It’s not the holiday season until I’ve watched Harrison Ford awkwardly hug Chewbacca’s wife.
I think you’re forgetting the actual affair involving Whatevertheheckitisbaca:
It’s not my fault you (accurately) compared myself to the OT and yourself to the PT.
It’s your fault that you didn’t understand what I said correctly.
Undetermined.
Don’t. It goes into deep places and cuts you.
Unless you like that. If so, consume with alcohol.
This thread has ruined my threads.
The existence of the prequels doesn’t contaminate the existence of the original trilogy.
I’m pretty sure that’s not a point in your favor.
You’re taking the wrong point from my analogy. My point is that if two things are in the same class, and you don’t like one of those things, the mere existence of that thing shouldn’t contaminate the other thing.
This is why I don’t like analogies: People get wrapped up in the contents of the analogy, not thinking about what the actual intent was.
990
Nice number.
This thread has ruined my threads.
The existence of the prequels doesn’t contaminate the existence of the original trilogy.
There was no misreading.
You should swallow a glass of guinea worms, let them propagate in your guts, then allow them to burst forth from your putrescent carcass in gory fashion.
You have a very peculiar masturbation material. And I thought Frink was strange…
Light yourself up in a fire.
There was no misreading.
Prove it.
I typically like streaming because I don’t like physical things
Are you a brain in a jar?
While the concept is cool, in practice I find it disgusting.
Take a pack of rabid beavers in the ass teeth-first, you fatherfucking man-bitch.
Sorry but I am not putting anything in your ass. Please stop making such requests.
You’ve misread his post. How embarrassing for you.
I think he purposefully misread it.
Take a pack of rabid beavers in the ass teeth-first, you fatherfucking man-bitch.
Sorry but I am not putting anything in your ass. Please stop making such requests.
Also. . . .
Since I don’t want to get in undue trouble for responding to the following in its original thread, I’ll say everything I have to say here.
Too many people act like movies should adhere to a strict, realistic narrative – that there should always be a clear series of events with a defined beginning, middle, and end, with characters acting/reacting logically. They don’t have to and they shouldn’t have to.
There’s nothing wrong with finding surrealist filmmaking not to your liking – if it’s not to your tastes, it’s not to your tastes. But when you insist that its bad – with no understanding of the genre – then you’re just being a narrow-minded populist.
You have just defended PT without noticing it.
Take a pack of rabid beavers in the ass teeth-first, you fatherfucking man-bitch.
I think a better description would be “self-entitled man child.”
And you failed – miserably.
1,001
Man, I gotta make this post count.
I typically like streaming because I don’t like physical things, except for things I really care about.
That would be stupid.
I think it comes down to whether you think the ignore feature is an indicator to the world that you’re passive-aggresivaly butthurt about someone else or an actual signal that you want to remove a person from your sight.
Urge to break Impscum’s fucking legs in with a sledgehammer – most goddamn definitely rising.
His life is so pathetic that no one can do anything to make it worse.
If thinking that makes you feel good then by all means think so.
I know so. We all do. You’re the one lying to yourself.
One of us is obviously lying to make himself feel better. As long as we both feel better because of it, I don’t see any harm.
Goddamn cretin. I will literally jump for joy once the ignore feature’s back, knowing I will never have to read another one of your ego-masturbating shitposts ever again.
Sorry, I’m gonna quote his best posts.
The ignore feature could also hide quoted posts.
Thirty-six years ago, long before introducing iPhone, iPod or even the Mac, Steve Jobs established Apple’s first operations in Europe. At the time, the company knew that in order to serve customers in Europe, it would need a base there. So, in October 1980, Apple opened a factory in Cork, Ireland with 60 employees.
At the time, Cork was suffering from high unemployment and extremely low economic investment. But Apple’s leaders saw a community rich with talent, and one they believed could accommodate growth if the company was fortunate enough to succeed.
We have operated continuously in Cork ever since, even through periods of uncertainty about our own business, and today we employ nearly 6,000 people across Ireland. The vast majority are still in Cork — including some of the very first employees — now performing a wide variety of functions as part of Apple’s global footprint. Countless multinational companies followed Apple by investing in Cork, and today the local economy is stronger than ever.
Steve Jobs visits Apple’s new facility in Cork, October 1980.
The success which has propelled Apple’s growth in Cork comes from innovative products that delight our customers. It has helped create and sustain more than 1.5 million jobs across Europe — jobs at Apple, jobs for hundreds of thousands of creative app developers who thrive on the App Store, and jobs with manufacturers and other suppliers. Countless small and medium-size companies depend on Apple, and we are proud to support them.
As responsible corporate citizens, we are also proud of our contributions to local economies across Europe, and to communities everywhere. As our business has grown over the years, we have become the largest taxpayer in Ireland, the largest taxpayer in the United States, and the largest taxpayer in the world.
Over the years, we received guidance from Irish tax authorities on how to comply correctly with Irish tax law — the same kind of guidance available to any company doing business there. In Ireland and in every country where we operate, Apple follows the law and we pay all the taxes we owe.
The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process. The opinion issued on August 30th alleges that Ireland gave Apple a special deal on our taxes. This claim has no basis in fact or in law. We never asked for, nor did we receive, any special deals. We now find ourselves in the unusual position of being ordered to retroactively pay additional taxes to a government that says we don’t owe them any more than we’ve already paid.
The Commission’s move is unprecedented and it has serious, wide-reaching implications. It is effectively proposing to replace Irish tax laws with a view of what the Commission thinks the law should have been. This would strike a devastating blow to the sovereignty of EU member states over their own tax matters, and to the principle of certainty of law in Europe. Ireland has said they plan to appeal the Commission’s ruling and Apple will do the same. We are confident that the Commission’s order will be reversed.
