him up it's hard to concentrate, give him 20 cc of dimerol." The proper amount would have been 30% more dimerol to knock him out. This isn't the right amount and I think I spelled dimerol wrong
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:14
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Looks like you could use a little more education. ;)

Proves my point even 95% wasn't good enough, would you happen to know the correct spelling for some reason I can't download the spell check option for this website, My virus protection keeps firewalling it.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:16
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Sorry, I didn't mean to offend, I'm just saying if someone is going to school to become a surgeon, but the teacher is passing them even though they only got 70% of the information right, think of how that surgery is going to go. Nurse: "Doctor, I think he is waking up!" Doctor: "Don't worry 70% of the procedure is already complete." Patient: " Aghhhhhhh!" Doctor: "Will you shut him up it's hard to concentrate, give him 20 cc of Demerol's." The proper amount would have been 30% more dimerol to knock him out. This isn't the right amount and I think I spelled dimerol wrong

You can't possibly offend me.

Name something you're proficient in. I can guarantee I could ask you something about it and you wouldn't know the answer without googling it first.
It's Demerol for future reference.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:26
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Name something you're proficient in. I can guarantee I could ask you something about it and you wouldn't know the answer without googling it first.

That's rhetorical right?
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:30
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That's rhetorical right?

One could answer if they wish and I'd follow through, but it was more of a rhetorical nature.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:52
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One could answer if they wish and I'd follow through, but it was more of a rhetorical nature.

well, I'm sure you would have been right, but you would have to agree that the bar is currently set to low, you can tell because when education standards went down so did standards of living, which really isn't a problem if you are okay with a lower standard of living, but the people who do have the lower standard of living are the ones who want it higher.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:57
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well, I'm sure you would have been right, but you would have to agree that the bar is currently set to low, you can tell because when education standards went down so did standards of living, which really isn't a problem if you are okay with a lower standard of living, but the people who do have the lower standard of living are the ones who want it higher.

Can you show proof of the decline of standard of living? If anything I see it going up, so that doesn't make sense to me at all.
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Old 2008-07-05, 15:59
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Proves my point even 95% wasn't good enough, would you happen to know the correct spelling for some reason I can't download the spell check option for this website, My virus protection keeps firewalling it.

Yes, the correct spellings are as follows:

definitely
unacceptable
surprised
poverty


Whenever I find that I've misspelled a word I type it repetitively so that I get it right in the future.
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Old 2008-07-05, 16:33
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Can you show proof of the decline of standard of living? If anything I see it going up, so that doesn't make sense to me at all.

8 years ago a gallon of gas costed $1.00 a gallon, and minimum wage was $5.00 per hour, that is only 20%. Today gas costs $4.00 a gallon, and minimum wage is $7.00. that is 57%. Going on this one product inflation has risen 285%, the only way to keep the same standard of living at this rate you would have to lessen you gas intake to 35% of what you buy now. this is of course set on the bases that you buy a gallon of gas for every hour you work, which you probably do if you drive a gas gozzler back and forth to work.
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Old 2008-07-06, 10:04
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I think you and the rest of you far left douches should go fuck yourselves and stop sticking the government up everyone's ass.
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Old 2008-07-06, 10:53
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8 years ago a gallon of gas costed $1.00 a gallon, and minimum wage was $5.00 per hour, that is only 20%. Today gas costs $4.00 a gallon, and minimum wage is $7.00. that is 57%. Going on this one product inflation has risen 285%, the only way to keep the same standard of living at this rate you would have to lessen you gas intake to 35% of what you buy now. this is of course set on the bases that you buy a gallon of gas for every hour you work, which you probably do if you drive a gas gozzler back and forth to work.

You can't base a standard of living on gasoline and minimum wage alone.

The percentage change in gas (using the values $1 and $4 as you provided) is 400%.

Using the min. wages you provides (which is VERY subjective as that is only one state/province...) the change is 40%.

