So I have figured out how to turn the ship around.

The Devils won the lottery and after drafting first overall are now looking like one of the best teams in the league.

All you guys have to do is win the draft then things should turn around the next year!
- DuranDuran

Pffft. Maybe if the team moves to a city on the east coast and finds themselves in the leastern conference next year that works.

If you guys make the playoff this year, do you think you'd manage to squeak out one win, or do you see it being another sweep for the opposing team?
- laughs2907

Depends. If its the Ducks we are (frank)ed.

Depends. If its the Ducks we are (frank)ed.
- DuranDuran

If you guys make the playoff this year, do you think you'd manage to squeak out one win, or do you see it being another sweep for the opposing team?
- laughs2907

They’ll win a playoff series as the Houston flames next year.

They’ll win a playoff series as the Houston flames next year.
- Iggysbff

I thought Seattle was first in line?

I thought Seattle was first in line?
- leonkennedy

Not anymore. Since the Rockets and the Toyota Center were sold the new owner has already started the process of talking to the league since he has a NHL ready building.

Not anymore. Since the Rockets and the Toyota Center were sold the new owner has already started the process of talking to the league since he has a NHL ready building.
- Iggysbff

I can't see the league expanding or allowing a move to Seattle anyways. Not for a while anyways since the Canucks are so opposed to it.

They’ll win a playoff series as the Houston flames next year.
- Iggysbff

No they'll move them to Edmonton cause they're looking for an NHL team

They’ll win a playoff series as the Houston flames next year.
- Iggysbff

Houston must be nice. Don't have to worry about any natural disasters!

So I have figured out how to turn the ship around.

The Devils won the lottery and after drafting first overall are now looking like one of the best teams in the league.

All you guys have to do is win the draft then things should turn around the next year!
- DuranDuran

Need that Shero/Hall lotto magic.

Houston must be nice. Don't have to worry about any natural disasters!
- DuranDuran

Didn't the saddledome end up doubling as an indoor pool a couple of years ago? Was that not natural?

Fat? You think the chicks in this link are fat? Curvy isn't fat and I hate to break it to you but the curvy models are most likely healthier than their 115lb anorexic/bulimic counterparts.

You can be "fat" and still be healthy. You can also be skinny and be an unhealthy diabetic with hypertension and all the other health problems you listed. You are confusing image with lifestyle and making assumptions about each body types lifestyles, based on your preconceived notions that a certain body type must lead a certain lifestyle.
- leonkennedy

I used fat as a buzzword since it has a more emotional stigma in regards to public response (more people will be, I guess you could say, triggered by it). Thanks for proving my point.

Secondly, I didn't mention anything about the other side of the coin. Of course, the "curvy" model counterparts aren't healthy at all either. However, I'm mainly focusing on the curvy model side since they have been a recent trend that seems to be picking up steam the past couple years.

Lastly, image is usually correlated with lifestyle, hence why I see them as linked. Of course polar opposites = bad and highly reflect polar images, but the middle ground is the area I'm trying to aim at here.

I enjoy a little junk food from time to time myself, but I'm in favor of further increasing taxes on cigarettes/liquor/fast foods/junk food to offset the increased demands on the healthcare system. Of course then there's the other argument... Affordability of healthy foods... I don't know what it's like where you live, but in NL, it's cheaper to buy junk food than healthier stuff... As (frank)ed up as this sounds, some families here don't have a choice. NL is completely (frank)ed up anyway though, and is being ran by morons.
- laughs2907

I've heard about some governments trying to do that. Interesting to see how that goes.

The way I see it is kinda morbid (hehe like the obesity epidemic): on the one hand, I'm fine with people getting as far as they want because it'll mean the dead weight of society (those without self-control and discipline) dies sooner and that there'll generally be more jobs available for me that less people are able to do as a result of their choices. It might also help alleviate some of the burden of overpopulation over time, but that's likely offset by increased birth rates as other countries as they develop into "1st world countries".