At its root, the Commission’s case is not about how much Apple pays in taxes. It is about which government collects the money.
Taxes for multinational companies are complex, yet a fundamental principle is recognized around the world: A company’s profits should be taxed in the country where the value is created. Apple, Ireland and the United States all agree on this principle.
In Apple’s case, nearly all of our research and development takes place in California, so the vast majority of our profits are taxed in the United States. European companies doing business in the U.S. are taxed according to the same principle. But the Commission is now calling to retroactively change those rules.
Beyond the obvious targeting of Apple, the most profound and harmful effect of this ruling will be on investment and job creation in Europe. Using the Commission’s theory, every company in Ireland and across Europe is suddenly at risk of being subjected to taxes under laws that never existed.
Apple has long supported international tax reform with the objectives of simplicity and clarity. We believe these changes should come about through the proper legislative process, in which proposals are discussed among the leaders and citizens of the affected countries. And as with any new laws, they should be applied going forward — not retroactively.
We are committed to Ireland and we plan to continue investing there, growing and serving our customers with the same level of passion and commitment. We firmly believe that the facts and the established legal principles upon which the EU was founded will ultimately prevail.
Tim Cook
For the tl;dr people in the audience:
No.
This reads like something written by mom of MomCorp.
I don’t know who that is, but I think a good part of his writing is its simplicity, and therefore clarity.
Thirty-six years ago, long before introducing iPhone, iPod or even the Mac, Steve Jobs established Apple’s first operations in Europe. At the time, the company knew that in order to serve customers in Europe, it would need a base there. So, in October 1980, Apple opened a factory in Cork, Ireland with 60 employees.
At the time, Cork was suffering from high unemployment and extremely low economic investment. But Apple’s leaders saw a community rich with talent, and one they believed could accommodate growth if the company was fortunate enough to succeed.
We have operated continuously in Cork ever since, even through periods of uncertainty about our own business, and today we employ nearly 6,000 people across Ireland. The vast majority are still in Cork — including some of the very first employees — now performing a wide variety of functions as part of Apple’s global footprint. Countless multinational companies followed Apple by investing in Cork, and today the local economy is stronger than ever.
Steve Jobs visits Apple’s new facility in Cork, October 1980.
The success which has propelled Apple’s growth in Cork comes from innovative products that delight our customers. It has helped create and sustain more than 1.5 million jobs across Europe — jobs at Apple, jobs for hundreds of thousands of creative app developers who thrive on the App Store, and jobs with manufacturers and other suppliers. Countless small and medium-size companies depend on Apple, and we are proud to support them.
As responsible corporate citizens, we are also proud of our contributions to local economies across Europe, and to communities everywhere. As our business has grown over the years, we have become the largest taxpayer in Ireland, the largest taxpayer in the United States, and the largest taxpayer in the world.
Over the years, we received guidance from Irish tax authorities on how to comply correctly with Irish tax law — the same kind of guidance available to any company doing business there. In Ireland and in every country where we operate, Apple follows the law and we pay all the taxes we owe.
The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process. The opinion issued on August 30th alleges that Ireland gave Apple a special deal on our taxes. This claim has no basis in fact or in law. We never asked for, nor did we receive, any special deals. We now find ourselves in the unusual position of being ordered to retroactively pay additional taxes to a government that says we don’t owe them any more than we’ve already paid.
The Commission’s move is unprecedented and it has serious, wide-reaching implications. It is effectively proposing to replace Irish tax laws with a view of what the Commission thinks the law should have been. This would strike a devastating blow to the sovereignty of EU member states over their own tax matters, and to the principle of certainty of law in Europe. Ireland has said they plan to appeal the Commission’s ruling and Apple will do the same. We are confident that the Commission’s order will be reversed.
At its root, the Commission’s case is not about how much Apple pays in taxes. It is about which government collects the money.
Taxes for multinational companies are complex, yet a fundamental principle is recognized around the world: A company’s profits should be taxed in the country where the value is created. Apple, Ireland and the United States all agree on this principle.
In Apple’s case, nearly all of our research and development takes place in California, so the vast majority of our profits are taxed in the United States. European companies doing business in the U.S. are taxed according to the same principle. But the Commission is now calling to retroactively change those rules.
Beyond the obvious targeting of Apple, the most profound and harmful effect of this ruling will be on investment and job creation in Europe. Using the Commission’s theory, every company in Ireland and across Europe is suddenly at risk of being subjected to taxes under laws that never existed.
Apple has long supported international tax reform with the objectives of simplicity and clarity. We believe these changes should come about through the proper legislative process, in which proposals are discussed among the leaders and citizens of the affected countries. And as with any new laws, they should be applied going forward — not retroactively.
We are committed to Ireland and we plan to continue investing there, growing and serving our customers with the same level of passion and commitment. We firmly believe that the facts and the established legal principles upon which the EU was founded will ultimately prevail.
Tim Cook
You should try $%^&ing yourself up your %$# with a Godzilla-sized $%&@(, you &$%@#&$%^ing @!($@#($%@.
Sorry but I am not in that kind of stuff. Don’t worry, I don’t judge you.
Are you into punching?
Some paranoid delusions about Jesuits or Luciferians or homosexuals would inevitably crop up with him in the mix, so it does.
Who’s to say he wouldn’t do that if it were someone else’s thread?
Yeah – if anyone other than he had created it.
I don’t think that should matter.
If you acknowledge theinternalizedhomophobehusezni’s existence, he’ll keep coming back.
It could be a good thread, you know.
Added Inside Hollywood.
I’m now getting Haeso’s new avatar confused with BrightestDayFan’s all the time now.
What!?
You often don’t see avatars at that size.
