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Well, there aren't any donut shops in Queensland anymore either. They all got washed away by the recent epic storm that made Katrina look like a fourth grade s
by Stormbringer 16y ago
Well, there aren't any donut shops in Queensland anymore either. They all got washed away by the recent epic storm that made Katrina look like a fourth grade spitball contest.†
†This is of course, patently false. Oh sure, the storm was bigger and nastier, but if you do insist on building your city below sea level, then route crucial funds from the Army Corps of Engineers who are supposed to keep the levees strong, to some Blackwater dudes playing 'choose your own adventure' in the Middle East...
- alnayyir 16y agoPolitics not welcome, caustic attitudes even less so.
- Stormbringer 16y agoAnyone marking me down who doesn't have friends and family in a disaster area, can go die in a fire.
- alnayyir 16y agoThat's so completely besides the point that I feel I should be sending a quote with context to somebody compiling a rhetoritician's dictionary. Let me help you, since you are being so pointedly blind to your own offensiveness. (Which only hurts your ability to be pithy and forceful, by the way.) This is a conversation about tax breaks and municipalities, in this case, the subjects involve SF and some startups. This particular thread was an aside about Australia, because of the name "Brisbane". You derailed it into a micro-rant about a recent tragedy, and then threw in an even less relevant slam on the US. I'm not the most popular person here on HN. I've gotten into it with Justin of Justin.tv before because I was calling out some of the more offensive startup hysteria/bullshit. You are something else entirely. You're not an iconoclast. You are the 25 year old whose parents died when he was 2 y/o and won't shut up about it at the bar. Have yourself a coke, a smile, and shut the fuck up.