Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 01:10 AM UTC
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/columbia_heights/message/31375
I discovered something interesting this weekend while shopping at Target: I now will spend less resulting in less taxes collected by the city for my purchases. Why? I refuse to pay the 5 cent per bag tax. So I will only buy what I can carry in my own two hands. I usually spend hundreds of dollars a weekend at Target. Now I spend very little.
Fewer purchases = less sales tax generated = more money left in my bank account. And I am not alone.
I also now find it cheaper to drive my hybrid to the Safeway in Maryland to purchase groceries. I get 50+ MPG in my hybrid so an extra mile is nothing compared to 5 cents per bag. So Maryland will now get my sales tax money.
I also find myself ordering more things online now so that they can be delivered bag tax and sales tax free. The only problem is now I need to throw away all those boxes and packaging material. There is no tax on sticking it in my trash can.
So there you go City Council. Someone with a 6 figure salary has now made a lifestyle change because of the bag tax. Taxation without representation now done locally.
Here's to all the Amazon boxes now clogging the rivers.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 05:41 PM UTC
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What an idiot.
He clearly doesn't know the purpose of the legislation….
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4826
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 06:53 PM UTC
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if i start a blog called "stuff white people complain about", can i get sued?
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 06:55 PM UTC
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godsshoeshine wrote:
if i start a blog called "stuff white people complain about", can i get sued?
No. A quick search through the trademark registry says you're good.
EDIT: But watch out for this guy:
http://whitewhine.tumblr.com/
James Ford
Joined: July 22, 2009 at 09:02 PM UTC
Posts: 5620
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 06:56 PM UTC
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godsshoeshine wrote:
if i start a blog called "stuff white people complain about", can i get sued?
Are you referring to the guy who made the original complaint, or that someone actually took the time to complain about the complaint?
edbert
Joined: October 08, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 586
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 07:34 PM UTC
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How about some 9:30-logo grocery bags? Hipsters have to eat, too.
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 4826
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 07:36 PM UTC
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i have steelers and pens ones. i'd say i only get made fun of 45% of the time i go shopping
James wrote:
godsshoeshine wrote:
if i start a blog called "stuff white people complain about", can i get sued?
Are you referring to the guy who made the original complaint, or that someone actually took the time to complain about the complaint?
i wasnt complaining about anything, just laughing at the original douchebaggary
Mobius
Joined: March 28, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1371
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 07:42 PM UTC
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I refuse to pay the 5 cents per Douchebag tax
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 07:44 PM UTC
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You're only a douchbag taint if you don't bring your own reusable bags…
jaguar
Joined: October 28, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 08:33 PM UTC
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edbert wrote:
How about some 9:30-logo grocery bags? Hipsters have to eat, too.
Someone needs to make one with the word 'Douchebag' on it…. nice and big and clear for all to read.
*That is not an editorial comment but rather a strangely ironic, or not, pop hipster statement.
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 08:54 PM UTC
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jag - awesome idea. imagine if you walked away from the 930 merch booth with your swag in a plastic baggie labeled "DOUCHEBAG" (or, better yet, "OFFICIAL 930 DOUCHEBAG"). people would buy crap just to get a bag.
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 09:39 PM UTC
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walkonby wrote:
but i reuse plastic grocery bags from everything to kitty boxes, storage, carrying stuff, holding recycling, dirty gym clothes, camping . . . too many to name. am i a douchebag?
Kitty Bagsholding recycling, campingstorage, carrying stuff, dirty gym clothes
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 6500
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 09:53 PM UTC
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That's pretty interesting, but what is the worse crime against the environment? Using a plastic bag that my paper is delivered in twice (once for the delivery and once for the poop scoop) or throwing away that plastic bag after one use and then throwing away a second eco-friendly bag?
vansmack wrote:
walkonby wrote:
but i reuse plastic grocery bags from everything to kitty boxes, storage, carrying stuff, holding recycling, dirty gym clothes, camping . . . too many to name. am i a douchebag?
Kitty Bags
holding recycling, camping
storage, carrying stuff, dirty gym clothes
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 09:55 PM UTC
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nkotb wrote:
That's pretty interesting, but what is the worse crime against the environment? Using a plastic bag that my paper is delivered in twice (once for the delivery and once for the poop scoop) or throwing away that plastic bag after one use and then throwing away a second eco-friendly bag?
You still get a paper newspaper?
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 09:58 PM UTC
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I don't read it…I just toss it immediately into the trash can.
I do still get a real paper. Keeps me in the local loop better than the web (at least for me). Plus, I can't live without my morning crossword puzzle, and there's no way I'd print them out from the web to do.
By the way, my post wasn't snarky…just curious from an environmental standpoint. I always assumed that the dual use was better since it's only one offense.
vansmack wrote:
nkotb wrote:
That's pretty interesting, but what is the worse crime against the environment? Using a plastic bag that my paper is delivered in twice (once for the delivery and once for the poop scoop) or throwing away that plastic bag after one use and then throwing away a second eco-friendly bag?
You still get a paper newspaper?
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 19725
Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 10:11 PM UTC
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nkotb wrote:
By the way, my post wasn't snarky…just curious from an environmental standpoint. I always assumed that the dual use was better since it's only one offense.
Yeah, sorry. The answer is it depends.
If your newspaper is delivered in an
enviromentally friendly bag, by all means use it twice and let it bio-degrade in the landfill with your pet waste.
If your newspaper is delivered in a recyclable bag (for example, in SF a #2 plastic), you're better off recycling it with your blue can recycling (not using it twice if that means that it won't go in the recycling bin, but if it means using it to keep your recyclables, then use it twice). There should be a number on the bottom of the bag to let you know, then check with your waste company to see what # plastics they recycle.
If your newspaper is not delivered in a recyclable bag or enviromentally friendly bag - write an op-ed to that newspaper encouraging them to get with the program. It's 2010 for god's sake!
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Douchebag of the Week Award
January 05, 2010 at 11:55 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
You're only a douchbag taint if you don't bring your own reusable bags…
darn. . .guess that's me. i see no reason why i should pay extra for a bag to dump kitty litter in when i can get one for free from, well, an increasingly limited number of places here in ess eff which is why i go to daly city to get my plastic bags from target.
if you are upset about litter, fine the litterers; if you think, however wrongly it may be, that plastic bags are worse than paper bags, then educate the public and provide alternatives first. course, we all know that neither of those are the real reasons why these taxes and bans are put into place. . . .
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