# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 75
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1481 "2019-08-12T00:55:38Z")
North Korea isn’t in the business of killing foreign hostages. Two, mind you the first was likely overzealousness on the part of a guard and the second from incompetence, doesn’t mean “They will kill you”. The vast majority of those foreign tourists held in NK have been held to get something from their governments and it’s worked every freaking time. You don’t know how to form a sentence nor how to parse one, do you? Your reading comprehension is pathetic. Maybe I will sign up for that snack contest. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1482 "2019-08-12T01:19:03Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I was quoting you because my evidence supports your assertion (read: _reality_) as opposed to the assertion of the schlemiel. Copy all! Carry on, my good Man! Trip Still plenty of dates available on the calendar… not much picked in October. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1483 "2019-08-12T01:27:50Z")
What do you know? Prostitution is [illegal in Ukraine](http://chartsbin.com/view/snb). Turns out hooking is an administrative offense; however, pimping and running a brothel are both criminal offenses. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1484 "2019-08-12T01:38:14Z")
I can understand being a braggart know-it-all who thinks science fiction is science theory (I, er, may have been such when I was 9), but I just don’t get this “I have a need to prove to some rando message board that I’m an international sex traveler” thing. But you do you(r current iteration), SamA. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1485 "2019-08-12T01:47:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > What do you know? Prostitution is [illegal in Ukraine](http://chartsbin.com/view/snb). Turns out hooking is an administrative offense; however, pimping and running a brothel are both criminal offenses. Monty, you’re just a troll and you deliberately misread things just to make me mad. Or you are going senile. Which if that is the case, I’m sorry for mistreating you. Here’s what the actual article you claim to have read says. **Prostitution is not a criminal offense** , although it can be punished as an administrative offense with a \*\*fine \*\*up to 255 hryvnia ( **approximately $32** ). However, pimping and the organization and operation of a prostitution business is a crime that carries a term of three to 15 years imprisonment. So, let’s test your reading comprehension. If you visit Ukraine and encounter a prostitute above the age of 18 somewhere, and fuck her, pay her her fee, and leave, what is the maximum sanction you face: a. Under Ukrainian law? b. Under U.S. law? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1486 "2019-08-12T02:18:41Z")
I’m a troll? Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah…hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1487 "2019-08-12T02:39:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > What do you know? Prostitution is [illegal in Ukraine](http://chartsbin.com/view/snb). Turns out hooking is an administrative offense; however, pimping and running a brothel are both criminal offenses. Is anyone else thinking that it’s even more likely that the “flying across the world to bang young exotic Ukrainian hookers” is just SamuelA’s fantasy he wants us to participate in? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1488 "2019-08-12T02:43:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Is anyone else thinking that it’s even more likely that the “flying across the world to bang young exotic Ukrainian hookers” is just SamuelA’s fantasy he wants us to participate in? I doubt it. After all he’s admitted to picking up STDs in his travels I would hope he’s not the type to fantasize about picking up STDs from his underage whores. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1489 "2019-08-12T02:44:48Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Is anyone else thinking that it’s even more likely that the “flying across the world to bang young exotic Ukrainian hookers” is just SamuelA’s fantasy he wants us to participate in? I’ll second that. I really do think it’s a fantasy, since he is so broke with credit card debt, and even he thinks it’s easy to go to Vegas for prostitutes. I mean, c’mon kid, why drop that much coin when you could just fly to Vegas for the weekend? But calling **Monty** a troll? Yeah, kid’s reaching for anything now. Another fine example of him flinging epithets when he doesn’t have much else to stand on. Tripler He’s just a little petulant child trying to act all grown-up. Stupid little troll… ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1490 "2019-08-12T02:46:28Z")
Funny how everyone has suddenly forgot that fact that fucking hookers over the age of 18 in Ukraine is in fact legal (I didn’t know this) by both Ukrainian and U.S. law. Huh. Guess I wasn’t a criminal after all. Oh well, I pirate movies sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1491 "2019-08-12T02:48:22Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > But calling **Monty** a troll? Yeah, kid’s reaching for anything now. Another fine example of him flinging epithets when he doesn’t have much else to stand on. & > [@Tripler](#): > > He’s just a little petulant child trying to act all grown-up. Stupid little troll… Damn, he’s Donald J. Trump! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1492 "2019-08-12T02:50:05Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Funny how everyone has suddenly forgot that fact that fucking hookers over the age of 18 in Ukraine is in fact legal (I didn’t know this) by both Ukrainian and U.S. law. Huh. Guess I wasn’t a criminal after all. Oh well, I pirate movies sometimes. It’s not legal—even an “administrative offense” is _against_ a law. That’s just for your of-age whores though. But hey, you keep on pimpin’ Big Man! Tripler The dumb fuck can’t even see the forest through the trees. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1493 "2019-08-12T02:51:09Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Damn, he’s Donald J. Trump! Shit, I called that like 28 pages ago!😃 ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1494 "2019-08-12T02:51:21Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > It’s not legal—even an “administrative offense” is _against_ a law. But hey, you keep on pimpin’ Big Man! > > Tripler > The dumb fuck can’t even see the forest through the trees. Oh noes, a $32 fine! Where will I ever find the money to pay it! As a phony rich American, I laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1495 "2019-08-12T02:54:42Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > Oh noes, a $32 fine! Where will I ever find the money to pay it! As a phony rich American, I laugh. This is what I don’t understand about you: in the past you claimed to be something along the lines of $75k in debt. I’m on a cellphone and am too lazy to dig it up. Wouldn’t that $32 be better spent on legal porn here in the States? Or even mailing back your Mom’s meatloaf pans so she can make more for you? Tripler I’m sure putting that cat down cost a few bucks too… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1496 "2019-08-12T03:11:05Z")
I want the guy who said it was easy to build a walkway to the summit of Everest back. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1497 "2019-08-12T03:13:46Z")
Is that the guy who said we could nuke an asteroid just as efficiently as we could freeze humans until death was solved? Tripler Yeah, that’s right. We could download ourselves—what could possibly go wrong? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1498 "2019-08-12T03:15:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I want the guy who said it was easy to build a walkway to the summit of Everest back. Never said it was easy, just feasible with the same techniques used to build a ski lift at a lower mountain. And I linked how the process was accomplished and even mathematically proved it feasible with a recurrence. It could easily cost more than the value of whatever you could charge tourists to visit Everest would bring in. Especially since it would no longer be such a difficult task to climb mount Everest, almost anyone healthy enough to leave a bed would be able to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1499 "2019-08-12T03:15:21Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I want the guy who said it was easy to build a walkway to the summit of Everest back. Ignorant and kooky but kind of fun. Now it’s just mean and ugly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/1500 "2019-08-12T03:17:25Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Is that the guy who said we could nuke an asteroid Remember project Orion? So rebuild some nukes as as propulsion charges and detonate them at a distance from the asteroid. Guess you need to develop the actual propulsion charges also, don’t think they were ever more than a paper design. And test fire them, which violates a test ban treaty. But who cares, an asteroid is coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=76)