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Good Christ @Hazekiah every time I think you can't get any shamelessly trashier you make a post that utterly floors me once again. That read like Kid Rock fan fiction.

And seriously, trivializing opioid abuse and using the word "n00b" in reference to someone who presumably was on painkillers for decades and died tragically is beyond in poor taste, dude. Come the fuck on.

More OT: if Ali dies this year then I'm convinced that this year is just some weird Ambien dream I'm having and any day now I'll wake up and it'll be 2014 again. This year's so goddamned strange.

[allegro]

Prince was paying $40k for six-month supplies for over 25 years.

Say waaaaaaaaaaaaaa??

Edit: Oooooooohhhh. Not sure I believe Dr D quite yet.

[Hazekiah]

Huh, I heard someone saying the fentanyl was a recent uptick in his pain-management medication and didn't bother fact-checking it. My bad, I guess.

But WOW that's a fuckload of fentanyl, if true. Still an unsurprising result, regardless.

And was I REALLY "trivializing opioid abuse"...?

I kinda feel like I WASN'T since I clearly outlined my harrowing ordeal and mortal terror at my mere dabbling with it. I mean, I guess I survived it without medical intervention and I SUPPOSE that could be misconstrued as "trivializing" it. I prefer to think of it as simply relating the facts of my own experience though so FUCK YOU for for all that Kid Rock fancfic and "trashy" shittalking.

"Oh, hey, I did that shit once, it was horrible."

"STFU YOU TRAILER TRASH ASSHOLE! STOP TRIVIALIZING!"

LOLWTF.

o_O

[Jinsai]

Say waaaaaaaaaaaaaa??

Edit: Oooooooohhhh. Not sure I believe Dr D quite yet.

Yeah, it's possible that it's just sensationalist BS, but the crassness of that post is really obnoxious. The main danger with opioid abuse is that it gets lethal as you build up a tolerance over time. I don't know why I'm feeding the troll...

[Hazekiah]

It's EXTRA funny because I'm also currently receiving misguided hate for DEMONIZING opioid abuse in Provider Module's drug-thread, lol.

OMFG, you people,.

>_>

[allegro]

Yeah, it's possible that it's just sensationalist BS, but the crassness of that post is really obnoxious. The main danger with opioid abuse is that it gets lethal as you build up a tolerance over time. I don't know why I'm feeding the troll...

He's not really a troll, he's been here a long time and he's just done a lot of drugs. It would appear, based on the evidence presented so far via TMZ etc., that Prince was primarily doing Percocet for a long time. People upgrade to Fentanyl when the Percocet stops working like it used to; he allegedly already OD'd several days before his death, on his plane, and was taken to a hospital in Moline, IL, and given a "save shot" for what was thought to be too much Percocet. But he could have been doing too much Fentanyl, which we still don't know if he obtained legally, back then, too. And I guess those save shots don't work as well for Fentanyl? I can't see any reputable doctor giving him Fentanyl when he'd been on Percocet for years, not with the new pain management and opiate abuse Fed guidelines.

@Hazekiah , yeah, weren't you just talking about giving Fentanyl to the gorilla?

[Hazekiah]

I totally was!

And I do know there's at least SOMETHING they can do for fentanyl ODs.

There was a HUGE ordeal over the fact that Putin wouldn't tell local hospitals what he gassed the terrorists with so they could treat the innocent bystanders for it and a SHITLOAD of wealthy Russians died but that's small potatoes compared to WAR CRIMES charges for gassing your own citizens so I guess he just said FUCK IT. They only deduced that it was fentanyl posthumously because it isn't fat-soluble.

But, yeah, most "save shots" are generally Narcan as far as I know and since fentanyl is several orders of magnitude beyond the shit they're meant to treat I guess it stands to reason that the everyday cure wouldn't quite measure up.

:-\


And THANK YOU, btw, @allegro.

[allegro]

I totally was [talking about tranquilizing the gorilla with Fentanyl]!

[cashpiles (closed)]

http://pitchfork.com/news/66418-just...t-controversy/

Justin Timberlake Apologizes for BET Awards Tweet Controversy

I find this fucking ridiculous. A presenter was blaming white people for appropriating black culture and making money off it. WHAT THE HOLY FUCK? Every single culture takes ideas from other cultures to improve their own cultures. This is human nature. If this particular presenter takes his ideas to their logical conclusion, then he should stop wearing European clothes, appearing on a communications medium invented by Europeans.. etc. FUCK YOU LYING, RACIST MOTHERFUCKER. Who invented your fucking microphone? Who invented your piano? Guess what? They were made by HUMANS. And if you try to divide humans, then stop using shit made outside your culture. FUCKING IDIOT.

[Sarah K]

I know that everyone is supposed to pretend that they don't care about the Kardashians, but holy shit I love them.

Kim is the fucking master of the long game. This is the best day on the internet since the peak of Drake vs. Meek.

