Comments for Just Morten

Comment on TV Show Pitch: Shopping With Morgan by Anny Chih

Anny Chih — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:25:25 +0000

You’re becoming more and more like Larry David. I think you should stop watching Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Comment on Morten vs. the Dozen by mor10

mor10 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:17:19 +0000

Right after my rant about the use of the word “ironically” as in “it’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife”.

Comment on Morten vs. the Dozen by Dan

Dan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:29 +0000

Can you publish a rant about journalists misusing the word “literally”? I heard a pundit say his “mind was literally blown away.” *sigh if only.

Comment on Morten vs. The Eggplant by sven

sven — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:46:40 +0000

Why do the biggest querulants all leave for the Americas?
We want them back in Europe!!!

Comment on Morten vs. +Tax by mor10

mor10 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:29:20 +0000

Michael: My problem isn’t with the tax, it’s with the stupid stupid STUPID practice of listing prices before tax. It just makes it unneccesarily complicated for consumers and also makes them spend more than they intended all the time. Listing prices before taxes is a huge disservice to the consumer and it’s something that should be shunned like the plague.

Comment on Morten vs. +Tax by Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:25:33 +0000

Haha, awesome.

This seems to be a country specific thing, because I see prices shown with tax in some places and without in others. In England, they have that VAT thing… value-added tax. What value, exactly, is this tax adding to my consumer experience?

On a side note, I think that a consumption-based tax makes more sense than income tax. Why punish/discourage people who are trying to make more money? And tourists don’t have to pay income tax, yet they have full access to publicly funded services like the police, library, and so on.

Comment on Morten vs. +Tax by Morten

Morten — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Yup. That’s the way it is in pretty much every other country. Why they insist on doing it this way in Canada is beyond me. In Norway for example it’s the other way around: If you have a tax excemption for some weird reason you have to pay the full price and then get money back. Because let’s face it: Out of the millions of people who buy stuff every day, only a millicent or so actually have a tax excemption they can enact at the counter.

Comment on Morten vs. +Tax by Alex Rawnsley

Alex Rawnsley — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:58:58 +0000

This is the way it is in Australia. If you buy something on the shelf that’s listed at $9.95…you give the cashier a $10 bill and get 5 cents back……..the whole plus tax thing is soooooo crazy stupid

Comment on Morten vs. The Hairdresser by Paul Laberge

Paul Laberge — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:15:08 +0000

LOL – it’s a great look!

These posts are awesome – it reminds me of the style that 27b/6 has… (example: http://27bslash6.com/p2p.html).