WTF?
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Everybody loves inside jokes! |
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"I bet you can't give me an answer to that one."
Bah, you just want out of an update, you entrail-basket.
IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?
-Soapy
I may be a slacker, but you know what? I'LL TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT!
-SV
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WTF? |
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Of course I can answer that. It's easy. A close examination of the topic reveals
that you did NOT in fact elaborate on what "WTF" is an acronym for. While some may
argue that everyone knows WTF means What The Fuck, the term is not as consistent as
that. Many people prefer to substitute "Fuck", for any word of their choice. "Frig",
"Fudge" and "FahrwegSchneeLand" are popular examples. Occasionally, "What" is even
substituted with "Why".
Thus we can clearly see that the acronym is not a consistent one, and can be used
however the writer sees fit. In the event that the writer does not clarify what
he/she means, it is left up to the reader to decipher the meaning, which is
precisely what you did. Thus, I will determine that by "WTF?", you meant "Where's
The Food?". The food is in the fridge. Good day sir.
-stareyE
Actually, in the time since I asked, I did find some food, although I think it would have been helpful to know there was some in the fridge. I went all the way out to Dairy Queen. This knowledge will save me tons of money!
-SV
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We're one big happy... |
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SV, you talk about needing more replies to mailbag, and then you try to make a "zomg
impossible question".
WTF?
-Krem
It's funny that it got so many replies though. It's that crazy POS sense of humor.
-SV
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My new hero. |
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onc ther was a gy naemd uwa and he liekd catagirals and he lievd in land of pos
wehre tehre wuz pos
gys(liek keeng rix and stac 207) but 1 day he deid and caem bak on erth as a gy who
liekd henti and
catagirals cuz he waz DIED :O!
uwa: wel tihs is new!!!!!1111
tim magrawr: hay gy u wana buy some english mufinz
uwa: shut UP!!!!!!*kil*
uwa used suprar majik atak tim mgrmar were died
yumi sinsay: hay u shuld do some studying
uwa: y
yumi: wel exams r coming up
uwa: relly now?! lol
yumisensya:wel there inpartant 4 ur futur
uwa: so
yumi sansay: tehy detrmin ur entir lief
uwa: so
yumi: il have sex w/ u if u pas
uwa: IT'S A DEEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111
uwa: but we cant haevsex cuz ist not a hgame D:
yumi snetysneysai: that makes me :( and not :)
jon stuart: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
so then uwa wetn 2 the ymca and BURND IT DOWN CUZ HE WAS really godzilla but he wasnt
godzila a lot cuz i duno lol
uwa: now i wil go on a qwest
uwa: but frist i ned a areship
uwa: where do i fnid a ariship
justin timrlaek: i hav airsihp
uwa: shut up im tryg 2 thik of where find a airship
justin timbraek: i hav airship
uwa: *kill* lol well that was informative well tiem 2 star my qwest 2 b da BEST
uwa goez of in search of penut butter find out in next epsode of
DRAGON BALL Z
oopx i mean supar force 2 write story ayayayaya 2: not the first whopz sily
me!!!!!!!!!!
-Rick
*speechless*
-SV
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Super subatomic particle BULL! |
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Ah ha, you may think that my vast wealth can't bullshit an answer, but you'd be
wrong! The current answer to the question for this week is:
zgwolufsky (Give or take about twenty fusioning upper-quark tai particles)
-GSGold
The current answer? Does this mean the answer will change soon? I don't think there is even an answer. Anyway, speaking of tai particles, I want to be a physics major.
-SV
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HA! |
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omgbbq!!!111
-Static2007
It took a topic of this magnitude to get you to reply. What will it take next time?
-SV
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Fooooooooooooooooooooood |
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W Not TF? :B
(It's sorta like a teacher told me, a university teacher in pholosophy had a test
with the question: "Why?". Guy got an A for saying "Why Not?") :P
-RPGMaker35
You lose. stareyE already told me where the food was.
-SV
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Piss! |
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I think the cause of the Third World's problems today starts with European
imperialism. They scrambled to make colonies, made treaties with each other, divvied
other countries up like a piece of pie, without a shred of respect for the countries
they were taking. They drew up arbitrary boundaries with no respect to ethnic groups
or rivalries between them. Then they went in and enslaved the people, forcing them
to drain their homelands of their resources and ship them back to the home countries
to be used to fuel the insatiable, resource-devouring maw of the Industrial
Revolution. And now, as independence has been gained for most these colonies, can we
really be surprised that it's nothing but chaos for most of them? Can we really be
surprised that they live in such terrible conditions since we left nations of
slaves, stripped out their resources, out to dry? We can't undone what they've done
in the past, but I can sure bitch about it.
