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skiierman
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...you have a major part of the workforce protesting against receiving time and a half pay just so they can be home with their "family" during a holiday that celebrates the mass murder of the indigenous people that made colonization in this country possible.

http://www.alternet.org/activism/whole-foods-workers-strike-right-thanksgiving-holiday-pizza-hut-gm-fired-shutting-doors
Nov 28 2013 2:49AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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dude im pinging your IP address. Building 69 room 420 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nov 30 2013 10:09PM
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skiierman
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The funny part is that kids won't get this joke. NS deleted his posts because what he was posting was illegal and might have been grounds for legal action against him and NS. Thank god for him, I would never do that because I'm not actually a bad person... you know, bad as in like someone that would want to get a felony by threatening/intending to inflict physical harm to someone that writes naughty things to random people on a website about skiing.


I guess some people are too dull and blinded by rage that they don't realize that they can IGNORE someone's posts... or maybe it's because the internet is their life. Who knows.
Nov 30 2013 10:44PM
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louie.mirags
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I got the joke. Just does not make sense. If your router got pinged it would just mean that the user typed a command to send test packets to and from the two IP addresses. It would not disclose your address. And don't say that is the joke. The joke was the numbers in the address. That was not funny. I don't think you got it...
Nov 30 2013 10:50PM
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thelastskiurai
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what a load of absolute horse shit.
Nov 30 2013 10:50PM
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Benson.
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If you guys hate him as much as you claim, why waste your time arguing with him and talking about him? Jesus christ, unwad your panties...
Nov 30 2013 10:50PM
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PeppermillReno
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Bingo.

Its sad that for every educated engineer like yourself who feels this way you can likely find 3 who believe the opposite and that obamacare is bad and he's a communist and that 2 weeks a year vacation is enough.

Nov 30 2013 10:52PM
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skiierman
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Except that you obviously don't get it. You really think his punchline was using a weed reference? Sure, why not.
Nov 30 2013 11:18PM
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louie.mirags
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I am on a 12 shift I don't mind asking: yes what is the joke? That he was pretending to locate you with the wrong commmand?
Nov 30 2013 11:20PM
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act.resist
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well it gives me an excuse to leave school for a week so w/e
Nov 30 2013 11:45PM
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Bateman
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just out of curiosity, why did you chose to exclude norway?
Nov 30 2013 11:49PM
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Bill.Nye
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Dick comes in bowls bow?

The things they come up with.
Nov 30 2013 11:51PM
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skiierman
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My fucking god... did you not read my post stating why idiots like you will not get as to what he was referring to?
Dec 1 2013 12:16AM
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louie.mirags
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All right man... nevermind. I played your games and you just ignore my question. Seems to happen when you don't have fuel for trolling.

Dec 1 2013 12:28AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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You're right. My joke wasn't funny at all.


But since what im referencing got deleted, i really don't think you will ever get it unless i spell it out. Some newb in another thread started posting how he was going to beat up the Skiierman, and eventually started posting addresses and some weird ass Geo-location shit. As much as Skiierman sometimes pisses me off, its a fucking internet forum. I'm not going to go all big brother and track anyone down because they posted something that made me mad.
Dec 1 2013 7:20AM
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pow_pow~
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their country isnt fuck off huge at all..


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Dec 1 2013 7:56AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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yeah, but since we go coast 2 coast we have quite a bit of natural diversity. More so than Russia.

The desert southwest, which is the site of the hottest place on earth, the PNW, the site of the most snowfall on earth and some giant volcanoes, the flat as fuck Midwest, the site of the strongest winds on earth (tornadoes), the southeast, the site of drunk as fuck rednecks who whack it to duck dynasty (no other country can claim that) and the northeast which has some shit i guess. You name a climate, we have it all in one STATE. Not to mention the impressive mix of races, languages, and cultures. You really can't top the good ol USA.
Dec 1 2013 8:04AM
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pow_pow~
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thats some pretty big claims there, care to back any of that up?
Dec 1 2013 8:24AM
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B.Aussie
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The US is good, but there are quite a few countries I'd rather live in than the US.
Dec 1 2013 8:32AM
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EMH
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If I ever see you in person you will know how I feel about trolls like you (or maybe just people with IQ <10, I'm still not quite sure about what's up with you)
Dec 1 2013 8:36AM
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pow_pow~
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sorry for dub post but russia also definitely goes coast to coast
Dec 1 2013 8:42AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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Death Valley, CA - hottest recorded surface temp on earth