Look here (http://www.forfas.ie/publications/archive/sof/images/s1_2.gif)
And here (http://www.scottishmonetaryreform.org.uk/resources/Graph+GDPreal+$26+adjt$27d$2C+BCC+$26GCM.JPG)

There are many, many people who do not drive so gasoline prices aren't great. Try finding the price of groceries relative to the average GDP, then we will see.
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Old 2008-07-06, 13:25
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What year is this? 1984? Great idea Comrade! Big Brother would approve.
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Old 2008-07-06, 17:23
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LOLOLOLOL, OP you're an absolute fucking idiot if you believe the government should have the power to grant and deny the right to give birth.


China is already kind of doing it; I dont see why the western government's shouldn't follow suit to keep the population down (if it ever gets to the point where this is needed).

Sooner or later reproduction will need to be regulated, if not completely stopped, given that people live longer and longer (which means there will be more and more people).
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Old 2008-07-06, 17:24
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What year is this? 1984? Great idea Comrade! Big Brother would approve.


wtf are you back?
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Old 2008-07-06, 19:33
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LOLOLOLOL, OP you're an absolute fucking idiot if you believe the government should have the power to grant and deny the right to give birth.


Seems to have worked well for the PRC.
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Old 2008-07-06, 21:59
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China is already kind of doing it; I dont see why the western government's shouldn't follow suit to keep the population down (if it ever gets to the point where this is needed).

Sooner or later reproduction will need to be regulated, if not completely stopped, given that people live longer and longer (which means there will be more and more people).

I don't know if we will need to take such measures, I thought that birth rates in developed countries were already declining without regulation?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/World_net_birth_rate_2007.png
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Old 2008-07-07, 03:35
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You can't base a standard of living on gasoline and minimum wage alone.

The percentage change in gas (using the values $1 and $4 as you provided) is 400%.

Using the min. wages you provides (which is VERY subjective as that is only one state/province...) the change is 40%.

Look here (http://www.forfas.ie/publications/archive/sof/images/s1_2.gif)
And here (http://www.scottishmonetaryreform.org.uk/resources/Graph+GDPreal+$26+adjt$27d$2C+BCC+$26GCM.JPG)

There are many, many people who do not drive so gasoline prices aren't great. Try finding the price of groceries relative to the average GDP, then we will see.
Okay, milk is a stable in most american families 8 years ago a gallon of milk costed $1.75, now a gallon of milk costs $3.50 which going by the previous figures for minimum wage, milk inflation is 42% which means to keep the same standard of living we know have to consume 2/3 of the milk we normally would, if you want to find a different product, I will run the calculations, but inflation is rising in all areas, of couse these are just the prices here in florida, maybe the rest of the country is doing better then we are. that's unlikely since Florida is the 4 most popular state. I see your from Canada, did they change the academic scoring system there, if they didn't then you obviously wouldn't see the affect.
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Old 2008-07-07, 03:43
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China is already kind of doing it; I dont see why the western government's shouldn't follow suit to keep the population down (if it ever gets to the point where this is needed).

Sooner or later reproduction will need to be regulated, if not completely stopped, given that people live longer and longer (which means there will be more and more people).

http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/population_settlement/population/imagesetc/demographic_transition_detailed.jpg
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Old 2008-07-07, 03:44
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http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/population_settlement/population/imagesetc/demographic_transition_detailed.jpg
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Old 2008-07-07, 14:14
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So... you guys never heard of clone threads/trolls ?
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Old 2008-07-07, 21:11
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If they ever passed such a bill here in the states they will definiately get a hell of a fight out of me. Genocide is unacceptible under any circumstances, especially if the race is capable of intelligent thought. I'm suprized that any group of people would allow this to go on in their own nation. Passing such a bill wouldn't increase mankinds' intelligence, percentage wise anywise, 1 in 4 will still be stupid, the only thing that will improve intelligence is education, now if you want to talk about doing away with school systems that don't try to teach the students, I will get behind you on that, when I went to school you had to get 95% to get an A, now the most they try for is a 70% to get a C, if you only make 70% of a car how well do you think the car is going to work, and by fixing education we fix proverty. I have no problem with the idea of government, I just have a problem with some of the people in government.