[allegro]

I know that everyone is supposed to pretend that they don't care about the Kardashians, but holy shit I love them.

Kim is the fucking master of the long game. This is the best day on the internet since the peak of Drake vs. Meek.

Taylor Swift is being an asshat right now. Saying shit like she didn't like how he called her a bitch in the song, Kim says he's called her a bitch in songs and that's just how rappers talk, he isn't singling out Swift. It's just weird that Swift is ok with building a career on writing nasty songs about other people, ex-boyfriends, other singers, etc., but now somebody mentions her name IN JEST in a song about being famous and she loses her shit and calls her legal team even though Kanye called her in advance about it. Not cool.

Her ex-boyfriend is publicly going after her, now, too.

[Swykk]

It definitely isn't pretend that I don't like a family of arrogant entitled vapid twats who've done nothing but get famous off of a family name and a porno vid.

See also: Paris Hilton. Or any reality TV star, really.

I know who Kanye is only because of the arrogant and ignorant shit that comes out of his mouth and becomes "news." They deserve each other. I've purposely avoided his music because I couldn't possibly respect him after the way he's carried himself.

As for Swift, I've maybe heard one of her songs? It's typical empty pop music. I think she's pissed about how Kanye treated her before and looks like she has told some lies to spite him in return. Also, she is dating Loki? Who believes that is real?

The whole thing is dumb. All of it.

[Sarah K]

I just love that people are still falling over themselves to come up with excuses for Taylor. Like bruh, you got caught. Just admit it and move on. She's still trying to play the victim and I LOVE IT.

[allegro]

It definitely isn't pretend that I don't like a family of arrogant entitled vapid twats who've done nothing but get famous off of a family name and a porno vid.

See also: Paris Hilton. Or any reality TV star, really.

I know who Kanye is only because of the arrogant and ignorant shit that comes out of his mouth and becomes "news." They deserve each other.

As for Swift, I've maybe heard one of her songs? It's typical empty pop music. I think she's pissed about how Kanye treated her before and looks like she has told some lies to spite him in return.

Okay, um, thanks for adding exactly nothing to the conversation? You just sounded EXACTLY like my 78-yr-old mom, btw.

[Swykk]

She was on Forbes for her mobile game? Guess it was a slow month for Forbes. How'd she manage that? Right...by having a following due to her name and pre-existing wealth/connections to get said game made.

As for adding to the conversation, maybe you're right, but I did write that my guess is Swift lied due to how Kanye treated her in the past.

[Sarah K]

It is also amusing how people like to pretend that the Kardashians are somehow lacking in intelligence.

If only we all had family who cared about each other so much!

[allegro]

She was on Forbes for her mobile game?

Look at the cover; she's made $45 million from her mobile game, so far; just because she's pretty doesn't mean she's stupid.

Also, people don't spend THAT much on games just due to "pre-existing connections." That may get you a game made, but that doesn't get people to buy your game. A lot of people out there genuinely like her.

[Swykk]

I wasn't questioning that she has a following at all. Lots of people are into reality TV.

I don't find her attractive at all.

[allegro]

I wasn't questioning that she has a following at all. Lots of people are into reality TV.

I don't find her attractive at all.

A lot of the world disagrees. And her app isn't about reality TV, nor are the several Dash stores that they owned long before the TV show*. But you feel the need to react in this thread about a topic that really isn't about her; it's about Taylor Swift being whiney and portraying herself as a constant victim, and Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry and Swift's ex-boyfriend (Calvin Harris), are calling bullshit, on social media.

*First Dash store opened in Calabasas, CA in 2006. First KUWTK episode aired on October 14, 2007.

[Swykk]

I'm reacting to what you're writing. To that end, I'll go with "existing wealth and family name" for the stores opening before the show did. And for the third time, I did comment on the feud.

[allegro]

I'm reacting to what you're writing. To that end, I'll go with "existing wealth and family name" for the stores opening before the show did. And for the third time, I did comment on the feud.

Two of the Ks opened their own store and it became successful, not based on the name on the store but based on the contents; there is zero proof that a store can become successful based on a name on the door (I can show hundreds of examples in marketing where that is not the case, and ditto for TV shows). Ultimately, two females who are driven, independent and successful are being castigated as useless whores. Period.

[Khrz]

I couldn't care less about any of the involved parties, but yeah, if you're not interested in a subject (whatever your reasons may be), probably best not to voice your opinion on it. Chances are your disinterest made you fundamentally unaware/ignorant about the topic.

I don't care about the Kardashians (and actually I don't even really know why that's a plural ? And don't answer that, that was rhetorical, I don't care either) but if that woman was nothing more than a stupid infamous piece of ass, she wouldn't be where she's at right now. How many aspiring stars have we seen come and go, make a sex tape, have a scandal or two until nobody cares a few months later. Doesn't matter who you date, who you fuck, who you diss, it all fades away real fast if that's all you have.
Even if her only product is herself, she had to know how and when to sell it properly. Very few people know how to do that.