-Wally
Imperialism is empire building. Expansion occurs when one state is more
powerful than are the obstacles to expansion. The obstacles may be other states or peoples, or they may be geographic or physical or technological obstacles.
The central core of the empire may be a nation-state, or in ancient times, a city state or a tribe.
European civilization experienced a period of unprecedented rapid expansion around the globe during the last third of the nineteenth century. European nation-states had become very powerful because of industrialization and because of the organizational efficiency of the nation-state.
European global expansion had actually begun in the fifteenth century, but the process greatly accelerated in the nineteenth century.
Latin America and the seaports of Asia and Africa were the first to be colonized by Europeans. Native Americans were liquidated or thoroughly subjugated to European rule. Most Latin American descendents (Latinos) of the Spanish conquerors gained independence from Spain by the early 19th century, while many indigenous peoples remained subject.
The African climate, disease and geography delayed most European colonization until the 19th century, although the descendents of Dutch settlers, known as Afrikaans or Boers, came to South Africa as early as the 16th century.
Slavery took a heavy toll on African development ever since the 16th century. Millions of young people of working age were taken away. Great conflict ensued.
Asia's population was too great, its civilization too firmly established for Europeans to rule it directly. The Europeans did establish control over seaports and trade. In places like India and Indonesia, Europeans ruled indirectly through their domination of the local aristocracy.
England was the leading European colonial power and had already established much of its overseas empire by the beginning of the 19th century.
France was second, with its holdings in Southeast Asia and in North Africa, both
of these being established during the 19th century.
Portugal, Spain and Holland retained some colonies because they had been
the earliest colonial powers, and still retained some of them in the 19th century.
Germany and Italy were late arrivals on the colonial scene because they
had only unified themselves in the 1860's.
The United States became a colonial power at the end of the 19th century, after having spent the century moving across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean. Defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War led to the establishment of American colonies in the Caribbean and in the Philippines. The Hawaiian Islands were conquered at the sametime. (1890's)
Japan was the first Asiatic nation to become a colonial power. Long isolated and refusing to trade with Europeans, except for a limited, controlled trade with Holland, the Japanese were forced to trade by a United States naval squadron in 1845. Subsequently, the Japanese experienced a political revolution. The new leadership modernized rapidly
by adopting European technology and organization.
The British forced China to open itself to the Opium trade in the 1840's. China also experienced social upheaval (The Tai Ping rebellion), and was unable to prevent foreign domination of its trade. By the end of the 19th century, England, Germany, Russia, Japan, and the United States had all compelled China to trade with them. Russia occupied Manchuria and Port Arthur, Japan was in Korea, Germany was in the Shantung peninsula, and the British were in Hong Kong.
The French, the British, the Germans and the Italians competed with each other in the last third of the 19th century to lay claim to Africa. The Belgian king Leopold was also extensively involved. The only remaining areas of Africa not colonized by the end of the century were Ethiopia in the horn of Africa and Liberia on the Atlantic coast.
Another aspect of European expansion in the last half of the 19th century involved the emigration of large numbers of Europeans to other parts of the world. European population had been increasing more rapidly than non-European populations during this time. Population pressure combined with improved overseas transportation led to the greatest migration in history up to that time.
The ease with which Europeans dominated non-European areas of the world is explained by the power they had resulting from industrialization and the nation-state organization.
But the explanations that Europeans made to themselves were that they
were superior to non-European peoples. There were a number of racist ideas widely believed by Europeans:
Whites were superior to non-whites. One variation was Rudyard Kipling's idea of the White Man's Burden. The white man had the burden and responsibility of bringing the blessings of their superior civilization to the savages of the non-European world.
Another was a variation of Social Darwinism in which white Europeans were considered more fit in the struggle for survival. Another variation was that Christianity was the only true religion.
Racist attitudes also separated northern Europeans from southern Europeans, Anglo-Saxons, Nordics and Teutons from Latins, and Aryans from Semites.
Anti-Semitism had traditionally been interpreted on the basis of religion with Jews considered to be Christ-killers. A new anti-Semitic concept of Jews as an inferior race, which endangered the purity of Aryans, developed in the late 19th century, particularly in
eastern Europe.
Vienna, as the capitol of the multi-ethnic Austrian Empire, was a particular site for the greatest variety of anti-Semitic writings.
Racism and anti-Semitism was a virulent motivating force in 19th century Europe, which boded ill for the future.
-SV
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-StarKirby
I'm out of red paint.
-SV
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This week in review. |
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Peoples rejoice! The bar has been raised with a whopping nine replies this week to a most unnatural question. It's safe to say that I can get my own food now thanks to stareyE. I guess all you guys needed was a challenge.
Don't forget to reply to next week's mailbag!
-SV
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