Saturday, August 31, 2013

Starbucks Gun Policy in Action

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  1. No one skipping Starbucks there....

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    1. Oh really. Isn't there usually a line?

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    2. Depends on the Starbucks--how are we, or you for that matter, supposed to know what this kiosk would look like otherwise?

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  2. Oh no! The Starbucks Kiosk didn't stop him from legally open carrying into the grocery store he and his family were shopping in and which Starbucks was renting space in!

    Oh the Humanity!

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  3. He looks like a shining example of responsible gun ownership. Normal customers would not feel safer with guys like that in the line.

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    1. Normal customers would also not, necessarily, feel less safe. Some would, some wouldn't.

      I've got a feeling that the same could be said about how some would and wouldn't feel safe in line with a Muslim woman in a hijab and niquab.

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    2. Mikeb, what specifically are you referring to? Seriously, I see nothing about that man that justifies the sarcasm of "a shining example of responsible gun ownership."

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    3. To me he looks like an unkempt, semi-literate Neanderthal, arrogant and cocky, and more interested in mugging it up for the camera than in attending to the baby.

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    4. Funny. To the rest of us he looks like a blue collar man in nice casual clothes since he's out with the wife unlike the similar blue collar guy who appears to be wearing his boots and work clothes at the kiosk in the background.

      But go ahead and keep calling people semi-literate neanderthals, insulting them as less evolved species of humans. It puts you in wonderful company in history--all those wonderful leaders who suggested that various people were ancestral humans with less evolved brains, etc.

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    5. I'm still waiting for you to post your picture, Mikeb.

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    6. Besides, did you notice that the baby is asleep? They don't require constant handling.

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    7. You won't have long to wait for that picture. I've decided to enter the TTAG photo contest as soon as my nifty TTAG hat arrives.

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    8. "keep calling people semi-literate neanderthals"

      I will, as long as you lawful gun owners keep acting like idiots. If I had the time, I could literally post a hundred stories a day. Most of them are done by you law-abiding responsible guys.

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    9. Mikeb, let us know when it goes up.

      But you say that you could post hundreds of stories a day? I've heard that claim before. Go ahead. Prove it.

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    10. Ah, yes. Hundreds of stories every day. Bullshit.

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    11. I said, "literally post a hundred stories a day"

      Greg said, "But you say that you could post hundreds of stories a day?"

      Tennessean said, "Hundreds of stories every day. Bullshit."

      This is why you guys are known as LIARS.

      But my question has never been answered. If you guys have such a good argument, if you're winning, if you have right on your side, why do you have to resort to lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations?

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    12. Where's the lie? You made the claim. Prove it, or you're the liar.

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    13. Wow! What a lie you caught me in! I accidentally repeated "hundreds" rather than noticing that you only said "hundred."

      I'm still calling bullshit on your literal 100 stories per day.

      It's a ridiculous claim when you made it, and it still is.

      As for the inflation from the ridiculous to the ludicrous--I'm sorry. The inflation was unintentional and and the result of sloppiness, not some attempt to deceive.

      And so, now that I've been corrected and you're only claiming 100 per day: Prove it.

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    14. As I said, I don't have the time to post that many stories. I'm already at my limit.

      When someone says "a hundred stories a day," that could be legitimate hyperbole for "a shitload" or "a whole helluva lot."

      But when both of you change it to "hundreds" and attack me for saying it, you guys are liars. You call it an accident, but I don't believe you because of your track record. Embellishments, exaggerations as well as made-up bullshit are all lies. You guys are the masters.

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    15. You claimed stories in three digits. Prove it, or you're a liar.

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    16. Mike,

      I'd give you that saying "several" or even "dozens" would be believably excused as some bit of excusable hyperbole, but when you claim a hundred per day, you're stretching the hell out of that boundary.

      When you say "I could literally post a hundred stories a day," the inclusion of that word "literally" means that you are claiming an actual number--no hyperbole, no estimate, no figurative use of "a hundred" to mean "a shitload."


      On top of that, you are calling us liars by saying that we exaggerated your "legitimate hyperbole." Please, take a moment to think about that. It's really damned hypocritical to say: "I'm using legitimate hyperbole, but you guys are embellishing and exaggerating to help your cause, and that makes you a liar, and me not one."

      How much more so when your statement is based on an unintentional embellishment of your "legitimate hyperbole."

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  4. Fucking Starbucks. I never go there. I certainly will not in the future.

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    1. And since you never go, your "boycott" will not affect them or their policy in the least. Have a nice day!

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