[allegro]

have we seen come and go

Well, yeah, and it's been 10 years and here we are, she made $45 million on an app, has a clothing line, has a book, etc. So she didn't come and go.

@Khrz : The TV show has been on for nearly 10 years, and there are a bunch of them: Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kris and Rob, plus the two Jenner girls. The Kardashian dad was Robert Kardashian.

Even if her only product is herself, she had to know how and when to sell it properly. Very few people know how to do that.

Exactly. See this from Forbes.

#42 Kim Kardashian
2016 Celebrity 100 Earnings
$51 Million

Reality TV's most-followed woman has a new title: tech entrepreneur. Her Kim Kardashian: Hollywood mobile game generated $71.8 million in 2015; some 40% of her annual paycheck comes from the game. Add on her Instagram endorsements, the Kimoji app--a $1.99 Kim-based series of emojis--and her $2.99 subscription-based personal app, and Kardashian makes more money from mobile endeavors than anything else.

[Sarah K]

What it often times seems to boil down to is slut shaming.

HOW DARE THIS WOMAN RECORD HERSELF HAVING SEX WITH HER LONG TERM PARTNER. She should be running and hiding because women enjoying sex is still seen as taboo. Kim didn't run from it. She faced it, she moved on from it, and she has become unfathomably successful in so many different ventures. THAT is why people hate. Not because she is "stupid", a "whore", or a "twat".

These people still stuck on her having sex like 10 years later are hilarious/sad.

[Khrz]

Well, yeah, and it's been 10 years and here we are, she made $45 mllion on an app, has a clothing line, has a book, etc. So she didn't come and go.

Yeah just in case that wasn't quite clear from my post, I was basically saying that just because you don't respect her business, you have to admit that it is a very longstanding,successful one.

[allegro]

These people still stuck on her having sex like 10 years later are hilarious/sad.

Or puritanically 1950s, like my mother who's almost 80 but that's kinda understandable. And even that is just an excuse; it all comes down to a woman who is enormously successful. People (including women!) give Oprah a ton of shit and she doesn't have a sex tape or a reality show. A dude is really ubiquitous and successful and they high-five him; a woman, and she's a self-serving ho.

BUT WE DIGRESS ....

[Swykk]

@allegro For fuck's sake, they certainly didn't start as "independent." Are you really trying to play that card on me? Oh now Sarah is doing it too. Shocking. A guy who strongly supports feminism (evidence of which is available on this very message board)? It isn't going to work. How can you deny that being born into money gave them a launching pad and a safety net? This has become fucking crazy. If your goal was to make me regret posting? Mission accomplished.

And @Khrz is right, my disinterest certainly did not give me a full picture here but I do stand by what I wrote. Continue with the silly accusations and comparing me to an old person when a cursory search would provide you with plenty of people of all ages who find Kanye, The Kardashians and Swift unbearable annoyances.

[allegro]

@allegro For fuck's sake, they certainly didn't start as "independent." Are you really trying to play that card on me? A guy who strongly supports feminism (evidence of which is available on this very message board)? It isn't going to work. How can you deny that being born into money gave them a launching pad and a safety net? This has become fucking crazy. If your goal was to make me regret posting? Mission accomplished.

I believe that it may have been subliminal, but it's sexist, yes. It does not matter that they already HAD money; they actually DIDN'T have money; Kris Jenner was pretty broke, did not get SHIT in her divorce settlement from Robert Kardashian, and Bruce (nka Caitlyn) Jenner had to pay off all of Kris Jenner's bills, and then they K girls didn't get squat from their dad when he died, and that's been discussed in the show, ad infinitum. The K girls and Rob went to private schools, etc., while Kris and Robert were married, and then Bruce paid for everything while they were married, but Bruce wasn't a millionaire passing on money to the girls because he/she is notoriously CHEAP. The K girls opened a store with very little cash and a dream. The SHOW was pitched to E! and it became successful and the success of the show is what made them the money. Sure, Kourtney and Kim were making money from the initial two stores, but you act like two spoiled little cunts had money and squandered it on a cute little princess hobby and, yes, that's judgmental and from the female standpoint, that's sexist and sometimes people don't really know they are being sexist.

[Swykk]

I don't think they squandered anything. There's no denying they have made money.

Things I didn't think I would be doing when I woke up today....

[allegro]

I don't think they squandered anything. There's no denying they have made money.

Yes = They made money. Lots of it. Welcome to America.

No = They didn't already have money. That is incorrect. Their stepfather had money, and she is notoriously cheap.

Kris Jenner was / is the Producer of the E! TV show and she became the "Momager" and got of all that money, then shelled it out to the girls, hence when they started making more money (in addition to the Dash stores). A few of the girls later became co-Producers of the TV show.