Thank God for America


Einstein got crappy marks, and a lot of the smartest people I know did as well. Because at some point they realised that marks are shit, knowledge is what matters. So while their classmates were busy licking teachers' asses to complete a bullshit assignment and get an A, they were actually learning things and thinking independently.
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Old 2008-07-07, 21:14
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I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ. Any pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic. This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement), keep population down (especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license), and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.


Dumb.....ass.
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Old 2008-07-07, 21:26
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Einstein got crappy marks, and a lot of the smartest people I know did as well. Because at some point they realised that marks are shit, knowledge is what matters. So while their classmates were busy licking teachers' asses to complete a bullshit assignment and get an A, they were actually learning things and thinking independently.

Sorry dude, http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1115185.htm

Einstiein was an ace at school. He just failed at the non-science subjects until he put some effort in.
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Old 2008-07-07, 23:56
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Okay, milk is a stable in most american families 8 years ago a gallon of milk costed $1.75, now a gallon of milk costs $3.50 which going by the previous figures for minimum wage, milk inflation is 42% which means to keep the same standard of living we know have to consume 2/3 of the milk we normally would, if you want to find a different product, I will run the calculations, but inflation is rising in all areas, of couse these are just the prices here in florida, maybe the rest of the country is doing better then we are. that's unlikely since Florida is the 4 most popular state. I see your from Canada, did they change the academic scoring system there, if they didn't then you obviously wouldn't see the affect.

Look up GDP and poverty rate, as well as Consumer Price Index. Then we'll talk.
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Old 2008-07-08, 03:55
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Look up GDP and poverty rate, as well as Consumer Price Index. Then we'll talk.

Why look up gross domestic product, people don't buy gross domestic product, they buy products, and to show a real world change in the standard oof living we have to go on how much people earn, and if what they earn rises higher then the products they buy. But let's go it your way, the states are buying more then they are selling, so GDP is down, here in fanning spring every other person is unemployed, and the ones who have jobs can't afford anything since they only make $750 a month if they are lucky, I am not familar with the term consmer price index, but I guessing that is just a spreadsheet showing prices of domestic products, which is the only thing that has kept steady with income, though that is only because causing inflation on ourselves only hurts us.
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Old 2008-07-08, 04:01
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Why look up gross domestic product, people don't buy gross domestic product, they buy products, and to show a real world change in the standard oof living we have to go on how much people earn, and if what they earn rises higher then the products they buy. But let's go it your way, the states are buying more then they are selling, so GDP is down, here in fanning spring every other person is unemployed, and the ones who have jobs can't afford anything since they only make $750 a month if they are lucky, I am not familar with the term consmer price index, but I guessing that is just a spreadsheet showing prices of domestic products, which is the only thing that has kept steady with income, though that is only because causing inflation on ourselves only hurts us.

GDP is the standard measure of the size of the economy. I really meant GDP per capita.

Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average amount (price) paid for a market basket of goods and services by a typical consumer in comparison to the average paid for the same basket in an earlier base year.

If you take the GDP per capita and compare it to the CPI, you can see how well the country as a whole is doing.
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Old 2008-07-08, 16:05
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GDP is the standard measure of the size of the economy. I really meant GDP per capita.

Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average amount (price) paid for a market basket of goods and services by a typical consumer in comparison to the average paid for the same basket in an earlier base year.

If you take the GDP per capita and compare it to the CPI, you can see how well the country as a whole is doing.

Okay you lost me GDP per capita, that basically means products per person, and CPI is the change in price for those products, well if you look at it through that point of view I guess you would be right, but you removed the factor of the human being, GDP and CPI means nothing when the human being can't afford to buy anything. which is why education is so important businesses forgot the rules of supply and demand they still charge high prices unknowing that they would make more money by lowering the prices.
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Old 2008-07-08, 22:01
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Okay you lost me GDP per capita, that basically means products per person, and CPI is the change in price for those products, well if you look at it through that point of view I guess you would be right, but you removed the factor of the human being, GDP and CPI means nothing when the human being can't afford to buy anything. which is why education is so important businesses forgot the rules of supply and demand they still charge high prices unknowing that they would make more money by lowering the prices.

