22 vets commit suicide every day

[odeon]

It makes a lot of sense.

Speaking of disabilities, I was reading about a person who was born without legs. The state has provided her with a motorised wheelchair thingy until now, but want to take it away because "she isn't using it enough". Apparently she uses it for about 13 hours last year while the state thinks 20 or more is more reasonable.

WTF is wrong with this country? 

13 hours in a year she does barely use it but they think 20 hours is more reasonable   Just think they pay people to keep track of this shit

Apparently she uses it mainly to get to her specially built car. No motorised wheelchair, no car.

[odeon]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

But it's different this time.

["couldbecousin"]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

['andersom']

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

["couldbecousin"]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

       for a cute pun that I didn't catch the first time! 

[ZEGH8578]

Nitpickery, but 22 suicides a day makes 8 000, out of an estimated 35 000 suicides a year in America.
I'm not gonna say for sure 1/4 of all suicides are not by a veteran, and I'm sure veterans have a shitty life over there cus they get neglected etc

but "estimates" should always be taken with a grain of salt.

I remember my aunt in Spain, an animal lover, read an article claiming that 300 000 dogs were abandoned _each day_ in Spain. Obviously, this was some "estimate" done for shock factor, and I tried breaking it to her "Look, thats a 110 million dogs a year, abandoned." and she's all "I KNOW RIGHT!" and I try again "Even if a staggering half of the dogs are abandoned, which is unlikely, this means Spain has 200 million dogs. Four more dogs per person - not to mention the yearly addition of 110 million dogs accumulating each year. That is one billion dogs in 10 years."
"I KNOW RIGHT!!!"

When I spelled it out for her: The estimate is exaggerated she was angry with me for the rest of that day.

[Jack]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

       for a cute pun that I didn't catch the first time! 

What's the pun?

["couldbecousin"]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

       for a cute pun that I didn't catch the first time! 

What's the pun?

  I said their little wings must have gotten tired (as in, exhausted); Hyke answered as if "tired"
  meant that they had had tires attached to their wings.  I don't know if "tired" is ever used
  that way in English, but it sounds as if it could be.   

[ZEGH8578]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

       for a cute pun that I didn't catch the first time! 

What's the pun?

  I said their little wings must have gotten tired (as in, exhausted); Hyke answered as if "tired"
  meant that they had had tires attached to their wings.  I don't know if "tired" is ever used
  that way in English, but it sounds as if it could be.   

*imagines a car with a hose, the inside filled with smoke*
*leaning over to the window*
"EXHAUSTED!? :'D"

 

["couldbecousin"]

Isn't the forever war over oil wonderful?

Well its almost over man. We reached peak oil 40 years ago. Oil can't last much more than a couple more decades, probably less.

My mom remembers them saying we will run out of oil back in the 1950s, I remember them saying it in the 70s,80's,90s and 00's and they always said it was just about to happen

  I'm still wondering where those killer bees are.  I guess their little wings got tired. 

It is a lot harder to fly, with tires on those tiny little wings.

       for a cute pun that I didn't catch the first time! 

What's the pun?

  I said their little wings must have gotten tired (as in, exhausted); Hyke answered as if "tired"
  meant that they had had tires attached to their wings.  I don't know if "tired" is ever used
  that way in English, but it sounds as if it could be.   

*imagines a car with a hose, the inside filled with smoke*
*leaning over to the window*
"EXHAUSTED!? :'D"

 

  ^ Well done, my multilingual friend!   

[Jack]

  I said their little wings must have gotten tired (as in, exhausted); Hyke answered as if "tired"
  meant that they had had tires attached to their wings.  I don't know if "tired" is ever used
  that way in English, but it sounds as if it could be.   

  Totally missed it.

["couldbecousin"]

  I said their little wings must have gotten tired (as in, exhausted); Hyke answered as if "tired"
  meant that they had had tires attached to their wings.  I don't know if "tired" is ever used
  that way in English, but it sounds as if it could be.   

  Totally missed it.

  I missed it the first time too. 

['andersom']

It makes a lot of sense.

Speaking of disabilities, I was reading about a person who was born without legs. The state has provided her with a motorised wheelchair thingy until now, but want to take it away because "she isn't using it enough". Apparently she uses it for about 13 hours last year while the state thinks 20 or more is more reasonable.

WTF is wrong with this country? 

13 hours in a year she does barely use it but they think 20 hours is more reasonable   Just think they pay people to keep track of this shit

Apparently she uses it mainly to get to her specially built car. No motorised wheelchair, no car.

So, if she will park her car just a bit further from her house, she'll make those 20 hours.  Stupid solution, but the problem is even more stupid.

[odeon]

It makes a lot of sense.

Speaking of disabilities, I was reading about a person who was born without legs. The state has provided her with a motorised wheelchair thingy until now, but want to take it away because "she isn't using it enough". Apparently she uses it for about 13 hours last year while the state thinks 20 or more is more reasonable.

WTF is wrong with this country? 

13 hours in a year she does barely use it but they think 20 hours is more reasonable   Just think they pay people to keep track of this shit

Apparently she uses it mainly to get to her specially built car. No motorised wheelchair, no car.

So, if she will park her car just a bit further from her house, she'll make those 20 hours.  Stupid solution, but the problem is even more stupid.

Exactly. Her mobility depends on a bureaucrat's ability to think.

[Genesis]

I'm glad my cousin gotten the help when he needed it... He served in Iraq between 2004 or 2005. He still won't tell me his nickname that they gave him.... (He would rather not because it might have been inappropriate to say on Facebook...)