Biggest recorded snowfall, Paradise, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA. Happened in 1971-1972

also Mt. Rainier, a giant volcano
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Fastest surface wind speed ever recorded - 302 MPH at Bridge Creek, Oklahoma

Duck Dynasty
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The northeast having shit
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Based on the Koeppen biome classification, California contains more distinct biomes than any region of the world, including terrain that falls into groups A-E. I wrote a giant paper on Biodiversity in the Southwest, and i had to research the shit out of different climate zones. California, Arizona, and Texas are known for having the biggest differences in climates in the smallest areas. If you really want proof i can post all of my links to my research and the paper i wrote, but that would require you reading pages of scientific papers that im betting you won't want to.

There we go. My ass kickin nation is naturally more impressive than any other.
Dec 1 2013 8:52AM
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pow_pow~
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okay well,

the Dasht-e Lut has the hottest recorded surface temp on earth, measured by nasa to be 70.7°C or 159.3°F.




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"the site of the most snowfall on earth"

very broad term. site of the highest annual recorded snowfall is actually mt baker in 98-99 with 1140inches.



but saying "the site with the most snowfall on earth" would generally be accepted as the highest average snowfall, which would be 694 in, measured in Sukayu Onsen, Japan.



the fastest surface wind speed ever recorded was actually in australia. 408km/h. 253mph


Wind speeds within certain atmospheric phenomena (such as tornadoes) may greatly exceed these values but have never been accurately measured


From the World Meteorological Organisation - for anyone who cant click the link


"Geneva, 22 January 2010 (WMO) - According to a recent review conducted by a panel of experts in charge of global weather and climate extremes within the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) the record of wind gusts not related to tornados registered to date is 408 km/h during Tropical Cyclone Olivia on 10 April 1996 at Barrow Island, Australia. The previous record was of 372 km/h, registered in April 1934 across the summit of Mount Washington, USA.

The Panel consisted of the following experts: Dr Pierre Bessemoulin, MeteoFrance and President of CCl; Dr Tom Peterson, NOAA National Climatic Data Center; Dr Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Dr Jose M. Rubiera Torres, Cuban Instituto de Meteorología; Dr John (Jack) Beven, USA National Hurricane Center; Dr John King, British Antarctic Survey; Dr Randy Cerveny, Arizona State University and CCl Rapporteur of Climate Extremes.

The panel came to its conclusion after an extensive review and evaluation of instrumental, phenomenological and statistical data."


Dec 1 2013 9:29AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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Its been disputed weather or not Mt.Bakers report was accurate, but either way the record is in WA so my point stands.

The heat measured was by infrared satellites, not an on site instrument. Ill give you one but not the other, so by your logic my tornado claim which was also measured by an outside instrument would also gain merit. Either on site measurements count or not, you can't have it both ways.

large tornadoes are agreed to be much fast than anything else, this even showed by the WMO quote you dragged in. And my initial claim said tornadoes. If i was claiming anything else i would have said otherwise. Do tornadoes just not count?

Also you can't even start to dispute the other points, and why in the fuck would the "greatest recorded snowfall" mean anything other than the record. Maybe the biggest single snowfall, but that was in Colorado so you still lose. If was claiming averages, i would have said averages. And idk how its a broad term, its just based on snow stake readings. That's pretty fucking specific.

And Russia also goes coast to coast, but comparatively has a pretty limited biosphere. The entire northern third is tundra and taiga, and outside of the lowlands there isn't much else. There isn't a defined arid dry desert or anything close to a rain forest. Its big and pretty barren. That's not to say they don't have massive uninterrupted forests and some of the coolest geology on earth, but the variation is a lot lower.
Dec 1 2013 10:09AM
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.frenchy
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Sorry, but you lost every single bit of credibility here...
Dec 1 2013 10:55AM
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.frenchy
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No.

You have 2 randoms and you're missing the biggest character Willie. C'mon, you could've posted a better pic..
Dec 1 2013 10:59AM
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corona
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you're seriously arguing about which country is best based on who has the highest recorded wind speed?
Dec 1 2013 12:03PM
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Blurst
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Clearly the most important factor.