Look at the average income (either for country or state) and the average CPI. This will tell you much.

I won't ignore supply and demand, that's the key factors of economics. I challenge you to prove to me they could make more money by lowering the prices of, let's say milk, as you used that as an example, to show me if milk is an elastic or inelastic commodity. Or at least look up what elastic and inelastic means, if you don't know that.
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Old 2008-07-09, 02:25
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Look at the average income (either for country or state) and the average CPI. This will tell you much.

I won't ignore supply and demand, that's the key factors of economics. I challenge you to prove to me they could make more money by lowering the prices of, let's say milk, as you used that as an example, to show me if milk is an elastic or inelastic commodity. Or at least look up what elastic and inelastic means, if you don't know that.

I looked at the statistics for Florida (2006-2007), for all items the CPI showed a 6.4% increase in price, the change in GDP per capita was 3.6%. this is only one year statistics, since i can't find anything older. but going on what i see in everyday living the same affect happened every year since 2004.

Milk is one of those items that are unresponsive to price change people will buy milk regardless of price, since as a said before it is a stable in american households, lowering the price will have no effect here, which is why it was a perfect example to show change. So i will pick another one. DVDs it costs about $2,000,000 to make 100,000 DVDs, i can sell these DVDs for $25 a piece, but at that price I will only sell 90,000 DVDs, but if I lower the price to $23 I can sell 100,000 DVDs, by selling them at $23 I make $2,300,000, by selling them at $25 I make $2,250,000, that is a $750,000 difference, and the thing is that due to lack of education they are selling them at $25 unknowing that if they lowered the price they will sell enough more that it will outweight the lower price.
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Old 2008-07-10, 11:49
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I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ.

Ok, but you do realize you'd never meet the requirements yourself, right? This has to be some kind of bad joke.

IAny pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic

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This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement)

No it won't. Evolution has nothing to do with people with high IQs.

keep population down

If you want to speed up evolution, you need to keep the population up.

especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license

And after we become a dictatorship which requires that citizens have licenses to procreate, NOBODY will immigrate here.

and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.

Jesus fuck. I don't think this deserved a point-by-point refutation, but I wanted to address each instance of your stupidity. My god you're an asshole.
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Old 2008-07-11, 00:25
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I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ. Any pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic. This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement), keep population down (especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license), and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.


We know you wouldn't have been born then.
 #46 
Old 2008-07-11, 00:27
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Just because someone doesn't get 90% in calculus doesn't mean they can't build a car.

Some of the not-so-clever people I knew are amazing at cars. Some of the brightest people (school-wise) I know can barely make Kraft Dinner.

There are many types of intelligence, school fails to measure all of them.

Tell me you mean the car designing phrase in passing, because it takes years and years of engineering and experience from a highly-trained group of engineers and designers to make a modern car.
 #47 
Old 2008-07-11, 00:32
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Tell me you mean the car designing phrase in passing, because it takes years and years of engineering and experience from a highly-trained group of engineers and designers to make a modern car.

I meant automotive technician/mechanic, but that works too.

I'm just basically saying you could be a surgeon, but still not know how your car works. Does that mean a mechanic is smarter than you because he knows cars?