On the other hand, society is weakened by an increase in obesity as there is more likely to be health problems down the road, thus there's a lesser percentage of population able to work and pay the taxes that fund the healthcare system (and country in general).

Nothing wrong with this next part, but its gonna lead to a greater influx of immigrants from parts of the world where obesity isn't as common and I believe we'll see substantial cultural changes that reflect such.
- MaximumBone

Sadly, yet somehow not so, this is so true.

But yeah, the strain that this whole situation puts on the healthcare system when you look at the organic infrastructure is kind of shocking. Just goes to show that this whole thing has impacts that extends farther than the individual component.

Houston must be nice. Don't have to worry about any natural disasters!
- DuranDuran

They just had a CAT 4 hurricane (Harvey) hit them this past summer.................

They just had a CAT 4 hurricane (Harvey) hit them this past summer.................


- EdmHockeyMan

No sh!t Sherlock!

That's a slippery slope... discrimination is discrimination. I would slam the chick on the left before the chick on the right.
- LittleRicky

I can see not liking the first pic of the chick on the right. She’s pretty skinny. But way effin hotter face still. That chick on the left is enormous.

The 2nd pic ? That’s Candace effin Swanepoel. She’s a dime and pretty much one of the hottest women on the planet. It ain’t even close with whoever chubby is on the right

I used fat as a buzzword since it has a more psychologically emotional stigma in regards to public response (more people will be, I guess you could say, triggered by it). Thanks for proving my point.

Secondly, I didn't mention anything about the other side of the coin. Of course, the "curvy" model counterparts aren't healthy at all either. However, I'm mainly focusing on the curvy model side since they have been a recent trend that seems to be picking up steam the past couple years.

Lastly, image is usually correlated with lifestyle, hence why I see them as linked. Of course polar opposites = bad and highly reflect polar images, but the middle ground is the area I'm trying to aim at here.
- EdmHockeyMan

You used the word because it is clear that you think anyone carrying a few extra pounds, isn't healthy. You just reaffirmed that by saying that the curvy models arent healthy. Making assumptions about lifestyle based upon what someone looks like is just plain and simply discrimination.
Psychologically emotional?

No sh!t Sherlock!
- K-man25

Just making sure you flames fans are caught up with the news.

They just had a CAT 4 hurricane (Harvey) hit them this past summer.................


- EdmHockeyMan

Sweet baby black and Mexican Jesus, did you not get the sarcasm?

You used the word because it is clear that you think anyone carrying a few extra pounds, isn't healthy. You just reaffirmed that by saying that the curvy models arent healthy. Making assumptions about lifestyle based upon what someone looks like is just plain and simply discrimination.
Psychologically emotional?
- leonkennedy

Listen, Cloutier made it clear. No Fat Chicks.

You used the word because it is clear that you think anyone carrying a few extra pounds, isn't healthy. You just reaffirmed that by saying that the curvy models arent healthy. Making assumptions about lifestyle based upon what someone looks like is just plain and simply discrimination.
Psychologically emotional?
- leonkennedy

Whoops, just emotional. I'll fix that.

Didn't say that anyone carrying a few extra pounds = unhealthy.
I said that there are limits.
Notice the "" around curvy too. The current utilization (trend) of the word "Curvy" is used instead of saying you're fat, flattering the person in an untrue manner (can't tell or don't want to recognize the difference). Curvy back in the social context of the 80's or 90's meant something completely different compared to now. The definition hasn't changed, but the social perspective or utilization of it has.

Sweet baby black and Mexican Jesus, did you not get the sarcasm?
- leonkennedy

Oh, I did, just making sure our fellow flames fans were on the same page. xD
If you looked at the following post, you'd have seen what I was trying to get at.

Listen, Cloutier made it clear. No Fat Chicks.
- smellmyfinger

Oh, I did, just making sure our fellow flames fans were on the same page. xD
If you looked at the following post, you'd have seen what I was trying to get at.
- EdmHockeyMan

Well they don't consider the flood in Calgary a few years back a natural disaster.