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mircea_popescu: the girl liked being raped so much she feared being returned to her country above all things ?
nubbins`: so, you'd be surprised what people will do in order to not get kicked out of a country
nubbins`: shrug. he's been in trouble plenty of times for hiring illegal immigrants. he prolly threatened to have her deported
benkay: that's why those after-incident texts are so important
mircea_popescu: benkay in this case it actually made the 2nd guy money, but it most often goes the other way
mircea_popescu: remembers all this casually while riding the bus 3 years later
benkay: or that the fiat exchange market is batshit insane?
mircea_popescu: girl is forced to perform numerous sexual acts and held prisoner 3 years ago
benkay: hey mircea_popescu are you implying the option play drives prices or that the option player sees the moves coming?
benkay: i thought he was in the habit of making them sign waivers?
mircea_popescu: "ene Morales, now 20, alleges that Dov Charney began sexually harassing her when she was 17 and ordered her to come to his apartment when she turned 18. The suit alleges Charney kept her prisoner for hours and forced her to perform numerous sexual acts,"
benkay: i really like aa tees because i admire don's power plays
nubbins`: i should do up handbills that i can just give to people when they request AA shirts
nubbins`: "yeah i really like AA tees because they're, like, fairly made"
nubbins`: you can't make this shit up!!!
mircea_popescu: dude these people ;/
nubbins`: "But during the reporting for Ko's piece, Charney did something he now regrets. Within the context of a flirtatious conversation about sexuality and the pleasure Charney derives from masturbation with a willing partner, he decided to demonstrate for Ko, and it became a repeated motif in their later encounters."
mircea_popescu: benkay it's ridiculous how it works, price moves as soon as there's a large option play
mircea_popescu: and also that nobody asked them what they think.
benkay: guess that option bet isn't going to pay off this month
mircea_popescu: someone tell each and every fuckwith that no, bitcoin's market value is not about to go astronomical.
ThickAsThieves: we have to know when to sell somehow
mircea_popescu: o god. the idiot parade is already revving up huh.
ozbot: Bitcoin's Market Value Is About To Go Astronomical - YouTube
nubbins`: "do you guys carry american apparel tees"
ozbot: American Apparel CEO Hit With $250M Teen Sex Suit - Dov Charney accused of forcing sex on young e
mircea_popescu: benkay he's a literal ass that's also a fake.
nubbins`: in this context, the implication is that he's both fake and an ass
thestringpuller: lol there is an AA in echo park?
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mircea_popescu: in fairness, the guy does look like he did a fair chunk of meth in his day
nubbins`: is it the pentecostals that are known for that?
asciilifeform: peanut gallery hates physics. you walk in, their /perpetuum mobile/ stops. who likes that.
mircea_popescu: someone should ask people if they believe glossotherapy should be covered under obamacare.
nubbins`: much better than glossolalia
ThickAsThieves: at some point marketing turns into a "trick" over time, without trying
nubbins`: well, that's why i get to complain.
mircea_popescu: benkay yeah. the good thing is to ruin everyone's party with physics, then they can all hate you
benkay: you're the one in a commodity biz
nubbins`: it's a bad thing when it makes my job harder
benkay: it's a bad thing to trick the public now?
nubbins`: as well as the fact that he's tricked the t-shirt buying public into thinking that a sweatshop in LA is the ethical way to make tees
mircea_popescu: benkay im working for the loaded questions championship
nubbins`: as well as the fact that he's a sleazeball
nubbins`: both those reasons, as well as the fact that his products are shit with huge price tags
benkay: i was going to ask what the diff you see between mircea_popescu and d.c. is, nubs, but mp beat me to it
mircea_popescu: nubbins` so do you hate him because he's rich and dorky or because he has no appreciation of torturing women and does it by what appears to be sheer accident ?
nubbins`: puts the ads in context
nubbins`: i'll leave a google image search of "dov charney", owner of AA, as an exercise to the reader
mircea_popescu: sounds like this shitty european brand that's been a laughingstock for two decades by now
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i was thinking that!
ThickAsThieves: its the modern UCB
mircea_popescu: and for that matter, a bolivian on the dutch ad ?
mircea_popescu: why did they put an eskimo on the japan ad ?
nubbins`: im just gonna send these to the next person who says they want AA tees
jborkl: Why do they only use ugly girls
ThickAsThieves: send photo to apply for job, nice
mircea_popescu: benkay but she has to want to.
mircea_popescu: seriouisly, "now open" ? that's what they got ?
nubbins`: "i love their ad where the woman is on the verge of tears, with her legs spread open"
benkay: what's the point of having a secretary who won't blow you during meetings, eh?
mircea_popescu: so crude this shit.
mircea_popescu: at least they're getting free abortions, apostate.
nubbins`: it's funny how many people trip about american apparel tees
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves has it. that fag just looks like an unkempt gypsy
benkay: dov charney. now there's a man who can slay gash.
ThickAsThieves: you need to actually be eccentric to be eccentric
ThickAsThieves: these dudes and their handlebars
benkay: vehaha caused the runup
kakobrekla: satoshi initial code release causing the runup
benkay: apoplectic bitcoin jesus caused the runup
benkay: glbse closing caused the runup
ThickAsThieves: BTCT closing caused the runup
nubbins`: what is this, my birthday?
nubbins`: oh my god this article goes straight from TOMS to Dov Charney
mircea_popescu: nubbins` yeah, that's where i was when i linked it.
benkay: doing good in the world.
benkay: but you know what makes american women tingle?
nubbins`: now imagine those same shoes on a CHILD who spends their day OUTSIDE
nubbins`: know what's a lousy gift? a pair of shoes that falls apart after 3 months of indoor use
nubbins`: it's so true
benkay: no wait the new sr honeypot caused the runup to 350
nubbins`: "Some child in a hovel in Bolivia is throwing a pair of TOMS shoes at her mother right now, screaming, “What does this shithole look like to you, the Hamptons? I don’t want another pair of fucking beach shoes. I want to eat meat!”"
benkay: no wait max keizer caused the runup to 350
nubbins`: bgupta: that's what caused the run-up to 350
bgupta: I'm sure folks have seen this, but US Fed Reserve Economist publishes generally positive note about bitcoin: http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2013/cfldecember2013_317.pdf
nubbins`: "that's not a pipe cutter, THIS is a pipe cutter"
ThickAsThieves: kako would never use a hammer that was sub-kako
mircea_popescu: "my hammers, let me show you them"
kakobrekla: well dunno i used hammers more than an average guy on this chan and never seen it
mircea_popescu: i have no idea what it was made out of, it seemed sheeny on the outside, but looked more like porous ceramic inside.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla i have seen this. thing split right though the middle.
nubbins`: well, it's not just shoes. people will buy ten $2 hammers rather than splurge on a $25 one that'll last a lifetime
mircea_popescu: yet people buy the chinese crap, nike/adidas/whagever
nubbins`: needless to say, after working there for 3 years, i've got three REALLY good pairs of hikers
mircea_popescu: strange thing is that they're not even expensive. in ppp terms people spent about 10x on shoes 100 years ago as what it'd cost to get a decent pair today
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nubbins`: $500 per year to spend on health-related things, like a gym membership or a bicycle
mircea_popescu: nubbins` no sports plastic things qualify.
nubbins`: seriously, holes worn right through the sides