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Letting Go

I’m not going to renew my site, solo1y.com, when it comes around in April. It’s going to be deleted, so if there’s anything on there you want to download, or whatever, now’s the time. Well, maybe not. The entire site will be kept as is on my local machine (I might even update it) until such time as I have money to burn and then I’ll get a personal site again. My Facebook and my Tumblr obviate the need for my site, so there’s no point in paying for it separately. 

I’m also ending my rapidshare subscription, which you probably shouldn’t care about at all. They are now the number one target for whoever’s responsible for taking down links, so it’s not worth my time. I download so little stuff now that I might as well use the free daily links instead.

I’m going to spend the savings on quinoa and lentils, although reastically I’ll probably blow it all on Murakami books and Straczynski comics. 

A specimen copy of my cell phone bill. As you can see, I can’t stand to be on that thing for more than three seconds. These days, my bill is empty because I’ve had my phone switched off for the last four months. I’m very proud that somehow I managed to make two calls that lasted less than a second. Ladies, this is how a real man makes phone calls.

A specimen copy of my cell phone bill. As you can see, I can’t stand to be on that thing for more than three seconds. These days, my bill is empty because I’ve had my phone switched off for the last four months.

I’m very proud that somehow I managed to make two calls that lasted less than a second.

Ladies, this is how a real man makes phone calls.

irishthings: mo7med88: Ireland- the coins we used before the Euro :D When money felt like it was worth something… Look at that fifty pence piece, sitting there like a sexy fuck. It was the heaviest of those coins, so you always knew when your pockets were full of 50ps. The pound coins (charmingly and archaicly labelled “punt”) were like bottle caps compared to those bad boys.  Look at that bird on there. You know what that is? A kingfisher, right? Wrong! It’s a woodcock. That’s right. It’s a bird made up of two words that both mean “erection”. That’s what was sitting in your pants when you were rolling with the fifty pences. That’s how cool that silvery bitch was.  And there you are, clicking and scrolling away, munching your cornflakes, like a big boring bastard. You must really hate yourself knowing that a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Irish people were fingering cupronickel heptagons and drinking red lemonade.

irishthings:

mo7med88:

Ireland- the coins we used before the Euro :D

When money felt like it was worth something…

Look at that fifty pence piece, sitting there like a sexy fuck. It was the heaviest of those coins, so you always knew when your pockets were full of 50ps. The pound coins (charmingly and archaicly labelled “punt”) were like bottle caps compared to those bad boys. 

Look at that bird on there. You know what that is? A kingfisher, right? Wrong! It’s a woodcock. That’s right. It’s a bird made up of two words that both mean “erection”. That’s what was sitting in your pants when you were rolling with the fifty pences. That’s how cool that silvery bitch was. 

And there you are, clicking and scrolling away, munching your cornflakes, like a big boring bastard. You must really hate yourself knowing that a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Irish people were fingering cupronickel heptagons and drinking red lemonade.

(Reblogged from irishthings)

Operation Tax Amazon

postsatire:

Amazon is using bogus non-residential status to avoid taxes in pretty much every country where they operate. 

A friend of mine wrote a book called “Pay Your Taxes”, which is a real book with a real story, but the only point of which is to get the title of the book in the Amazon best seller lists, to make Amazon look silly. The details: Operation Amazon.

If you are in the American market, use this link to download the free book. 

If you are in the English market, use this link to download the free book.

You should do this not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s fucking hilarious.

If you like the idea of forcing a massive multinational to pay its taxes, or at the very least to confront them head-on using their own mechanisms, then don’t just like this post, reblog it! We only have two days before the automatic triggers make the book not free, so reblog, reblog, reblog! 

(Reblogged from postsatire)
lovingforthelost: fain-would-i-climb: solo1y: Let’s say you’re an American citizen who feels that the current Obama administration is failing your country. Which of the following do you think would be more helpful: 1. Cover your Toyota in abusive, garish stickers. OR 2. Buy an American car. Except a TON of Toyotas are built in the US. Just because a car has a foreign name does not mean it was built in another country. Good try though. I think these bumper stickers are amazing. XD You honestly don’t understand why buying an American car is better for the American economy than buying a Japanese car - wherever it was made?  moofles: lol abusive. One of those bumper stickers is suggesting that liberal people be sterilised. I would call that abusive. It doesn’t bother me or anything, but there’s no point in lying about it. Is suggesting the sterilisation of your political opponents amusing? I don’t know. Are liberals the new Lebensunwertes Leben? Maybe they are. I think I’ll take a trip in my Honda Accord which was built in this state to its birthplace a couple of hours away and tell all of the employees to either go to Japan or work for an American car company. It’s a great idea because American cars are built to be perfect and not suck. I really didn’t think there would be this much resistance among people who probably regard themselves as patriots to the idea of buying American. The point of this post is to demonstrate that there is a much better way to support America than buying cars which generate profits for foreign companies and cover them in stickers which were made in China. That’s it. Anything else you think I’m saying is in your mind.

lovingforthelost:

fain-would-i-climb:

solo1y:

Let’s say you’re an American citizen who feels that the current Obama administration is failing your country. Which of the following do you think would be more helpful:

1. Cover your Toyota in abusive, garish stickers.

OR

2. Buy an American car.

Except a TON of Toyotas are built in the US. Just because a car has a foreign name does not mean it was built in another country.

Good try though.

I think these bumper stickers are amazing. XD

You honestly don’t understand why buying an American car is better for the American economy than buying a Japanese car - wherever it was made? 

moofles:

lol abusive.

One of those bumper stickers is suggesting that liberal people be sterilised. I would call that abusive. It doesn’t bother me or anything, but there’s no point in lying about it. Is suggesting the sterilisation of your political opponents amusing? I don’t know. Are liberals the new Lebensunwertes Leben? Maybe they are.

I think I’ll take a trip in my Honda Accord which was built in this state to its birthplace a couple of hours away and tell all of the employees to either go to Japan or work for an American car company. It’s a great idea because American cars are built to be perfect and not suck.

I really didn’t think there would be this much resistance among people who probably regard themselves as patriots to the idea of buying American. The point of this post is to demonstrate that there is a much better way to support America than buying cars which generate profits for foreign companies and cover them in stickers which were made in China. That’s it. Anything else you think I’m saying is in your mind.

(Reblogged from lovingforthelost)