It's all about what you're interested in and what you do. No one is smart in every area, but everyone is smart in at least one.
 #48 
Old 2008-07-11, 11:19
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OP, http://youtube.com/watch?v=PVJXVJfY90s&feature=related
 #49 
Old 2008-07-11, 17:22
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OP, http://youtube.com/watch?v=PVJXVJfY90s&feature=related

Exactly.
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Old 2008-07-12, 04:40
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We do absolutely need to cut down on birth rates dramatically. However a system that relies on taking into account income and a traditional IQ test would just increase the proportion of Dick Cheney's and George Bush's and a bunch of middle class fucking uninsightful morons who study really hard in school but really possess no actual intelligence.
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Old 2008-07-12, 10:48
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Originally Posted by Flannery
We do absolutely need to cut down on birth rates dramatically. However a system that relies on taking into account income and a traditional IQ test would just increase the proportion of Dick Cheney's and George Bush's and a bunch of middle class fucking uninsightful morons who study really hard in school but really possess no actual intelligence.


Shut up. It's the chinese, indians and others that need to cut down on birth rates. Haven't you heard that the European population is slowly dying out?
 #52 
Old 2008-07-13, 14:02
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Originally Posted by xiamhighx
I think that pregnancy licenses must be issued to married couples who have a certain amount of income and a certain IQ. Any pregnant women seen in public will be asked to show their pregnancy licenses. If they do not have a pregnancy license, they will be given a ticket and scheduled an appointment with an abortion clinic. This will help speed up evolution (IQ requirement), keep population down (especially illegal immigrants, as they will not be allowed to have a pregnancy license), and prevent poverty, because couples with a low income will not be issued a license.


This was actually a quite original read, I must say. I know that there will be people going, "Oh Thats Sick and Controlling!" however, in the future something like this may be of benefit to humanity.
 #53 
Old 2008-07-13, 14:10
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This was actually a quite original read, I must say. I know that there will be people going, "Oh Thats Sick and Controlling!" however, in the future something like this may be of benefit to humanity.

What exactly is this "Humanity" you speak of?

You can't be doing the humanity good by hurting individual people. Because humanity IS the people.
 #54 
Old 2008-07-13, 23:53
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ehh...pretty horrible/fucked up idea.

Although mother on welfare shouldn't have 7 kids, and yet they do.
 #55 
Old 2008-07-14, 00:12
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ehh...pretty horrible/fucked up idea.

Although mother on welfare shouldn't have 7 kids, and yet they do.
 #56 
Old 2008-07-14, 01:59
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It is absolutely, without a doubt, 100% true that the world as a whole needs to cut down on reproduction, and that doing so would dramatically improve the overall living conditions of the biosphere.

Regardless of the decreased birth rates in a few select countries, the overall growth rate of the entire world population still continues to increase by over 1 percent each year. Now, considering that the human population has already exceeded the earth's holding capacity by 30%, and that 1% of 6 billion is 60 million, it is undeniable that something must be done.

Although I would fully support the idea of regulating reproduction for the good of the planet, it is quite obvious that there is very little chance of something such as this actually happening worldwide, and an even smaller chance that it would succeed. An alternative route would be for the government to provide some sort of incentive to couples who refrain from reproducing, but again, I don't see anything like this occurring anytime soon. If anything, nowadays it's the exact opposite.

In the end my best prediction would be that the population will continue to rapidly grow until we have finally ravaged the earth to the point that it is no longer able to support us. In short, we will be the victims of our own greed, ignorance and/or stupidity, and sadly, so will the biosphere that has given up so much for us.
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Old 2008-07-14, 02:14
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Is there any actual concrete facts saying we're overpopulated? I mean, with better government, and possibly better technology throughout the world, surely we can support our growing population. We just need to cut down on the greed.
 #58 
Old 2008-07-14, 02:21
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Just because someone doesn't get 90% in calculus doesn't mean they can't build a car.

Some of the not-so-clever people I knew are amazing at cars. Some of the brightest people (school-wise) I know can barely make Kraft Dinner.

There are many types of intelligence, school fails to measure all of them.

