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whopis01

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23. I understand your point and don't disagree

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #21)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 04:43 AM

Feb 2015

However, it really hurts your otherwise valid argument when the first paragraph of the article says a "21 mile round-trip" and you then double it and show that it doesn't make sense mathematically.

Again I don't disagree with what you are saying - And no, I don't want to argue the exact distance, but if you are going to try to calculate how much time the fellow has left for sleep in the day, using the numbers provided in the post seems to make sense to me.

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No One Should Have to Walk 21 Miles to Work [View all] ND-Dem Feb 2015 OP

Nope, I did not find this an inspiring story. My first thought was "Wow. The U.S.A. really sucks!" hunter Feb 2015 #1

Indeed. deafskeptic Feb 2015 #2

yeah, that part kind of floored me too. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #3

I was a bit puzzled by this story. JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #4

Yeah, it seemed a bit off to me as well Fumesucker Feb 2015 #5

When I was in college BubbaFett Feb 2015 #11

he walks 21 miles *a day*, not 21 miles each way. and i read somewhere that it takes him something ND-Dem Feb 2015 #6

you can get a shit pay job BubbaFett Feb 2015 #12

Why did you double it? It is 21 miles in the story - not 42. n/t whopis01 Feb 2015 #17

That is one of the exaggerations I've read. JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #21

I understand your point and don't disagree whopis01 Feb 2015 #23

You are the one who can't add, as others have pointed out kcr Feb 2015 #18

That's one of the exaggerations on this story I've read. JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #20

Yeah -- and all this time, nobody thought to take up a small collection to Nay Feb 2015 #13

The car might be actually bad for him. nilesobek Feb 2015 #7

"reducing every political question to the stories of individuals, and believing that helping..." woo me with science Feb 2015 #8

K&R woo me with science Feb 2015 #9

I get what you are saying BubbaFett Feb 2015 #10

you just said you deserve what you have because you earned it, paid for it, and worked for it. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #15

the word earn BubbaFett Feb 2015 #22

It's clear you are the one who doesn't get it kcr Feb 2015 #19

i didn't find that story inspiring. KG Feb 2015 #14

But this I did... greytdemocrat Feb 2015 #16