Big Changes I've Seen In My Lifetime

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Learning to tell time on an "analog" clock!

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

During Mardi Gras in 2000, my freinds and I were in a restaurant on Bourbon Street, and i ordered a cheeseburger. I wanted a damn cheeseburger, i had been eating cultural food for 4 days straight just wanted some beef.

my freinds got all embarrased, but the waiter was cool about it. he stood there and smiled. my friends said "He's kidding..." The waiter said "I know, Im waiting for his real order."

i caved and had fried catfish. it was good, almost worth the $19 i paid for it... (the fucking cheeseburger was $5....)


then my friends proceed to bitch about the quality of their meals (crawfish for one, something with hushpuppies for the other), and dropped $7 a pint for guinness. i spent significantly less on corona.

they were going to stiff the waiter a decen ttip because the food was sub-standard fro the most part and the drinks way over priced, but i told them if i was cornered into spending 4 times what i was going to for a meal, they were sure as hell goingto leave hima good tip, he was great waiter.

in the end, i think the meal came to $90 and we left him a $35 tip.

:cool:

I worked at a really fancy restaurant and the only things kids could ever order was the cheeseburger, the menu was pretty limited. One time this husband and wife were ordering their main course and the woman's husband ordered a cheeseburger. She was like "Don't get a cheeseburger!" and she smiled at me as if to say "my husband is a moron, suggest something we can't eat at home" and I was like "The cheeseburger is delicious! How would you like it done?" I knew he would have eventually would have ordered something different and hated it if I didn't say that. Also I'm busy damn. :p

the cheeseburger was 17$ btw haha

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

One that's underway at the moment, that I personally consider pretty "big", is the gradual phasing out/banning of public smoking. It's a smart move...IMO a lot of smokers simply aren't respectful enough about it, I accept that they're spoiling their health, cool...but they don't tend to look outside and see the damage it does others, or don't acknowledge it anyhow. But yeah, I think this is one of those "big changes" I'll live to see.

Yeah, I'm a smoker and I'm cool with it. If I have to smoke inside that bad, I'll join a private club that allows it. There are a lot of polite smokers (I consider myself to be one) who go out of their way to do things like put out their cigs & deposit the butts in receptacles, try the best they can to stand downwind from non smokers. When I'm waiting for a bus and lite up, I stand as far away from everyone as I can as to not be rude.

There's no way everyone can be taught these few simple rules of courtesy, so it probably needs to be done. When I visited my friend in Santa Monica, it was already in place. It was obnoxious at first, but I adjusted to it pretty quick.

[Phalanx]

I HATE people who stand 2 feet from an entrance and smoke. Fucking inconsiderate as hell.

My biggest beef is the ones that either
a: snub one out right before getting on a train, and sit near you...like seriously, I know smoking fucks with your sense of taste and smell, but throw back a mint ferchrists sake, you pay the ridiculous (financial and physical) price for the habit, what's a pack of gum on top of that?
b: Again, with trains...the ones that stand at the door like they can't wait to get out, then light up as soon as the doors open, in front of like everyone.
Other than the times I have to inhale their habit myself, I don't much care about smokers...they're aware of the risks, it's their choice.

You may be right about the public smoking thing!

Well, yeah...society is becoming more actively health conscious at large, and I think it's only a matter of time before it happens...I consider it a pretty big "event" considering how widespread smoking is.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

My biggest beef is the ones that either
a: snub one out right before getting on a train, and sit near you...like seriously, I know smoking fucks with your sense of taste and smell, but throw back a mint ferchrists sake, you pay the ridiculous (financial and physical) price for the habit, what's a pack of gum on top of that?

wow, what a whiner.

2nd hand smoke is overrated, the polluted air you're breathing every second of the day does more damage than a few minutes of breathing second hand smoke from a smoker 10-20 feet away. You're just talking about someone who was smoking then sits beside you? give me a break. :rolleyes:

[Phalanx]

I'd say the whole AIDS epidemic thing would be a contender for the top5 up in here...While nobody seems sure of the exact point of time in which it STARTED, it was (as I recall) sometime in the 80's that the world became aware of how truly big it was. The panic, the confusion, the association...definately changed things.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

2nd hand smoke is overrated, the polluted air you're breathing every second of the day does more damage than a few minutes of breathing second hand smoke from a smoker 10-20 feet away. You're just talking about someone who was smoking then sits beside you? give me a break. :rolleyes:

I quit smoking about 3 years ago and I love the smell of second hand smoke. I agree that banning it inside places is ok but outside you should be able to smoke like a chimney.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

I'd say the whole AIDS epidemic thing would be a contender for the top5 up in here...While nobody seems sure of the exact point of time in which it STARTED, it was (as I recall) sometime in the 80's that the world became aware of how truly big it was. The panic, the confusion, the association...definately changed things.

How old are you again?

Originally Posted by Despare

I quit smoking about 3 years ago and I love the smell of second hand smoke. I agree that banning it inside places is ok but outside you should be able to smoke like a chimney.

agreed.

give em an inch, they want a mile.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

wow, what a whiner.

2nd hand smoke is overrated, the polluted air you're breathing every second of the day does more damage than a few minutes of breathing second hand smoke from a smoker 10-20 feet away. You're just talking about someone who was smoking then sits beside you? give me a break. :rolleyes:

Its not very different from someone never bathing sitting right next to you. Do wahtever the fuck you want with your life, but dont infringe on other people's right to not have to deal with your stinky ass.

In a lot of regards, it has less to do with health and more to do with people just being stupid, inconsiderate dickheads.

[Roderick Usher]

Urge, you failed to mention

indoor plumbing
The Steam Engine
Pasteurization
The movable type printing press


ha...you're old