Canada has the worlds most concentrated inuit population, soooo??
Dec 1 2013 12:38PM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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i don't watch enough duck dynasty to know. maybe i should, after im done tracking wind speeds for my latest book,

Professor Byron's Windy Nation.

Should hit the shelves this Christmas.
Dec 1 2013 1:06PM
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40oz.
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USA > every other country > skiierman
Dec 1 2013 8:13PM
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Bombogenesis
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Fuckups beget fuckups brah
Dec 2 2013 10:05AM
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yuck
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which i believe is 0.012 inuits per square kilometer.

actually could be less cuz the territories are huge
Dec 2 2013 10:18AM
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corona
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about 50,000 self reported Inuit in Canada. 9,984,670 km2.

that's about 0.005 Inuit/km2


Fuck yea. rest of the world sucks.
Dec 2 2013 10:49AM
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SFB
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duck dynasty is such a fucking stupid show.
Dec 2 2013 10:59AM
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McShit
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very well said
Dec 2 2013 11:00AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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agreed. Like why and how are they famous. It's like Keeping up with the Kardashians for rednecks.
Dec 2 2013 11:02AM
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louie.mirags
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It is easier to make fun of their lives than your own.
Dec 2 2013 11:39AM
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act.resist
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Theres not even anything funny about thier lives. Theyre rich so you cant make fun of them for being poor slobs like honey boo boo. Their beards are all staged, they grew them out for the show. The only thing that happens on the show is the wives complain about the men, the men complain about the wives, the men complain about the men, and everyone complains about the kids. The only person who is remotely funny is uncle si.
Dec 2 2013 12:12PM
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John18_6
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When Steve Stepp looks disturbingly like honey boo boo. Click for larger image
Dec 2 2013 12:15PM
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.frenchy
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You don't know what you're talking about. No, they haven't had their beards for their whole life but does that mean they're staged? Hahahahaha no.

You do know they have a show/ movie series called Buck Commander, that has been around longer than Duck Dynasty has, right?


Don't know why we're arguing about DD, but oh well. It's not your favorite show, not mine either, but that family is one of the nicest ones, always doing stuff for other people and so on.
Dec 2 2013 12:24PM
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louie.mirags
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That is not the point. The point is it is easier to point out all of their flaws rather then your own. It is a form of distraction. I guess you can say like a drug.
Dec 2 2013 12:33PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Cool. Doesn't mean they should have a worthless television show that serves no purpose.
Dec 2 2013 12:36PM
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louie.mirags
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Turn myself into the grammer police with the wrong form of than.
Dec 2 2013 12:37PM
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.frenchy
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I'm not hating on your opinion man, you can think what you want. It was the most watched show this year for a reason.

Buck Commander + Duck Dynasty are the shit. Which is why so many people watch their shows and buy their products.
Dec 2 2013 12:47PM
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40oz.
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It's serves a purpose of promoting their duck commander brand and the calls they make. Just because you don't hunt doesn't mean it's worthless, it's just a huge advertisement program for their brand, so what if the show is dumb as fuck sometimes, a fuck ton of people tune in to watch it or else it still wouldn't be on tv. But believe me it has plenty of purpose, you're just being to simple minded to look into it.
Dec 2 2013 12:49PM
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louie.mirags
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You do. That is why you feel this way.
Dec 2 2013 12:55PM
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GayWolf420
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Nah it's worthless. More mindless, scripted "reality" shows for the dipshits of society to indulge into
Dec 2 2013 12:58PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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No I just don't care at all to look into it. It's no different than watching a "real Housewives of ____" or Jersey Shore or Buckwild. Just a camera crew following people around living their "regular" lives and interviewing them while they read of a script. It's fucking sad that these shows are successful.
Dec 2 2013 1:03PM
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40oz.
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Cool point brah. Look at their sales since the show and tell me it's worthless.
Dec 2 2013 1:05PM
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.frenchy
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But, Willie is actually the CEO of Duck Commander, Si actually did serve in Vietnam, etc... There is a lot of stuff that actually is real about the show, but hey, you wouldn't know because you don't watch it.
Dec 2 2013 1:05PM
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40oz.
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It's sad that people with similar life's to them like to watch it from a different perspective? That's like saying it's sad you like to watch ski videos because you ski too.
Dec 2 2013 1:07PM
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