Car by someone with a 90% in calculus
http://concierge.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/26/mercedes_rental_car_greve_in_chiant.jpg

Car by someone with a 90% in physics, chemistry, and calculus
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/12/07/future-car-1.jpg

Car by person who didn't quite pass calculus
http://www.ape2zebra.ca/images/thumbs/haba/speedy_450.jpg


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People with blonde hair + blue eyes + scandinavian blood should only be allowed to reproduce [/hitler]
 #59 
Old 2008-07-14, 02:58
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Car by someone with a 90% in calculus
http://concierge.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/26/mercedes_rental_car_greve_in_chiant.jpg

Car by someone with a 90% in physics, chemistry, and calculus
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/12/07/future-car-1.jpg

Car by person who didn't quite pass calculus
http://www.ape2zebra.ca/images/thumbs/haba/speedy_450.jpg


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People with blonde hair + blue eyes + scandinavian blood should only be allowed to reproduce [/hitler]

You really twisted what I said. I was referring to mechanics, not those who build cars.
 #60 
Old 2008-07-14, 09:41
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Originally Posted by AntiDelusional
It is absolutely, without a doubt, 100% true that the world as a whole needs to cut down on reproduction, and that doing so would dramatically improve the overall living conditions of the biosphere.

Regardless of the decreased birth rates in a few select countries, the overall growth rate of the entire world population still continues to increase by over 1 percent each year. Now, considering that the human population has already exceeded the earth's holding capacity by 30%, and that 1% of 6 billion is 60 million, it is undeniable that something must be done.

Although I would fully support the idea of regulating reproduction for the good of the planet, it is quite obvious that there is very little chance of something such as this actually happening worldwide, and an even smaller chance that it would succeed. An alternative route would be for the government to provide some sort of incentive to couples who refrain from reproducing, but again, I don't see anything like this occurring anytime soon. If anything, nowadays it's the exact opposite.

In the end my best prediction would be that the population will continue to rapidly grow until we have finally ravaged the earth to the point that it is no longer able to support us. In short, we will be the victims of our own greed, ignorance and/or stupidity, and sadly, so will the biosphere that has given up so much for us.


If the "civilised" countries are the only ones that control the birth rates, then soon those countries won't be civilised any more.

I mean, try telling the people in Africa who slaughter each other all the time to stop reproducing.
 #61 
Old 2008-08-23, 06:40
xiamhighx xiamhighx is offline
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Ok, but you do realize you'd never meet the requirements yourself, right? This has to be some kind of bad joke.



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No it won't. Evolution has nothing to do with people with high IQs.



If you want to speed up evolution, you need to keep the population up.



And after we become a dictatorship which requires that citizens have licenses to procreate, NOBODY will immigrate here.



Jesus fuck. I don't think this deserved a point-by-point refutation, but I wanted to address each instance of your stupidity. My god you're an asshole.

You didn't even really elaborate on any of your points. So I won't even consider your shitty argument.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4773/okokda2.png

now I know this is a stupid online IQ test, but it has to show at least something. If you want to call bullshit, take the test yourself first.
People should trust those smarter than themselves.
 #62 
Old 2008-08-23, 06:52
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Hey, Faggot, those online IQ tests are a marketing scheme to get you to pay for shit you dont need. If it showed you your true IQ of 80, chances are you'd be less inclined to buy their shit. It's called enticement.
 #63 
Old 2008-08-23, 06:54
xiamhighx xiamhighx is offline
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The test was completely free actually, and I have gotten similar scores on paper IQ tests.
 #64 
Old 2008-08-23, 08:38
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You didn't even really elaborate on any of your points. So I won't even consider your shitty argument.

I.e. you're going to ignore what I said because you can't refute it.
 #65 
Old 2008-08-23, 10:31
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I.e. you're going to ignore what I said because you can't refute it.

I think he has you, how does one say, "fucked in the ass" here, xiamhighx.
 #66 
Old 2008-08-24, 02:10
xiamhighx xiamhighx is offline
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I.e. you're going to ignore what I said because you can't refute it.

No, because your "arguments" are personal attacks rather than elaborate points.
 #67 
Old 2008-08-24, 05:15
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No, because your "arguments" are personal attacks rather than elaborate points.

Saying that they aren't worth refuting isn't a substitute for actually refuting them.
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