Blind people can't read? Oh noes! - Page 2

sppunk · 12-06-2006, 10:04 PM

Printed money is useless anyway. Eliminate the entire printing process.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:10 PM

yeah i want ten pounds of change in my pocket when i go to pay my cable bill

rock on dood

peabody · 12-06-2006, 10:11 PM

i think he wasn't arguing for a strict coin based currency system.

that'd be fun though. i love change.

sppunk · 12-06-2006, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

yeah i want ten pounds of change in my pocket when i go to pay my cable bill

rock on dood

I was classifying coins as printed.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:13 PM

i'm just being reactionary. don't mess with me when my blood is up

so what you think we should switch to some kind of sci-fi digital credit system?

peabody · 12-06-2006, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

i'm just being reactionary

i love that you take personal responsibility!

Future Boy · 12-06-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

Blind people are just as capable of carrying out a transaction without paper bills.

Well, really until everyone takes Debit/Credit Cards thats not accurate. Everyone takes cash. So until we eliminate paper money all together they should be accomodated. I would guess the majority of transactions are still conducted with paper cash.

Nimrod's Son · 12-06-2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

I cannot believe you are arguing against something that would be so easy to do and help blind people and fucking drunk people in dark bars able to easily tell what denomination their bills are.

ALCOHOL GIVES ME THE POWER TO READ BRAILLE

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by peabody

i love that you take personal responsibility!

yes. i also take personal responsibility for accomidating blind people with their resonable requests to be able to tell if they're giving a twenty to a pimple faced angry teenage boy at wendys for their jr. bacon cheesebuger without having to pay for an additional device to help them do so.

Nimrod's Son · 12-06-2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Future Boy

Well, really until everyone takes Debit/Credit Cards thats not accurate. Everyone takes cash. So until we eliminate paper money all together they should be accomodated. I would guess the majority of transactions are still conducted with paper cash.

I don't know how it is where you are, but everywhere I've been over the past few years, 99% of businesses take cards. Sure, the blind may have problems at a swap meet or buying weed in the park, but these are minor inconveniences.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

ALCOHOL GIVES ME THE POWER TO READ BRAILLE

Well I could tell different sized bills or holes punched in 'em if I was wasted.

I would think that the braille would wear away on older bills so that's probably not even feasable.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

I don't know how it is where you are, but everywhere I've been over the past few years, 99% of businesses take cards. Sure, the blind may have problems at a swap meet or buying weed in the park, but these are minor inconveniences.

This isn't a solution. What if someone rings up the wrong total and pockets the difference? BACK TO SQUARE ONE!

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:27 PM

I wonder if this is what sleeps and Mayfuck are talking about when they say I suck Nimrod's cock.

Nimrod's Son · 12-06-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

I wonder if this is what sleeps and Mayfuck are talking about when they say I suck Nimrod's cock.

No, but I bet most of your overreation in this thread is related to proving you don't

Future Boy · 12-06-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

I don't know how it is where you are, but everywhere I've been over the past few years, 99% of businesses take cards. Sure, the blind may have problems at a swap meet or buying weed in the park, but these are minor inconveniences.

We'll just have them all move to where you live then, easy fix.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

No, but I bet most of your overreation in this thread is related to proving you don't

no that just occured to me

my overreaction is due to the fact that you're posting utter nonsense and jackassery.

Future Boy · 12-06-2006, 10:41 PM

Welcome to the politics board.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:45 PM

i mean i can ignore it most times but when you pick the blind out as some kind of target for "increased government cost" I have to say something because that's just asinine.

null123 · 12-06-2006, 10:53 PM

Changing the bill size wouldn't cost that much in the long run. I think it's a worthwhile change to make.

Corganist · 12-06-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

This isn't a solution. What if someone rings up the wrong total and pockets the difference? BACK TO SQUARE ONE!

Do you really think that there are enough douchebags out there who are just itching to bilk blind people out of a few bucks to warrant throwing out the entire US paper currency system as it stands now and starting things over from scratch? Where does it all stop? Do we need all traffic lights to be made to talk or make noise just in case some asshole tells a blind guy that the sign says "walk" when it actually says "don't walk"?

