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The Census
by uglypeoplefucking » Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:19 am
Should i or shouldn't i respond? Why?
Here comes another problem all wrapped up in solutions.
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Re: The Census
by Xunzian » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:10 am
Both the size and random nature of sampling is important if accurate information is to be gleamed from it. So, if you are interesting in the government having accurate information to work on, you ought respond.
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Re: The Census
by The Last Man » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:08 am
Is it legally required of me to fill out the census information that I got in the mail? Can I refuse to send it in, or would doing so mean that I am violating some law?
Personally I dont care at all what the government thinks about the demographic population data in my area, there is no way that I could care any less in fact. So what if "I'm not counted", who cares, it isn't like it would change anything anyways if I were "counted". And its not as if those politicians care about me anyways, so why should I play their game and act as if they care, to keep the whole charade going for their own sake? Screw that.
Personally I dont care at all what the government thinks about the demographic population data in my area, there is no way that I could care any less in fact. So what if "I'm not counted", who cares, it isn't like it would change anything anyways if I were "counted". And its not as if those politicians care about me anyways, so why should I play their game and act as if they care, to keep the whole charade going for their own sake? Screw that.
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men. -Nietzsche
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
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Re: The Census
by Smears » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:36 am
It's how the government makes sure that you get your fair share in your community.
Let's say you live in a small town w/ one traffic light, then lots of people move into town, and no one completes the census. You'd end up w/ a big traffic jam, cause you wouldn't get the funding for a new light.
Let's say you live in a small town w/ one traffic light, then lots of people move into town, and no one completes the census. You'd end up w/ a big traffic jam, cause you wouldn't get the funding for a new light.
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Re: The Census
by The Last Man » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:38 am
Well I live in a city with some 50,000 people, so dont worry.
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men. -Nietzsche
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
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Re: The Census
by Smears » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:41 am
That's not very many people. I'd put down that you have 15 people living in your basement who all work on your lawn. That'll get more funding for things like strip malls and paint for that old school down the road.
In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius. -Bagehot
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
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Re: The Census
by The Last Man » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:43 am
Smears wrote:That's not very many people. I'd put down that you have 15 people living in your basement who all work on your lawn. That'll get more funding for things like strip malls and paint for that old school down the road.
Yes perhaps. Maybe I will just write down that a few hundred or thousand people live in my house, and maybe I can get my own new district of representation or something.
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men. -Nietzsche
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
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Re: The Census
by Smears » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:44 am
Vote for someone who wants to legalize pot.
In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius. -Bagehot
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
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Re: The Census
by The Last Man » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:48 am
I guess I will have to vote for myself then. Bummer, I hate politics.
Or you could come live with the other thousands at my house and then I could vote for you instead. . . . but only as long as I get a bribe out of the deal.
Or you could come live with the other thousands at my house and then I could vote for you instead. . . . but only as long as I get a bribe out of the deal.
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men. -Nietzsche
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
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Re: The Census
by Smears » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:49 am
Oh....I've got bribes.
In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius. -Bagehot
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat. -an old dude i met once
That which doesn't dismiss you only has to listen to you longer. -Me
Up next: "Are most people midgets?" in the science and technology forum followed by "Is it okay to hit a grandmother?" in the philosophy forum. -captaincrunk
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Re: The Census
by The Last Man » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:53 am
Welcome aboard, Rep. Smears.
It is not the strengths, but the durations of great sentiments that make great men. -Nietzsche
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
Genius never desires what does not exist. -Kierkegaard
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. -Goethe
The ideal genius, who has all men within him, has also all their preferences and all their dislikes. There is in him not only the universality of men, but of all nature. He is the man to whom all things tell their secrets, to whom most happens, and whom least escapes. He understands most things, and those most deeply, because he has the greatest number of things to contrast and compare them with. The genius is he who is conscious of most, and of that most acutely. -Weininger
I don't roll on shabbos. -Walter
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