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Re: Only in America

Post by Brian Peacock » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:25 pm

Forty Two wrote:The highest paid actors in the world:

Markie Mark Wahlberg
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Vin Diesel
Adam Sandler
Jackie Chan
Robert Downey Jr
Tom Cruise
Shah Kahn
Salman Kahn
Akshmy Kumar
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hanks
Samuel Jackson
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Reynolds
Matt Damon
Jeremy Renner
Chris Evans
Chris Pratt
Mark Ruffalo

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Yes, folks. Repent, for the end is nigh upon us!

Maybe we really do need socialism. Socialized movies and entertainment, so the unfair compensation of mediocre actors can be more equitably distributed in a more socially just way. Other than three Bollywood actors (who are advantaged by the racist, caste culture of India), there is one black guy and no women or trans people in the top 20. Other than Tom Cruise, who's in the closet, there doesn't even appear to be a gay guy in there! That's clearly among the largest pay gaps in the world, in any industry. It's the racist, misogynistic, transphobic, capitalist patriarchy! And, it's been hiding there in plain sight all this time!
Where's the chicks?
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Re: Only in America

Post by pErvinalia » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:38 am

Sean Hayden wrote:
pErvin wrote:I'm most concerned with how Marky Mark got to be the top paid actor :o . Aside from being only an average actor, he's not really in that many massive hits. I would have thought someone like Tom Hanks (or Matt Damon) would be paid way above him.


He's excellent in this scene.
yeah, he is. He was really good in that movie. Pretty much every part in that movie was played brilliantly (it's one of my all time favourite movies). But he keeps playing these American hero parts like the shooter one and the Last Man Standing one, or whatever it was called. They are the same type of rolls and he doesn't really come across as very tough and heroic in them. Not like a Matt Damon or The Rock.
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Re: Only in America

Post by JimC » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:53 am

rEv wrote:

They are the same type of rolls and he doesn't really come across as very tough and heroic in them
Salad roles or egg roles?
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Re: Only in America

Post by Scot Dutchy » Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:17 pm

A cummerbund:

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Re: Only in America

Post by Forty Two » Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:44 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
Forty Two wrote:The highest paid actors in the world:

Markie Mark Wahlberg
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Vin Diesel
Adam Sandler
Jackie Chan
Robert Downey Jr
Tom Cruise
Shah Kahn
Salman Kahn
Akshmy Kumar
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hanks
Samuel Jackson
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Reynolds
Matt Damon
Jeremy Renner
Chris Evans
Chris Pratt
Mark Ruffalo

https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierob ... 45a8ac3f92

Yes, folks. Repent, for the end is nigh upon us!

Maybe we really do need socialism. Socialized movies and entertainment, so the unfair compensation of mediocre actors can be more equitably distributed in a more socially just way. Other than three Bollywood actors (who are advantaged by the racist, caste culture of India), there is one black guy and no women or trans people in the top 20. Other than Tom Cruise, who's in the closet, there doesn't even appear to be a gay guy in there! That's clearly among the largest pay gaps in the world, in any industry. It's the racist, misogynistic, transphobic, capitalist patriarchy! And, it's been hiding there in plain sight all this time!
Where's the chicks?
Hollywood is too misogynistic for there to be chicks on the list. It's all those left leaning, liberal misogynists, who refuse to pay women as much as men for the same job.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:13 pm

Shoot bugs with salt. Or sugar if the food etc needs that.
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Re: Only in America

Post by laklak » Sun Sep 03, 2017 2:35 pm

I want one!
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Forty Two » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:13 pm

That should be illegal. It's gun shaped.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Strontium Dog » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:37 pm

It's too easy if you can shoot them. I have an electronic fly swat, shaped like a tennis racket. That turns it into more of a contest.
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Re: Only in America

Post by JimC » Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:23 pm

I want a miniature drone that zooms around killing flies with a little laser...

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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:50 am

Las Vegas: 59
The rest:
Weber City, Va.: Todd Allen Richardson, 44, fatally shot his estranged wife after inviting her to his house to collect her belongings. He subsequently led police on a high-speed car chase, taking his own life at the end of it.

Milwaukee: Stanley Smith, 56, a father and grandfather, was killed by unknown assailants outside his home in the early hours of the morning.

Avondale, Ariz.: A man was fatally shot and a woman was wounded after an altercation between two groups of people in a parking lot.

Las Vegas: A person was shot and killed in a room of The Suites hotel in the early- morning hours.

Rochester, N.Y.: Shaquan McMillan, 23, was fatally shot in the chest outside of Abbott's Frozen Custard in the early-morning hours.

Las Vegas: At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured after a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people attending a country music concert.

Miami: A man was shot and killed by police in the early morning hours after gunshots were reported outside Heads or Tails Gentleman's Lounge.

Lawrence, Kan.: Three people were killed and two more wounded following an altercation downtown in the early-morning hours. The dead included 22-year-old Leah Elizabeth Brown, 20-year-old Colwin Lynn Henderson, and 24-year-old Tremel Dupree Dean.

Chicago: About 10:30 in the morning, a 28-year-old man was killed and a woman with him was injured after another man walked up to them and opened fire.

Kent, Wash.: Three men in their 20s were shot, one fatally, near a strip mall.

Indianapolis: A teenager was fatally shot about 4 a.m. after a family member mistook him for an intruder in the home.

Chester, Pa.: About 9:30 a.m., a man was found fatally shot in a home in Chester.

Tulsa: As a family prepared to leave their home, they were confronted by a lone person carrying a gun. The person fatally shot the father and fled on foot.

District Heights, Md.: A man in his 50s was found fatally shot in a home.

Norcorss, Ga.: Domiquo Riley, 19, was fatally shot outside a club in the early hours of the morning.

Houston: A cabdriver was shot to death outside a gas station in the early hours of the morning.

Fort Collins, Colo.: Police shot and killed an armed man at the Best Value Inn after responding to reports of shots fired.

Burlington, Iowa.: Marquise Jones, 27, was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop. Authorities say they recovered a handgun at the scene.

Parkton, S.C.: A man was shot and killed during an armed standoff with police officers.

Chicago: 22-year-old was found dead on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Augusta, Ga.: Darrell Brown, 8, was fatally shot by his uncle Sunday afternoon.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:54 am

That's not even close to being all the rest.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:05 pm

In California, a cop accidentally shot himself during a gun training exercise during which no live ammunition was necessary, because no shooting was involved. But he had his gun loaded, anyway. Why? Because dumb things happen wherever there are people. And when there are loaded guns there too (and remember, for safety purposes, all guns are loaded guns), some of the stupid things that happen will end up with people getting shot. By the way, where was the range master in this situation? No weapons inspection before the exercise? Why not? Most likely answer: because we “know what we’re doing.” Ah. You knew what you were doing. But did you actually do it? No. You did not. And now you’re in GunFAIL.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:01 pm

" We should not have gun control because mass murderers can just steal the guns."
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