I think everyone wants blind people to be able to function in society as easily as possible, but there's got to be more practical ways of accomodating them than overhauling the entire money printing system as we know it. It probably doesn't matter though. This judge's decision will very likely be reversed on appeal.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 10:59 PM

It's a good thing the blind can't read this thread.

Trotskilicious · 12-06-2006, 11:00 PM

by the way, don't some walk signs make noise now? I know you don't get that kind of high-falootin' gagetry in Arkansas but I think there are.

Corganist · 12-06-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

by the way, don't some walk signs make noise now? I know you don't get that kind of high-falootin' gagetry in Arkansas but I think there are.

I'm pretty sure there are too, but does that mean that some federal judge should order all state and local governments to rip out all their current lights and replace them with the talking ones? Don't get me wrong, its probably a good idea and all, just as differently shaped money would be. But sometimes good ideas take more time to be implemented than we'd all like, and some rogue federal judge trying to force the issue doesn't help matters.

rocksteady · 12-06-2006, 11:11 PM

Nimrod's Son · 12-06-2006, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

It's a good thing the blind can't read this thread.

Let's sue Pakula!

Nimrod's Son · 12-06-2006, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

by the way, don't some walk signs make noise now? I know you don't get that kind of high-falootin' gagetry in Arkansas but I think there are.

They're all over my neighborhood. I am tempted to record the tweeting sound and then wait outside the school for the blind and play it back out of my phone and see how many walk into traffic

Trotskilicious · 12-07-2006, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Corganist

I'm pretty sure there are too, but does that mean that some federal judge should order all state and local governments to rip out all their current lights and replace them with the talking ones? Don't get me wrong, its probably a good idea and all, just as differently shaped money would be. But sometimes good ideas take more time to be implemented than we'd all like, and some rogue federal judge trying to force the issue doesn't help matters.

I never really said it should happen tomorrow but I'm just saying that if we did something to change the shape of money so we could tell what denomination it was without looking at it, i think everyone would benefit and that would be definitely be worth it.

I was thinking about this earlier and you wouldn't even need to change the width and length all that much, just change the corners to rounded, squared, angled, etc.

Effloresce · 12-07-2006, 01:52 AM

What the fuck, Nimrod?

Nate the Grate · 12-07-2006, 02:09 AM

I feel stupider for having read this thread.

Trotskilicious · 12-07-2006, 02:20 AM

well that's pretty much scraping the barrell there nate.

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12-06-2006, 10:04 PM	#31
sppunk Netphoria's George Will Location: Fenway Park Posts: 37,125	Printed money is useless anyway. Eliminate the entire printing process.

12-06-2006, 10:10 PM	#32
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	yeah i want ten pounds of change in my pocket when i go to pay my cable bill rock on dood

12-06-2006, 10:11 PM	#33
peabody Minion of Satan Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,459	i think he wasn't arguing for a strict coin based currency system. that'd be fun though. i love change.

12-06-2006, 10:13 PM	#35
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i'm just being reactionary. don't mess with me when my blood is up so what you think we should switch to some kind of sci-fi digital credit system?

12-06-2006, 10:27 PM	#43
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	I wonder if this is what sleeps and Mayfuck are talking about when they say I suck Nimrod's cock.

12-06-2006, 10:41 PM	#47
Future Boy The Man of Tomorrow Posts: 26,972	Welcome to the politics board.

12-06-2006, 10:45 PM	#48
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i mean i can ignore it most times but when you pick the blind out as some kind of target for "increased government cost" I have to say something because that's just asinine.

12-06-2006, 10:53 PM	#49
null123 Minion of Satan Location: bye Posts: 7,274	Changing the bill size wouldn't cost that much in the long run. I think it's a worthwhile change to make.

12-06-2006, 10:59 PM	#51
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	It's a good thing the blind can't read this thread.

12-06-2006, 11:00 PM	#52
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	by the way, don't some walk signs make noise now? I know you don't get that kind of high-falootin' gagetry in Arkansas but I think there are.

12-07-2006, 01:52 AM	#58
Effloresce Banned Posts: 5,018	What the fuck, Nimrod?

12-07-2006, 02:09 AM	#59
Nate the Grate Minion of Satan Posts: 6,212	I feel stupider for having read this thread.

12-07-2006, 02:20 AM	#60
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	well that's pretty much scraping the barrell there nate.